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Chapter 747: The Calamity Entity's Possession
Chapter 747: The Calamity Entity's Possession
"He's gone?"
Staring at the cleanly sliced-off leg, Hu Ma narrowed his eyes.
One had to admit that the doctor was indeed skilled with a knife.
If it had been any other sect, even with their concealment techniques, they wouldn't have escaped in such close proximity. The Year Guard's recklessness wasn't just for show; sometimes, their divine soul perception alone could pinpoint the direction of a fleeing person.
With one breath, they could catch up and capture their target.
If the Year Guard could run, it often meant they could also pursue.
But when this wild herbalist escaped, he seemed to have cast some spell, making the surroundings teem with vitality. Even the Year Guard's intuition couldn't locate him.
This was the Life Decree Sect's expertise.
However, even though the herbalist had escaped, Hu Ma's mind was occupied with other thoughts: "First, they want to take my Great Deity General Bodhimanda, and now they're trying to lure me into revealing my identity as a descendant of the Hu family..."
"What do they truly want?"
Seeing that the danger had passed, Thursday Miss, Kindness Fairy, and Old Abacus hurried over.
Hu Ma sat down with them at the village's edge, pondering to himself. The sudden assassination attempt had unexpectedly granted him another pillar of Dao practice, but what intrigued him more was the peculiar behavior of these people.
After two consecutive assassination attempts, he hadn't had much chance to communicate with them, but from their brief exchanges, he confirmed a few things:
First, the number of reincarnators in this group wasn't large. Otherwise, as before, various reincarnators would have simultaneously infiltrated a location upon command, and it wouldn't just be him, a lone individual, facing them. Even the Meng family at its peak couldn't withstand such an assault!
Secondly, these people hadn't revealed their identities to other reincarnators...
Was it because they didn't trust each other, or was there another reason?
"That... that..."
As Hu Ma's mind raced with these thoughts, Old Abacus and Kindness Fairy moved away from him.
Thursday Miss, who had been supporting Hu Ma, was startled and jumped back, landing three zhang away on one leg. She pointed, stammering, "Quick, quick..."
Hu Ma then realized they were looking at the black bag in his hand. Inside, it was now quiet, but a snake's head poked out, its big eyes staring curiously at him.
The calamity entity was still in the bag, clearly not subdued, and had crawled out again? Hu Ma was shocked, even feeling the invisible pressure emanating from the entity. He quickly threw the bag away.
The entity seemed dazed from the fall, and it crawled out of the bag, disoriented.
Buzz!
As it slithered out of the village, the sky seemed to darken further, becoming gloomier. Dark clouds gathered from all directions, and the wind grew stronger and heavier, almost blowing away the last traces of warmth from people's bodies.
The atmosphere alone was bone-chilling, let alone the presence of the calamity entity.
The snake looked eerie, with a large bulge in the middle of its body, likely from swallowing the Toothless Lord.
In this eerie and terrifying atmosphere, it vigorously shook the tip of its tail, inching its way up to Hu Ma's feet and then climbing up his calf, occasionally looking back at the black bag on the ground.
"?"
Was it latching onto him? Hu Ma wanted to dodge, but as soon as the calamity entity appeared, a dark wind swirled around him, trapping him.
Even if he could escape, where could he go?
Reluctantly, he reached out his hand, "Bring the bag over..."
Little Red Tang glanced at Little Bean Official and carried her newly acquired trophy, a large leg, to the bag. She picked it up and tossed it to Hu Ma.
Hu Ma caught the black bag, and the snake immediately slithered back into it, circling once inside before poking its head out to look around and then retreating. Its small eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.
This time, Hu Ma quickly tightened the bag's opening, hoping to trap it completely.
But just as he did so, the snake poked its head out again, only to look around and retreat.
"This is the Sealed Disaster Bag of the Fortunate Sun Family, and you're treating it like a den?"
Hu Ma was baffled by this strange scene and glanced at Kindness Fairy.
Shouldn't the Robbing Calamity Sect explain this? Kindness Fairy's expression was solemn as she stared fixedly at the snake-like entity in the black bag. After a while, she spoke gravely, "Sect Master, this is a calamity entity..."
Hu Ma nodded, "Yes."
Kindness Fairy continued, "And this calamity entity is likely extremely powerful, a rarity in this world."
Hu Ma agreed, "Indeed."
Kindness Fairy's eyes widened even further, "So why does it listen to you so obediently?"
Hu Ma couldn't hold back anymore, "Isn't that something you should be asking me?"
"Ask me?"
Kindness Fairy's expression became even more interesting, "I'm just a novice, how could I possibly understand these things?"
'Admitting one's own shortcomings is also a form of honesty...'
Seeing her confident and righteous appearance, Hu Ma didn't know what to say.
This calamity, originally not part of the Meng family's plan to invite disaster, was invited by himself. However, he had borrowed the identity of the Fourth Master of the Meng family, and calamities were meant to collect debts. The Meng family had already been wiped out, and the debts had been settled, but it hadn't returned...
...The complexity of this matter was such that even Hu Ma himself struggled to explain it clearly.
Perhaps, there were only two places where this matter could be understood: one was the Ghost Cave Li family, and the other was the Fortunate Sun family.
Hu Ma currently had no plans to interact with the Fortunate Sun family, but he could write a letter for Little Red Tang to deliver and ask Xiang Ya Tou about it.
But before that, he could only keep this thing by his side for now.
At least when it was in the bag, it wouldn't cause any calamities and seemed unlikely to cause any trouble.
However, carrying such a massive disaster with him, would it bring him bad luck?
On second thought, haha...
With so many people watching him, preventing him from having his way, if he encountered bad luck, it would only affect them as well.
After a brief rest, Hu Ma hurriedly had Little Red Tang throw away the leg, and then they all returned to the village. They found that the villagers had indeed recovered significantly.
While they were sick, they heard a commotion from the back mountain, like thunder or a strong wind. In a daze, they all fainted once or twice, but after a good sleep, they felt much better.
However, although the calamity had been removed, the plague was still present, and it needed to be properly treated. Only after curing the illness could they escape this disaster.
To treat the illness, they needed medicine.
Unexpectedly, the physician had been brewing two large pots of herbal medicine before entering the mountain, and it was now ready. It was just in time to distribute it to the villagers and help them cure the plague.
Old Abacus, being cautious, had indeed tasted it and confirmed that it was herbal medicine, specifically targeting the plague.
While Kindness Fairy distributed the medicine to the villagers with her assistants and drivers, Hu Ma asked the villagers and found the grave of the Elder Ghost Walker.
When this Elder Ghost Walker died, the village's calamity wasn't as severe, and the villagers, grateful for his past kindness, buried him by the mountain. Hu Ma, as a member of the Hu family, took a handful of soil and sprinkled it on his grave, then respectfully offered a pillar of incense.
The outcome in this village was indeed beyond Hu Ma's expectations, but it seemed that the trouble wasn't limited to just this village.
The life-and-death struggle between the Hu and Meng families had a significant impact, and this was just the beginning.
It seemed that to lift the misfortune of these villages, they could only wait for the Water Spirit's incense to spread throughout the world and reach this village. Currently, the Water Spirit was newly born and didn't have enough incense or spiritual power.
However, during this process, how many people would die, their lives lost, was unknown.
After finishing their tasks, they distributed half of the grain from the cart to the village, following Kindness Fairy's suggestion. Little Douguan advised them to keep some provisions on the cart.
With nothing else to do, they set up camp at the village entrance, choosing a spot upwind as suggested by Little Douguan. Although the bosses had strong physiques and weren't affected, the assistants couldn't handle it, and getting sick would delay their journey.
After resting, as they prepared to continue their journey the next day, Old Abacus's low growl woke Hu Ma in the middle of the night.
He had cultivated for half the night, restoring some of his Dao practice, and after getting off the cart, he saw Old Abacus's uncertain expression.
"That group of demons... I'll just call them demon people. Since they're targeting you, I'm also worried."
Old Abacus looked at Hu Ma, his eyes flickering, his face full of difficulty, "So, I just consulted the founder for a divination."
"You... really don't want to turn back?"
"..."
Hu Ma furrowed his brows, not even bothering to respond to this, and simply asked, "What does the divination say?"
Old Abacus smiled bitterly, leading Hu Ma over to look at the ground where he had thrown the copper coins, which he hadn't picked up yet.
All three sides were Yin.
Old Abacus smiled bitterly, "I threw them three times, and it was the same each time."
Hu Ma became curious and smiled, "Nine deaths, one life?"
"Only nine deaths, no life."
Old Abacus's face was somber as he waved his hand, "This time, I used the simplest divination method, directly throwing the copper coins to see the future..."
"According to reason, the more complex the divination symbol, the clearer the vision, but the old guy likes to be vague..."
"The result was this divination symbol!"
"It looks like nine deaths, with one path to life, but when we divine, we usually don't count the one chance of survival, meaning we look at ten possibilities but only use nine copper coins."
"And all nine copper coins showed dead ends!"
(End of Chapter)
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