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Chapter 191: A Living Soul (Second Update)
Chapter 191: A Living Soul (Second Update)
Cultivation, cultivation, and it's all about cultivation!
Instead of being overly suspicious and accomplishing nothing, it's better to focus on the important tasks and strive hard in cultivation to develop one's abilities.
For an Age Keeper, every bit of Daoist Power can be a matter of life and death.
Now, I have already begun cultivating the fourth organ, which is the crucial kidney.
To be honest, for other Age Keepers, each organ is a small hurdle, and cultivation is not so easy. Just precisely killing one organ and gradually refining it is a Great Skill.
But with Hu Ma, the Blood Food is abundant, and he is already dead. Moreover, when the Old Shopkeeper imparted the techniques, he did Not Hold Back, making the Techniques Complete, which has made his cultivation go smoothly.
In fact, now that he has reached the cultivation of the fourth organ, if this were to Be Known, it would immediately cause others to regard him as an Evil Spirit and seize him.
It's really too fast.
Of course, Age Keepers have the advantage of being able to hide.
If one does not display the technique of turning life intoDeath or perform specific unique skills in front of others, no One Can Tell.
To truly understand one's Potential, One would have to open One's Chest and break One's belly.
"This is the benefit of being a Shopkeeper..."
Hu Ma thought to himself as he retrieved a batch of Blood Food Pills and, along with the rewards from the Red Lantern Lady association, quickly began the cultivation of the fourth Organ.
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...
Outside Zhu Gate Town, there is a not-sohigh Barren Hill, with sparse trees and rugged rocks.
During famine years, the infants who died young in the town were often thrown onto this mountain, and the homeless dead were also abandoned here, thus leaving piles of white bones.
Every night, ghostlyfires rise and drift across the mountain.
The people in the town dare not take night paths, and even as dusk approaches, they would take a Wide Detour Around this mountain.
But now, on this desolate hill, there is a young man in a green robe and blue oil pants, kneeling on the mountain, barebacked, enduring the cold night wind. Between them, there is a sedan chair, on which only a vicious demonmask is placed.
Because of its presence, the ghostly fires on the mountain dare not rise.
They have been waiting for a long time, but the Red Lantern Association's Incense Master Zheng Zhien, who is usually nothing in the eyes of the Green Robe Lord, only arrived on the mountain after a full hour, slowly walking up.
He wore a rough cloth robe without a sash, his hair disheveled, and in his hand holding a long wooden frame).
On the wooden frame, there were about seven or eight yellow pennants, each about a meter long, fluttering in the night wind, adding more ghostly aura to the desolate and eerie mountain.
"Zheng Zhien, you have quite a bit of arrogance..."
Seeing Incense Master Zheng Zhien climb the mountain, the green-robed child knelt near the mountaintop, lifted his head, and said sternly, "Just because of a noble's words, you don't Even Know Your Own Surname? To Dare Make the GreenRobe Lord Wait So Long?"
"I am merely a Guide for the Noble, while you are the GreenRobe Lord..."
"Senior Brother, please Believe Me."
Zheng Zhien was scolded but was not angry. His face lacked the earlier flattery, only giving a faint smile and saying, "I am a Ghost Walker, you are a Spirit Bearer. You naturally understand the GreenRobe Lord more, but I understand the Evil Spirits better."
"That's why the Noble's final request for me to help was right, allowing me to find the person for him."
"Of course, I dare not claim credit against the GreenRobe Lord. I am merely seeking a living fate."
"..."
"Living fate?"
The GreenRobe Child, hearing this, showed a mocking expression, "Wasn't it you who found it yourself?"
"Hehe, indeed it was."
Zheng Zhien didn't refute this. After the recent magical duel, he had also established some merit, but just because of the Guardian's one word, the Incense Burners were full of hostility towards him, and Yang gong, who had recently been favored by the Red Lantern Lady, had become more influential.
Because of leading the magical duel and earning merit, he couldn't stay in the association anymore.
Even leading the GreenRobe Gang to find someone, he was bound to offend people, and the Incenseburners deliberately assigned it to him, even saying it was voluntary.
He understood in his heart that once the fame from this merit faded, he wouldn't be able to maintain his position as an Incense Master. With no other choice, he made a plan, deciding to follow the Greenrobe and seize an opportunity in front of the Noble.
Now, he has seized it, but is this really what he wanted?
Seeing his dejected appearance, the GreenRobe Child couldn't continue mocking and only sighed, "What do you plan to do?"
"I have chosen a few places for the GreenRobe Lord."
Zheng Zhien planted the wooden frame in the ground, his strength was not small, and it sank three inches into the ground, standing firmly.
Then, under the fluttering pennants, he turned his head and said, "The thick Yin Marsh is a possible hiding Place, but how to exert force on these places is up to the GreenRobe Lord..."
"Only a few places?"
The GreenRobe Child couldn't help but sneer, "I'm sure there are some places you're not used to, which I've also specially added?"
Zheng Zhien didn't deny it, only smiling, "If Senior Brother is not used to something, you can add it now."
The GreenRobe Child was taken aback, "You..."
"The Noble only entrusted us to find a person, not how we find them."
Zheng Zhien smiled, "Moreover, using such methods to find people always has a bad Reputation. If we don't make the decision, and only act after the Noble's approval, then if something Goes Wrong, is it our fault or theNoble
The night wind was silent, and the barren hill was quiet.
The demon mask placed on the center of the barren hill, atop the sedan chair, made no sound. Only a faint, cold laugh seemed to echo through the wind.
"Thank you, Lord in the Blue Robe..."
Chief Zheng bowed deeply to the demon mask, touching the ground with his forehead, then stood up and pulled out a yellow cloth from his sleeve.
He spread it on the ground, then took out incense, candles, and oil lamps, and even arranged a few stones as offerings.
The Blue Robe child standing beside him was already bristling with indignation. This person surnamed Zheng was a Ghost walker, and ghostwalkers were indeed skilled in exorcising evil spirits, but using such a simple altar and even stones as offerings was a blatant insult to the Lord in the Blue Robe.
But who dared to say anything, given the orders from the noble person?
Chief Zheng remained silent, having finished his preparations. He stood up, sighed lightly, and picked up a branch.
With his hair disheveled and outer robe untied, he looked ghostly under the night wind, moving and chanting as if he were possessed:
"Wilderness, grievance and sorrow, life on the ancient path in the wilderness."
"Today I summon you as a divine General, to assist me in exorcising the Yin and Yang."
"Mount Tai stands tall, Yin and yang are clear, lonely souls and wandering ghosts, hear my command, accept the offerings and perform good deeds..."
"..."
The Blue RobeChild beside him suddenly grew furious, glaring at Chief Zheng. This rogue simply wasn't summoning spirits but commanding them, treating the Lord in the Blue Robe like a lonely soul or wandering ghost.
But before they could sayAnything, Chief Zheng had already pointed the branch like a sword forward:
" The command of the noble cannot be disobeyed, go quickly!"
"..."
Whoosh!
On the barren hill, the ghostly aura immediately grew dense. The seven or eight yellow banners on the wooden frames behind him were simultaneously blown by the wind.
Most bizarrely, one of the yellow banners was waving in different directions, as if pointing to unknown lands around.
...
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Other matters, Hu Ma was unaware of. He could only focus on cultivating the fourth organ.
He had always placed great importance on this organ, or to put it another way, anyone would do the same. Now that he had started cultivating, he was putting in several times more effort than usual, practicing diligently day and night.
...
Finally, around the forty-fiveth day, HuMa woke up from a dream, feeling a surge of excitement.
Looking down, he was instantly thrilled to find that the flag was standing up on its own, without the support of Blood Tai Sui's blood aura.
It was standing up on its own power!
"I..."
At that moment, HuMa wished to stand up and shout loudly, "I've come alive!"
Of course, theoretically, his body was still far from being fully alive, but at that moment, HuMa felt a sense of rebirth, a feeling of being reborn.
It wasn't his previous self coming back to life; it was he himself coming back to life.
Because being a Year Guardian meant transitioning from life to death, and then refining from death to life), a process of renewing the old and making the new.
Those who had been refined were truly and solidly his own!
"Ha ha ha..."
HuMa, afraid of startling others, dared not laugh too loudly, but his expression already conveyed his current excitement.
After all, having his own place was convenient. The blood food he had obtained from Er Guotou and Miss White Wine, even the rewards from the Lady Society, had now all been put to use, making the cultivation of the fourth Organ smoother and more powerful.
This meant that among the Year Guardians, he was no longer considered weak.
With the foundation of the Four Organs, the Four Ghosts Bowing at the Gate naturally became more powerful, and the Five Thunder Golden Toad Roar was almost reaching its essence.
This joy was truly hard to describe.
Originally, he had been worried every day that something unexpected might happen, but now, under pressure, his skills had actually improved.
"Brother Pockmarked, something's wrong..."
But at that moment, Zhou Datong suddenly rushed in from the outer courtyard, his face tense, suddenly entering the room and seeing HuMa in his outer robe, looking excited, which startled him.
He had never seen HuMa so happy before, and his initial tension and urgency were instantly alleviated, as if he had disturbed HuMa over a minor matter.
"Next time, at least knock, even if you have to kick the door..."
HuMa also rubbed his face, trying to hide his excitement, then asked:
"What's wrong, so tense?"
"..."
Zhou Datong, regaining his composure, hurriedly said: "Something strange happened in Bamboo Pole Village. They want us to take a look..."
"Strange?"
During this time, HuMa had been quite tense, but due to the surprise that morning, he couldn't immediately adjust his mood. However, seeing Zhou Datong's expression, his heart sank instantly.
The earlier surprise was quickly pushed to the back of his mind, and he hurriedly put on his clothes, getting up and heading out: "What strange thing?"
(End of Chapter)
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