"Hmph! Arrogant fool! How dare you insult the Mountain God, a being far beyond your juniors? Even if you don't die by self-immolation, the Mountain God will kill you, just you wait!" The Town Chief declared, his face red and ears hot.

"Fine! I'll wait to be killed by him!" Lin Yifan coldly responded, not frightened in the least; then he sternly shouted, "Move aside!"

"Hmph!" With a cold snort, the Town Chief swallowed his anger and, reluctantly, made way.

To make Lin Yifan embarrass himself, this path still had to be cleared.

Lin Yifan did not hesitate; he walked straight forward.

Not long after, under the watchful eyes of the townspeople, he arrived at an altar next to the cave, spanning several dozen square meters.

Standing on the altar, he turned to face the onlookers on the road, on the mountain, and in the trees, then loudly proclaimed, "Fellow villagers of Qingshi Town, I, Lin, have called you here today to reveal the ugly and evil face of the Mountain God, hoping that after you see his true nature, you will come to your senses."

"Cut the talk! If you dare, summon the Mountain God. I really want to see if the protector of our Qingshi Town is as evil as you claim," someone angrily shouted.

He still did not believe the Mountain God was dead, let alone that he was an evil demon.

His words immediately resonated, and those who did not believe the Mountain God was a demon started jeering.

"Right! If you dare, go into the cave and summon the Mountain God! If you don't have the guts, then burn yourself to death!"

"Quickly summon the Mountain God!"

"Quickly summon the Mountain God!"

...

Lin Yifan extended his hand, signaling these furiously shouting people to quiet down, then said, "Don't worry, I will definitely 'summon' the Mountain God; if I can't, I have already prepared gasoline and will immolate myself anytime."

"Then hurry up and summon him! Our patience is limited!"

"Right! Hurry up and summon!"

"Hurry up and summon!"

...

Another wave of jeering arose.

Seeing this, Lin Yifan spoke up, "Fine! I'll now enter the cave to bring out the kind-hearted Mountain God you hold in your hearts. However, before I do, please be mentally prepared, especially those of you in the trees and on steep slopes; if any of you are frightened enough to fall off a tree or tumble down the slope and lose your life, it's not my responsibility."

"Stop the nonsense and quickly summon the Mountain God!"

The people in the trees and on the steep slopes impatiently shouted, utterly disregarding Lin Yifan's warning.

"Hmph!" Lin Yifan snorted coldly from the corner of his mouth, seeing that these people ignored the warning, he couldn't be blamed then.

Without further ado, he immediately stepped down from the altar and entered the cave.

The Array at the cave entrance had already been secretly unlocked by Xiao Fang, so Lin Yifan could easily walk inside the cave.

After entering the cave, Lin Yifan took out a flashlight and illuminated the path ahead, walking step by step.

He generally knew where the Demon Mountain God's soul had left its body, so he moved easily and quickly arrived at the corpse of the Mountain God.

Since the seal placed by the Qingxu Immortal had disappeared, the Mountain God's corpse was decomposed by the natural bacteria. Fortunately, three days earlier, he had timely asked Xiaofang to lay down an Array to keep scavengers and air out, and the low temperature inside the cave had helped preserve the corpse well, so the decomposition was not very severe.

Still, despite all this, it did smell a bit; but, compared to what was expected, it was already very good.

After checking with his flashlight that the Mountain God's corpse still looked as before, Lin Yifan felt relieved. At this point, he put on gloves, reached out and dragged the Mountain God out of the cave.

"Shasha!"

Soon after, the people outside the cave heard the sound of an object being dragged on the ground. At this moment, everyone sharpened their eyes towards the cave entrance, with some even pulling out binoculars, eager to see whether it was Lin Yifan dragging the Mountain God out, or the Mountain God dragging Lin Yifan out.

At this very moment, Lin's mother and the town chief among others were also anxiously expecting the final result.

"Son, please don't let anything happen to you!" Lin's mother prayed in her heart, worried that Lin Yifan's bold intrusion into the cave would anger the Mountain God.

After all, the cave was a forbidden area of Qingshi Town, where no one was allowed to enter; historically, no one dared to enter it either, because there were bloody lessons — those who went in never came out.

"Huh! Call the Mountain God out? I think it's the Mountain God that calls you out!" the town chief said, his face full of smugness and contempt.

He thought Lin Yifan's blind intrusion into the forbidden territory was simply a death wish. This was also why he had watched someone enter the forbidden area and did not stop it earlier—he wanted to see Lin Yifan die.

If this had happened in the past, he would have stepped forward to stop it immediately; because the Mountain God must not be disturbed or desecrated.

It was also at this time that some people drove to the area.

They had arrived in Lishan City a few days earlier and investigated for a few days before coming here.

When they arrived, they found that Qingshi City had turned into a ghost town, with hardly anyone on the streets and the shops on either side all closed, very desolate.

Fortunately, there were still a few elders in their seventies or eighties sitting dazedly on the old street, or else they wouldn't have seen any people at all.

After Zhao Dabing and others went up to inquire about the situation, they learned about the incident behind Qingshi Town.

When hearing about a young man surnamed Lin wanting to prove that the Mountain God revered by all in Qingshi Town was an evil demon, Zhao Dabing quickly thought of his good brother Lin Yifan.

Such daring acts could only be done by the bold and intrepid Lin Yifan.

He knew well his good brother's character, as Lin Yifan was someone who even dared to criticize and question his instructors and upper leadership while in the military.

Accompanying them was the busty female officer Lin Shanshan, who quickly thought of Lin Yifan. They had travelled all the way from the province to this small town all thanks to Lin Yifan, so this troublemaker was definitely capable of doing things that would provoke public outrage.

Actually, if it hadn't been for this sudden case, she would likely be on a date at the movies with her boyfriend Team Leader Zhao today; thus, deep down, she held some resentment towards the troublemaker Lin Yifan.

Guessing that his brother had a "big performance" planned, Zhao Dabing went with other prosecutors and inspectors to the back mountain to watch this unprecedented "performance."

In fact, their main reason for going to the back mountain was that all the local police and officials had gone there, and there was no use staying in town, so they might as well go see the "performance" at the back mountain and arrest those suspected illegal officers and police at the same time.

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