Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 154: The Temple

"Brother Ye Chen, why do I feel the spiders are looking at us?" Lin Xian'er shivered with fear and hid behind him as she felt countless gazes.

"Because they are," Ye Chen replied with a frown as he also felt this.

Then, without waiting for the reply of the little girl, he grabbed her and escaped behind.

Slush! Slush! Slush!

In that instant countless sticky cobwebs landed on the place where they both stood.

Seeing this, Lin Xian'er's heart pounded loudly with fear; meanwhile, Ye Chen flicked his sleeves, summoning his ice flame.

Whoosh! Sizzle!

As soon as the cobwebs came in contact with the flame, they got burned into ashes. Then, before the spiders could react, the ice flame attacked them.

Hiss! Sizzle! Hiss!

No matter how many spiders were in the way, all of them started turning into dust along with their corrosive violet blood, which meant no collecting of blood essence from them.

Nonetheless, Ye Chen did not care too much about this and started to think about how to take care of these spiders. Although his ice-flame cane helped him, it consumed a lot of spiritual consciousness.

With his cultivation already not working here, he couldn't risk being defenseless.

Crack! Bang! Rustle!

Just as Ye Chen was thinking this, the forest behind started rustling loudly, attracting his and Lin Xian'er's attention.

When they turned around, they saw several big trees shaking wildly as if a massive, fierce beast was running here.

It didn't take too long, and they saw six violet eyes glancing at them with anger.

"Whaa, a big spider!" Lin Xian'er could not help but open her mouth wide as she saw the massive brown spider as tall as a three-story building.

KREEEEEE!

Witnessing how Ye Chen was killing its babies, the spider screamed angrily and lunged at them.

Whoosh!

Ye Chen did not hesitate and controlled ice-flame to attack the spider. The spider knew the flame was powerful so it did not dare to attack and retreated.

KREEEEEE!

Once again it let out an angered scream and its eyes flashed with violet illuminance.

"Umm? Brother Ye Chen, my head hurts." Lin Xian'er frowned suddenly, her eyes becoming filled with exhaustion.

Seeing her like this, Ye Chen knocked her out and then summoned a spear before throwing it at the spider's eye.

The spider screamed watching his actions; however, it did not dare to take the spear head-on and dodged it.

It was at this moment that eight golden needles flew towards it, targeting its every eye, even the ones that were at the back.

The spider was not pleased at this; however, Ye Chen did not care and did not give it any time to respond as he controlled the ice flame to attack once again.

KREEEEEE!

Facing all of the attacks at once, the spider had no choice but to face them head-on. The needles were not much of a problem since it had fourteen legs and could defend against it. What it really feared was the ice flame, which was enough to injure it seriously.

Then there was Ye Chen, who took out another and targeted its weak points.

Although the spider looked big, it was only at the third stage of Qi-refining. But like Ye Chen, it also could not use cultivation here.

There was no need to guess the outcome, as the spider was forced on its knees after a few more fierce attacks from Ye Chen.

However, he did not kill it and just like the bee, he placed it inside the emperor's void pearl. What he wanted was a ferocious army of fierce beasts at his hand, which would be a great trump card if anyone wanted to go to war with him.

As soon as the big spider disappeared, the little one started to run away, clearing the path to the trial temple.

'This saved a lot of trouble,' he thought to himself and headed towards the temple with the unconscious little girl in his arm.

She had just suffered a spiritual attack from the spider, which targeted her sea of consciousness. Ye Chen was a bit puzzled at how her sea of consciousness did not have any strong defense despite her spiritual consciousness hiding something deep.

But he did not care too much and continued his journey to the trial temple.

…

"Sniff! Sniff!"

Lin Xian'er felt a sweet aroma entering her nose and her mouth started to water.

With some struggle and unwillingness, she finally managed to open her eyes only to see a bonfire in front of her and some delicious meat on it. As for Ye Chen, who was cooking them? She ignored it.

"There is a river half a mile away; if you want, you can go there and take a bath," Ye Chen felt her waking up and spoke.

"I can just use my spiritual Qi to wash up! Huh? Why is it not working?" Lin Xian'er made a few hands symbols but no matter what, the dirt on her clothes and skin did not go away.

"Did you become an idiot after sleeping? Don't you know the cultivation technique does not work here?" Ye Chen rolled his eyes at her.

Hearing him, Lin Xian'er blushed with embarrassment but did not care too much and went to get some cooked meat sticks.

Ye Chen did not stop her because he also cooked for her.

"Nom! Why didn't you enter the temple? Also, what about the small and big spiders?" Lin Xian'er questioned curiously as she took a bite of juicy meat.

"I needed to recover and since it was getting darker, I thought about waiting. As for spiders, aren't you eating them now?"

"Hmph! Don't lie to me; this is chicken meat. I know the taste a thousand times better than you."

"Really? It looks like you have never eaten a spider, which tastes like chicken."

"D-don't lie."

"I am speaking the truth."

"I—I will cry."

"Feel free to do so."

Ye Chen continued to bully the little girl, who started doubting if she was eating chicken or spider. In the end, she steeled her heart and decided not to think about it, as the taste was really good.

Just like this, an hour passed, and the moon hung in the dark sky.

"Do we really have to go in now?" Lin Xian'er inquired with a pitiful look.

Although she already slept, she once again wanted to have a nap, especially after filling her stomach too much.

"If you don't want to, then stay here; I am going in." Ye Chen did not care about her excuses and pitiful expression.

He had already warned her not to eat and even scared her but she still ate enough to make her stomach bloat. He really wondered if it was a good thing for her to cultivate.

Hearing his reply, Lin Xian'er pursed her lips unhappily but stood behind him with an obedient look.

Ye Chen did not hesitate and pushed the dusty door.

Creeeeaaaaak!

As the door opened, it let out a long creaking sound similar to haunted places. Now the little girl was scared and grabbed the corners of Ye Chen's outfit.

'A pity that Xiao Mei is not here.' Ye Chen shook his head with disappointment as he thought of Li Mei being scared of ghosts.

Although she claimed she did not fear them, what if otherwise? A pity that he could only think of this for now.

"Let's go inside," he said and dragged the little girl with him.

The inside of the temple was dark but all Ye Chen had to do was summon a normal flame with his spiritual consciousness, which was easy enough that even the little girl could do it.

Tok. Tok. Tok.

Suddenly sounds of footsteps echoed from behind and when Ye Chen turned to look, there was nothing. Just a cold wind filled with some old dust.

Gulp.

The little girl swallowed her saliva loudly and all of her relaxed look was gone.

Seeing how scared she was, Ye Chen chuckled in his heart; however, he did not bully her now and continued to walk forward.

The inside of the temple was a hall with tall sculptures standing on both sides as if to display strength.

Ting!

Another sound echoed from behind, which made the little girl jump with fear.

When Ye Chen looked back as usual, there was nothing. Even after looking for a while, he did not find anything suspicious or anything that could make a sound.

Since there was nothing to find, he once again continued on the path, which was leading to a massive arch gate.

Up until he did not find anything related to the inheritance trial, just an old, dusty path with some abrupt sounds.

Lin Xian'er's face was now as white as paper. She had the courage to run away and be naughty but not in a scary place like this? Even if it was just a little lit up, she could still muster courage but with the darkness, she felt it was better to stay outside and bask in the light of the moon, even if she had to fight with ghosts there.