Realm of the Night God

Chapter 702: You're Really Weird!

No one dared to block Old Town Chief, and from the surface, it seemed like the villagers didn't dare to disobey him. However, if you observed carefully, you would discover that it wasn't the case at all.

The villagers weren't afraid to disobey Old Town Chief; they were just too lazy to care. When they invited Old Town Chief to sit down and drink, it was mostly just a courtesy, and in reality, they were hoping he wouldn't drink so they could have more.

As for whether Old Town Chief understood this or not, only he knew. But Yang Haoran had already figured it out.

However, Yang Haoran didn't expose the truth. He had come here to follow the trail and wasn't here to mediate justice for anyone. Besides, Old Town Chief seemed to be enjoying his current status and position.

So, why bother exposing the truth?

Old Town Chief left without hesitation, and Yang Haoran followed closely behind him.

Under Old Town Chief's lead, the two of them quickly left the temple behind, although they could no longer see the large and small tables set up outside the temple. However, they could still hear the villagers' laughter and the sound of them playing drinking games.

"Sir, where's your divine statue?" Old Town Chief asked, noticing Yang Haoran's empty hands.

Yang Haoran slapped his forehead, as if he had just remembered the Spirit God statue. "I was in a hurry when I left the temple, so I forgot to bring it. I'll have to go back to the temple later to get it."

"That's okay. The statue won't get lost in the temple, and it won't be a problem to go back and get it later," Old Town Chief replied, unconcerned.The divine statue wasn't like other things; who would bother to steal it from the temple? Besides, everyone was a believer of Spirit God, and every household had a Spirit God statue. If someone wanted to add another one, they could just go to the temple and ask for one. There was no need to steal.

As for Yang Haoran, he hadn't taken the divine statue not because he had forgotten, but because he had never intended to take it in the first place. The Spirit God statue was just a stepping stone for him to achieve his goal, and now that he had achieved it, what was the point of taking the statue? Would he really go back and worship it with incense and offerings?

He had no interest in doing such a foolish thing.

"Old Town Chief, where does the divine envoy live? Is it outside the town?" Yang Haoran asked, following behind Old Town Chief.

"He indeed lives outside the town. We even invited him to the temple fair today, but unfortunately, he didn't want to participate because he doesn't like noisy gatherings," Old Town Chief replied.

"Old Town Chief seems to be quite familiar with him. I've found the right person this time," Yang Haoran said with a smile.

"It's not that I'm very familiar with him, just generally familiar. But your latter sentence is correct; you've found the right person this time. In the entire town, only I and the divine envoy have some connection. The others wouldn't be able to get in touch with him even if they went to his place," Old Town Chief said.

As he spoke, Old Town Chief took out the box of cigarettes Yang Haoran had given him, lit one, and continued to walk and talk.

"You've come at the right time. I went to invite the divine envoy to the temple fair this morning, and he mentioned that he's leaving our town tomorrow to spread the spirit of our god in other towns. If you had come tomorrow, even I wouldn't be able to help you, because the divine envoy would have already left."

Old Town Chief took a puff of his cigarette and then turned to Yang Haoran, but his way of addressing Yang Haoran had changed from "sir" to "you kid," a significant shift.

Yang Haoran didn't mind this at all. In fact, he smiled and flattered Old Town Chief a few times, making Old Town Chief laugh heartily and feel extremely pleased.

Under Old Town Chief's lead, Yang Haoran left the town and headed towards the large mountain to the north, where the divine envoy was temporarily residing, according to Old Town Chief.

Due to Old Town Chief's advanced age, his legs weren't very strong, and he walked slowly. Additionally, his physical body had deteriorated with age, and his stamina was no longer what it used to be. As a result, the two of them didn't arrive at their destination until evening.

Although it was only early evening, the sky had not yet darkened, but due to the dense vegetation in the mountains, the sunlight struggled to penetrate, making it seem like nighttime had already fallen, and visibility was also affected to a certain extent.

Yang Haoran, without activating his "ghost eye," could not see in the dark with his naked eye, but compared to an ordinary person, his visual acuity was slightly higher. Most of the time, at night, he relied on his keen senses.

At this moment, under his gaze, a building appeared vaguely in a mountain valley ahead, due to the dim lighting, it was not particularly clear, but he could roughly make out that it was a two-story small house.

"See that house up ahead? That used to be where the forest ranger lived, and the house was built by the Administrative Bureau. Although it's not big, it's a two-story house, quite impressive. Back then, it made many people in our town envious, because such a good house was something many of us had never lived in."

Old Town Chief pointed to the small house in the mountain valley ahead, explaining to Yang Haoran, with a tone that even had a hint of envy.

He took a puff of his cigarette, and Old Town Chief let out a sigh, continuing to speak.

"What a pity, the world is in chaos, and the forest ranger has long since disappeared without a trace. No one wants to take on such a job anymore, lest they lose their lives. After all, deep in the mountains and old forests is where demons love to linger. Moreover, the Administrative Bureau can't even manage its own people, let alone care about the deep mountains and old forests. So, this place was left abandoned. When the divine envoy came to our small town, looking for a quiet place, I thought of this place first."

Yang Haoran was not interested in the history of the small house, but Old Town Chief was enthusiastic, not caring whether Yang Haoran wanted to listen or not, and continued to talk while smoking.

"Heh, if it weren't for the consideration that living in the deep mountains and old forests is unsafe, I'd want to move my whole family here, it's such a waste to leave such a good house empty. Only someone like the divine envoy, a high-ranking official, would dare to live here, without worrying about their own safety at all."

Old Town Chief spoke as they walked, and the two of them got closer to the old house, Yang Haoran's view of the old house became clearer.

The old house looked like it had been around for some years, not only was it dilapidated, but the walls had even grown a lot of green moss and vines, it was like a setting for a horror movie, and Yang Haoran couldn't see where it was high-end or beautiful.

However, Old Town Chief's high evaluation of the old house was because he was comparing it to the houses in their small town, compared to the small tile-roofed houses or even earthen houses, this two-story cement building was indeed a high-end product, even though it had become quite dilapidated, in his eyes, it was still an invaluable good house.

Yang Haoran had also experienced poverty, so he understood Old Town Chief's thinking, but what he was concerned about now was not this.

"Old Town Chief, you can just drop me off here, I'll take care of the rest myself."

Yang Haoran withdrew his gaze from the old house, and smiled as he spoke to Old Town Chief.

Old Town Chief heard Yang Haoran's words, and his footsteps halted, looking at Yang Haoran with a puzzled expression.

"Hey You're a strange one, didn't you ask me to put in a good word for you with the divine envoy earlier? Now you want to handle it yourself, can you really handle it?"

Yang Haoran's face showed a bitter smile, he had come to find the spirit master, and it was to fight, earlier, he had said those words to Old Town Chief, but that was just a ruse, the main purpose was to get Old Town Chief to bring him to his target.

Now that the goal had been achieved, with Old Town Chief by his side, they would fight soon, and Old Town Chief might not make it back alive, although Old Town Chief had now believed in the Spirit God, and was on the opposite side of him, Old Town Chief was, after all, just an ordinary old man, and he had no grudge against him, so he really didn't want to harm him.