I Made The World Mutate

"Daoist, this is..."

Village Chief Hao didn't know how to respond after listening to Daoist Qing Yan's words.

He generally trusted what Xiao Mu had to say.

Not to mention that Xiao Mu's words were extremely reasonable, but the simple fact that Xiao Mu knew the mutual relationship between Old Man Xu, Old Lady Zhou and Old Man Zheng made him unable to not believe what Xiao Mu said.

"Heh heh!"

With a sneer, Daoist Qing Yan spoke again, "Chief Hao, Mister Mu is simply making a fuss out of nothing, you don't need to believe him."

After giving another disdainful glance at Xiao Mu, he said, "I know why this Mister Mu speaks like this. He's worried that I have more spirit tablets than him, thus having a greater advantage when attracting evil ghosts. If the evil ghosts are lured towards me and I kill them, there won't be any left for him."

"So, Chief Hao, his words are targeted at me, there is no need for you to believe him."

"This..."

For a while, Village Chief Hao didn't know what to say.

Xiao Mu couldn't help but shake his head.

He had good intentions when warning them, not just worrying about the damage to the spirit tablets, but more because he worried about Old Man Xu turning into an evil ghost, teaming up with the blood demon and becoming difficult to handle.

He didn't expect Qing Yan to misunderstand him, thinking he was doing this out of fear that he wouldn't be able to compete when the Blood Demon emerged.

In that case, forget about it!

Xiao Mu didn't feel like persuading anymore.

Regardless, Old Man Xu's spirit tablet was with Qing Yan. Even if the spirit tablets were damaged, it would only affect Qing Yan's tablets, having no impact on him.

Thinking about it, he once again summoned Village Chief Hao and asked in a low voice, "Chief Hao, I want to know, if the spirit tablets on Qing Yan's side are destroyed, will it affect me? Earlier, you said that if even one spirit tablet is destroyed, the peach wood wouldn't be given. Were you serious?"

Village Chief Hao was shocked by his words.

What Xiao Mu said made him increasingly believe that Xiao Mu's previous words were true, and a deep worry appeared on his face.

Whether it was Old Man Xu, Old Lady Zhou, Old Man Zheng, or other people's spirit tablets on Qing Yan's side, they were all villagers of their village, and even could be considered as elders of Village Chief Hao who had watched him grow up since he was young.

Although all these people had no descendants and had lost their incense fire, Village Chief Hao couldn't bear to watch their Yin Spirits perish.

Moreover, these spirit tablets were all borrowed from distant relatives of the Yin Spirits by Village Chief Hao himself. If any of them were destroyed, Village Chief Hao would probably feel guilty for the rest of his life.

However, in view of Xiao Mu's question, Village Chief Hao gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Mu, whoever owns the spirit tablets, handles the responsibility."

"If the spirit tablets on Daoist Qing Yan's side are destroyed, it of course has nothing to do with you. As long as you protect your spirit tablets well."

"Thank you very much, Chief Hao."

Xiao Mu could clearly see the struggle in Village Chief Hao's eyes.

Obviously, Village Chief Hao could never tolerate the spirit tablets being destroyed because of him. After all, these were his villagers, and he had personally borrowed these spirit tablets.

No matter whether they were destroyed in Xiao Mu's hands or in Qing Yan's hands, Village Chief Hao couldn't escape responsibility.

Besides, as Village Chief Hao had said before, these people, who had no descendants, were already pitiful enough. Using their spirit tablets to attract evil ghosts and potentially causing their Yin Spirits to die was a great sin against Yin Virtue.

Before the World Mutation, perhaps no one cared about this so-called Yin Virtue, but after the World Mutation, no one dared not to care about it.

And Village Chief Hao obviously couldn't tolerate such a Yin virtue damaging event happening to him.

So, turning his head, Village Chief Hao once again negotiated with Daoist Qing Yan, "Daoist, I am still worried about Mr. Mu's warning. How about returning old man Xu's spirit tablet to me?"

Upon hearing these words, Daoist Qing Yan frowned. He was not willing to return the spirit tablet under any circumstances.

With five spirit tablets, only one more than Xiao Mu, he wasn't completely confident that he could attract the evil ghosts to his side when they appeared.

But with six spirit tablets, Xiao Mu had fifty percent more than him. As far as he could see, if the evil ghost didn't show up, it would be fine. But once it did, it would definitely be attracted to him.

In this way, he was even more certain that he would be the one who would ultimately eliminate the evil ghost.

Moreover, based on Xiao Mu's previous performance, he had a vague sense of unease about Xiao Mu's strength.

According to his estimation, Xiao Mu's strength might be comparable to his own, and there was a slight chance that he was a tad stronger.

Of course, just slightly stronger.

Qing Yan, who was proficient in Maoshan Arts, was confident and didn't believe that Xiao Mu's strength could exceed his own by much.

As such, Daoist Qing Yan was even more worried that the evil ghost, upon its emergence, would first be drawn to Xiao Mu's side.

Once it was attracted to Xiao Mu, there would hardly be a chance for him to kill the evil ghost.

Listening to Village Chief Hao's words, Daoist Qing Yan thought for a moment, "Village Chief Hao, isn't what you're worried about is the spirit tablets being destroyed?"

"You didn't believe me when I told you that Mr. Mu was deliberately scaring you. Okay, I will give you a guarantee so you can see that I indeed have the ability to protect these spirit tablets."

"How can you guarantee this?"

Village Chief Hao stared at Qing Yan, stunned.

Daoist Qing Yan smiled smugly, took out several different items from his bag, including Dao talismans, a Ruyi, and even a jade Gui. All of these were Taoist magical implements.

As soon as all these items were taken out, not only Village Chief Hao, but even Xiao Mu was slightly taken aback.

Daoist Qing Yan sure had plenty of treasures in his possession.

But luckily, his treasures were only made by him using Maoshan Arts. Although they possessed spirituality and power, their power was ultimately limited.

Nevertheless, bringing out so many treasures at once was intimidating enough.

Village Chief Hao was scared, gazing at Qing Yan in surprise.

With a look of pride on his face, Qing Yan briskly walked over to the altar table, first placing the Ruyi and jade Gui on it.

These two treasures of Taoism had demon-suppressing effects.

Due to Qing Yan's cultivation of Maoshan Arts, which was authentic Maoshan Arts and had mutated after the world mutation, these two treasures possessed spirituality.

Thus, as soon as these two treasures were placed on the altar table, a spiritual light instantly emanated, illuminating both the altar table and the six spirit tablets on it.

And this spiritual light was gentle, clearly protective towards Yin spirits. For a moment, under the glow of the Taoist treasures, even the Yin spirit tablets seemed to have changed.

Bathing in the spiritual light, the Yin spirits seemed to take on a more sacred aura.

"What!"

Village Chief Hao was left dumbstruck on the spot.

But it didn't end there. Next, Qing Yan took out the Dao talismans, attaching them one by one to the altar table.

Ward Off Evil Talisman, Purity Talisman, Soul Nourishing Talisman, Karma Eliminating Talisman, one after another.

With each talisman affixed, a peaceful and relaxed, saintly and nourishing aura emanated from the altar table. It was as if a golden age had arrived, where every person was living in tranquility and bliss, completely engrossed in it.

However, after taking a deep look, Xiao Mu couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

After Qing Yan used his Karma Eliminating Talisman, the terror coming from Old Lady Zhou and Old Man Zheng's spirit tablets immediately disappeared. Their sins were erased, and they had already forgotten the harm they had caused to Old Man Xu.

Old Man Xu's spirit tablet was also immersed in the peaceful scene brought by Qing Yan, yet his resentment was rapidly increasing.

Sins can be erased, but resentments cannot. The cycle of cause and effect continues, and retribution is inevitable!