At this moment, the car was still moving. Who would dare open the door and jump out?
But a perfectly healthy, living person had vanished into thin air. The driver was so frightened that he quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road, his mouth endlessly chanting “Amitabha Buddha, bless me and protect me” and the like.
He kept chanting for quite a while before the driver noticed two hundred yuan left on the back seat.
But this made the driver feel even more terrified.
He even swore that he would never again give lifts to people who did not talk much.
On the other side, Luo Chen was already checking in at the airport.
That driver had talked enthusiastically all the way, forgetting about the time. Luo Chen saw that time was running out, so he suddenly departed.
Fortunately, it was not too far away, and the airport was close by.
So Luo Chen finally caught the last check-in.
After boarding the plane, Luo Chen first transferred once, then flew directly to Lhasa.
Then Luo Chen called Danba to ask around.
Finally, he confirmed that he needed to go to Rakshastal.
When he reached Shigatse, as soon as Luo Chen mentioned he wanted to go to Rakshastal, the driver flatly refused to take him there.
He simply dropped Luo Chen off halfway.
This left Luo Chen in a somewhat awkward situation.
Walking along the roadside, Luo Chen felt the clean air, and from time to time he could see one or two yaks.
Just then, a Land Rover suddenly honked its horn and stopped beside Luo Chen.
“Little brother, want a lift?” A girl wearing sunglasses suddenly rolled down the window and spoke.
“I’m going to Rakshastal.” Luo Chen stated his destination directly, to avoid the other party refusing again later.
“Brother, is this your first time in the Tibetan area?” A man inside the car asked.
Seeing Luo Chen’s puzzled expression, the female driver also spoke.
“Get in first. We’re actually going to the same place.”
After getting in the car, Luo Chen discovered that apart from the female driver wearing a mask and sunglasses, there was also a man and a woman in the car.
The man had a robust build. It was obvious he was a trained fighter.
The woman was wrapped up tightly, so nothing much could be seen.
After introductions, Luo Chen learned that this was a group of backpackers.
The female driver was called Xu Shuiyao, only in her twenties. This car was hers, and it was obvious her family circumstances were fairly good, since she was driving a Land Rover.
The man was called Du Dong, and the other girl wrapped up tightly was Feng Huan, Du Dong’s girlfriend.
“Luo Chen, if you tell people you’re going to Rakshastal, of course they won’t take you. Rakshastal is also known as Ghost Lake. If you look down at it from high above, it looks exactly like a spread-out human skin.” Xu Shuiyao smiled.
“The locals are quite superstitious about it. It’s a wonder anyone would be willing to take you there.” Xu Shuiyao seemed quite talkative.
“If you said you were going to the sacred Lake Manasarovar, then people would take you. The two places are right next to each other.” Xu Shuiyao said.
She was actually a celebrity from the Hong Kong area, but recently things had not been going very well for her. Just as her best friend Feng Huan had invited her out to Lake Manasarovar to be blessed by the sacred water, and to get some fresh air while she was at it.
Actually, in the Tibetan area it was very rare to encounter someone offering you a lift. After all, no one could be sure they wouldn’t run into bad people in this place.
However, Xu Shuiyao was not very worried. That Du Dong was a combat expert, known as the “Northeast Tiger,” who had won an MMA championship gold belt.
With such an expert in the car, their group naturally had nothing to fear.
“You must also be going on a pilgrimage?” Xu Shuiyao asked.
Luo Chen nodded.
“But I heard there’s going to be a Lotus Grand Assembly at Rakshastal recently. We can go and take a look then.” Xu Shuiyao smiled again.
Actually, Luo Chen was going to that Lotus Grand Assembly this time. Luo Chen had Danba ask around. The person who had cast a curse on Shen Yuelan was called Labu Yangzong, who held extremely high status and reputation throughout the Tibetan area.
Of course, a large part of this was also thanks to his master, that Vajra Guru.
And at this Lotus Grand Assembly, that Labu Yangzong would appear there. Luo Chen could not be bothered to search for the person across the entire Tibetan area, so he simply decided to go there and wait for the rabbit.
Although Xu Shuiyao was very friendly towards Luo Chen, it was obvious that Du Dong’s attitude towards Luo Chen was somewhat cold.
He was an MMA champion, a master-level figure in the fighting world. Wherever he went he was extremely dazzling, and normally he associated with major bosses. After all, in boxing, there were definitely backers supporting you from behind.
So unless it was a beautiful woman, ordinary people Du Dong could not be bothered with.
They simply were not worthy of speaking to him.
Moreover, originally he had two beauties accompanying him on a trip, which was quite enjoyable. Now this Luo Chen had popped up halfway, disturbing his comfortable life. Naturally, he had no good feelings towards Luo Chen.
However, for convenience, in the end Xu Shuiyao simply had Feng Huan move to the back, letting Luo Chen sit in the front passenger seat.
“Brother Dong, have you ever killed anyone when fighting?” Xu Shuiyao suddenly asked.
“Yes.” As soon as this matter was mentioned, a trace of pride appeared on Du Dong’s face.
This suddenly made the two girls feel a bit frightened.
This was also within Du Dong’s expectations.
After all, when normal people heard that someone had killed, it was quite different.
Du Dong deliberately wanted to show off in front of everyone, so he spoke lightly.
“Two in total. One was during an official match, killed by accident. The other was an underground black boxing match, the kind where it’s a fight to the death.”
Speaking to this point, Du Dong deliberately glanced at Luo Chen.
“Aren’t you afraid?” Xu Shuiyao asked.
“What’s there to be afraid of.” Du Dong sneered.
“Luo Chen, if it were you, when fighting, would you kill someone?” Xu Shuiyao asked at this time.
However, Luo Chen shook his head. He was just hitching a ride. There was no need to get too close to these people, so naturally he would not answer these questions.
But Du Dong sneered.
“Tch, Sister Shuiyao, you’re asking the wrong person. Look at his skinny arms and legs. He clearly hasn’t been in society long. You ask him to kill a chicken and he’d probably be scared, let alone a person.”
“Du Dong.” Feng Huan, who had not spoken much on the side, glared at Du Dong.
“Little brother, don’t be angry. I’m not picking on you, I’m just stating a fact!” Du Dong said carelessly, his tone holding not the slightest hint of apology.
Of course, Luo Chen did not mind. Was he supposed to tell these people that he had killed before?
But Du Dong did not think this way. He had deliberately brought up this topic to scare Luo Chen.
The meaning was: behave yourself on this journey, your elder brother here has killed people.
No one can afford to mess with me.
However, throughout this journey, whenever Du Dong spoke there was a sense of targeting Luo Chen, his words carrying barbs.
Even when Luo Chen did not speak at all many times, Du Dong still proactively provoked him.
And Feng Huan’s attitude was to go along with Du Dong. After all, having an MMA champion boyfriend gave her a sense of showing off.
After travelling for a full day, they finally found a dilapidated inn at eleven o’clock at night.
“Sigh, I need a good bath, then sleep comfortably.” Xu Shuiyao did not pay attention to that inn.
But the others frowned, because this inn was not only dilapidated and somewhat pitch-dark, it also somehow felt rather frightening. “It would be best not to stay at this place.” Luo Chen, who had not spoken much, finally spoke. He looked at it. This inn was somewhat sinister.