I was reborn after cheating on the aloof and powerful man.

Chapter 202 Divine Punishment

The murals on the left and right are stylistically very different, and can even be said to be completely unrelated.

There are three murals on the left. The one closest to Fei Xi is brightly colored and depicts a boy and a girl. The boy is carrying the girl on his back as they walk along the edge of a field.

The night was as dark as ink, and the stars, as dazzling as shattered diamonds, were scattered like a river. Fireflies danced and fluttered in the wheat field, gently brushing against the little girl's fingers as they brushed across the wheat tips.

The two under the moon seemed to have countless little secrets to share. The stars shifted and the fireflies flickered, but nothing could compare to the radiant smiles in their eyes.

Fei Xi's gaze passed over the wheat field in the mural and looked ahead, where the content of the painting had changed.

Snowflakes fluttered down, and the two, now grown into a boy and a girl, seemed to be arguing on a street. The moon was obscured by clouds, and the girl, standing beneath a glowing pillar, pushed the boy to the ground in the snow, her eyes moist. The boy's wounded gaze fell on a plush rabbit, also abandoned on the ground, covered in snowflakes.

Looking further ahead, only the profile of a grown-up boy remains in the painting: in the vast desert, he holds a spherical, glowing object and keeps moving forward, seemingly searching for something.

These three murals left Fei Xi and the others puzzled. If they hadn't known that this was a foreign temple, they probably would have thought they had stumbled into a theatrical troupe that used love stories as a gimmick.

Strangely enough, the clothing and attire of the people in the paintings, especially the background in the second painting, were all things that no one had ever seen before.

Although the people in the first painting were still young, their revealing clothing, the girl's disheveled hair, and the boy's excessively short hair made Yu Heng and the others frown.

Fei Xi was certain that she had never seen certain things in the painting before. The people and objects in the painting were all unfamiliar to her. However, amidst this unfamiliarity, Fei Xi felt that some things seemed familiar.

She suppressed the inexplicable emotion welling up inside her and turned to look to her right.

The mural on the right instantly made everyone feel that this was the style a mural should have.

In the dappled light and shadow, the colors in the painting seem to be covered with a layer of brown that has weathered the years. The first painting that catches the eye is a group of people dressed in ancient Hu clothing prostrating themselves on the ground, devoutly worshipping a square white luminous box.

Further ahead, five dancers holding strings of datura flowers were gracefully dancing.

They wore bracelets adorned with silver bells on their wrists and feet, and draped themselves in fiery red silk ribbons. Their golden lotus feet leaped lightly, like swallows skimming the water, and streaks of silver light emanated from their feet. The fluttering red silk ribbons, like flames piercing the clouds, traced lingering arcs in the air.

Continuing onward, the square, glowing box opened a door, and out emerged many strangely dressed people, as well as the iron barrel monster they had seen before.

In the last painting at the end, the box and the group of strangely dressed people had all disappeared.

The ancient Hu people seem to be holding a celebration, with various hunting and banquet activities. A group of people are singing and dancing around a large bonfire, and a young child appears to be tied to the bonfire.

The figures in this mural are painted like matchsticks, a stark contrast to the level on the left.

Just as Fei Xi was about to lean closer to see if there really was a child on the fire, she suddenly heard a scream of "Ah!"

She quickly turned around and saw La Pei running back from the back door of the main hall, looking terrified.

"Murder...murder!!!"

"Sister La Pei, what happened?" Fei Xi hurriedly stepped forward to help the dancer who had fallen to the ground in fear.

Fei Xi knew that when she was looking at the murals, her sister La Pei, who was originally with her, ran away. Presumably, that fat man was worried that she would deceive him, so he sent La Pei to check the situation behind the main hall while she was not paying attention.

Seeing Sister La Pei so terrified, it's clear she's witnessed someone die. But who could it be?

"It's the goddess! The goddess has unleashed divine punishment, and we will all die here!" The dancer Lape shook off Fei Xi's hand, squatted down, and hugged her head, her eyes filled with endless fear and dread.

"Goddess? Goddess of Fertility? Who died? Sister, did you see the high priest and goddess here?"

"Dead, all dead, we're all going to die here!"

Seeing that the person was engrossed in their own world and unable to provide any useful information, Fei Xi stopped pressing the matter and got up to decide to explore the back herself.

As she looked up, Fei Xi's eyes met those of her junior brother Ji.

His eyes, which had been gazing thoughtfully at the mural, now met Fei Xi's gaze, revealing an undisguised worry.

"Senior sister, I'm here. No matter what happens, as long as you call me, I will definitely be by your side."

"it is good."

Fei Xi held an oil lamp in her hands and walked towards the back of the hall.

The entire hall was empty except for the door leading to the back of the hall, which was open.

Stepping through the gate behind the hall, one can see a courtyard shaped like a U-shape. To the left of the courtyard is a covered walkway, and to the right are several side rooms. Further ahead, one can see the buildings of the rear hall.

At this moment, the door to the rear hall was wide open. It was quite far away in this underground world, pitch black, like a giant maw that devoured living beings, sending chills down one's spine.

Fei Xi sniffed carefully but did not smell any blood.

kill without spilling blood?

She couldn't help but feel suspicious, wondering if La Pei was listening to the fat man and deliberately trying to get rid of her so she could take the opportunity to harm her.

However, upon further reflection, after spending the past few days together, she realized that the other person wasn't like that. Besides, they hadn't completely broken off their relationship, and she hadn't killed the fat man yet, so La Pei had no reason to harm her.

Recalling her experiences during this period, Fei Xi had a general idea of ​​the situation in the Kingdom of Wusi the moment she saw Xiao Hua.

But ever since entering this temple, everything she's encountered has been strangely bizarre. There must be some hidden variable at play, and she must go and investigate.

Thinking too much was pointless, so Fei Xi stopped dwelling on it and carefully walked forward.

Before long, she arrived at the entrance of the rear hall. As soon as she stepped into the hall, she looked up and saw a goddess statue more than two zhang tall standing in front of her.

The Earth Goddess, with a gentle smile, gazes tenderly upon each person who steps in.

After gazing up for a moment, Fei Xi felt a strange, indescribable feeling welling up inside her.

She walked towards the back of the statue, but after taking only two steps, she suddenly stopped.

Although Fei Xi is not very old, she has traveled all over the country with her master over the years and has seen many dead people.

She had been to battlefields and seen countless mangled corpses. Not long ago, she had even witnessed the remains of the undead being shredded into horrifying shapes resembling hellish monsters.

However, none of this can compare to the scene before my eyes.

The scene before her eyes sent a chill down Fei Xi's spine, filling her with fear.

She even considered, like La Pei, bursting out the door and fleeing back to the front hall.

Right behind the goddess statue, in front of her, dozens of charred limbs still held their grotesque, convulsing postures, reaching out to her with difficulty.

The twisted, deformed corpses were burned down to just bones that struggled against death. Their eyes had long been burned away, leaving only black holes that stared hatefully at every intruder.

wrong!

Why didn't she smell any burning odor?

Upon closer inspection, there were no signs of burning near these charred corpses.

It all seemed as if these bodies had suddenly spontaneously combusted and ended up like this.

Is there really divine punishment?

She doesn't believe it!

Fei Xi tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of her clothes, covered her mouth and nose, and then simply wrapped her hands, doing basic protection.

She then reached out to perform an autopsy on the body closest to her.

However, the moment the cloth-wrapped hand touched the grotesque corpse, an eerie blue flame instantly ignited from the charcoal-like body touched by the fingertips.

Oops!

Fei Xi acted decisively, immediately throwing away the cloth covering her hands. With a flash, she moved elusively, quickly distancing herself from the corpse.

The blue flames instantly burned the cloth cover to ashes.

The flames seemed to have a life of their own. After burning away the cloth cover, they seemed to sense Fei Xi's presence and suddenly swelled from a small flame into a dark blue monster as tall as a person, rushing straight towards Fei Xi!

The flames moved with lightning speed. Fei Xi's steps faltered, and before she could dodge, the flames rushed towards her like a whirlwind, opening their blood-red maws, ready to devour her entirely into the dark blue.

At that critical moment, the Buddhist prayer beads on her wrist, which she had never removed, suddenly emitted a dazzling white light.

Fei Xi instinctively covered her eyes with her hands, and only after the light dissipated did she realize she could open her eyes.

As soon as she lowered her hand, the Buddhist prayer beads on her wrist broke as if by divine intervention, scattering all over the ground.

The tumbling prayer beads bounced about, some landing on the charcoal-black bodies. In an instant, all the corpses turned to ashes as if a switch had been flipped.

Before the ashes could fall to the ground, they vanished without a trace from Fei Xi's sight, along with the prayer beads.

On the empty ground, the terrifying scene that had just been like hell seemed like nothing more than a nightmare to her.