Upon hearing this, Ke Wuwen did not feel the same fear and unease as most people, spending his days in silent prayer that he would never be chosen. Instead, he felt indifferent, believing that since it was a matter of fate, there was no need to dwell on it.
Who would have thought that he would suddenly be thrown in after just a month?
In the beginning, he also felt it was too abrupt. Could the system hear his thoughts? He had also grumbled a little about his terrible luck.
However, the moment he saw Jing Minghe, his mood instantly lifted.
Jing Minghe was only six years older than him. But the first time he begged his uncle to secretly take him to an underground boxing match, the moment he first saw Jing Minghe, who had knocked down all challengers, his admiration could no longer be suppressed.
He had thought he would never have the chance to know his idol, but he never expected that the City of Death would give him the opportunity to become teammates with his idol. He was even starting to feel grateful to the system for throwing him in here.
The more Ke Wuwen thought about it, the happier he became, bursting with joy.
Walking silently was too boring. I need to find some topics to chat with my idol more.
"Idol, huh? Why did you run over there?"
As Ke Wuwen spoke, he was about to go around to Jing Minghe's side when he heard Chi Hao suddenly speak.
"We're here."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked intently. Not far in front of them was the Dragon King Temple, and it was quite large. The main entrance alone was over two meters high, with two stone lions standing guard.
Entering the Dragon King Temple through the main gate, there were three main halls. The main hall enshrined the Four Dragon Kings, while the left and right side halls enshrined the Sun, Moon, Stars, and the Gods of Thunder and Lightning, respectively.
Ke Wuwen looked left and right, then turned back to Jing Minghe with a smile and said, "Idol, this village doesn't look big, but I didn't expect this Dragon King Temple to be so well-built."
"Yes," Jing Minghe gave a cold smile and said, "It's too good, which makes it disharmonious."
"Right, right, right," Ke Wuwen immediately agreed. "It's not just here; the entire village is disharmonious. And it gives people a feeling of being in the void."
Void?
Jing Minghe nodded. Ke Wuwen's choice of words made him find it very interesting. This village was both real and illusory.
"Let's search separately," Tong Zheng suggested. "See if we can find anything useful."
Everyone naturally had no objections to this suggestion.
There were three halls in total. Tong Zheng pulled Chen Mu to the left side hall. Jing Minghe walked directly to the main hall. Just as Ke Wuwen was about to follow, he was stopped by a look from Chi Hao.
"Idol," Ke Wuwen called out to Jing Minghe. Glancing at Chi Hao's icy gaze, he had no choice but to swallow his original words and replace them with another: "Um, I'll explore the right side hall."
Jing Minghe responded with a sound. Feeling a bit cold, he added, "Be careful, and call for help if anything happens."
Ke Wuwen beamed and nodded heavily, "I know, idol, don't worry."
After speaking, he skipped off to the right side hall.
As Jing Minghe stepped into the main hall, he couldn't help but smile and say to Chi Hao, "This child is so cute."
"Cute?"
"Isn't he cute? I quite like lively people."
Jing Minghe did not see the cold glint in Chi Hao's eyes as he said this, but it was quickly concealed.
The two searched separately in the main hall for two rounds, and finally found a fan-shaped mirror under the seat cushion of each of the Four Dragon Kings, a total of four.
Jing Minghe picked up a mirror and held it facing himself. Upon seeing the reflection, he suddenly cried out.
"Ah!"
"What's wrong?" Chi Hao immediately stepped forward to inquire, a rare look of tension on his face.
Jing Minghe put down the mirror and gave a wry smile, "Nothing, I just scared myself."
Chi Hao didn't believe it. Jing Minghe would scare himself?
"What exactly is it?"
"It's really nothing," Jing Minghe leaned closer to Chi Hao. "Why didn't you tell me? My eyes are so red."
Chi Hao frowned slightly and comforted Jing Minghe, "Don't worry, it will be fine."
Jing Minghe wasn't overly worried. He was just startled by the sudden sight of his own red eyes. Apart from a slight stinging sensation, he felt nothing else.
"Alright," Jing Minghe raised his eyebrows and smiled. "If you say it's fine, then it's fine. I believe you."
Saying that, he handed the mirror in his hand to Chi Hao for safekeeping and casually speculated, "Perhaps my eyes turned this way because I can see those characters, while you can't."
"Mm."
With just a simple word of reply, Jing Minghe felt that Chi Hao's emotions seemed a bit unstable.
Is this guy worried about me? How rare.
Just then, Tong Zheng and the others also finished their exploration and walked into the main hall one after another.
"Idol!" Ke Wuwen ran to Jing Minghe as soon as he entered, waving what he found in his hand. "Look what I found!"
"What?"
Ke Wuwen presented it to Jing Minghe with both hands like a treasure, and explained, "It's a roster. This village is called Xiaohe Village, and it has many names written in it. It must be the roster of this village."
Jing Minghe took the roster from Ke Wuwen and flipped it open. Tong Zheng and the others also crowded around to look.
"It really is a roster," Tong Zheng said happily. Then, a question suddenly occurred to him, "But, even if it's the village roster, what use is it to us?"
Ke Wuwen heard this and exclaimed, "Yeah, I don't know what use it is either. I just picked it up when I saw it."
Jing Minghe flipped through a few pages, closed the roster, and asked Tong Zheng, "What about you? Did you find anything?"
Tong Zheng gave a wry smile and said, "I don't know if it's useful, but I can't bring it over. You have to go and see it. It's a mural."
"Then let's go and see it."
Jing Minghe said and walked straight out, handing the roster to Ke Wuwen as he did. "Keep it safe. It should be useful."
Ke Wuwen, who had been feeling dejected about possibly finding something useless, immediately smiled happily upon hearing Jing Minghe's words.
The five of them went to the left side hall. Tong Zheng pointed to the statue of the Sun, Moon, and Stars and said, "It's on the wall behind the statue, but the space behind is very narrow, only enough for one person to stand. We have to go one by one."
Jing Minghe turned to look at Chi Hao. "I'll go first."
Chi Hao, however, grabbed Jing Minghe and said in a commanding tone, "Stay here."
With that, he walked around the statue and went to the back.
Seeing Chi Hao go in, Ke Wuwen leaned into Jing Minghe's ear and muttered discontentedly, "How can Mr. Chi be so harsh to you, idol, and not let you go first?"
Jing Minghe didn't want Ke Wuwen to misunderstand Chi Hao, so he whispered to Ke Wuwen, "He's afraid there might be danger behind there."
Ke Wuwen thought of something and asked Jing Minghe in a voice only the two of them could hear, "But, didn't Mr. Tong and the others already see it?"