Chapter 164: Two Years_1

"Even if it's a deity, isn't this too oppressive? They said it was a test, yet they didn't inform us about the content or the method of the test before casting us out...

We came with sincere hearts, wanting to be accepted under the deity's instruction, yet this is what we've been reduced to. Doesn't Liu Village fear to discourage those who will come after us?"

Outside Liu Village, within a valley not far off where a brook babbled and the grass was lush with croaking frogs, the peace was suddenly shattered by a commotion.

The expelled folks gathered in small groups at this place, each with a face of embarrassment. They dared not openly counter the situation, fearing the disturbance of Liu Village's revered deity, so they could only vent their grievances here.

In the crowd, an old man dressed in black was particularly dour.

He was here under the orders of the Human Emperor, tasked to bring a kind of bastard prince under false allegiance to Liu Village.