The Sun Valley patriarch only said that Liu Yunqing needed to sense the ancestral hall, but did not say how to do so.

There was one difference: after that day, Liu Yunqing was no longer forbidden from entering the valley and could go anywhere.

Even intentionally or unintentionally, people in the valley would occasionally try to lead her towards the ancestral hall.

The witch doctor, who was closely monitoring Liu Yunqing's movements, was puzzled, but due to certain circumstances, he could only tolerate Liu Yunqing, an outsider, enjoying the highest level of freedom in Sun Valley.

Despite his patience, the witch doctor still kept an eye on Liu Yunqing from time to time, and every time Liu Yunqing wanted to go to the ancestral hall, the witch doctor would find a way to stop him.

The method to stop her was simple; it was just a matter of moving the device that had been left on Liu Yunqing, so that Liu Yunqing herself could not go to the ancestral hall.

After seeing the clan chief's attitude, Liu Yunqing did consider telling the clan chief the true nature of the witch doctor.

But upon closer examination, while the witch doctor's actions caused her distress, from the perspective of Sun Valley, they seemed to be protecting Sun Valley.

If the witch doctor were a little more eloquent, he might even lose the privileges granted by the chieftain in his emotional state.

However, Liu Yunqing wasn't entirely without a chance.

With the annual hunting festival in the valley approaching, and many people injured, the shaman paid less attention to Liu Yunqing.

While the witch doctor was busy, Liu Yunqing found an opportunity to quietly take Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu to the ancestral hall.

"Wait for me here, if..."

Before Liu Yunqing could finish speaking, Xiao Liu nodded knowingly and said:

"Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on it for you."

According to the conventions of popular folk tales, whenever something important is about to happen, someone is bound to come and cause trouble.

If we don't encounter some setbacks, it means that the outcome of this operation will most likely be fruitless.

Therefore, Liu Yunqing was on guard from the moment he stood in front of the ancestral hall.

Nothing unusual has happened so far, and even the statue that attracted her last time hasn't shown any unusual activity today.

Today, finally no one was causing trouble, and Liu Yunqing looked at the statue with some resentment.

The things the clan chief revealed to Liu Yunqing that day involved too many secrets of Sun Valley, which should not have been known to an outsider like her under any circumstances.

Everything hinged on the fact that Liu Yunqing was the person Sun Valley was waiting for.

If not, she knew these things, couldn't leave Sun Valley, and had a witch doctor who constantly sought a legitimate reason to kill her.

Liu Yunqing even suspected that everything the witch doctor had done to her was tacitly approved by the clan chief.

This would both make it seem like these actions had nothing to do with Sun Valley, effectively deterring him and prompting him to try to connect with the ancestral hall.

I could roughly guess that I could think of these things, so under these circumstances, I left behind two young, innocent, and sincere teenagers.

Liu Yunqing's eyes darkened. She pursed her lips and glanced at the two people who, though occasionally bickering in hushed tones, were always keeping an eye on her surroundings. Then she turned her gaze back to the statue's eyes.

The statue above the ancestral hall door, which Liu Yunqing hadn't seen clearly before, was later discovered to be a crow's head.

Sun Valley, Sun River, temple, ancestral hall, Golden Crow statue—Liu Yunqing didn't think this was a coincidence.

She stared intently into the statue's eyes, unable to summon her spiritual power. So Liu Yunqing focused her energy and silently called upon the spirit of the spatial artifact.

"Xiao Jin..."

"Xiao Jin..."

"Xiao Jin..."

At first there was still no response, so Liu Yunqing calmed down and called out to him again and again.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Yunqing fell into a dazed state, half-awake and half-asleep. The call in her heart seemed to echo, becoming ethereal and lingering.

Little did Liu Yunqing know that the ethereal and lingering call had long since spread beyond her mind, rippling outwards from the ancestral hall in concentric circles until it reached the entire Sun Valley.

Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu, who were standing not far away, heard it.

The elderly, weak, women, and children working in the valley heard it.

The young and middle-aged men who were on missions in more distant places heard it.

The clan chief, who was guarding the valley, also heard it.

These sounds were no longer audible; they were just whispers. Every member of the Sun Valley tribe involuntarily stopped what they were doing.

They felt a calling from the depths of their hearts, and even more so, they felt a long-lost power of ancestral protection descend upon them, making their limbs and bones strong once more.

They didn't know why, but following their hearts, they all turned towards the ancestral hall and bowed down in reverence.

Like all the Sun Valley people, the chieftain bowed deeply to the ground.

However, his aging body was trembling uncontrollably, and if anyone got close, they could hear the old patriarch sobbing incessantly.

God still exists!

God has favored them once again!

The clan chief was overjoyed, but could not express it aloud, and could only kneel and shout:

"May the gods have mercy on us!"

To save them from their misfortune and bring them back to glory!

It is an innate belief. Although the young members of the tribe do not know their ancestors, their piety is no different from that of the tribal chief.

After the call, as gentle as flowing water and as refreshing as a breeze, had completely permeated every corner of Sun Valley, Liu Yunqing's half-awake, bewildered eyes cleared.

With her hands hanging by her sides, she gently raised them, and with a thought, her fingers formed a hand seal that Liu Yunqing had never seen before, as if flitting through flowers with butterflies.

At this moment, Liu Yunqing was no longer facing the ancestral hall, but standing in front of it, with the ancestral hall doors wide open behind her, like a support behind her, providing her with a continuous source of strength.

From Liu Yunqing's meridians and acupoints, there were incessant "crackling" sounds, as if some shackles and fetters were being broken free.

The moment she was completely freed from her constraints, Liu Yunqing's body, which was empty and devoid of any spiritual power, was suddenly filled with another force like flowing water.

A warm, white power, shimmering with starlight.

As soon as those forces entered Liu Yunqing's body, they surged into her limbs, bones, and internal organs, cleansing her entire body in an instant.

Finally, when they converged at the dantian, they all surged towards it—

The spiritual energy that had been suppressed and trapped in the dantian by the witch doctor's methods surged out like a flood bursting its banks.

Upon encountering those flashing white lights, after only a brief contact, they intertwined and merged in an extremely harmonious way, finally becoming one and flowing freely through the broad and resilient meridians.

Watching the changes within her body, Liu Yunqing's brows relaxed, and her entire body was enveloped in a hazy white light, giving her usually heroic and aloof face a faint divine aura.

Once the surging power within her body finally subsided, Liu Yunqing slowly opened her eyes.

Ignoring the still-dazed Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu, Liu Yunqing changed her hand seals and pointed in one direction—

"Destroy!"