As they drove off the national highway onto a rural road, they found it blocked by locals; they got out of the car, removed all the barricades, cleared the way, and then continued their drive up the mountain.

When they arrived at the back mountain, they were shocked by the scene before them.

People were standing everywhere—on the hillside, on the road, and even in the trees—it was truly a sight of a crowded mountain.

"Damn! That's terrifying! Could almost the whole town be here?" someone from the discipline inspection team couldn't help exclaiming, thoroughly shocked.

"This Lin kid really has some skill to have riled up the whole town like this, absolutely not giving us a moment of peace!" Zhao Dabing said with a smile, sighing continuously.

"Hmph! Plainly speaking, he's just a trouble magnet," Lin Shanshan said angrily, clearly not fond of Lin Yifan's ostentatious personality.

Zhao Dabing and the others' sudden visit also drew the attention of many; fortunately, these were just ordinary folks, so their identities didn't reach the ears of Qingshi Town's officials and police.

They found a hidden spot to watch this "performance," to avoid being spotted by any suspected lawbreakers.

At the moment, all eyes were on the cave entrance, to see who would be summoned out; especially the crowd near the entrance, whose attention had been deeply captured, had no idea that police officers and the discipline inspection staff had arrived.

And the officials and police of Qingshi Town just happened to be standing near the cave entrance, so not one of them knew about the arrival of their superior leaders.

A "rustling" sound was coming from inside the cave, growing louder as time went on, as if it would soon reach the entrance.

At that moment, everyone was on high alert, focusing intently on the cave entrance, not missing the slightest clue.

"Rustle!"

The next moment, a hand stretched out from the darkness; it was clearly a human hand and appeared much like Lin Yifan's left hand that had gone into the cave earlier.

Witnessing this scene, everyone was stunned, believing that it was not Lin Yifan but the Mountain God he had mentioned, who had been dragged out.

"Could it be that the Mountain God was really killed by him?" someone incredulously asked.

However, they were soon met with rebuttal from the supporters of the Mountain God: "Impossible, even if it's not him, it must be some monster he had already arranged inside the cave."

"But isn't the cave a forbidden area, the dwelling of the Mountain God? How could he go in and out unscathed?" the skeptic pressed.

"This... maybe the Mountain God is kind-hearted and magnanimous and spared him," someone on the Mountain God's side replied.

"Really? I remember the Mountain God being not so accommodating before. And would the Mountain God allow others to defame and desecrate it?" the skeptic continued.

"This..." Those who stood by the Mountain God couldn't find a reason to refute anymore.

Because they also didn't know why the Mountain God would spare such a brazen wretch; if it were them, they definitely wouldn't stand for it. Another explanation could be that the Mountain God was indeed killed by Lin Yifan.

However, this was something they would never believe; because in their hearts, the Mountain God was omnipotent, and nothing could kill it.

On the other hand, seeing the hand, the Town Chief and his people were feeling a bit overwhelmed; however, even if Lin Yifan came out unharmed, it didn't prove anything; they just didn't believe Lin Yifan had killed the God of Killing.

They felt that the Mountain God might have been wandering around, which allowed Lin Yifan to take advantage and deceive the masses. But then, how to explain the injuries Lin Yifan had a few days ago? They couldn't explain that.

After seeing her son's hand, Lin's mother believed in Lin Yifan by eighty percent. Her unease was finally settling down.

After a hand emerged, the next second, the lower half of the body also appeared.

Why didn't the whole body appear? It was because the light slanted into the cave, so the lower half always became visible before the upper half.

Seeing the legs, the clothes, and the shoes, everyone was ninety-nine percent sure that the person walking was Lin Yifan.

Because that was exactly what Lin Yifan was wearing on his lower half before he went in.

"It looks like the Mountain God was the one dragged out," someone exclaimed, their shock reaching an indescribable level; particularly when they thought about what Lin Yifan had said at the altar, they were even more astonished.

If it were as Lin Yifan said, and the Mountain God they worshiped day and night was a Demon, then every one of them had been harshly slapped in the face by their own actions.

"Don't talk nonsense, even if he dragged something out, it's not necessarily the Mountain God," someone from the Mountain God's side objected.

They refused to believe that the Mountain God was a Demon, because the Mountain God truly had helped them a great deal; these were tasks beyond human capability.

"Right! How could our kind-hearted Mountain God possibly be the Demon he speaks of? We refuse to believe it," those on the Mountain God's side joined in the commotion.

By now, seeing the lower half of Lin Yifan, ten percent of the people started to believe Lin Yifan's words. They expected that even more would believe once they saw Lin Yifan's complete form.

So, the next moment, when Lin Yifan's upper body also came into view, everyone was one hundred percent certain that Lin Yifan wasn't the one being dragged out; and those who believed the Mountain God was a Demon shot up to twenty percent—a qualitative leap.

"How is this possible, how could the Mountain God permit such insolence? Could it be that the Mountain God is truly..." Those who stood by the Mountain God began to question their beliefs.

Lin Yifan's safe return completely shattered their faith. Before seeing Lin Yifan's true face, they could comfort themselves; but now after seeing his true face, their once resolute hearts started to waver.

"Impossible, don't speculate wildly, maybe it's all a trap he laid out to fool us," the older generation advised.

Their thoughts remained unshaped by modern culture and science and therefore were more stubborn, like Lin Yifan's mother.

But the younger generation was different, they had at least been to school, read books, knew more scientific knowledge, and were more open-minded. So they couldn't help questioning: "Then what benefit does he get from fooling us? He's not asking us for any fraud-fighting funds."

"Perhaps he's trying to make a spectacle, increase his visibility. In any case, don't believe it, our Mountain God is the Guardian God of Qingshi Town, it will never be a Demon that harms us," the older generation continued to persuade.

What the truth was, the younger generation had their own opinions.

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