Peach Blossom Land On Longyin Island Chapter 24

Dilongwang Temple

An Le, An Xiaoyu, and An Xiaojin worked hard at sunrise and returned at sunset. They worked diligently at the Dragon King Temple for four days. Every time someone went up the mountain to pay homage, and when they saw the hard work of the two people when they entered the Longmen Temple, they couldn’t help but tactfully remind them: “Lele, the renovation is to make it better, not to make it worse… Moreover, there is no farming here, so there is no need to turn the soil… There is no foundation for this…”

All the movable land inside and outside the temple has been dug up, and the new soil covers the old soil, leaving a gravure mark every time you step on it. There are also many large and small holes of different depths made by An Xiaojin.

The Dragon King Temple, which was originally an old and simple temple, finally became a mess due to the efforts of two people and one wolf.

As sunset approaches on the fourth day, the soft sunset light envelopes the Dragon King Temple.An Le finished digging the last piece of intact ground and dug a hole nearly half a meter deep. Still nothing was found. He wiped the sweat from his brow, threw away the hoe, and sat down on a stone exhausted, surrendering: “I won’t dig anymore, I can’t dig anymore. Grandpa An must have seen my trick, so he agreed to me so neatly, and asked me to dig on purpose. Alas – maybe I guessed wrong, the map is not there.Dragon King Temple?But the map is not in the Dragon King Temple or the ancestral hall, so where else can it be?You can’t just dig it up somewhere, right?The Longyin Village is so big and the Longyin Island is so big, so we can’t find it even if we are exhausted…” An Le took a bite of the plump and juicy Digong pear handed over by An Xiaoyu, and ended his chatter for the time being.

An Xiaojin stood up half straight, holding An Le’s legs with his two paws, shaking his head at An Le.

After Anle finished chewing the pear, he raised his hand and waved his arms, and the pear core flew out.At the same time, An Xiaojin turned around and chased out with a whoosh.

“An Xiaojin, you must be a dog!” An Le casually wiped his hands on An Xiaoyu, and shouted to An Xiaojin, who was wagging his tail on the ground in the distance and pulling at the pear core, “It’s too humiliating to be a wolf and do what you do!” After shouting, he looked at the ruined temple and the setting sun, and sighed leisurely: “I might have to spend the rest of my life here.”

“It’s not bad here. Life here is very happy, isn’t it?” The two of them dug for a day, and their clothes were covered with soil. An Xiaoyu said with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows and shaking the soil from his body.

“It’s very beautiful,” Anle murmured as he stared at the setting sun, with a hint of melancholy in his voice, “but it’s too calm, and it’s a bit boring. When you are sick, you have to maintain the heartbeat frequency, and you can’t be excited, frightened, or surprised. So in that short seventeen-year life, II rarely go out.My parents love me, and life is as beautiful and peaceful as it is now, but also boring.At that time, I envied the lives of healthy people, who could run, laugh, have their hearts beat faster, and have new and exciting experiences, and enjoy life as much as they wanted.”

Anle lowered his head and touched his chest, feeling the strong heartbeat under his palm. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: “Now, I am also a healthy person. I can experience and enjoy life like a normal person. Before, I was afraid that it would speed up, but now, I look forward to it beating faster. When it speeds up, what I feel is no longer pain and fear, but excitement and happiness.”

Anle looked at An Xiaoyu with gentle eyes: “I like Longyin Village. When I get old, I will choose to retire here, but now, I want to go out and see, I want to experience adventure, and I want this heart to beat faster.”

An Xiaoyu also looked at Anle and didn’t speak for a long time.After a long time, An Xiaoyu looked away, landed in the temple, and said slowly: “Actually, there is something that we have always ignored.”

Anle followed An Xiaoyu’s gaze and saw that the rays of the setting sun slanted into the temple, and the golden afterglow covered the Dragon King statue with a layer of golden clothing.

“You mean the Dragon King statue?” Anle frowned slightly, walked to the Dragon King statue thoughtfully, and looked at the half-meter-high Dragon King statue on the altar table with searching eyes.

An Xiaoyu also came over, looked at the Dragon King statue, and said: “The people of Longyin Village believe in the Dragon King. Although the temple is dilapidated, the Dragon King statue is very exquisite. My mother said this is because the Dragon King statue is a medium for them to communicate with the Dragon King, so every village chief will remodel the Dragon King statue when he takes office. But what if the remodeling of the Dragon King statue actually has another purpose?”

“For example, check whether the map is safe.” Anle continued in a deep voice, tapping the Dragon King statue from top to bottom with his index finger knuckle, and the clay dragon body made a low muffled sound.

Suddenly, the knocking sound changed slightly.

Dong Dong Dong – not too loud but clearly a sound of knocking a hollow object.

The middle of the dragon body is empty!

An Le’s eyes suddenly brightened and she looked at An Xiaoyu in surprise: “It’s empty.”

An Xiaoyu was also surprised. He stepped forward and knocked a few times. As expected, there was a slight hollow echo in the knocking sound. From the bottom of the dragon head to the top of the coiled dragon god, it was about 20 centimeters in length.

“The map is really inside the dragon’s body?” Anle stared at the Dragon King statue, still muttering in disbelief.

An Xiaoyu frowned and continued, “You can only be sure by smashing it open.”

“Smash it open?! No, no, no!” An Le was shocked and hugged the Dragon King statue. His movements were so fast, as if An Xiaoyu would smash the Dragon King statue open in the next second if he didn’t stop it in time.

“If you really smash the Dragon King statue, then we are really done for!” Smashing the Dragon King statue, what a joke!After smashing the Dragon King statue, even if they escape and are not drowned by the people of Longyin Village, they will not be able to come back!

Anle hugged the Dragon King statue with his arms, as if he was determined to protect the Dragon King to the death, and turned to An Xiaoyu, shaking his head crazily.

An Xiaoyu looked at An Le, whose head almost shook as an afterimage, but hesitated to speak.At this moment, a gray afterimage suddenly broke into the temple.

Before the two of them could react, the afterimage crashed directly into Anle’s side arm.Under the fierce blow, Anle swayed, screamed “Ah” and fell to the ground holding the Dragon King statue.

No, no, no, no!Like like like!!!When An Le fell, his eyes were still staring at the Dragon King statue in his arms, and there was only one thought in his mind: he could throw it, but the Dragon King statue must not be thrown.

Anle used her strong desire to survive to defeat her body’s conditioned reflex. Instead of supporting the ground with her hands, she pushed the Dragon King statue in the opposite direction and tried her best to hold the Dragon King statue to her chest.

But the Dragon King statue itself is half a meter high, and with the long dragon body and tail that wraps around several times, it is very heavy even though it is a clay sculpture.Even for a strong adult, it would take a lot of effort to pick up the Dragon King statue, not to mention Anle, whose physical strength is not even as good as those of his peers.

Anle was naturally unable to lift, and was even accelerated by the heavy Dragon King statue and fell down.Anle looked at the rapidly approaching ground in horror. Just when Anle thought “it’s over”, a pair of strong arms stopped his waist and supported the sinking Dragon King statue.

An Le breathed a long sigh of relief, hugged the Dragon King statue tightly, and immediately yelled at the culprit who was spinning at his feet with a pear core in his mouth: “An Xiaojin!!”

An Xiaojin couldn’t understand Anle’s anger, so he walked around in circles even more cheerfully.

Anle closed her eyes deeply and took a deep breath. After a long time, she calmed down her chaotic heartbeat and carefully placed the Dragon King statue back in its place.

“An Xiaojin!!” As soon as the Dragon King statue was placed, Anle rushed to An Xiaojin, squatted down and violently rubbed An Xiaojin.

An Xiaojin regarded the admonishment as a caress. He lay on his back on the ground with his soft belly exposed, grinning and shaking his head and tail, seeming to be more excited.

Anle vented his anger for a long time, and finally pinched An Xiaojin’s cheek, patted the wolf’s head, and let go with a satisfied look on his face.

An Xiaoyu laughed on the side: “Are you punishing it or rewarding it?”

Anle straightened up and turned his head angrily: “No, I’m rewarding myself. Fortunately, I hugged tightly and saved the lives of the three of us. From today on, I will be your savior, life, and benefactor. You must repay me like a cow or a horse.”

The word “savior” was accentuated by An Le, and An Xiaoyu raised his eyebrows: “Isn’t it because I can hug you quickly?”

An Le was a little surprised, glanced sideways at An Xiaoyu, and said with a smile, “You can also joke?”

“I’m not kidding,” An Xiaoyu put on an innocent posture and winked at Anle, “If I hadn’t hugged him quickly, you both would have fallen. I should be your savior.”

An Le rolled his eyes at An Xiaoyu speechlessly, wondering when did this man still care about this, but he was worried about the map in his heart, so he said perfunctorily: “Yes, yes, yes, you can be your savior, do you have a way to take out the map without breaking the Dragon King statue?”

With that said, Anle took a step towards the Dragon King Statue, looked at the Dragon King Statue up and down, as if he was really thinking about a way to take out the map without breaking the Dragon King Statue.

“Where’s the reward?” While thinking, An Le saw An Xiaoyu walking around in front of him, stretched out a hand in front of him, and said.An Le raised his head in confusion, looked into An Xiaoyu’s beautiful smiling eyes, and was slightly startled: “What reward?”

“The reward for saving you.”

“…” An Le was speechless. He slapped An Xiaoyu’s hand away and said, “What reward do you want? You saved yourself, and at most An Xiaojin. If you want a reward, go to An Xiaojin.”

Anle was too lazy to pay attention to him. As he spoke, he looked at the Dragon King statue to himself. He reached out and tapped it tentatively, and murmured: “Drill a hole, take out the map and then fill it in? It seems feasible. Hey, An Xiaoyu, what do you think?”

An Le looked up and saw An Xiaoyu just looking at him and smiling. The setting sun shone on An Xiaoyu’s face, his dark pupils were covered with a gentle afterglow, and his pair of phoenix eyes were very beautiful.

The moment their eyes met, Anle’s heart trembled, and he forced himself to look away, muttering: “What are you laughing at?”

“Happy.” An Le muttered casually in order to divert attention. He didn’t expect the other party to answer, but he didn’t expect to hear An Xiaoyu’s unexpected answer with an obvious smile.

“Why are you happy?” Anle touched one of the dragon horns of the Dragon King statue and asked casually, pretending to be careless.

An Xiaoyu did not answer, but came to An Le’s side, touched the other dragon horn, and returned to his usual calm tone, saying: “I’m afraid it’s not possible to drill a hole. Such a tall Dragon King statue is still standing after more than sixty years. There must be a skeleton support in the middle, wood, bamboo or iron frame. Even if we can safely drill a hole on the surface without causing the entire Dragon King statue to collapse, it will be extremely difficult and risky to drill a hole in the skeleton.”

“Oh,” he couldn’t tell whether it was because the other party didn’t answer his question or his method was rejected. Anle’s tone was a little disappointed and he shrugged: “Then what can you do?”

“Smash it.” An Xiaoyu said two words calmly.

“You still want to smash it!!” In panic, Anle’s high voice broke. He looked at An Xiaoyu in disbelief, shook his head violently, and said word by word: “No! Okay! I don’t want to be a naughty child of my parents!”

He exaggerated and joked that if he broke the Dragon King statue, he would be drowned in the sea and fed to fish by the people of Longyin Village, but it was absolutely impossible to expect to be safe after causing such a big disaster.

An Le’s parents must not be harmed. This is the bottom line for An Le’s nonsense.

An Xiaoyu smiled slightly: “It’s better not to let them find out.”

“Ah?” Anle was confused, “How come you weren’t discovered?”

“Substantially replace the pillars.”