Old Man Jin's movements froze.
He gripped the Black Wooden Token tightly, but no longer dared to move even an inch.
"Lord..."
"My Young Master comes from Mingzhou Prefecture and is the Third Young Master, the favorite of the City God. Our Lord City God also has old ties with several honored guests from beyond the heavens. We were indeed a little too excessive today. We ask that Lord be magnanimous."
"We can compensate you, Lord."
Old Man Jin spoke respectfully.
Oh?
Your City God has old ties with Evolvers?
Jiang Qiao didn't know much about this world and was completely unfamiliar with Mingzhou Prefecture. But he had previously heard Yan Yishu mention that, in the early years, the City Gods had cooperated with the Evolvers, learning about the outside world through them.
They had also hoped to cultivate native Evolvers with the Evolvers' help.
But later, they discovered that the cooperation couldn't continue.
That was because Evolvers needed to kill people to increase their strength. This was inherently at odds with the City Gods, who needed incense offerings to maintain their ranks.
Once all the people were killed,
what were the City Gods supposed to do?
They hadn't failed to consider improving the arrangement and finding new methods. But clearly, if they hadn't been able to solve the problem back home, how could they possibly solve it now?
In the end, they could only go their separate ways.
But that wasn't the end of it.
The City Gods, worried that the Evolvers would lose control, naturally ended up waging a war against the ambitious Evolvers. The result was obvious as well: the Evolvers were defeated. Some died, while others fled.
From then on,
no one dared to associate with the Evolvers again. Every City God was deeply wary of