My enemies became my companions

Chapter 167 Why are you here too?
Let’s go back to half an hour ago.

The Sutra Repository is much more eerie than one might imagine, and it's chillingly cold. When one first steps in, it feels like one has strayed into a ghost town.

Yin Weiying made the Golden Light Body Protection Technique with one hand and held the guiding talisman in the other hand, moving forward step by step, not daring to slack off at all.

The interior of the pavilion was dim and there were no windows on the first to third floors. Instead, it was covered with layers of wooden boards, as if it was sealed from the inside, which made it look particularly eerie.

Donggong Ruoshu and Lu Ying followed closely behind, the former holding a goose-feather knife and looking around vigilantly, while the latter also performed the golden light body protection technique and held a long sword.

The three of them did not enter the Sutra Repository alone, but entered with a group of people from the martial arts world, because there was a rumor that there was a statue of the Heavenly King on the top of the pavilion.

The evil spirits inside could not be seen from the outside of the Sutra Repository. Yin Weiying and Lu Ying were both Taoists, so they thought it would be extremely easy to break the formation inside. However, as they walked, they found that for some reason there were fewer and fewer people, and in the end there were only three of them left.

The Sutra Repository does not look too big from the outside, but it has so many twists and turns inside that it is almost like a different world.

The three of them all had night-light talismans pasted on their bodies, but even so, their vision was still limited in the Sutra Library, confined to an area of ​​one foot.

There was a thin mist all around, making it difficult to see clearly even if you wanted to.

The guiding talisman was glowing dimly, and the Sutra Repository was eerily quiet. Yin Weiying slowly walked up the stairs and heard a creaking sound. The wooden stairs under his feet kept shaking, as if they would break at any time.

"stay close."

The lady in white said softly.

The two women behind him also nodded slightly and followed Yin Weiying closely. The guiding talisman was shining, leading everyone to find the center of the formation. Logically speaking, it should have been very fast, but they didn't know how many times they circled around in the scripture library on the first floor.

The wooden frames were covered with spider webs, and the chilly wind blew across my face, making it extremely chilling. However, when I looked up, I could only see that the windows were tightly blocked by wooden boards, and I had no idea where the wind came from.

Yin Weiying's brows were solemn, her vision was obstructed several times in the darkness, and cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

The Sutra Repository before us seemed like an impossible maze to escape from.

Before I knew it, the fog seemed to have thickened a bit, and a dull smell of decay filled the air. I could faintly hear the sound of footsteps on wooden boards.

This should come as no surprise.

However, there was only one person's footsteps behind him.

Yin Weiying suddenly stopped, then slowly turned his head, his hair standing on end.

Donggong Ruoshu looked at her in confusion, then followed her gaze and looked to his side.

Lu Ying is missing!
The two girls' breathing stagnated and their faces suddenly became stiff.

"Where did she go?"

Yin Weiying asked with a trembling voice.

"I don't know... I just now..."

Donggong Ruoshu's voice also trembled.

“…We can only find the center of the formation first and break the formation here.”

Yin Weiying murmured, tightly grasping the guiding talisman in his hand.

In the dark corridor, books were displayed on wooden shelves. Yin Weiying did not look at them carefully, but stopped after a while and saw a Buddha statue standing abruptly in front of him.

The Buddha statue is made of sunken wood and is completely black. A talisman for house protection and exorcism is pasted upside down on it, covering its entire face. It looks extremely eerie. One must know that the face of the Buddha is a compassionate one with his eyes lowered!

This is like suppressing the evil spirits. It is not the Buddha statue that suppresses the evil spirits, but the evil spirits that suppress the Buddha statue that is supposed to suppress the evil spirits!
The corridor was pitch black, and Yin Weiying approached on tiptoe.

The environment was very dim. Yin Weiying carefully looked at the Buddha statue and observed its face. He found that it was the Buddhist Heavenly Drum and Thunder Sound Buddha, one of the Five Buddhas of the Garbha-drum Realm of Tantric Buddhism. It is said that its voice is like a heavenly drum, and it preaches the Dharma to warn all living beings to be cautious of evil and do good, suppress evil spirits, and eliminate ignorance and fear.

And on the lotus pedestal of the Buddha statue, there were faint traces of black blood, as if it was some kind of curse.

When she passed the Buddha statue, she suddenly stopped hearing the footsteps. The lady in white turned around suddenly.

It was discovered that the iconic Yanling knife was missing, and Donggong Ruoshu had also disappeared without a trace!
Her breathing suddenly stagnated, darkness enveloped her, a cold wind blew, and the Night Light Talisman became erratic.

Yin Weiying suppressed his fear and walked slowly forward to the edge of the corridor. He caught some details and saw that the wooden boards separating the windows were covered with scratches and bloodstains, as if someone was trapped in the Sutra Library and kept trying to escape, but in the end could only leave powerless traces.

The wooden board was made of sunken wood, which was as hard as iron. Yin Weiying tried to scrape it with his hand, but could only leave a shallow mark on it.

Yin Weiying walked forward slowly. When she turned a corner, she heard some footsteps and her heart sank.

There seems to be something hidden in the corridor!
A gust of cold wind blew past, and the corridor was pitch black. Goose bumps appeared under the Taoist robe of the nun. She took out the peach wood sword from her waist and held it across her body.

The closer she got, the more panicked she felt, and her fingertips trembled as if they would stab at any moment.

Just as she turned another corner, Yin Weiying's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Why is it you, Chen Yi?"

Chen Yi in front of him was stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect to meet Yin Weiying here.

"That's why I met you here."

Chen Yi let out a breath.

"I came here by mistake... looking for the center of the formation."

After the false alarm, Yin Weiying breathed a sigh of relief, hesitated for a while, and simply gave a brief explanation.

She had thought about where she would meet Chen Yi, after all, Chen Yi had been tracking down the successor of the Hehuan Sect.

But now is not the time to chat, they cannot be trapped in this scripture library for too long.

"Do you...want to come together?"

Yin Weiying thought of the red gold relic on his body and asked.

"I'm looking for Yin Tingxue. We got separated."

“Everyone gets lost here.”

After Yin Weiying finished speaking, he was no longer persistent. Since everyone would get separated eventually, there was no need to travel together.

Besides, she didn't want to go with him.

"Or... let's go our separate ways and try each other out." Yin Weiying said.

"Then we will go our separate ways."

After thinking about it, Chen Yi nodded in agreement.

The two passed each other and went in opposite directions.

The dark corridor gradually became more and more blurry, but Yin Weiying continued to move forward.

She had the illusion of losing her direction. The creaking of wooden boards made it seem as if she might step on empty air at any moment. Dust and thick fog floated in the air. It was eerily quiet.

Yin Weiying continued to move forward cautiously. After a while, he suddenly heard footsteps in the corridor again.

She clenched the peach wood sword tightly in her hand, and her feet had already started to step forward unconsciously. When she turned the corner, she suddenly stopped. When she saw the face of the person coming clearly, she was stunned for a moment and then came to her senses.

"I thought it was some kind of monster..."

Yin Weiying asked doubtfully:
"Chen Yi, why are you walking this way too?"

(End of this chapter)