The man and the monster silently gnawed on steamed buns.
Until more than ten minutes later.
Chen Nan finally raised his head with a serious expression and looked at Jiang You. "Did you discover the connection between Longshan and the stone slab paintings long ago? Is that why you went to Chen Family Village?"
Jiang You nodded. "That's right."
"So you moved Chen Family Village here because you realized we might be useful to you. You had ulterior motives from the very beginning."
Jiang You said, "You didn't actually think I went there to visit relatives and reminisce, did you? I don't think we have such a deep relationship."
"Everything was planned from the beginning. You wanted to use us to hold the sacrifice for you!"
Jiang You frowned, not understanding why Chen Nan looked as though he had been wronged. "Of course. If Chen Family Village had no particular value, why would I treat you specially?
What would I want from you?
Did you think I wanted your entire village, covered in a plague-like curse that infected everyone you met?
Or did I want you to be human during the day and ghosts at night?
You need something from me, and I can make use of you. That's the best kind of relationship.
Chen Nan, don't forget that if it weren't for me, your entire village would still be trapped deep in the mountains, with no source of crystal cores at all.
Ever since Chen Family Village came to Spirit Snake Peak, the villagers should have become much stronger by absorbing crystal cores, right?
Who are you putting on this pathetic, betrayed look for?
You benefited from this, yet you won't allow anyone else to have an agenda?
Weren't you suspicious from the very beginning? If Chen Family Village