Seven wooden fish floated before them in a perfectly neat row, giving off a deeply uncanny impression.
True Lord Wanmeng and Chen Lin both activated their spirit treasures and retreated onto the steps, keeping their guard up.
Only after a while, when no attack came, did they relax.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, what do you think these wooden fish signify?"
True Lord Wanmeng examined them for a moment, then turned to Chen Lin and asked.
Chen Lin had also been studying the wooden fish. At the question, he said, "My lord, have you noticed the holes in them? They're exactly the same size as the Reliquary. My guess is that we're meant to place it in the hole of one of these wooden fish."
The monks had only acted after he activated the Reliquary, so the wooden fish before them were certainly connected to it.
But there were seven wooden fish in all. Which should they choose, and what did each one represent?
At this thought, something suddenly stirred in Chen Lin's mind. He recalled the divination the Wooden Chicken had given him.
When you encounter three, choose the first; when you meet four, choose the last. Seven Stars Aligning, head east all the way.
Although there were seven wooden fish before them, seemingly not matching the Wooden Chicken's words, they were currently on the third floor of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. If he looked closely enough, that could count as encountering three.
Yet Chen Lin instinctively rejected the idea.
The first wooden fish belonged to Nian Qing. If any of these seven monks was most likely to pose a danger, it was him, so his wooden fish was the one Chen Lin least wanted to choose.
If they really needed to put the Reliquary into one of the wooden fish, he