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“Crack...”
The decapitated statue in the temple instantly fractured like ice, covered in a web of cracks. It quickly crumbled into countless pieces, even the wooden branches and straw inside snapping and scattering onto the ground.
Though the temple had been built with funds pooled by the villagers and was at least a proper structure, Song You had no intention of destroying it. Instead, he summoned a large boulder from the mountain and placed it at the temple’s entrance. With a flick of his bamboo staff through the air, he sliced a smooth, flat surface onto the rock.
Then, he turned to the little girl who had just run outside.
“Lady Calico, please write for me.”
“Write?”
Lady Calico, with her pouch bulging at her side and a large red rooster still cradled in one arm, lifted her head at his words, staring at him in confusion.
“It’s nothing—just that you’ve diligently practiced writing for years and have already achieved a certain level of mastery in calligraphy. I would like to ask you to write something on this stone to inform the villagers.”
“Inform the villagers?”
“Yes, to let them know the Mountain God has been eliminated.”
“Alright!” The little girl immediately set down her pouch, then went to the horse’s saddlebag to retrieve a brush before walking over. “What should I write?”
“Write…” Song You paused for a moment before reciting, “‘The evil god has been eradicated. Do not worship it again. The livestock...
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