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Mu Yang glanced at the aura guidance on his fingertips, and after confirming that the direction was correct, he immediately circulated his internal energy and blood, activating the "Three Breaths of Lightness" to prevent any accidents.

The result was unexpected; the cave seemed to be just an ordinary cave.

Although the interior is quite long and has many branching paths, it is generally safe and has no strange smells, except that it is a bit dark.

It doesn't look like a place where monsters are hiding.

Driven by curiosity, Mu Yang continued walking inside.

Suddenly, a glimmer of light appeared in the pitch-black cave.

Mu Yang strode forward, and suddenly the view opened up before him.

What appeared before him was a lake shimmering in the moonlight.

The lake is surrounded by towering mountains.

"A valley within a cave?"

Mu Yang glanced around. Although the trees were lush and the scenery was beautiful, the valley was completely surrounded by mountains, making it a secluded valley.

Mu Yang stepped out of the cave and looked into the distance.

Surprisingly, not far from the lake, there were neat and orderly tiled houses and large tracts of farmland.

Judging from the size of the earthen houses and the amount of arable land, there are quite a few people living here.

It even has more people than Huangjia Village and Lijia Village.

But how could he, a constable on patrol outside the city, not know about such a large village?

"A hidden household registration concealed by the Liu family?"

The Da Jing Dynasty stipulated that all people must be registered and pay taxes per capita.

However, there are always some large families who secretly hide their people as their private property, so that they do not have to pay taxes to the court or perform corvée labor.

These people were called hidden households.

Although the Liu family's act of hiding a family member was illegal, it was not a big deal in reality, at least not compared to colluding with demons.

Mu Yang made his way to the village without making a sound.

While activating their keen sense of smell, they also used their tracking technique to discern the surrounding scents.

The result greatly disappointed him.

There was absolutely no trace of demonic presence.

Following the scent, he found Liu Qingke, who had come to the valley.

Liu Qingke is currently in a place in the village that looks like a granary, except that he is at the innermost part of the granary.

There were hundreds of sets of armor and weapons, as well as a middle-aged man with a vigorous and energetic appearance who seemed to be in charge.

The two talked late into the night by candlelight, their faces serious.

For some reason, Mu Yang had a strong feeling that they were plotting in the dead of night, preparing to launch a rebellion.

In a typical ancient world, a local powerful family with hundreds of sets of armor would indeed be very strong, but unfortunately, martial arts exist here.

Without sufficient military strength, any so-called rebellion is a joke.

If it's not a rebellion, then what are they talking about?

With curiosity, Mu Yang listened for a moment.

He quickly understood.

This place is called Liujia Valley, which, as the name suggests, is where the Liu family trained their own people.

It is both the foundation and the fallback.

Liu Qingke came tonight only to tell the Liu family member in charge that he should try not to go out these days, lest he accidentally provoke Mu Yang and be slaughtered by him.

Mu Yang: Am I some kind of bloodthirsty person?

Mu Yang remained silent.

He was speechless, yet also felt a pang of regret.

After all, aside from engaging in clandestine activities, the Liu family genuinely did not collude with any demons.

"Forget it, let's look around one more time. If we still can't find it, let's go back."

With a light step, Mu Yang left the granary.

Soon, an extremely tall house came into his view.

It was a building with a gray tiled roof and upturned eaves, resembling an ancestral hall.

Mu Yang quietly walked in and looked inside.

The ancestral hall was spacious, with a long offering table in the center. On the table were incense burners, candlesticks, and some fresh fruits and pastries as offerings.

Above the altar, however, was not a statue of the Liu family ancestors, but a statue nearly two meters tall.

She was a woman dressed in white with a diamond-shaped mark on her forehead. Her hands were forming a mudra, and her face was gentle yet tinged with a hint of sorrow.

The sculptor was clearly a master; the statue is so lifelike it seems to be real.

However, after looking at it for a long time, Mu Yang still couldn't recognize the origin of the statue.

He had heard the old constable mention the existence of people like the Taoist priest with the bull's nose and the bald monk, but he didn't know anything about other beliefs.

It's probably a belief system similar to that of a local deity, with a relatively small reach.

"I never expected that these powerful and influential families would also engage in such ethereal and abstract things as religion."

Mu Yang sighed inwardly.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, a watercolor-colored panel suddenly appeared above the statue.

......

[Equipable Item: Incense Statues (Bai Lin)]

[Rank: Rank 6]

【Equipment Effect: ① Accumulated Incense (Purple): This statue has been blessed by the power of incense and has the effect of storing the power of incense.

② Anchor Point (Purple): This statue has been blessed by the power of incense. After consuming a certain amount of incense power, it can transfer the incense power stored in the statue to the faith entity regardless of distance.

③ Blessing (Purple): This statue has been blessed by the power of incense offerings. Once the accumulated power of incense reaches a certain level, if a believer sincerely prays, it can bless the surrounding area with favorable weather and abundant harvests.

[Permanent fixation conditions: Equip this item for two years, or slay any sixth-tier or higher-grade monster while equipping this item.]

......

"!!!"

"Sixth rank?"

Mu Yang steadied himself and looked at it carefully several times before confirming that he wasn't seeing things.

Incense burning, anchor points, prayers...

All three entries are purple!

This configuration is far more extravagant than any equipment Mu Yang has ever seen before.

However, there's a lot of information about this equipment!

Idols, incense, faith...

"So, there really are gods in this world?"

Mu Yang was surprised.

But thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem so hard to accept.

A first-level martial artist possesses the strength of a thousand catties in one arm.

A third-tier martial artist possesses a single-arm strength exceeding ten thousand.

It doesn't look like an ordinary low-level martial arts world at all; the existence of gods and the like seems normal.

I just don't know if gods can be killed, or if they can be equipped after they die.

Mu Yang felt a surge of excitement.

Hailing from the 21st century, with a fiery heart, he neither believed in nor feared any so-called god.

With an equipment slot at his side, even a god would be nothing more than nourishment for him.

Of course, those are all things of the future.

Now, he plans to return to where he came from, quietly leaving not a single item in the ancestral hall behind.

It's not that he's a coward.

It was merely a tactical retreat, a measured and planned temporary withdrawal.

Even a fool would know that a god capable of creating a sixth-tier, three-purple-attribute statue and spreading it to a small place like Qingxi County must be exceptionally powerful.

To provoke them rashly is simply courting death.

"Martial arts, demons, gods—this world is truly fascinating! I need to get to work harder!"

"I hope that after joining the Demon Slayer Division, there will be more demons to help me cultivate."

In the still of the night, the moonlight, like silver, spills across the earth.

Everything was so ordinary.