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Chapter 468: The Living Serving the Dead
Chapter 468: The Living Serving the Dead
"...What do you think this is?"
"This isn't just a cabbage, it's a high table guest. Although it's just a case god, it's still under the Meng family's patronage and has received their offerings!"
It was difficult for others to understand the anger in the heart of the Second Young Master Meng at this moment. Even the Iron Horse Magistrate beside him secretly ridiculed the Second Young Master Meng for not mastering his spirit-nourishing art as well as himself, the New Year's End Guardian.
But for the Second Young Master Meng, the situation was different. The Meng family could accept that a member of the clan might occasionally suffer a little, but they couldn't accept this kind of thing.
The Grass Head Eight Decay God was just a case god, not a serious injury. However, the key was that this Eight Decay God was personally raised and trained by the Meng family, but now it had been killed by someone using sinister means right here. The situation was different.
This represented that the Meng family's foundation had been offended...
Thus, the Second Young Master Meng's face clearly showed a look of fierce anger.
As his fresh blood splattered on the black flag, a rolling gale suddenly blew around, causing the temperature to drop significantly, as if it had turned into the weather of a frosty season.
The Second Young Master Meng, who had been full of anger, suddenly changed his expression as the yin wind blew. All his anger seemed to have disappeared, leaving only a cold look. His closed eyes slowly opened.
There seemed to be no change, but as he stared, his eyes turned white, and deep within the whites of his eyes, there seemed to be a pair of eerie pupils, blinking slightly.
The people around him suddenly felt something. It seemed as if something was borrowing the eyes of the Meng family's young master to look towards Stone Horse Town.
"..."
"Huff..."
At the moment his eyes looked towards Stone Horse Town, Little Red Tang, who was helping Hu Ma guard the fire basin, was startled and her eyes widened.
When she was just looked at by the Grass Head Eight Decay God, the fire had only flickered for a moment before continuing to burn brightly. But now, as a wisp of yin wind blew, the fire suddenly flickered and was reduced to a tiny flame, as if it would go out at any moment.
Her face was filled with surprise, but there was no panic. Instead, she seemed to become happy, and she pulled the basket hanging on her arm to her front, waiting for the fire in the basin to go out so she could take something out.
But the result disappointed her.
The fire in the basin was on the verge of going out, leaving only a very weak flame. However, it remained in this state, neither going out nor staying lit, making those who were waiting anxious.
"Hmm?"
At the same time, Hu Ma suddenly felt a sensation and turned around abruptly. He felt as if something was watching him, and for a moment, he felt a sense of innate fear.
"Is something watching me?"
He suddenly realized that he was feeling afraid for the first time.
He was using the technique from the Year Guard Scroll, and as long as the fire basin was still burning, no one could see his appearance clearly. Even the Grass Head Eight Decay God, who had tried its best, couldn't break his technique.
But now, for no apparent reason and without any warning, he was almost seen through in an instant? He took a deep breath, clenched his teeth, and his dharmakaya gathered, dispelling the surrounding yin energy. The malevolent qi on the blade also grew, making it even harder for others to see his appearance.
"What is that? Just a casual glance almost broke my technique directly. The Meng family's abilities are more terrifying than I imagined..."
"..."
Although he managed to block it, his heart still skipped a beat, and he became solemn. He knew that the other party wasn't intentionally looking at him; it was just a casual glance.
What if they deliberately used some ability?
As he was thinking, he suddenly sensed something amiss and felt a sense of foreboding. He quickly turned to look to the side, and in the next moment, he raised his evil saber and stared intently into the depths of the dark night.
"Huff..."
At the same time, the Meng family's second young master, who couldn't see Hu Ma clearly, didn't insist. He had to ask the mysterious entity in his body to help him with two things. This glance was just a casual look.
Since he couldn't see clearly, he immediately retracted his gaze and blew a breath towards the town.
This breath, accompanied by the wind on the black flag, instantly reached the town.
It was as if a low sigh echoed, carrying some indistinct and incomprehensible words.
"One case, one cave of ghosts, entangled by karmic debts..."
At this moment, as the Grass Head Eight Decay God was beheaded, the dense fog that had enveloped Stone Horse Town suddenly dissipated, and the town became brightly lit. The bustling atmosphere in the town instantly dispersed the thick mist.
Not far from Hu Ma, the remains of the high table guest and the spirit bearer who had been beheaded lay scattered. Although there was no longer any vitality, and only a faint aura of resentment and yin souls remained, which were about to disperse, unable to form a significant force, at this moment, they were suddenly stirred up by the yin wind.
No matter if it was the bodies of the maids and servants on the ground or the shattered plaques, they were all rolled up, pieced together haphazardly in the air.
Immediately after, there was a burst of laughter, and the broken fragments seemed to have something bizarre writhing and struggling, as strange and blurry shadows emerged one by one.
Some of them lay on the ground, some struggled to run, and some had flags stuck in their bodies, blurry and dense, as if they had emerged from underground, all moving incessantly. In an instant, they had become an unimaginable number.
Hee hee, ha ha...
These strange and blurry shadows, after crawling out, actually emitted eerie and bizarre laughter, and some of them wailed, as if they had just crawled out of hell. Their twisted limbs and bodies danced frantically in the air.
Greed, madness, and absurdity...
After this brief release, some people suddenly looked towards Stone Horse Town. There, the delighted commoners and bustling atmosphere seemed to have a fatal attraction for these shadows.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Without hesitation, they rushed towards Stone Horse Town like mad, and in the midst of the dark and cold wind, there were even several black flags unfurling, fluttering and swaying, as if guiding them towards their destination.
"What are those things?"
Hu Ma's heart skipped a beat when he suddenly caught sight of this, and he had a bad premonition.
He held a sinister saber, and the Great Heavenly General Bodhimanda was still condensed on his body. He wasn't worried about these things harming him, but the crucial point was that they didn't show any signs of approaching him.
They had just escaped and immediately rushed towards Stone Horse Town. Facing their overwhelming numbers, he didn't know how to stop them.
"One case, one cave of ghosts. This is going to be troublesome..."
At the same time, in Stone Horse Town, the commoners were cheering, but amidst this endless joy, they vaguely felt something was wrong. It was as if there were blurry and noisy sounds of laughter and chatter in their ears, making them feel uncomfortable.
They didn't know what was happening, but their hearts were filled with unease and restlessness, making them feel miserable.
In the inn, Old Abacus held a small flag in his hand. The flag was becoming more and more wilted, and his expression suddenly changed, but this time, it wasn't fear or the desire to escape.
Instead, he looked incredibly deep in thought, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing: "Every Case God is guarding a cave of little ghosts. By slaying the Case God, you release these little ghosts. With a gust of wind, they scatter, and there are just a few more wandering spirits in this world..."
"But the Meng family... that child of the Meng family, he actually wants to offer sacrifices to ghosts right here?"
"You bastard..."
He muttered, suddenly filled with anger: "You're breaking the rules..."
"Even if you use the Grass Head Eight Decay God to make the people of this town worship and die, you can still claim that it was an accidental injury to the commoners during a battle..."
"But you, in order to shift this debt of sin onto his head, you blew in the Yin Wind, using living people to offer sacrifices to ghosts, turning this entire town into a ghost nest. Even if you're from the Meng family, you're still blatantly breaking the rules..."
"..."
This was a scheme to shift blame, a blatant scheme that left no room for escape.
One of the three souls of a person is the Cause and Effect Soul, which records the debts of sin in this life. Hu Ma had slain the Grass Head Eight Decay God, but the evil ghosts guarded by the Grass Head Eight Decay God had entered the town to devour people.
Therefore, the deaths of these people would be recorded on Hu Ma's head. The more debts of sin recorded, the heavier the Cause and Effect Soul becomes, and when it reaches a certain extent, it can even lead to sudden death.
"..."
In the midst of panic, he saw that the black mist outside the town was thicker and more ominous than before. It was as if the dark clouds in the sky were getting heavier, descending from above to completely engulf Stone Horse Town.
"Offering sacrifices to ghosts, blurring the boundaries of Yin and Yang..."
Outside the town, even the Iron Horse Magistrate couldn't bear it and sighed, slowly closing his eyes as if he couldn't bear to witness this tragic scene.
"Has the Ten Surnames reached a level where even a young master of a family can completely disregard all rules and reputation?"
Amidst this chaos, Hu Ma held his horse's reins and gripped his saber, looking at the ghost flags flying and the wandering ghosts in Stone Horse Town. He felt a slight sense of dizziness and confusion, with a hint of doubt and fatigue.
But just as he was still in a daze, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left arm. It seemed that something hidden in his arm was desperately trying to break through his flesh and escape.
In the rolling Yin Wind, he could even see a faint shadow of it, desperately calling out towards a certain direction in Stone Horse Town: "Damn it, what do you think you're doing?"
"The Hu family is right here, and you're still framing us to our faces?"
(End of Chapter)
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