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Chapter 179: The Mountain Lord's Message
Chapter 179: The Mountain Lord's Message
Hu Ma was suddenly restless due to the unexpected news.
On one hand, although he had some suspicions, he wasn't really sure if the Meng Family was looking for him. On the other hand, even if they were, he didn't know what methods the Blue-robed Evil Spirit would use to find him, or how he should guard against it.
It felt like he was struggling against the air, completely inefficient, all just inner unease consuming his thoughts.
Additionally, he carefully recalled what the grandmother had said. At the time, her tone was very certain, and she said that once she returned, she could temporarily solve his problems.
Because the grandmother was so certain, he hadn't considered hiding his identity.
Of course, in this world, if the opponent knew his information, hiding his identity might not be very practical.
But in the end, although he had recognized the grandmother, he still knew too little about these matters.
Now, after thinking about it, he was completely unsure what to do.
Perhaps, as Miss White Wine had said, the most urgent thing was to just wait and see?
However, Hu Ma hadn't expected that he would only be worried for a day. By the second evening, when Li Wa Zi brought in the dinner, he had just put it down and turned to leave, but suddenly came back.
Stepping in, leaning against the doorframe, he giggled and looked at Hu Ma with a seductive gaze.
"What's wrong with you?"
Hu Ma looked at Li Wa Zi's seductive gaze and felt a bit strange, even a bit cold.
Then he suddenly realized: it wasn't that he was sick, it was that a good neighbor had come.
... This family is really crazy! In the past, the rule was that they couldn't stay within ten li of the village. Now, they not only loiter around every day but also want to enter the village at will.
But he still smiled and looked at Li Wa Zi, saying, "Who is it? The red sugar eggs I owed you, I did give them to you."
Li Wa Zi giggled and said, "I'm Old Seven..."
Hu Ma laughed and said, "Seventh Uncle, good."
Li Wa Zi immediately rolled his eyes at Hu Ma, "I'm Seventh Auntie."
"Alright..."
Hu Ma laughed helplessly and clasped his hands, "Seventh Auntie, what do you need?"
"Not need, I'm here to pass on a message."
Li Wa Zi twisted his waist, pinching his fingers in a delicate gesture, "Today, our Little Third Son went to patrol in Old Yin Mountain and met a gentleman."
"He asked us to bring a message to you in the village. I was afraid Little Third Son wouldn't explain clearly, so I came myself."
"The gentleman said he knows something happened recently in Mingzhou Prefecture, and he told you not to be afraid, not to be suspicious, and to focus on your own cultivation."
"If something really happens, go to Old Yin Mountain, burn three incense sticks, and call out three times, 'Please let the Mountain Lord descend,' and he will come."
"..."
Old Yin Mountain? Call the Mountain Lord to descend?
This sudden and headless message left Hu Ma stunned. He immediately thought of someone, but wasn't quite sure.
He hurried to ask more, but saw that Seventh Auntie seemed to be quite casual, just staring straight at the chicken on his plate.
Hu Ma quickly said, "Seventh Auntie, would you like to sit down and have a bite?"
Li Wa Zi said, "That would be too impolite?"
Saying that, he twisted and sat down.
Hu Ma quickly picked up the wine pot and said, "Would you like a cup?"
The wine in this pot was good, the blood wine given by the Red Lantern Lady. He usually drank it to relax his muscles and tendons, aiding his cultivation.
Li Wa Zi was even more embarrassed and said, "I'm not greedy... Just a small cup?"
Once the wine was poured, Li Wa Zi drank it in one go, sticking out his tongue, and said, "It's so spicy, luckily it wasn't me drinking it..."
He then ate a piece of chicken, seemingly finding it less tasty than usual, and put it down.
Only then did he focus on the main matter and said, "I don't know anything else, Little Third Son didn't know either..."
"He was just wandering in the mountains when he suddenly got lost, circling around an old wooden stake for a long time, listened to the voice, and then ran out."
"..."
"An old wooden stake? It's definitely him!"
Hu Ma listened and was startled. He suddenly remembered the wooden stake that often appeared around Dayang Village.
That wooden stake seemed to know the most about the grandmother's affairs and had the deepest connection with her, a senior who liked to meddle and always rushed to the front of any excitement.
Back in the Village of Extinction, it was he who helped Hu Ma. Now, just as the Yin-Communicating Meng Family was coming, he found this family of Yellow Immortals to pass on the message.
Could it be that he knew what would happen here long ago?
His heart was full of doubts, but asking Seventh Auntie wouldn't yield more information.
And the senior said to call him in Old Yin Mountain when something happened. Since nothing had happened yet, it wouldn't be good to look for him immediately...
"Thank you, Seventh Auntie, for passing on this message..."
Thinking this, he got up and politely bowed. Seeing Li Wa Zi still looking at the chicken, he smiled and said, "Would you like to take some back for your family to try?"
"If you keep being so polite, I won't come next time..."
Li Wa Zi immediately looked resentful, then reached out to grab the fatty chicken from the table, picked up the wine pot, and turned to leave the courtyard, throwing them over the wall with force.
Just then, from the other side of the wall, came a series of excited squeaks, dragging something away.
Li Wa Zi suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground, but he quickly got back up and looked around, not finding it strange at all.
He patted the dirt off his buttocks and turned to head back to the kitchen.
"This family is really..."
Hu Ma smiled helplessly, "Particular..."
He didn't ask Li Wa Zi to redo the work and simply ate a large bowl of rice with the greens, quietly thinking to himself.
Now he felt somewhat relieved. The old tree stump was very powerful, and it had already shown its strength outside the Village of Extinction.
Since it had sensed something in advance and sent a message through the Yellow Immortals, it must have had some ideas.
It might even know a lot about Grandma and the Hu Family, but because he hadn't yet mastered the skills in the Book of Year-Taming, it hadn't told him.
"Phew, its reminder makes a lot of sense."
Hu Ma thought to himself that instead of being overly suspicious because of a word from the Yin-Communicating Meng Family, he should focus on improving his skills.
During this time, while he was out working and earning money, he didn't neglect his cultivation.
He practiced diligently every day, not daring to slack off, but being outside, he didn't have enough Blood Food, which slowed his progress.
Now that he was back in the Village, and in a place where he could make his own decisions, he took the opportunity to fetch some Blood Food Pills and began to urgently cultivate the five viscera.
This time, he chose to cultivate the liver.
The five viscera of Age Guarding each have their unique benefits.
Cultivating the lungs increases one's stamina and resistance to Yin Qi.
In the wandering world, there are many scoundrels who use drugs to confuse, and after cultivating the lungs, his resistance to such methods greatly improved.
More importantly, cultivating the lungs not only enhances endurance, allowing one to outlast opponents, but also improves one's ability to run. A hundred miles in one breath, and even on horseback, you might not catch up.
Cultivating the liver can relax the tendons and open the meridians. According to the Old Shopkeeper's notes, cultivating this organ allows one to ingest poisons and not die, and to be immune to all diseases.
The spleen, among the five viscera, belongs to the Earth element. Once cultivated, it enhances digestion to a supernatural level.
In the Old Shopkeeper's notes, there is a legend about this:
It says that in the early years of the Yi Dynasty, when the emperor still sat on the dragon throne, a martial artist from the wandering world entered the court to perform a unique skill—remaining alive in a sealed coffin.
Buried for half a month, when he was dug out, his face was rosy, and the entire court was amazed, asking him the reason.
He only smiled and said he could live by eating soil, and that even three years wouldn't kill him.
Of course, the Old Shopkeeper expressed doubt after recording this: "Soil can be eaten, but to say it can fill one up is nonsense..."
"Did he really eat it?"
Hu Ma was somewhat startled: "This is part of the Old Shopkeeper's dark history, isn't it?"
"..."
After reading this, thinking about the others, Hu Ma became even more excited.
The kidneys belong to the Water element. This doesn't need to be said, as he has always been concerned about cultivating this organ.
The Age Keeper's predecessor was a Furnace Sealer, and once the body was broken, it was equivalent to ruining one's Daoist Power. However, the Age Keeper is not as miserable as those who sealed the furnace.
The reason is that after cultivating the kidneys, one can reverse Yin and Yang. At that point, not only will this part truly come alive, but one can break the body without losing cultivation...
Arrange it! This must be arranged as soon as possible!
Of course, when it comes down to it, the heart, the last organ, is still the most important.
The heart is the leader of the five viscera and belongs to the Fire element.
For the Age Keeper, cultivating the heart means completing the Third Stage cultivation, which allows one to touch the Gate of the Mansion.
At that point, not only in the wandering world, but also in the Age Keeper's sect, one can be considered a minor expert.
One will have the skills to protect oneself and earn a living.
The only thing that made Hu Ma somewhat regretful was that the Old Shopkeeper had no unique skills for cultivating the five viscera.
In other words, after cultivating the five viscera, one can only enjoy the benefits of transforming them from life to death.
There were no skills like the Four Ghosts Bowing at the Gate to defeat enemies.
Was it that the Old Shopkeeper hadn't learned them, or was he hiding something?
Hu Ma thought about it carefully and felt that the former was more likely. The Old Shopkeeper had already passed the oil lamp to him, so there was no need to hold back.
Perhaps, it was precisely because he lacked these unique skills that he had suffered at the hands of the Vat Sect.
Of course, regret is one thing, but the most important thing is to focus on cultivation.
Hu Ma settled down, and with the ample Blood Food and diligent practice, he completed the cultivation of the second organ in just over ten days. The Daoist Power he had consumed due to the paper money attack also returned to three pillars.
The only thing that pained him was the significant consumption of Blood Food during this process.
But at this moment, the reward from the Red Lantern Lady Association also arrived.
Hu Ma, who was already feeling the pinch from the cultivation expenses, was immediately filled with anticipation as he went out to greet it.
The Red Lantern Lady had specifically promised a generous reward, but how generous would it be?
(End of Chapter)
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