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Chapter 758: Just One Life
Chapter 758: Just One Life
"Indeed, there was a reason why such a meticulous plan ended up with this loophole."
"But do you think I don't have the means to deal with your Hu family?"
In the capital city, behind the incense altar, the State Preceptor was caught off guard by this sudden change, but surprisingly, he wasn't the least bit surprised. His expression only grew colder.
It wasn't that his methods were insufficient or that he was unprepared; it was just that he never expected the ruthlessness of the Hu family to exceed his expectations. However, before he could even feel angry, he hastily grabbed the peachwood sword in his hand and slashed at the five oil lamps on the altar.
He shouted, "From the very beginning, I've valued this matter far more than your Hu family!"
"..."
There was also a green banner that had already entered the Intermediate Realm, wrapping itself around the Book of Life and Death, and through it, entering Hu Ma's divine soul.
This was the true divine ability to defy fate and alter one's destiny—a grand method.
The previous mishap was merely due to the resentment of a soul that had passed away over a decade ago, which was not something to be feared.
The mistake that needed to be rectified could still be corrected at this time, and it seemed that the Hu family, which had strayed from the Evil Suppression Bureau, would be brought back on track.
However, at that very moment, on the battlefield, as they watched the hand reaching out from the coffin, Old Abacus was so terrified that he sat down on the ground, unable to offer any suggestions.
Unexpectedly, Little Bean Official displayed a more composed side than him. This little ghost stared intently at the withered bones inside the coffin, from which the hand had emerged, and didn't forget to kneel down and knock his head in respect.
As he stood up, he turned to Kindness Fairy and said urgently, "Quick, Fairy, only you can help Master..."
Kindness Fairy was even more anxious, "How can I help?"
Little Bean Official said, "Just set up the ancestral tablet like you do for your ancestors..."
As he spoke, he had already climbed into Kindness Fairy's carriage, rummaging around. The problem was that Kindness Fairy was always throwing things around, making it difficult to find what he needed. Fortunately, she liked to keep everything with her, so he could always find what he was looking for.
After searching for a while, Little Bean Official finally found the ancestral tablet wrapped in gray cloth, covered in dust.
Kindness Fairy stared at it in a daze, then suddenly remembered that it was her late father's ancestral tablet.
Her father had passed away a long time ago, and she would only take it out to pay her respects during the Ghost Festival every year. Sometimes she would even forget...
"Pay respects to him?"
Kindness Fairy was puzzled, "What's the point of paying respects to him when it's not a festival or holiday?"
Moreover, it was inappropriate to perform sacrifices on a battlefield, as the malevolent qi from the battlefield would offend the ancestors.
But Little Bean Official was serious. He carefully placed the ancestral tablet and then stepped back, turning to Kindness Fairy, "Fairy, you still remember who your father is, right?"
"Who could forget?"
Kindness Fairy looked at the name on the ancestral tablet and said, "It's the wealthy merchant of the capital city, Tao Dawang. Twenty years ago, there was chaos in the capital, and his entire family was wiped out, leaving only me."
"Later, my senior brother saved me and preserved our family's wealth, and that's when I started traveling around... I didn't see him much when I was young, and I've almost forgotten what he looks like, but the wealth he left behind is truly abundant, more than I could ever spend!"
"It's good that you remember!"
Little Bean Official took some incense and forcefully placed it in her hand, then brought over the incense burner, saying, "Pay your respects!"
Kindness Fairy was rather simple-minded, and the good thing about her was that she listened to advice.
Although she was filled with confusion, she still held the incense and bowed towards the incense burner.
Old Abacus was completely baffled at this point. He knew that Kindness Fairy was indeed blessed with immense fortune, and in all his years of fortune-telling, he had never seen anyone with such great luck.
But he had been too busy lately to pay attention to her, and he had no idea that various forces had already intervened, turning the chaotic situation into a mess. He couldn't understand why the little ghost was asking her to pay respects to her ancestors here.
Just as he was pondering, Kindness Fairy had already bowed her head, holding the incense.
The incense smoke curled upwards, forming three straight columns, creating an auspicious aroma that seemed to bring a warm breeze, calming the heavens and earth.
Even in such a situation, Old Abacus was startled, as they were right next to the battlefield, where the malevolent qi of the weapons was at its most vicious and evil. Even the best of fortunes would be depleted in a short time, turning a blessed land into a cursed one.
However, at this moment, the mere act of Kindness Fairy burning incense was enough to create deep blessings, overpowering the entire battlefield.
Humans can transform the heavens and earth.
If a cursed land had inhabitants, in theory, they would only encounter bad luck and constant disasters. But if someone could suppress the evil influence, and if their bloodline flourished and their descendants thrived, then when they offered sacrifices to their ancestors, they would bring blessings, and even a cursed land could be transformed into a blessed one. Old Abacus understood this principle, but he couldn't comprehend the current situation.
Could the act of one person paying respects to their ancestors be even more significant than a family with five generations living together?
The warm breeze blew away the bloody and malevolent qi from the battlefield, even dispersing the abnormal rain that was falling from the sky.
...
...
On the battlefield, Thursday Miss watched as Hu Ma's body deteriorated, and she was on the verge of tears. But Little Red Tang was ruthless, pointing at Hu Ma and giving the order.
No one knew what kind of psychological turmoil Thursday Miss had gone through in that brief moment, but as she looked at Hu Ma's pale lips, she suddenly took a deep breath and rushed to his side.
She closed her eyes and exhaled a breath into it.
Suddenly, she let go, looking at Hu Ma's body riddled with arrow holes, and with a tearful voice, she said, "Oh no, it's leaking..."
Xiao Hong Tang's expression was a bit dazed. "You were supposed to transfer your breath of life..."
"Are you blowing a toad?"
"Oh!"
Thursday Miss, after her initial hesitation, became more familiar with the process. This time, she didn't inhale as deeply, being more careful, and transferred her breath.
...
...
"Father..."
Amidst the overwhelming surge of blessings and the authentic New Year Guard energy, Hu Ma, while in the Intermediate Realm, clearly felt his heart tremble.
Wrapped in the Book of Life and Death, he keenly felt everything his father, Hu Shan, had done. Initially, he had felt a sense of detachment towards this father, as he had no memories of him and found the man extremely unfamiliar.
However, in the Book of Life and Death, he witnessed the moment his father took action and heard his sigh of regret. Deep within his heart, a profound tremor stirred.
Could it be that the Hu Family, in their collaboration with the State Preceptor's plan, had completely sacrificed their only grandchild, turning him into a monster who sewed together the Reincarnator's immortal fate? Could they have made him the future chief priest of the Dalaofa Religion?
No, that couldn't be right. Even what he saw in the Book of Life and Death was obscured by a layer of mist, hiding the truth.
First, there was Lao Jun Mei.
Lao Jun Mei wasn't forced to be sewn together; instead, he seemed to have willingly offered everything to Hu Ma.
But why would he do such a thing? As one of the top figures among the previous generation of Reincarnators, how could he leave his legacy to an infant? The Hu Family and the Reincarnators should have been enemies!
At that very moment, the remaining green banner tightly wrapped around Hu Ma, and the torrent of information unrelated to him rapidly spread towards his destiny.
Hu Ma could even see that on the Book of Life and Death, there was a massive shadow over his name. It belonged to Lao Jun Mei, and there was another vague shadow, belonging to Hu Ma, the Hu Family's grandchild. But, there was also an extremely faint name.
It was a name added twenty years ago, since his birth, by the Dalaofa Religion.
As the green banner enveloped him, this name became increasingly clear, expanding and even threatening to overshadow the legacy left by Lao Jun Mei and the name that was originally his.
"Two people have helped me change my fate!"
At this moment, Hu Ma's heart suddenly became crystal clear, and he truly saw through the mist, revealing the truth written in the Book of Life and Death.
Fate is bestowed by heaven and earth, unchangeable. However, there are some people with such great abilities that they can defy heaven and alter their destiny, not even putting the heavens in their eyes.
One was Lao Jun Mei, who left his immortal fate to Hu Ma to change his destiny and inherit something. The other was the vague shadow, a trace of fate-altering by the Dalaofa Religion.
And now, the Dalaofa Religion was attempting to change his destiny once again through this trace.
"Boom!"
At this very moment, Hu Ma was unaware of what was happening outside, only sensing that the legacy left by Lao Jun Mei in his destiny suddenly resonated.
There was already a nail driven into his divine soul, but as the booming sound reverberated, the nail was mysteriously pulled out. At the same time, Hu Ma didn't have time to think; he quickly grabbed it and forcefully drove it into the writhing and growing destiny.
"Sizzle!"
As this destiny was nailed down, the green banner was also abruptly torn, ripping away from the Book of Life and Death, tattered, and flying out of the Intermediate Realm.
It was also at this moment that Hu Ma's heart suddenly became crystal clear.
Cause and effect, everything, flashed through his mind: "There's no such thing as three lives in one body. From beginning to end, there's only one life."
"Before I turned seventeen, my divine soul was in disarray, and I lacked two of my three souls. My life experiences were as if they didn't exist. So, Lao Jun Mei gave me his immortal fate and adjusted memories of his previous life as a gift..."
"From the beginning, I've always been the Hu Family's grandchild, but someone altered my fate, causing me to deviate from my own destiny. Additionally, Lao Jun Mei's own fate was imposed upon me, and the shadows of both sides obscured my true destiny..."
"Even the madman in the Robbing Calamity Sect made a mistake..."
"I don't have three lives in one body. Those two fates were added to me by others. My fate has always been just one."
"..."
"Crack!"
At that very moment, in the Capital City, as the State Preceptor was about to strike the incense altar with his peachwood sword, it suddenly broke in midair.
His face instantly turned extremely ugly, and a rare hint of hatred flashed across his immortal-like countenance: "Lao Jun Mei, you, a man without a foundation, do these things, what do you hope to gain?"
"What would the other Reincarnators think if they knew you were a traitor?"
(End of Chapter)
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