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The wild boar's attention was completely attracted to it, and it no longer bothered to chase after Ashley and the little girl. It ran around randomly, as if it was mad that it couldn't climb trees. The strange eagle was standing on the tree, letting out a strange and mournful cry. It spread its wings from time to time, preparing to attack. However, it never jumped down again, as if it was trying to attract the wild boar's attention.

The wild boar was abnormally fierce, but he couldn't be bothered to take care of it. After a while, he was attacked by the three big dogs, and when he was about to counterattack, the few big dogs were incomparably agile, allowing the wild boar to charge at them and bite them without harming them. However, the three dogs did not go all out to fight the wild boar, as if they were only trying to restrain the wild boar, waiting for the owner of the boar to come over.

Ashley's judgement was not wrong, and sure enough, there was a whistle in the woods, and the three dogs immediately scattered in all directions. The big wild boar wanted to escape when it saw an opening, but suddenly, there was a crack in the forest, and a bright green light flashed by, going straight to the boar's butt. The big wild boar let out a scream and ran towards the back, but before long, it slumped to the ground, twitching and unable to stand up again.

From the looks of it, there were people hunting the wild boar in the forest. This wild boar might have been driven away by his big dogs and fled down the mountain. However, it was saved. Ashley let out a sigh of relief. However, what kind of person was hunting here in the middle of the night? Ashley did not dare to let down his guard. She took the little girl and hid behind a pile of ruins, squatted down and peeked into the forest, only to see a man with a short spear running out quickly, he first ran over to where the wild boar had fallen, bent over and stabbed the wild boar to death with his spear, then he turned and walked over to Ashley's hiding place, the three big dogs were well-trained, they did not bite the boar to death, but followed obediently behind their owner. The giant eagle also jumped down, the man stretched out his arm, lifted up the giant eagle, but did not stop, and approached the two.

Ashley was even more nervous than if he had met a wild boar. The man had a weapon in his hand, and was accompanied by a fierce dog and a fierce bird. The man had a weapon in his hand, and was also accompanied by a fierce dog and a fierce bird.

Ashley was very touched that the little girl was using her life to buy time for him. She mustered her courage and walked over to the little girl's side, lightly grabbing her wrist to signal her not to be impulsive.

"Who are you people? What are you doing here in the wilderness?" the man asked.

Only now did the two clearly see this person's appearance. He was not even thirty years old, and was as sturdy as a wild bull, with a neatly constructed beard. His expression was somewhat fierce, but he did not seem like a bad person.

"We... Who are you? Hunting is not allowed here … "But thank you for saving us." Ashley changed the subject, trying to be nice to the man.

"I didn't hunt. I don't know where this wild boar came from. It's so big that it rampaged around the mountain all day long. A few days ago, it overturned a stone tablet in this temple. I came here today to get rid of it." The man looked at the two women, then asked, "You... Are you guys from the construction team? " His voice was suddenly filled with coldness, even a trace of hostility.

Ashley looked into the man's eyes, and suddenly his head was full of goosebumps. He couldn't even make up a lie, so he said, "We... We don't belong to the construction team. Actually, the construction team was invited by our company, and this place has been rented by our company. Do you know the origin of this temple? I'm very interested in this place. "

The man laughed coldly and said, "It's nothing. It's just a broken temple of the previous dynasty. After tonight, you can tear it down." After saying that, he walked towards the temple with the large eagle on his back. A few big dogs followed behind him while wagging their tails.

Seeing that the other side did not have any ill intentions, the little girl let out a long breath. She pulled Ashley up and was about to go down the mountain. However, Ashley's curiosity had been piqued. She was certain that this person must have some sort of connection with this abandoned temple. Besides, he had saved her, so she had to ask him about his identity.

Ashley pulled the little girl and followed the man to the temple's courtyard from a distance. Only then did he notice the two strange deities standing behind the abandoned gate. However, the two statues looked very strange, the paint on their bodies were extremely bright, one held a sword and the other held a rope, the sword wielder stood on the evil ghost, and the rope bearer had a fierce tiger beside him. A closer look revealed that there was a signboard on the floor, shining a flashlight on it. There were three large words written on the signboard: Danyo Temple.

Although Ashley had been educated in the United States since she was very young, she knew that she was Chinese, so she was very interested in Chinese history and culture, even more than most Chinese. She suddenly looked at the two idols and understood that the name of the temple should be from the meaning of the mountain. The two idols should be the brothers who were said to be guarding the gate to the myriad ghosts under the peach tree on the mountain, but she did not know what kind of people were worshiped there.

She quickly chased after him and saw that the man had already passed by a huge peach tree and walked into the only temple hall that had not collapsed yet. From afar, the hall was brightly lit, so she also rushed in, but she did not expect that other than the man who had saved her, there was another person in the main hall. That person's back was to the door, and he was kneeling on the ground, worshipping to a statue in the middle of the hall.

The hunter looked at Ashley who came in, but did not say anything. He placed the big eagle on an eagle rack beside him, and then commanded the three big dogs to quietly hide in the corner. Then, he pulled out a broken praying mat and knelt beside the other person, bowing to him.

Ashley raised his head and looked at the statue of the god in the hall, it was a bronze statue, a brave warrior with a ferocious beast under his feet, a dragon coiling around his body, his two hands grabbing onto the dragon's body as if he was fighting, but he could not find out which god it was.

No matter what, this was a temple after all, and the worshipers were all gods, so it was not wrong to pay respects. Ashley thought as he knelt down. There were no broken prayer mats left in the hall. She was only wearing a pair of thick stockings. Kneeling on the cold and hard floor tiles, she immediately felt cold and pain. She clenched her teeth and persevered.

After a while, the two men stood up. The hunter who had saved her walked over and gently grabbed Ashley's arm. He pulled her up and asked, "You're quite a funny person. Why are you following me?"

Ashley smiled awkwardly and replied, "I just want to thank you, and I'm also really curious about this temple. I want to come in and see, if there are some cultural relics here or if they have some value for protection, I'll go back to the company to study them and see how I can deal with this place."

Hearing her words, the man shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Don't worry, there are no cultural relics here. The bronze statue is from the Qing Dynasty, but it's probably not worth much money. At least it's better than being treated as trash. "

"This temple... What must it have to do with you? "Can you tell me?" Ashley asked sincerely.

The man asked her, "You rent this place, but you don't know anything about it. What are you going to do with it?"

Ashley quickly explained, "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. This is my business card and I'm the manager of this foundation. We want to build a bird protection station here."

At this time, the person beside them spoke up, "Hehe, this is really funny. You guys actually set up an animal protection station here. Hahahaha."

Ashley didn't understand why he was laughing at her. She sized up the man, who was also a young man in his twenties. His features were handsome, but his face was full of gloom, as if something was on his mind.

"Is it funny?" "The ecological environment here …"

"It's nothing. Do you know how you got here?" The man asked her without waiting for her to finish. His face was full of mockery.

Ashley was a bit angry. She stubbornly said, "Of course I don't know. That's why I'm asking you! "What's so funny about that?"

The two men looked at each other and smiled. The hunter said, "Let me tell you, this Temple was created by two famous hunters of the Qing Dynasty. These two hunters have killed countless ferocious beasts in their lives. "You're trying to build an animal protection station here, that's too much of a black joke."

"Hunter?" Why should a hunter build a temple? Are they monks too? Hey! "Can you guys not leave? Tell me about this, do I want to tear down this temple or not …!" No matter how Ashley shouted, the two men didn't look back. They greeted the big dogs with eagles and disappeared into the pine forest like ghosts and spirits in the night.