Qin Ye wriggled his tiny bum and promptly squirmed into the little nook hidden behind the Ksitigarbha statue.

Why?

Which idiot asked something as obvious as that?! Are you trying to name and shame me or discredit me?!

Why wouldn’t I hide behind Ksitigarbha if he allows me such an indulgence? Do you think I have the qualifications to disobey someone that is on a completely different plane of existence?

Do you think I’m afraid? I’m just being compliant! How could I disobey him and put him to shame?!

He cowered behind the strongest defensive tower in the game and waited as time slowly ticked by. Then, as soon as the clock struck twelve, the sound of a door opening resounded across all of Valley County.

It was obviously a soft sound, and yet it could strangely be heard in the ears of all living things in the vicinity.

Sss… aahhhhh… It was quickly followed by a cacophony of long, ghastly moans.

A second later, a clear and crisp sound emanated from right behind the niche where Ksitigarbha’s statue was located.

Clomp… clomp… The sounds were neat and uniform, and they were formed from objects both near and far. Qin Ye drew a deep breath, and peered beyond the niche for the very first time.

He had previously been so fixated on the stone statue in front of his eyes that he never quite noticed what lay behind the statue. Thus, for the first time, he realized that there was an ancient ancestral hall that stood right behind the statue some distance away.

It was completely dilapidated, and yet it still stood tall like a colossal giant that spanned an area of approximately one hundred meters. However, what was most astonishing was the fact that the weeds growing out of the cracks within the great ancestral hall were now swaying frantically, almost as though they were being stepped...