Chapter 1565: Little Sea Village (2/2)

“Is there a problem?” Li Qiye slowly asked.

“Well, the ancestors aren’t in our village right now.” The man said helplessly.

Li Qiye became serious and peered at him: “What about Zi Cuining, your Heaven Suppression G.o.ddess?”

“The G.o.ddess isn’t here either.” He threw his hands exasperatedly in the air.

“They’re all going to Heaven Suppression?” Li Qiye could faintly guess what was going on.

“You’re right.” He smiled wryly and sighed: “Their group isn’t back from the trip just yet.”

“What happened?” Li Qiye inquired further.

The man replied: “I don’t know, something about a great matter in the sect. The elders didn’t tell me the exact details though.”

“Not smart at all.” Li Qiye shook his head: “Those old men can’t contend against Gu Zun. Gu Zun is pretty much a wily demon by this point. He has waited for many generations so when he takes action, victory is certain. Your old geezers aren’t thinking, to actually be running towards the city like bees losing their nest. Isn’t this the same as helping Gu Zun, allowing him to catch everyone with a single net?”

“The ancestors were pretty confident about it.” The man said.

Li Qiye couldn’t help but laugh: “d.a.m.n geezers. What the h.e.l.l did their ancestors teach them? Maybe it's because Gu Zun hadn’t shown up for many years, that’s why they think he’s so easily bullied. Compared to Gu Zun, your geezers are still too inexperienced. He’s a fox that has lived for three generations! Your old men are no match for him.”

“How, how do you know?!” The man’s eyes widened.

“I calculated with my fingers, not hard at all.” Li Qiye lightly said.

Of course, the man didn’t believe Li Qiye. However, he was worried indeed since the group has been gone for a while now without any news. Nothing came from Zi Cuining either.

“Well, since you know who I am, take me to the ancestral temple.” Li Qiye commanded.

The man eventually made up his mind and left. He eventually returned with a key to the temple.

“Squeak, squeak…” He unlocked and opened the heavy wooden gate.

The two of them entered and were greeted with an incense fragrance. Judging by the incense burner in the middle, the people here have never stopped wors.h.i.+ping and honoring their ancestors.

Despite being a small fis.h.i.+ng village, this temple was quite large. Others would actually think that it was a temple from a great clan.

There were many rows of memorial tablets to the astonishment of the spectators because there were more than ten thousand here. How could this be the temple of a small village?

More importantly, there were very few new tablets. The newest was around two or three years ago. Some of the older ones had indiscernible origin date. The ones at the forefront couldn’t even be read. They were left here for a long time now so the writings have faded.

Li Qiye quietly sighed after seeing the tablets at the very top.

“Have you been to Heaven Suppression? How many elders are still in charge there?” Li Qiye stared at the tablets for a bit before asking the man.

“Well.” He scratched his head in response: “I haven’t joined the sect for that long so I don’t know too much. I just know that the G.o.ddess is in charge of the city right now.”

“That’s just Gu Zun’s strategic guise. He purposely tricked the old men into thinking that they still have some authority, that they had control over the entire situation. That’s a wily fox for you.” Li Qiye smiled and shook his head.