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Chapter 679: The Bottom of the City of the Wrongly Dead
Chapter 679: The Bottom of the City of the Wrongly Dead
"Go up?"
Sweet Potato Burn heard Hu Ma's words and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, "Why do we have to go up again? I brought all my brothers..."
"Does that mean I'm late again?"
"..."
"No, no, this time I came just in time..."
Hu Ma turned to look and saw the Meng family patriarch, who was pinned under the incense burner of the Evil Suppression Bureau, looking pitiful and miserable. She sighed sincerely, "To be honest, it's not wrong to say that you've made a great contribution. Do you know who you just caught?"
Sweet Potato Burn said, "I don't know, but he cursed me as a scoundrel, so I remembered it."
"I remember people very accurately..."
"..."
Hu Ma was at a loss for words. Suddenly, she felt like Sweet Potato Burn had indeed come late.
Senior Dragon Well would be so happy to see you like this...
She sighed, "Do you remember when a distant relative of the Meng family from the Transcendent Yin Meng came to Mingzhou? That person scared a few of us in Mingzhou, and we immediately kept a low profile and disappeared for several months without doing any business."
"The one caught this time, in terms of seniority, is the elder of that distant relative."
"..."
"Oh... his seniority has increased."
Sweet Potato Burn pondered for a moment and realized that it wasn't a topic she was interested in. She thought that if the senior had chased her like a dog to the outskirts of the City of the Wrongly Dead, it probably wasn't that important. So, she didn't take it to heart, but when she thought about going up, she felt a little troubled. With a bitter expression, she said, "If we have to go up, then we'll go, but Senior, it's a bit inconvenient for me..."
"I came down in my physical body."
"I was really cornered by the officials of the Impermanence Li family above, so I forcefully broke through the Ghost Gate. But everyone knows that it's easy to enter the Ghost Gate, but it's difficult to get out. Moreover, once I go up, I might be targeted by the Impermanence Li family again!"
"..."
Hearing this, Hu Ma nodded slightly, as she had guessed that Sweet Potato Burn had come down in her physical body when she saw her in the basin.
She said, "Then there's no need to worry, I also came down in my physical body."
As she led Sweet Potato Burn to the stone platform, she turned to look at her, and for the first time, she could see the pallor of her face.
Sweet Potato Burn's lips were blue, and through the tattered clothes, many unhealed wounds were visible. Even her hair had turned dry and pale, and she walked with a limp... But didn't her leg heal long ago?
Had it been crippled by someone else?
With a light sigh, Hu Ma took out a small box from her bosom and retrieved two blood nourishing pills imbued with purple qi, casually handing them to Sweet Potato Burn, "Take these first to replenish your blood and energy."
"Eh?"
Sweet Potato Burn said, "Blood nourishing pills? I have some too, and I still have several dozen pounds left of the ones you gave me, Senior..."
"It's just that I didn't have time to eat them down there. As soon as I took them out, the surrounding spirits all flew over and stared at me. My heart softened, and I gave them away again."
"..."
'Can someone like you still have a soft heart?'
Looking at Sweet Potato Burn's face, Hu Ma was speechless. This sister was indeed very generous...
She had given away two thousand pounds to two people, and in such a short time, they had wasted two thousand pounds.
"These blood nourishing pills are different from ordinary ones. Your cultivation is lower, so be careful when taking them..."
Before Hu Ma could finish her words, she saw Sweet Potato Burn already rolling her eyes and swallowing both pills.
Wasn't she afraid they might be problematic?
Indeed, she was a child of the rivers and lakes and wasn't being fussy...
Hu Ma sighed and took one for herself. Just as she was about to put them away, she noticed Little Red Tang beside her, looking at the box in her hand with wide eyes.
Thinking about how she had left Little Red Tang alone up there for some time, she felt guilty and gave the box and the remaining blood nourishing pills to Little Red Tang, smiling, "If you want to eat, then go ahead. Is Little Red Tang feeling peckish too?"
"No, it's not that."
Little Red Tang shook her head and held the box, "I've eaten these before."
"Eh?"
Hu Ma was slightly surprised. These blood nourishing pills were the best that Zhao Sanyi had given her, and they were even imbued with purple qi. How could Little Red Tang have eaten them before?
Little Red Tang nodded vigorously and said, "They were better than these. They were as big as steamed buns and purple."
This surprised Hu Ma even more.
To be honest, she had given Little Red Tang many good things, but in terms of quality, these blood nourishing pills from the Divine Hand Zhao family were indeed the best, as they had already been imbued with purple qi. If Little Red Tang had eaten even better ones, wouldn't she be even more formidable?
In terms of background, it wasn't surprising that Little Red Tang had eaten them before. But the key was that these pills had such celestial energy that malevolent spirits would suffer if they consumed them...
Thinking of the people from the Childless Village, the Yan family patriarch, and Master Meng...
Aside from the reincarnates, she hadn't seen many good ones.
Her mind wandered for a moment as she pondered, and she secretly decided to ask Little Red Tang about it when they went up.
After recovering some of her cultivation, she turned to look down at the City of the Wrongly Dead. When the Meng family patriarch had escaped earlier, the lords of the netherworld had already disappeared. It turned out that the scattered Meng family soldiers and servants had also fled without a trace.
Even though the Evil Suppression Bureau had no reason to stay here, he waved his hand and sent them back, leaving only the two Golden Armored Warriors standing guard beside the chest containing the Curse Suppression Golden Cudgel.
However, despite the task being completed, Hu Ma's mind remained vividly imprinted with the resonance that emerged from beneath the City of the Wrongly Dead when he wielded the Curse Suppression Golden Cudgel.
Even now, he could vaguely sense the gaze from the hazy depths below.
Thus, after a moment's contemplation, he extended his hand towards Little Red Tang and whispered, "Bring me some incense!"
Little Red Tang quickly lifted the red cloth covering the basket and handed him a bundle of incense. Hu Ma, being a Primordial Yang Body, blew a breath of Primordial Yang Qi onto the incense, causing it to ignite. This method of lighting incense was not considered disrespectful due to his nature.
Holding three sticks of incense, he slowly bowed to the City of the Wrongly Dead, then stood upright, motionless and silent.
This was a ritual of the Ghost Gate, signifying a query to the deities.
The incense in his hand represented the intention to ask a question, and his quiet stance demonstrated proper etiquette, solely for the purpose of listening and showing respect as a junior.
The incense smoke billowed and dispersed within the netherworld, and every wisp and strand could be seen slowly descending into the City of the Wrongly Dead, indicating that the recipient had accepted the offering.
However, after waiting for a long time, the response from below became increasingly profound, and there was not even a hint of a reply.
Hu Ma raised his head, slightly surprised. The fact that the incense smoke had descended meant that his intentions had been conveyed, but the entity below had not responded. Why did he sense a hint of resistance from them? If they were resistant, why would they have helped him deal with Master Meng earlier?
After much contemplation, he respectfully placed the incense on the stone platform and prepared to leave.
Just then, as if the chaos in the City of the Wrongly Dead had finally subsided, it returned to its earlier cold and murderous atmosphere. A gust of wind blew past Hu Ma's ear, and a faint sigh could be heard:
"Once a guest of the hall, now an exorcism stone."
"Human essence, unworthy of worshipping sinners..."
"..."
Hu Ma turned around abruptly, only to find the City of the Wrongly Dead empty and desolate, devoid of any objects.
The attachment of a ghostly soul could make one's thoughts hazy and uncertain, but Hu Ma, with his current abilities, could discern truth from illusion. Yet, at this moment, he felt a sense of confusion, which surprised him greatly. He turned around and bowed respectfully.
In his heart, he was already certain that there was a mysterious connection between the entity beneath the City of the Wrongly Dead and the Evil Suppression Bureau.
He knew that he would have to return here sooner or later.
After a quick cleanup, he prepared to leave. There wasn't much to pack, only the two large brass hammers lying on the ground and the ritual banner that Erguotou had left behind for the ritual.
Seeing that these were items from the Ghost Gate, and of decent quality, he couldn't just leave them behind. So, Hu Ma made preparations to take Sweet Potato Burn and Little Red Tang back to the mortal realm first, before considering other matters.
If he wanted to return to the mortal realm, he had many options. On this stone platform, Dragon Well Master had left him a path among the Ten Doors of Harm, allowing him to travel deep into the netherworld and directly access the Bridge Passage.
Of course, this path was meant for Hu Ma alone, and Sweet Potato Burn could not use it. Furthermore, he had prepared a separate route for himself when he first entered the netherworld.
"Hmm?"
Although he couldn't use the Bridge Passage due to bringing Sweet Potato Burn, he still took a look as he gathered his belongings.
To his surprise, the footprints representing that route on the stone platform had vanished, leaving behind traces of being wiped clean.
There were only two people who had been on this stone platform—himself and Erguotou.
Could it be that Erguotou had secretly wiped away the footprints before leaving?
Why would he do that? Hu Ma realized that he had essentially revealed his intentions to this elder, and now this elder had erased his escape route...
Hu Ma paused for a moment, smiled slightly, and remained silent. He acted as if he hadn't noticed, and just as the City of the Wrongly Dead's repulsion grew stronger, he asked the two Golden Armored Warriors to take the Curse Suppression Golden Cudgel back to the mortal realm.
Only then did he bring Sweet Potato Burn and Little Red Tang out of the City of the Wrongly Dead. He saw that Divine Hand Zhao and Dharmaraja Chen from the Curse Chen Family had also left the outskirts of the City of the Wrongly Dead, and he had no intention of returning to that ancient village in the netherworld.
"After a full circle, I still have to rely on my own means to ascend..."
As he thought this, he took out a copper coin that he had kept in his embrace and held it in his hand, secretly channeling his cultivation. He gently blew a breath of air.
With this gust of dark wind, it wasn't long before the mist ahead began to dissipate, revealing a group of small ghosts wearing white tall hats and chains around their bodies. They carried a sedan chair, and the leader held a lantern.
Swaying and tottering, they appeared before them: "Miss Fragrant Jade of the Cave Li Family of Ling Shou Mansion, has specifically instructed us to welcome Master Hu Ma of Qingshi Village in Mingzhou, to be our guest..."
(End of Chapter)
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