I am an insect

Upon hearing these names, Ji Ye thought of the tall, thin man who carved the tombstone and grave with stone, whose name was Ma Wu, and this short, fat man, whose name was Ma Wen. Judging from their names, could they be brothers?

Marvin nodded to Lao Qin and Ji Ye, and asked with a smile, "What would you like to order?"

Old Qin said, "He just came to our Mazhuang and now wants to buy some incense, candles, and paper money to worship the City God. This way, the City God will have one more believer."

Upon hearing this, Ji Ye's heart stirred slightly.

Ma Wen said enthusiastically, "We have been worshipping the City God our whole lives. The villagers of Ma Village and the surrounding villages all believe in the City God. You will know once you believe in the City God. Our City God Temple is very efficacious."

Seeing the mysterious look on Ma Wen's face, Ji Ye thought to himself that he had witnessed the efficacy of the City God Temple yesterday.

Ji Ye asked Lao Qin to help him pick out some incense, candles, and paper money. Although he had turned off his phone, he still had some cash on him. After paying, he followed Lao Qin toward the City God Temple at the end of the street.

Upon arriving at the City God Temple again, Ji Ye immediately noticed a large amount of incense and candles piled up in front of the temple. Compared to when he saw it yesterday, there were now even more piled up, some of which had not yet completely burned out.

He immediately thought of the scene he had seen last night, the large number of figures he had seen in the thick smoke. Could it be that all the people of Mazhuang had come to worship the City God in the middle of the night?

Shaking his head inwardly, Old Qin helped him burn paper money. Ji Ye lit incense and candles, then knelt down solemnly. Just like yesterday, he saw the smoke surging inside the City God Temple again, even more intensely than yesterday.

In particular, the burning paper money and incense seemed to attract the smoke, which flowed out of the City God Temple and then swirled around Ji Ye and his body.

Ji Ye didn't know if Lao Qin could see the smoke, but he saw Lao Qin smiling as he watched him from the side.

Silently watching the smoke swirl around him, seemingly wanting to get closer, Ji Ye's inner consciousness surged with a sense of elation and excitement. This feeling was similar to the excitement he experienced when he and those women used the Yellow-Red Technique and came together.

"Incredible! Worshiping the City God can have such an effect?" Ji Ye had cultivated all night, and his mental energy had long been accumulated. Now, as his mental body was excited, the energy contained within him was also beginning to fluctuate.

Ji Ye looked at the seated statue of the City God in the temple before him, and a sudden thought struck him. As he knelt down in worship, he silently prayed, "May the City God bless me and help me reach the limit of the sub-state, or even break through to the sub-state..."

He silently recited it in his mind, just out of curiosity to try it out, but he never expected that as he silently recited it, the smoke that was originally swirling around him would suddenly gather around his body and rush into his body.

Even Ji Ye himself was taken aback by this reaction. He opened his eyes wide and watched as more smoke billowed out of the City God Temple. This smoke was formed from the energy of will, and it should be the result of the combined faith of the villagers of Mazhuang and the surrounding villages. It had gathered in this small City God Temple, and over the years, it was unknown how much energy it had accumulated.

At this moment, as Ji Ye made his wish, this enormous energy flowed toward his body. It seemed that the statue of the City God sitting in the City God Temple was truly responding to his wish, wanting to help him reach the limit of the sub-state, or even break through the sub-state.

"incredible……"

Ji Ye stared in disbelief. His mental body was already filled with a large amount of energy, and now, with this even larger amount of mental energy squeezing in, his mental body became more and more excited, and the energy inside it became larger and larger, gradually reaching its limit.

During this process, his mental form is also constantly absorbing more energy, becoming more powerful...

Ji Ye knew that once the energy filling his body reached its limit, it would mean that he had reached the limit of the second stage of adult insect.

Finally, when the surging mental energy around them quieted down, Ji Ye raised his head and let out a soft breath. Old Qin stood silently to the side, a half-smile on his face.

In that short time, Ji Ye felt that the energy accumulated in his mind was nearing its limit, and it seemed that it could no longer hold any more energy.

This means that his mental form, which is in the second stage of adulthood, has reached its limit in terms of the energy it can accumulate and contain.

Of course, at present, he has only accumulated energy to the limit, which does not mean that his strength has reached the limit of the "sub-state".

After all, it will take some time to digest this energy and make the mental body stronger.

However, Ji Ye also understood that once his mental energy had fully digested and absorbed this energy, it would be time for him to break through the "sub-state" and enter a higher adult form.

Ji Ye was filled with anticipation about what form it would take and what abilities it would possess.

"Let's go. I'm sure the City God will grant your wish. Our City God Temple is very efficacious..." Old Qin said with a smile.

Ji Ye hummed in agreement and stood up.

After paying their respects to the City God, the two headed back. Having not slept all night, Ji Ye decided to go back and catch up on his sleep, as he needed to be well-rested during the day to cultivate better at night.

After returning home with Lao Qin, Ji Ye lay down on the bed, about to rest, when he suddenly heard a noise outside. It was the sound of a group of people walking, and several of their voices sounded familiar to him, as if he had heard them somewhere before.

Curious, Ji Ye got up and looked out the window. He saw a group of people carrying two people toward where Granny Ma lived.

At the front was an old woman with an anxious expression. Behind her was a group of people carrying a man and a woman.

Upon seeing the elderly woman leading the way, and then the man and woman being carried, Ji Ye's face showed a hint of surprise.

"It's them? What are they doing here?"

The old lady leading the way was the same old lady whom He Longtao's mother had helped that day. As a result, she was extorted, and Ji Ye eventually paid 50,000 yuan to her children to settle the matter.

The man and woman being carried were the old woman's son and daughter. Accompanying them were the old woman's daughter-in-law and son-in-law. Ji Ye didn't recognize the others and didn't know if they were relatives or friends of the family or hired help.

Because cars can't drive into the streets of Mazhuang, and the old woman's children had their souls damaged by Ji Ye, they are now mentally impaired and can't even walk, so they have to be carried in.