Zhong Deng called himself Ren Ye's Path Guardian, leaving every villager in Delusion Village, righteous and villainous alike, speechless and repulsed.
Damn it, did the heir to their own Former Master need a sworn enemy, an intruder, to protect his path? Wasn't that like pointing at a beautiful woman's husband and berating him for being incapable? This was simply going too far...
To the people of Delusion Village, this intruder was an unforgivable mortal enemy who had to be killed whenever the opportunity arose. So regardless of what the Storyteller had done, or whether he had helped Ren Ye, he could never gain the Four Clans' recognition, much less that of the people here.
That was why, when Ren Ye and Fatty approached Second Uncle, Qian Zhongge, and the others, the Storyteller sat alone at the Immortal Palace entrance instead of going over to talk.
He knew all too well how much these people hated him, just as... he hated them.
Under thousands of contemptuous, irritated gazes, the Storyteller took the flask Fatty had given him from his waist. He tipped his head back for a long drink before saying quietly, "Since Huang Boy's inheritance is the stake, why not ask his opinion?"
Amid the crowd, Qian Zhongge frowned deeply and said quietly to Second Uncle Li and the others, "Tonight's affair is an internal dispute within Delusion Village. How can we let an Archenemy interfere?! Absurd...!"
Second Uncle Li and the others nodded unconsciously at those words, then prepared to step forward to face Zhao Mi.
"Elder Qian, please wait...!"
Just then, Ren Ye stopped Qian Zhongge somewhat discourteously and stepped out first. Without concealing anything, he shouted toward the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace, "My dear Zhong Deng!! This concerns... this mysterious Mastermind's life and death! Are you really