Chapter 588 - 586: Yan Tong’s Story
Chapter 588 - 586: Yan Tong’s Story
Inside the cabin, the three siblings stared at each other wide‑eyed, the atmosphere downright weird.
"Ahem..."
In the end it was Yan Ya who gave a light cough, breaking the strange mood.
She slightly parted her red lips, looked at Yan Tong and asked, "Where did you go just now? How did you suddenly show up on this ship again?"
"Where else could I go? Obviously that nameless island, getting ready to explore that Blood-colored Divine Temple!"
Yan Tong said with a light smile.
"Then... then why did you suddenly come back?"
"And the way you came back was so... so..."
Yan Jun stammered, unable for a moment to come up with a suitable adjective.
"So special?"
Looking at her brother and sister, whose faces still held traces of shock, Yan Tong smiled even more happily.
Yan Ya’s surprised expression in particular gave her an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
Ever since this girl had a kid out of wedlock, she’d done a one‑eighty as a person.
From the cute little sweetheart she used to be, she’d turned into the poker‑faced Extinction Master she was now.
So when she saw extra emotion leaking out of Yan Ya’s face, as an older sister, of course she found it fun.
"Sigh!"
Thinking back on what she’d just gone through, Yan Tong couldn’t help letting out a sigh.
Seeing this, Yan Ya and Yan Jun exchanged a glance.
This fifth sister of theirs almost never sighed; it seemed there were very few things that could make her feel troubled or depressed.
Even when she got divorced back then, she had joy written all over her face; she’d looked more like she was getting married.
"As for why I suddenly appeared next to you two, that’s really... a long story..."
Yan Tong had nothing to hide from her little brother and sister.
She carefully recounted what had happened to her earlier.
First, how she’d been like bewitched and followed Zhang Songkang onto the boat.
Then how the fishing boat’s captain suddenly turned into a kidnapper.
After that, Lars and the others suddenly turned on them and shot the captain and the rest dead.
Then Lars and the others used corpses and living people to test how to open the Blood-colored Divine Temple’s gate.
In the end, with a gun pressed at her, ready to die, she pushed open that gate...
The entire process was full of twists and turns, jaw‑dropping.
"Fifth Sis, your experience is really... really one roller coaster ride!"
After listening, Yan Jun couldn’t help sighing.
He never would’ve thought that in just half a day, Yan Tong could go through so much.
There was kidnapping, murder, and people being forced to open doors and march to their deaths.
And in the end, danger was everywhere!
If she’d been just a little bit more unlucky, this fifth sister of his would’ve gone GAME OVER.
If it had been him, he really might not have made it out alive.
Yan Ya, after listening, had a flash of surprise in her eyes.
She could tell this sister of hers wasn’t as weak and useless as she’d imagined.
"Oh right, Fifth Sis, how did you get out?"
"You pushed open that gate and then just walked out?"
Yan Jun asked, full of curiosity.
"Of course not!"
Hearing that, Yan Tong lightly shook her head.
She slowly answered, "I was pretty surprised myself that I could push that door open at the time."
"But I also realized this was definitely my chance to get away from those kidnappers."
"So I quickly pushed it open just a crack, slipped through, and then pulled the door shut behind me."
"Behind that gate was an enormous plaza, at least as big as three football fields."
"In the center of the plaza stood a gigantic statue over ten stories tall, ferocious and terrifying in shape, like an Evil Ghost ready to devour people at any moment."
"Standing at the statue’s feet, I felt as tiny as an ant."
"On both sides of the plaza were old wooden buildings, doors and windows tightly shut; who knew what was inside."
"As for the other end of the plaza, there was another gate..."
When she mentioned the "gate," a trace of fear surfaced on Yan Tong’s face.
Yan Ya caught that instant and felt a bit amused.
The fearless Fifth Sister Yan Tong of the past actually had this kind of expression now.
"Little brat, you haven’t been through it, of course you don’t get it!"
Yan Tong shot her sister a glare and said irritably.
After all that she’d experienced, how could she not be terrified of those blood‑red gates?
The outermost gate needed to devour living people’s flesh and blood to open.
The middle gate also required at least four people to die before the next person could push it open.
Who knew what kind of price the gate at the far end of the plaza would demand.
"Back then I looked around the plaza and didn’t see any way out at all, and I just felt completely hopeless."
"I was thinking that in the very next second, those kidnappers might blow my brains out with their guns..."
Yan Tong gave a self‑mocking smile, then went on, "But I felt my life shouldn’t end that hastily."
"I want to travel around the world, eat all the food in the world, and check out all the handsome guys in the world."
"Driven by all those thoughts, I felt a bit unwilling to accept it."
"So I started racking my brains again, trying to find a way out of this terrifying Blood-colored Divine Temple."
"While I was thinking, I suddenly noticed a small bronze incense burner in front of the statue."
"That incense burner was weirdly small, not even half a meter high, forming a sharp contrast with the statue that was over ten stories tall."
"So, curious as I was, I walked over to see what was going on."
"When I got to the incense burner, I found four characters engraved on its body..."
Here, Yan Tong deliberately kept them in suspense, grinning at her brother and sister.
"Fifth Sis, just spill it already!"
"What exactly was written on that incense burner?"
Curiosity was practically written all over Yan Jun’s face.
Seeing Yan Tong stop right at the juiciest part, he hurriedly pressed her.
By contrast, Yan Ya stayed much calmer, with no extra expression on her face.
She raised an eyebrow at Yan Tong, as if saying, "Say it or don’t, whatever..."
Seeing this, Yan Tong was so mad she was practically grinding her teeth.
But there was nothing she could do; she really couldn’t control this youngest sister.
Because if you told her to shut up and not tell, she’d suffer even more than Yan Jun.
"On that incense burner were the four characters for ’Burn Incense, Make a Wish.’"
Helpless, Yan Tong could only keep going. "If it were before, I definitely would’ve scoffed at those words."
"But this time was different; this Blood-colored Divine Temple was way too mysterious, I couldn’t help believing a little."
"The key problem was: where was I supposed to get incense?"
"Just as I was stressing over it, I suddenly noticed there was half a stick of incense at the statue’s feet."
"I rushed over and picked up that half‑burned stick of incense..."
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