Everything began to distort as far as the eye could see.

It is a kind of wavy distortion that is in a state of constant change.

The room was getting darker and darker, and the candlelight turned from orange to an eerie green.

There was a rustling sound in my ears, like someone walking beside me, or whispering in my ear.

The darkness around him gradually encroached, causing Chen Bei to feel a chill and get goose bumps.

The sanity attribute began to decline, but not much.

Chen Bei's spiritual will is not so easy to shake.

The chanting continued, and it seemed that as the chanting went on, the mind would automatically fill in the rest of the content, no longer relying on the words on the cover.

After a while, new anomalies appeared.

Above the Sutra Chanting Hall, the wave-like distortion was forcibly torn apart by an external force.

It was like a hand drawing aside a curtain.

Then a head popped out from it. It was shaped like an eggplant, small on top and big on the bottom, a little larger than a human's head, with a bumpy surface, and no eyes or nose, only a mouth.

This strange head leaned down, stretched its neck, and reached above Chen Bei's head.

Then it opened its mouth and a long, colorful tongue stretched out.

Chen Bei saw it clearly, so how could he allow himself to be bullied? He stood up and tried to move away, but his body was out of control, as if he was being pressed down by a mountain.

Watch the colorful tongue approaching.

Chen Bei shuddered, his mental will burst out, breaking through the invisible restraints and forcibly moving his body away.

The tongue missed and retracted.

The strange head tilted to the side, and although it had no eyes, it seemed to be staring at Chen Bei.

The two sides confronted each other for a few seconds.

The head turned, reached over the other person's head, and stuck out its colorful tongue.

The tongue penetrated the hair and flesh as if it were nothing, and went straight into the deep of the man's head.

The part of the tongue that remained outside began to move, as if it was a sucking motion, sucking something out of the man's head.

Chen Bei stared at him.

The person who was chosen did not react at all. He was still chanting the scriptures, but his eyes seemed distracted and he was in a state of confusion.

Some time passed.

The eggplant head pulled out its tongue, retracted it, and retreated into its own world.

Like a diner who has just finished a buffet.

After the chanting was over, the disciples stopped.

Everyone came back to their senses and started sharing what they had just learned.

Only then did Chen Bei realize that everyone's experience of chanting the scriptures was completely different.

"Just now, as I was reciting the sutra, the people around me disappeared, and I was left alone."

"I felt like I was flying, higher and higher, all the way to the sky. I was very happy at first, but then I poked a hole in the sky and reached the void outside. It was pitch black there, and there were colorful stars all around, which was scary to look at."

"Why didn't I see anything? Is it because I'm not sincere?"

"Sincerity is the key to success! As long as you concentrate on reciting the sutra, you will definitely gain something."

"Haha, hahaha..."

Among the crowd, one person began to laugh. He was the one whose head had been visited by the colorful tongue just now.

Everyone looked at him. He laughed more and more happily. He stood up and said with a smile: "Haha, I got it! I got it!"

"What did you realize?" asked the person next to him.

"The reason I am unable to move forward is because I am held back by my family ties. If I want to attain enlightenment and become a Buddha, I must cut off my family ties."

"How to cut it off?"

"Of course I'll cut it off with a knife! My mother, my wife, my son! Cut them all off! I'll go right now, I'll go right now..."

After saying this, he rushed out in a rage.

He just said such terrible words, who knows what he will do when he returns home.

But no one was there to stop him.

Especially those old disciples who have been in the sect for a long time, they are used to it.

Wang Si walked closer and asked Chen Bei and the other newcomers if they had gained anything.

Several newcomers shook their heads and said that they didn’t see anything unusual just now, they were just chanting.

Chen Bei saw it, but didn't say anything.

When there are a lot of weird things in the game, many of them can’t be investigated in depth.

After the chanting, Wang Si took the newcomers to the cafeteria for lunch, and then started doing hard labor.

Life in the Ermei Sect is surprisingly fulfilling. Every day is packed with activities and no one is idle.

In the afternoon, there was new work.

A disciple found Wang Si and said, "The Alchemy Hall is short of manpower. The hall master asked me to come over and select someone to help."

"Then you choose. Whoever you choose will be the one." Wang Si said.

The disciple glanced at the group of new laborers and took a liking to Chen Bei at first sight.

"It seems that you are the strongest, so it's you. Come with me. It's hard work here, and it's also hard work in the Alchemy Hall." said the disciple.

Chen Bei put down the brick in his hand, patted the dust off his hands, and followed the disciple.

He had visited the Ermei Sect before, but had never been to the Alchemy Hall. This time he decided to go in and take a look.

Maybe there's something good in there, and I can make some money.

On the way, the disciple leading the way asked, "Are you a brave man?"

"Big." Chen Bei agreed quickly.

"That's good. The scene in our Alchemy Hall is a bit cruel, so you should be prepared. Don't collapse when you see the scene there."

"Don't worry, I've seen a lot of things and I won't be scared easily."

"Haha, it seems I chose the right person."

All the way to the Alchemy Hall.

There is a chimney on the roof here, and thick smoke is billowing out.

The doors and windows are all sealed, making everything mysterious.

The two of them went in together, and as soon as they walked in, they smelled a pungent smell of blood mixed with a stench of decay.

The ground felt sticky and had traces of blood from years gone by.

There are shelves and cabinets on both sides, which contain various medicinal herbs and some strange things.

Chen Bei saw several dried human heads on the shelf. They had long hair and were skinny.

Walking deeper, we reached the core of the Alchemy Hall. Once we opened the door, it was as if a new world had opened up.

A world like hell on earth!

There was a tall and strange man with a strange body, holding an oversized palm-leaf fan, fanning the fire and watching over the alchemy furnace.

Next to the alchemy furnace, there is a large stone mill.

There was a living person trapped in the millstone, with only his shoulders and above exposed, and the rest of his body was inside the millstone.

There are four push rods around the millstone. Two disciples are holding the push rods, and the other two push rods are empty.

The millstone and the alchemy furnace are connected by a slide, which is at an inclined angle, with the millstone side being higher.

The disciple introduced: "This is the head of the Alchemy Hall. You are new here, so there is no need to say anything. Just follow me. Do whatever I tell you to do."

After saying that, he brought Chen Bei to the millstone.

There are two empty putters, just one for each person.

"push!"

The hall master, who was shocked, shouted loudly.

One side of his skeleton was larger than the other. He was tall but had a slightly hunchbacked stature. His forehead, cheekbones and chin were particularly prominent, forming an angular hexagon. His eyes were sunken and bloodshot, and he had no eyelids.