appears! Hua Liusha!

Scholar Yu?

Zhu Ge narrowed her eyes, signaling Ma Laizi to keep quiet, and then replied in a mechanical, monotonous voice, "Okay."

Ma Laizi looked puzzled, but he lowered his head and followed behind Zhu Ge.

The two followed Yu Xiucai forward and arrived at the main road in the center of the village.

"Go and move the tables and benches," Yu Xiucai said mechanically. "Only the two of you are here. Zhang San and Li Si are nowhere to be seen. No one is here to move the tables."

"I'll go find everyone and we'll start martial arts training tomorrow to prevent the loss of spirit."

After saying this, Scholar Yu left.

It turned out they were moving things... Zhu Ge didn't refuse, but instead gestured for Ma Laizi to move them.

As for Zhang San and Li Si, they were the same group of people who had been controlled by the Xi Gui.

Those people are probably acting under the control of the Xi Gui now, so naturally they won't engage in such instinctive activities.

"Zhu Ge, how am I supposed to move all this? Am I supposed to move the whole village's furniture?" Ma Laizi was dumbfounded. "Hundreds of tables and benches!"

"Move it," Zhu Ge said softly. "But don't carry it with all your might. Save your energy and take it slow."

"Perfect timing, go knock on the door. I want to see if Hua Liusha's physical body is hiding in someone's house."

"Alright." Seeing this, Ma Laizi went to knock on the doors of the surrounding houses and explained to each one that he needed to move his things.

The villagers were all under control, so naturally they didn't react and simply opened the door for Ma Laizi to move the goods.

Zhu Ge took this opportunity to observe from the shadows and found that every household was indeed just growing mushrooms to eat, and he did not find any trace of Qi Shi among them.

After all, everyone is a farmer, and once the door is opened, all their belongings can be seen at a glance; there's no room to hide them all.

While he was secretly observing, Yu Xiucai, who was under control, went to notify everyone who hadn't cooked to gather in the open space in the center of the village.

Around four or five o'clock, Ma Laizi, under the blazing sun, had already set up dozens of tables and benches.

Some villagers also brought wooden plates filled with mushrooms and placed them on the table.

The people who instinctively work in the fields have also returned.

Everyone sat down silently at the table in front of their own door; if there wasn't a table, they would bring one themselves.

But after setting up the tables, benches, and mushrooms, Yu Xiucai called everyone to the open space in the center of the village.

Zhu Ge was also hiding in the shadows, carefully observing everything around him.

He had a premonition that something big was about to happen.

Ma Laizi, standing next to him, also looked uneasy and was covered in sweat.

"Do you still have the strength?" Zhu Ge asked in a low voice.

Ma Laizi nodded, but didn't say anything more.

They were on the mountaintop, so the sun was blazing.

But basking in the sun, no one said anything, standing still like a group of statues, waiting for Scholar Yu.

"Zhu Ge, Scholar Yu is here!" Ma Laizi suddenly looked to Zhu Ge's side.

Zhu Ge also looked over.

Yu Xiucai was holding a little boy with a blank expression in his arms; he was clearly the last person in the village.

Upon reaching the crowd, Yu Xiucai put the little boy down, and the little boy stiffly walked to his parents' side.

Then Scholar Yu spoke up: "Master has not returned for many days, and his fate is likely grim. Zhu Ge suggests that we all practice martial arts together. Does anyone have any objections?"

Yu Xiucai's voice was devoid of any emotion, and the villagers also answered "no" in voices devoid of any emotion.

It was like two robots having a conversation.

"Martial arts training will begin tomorrow," said Scholar Yu. "Now, everyone, you may take your seats and eat the mushrooms."

In the past, this was a tradition in the village, usually involving a master who would speak and offer blessings.

However, since the teacher is not here, it is natural for Scholar Yu to take over.

After Yu Xiucai said a few words, everyone was supposed to sit down at the table in front of their house and start eating.

But it was at this moment that Zhu Ge stepped forward.

"Wait! I have something to say!"

At this moment, the sun is setting, and the sky is ablaze with fiery clouds.

Everyone, including Yu Xiucai, turned their attention to Zhu Ge, staring intently at him and waiting for him to speak.

Zhu Ge stood tall, bathed in the glow of the setting sun, and walked steadily to Yu Xiucai's side.

"God has entered our village."

Zhu Ge stopped, looked around, and then announced loudly, "Everyone... has already been possessed by divine power!"

When Zhu Ge first transmigrated, he kept quiet about this news in order to avoid causing any disturbances or anomalies.

But that was before.

Having learned from his own experience, that of Yu Xiucai and Ma Laizi, he still decided to speak out.

The more riots, the better!

After he said these words, most of the people below did not change their expressions, only a few showed signs of struggle.

Fortunately, Zhu Ge did not expect the villagers to be brought to their senses by his few words.

"Now, everyone stand still! I'm going to destroy the shrine of God and save the whole village!"

Zhu Ge gave a soft shout to Ma Laizi, who was not far away: "Fire!"

Having given instructions to Ma Laizi beforehand, Ma Laizi immediately rushed into a nearby house, took out a burning piece of firewood, and handed it over.

Zhu Ge took the firewood and strode to the nearest spot: "The true form of that god is hidden in the village! I will now destroy his shrine!"

"I buried gunpowder underground; once ignited, it will explode the entire village! It will blast His true form to smithereens!"

Even after he finished speaking, there was still no disturbance in the crowd.

However, what Zhu Ge had anticipated finally happened.

"Rumble..."

A terrifying earthquake shook the ground, and the ground churned like waves, with countless specks of light appearing on the surface.

This is just the ground-level disturbance.

Just as Zhu Ge was about to throw firewood to set the whole village ablaze, some points of light appeared in everyone's bodies, all of them located slightly below their stomachs.

Zhu Ge also has it!

At the same time, a soft laugh rang out in the distance:

"Brother Zhu, how cruel you are!"

Hua Liusha came gracefully from afar, his plain clothes bathed in the glow of the sunset, his head adorned with bright red mushrooms, and his face bearing traces of wood.

Upon seeing Hua Liusha like this, Zhu Ge's pupils constricted.

He immediately realized in his heart what the true form of this god was.

"We must live, and you must die," Zhu Ge said coldly. "If Master Zai hadn't already left, would you dare to invade?"

"Invasion?" Hua Liusha chuckled.

"In these vast mountains and forests, life and death are everywhere, yet you humans are considered to value life and death more than the lives of countless other creatures?"

"When you humans slaughter sheep, cattle, chickens, and pigs, why don't you realize you're invading pigsties and cattle pens?"

"When you humans roam the mountains and fields gathering and eating fungi just for their delicious taste, why don't you realize that you are invading the forests?"

"You have a mushroom festival, why can't we have a human flesh festival?"

After saying this, Hua Liusha's smile became even more alluring.

At this moment, almost all the villagers below collapsed to the ground, their bodies convulsing.

And almost everyone has two fleshy lumps under their body, with flashing light spots inside the lumps.

One is at the navel on the stomach, and the other is at the center of the top of the head.

One after another, strangely shaped and brightly colored mushrooms burst forth from the flesh, gaining new life.

Only a few people didn't have it.

"What a delicious soul..."

"I originally planned to raise your village like you raise pigs and dogs, but thanks to you, Brother Zhu, I can only harvest it ahead of schedule now!"

"Today is the day I take another step forward!"