So, to deal with this kind of intangible problem...
They could only fight magic with magic.
Maybe it wouldn't help, but at least it could give them some peace of mind.
At least it would let them actually do something.
Instead of just "sitting around waiting for their fate."
But...
Though they hadn't believed from the start that it would really work,
when they found out it truly had no effect, they couldn't help feeling disappointed.
After being disappointed again and again,
Xiao Ying started to rebel.
She didn't want to go to temples anymore.
She thought it was stupid.
Ridiculous.
She had knelt so devoutly before Buddha...
Praying again and again.
And what had she gotten in return?
Disappointment after disappointment.
Xiao Ying was growing angry and embarrassed.
If it didn't work, why should she waste her time?
It would only make her feel worse.
Sisi understood her friend's change in attitude better than anyone.
That was why, after hearing about this new temple earlier, she had hesitated to tell her friend.
She was worried it would upset her.
She was also worried her friend would refuse.
As Sisi saw it, it might be another wasted effort.
But what if?
What if this temple worked?
A few failures didn't prove anything.
Besides,
hadn't they gone to the temples to pray in the first place just because they wanted to do something?
They hadn't expected anything.
So how could they be disappointed?
She thought her friend's disappointment seemed a little unreasonable.
But Sisi could only keep these thoughts to herself.
Wouldn't saying them out loud just upset her friend?
Her friend didn't even want to hear the word "temple."
But the unexpected incident just now had made her bring it up without thinking.
Her friend's bad luck was still going