Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment before saying, “Let’s search this area before it gets dark.”
This referred to the area around the old pagoda tree, excluding Linhe Village itself. This was because it was darkening, so there was definitely no time.
After a careful and serious search, the four Old Task Force members confirmed that there was nothing abnormal about the old pagoda tree. There was nothing around it either.
“What should we do…” Shang Jianyao muttered to himself.
suddenly, he took a few steps forward and sat cross-legged under the old pagoda tree.
“What are you doing?” Long Yuehong asked in surprise.
Shang Jianyao replied seriously, “Simulate the scene from back then. Maybe Master Zhuang sat here to preach or pass away.”
He then chanted a Buddhist proclamation. “Namo Annutara-Samyak-Subhuti…”
As his voice echoed, the sky tumed darker.
Apart from that, everything was normal.
As Jiang Baimian watched this scene, countless thoughts surfaced in her mind before slowly settling.
After a while, Bai Chen said to her, “Team Leader, it’s almost dark. Shall we find a place to camp?”
Jiang Baimian snapped to her senses and exclaimed, “There’s no rush. Let’s try one more time.”
“What do we try?” Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao asked in unison.
Jiang Baimian looked at the old pagoda tree and slowly said, “I remember the name of this Buddhist Holy Land is ‘Under the old pagoda tree in Linhe Village, Dajiang City,’ and not ‘the old pagoda tree in Linhe Village, Dajiang City.’ In other words, the real Buddhist Holy Land isn’t this tree but the place
under the tree.”
“But we’ve already searched and didn’t discover anything,” said Long Yuehong.
Jiang Baimian suddenly laughed. “Have you really searched everywhere? Not necessarily. At least we haven’t dug up the land under the tree to see if anything is buried.”
Shang Jianyao—who was sitting cross-legged—jumped up. “Where’s my shovel? Where’s my shovel?”
He anxiously ran to the jeep, took out two shovels from the trunk, and threw one to Long Yuehong.
The two of them got busy while Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen guarded against any accidents.
After digging for a while, Shang Jianyao suddenly smiled. “There’s indeed something!”
He pulled up his shovel and brought something out of the soil.
The object rolled to the tree root and stopped.
It was a white human skull with black eye sockets..