To the side, on a stone platform at the very back of the temple, stood a Buddha statue a full two meters tall.
The statue's appearance was bizarre, a far cry from any ordinary Buddha.
A normal Buddha statue would either wear a compassionate expression, radiating an aura of universal salvation,
or it would be glaring angrily, its intent to deter evil perfectly clear.
But the statue before him was pitch-black, as if it had been steeped in darkness.
Its eyes were slightly closed, the corners of its mouth upturned in a sinister smile.
Its chest was bare, and what was even more horrifying was that in the place of its navel grew a large mouth filled with sharp teeth.
It is often said that one should never recklessly enter a temple found in the wild, nor should one blindly worship its divine statues.
After all, no one could know whether a seemingly sacred statue held the blessing of a True God or the curse of an Evil Ghost.
