"Exalted … Exalted Immortal." At the side, the female owner walked towards Zheng Yu after paying her respects to the Old Drunkard's temple god.
Zheng Yu was looking at the jade tablet in his hand. He raised his head and glanced at the demoness.
"This was left behind by the old temple god. He told me that if anything happened to him, I should give it to a scholar. I think the scholar he was talking about should be you," the demoness said.
The female owner had a pair of emerald eyes. She was a typical descendant of the demon god. Due to the union with a human, she was half-demon, half-human. Most of these demons lived among the commoners like normal people. However, due to their demon bloodline, they had to harm people every once in a while to maintain their human appearance.
Zheng Yu took a letter from the female owner.
After flipping through the contents, Zheng Yu couldn't help but be touched by the contents.
The old temple god knew his fate. He had a premonition that his death was near. He even guessed that he would die from some kind of terrifying curse. However, the old temple god still didn't choose to escape.
Zheng Yu's heart was extremely complicated. He knew that he had harmed the old temple god. Otherwise, he would have many more years to live.
However, the old temple god was very calm in the face of death.
"I made a mistake when I was young. However, for some reason, I wasn't pursued. I even became a temple god here. I know that I have sinned deeply. After becoming a god, I carefully protected the people here."
"I thought that my merit was enough to make up for my mistakes. However, I didn't expect that the heavens didn't truly forgive me."
"No matter how I leave, there is no need to mourn for me. To me, any way is a release."
This letter didn't seem like it was specially left for Zheng Yu. It was like a brief summary left by an old man to any of his relatives. Zheng Yu knew that it also left some very important information for him.
The old temple god was cursed to death very quickly. It was so fast that Zheng Yu had only left for a short while.
In that case, Hong Mo must have used the mistake the old temple god made when he was young. Not only did he deprive him of his divinity, but he also sentenced him to death by the curse!
A contract with the lantern boy.
The mistake the old temple god made when he was young was related to some kind of contract.
"How many years have you been in Xi Lao City?" Zheng Yu asked the female owner with the demon bloodline.
"It's … It's been more than ten years," the female owner answered carefully.
More than ten years?
She hadn't been stained with blood for over a decade. This was a demoness who had stuck to her bottom line, and she hadn't lost control due to the influence of Evernight.
Under the influence of the Evernight World, many of the demons hiding in the human world had their powers greatly increased. Moreover, they had begun to wantonly harm the innocent.
"Do you know anything about Elder Li's youth?" Zheng Yu asked.
"I know … I know a little. After he gets drunk, he will suddenly break down and cry. Once, he told me this in front of my wine shop," the female owner said.
"Tell me the details," Zheng Yu said.
"Elder Li used to be the guardian of the dam when he was young. That year, it rained heavily and the water accumulated. Seeing that the dam village was about to be flooded, he had no choice but to open the floodgates. However, after opening the floodgates, the water was too strong and he couldn't close the floodgates. As a result, four families downstream were affected. Seventeen people in the four families, including a pregnant woman, died," said the shopkeeper.
"This is a natural disaster. How can it be attributed to him?" Zheng Yu was confused.
"The rain is begged," the shopkeeper said.
"Who did you ask?" Zheng Yu asked.
"Elder Li asked an evil sorcerer for the rain," the shopkeeper said.
Zheng Yu glanced at the Blood Worms that had been burned into ashes on the ground and immediately came to a realization.
Therefore, the drunkard had been cursed to death because of the contract he had made when he was young. As a temple god, he had a contract with the evil sorcerer. It was too much for the God of Evil Wishes, Hongmo!
"That … that evil sorcerer is … is my mother," the shopkeeper said in a soft voice after hesitating for some time.
"Is she still alive?" Zheng Yu asked.
The shopkeeper shook her head.
"Some contracts are passed down to the next generation. If your mother is dead, you should be in charge of the contract. Let me take a look at your back," Zheng Yu said to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was dressed boldly. A huge part of her back was exposed. Zheng Yu gently brushed his hand across her back, and a pattern of rain slowly appeared.
It was the seal of the Rain Dragon King, the totem used by the ancient tribes to worship the Rain Dragon King. As an Earth Magistrate, he was quite familiar with the culture of worshipping the gods.
"River Lady?" Zheng Yu looked at the shopkeeper. He finally knew her true identity.
Rumor had it that the River Lady was the descendant of the Rain Master and a human. Zheng Yu knew a little about the Book of Demon Creatures.
Zheng Yu walked into the temple and found a book about the old city from the bookshelf that had appeared out of nowhere. He flipped through the book and found the records of the annual rain and harvest.
After quickly flipping through it, Zheng Yu roughly knew the reason of the whole matter.
He turned around and carefully sized up the shopkeeper.
"The letter is not for me. It's for you," Zheng Yu said to the shopkeeper.
"For me?" The shopkeeper was confused.
"Your mother is the Rain Master. Elder Li and your mother had feelings for each other when they were young. Due to the drought and lack of water, the dam village didn't have a harvest that year. Elder Li heard some rumors and went to the mountains to light a candle to pray for rain. Your mother followed him … Your mother is the Rain Master, so the rain naturally came. But in reality, the heavens had arranged for a late rain. The rain that the Rain Master sent down because of her feelings collided with the rain that the heavens were about to send down, resulting in a flood of rain." Zheng Yu had already deduced what had happened from the simple records.
The shopkeeper was stunned. She looked at Zheng Yu in disbelief.
Blood earthworms filled the temple on the old street. The drunkard had drowned to death because of the blood earthworms. His death had fulfilled the mistake he had made back then.
Although it was an unintentional mistake, everything had happened because of him.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't have been able to become a temple god.
"Then I … then I …" The shopkeeper was still in a daze.
"He didn't like to drink. He just went to visit and take care of you," Zheng Yu continued.
The shopkeeper was already grieving because of the old drunkard's death. When she heard Zheng Yu's words, she couldn't stop crying.
She was able to live peacefully as a monster for so many years because of this kind old temple god.
After understanding these things, Zheng Yu's eyes turned cold.
He finally understood how the old temple god was cursed to death.
It wasn't just a curse.
It was a threat!
Hong Mo was a contracted lantern boy. Not only did he know about the praying for rain and the consequences, but he also saw through the relationship between the old temple god and the shopkeeper.
The mistake that the old temple god made when he was young was actually the birth of the river girl.
In order to let the river girl maintain her identity and live a peaceful life, the old temple god accepted the curse himself.
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