Everyone saw a flash of golden light, and not only was Master Lin unharmed, he stood there calmly.

On the contrary, the guards who had just attacked Master Lin were now staring in shock at the knives and swords in their hands.

After a few "crack" sounds, the weapons that were once invincible in their hands shattered.

"My God, did I see that right? Did I just see a flash of golden light?"

"Yes, yes, I just saw it too."

"Could it be that what Master Lin said is true, and that he really received the protection of the local earth god?"

As the common people watched Lin Sanye, who clearly had the upper hand in the competition, they also began to make their own calculations.

The Qilin Protector seemed surprised by this turn of events. He frowned at the guards, then drew his sword and stepped forward.

"You may all step back; I will execute him personally."

The Qilin Protector didn't believe in ghosts or gods. He thought that Master Lin was just putting on an act, so he decided to break the spell himself.

The guards who were ordered to retreat looked at each other, their eyes filled with panic and fear.

Others only saw what happened, but they truly felt the eeriness of what had just occurred.

Their knives were about to strike Master Lin, but for some reason they stopped in front of him, as if they had struck something extremely solid.

Even with all their might, they couldn't break through the thing's protective layer, not to mention that after they took the knife off, it shattered into pieces.

This knife was made of fine iron, making it both sharp and tough—truly bizarre.

Therefore, they wanted to remind the adults of the strangeness here, but at this moment the Qilin Protector had already turned around.

At this moment, the Qilin Protector used his lightness skill and rushed towards Master Lin with a sharp sword. However, before he could stab Master Lin beside him, he was knocked away by a golden light.

Then, everyone saw the once majestic Qilin envoy being slapped away and crash heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Cough cough cough, this thing is quite heavy, there's so much dust I can barely open my eyes."

"That's right. I thought he was a martial arts master, but I didn't expect him to be just like his subordinates, all show and no substance."

"Do you think we trusted the wrong person?"

After watching the performance of the Qilin Protector and his guards, the people's loyalty to the Qilin God diminished, and some even had second thoughts.

Just then, a blinding golden light suddenly appeared on Master Lin's tray.

Everyone squinted and looked, and found that the source of the light was the statue.

Before they could even wonder, they heard a voice filled with divinity and compassion.

"Alas, I did not want to hurt anyone, but in order to protect this pure land of Tongqiao, I had no choice but to take action."

After sighing for a while, the voice introduced itself.

"I am the local deity of Tongqiao, and it is my duty to protect the people of Tongqiao. Unfortunately, in recent years, with the rise of Protestantism, fewer and fewer people worship me, and my power is gradually being lost."

In order to regain my power to protect the people, I had no choice but to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Unexpectedly, someone took advantage of my reincarnation to use magic tricks to create a false god.

Fortunately, my reincarnation was short-lived, allowing me to regain my power and memories in time and expose the false god's true face!

As soon as the earth god's words fell, the large wooden sculpture on the stage representing the Qilin god suddenly caught fire and burned brighter and brighter.

"Could this be what they call exorcising evil spirits?" someone asked, looking at the wood carving that was burned beyond recognition.

The person next to him nodded in agreement, thinking that what he said made sense. "If the Qilin God doesn't react even in this situation, then I'll really think this is a fake deity."

It turned out that when Xu Jinhuan saw that everyone's eyes were on Lin Laosan, he quietly slipped behind the screen, found a corner, and quickly used his invisibility ability to hide himself.

Then, she used the falsetto that Su Sanxi had taught her to impersonate the Earth God. As for the golden light, it was actually a small invention that Xu Jinhuan had obtained from the system Xiao Wang.

The smart light bulb that can float in the air can emit golden light whenever you want, as long as you have a remote control. It is not the divine light that people imagine.

As for catching the wooden carving on fire, that was even simpler; she could just hide, grab a tinderbox, and light it.

At the same time, Xu Jinhuan also used a little trick. After she finished speaking, she released her mental pressure in the open space.

Then everyone noticed that after looking at the golden statue for a while, they involuntarily knelt down and didn't dare to raise their heads again.

"You knelt down?"

Why are you kneeling down too?

"This...this is a real god, making me kneel down involuntarily. He's not even on the same level as that damned Qilin God."

The people looked around in surprise, and when they saw that everyone was the same as them, they no longer felt ashamed. Instead, they became even more convinced that what Master Lin and the local god said was true.

"Hey, look! Those arrogant guards from just now have all knelt down. Doesn't that prove something?"

Someone shouted out loud after seeing the guards kneeling neatly in the distance.

When this voice reached the ears of the Qilin Divine Envoy and the Guardian, only one thought came to mind: it's all over, completely over.

The master's meticulous plan has failed just like that...

The Qilin Guardian quickly got up from the ground. He glanced at the golden statue and instinctively felt that he should not get involved with these people again, otherwise there might be even greater losses.

"As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. Brothers, let's retreat!"

Before the other guards could respond, Xu Jinhuan made his move.

Trying to slip away? No way!

They've even blocked up the windows!

Xu Jinhuan took out the electrified net that the system Xiao Wang had kindly gifted him, used his lightness skill to fly high into the sky, and then forcefully cast it out.

At the same time, he shouted in a fake voice, "You evil fiends, how dare you run away in front of me?"

As the electric fence fell, the guards who had been on high alert and preparing to flee were instantly knocked unconscious by the electric shock.

However, the Qilin protector seemed to have slightly deeper internal strength, as he actually withstood the electric net. He stuck his longsword into the ground and squatted there, his eyes somewhat dazed.

"Is this a magical artifact of the gods? It's truly amazing, it even crackles with lightning!" a young man said with interest.

The elderly woman beside him laughed and said to the others, "Oh my, this old woman has really learned something new today. Now I have one more thing to brag about."

The man nodded, then said indignantly, "Luckily, the Earth God is powerful, otherwise these people would have gotten away."

The thought of how I was completely fooled by them, giving them money and supplies, makes me want to slap myself.

This statement was met with agreement from everyone present. They asked, "Which of you who participated in the blessing ceremony wasn't blinded by greed and gave money to that so-called Qilin God?"

Just thinking about it makes their hearts ache.