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Chapter 797: Three Heads and Six Arms
Chapter 797: Three Heads and Six Arms
Outside the Hu Family Manor, there was a commotion, and Second Ancestor Lord Hu Qingyuan of the Qingyuan Hu Family was so infuriated that he fainted. All around, voices shouted for someone to quickly fetch the Zhi Shou Pavilion Fate Master.
However, inside the inner courtyard of the manor, a sense of tranquility prevailed. Elder Abacus would stand up, then sit down, pacing back and forth. He turned to Miao Shan Immortal Lady, wanting to speak but hesitating, as if struggling to find the right words...
Miao Shan Immortal Lady was currently enjoying a hot pot.
She used a silver-threaded carbon pot, slicing lamb as thin as cicada wings, and dipping it in a chive and sesame sauce.
Not only was she eating with care and delicacy, but even the little Hong Tang and Little Dou Guan in front of the table had their own sets of bowls and chopsticks. Little Dou Guan, unable to consume the food of the living, could only sniff the aroma with her nose, while Little Hong Tang could join in the meal.
But the key question was... was this the right time for a hot pot?
"Aren't you worried about them?"
After pacing back and forth seven or eight times, he finally couldn't hold back. He placed his hands on the table and asked in a deep voice.
"Worried about what?"
Miao Shan Immortal Lady looked up at him and said, "The Sect Leader's return this time was voluntary; no one forced him."
"But..."
Elder Abacus said, "He might really lose his life. Didn't you hear that noise just now?"
"I heard it!"
Miao Shan Immortal Lady replied, "I was about to sleep, but the noise woke me up. I wanted to drink some silver ear lotus seed soup, and suddenly I felt like having hot pot. Sometimes my Little Dou Guan is quite useful; look, even at this late hour, she can still go to the restaurant and bring back the fire..."
"As for the Sect Leader, there's no need to worry. Just leave some lamb for him..."
"..."
"You..."
Elder Abacus was at a loss for what to do, but at that moment, he faintly heard laughter.
He shuddered, thinking that some demon had intruded. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was coming from his own basket.
This made him even more startled. Slowly, he inched closer, then abruptly lifted the black cloth covering his basket. His gaze fell upon the Founding Master's spirit tablet, and as he listened intently to the faint laughter, a shiver ran down his spine.
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...
"I've said it before; the tenth incense stick doesn't exist."
At that moment, the State Preceptor was also carefully observing Hu Ma, seemingly harboring some expectation, but in the end, he shook his head, "Even heaven and earth won't tolerate you. All techniques have their limits. You trusted Elder Jun Eyebrow, but it seems you trusted the wrong person."
"After all, when he intervened back then, I witnessed his techniques, and they weren't like this."
"Perhaps he suspected there was another technique, but without verification, it never materialized."
"..."
As they spoke, the State Preceptor didn't linger. Seeing that Hu Ma's physical body had already crumbled and his vitality was nearly exhausted, the Dharmic Body above his head had also been torn apart, completely annihilated within a breath.
The lingering curiosity in his heart finally vanished. Abruptly, he raised his hand and pointed at Hu Ma's body. The body, already corroded and crumbling from the thunder of heaven and the fire of earth, shattered instantly.
At the same time, he reached into Hu Ma's Dharmic Body and grabbed a dark red glow from within the soul light.
He had seen this dark red substance before and knew it was the core of a reincarnate.
They called it the Lifesoul Temple, but the Dalaofa Religion had a different term for it: Immortal Life.
"This was something I gave you twenty-three years ago. Now, it's time for me to take it back."
There was a hint of regret in his voice, "This calculation that lasted twenty-three years, I lost. In the end, he didn't win either."
The physical body had decayed, the Dharmic Body torn apart, and it was about to be devoured by the Five Jails Ghost Gate. Even the State Preceptor couldn't sense any remaining vitality in Hu Ma; he was undoubtedly dead.
Although the State Preceptor hadn't cultivated the main sacrificial technique, his understanding of this technique was profound. In the Life and Death Gateway, where life and death intertwined, there must be both life and death. Even in death, one should retain the last breath in the body, but where was that breath now?
"One reality, two illusions, and three fates. The mystery lies between life and death."
But at that moment, the State Preceptor faintly heard a voice beside him, seemingly filled with laughter, expressing admiration.
His body stiffened in surprise, and he turned his head in disbelief, "Master Ancestor?"
"Clack!"
Just as he was momentarily distracted, Hu Ma's Dharmic Body lost its last strength and completely tore apart.
With the tearing of the Dharmic Body, the Five Jails Ghost Gate quickly divided Hu Ma's divine soul, sealing each part separately. The Immortal Life of Elder Jun Eyebrow would be reclaimed by the State Preceptor, and everything seemed to have come to a definitive end.
But no one expected that just before the Five Jails Ghost Gate completely closed, a mysterious force suddenly tightened, and in the next moment, a muffled roar echoed through the hall.
At the moment of Hu Ma's physical body crumbling, amidst endless pain and torment, a rare sense of calm emerged.
It was a precious moment of clarity. The Great Heavenly General's various subtle techniques, each with its own unique power, flowed like a stream in his mind.
He hadn't entered the Intermediate Realm, which was why the State Preceptor used the Five Jails Ghost Gate against him, directly sealing his divine soul to prevent him from accessing the Book of Life and Death. But this moment of calm seemed to allow him to see himself through a different method.
One true, two illusory, and three fates.
He had altered his own Book of Life and Death, possessing three lives. His true self was Hu Ma, the master of the Exorcism Mansion, and a descendant of the Hu Family.
But with the Immortal Life bestowed upon him, the reincarnated Lao Bai Gan was also Hu Ma.
And with the fate altered by the Dalaofa Religion, the one destined to become the main officiant was also Hu Ma.
All three lives were his, recognized by this realm, yet they were also scattered, making him the only variable in this world. At this moment, Hu Ma was about to thoroughly refine and merge these three lives into one.
Summoning gods and commanding ghosts was not enough; since it was a mistake, he decided to embrace it. Not only did he refine his true life into the General of Great Might Heavenly Emperor, but he also refined the other two lives into it!
As his heart became clear, the Dharmic Body of the General of Great Might Heavenly Emperor also changed accordingly.
The Dharmic Body had been torn apart, but at this moment, it began to re-condense. However, it did not fuse back together as before; instead, suddenly, each part began to change. The two torn ends each grew a hideous head, merging and slowly forming.
And from his ribs, the torn Soul Light transformed into two additional arms, sturdy and robust.
One head with a green face and fangs, one with divine might, and one with peace and tranquility.
Three heads and six arms, standing firmly in the mortal realm.
Suddenly, all three heads opened their eyes simultaneously, and the rolling Soul Light burst outward in an instant. A loud 'ka-la' sound reverberated, and the iron chains extending from the five gates shattered one by one, even causing the five gates to become dilapidated.
In the next moment, Hu Ma's Dharmic Body descended, and his body, destroyed by Heaven's Thunder Earth's Fire, instantly regenerated.
His entire body was enveloped in silence, neither alive nor dead, firmly standing on the ground.
At the same time, time suddenly returned to normal, and the restrictions set up by the State Preceptor shattered in pieces all around.
The State Preceptor himself was startled by the commotion and stumbled a few steps towards Hu Ma, his eyes filled with disbelief.
It was as if his eyes had turned dark red at that moment, and his voice trembled, "Is there really a tenth incense stick?"
"If this... if this art was derived from my calculations, how wonderful would that be?"
"..."
"Ka..."
At the same time, a crisp sound echoed behind him, and the State Preceptor, in disbelief, quickly turned to look.
It was coming from the bamboo rack held by his Taoist apprentice in front of the Ancestral Hall, far from the battlefield. Like other disciples of the Dalaofa Religion, the State Preceptor also carried the spirit tablet of the Founding Master with him, but he had his apprentice do it to save his own energy.
But now, that crisp sound was indeed coming from the bamboo rack.
Despite the distance, he could clearly see that the crack on the spirit tablet was widening, eventually breaking it in half, with the upper half falling to the ground.
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"My heavens..."
Inside the manor, Elder Abacus also looked at the spirit tablet in disbelief and suddenly knelt down, bowing to it.
"What's going on?"
Miao Shan Immortal Lady, sitting at the nearby table, was also stunned. "Isn't it even the New Year yet?"
"This is bigger than the New Year..."
Elder Abacus lowered his voice, but even then, he couldn't hide his astonishment. "Just now... just now..."
"The Dalaofa Religion has a new Sect Leader!"
"..."
"..."
"Elder Jun Eyebrow didn't lie to me!"
At this moment, in front of the Ancestral Hall, Hu Ma took a deep breath, unable to conceal his heart's shock.
The tenth incense stick had already appeared in his heart, and he could clearly sense its existence. This single incense stick felt even more real than the other nine.
He could even feel his divine soul expanding and gradually approaching perfection, free from the constraints of heaven and earth. Especially in his hand, the Wordless Seal seemed to have changed at this moment.
Behind the original 'Receiving the Mandate from Heaven' were two additional characters:
"Accept" and "Longevity".
And in the instant these two characters appeared, it was as if countless invisible causes and effects were simultaneously severed from his body.
In the vast Imperial Capital, a faint purple aura rose, and purple clouds appeared in the sky.
Nearby, at the Ten Surnames Ancestral Hall, the incense that had just been affected by his presence slowly calmed down.
The elderly woman in the Hu Family Ancestral Hall also regained her senses at this moment and looked outside in astonishment and panic, her gaze falling on Hu Ma.
Then, slowly, her astonishment turned into joy. "Old man, your grandson has done you proud..."
"..."
"So, the Dalaofa Religion can't even accommodate me?"
Amidst this astonishment, the world seemed to fall into a deathly silence, with only the State Preceptor staring at the direction of the Founding Master's spirit tablet.
His expression appeared calm, neither joyful nor sorrowful, but perhaps only numb and dejected.
Beside the Ancestral Hall, the old man guarding it sat in the shadows, and the pipe bowl in his hand glowed with a faint red light. This seemed to be an outcome he hadn't anticipated, but slowly, he glanced in the direction of Hu Ma and sighed softly.
"Daoxuan, a loss is a loss. Some things can't be forced."
"..."
Amidst this quiet conversation, loud voices rose from the distance, and countless dark shadows descended swiftly, their gazes sweeping the area before they shouted.
"We've found him! We've found him..."
(End of Chapter)
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