Online Fortune Telling: Your Son Has Another Dad
Chapter 665 - 663: Departure
The group dug for half a day, and with collective effort, they managed to dig a pit for each person present, including Diego.
Once all the pits were dug, everyone’s attention focused on Diego.
"Lie down, close your eyes, and hold your breath!"
"Remember, once you close your eyes, no matter what sounds you hear, do not open your eyes again."
"Otherwise, you will stay in Stone Temple Village forever!"
After that, Diego lay down in the pit and closed his eyes.
Tie Xiong followed suit, lying in the pit he dug and adhering to Diego’s instructions, closing his eyes and holding his breath.
The others, mimicking them, lay back in their respective pits.
Tie Xiong lay quietly in the pit, fully holding his breath.
Initially, he could hear the rustling of the wind moving the bamboo leaves.
But soon, everything around him quickly quieted down.
It was dead silent, eerily so.
Then, suddenly, he heard a beast’s roar as if some wild animal had entered the bamboo forest.
"Strange, where would a beast come from in Stone Temple Village?"
Tie Xiong was full of doubt.
Soon after, there came the sound of a beast tearing flesh, accompanied by human screams.
At that moment, he really wanted to open his eyes.
But he remembered Diego’s advice.
Once you close your eyes, no matter the sounds, do not open them...
Thinking of this, he tightly shut his eyes, daring not to budge an inch.
Meanwhile, the beast seemed to be right beside him.
He could even smell the beast’s foul, bloody saliva.
"Did Diego trick us?"
"Is he planning to have the beast eat us all?"
As the bloody stench grew stronger, Tie Xiong’s thoughts multiplied.
Right then, he desperately wanted to open his eyes, to see what was happening outside.
But in the end, he forcibly resisted this impulse.
Very quickly, the smell disappeared.
Instead, a woman’s voice called out.
"Dad, Dad..."
"Dad, you finally came out!"
"Dad, I’ve waited for you so long, I really miss you..."
Tie Xiong was suddenly startled—it was his daughter Tie Shanshan’s voice.
"Have I succeeded in leaving the Blood-colored Divine Temple?"
"No... I cannot open my eyes..."
He clenched his teeth, refusing to open his eyes no matter how his daughter called out.
If he opened them, he would never see his daughter again.
Time passed, each second adding to the suffocating discomfort.
Yet, despite it all, Tie Xiong kept Diego’s words in mind, refraining from opening his eyes or gasping for air.
Soon, his daughter’s voice faded away.
Everything fell back into dead silence once more.
"Mr. Tie, we succeeded!"
"We’ve successfully left Stone Temple Village!"
Suddenly, Diego’s voice rang in Tie Xiong’s ears.
Upon hearing this, Tie Xiong became instantly joyful.
Just as he was about to open his eyes to see if they had indeed escaped Stone Temple Village, he suddenly felt a shock.
He knew that Diego always referred to him and Yang Qingshu as "Divine Envoy Lord."
Why the sudden change to "Mr. Tie"?
Could Diego now be another external trick to make him open his eyes?
Thinking this, he tightened his almost-opening eyes once more.
At the same time, Diego’s voice disappeared.
Tie Xiong didn’t know how much time had passed outside, as the suffocation was causing his lungs to twitch.
It seemed like the next moment he would suffocate himself.
Then, he suddenly felt his body being submerged in seawater.
A salty smell rushed to his head.
Soon after, seawater flowed into his ears, his nostrils, crazily gushing into his body.
This foreign sensation, combined with suffocation, was driving him nearly mad.
"Is this also an external illusion?"
Tie Xiong felt suspicion in his heart.
But at that moment, a strong arm grabbed his collar.
With a powerful pull, Tie Xiong felt himself being dragged out of the water.
"You can open your eyes now!"
A familiar voice suddenly echoed by his ear.
"Whose voice is this?"
After thinking for a moment, Tie Xiong realized it was none other than Senior Xiao Yan’s voice.
He tried opening his eyes, and the outside sunlight was very dazzling.
A masked figure stood in front of him.
Who else could it be but Xiao Yan?
Is this out?
Tie Xiong quickly thought as he stood up.
He glanced around at the surroundings, and was surrounded by salty seawater.
Evidently, he was in the ocean.
And beneath his feet was a wooden boat, seemingly crafted from glass, crystal, and other materials, transparent and with a deep emerald hue.
"Many thanks to Senior Xiao for rescuing me just now!"
Tie Xiong realized, the feeling of being soaked in seawater just now was real.
After Diego’s voice faded, he returned to reality but fell into the seawater.
If not for Senior Xiao rescuing him, he might have inexplicably drowned.
"No need for politeness."
Xiao Yan wore a mask, his expression unknown, his voice as cold as always.
Tie Xiong didn’t know what to say to Senior Xiao.
But from his understanding, Senior Xiao did not appear to enjoy conversation.
So he cooperatively chose not to speak further, instead checking his belongings.
Including the Evil Ghost statue and the talisman, everything was intact without missing or damage.
This made Tie Xiong let out a deep sigh of relief.
"Splash!"
Distantly, a splash was heard.
Just as Tie Xiong was about to say something, the boat beneath began to move.
In the blink of an eye, the boat reached the location of the splash.
Xiao Yan stood at the side of the boat, glanced down at the sea, then grabbed powerfully into the void.
A figure was pulled from the water.
Tie Xiong looked closely and saw it was Yang Qingshu!
"Wake him up!"
Xiao Yan casually tossed Yang Qingshu in front of Tie Xiong.
"Okay, Senior Xiao!"
Hearing this, Tie Xiong quickly reached out to pinch Yang Qingshu’s chubby cheek, calling, "Qingshu, wake up!"
"We have come out already!"
After calling several times, Tie Xiong found that Yang Qingshu not only did not open his eyes but instead shut them tighter.