Chapter 15 The Blind Toutuo Temple

The two men ran up the stairs. The one in the lead was none other than the shopkeeper of Baomo Studio. He stopped in front of Jiang Cheng and the others, his face flushed and panting heavily, but there was an undisguised excitement between his brows. "I have good news for you! We've contacted that gentleman. After he saw the box that brother Jiang gave him, he was very interested and has agreed to meet you."

"That's great! What time?"

"Right now."

Fatty peered outside through a crack in the window. It was already completely dark outside, and the surroundings were quiet, clearly late at night.

"Now... isn't now a little too late?"

The environment vaguely made people feel uneasy.

The shopkeeper also looked puzzled, then nodded. "It is, but this is a rare opportunity. I haven't met this gentleman myself, but they say he has a very eccentric personality and does things unconventionally. If you don't keep the appointment tonight, I'm afraid you won't have another chance to see him..."

Since things had been said to this point, they had no choice but to go. Moreover, Jiang Cheng could feel that this mission was nearing its end, and this gentleman might be the last breakthrough.

"Thank you for your kindness, shopkeeper. We will keep the appointment. May I ask where the agreed location is? Is it far from here?"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper seemed relieved. He had put in a lot of effort to arrange a meeting with this gentleman, and he didn't want to waste this opportunity. He nodded and explained, "It's a bit far, outside the city. It's... it's that Blind Toutuo Temple, the one where you found the person."

That Blind Toutuo Temple again...

Liu Xueyi was found here, and the five of them gathered in this temple before. It seemed that this inconspicuous abandoned temple held many unknown secrets.

And the fact that the other party had arranged the meeting place here was definitely not a coincidence. Either he knew the inside story, or... or this gentleman's identity was very problematic.

But Jiang Cheng wasn't completely unprepared. They had the dressing mirror and the little boy with them. The little boy's identity was also very strange, especially the jade pendant. He had countless connections with the tomb owner. Fortunately, Fatty had a good relationship with the boy, and at a critical moment, this was their trump card.

Of course, it would be terrible if the little boy was acting.

He couldn't rule out this suspicion, but they had no other choice now.

"Hmm? Someone's missing?" The shopkeeper looked at Jiang Cheng and the others, then peeked into the room. "Where's that old Mr. Yuan? And I remember there was a little girl."

"They went out to see friends and won't be back tonight."

Jiang Cheng casually made up a reason to prevaricate. Fortunately, the shopkeeper didn't press the matter, but just told them that the situation outside was chaotic now, and they should try not to wander around. He also assured them that this place was absolutely safe, and they could stay as long as they wanted.

Fatty liked this kind of sincere person. You could see the sincerity in his eyes. They had become acquainted because of the matter of the Ke Gong seal, and now they could be considered friends.

The shopkeeper said that he was busy with a meeting with student representatives and couldn't escort them, so he asked his shop assistant to take them to Blind Toutuo Temple.

This assistant was a strong young man in his early twenties, with dark skin, a buzz cut, and a rather simple and honest appearance, but he was very sturdy. The shopkeeper introduced him as someone from a nearby village who was very familiar with the terrain in that area. They could ask him if they had any questions.

After explaining, the shopkeeper hurriedly bid farewell and left.

The first thing Jiang Cheng and the others did after going downstairs was to look for the little boy, but they couldn't find him anywhere. Fatty found the old man who was watching the shop, and the old man was dozing off on the counter.

After being woken up, the old man was still dazed, but when Jiang Cheng asked where the little boy was, the old man adjusted his glasses and asked in confusion, "I don't know. Isn't he with you?"

Fatty was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Didn't you take him downstairs?"

Hearing this, the old man was also confused and repeatedly shook his head to deny it. "How could I? I've been downstairs watching the shop, and then I fell asleep without realizing it. I never went upstairs, and I didn't hear any of you calling me."

Now Fatty was panicked. He had personally seen Jiang Cheng take the person out, and Jiang Cheng had also confirmed that he had seen the old man and entrusted the boy to him, asking him to watch over him. But the result... the result was that the old man said he didn't know!

Then which old man took the boy away?

And where did he take him?

Luo Tianhe looked regretful and couldn't help but say, "What a pity. It seems that this little boy was the key to breaking the situation. Something strange must have disguised itself as the old man and took him away. We... we missed our chance."

"He's probably related to that tomb owner. Maybe he is that tomb owner, that Wang Yanhou! But now he's gradually awakening. If we meet again, I'm afraid..."

Luo Tianhe didn't continue, partly because there was no point in saying more, and partly because he was intimidated by Fatty's eyes. "That child may be related to Wang Yanhou, but he's definitely not Wang Yanhou. I can feel what that child is thinking. He wouldn't do such cruel things. He's not that kind of person."

Luo Tianhe gave a bitter smile and didn't explain.

After confirming that the boy wasn't nearby, Jiang Cheng and the others didn't hesitate any longer. They had the assistant lead the way, and the group headed straight for the Blind Toutuo Temple outside the city. On the way, Jiang Cheng asked the assistant about the origin of the temple.

"This temple has been around for a long time. I knew about it when I was very young, but in my impression, it's just an abandoned temple. When we kids ran around, the adults would warn us to stay away from the temple and not play there."

"At first, we just thought it was because there were all kinds of people there, and there might be bad people or something. But later we learned that it was because of the temple, the temple itself had a problem."

Perhaps because they were walking at night, the assistant's voice, who was walking in front, echoed in the night, and it was somewhat distorted, giving people an unclear feeling.

"No one in this area of ​​dozens of miles knows the origin of this temple, let alone who built this temple, or even... even which immortal it enshrines."

"The so-called Blind Toutuo is just a title. I don't know who called it that first, and then it spread. After all, the clay sculpture inside is indeed blind."

"No one knows who made it. Anyway, in everyone's impression, the first time they saw the temple, the eyes of the clay sculpture inside were blind, and the upper half of its face was scratched, so it was impossible to identify its original appearance."

"Also, because the statue is a plump person sitting cross-legged, everyone says it looks like a fat toutuo, and plus it’s blind, so the name came about."

As he spoke, the assistant turned his head and curiously looked Fatty up and down a few times, "I have to say, it looks about the same size as this boss."