However, he was an old friend of many years, and although he couldn't offer help, he still needed to step in to defend him. Otherwise, if the crimes were exposed, it would be difficult for everyone; thus, he stepped forward to stop Lin Yifan and asked, "Mr. Lin, what are you doing?"

"Don't worry! I won't hurt him; I just want him to see what's inside the cave and come to his senses," Lin Yifan answered.

Then he pushed away Director Zheng's hand and continued toward the town chief.

At that moment, the town chief cried out in panic, "Don't come over! I won't go! Even if you kill me, I won't go!"

He was afraid of being cursed as well as seeing ghosts, so he dared not go over.

However, no one could save him today.

"You have to go whether you want to or not!"

After saying that, Lin Yifan grabbed the clothing on the town chief's chest, dragged him out of the wheelchair, and took steps toward the cave.

At this, the town chief became even more panicked and kept calling out, "Save me! Come and save me quickly!"

Those who sided with the town chief, seeing his desperate eyes, immediately stepped forward to stop Lin Yifan and rebuked him, "The town chief is your elder, how can you treat him like this?"

"Then how can he justify deceiving the whole town's innocent people with his witchcraft?" Lin Yifan retorted.

"What witchcraft? The Mountain God is our Qingshi Town's Guardian God, not the demon on the altar! Is it wrong for the town chief to clear the Mountain God's name?" an old cadre of Qingshi Town questioned.

"Fine! Then I ask you, is the cave where the Mountain God resides?" Lin Yifan inquired.

"Yes!"

"Are the things inside the cave from the Mountain God?" Lin Yifan continued to inquire.

"No!"

"Then whose are they?" Lin Yifan countered.

"They were put in by you to deceive us."

"Then how much do you think I put inside the cave?" Lin Yifan curiously inquired with a cold laugh.

"How should we know how much you put in there!"

"Just make a guess!" Lin Yifan persuaded.

The old cadres siding with the town chief estimated, and replied, "At least a thousand kilos."

An adult, if moving things by hand, could move at least a thousand kilos a day. Considering that Lin Yifan was injured at the time and had many days to prepare, this was their estimate.

"Are you sure it's only a little over a thousand kilos?" Lin Yifan queried.

"Then make it fifty thousand kilos! I refuse to believe that you moved more than fifty thousand kilos of stuff into the cave in the past few days." The group of old cadres went all out, giving an extreme weight estimate.

"Fine! Then I'll tell you seriously right here, there are at least a hundred thousand kilos of skeletons in the cave, including human ones. I'd like to see what else you bunch of stubborn old fools have to say," Lin Yifan responded.

"A hundred thousand kilos of skeletons!!!"

A stone stirred a thousand waves, and when they heard that there were over a hundred thousand jin of human bones inside the cave, everyone present was shocked; they had not expected that their taboo land hid such a massive, creepy secret. It was truly terrifying to think about. The shock deepened upon learning that the bones were human.

"I really didn't expect it to be bloodthirsty. I thought it offered these sacrifices to the immortals above."

"No wonder people from Qingshi Town disappear every now and then, they've been eaten by the Mountain God."

"Don't scare me, is our Mountain God really that horrifying?"

"Then how do you explain the people who disappear for no reason?"

"This...It couldn't possibly be true!"

The more they thought about it, the more uneasy the townspeople became; if this were true, then all they had done over the years would be a huge joke.

Worshipping a cannibalistic demon as if it were an immortal, it was laughable to even think about.

Elsewhere, Lin's mother was completely shocked.

She had been startled to see the true face of the Mountain God, her face full of disbelief as she couldn't believe the Mountain God she had always worshipped was like this. Now, hearing the secrets of the cave, her defenses had completely crumbled.

She didn't believe her son was lying, nor did she believe that all this was a trap set by him; these past few days, she had witnessed her son always staying at home, never stepping out the door, and his four daughters-in-law were also always at home, never traveling far; so her son and daughters-in-law simply had no time to set up such a plot, unless they had Clone Technique, which obviously was unlikely.

So now, she fully believed Lin Yifan.

"Son! Mother was wrong, I wronged you, I'm sorry!" Lin's mother was full of guilt.

And when Zhou Jiajia and the others heard that the cave hid so many bones, they too were shocked. Now, they closed their eyes, not daring to look at the demonic creature on the altar, afraid of leaving any psychological scars.

In the distant bushes, when Zhao Dabing and the others heard this news, they also were shocked beyond measure; if there really were human bones, then it meant that the Mountain God in the hearts of the townspeople truly deserved to die; even if the heavens couldn't handle it, they would.

Although the news was shocking, many stubborn people still questioned its authenticity, so they asked, "Really? You're not just trying to scare us, are you?"

"Don't believe me! I can take you in to see for yourselves right now, as long as you dare come," Lin Yifan replied.

He was now as open and fearless as a gentleman could be.

"This... You're not, by any chance, cursed, trying to drag us down with you, are you?" someone questioned.

"Do not measure my heart by your scheming. If you want to understand the truth, follow me inside," Lin Yifan responded.

The crowd fell silent. They wanted to know the truth but were also afraid of being cursed by the Mountain God, unsure what to do.

After much hesitation, someone finally spoke up, "Forget it! I'm all in, I need to verify if my son really died at the hands of the Mountain God."

Most of these people were relatives of the disappeared, they wanted to see if the cave held the bodies of their loved ones; if not, they would be much more at peace; if there were, they would no longer need to tire themselves searching for them, and could end their fruitless search for their relatives.

Furthermore, Lin's parents also joined the viewing lineup, eager to witness the truth of the matter, to see just how malicious the Mountain God they had worshipped truly was.

Thus, Lin Yifan led these people towards the cave.

Meanwhile, the Town Chief and those old scoundrels were misleading the townspeople again, "Don't go! It's all a lie; you'll regret it when the Mountain God comes back."

"Damn it, you old fools, if you don't believe it that's fine, but now you want these townspeople who've lost loved ones to keep being fools with you, believe me, I'll beat you to death?" Lin Yifan turned around and lashed out angrily, unable to contain his fury.

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