A Clear Plan

Upon seeing this long-unseen grand display, Yin Yunze was initially worried that something major had happened.

The result was that the villagers neither wanted to let the two people from Upper Creek Village, nor did they want to bear the guilt of murder, so they came up with this terrible idea.

Ultimately, it was just stealing water, and even that was an attempted theft. A beating would suffice; there's no such thing as taking someone's life.

But letting them off so easily left the villagers, who were seething with anger, feeling resentful as they recalled the difficulties they had faced from Upper Creek Village.

Although Yin Yunze had never actually eaten blood offerings, the villagers still considered Zhao Wan and Sun Qin as sacrificial offerings.

So some people think that maybe Yin Yunze didn't eat Sun Qin and her daughter just because he doesn't like eating women, and that's why he had the idea of sending these two unlucky girls over to try!

If it works out, it will not only win Yin Yunze's favor, but also use someone else to kill those two people and vent my anger.

If it doesn't work out, this is also a way of showing loyalty and goodwill to Yin Yunze.

It can only be said that these seemingly honest rural people can be incredibly ruthless when they really get their minds set on something.

At least, in their eyes, there is absolutely no concept of human rights.

Especially in times of disaster like these, one or two lives are truly not a big deal.

If someone dies in their own village, the villagers will at least sigh a few times; but if an outsider dies, that's just another name for them.

Yin Yunze was still haunted by the fact that he had burned Granny Wang and the other two to death, but these people didn't even blink before they wanted to sacrifice two of them.

Even if Yin Yunze doesn't eat people, just because of Zhao Wan's matter, Yin Yunze is still in the PTSD stage regarding these sacrificial rituals.

This group's actions just happened to put them right in Yin Yunze's line of fire.

Upon hearing Yin Yunze's undisguised anger, Sun Qin and the others immediately knelt down.

"Lord Yin Yun, please forgive me!"

Seeing that the flattery had backfired, Sun Qin was both apprehensive and secretly relieved. Fortunately, she had already guessed that Yin Yunze might not accept this reward, so she hadn't thought of taking credit for it and would let Song Ran handle it later.

Sun Qin's idea was that since Yin Yunze hadn't eaten them in the first place, he was unlikely to eat them now either. But even if he didn't eat them, having Yin Yunze ask to rescue them from the villagers was a good opportunity to show them Yin Yunze's magnanimity and benevolence.

Now that the number of believers in Clear Creek Village has grown to a considerable size, these two individuals serve as a springboard for spreading the belief in fox spirits to Upper Creek Village.

Therefore, after thinking it over, Sun Qin was somewhat reluctant to agree to this matter, even though it went against the villagers' opinions.

Everyone else wanted to kill her, but Sun Qin wanted to let her go.

Unexpectedly, Yin Yunze was so disgusted by this. As someone who had experienced it firsthand, Sun Qin had never seen Yin Yunze react so strongly before.

Sun Qin was unaware that, aside from suffering from PTSD, Yin Yunze's main concern was that they actually intended to use someone else to do their dirty work!

As for the simple matter of human sacrifice, Yin Yunze could tolerate the ignorance of ancient farmers. After all, it's impossible to force modern values onto these farmers who hadn't received much education.

Moreover, as long as Yin Yunze firmly refuses, this kind of thing will not continue to happen.

However, under the guise of sacrifice, they harbored the intention of using someone else to do their dirty work.

Yin Yunze would not allow even the slightest hint of trouble to arise from such a situation!

A thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant hole. Even Sun Qin was wary of Yin Yunze abusing his power by using his name, let alone this group of people.

Yin Yunze had no intention of portraying a group of celestial beings who would use his name to prey on other villages every day!

"Whether to kill or release you is your own decision, but you will not be spared my peace in the future! If I need anything, Sun Qin will personally deliver the order to you! Anyone who acts on their own again will be punished without mercy! Finally, remember this: I do not eat blood!!!"

Somewhat unusually, Yin Yunze adopted a haughty demeanor, and after finishing his call, his gaze fell upon Sun Qin.

"Sun Qin, you actually let Wan'er participate in something like this?!"

"This lowly servant knows her mistake!" Hearing that Yin Yunze was truly angry, Sun Qin nimbly stepped into the mud first. "This lowly servant was bewitched and allowed someone to disturb Lord Yi Yun. Please punish me, sir!"

"No, there's no need for that." Sun Qin's attitude made it difficult for Yin Yunze to lash out.

In this matter, Sun Qin herself is not really at fault.

After all, Yin Yunze had never actually emphasized to Sun Qin that he didn't eat blood.

Sun Qin, out of caution, did not reject the others' suggestions; how could that be considered wrong?

You can't fail to set appropriate standards for the other person and then claim that it's wrong for them not to criticize things you dislike.

The fact that Sun Qin didn't call Yin Yunze beforehand because of this unpleasant matter is actually a plus for her in this situation.

Since Sun Qin had already adopted this attitude, Yin Yunze changed the subject. "Sun Qin, how's the matter I asked you to handle yesterday?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Qin was immediately delighted. The fact that the matter had been brought up meant that it was now in the past.

"It's all taken care of. Lord Yi Yun can now dispose of that land as she sees fit!"

Sun Qin dared not disregard the instructions given by Yin Yunze.

If it weren't for helping Yin Yunze acquire land, Sun Qin, an ancient homebody who never wanted to leave the house, would never have had this opportunity to make a move.

"Okay. You're in charge of what happens next."

With that last sentence, Yin Yunze temporarily returned to reality.

However, upon returning to reality, Yin Yunze suddenly realized that now that Clear Creek Village was under his control, shouldn't he start expanding beyond the village?

Upper Creek Village and Lower Creek Village are a ready-made direction.

In comparison, Lower Creek Village is clearly a better development target.

After all, as long as Yin Yunze releases water in Clear Creek Village, Lower Creek Village will also benefit, achieving twice the result with half the effort.

However, although he had the idea, Yin Yunze was not in a hurry to put it into practice.

The most important tasks facing Yin Yunze remain preparing the golden statue for the temple and investigating the source of the drought.

If the former fails, Yin Yunze will remain a tree without roots. If Zhao Wan were to encounter an accident one day, he would be reduced to his original state.

Needless to say, Yin Yunze wouldn't feel at ease until the matter was thoroughly investigated.

It would be unwise to expand territory rashly without thoroughly investigating the situation. After all, the larger the territory, the larger Yin Yunze becomes as a target, and the more likely he is to be targeted.

It would be better to play it safe for now and protect the foundation of Clear Creek Village first!

After finalizing the current plan, Yin Yunze became extremely busy for the next period of time.

The first step was to create talismans twice a day, morning and evening. In addition to the four pre-defined characters, Yin Yunze also created the Group Character Talisman for the illusionary realm and the dream character for the Dream Entry Technique.

The former is definitely useful, so we won't go into detail. As for the latter, the Dream Entry Technique, although it's rather useless, you never know when you might need it. Therefore, during this period, Yin Yunze also spent a day preparing quite a few things as backups.

As for Shelter, it's really not suitable for sealing into characters, let alone Spirit Descent.

As for the Blessing that hasn't shown any use yet, Yin Yunze thought about it and prepared some as well.

At the very least, it can serve as a good luck charm!

Since it's sealed in characters, its shelf life is much longer than if you use it directly.

A peace charm made and Blessing by a fox spirit is surely more effective than a peace charm that only provides psychological comfort!

In reality, Yin Yunze also contacted the construction company that helped build the temple and also spent a large sum of money.

Because there was a large amount of gold, Yin Yunze did not act rashly to avoid attracting attention.

But after obtaining the characters from that world, Yin Yunze used the effects of the Illusion Character Talisman to distribute the gold in batches to other cities.

While dozens of kilograms of gold were certainly valuable, once scattered across more than a dozen cities, it was essentially lost without a trace. With the Illusion Character Talisman used to conceal it, Yin Yunze was confident that no one would notice anything amiss.

This move made Yin Yunze a truly financially independent person.

Thinking back to just two months ago, when he was still a struggling working-class man, Yin Yunze couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions.