“These guys, even now, can't seem to get serious…”

“This is a battle against the Five Families, but they're making it look like a leisurely stroll through the market, hand-in-hand…”

“The people in the gambling dens have sharp eyes. Tell me, what are our chances of winning this fight?”

After a group meeting ended, the atmosphere didn't seem tense at all. They joked and laughed, then dispersed to their assigned tasks.

Miss Red Wine had tried her best to tell them to be mentally prepared, but she didn't know how many had actually taken her words to heart.

After disconnecting from everyone else, Erguotou, who had been silent all evening, began a private conversation with her.

"Ten out of ten."

Miss Red Wine seemed to sense the gravity in Erguotou's words and smiled. "We have no reason, nor any interest, in fighting a losing battle. Therefore, we will definitely win this fight."

"But the Reincarnated arrived too late…"

Erguotou's worry lingered. "Moreover, restricted by the Tai Sui curse, most people can only remain at the Non-Human level. Perhaps some with extraordinary talent, or those who possess certain objects, can reach the Non-Ghost level."

"But we are facing the Five Families. I fear each family has existences at the Non-God level. It's easy to say encouraging words, but when it comes to risking our lives…"

"Judging solely from realms, only three are qualified to directly confront the Ten Families."

Miss Red Wine listened to him, then suddenly smiled and said, "Tieguanyin, you, and Mr. Monkey Wine."

"But don't underestimate the other Reincarnated. Those who survived these forty years and dared to take on this task, which one doesn't have a trick or two up their sleeve?"

"What's more…"

She paused, her voice deepening slightly. "We have an advantage that the Ten Families don't!"

Erguotou took a deep breath, feeling even more pressure.

He hadn't been used to standing out too much before. The tallest trees catch the most wind. He hadn't expected that after being careful his whole life, he still couldn't hide himself…

Without realizing it, his abilities had become too great…

Feeling frustrated, but not intending to shirk responsibility any further, he said directly, "In that case, why didn't you let me lead this mission, or let me directly confront one of the families?"

"Because we are fighting not just the Five Families, but the entire world…"

Miss Red Wine smiled and said, "Just as what's blocking this massacre now isn't Zhou, Zhao, Chen, Zhu, or Sun, but the aristocratic clans of this world. Therefore, if we put all our strength on the Five Families, we are destined to lose to them."

"You can see that Little White has taken over the Undying Wang Family's business, and the Impermanence Li Family has also joined Ming Wang's banner. These are also forces we can mobilize."

"It's just, how should I put it…"

"The Undying Wang Family used to be one of the Ten Families, but in Little White's hands, it's no longer considered one of them. The Impermanence Li Family is the same. After joining our side, they've become weak, not living up to the former reputation of the Ten Families."

"This isn't a matter of 'becoming weaker after joining the good guys.' It's the very nature of the Ten Families that determines this."

"Before losing the fight to us, the Impermanence Li Family always thought they controlled the entire underworld, but who knows if it wasn't the underworld that was supporting them?"

"When they stood on the side of the world, everyone in the entire Execution Soul Sect listened to them, as easy as using their own limbs. But now that they've joined us, they've discovered that they can't command the people in the sect."

"Ignoring them is good. Even worse, some regard them as traitors and refuse to listen to them."

"So, in the end, it still comes down to lineage."

"…"

Listening to him, Erguotou felt a strange sense of mounting pressure.

The Reincarnated were no longer hiding as they once were, and now dared to confront the Ten Families.

But analyzing it this deeply, he realized that the Reincarnated's biggest enemy wasn't the Ten Families, but the current state of the world.

"The reason I'm not letting you directly confront one of the families is also because of this."

Miss Red Wine smiled and said, "Tieguanyin told me that we will definitely win against the Five Families, but there are some problems in this world that she can't see clearly, and that's her worry. So, we need someone to watch over the entire world, in case of unexpected changes."

"Of course, only the Walking Dead Sect can do this job."

"Now you are the true Master of the Walking Dead. Building an altar to observe the world shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"…"

"What does it matter how big it is?"

Erguotou gave a wry smile and said, "I can do this job, and I will do it."

"It's just that Tieguanyin…"

He paused and then smiled bitterly. "She always makes people feel uneasy. I used to think that Monkey Wine was scary, but now I think he's just too rational."

"But Tieguanyin seems to know a lot of things, but she doesn't say them directly, always making people feel uneasy…"

"Is she still asleep in the Twelve Ghost Altars of Shangjing?"

"…"

Miss Red Wine was silent for a moment, not answering directly, but whispered, "She is busy dealing with some problems that are unpleasant to hear, unpleasant to see, but must be dealt with."

"We can no longer take care of everything. We can only do our best."

"I believe we have a 100% chance of winning because we have all seen even more difficult victories."

"Perhaps some people will be afraid, but I also believe that more people will make good choices. There is a reason why we were the last to be devoured by Tai Sui. We have different identities, different origins, but deep down, we have something in common."

"…"

"…"

After leaving the Natal Spirit Temple, Erguotou woke up from his sleep. He was still in Meng Hu Pass.

Since the massacre began, Hu Ma had gone to do another important thing. He realized that fighting for the Mandate of Heaven was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, so he did not follow the army. He was still at the starting point of it all.

Looking at the gloomy night sky, he said, "Raise the altar!"

From his sleeves, with a whooshing sound, banners flew out, circling around him, raising the altar to ninety-nine feet.

Then, with the power of the altar, Erguotou slowly raised his hand, and five stone weights of different sizes flew out from the nearby valley.

One after another, they landed in his altar in different directions. Each stone weight entering the altar caused the world to tremble, as if the entire world was faintly drawn into the altar.

Seeing the five stone weights enter the altar, Erguotou's expression became extremely solemn. He cursed in a low voice, "Let's just bet everything on this…"

With a flip of his hand, three incense sticks landed on the ground, emitting green smoke.

"The sky is clear, the earth is bright, please gods descend to the altar and illuminate the sky."

"Body becomes spirit, spirit becomes body, transform into the sun and moon and illuminate clearly."

"The sky has fate, the earth has yin and yang, the world has walking dead, yin gods and evil spirits, listen to the orders from my altar and observe the world."

"Those who disobey will be executed."

"…"

After reciting the incantation, he raised his hand and scattered a handful of yellow talismans. Amidst the rustling sound, dark clouds dispersed in the night sky, revealing five large stars, their light overflowing, overwhelming the other stars, two in the north and three in the south, as if they were five eyes.

One of the eyes was looking east, outside Mingzhou, towards Changping Wang's camp.

"It's rotten again?"

There was a superfluous army here flying the banner of Ming Wang. They were all poor people awakened by the Non-Beef Eaters, and after traveling through several states, they had gathered hundreds of thousands of people.

Most of them were old and young, but there were also more than one hundred thousand able-bodied men.

This was the most valiant of all the superfluous armies in the world. The original intention was to pass through Mingzhou and join Ming Wang's army, but unexpectedly, in just a few days, they encountered great disasters and their situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

The leader called himself the Begging Food General.

Being able to gather so many poor and foodless people under the banner of Ming Wang, and surviving several fierce battles without scattering his men, and even protecting the lives of women and children, showed that he was a man of means and courage.

But now, this tough guy was squatting in front of the granary, crying with heartache, "Are we just destined to starve to death, doomed to not have enough food?"

"We risked so many lives to seize these few granaries, fearing we wouldn't make it to the autumn harvest. To make it last, we counted every grain of rice when cooking, but after just one night, it rotted in the granary. How can such a wicked thing happen in this world?"

"Wasting food, whether you're human or ghost, you'll be struck by lightning…"

"…"

"Don't rush to cry. Crying won't produce food, and crying won't make the landlord be truly merciful."

The speaker was several Jianghu wanderers who had just arrived that morning, recommended by the immortal masters of the Non-Beef Eaters. They were said to have originally wanted to join the army and make a great career, but they didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing as soon as they arrived.

But faced with this strange event, they remained calm, gently pinching a few grains of rice. They saw that they were black and moldy, and with a gentle pinch, their hands were covered in black water. They sniffed at their noses and turned to ask, "How did this grain rot? Did you see anything strange?"

Some of the people nearby were sad, and some looked blank, but there was still one with courage, responsible for guarding the granary. Now that the grain was rotten, he would also be beheaded.

He mustered his courage and said, "There… there was a flying corpse that worshipped the granary."

"Last night, we were guarding the grain, and we felt cold all over. We lit torches, but we couldn't see clearly around us. In a daze, we saw someone flying down from the sky…"

"His whole body smelled bad, the smell of dead people. His face, his face was rotten, and he didn't look like a living person. He… he didn't eat people, he just bowed to the granary three times, and then flew away again."

"We waited until dawn to move again and quickly reported it. When we opened the granary, the grain was already rotten."

"…"

Hearing his explanation, the Begging Food General and the others were all suffocated with anger, but they had nothing to say. They had never heard of dead corpses worshipping granaries and destroying grain.

Even if it was true, even if they could believe it, how could the people outside who were still waiting for food believe it?

"Hehe, it's really Chen Family's Flying Corpse Curse."

The Jianghu wanderer who had been listening carefully sneered when he heard him say this. He threw the grain back and said, "Chen Family's five great corpse curses: one bow to the grain, causing rot and decay; two bows, causing spirits to turn upside down; three bows, causing the sun and moon to lose their light; four bows, causing heaven and earth to become dim."

"The fifth cursed corpse is even more powerful, said to have the power to reverse the universe. The specific effect has not yet been found out."

"…"

"Is there any hope for rescue?"

Hearing him say the origin of that thing, the Begging General suddenly felt hope and asked nervously.

The Jianghu wanderer did not answer, but suddenly turned to the Begging Food General and said, "Isn't Changping Wang already pressing down with a large army? Why hasn't he attacked yet?"

"What Changping, what not Changping, we can't care about that…"

The Begging Food General looked dejected. "If we're really going to starve to death, we might as well stretch out our necks and wait for the knife."

"At least, we'll suffer less."

"…"

The Jianghu wanderer nodded, indicating that he understood.

Earlier, Changping Wang had led troops over. His soldiers were strong and his horses were sturdy, but he only had 30,000 elite soldiers. Seeing hundreds of thousands of superfluous soldiers here, he did not dare to rashly advance.

But later, the superfluous army had the rotten grain incident. Those who did not eat were hungry, and those who ate went crazy. The people were already panicked, but Changping Wang was still standing still, watching the situation, as if waiting for the superfluous army to collapse without a fight, saving himself from the war.

"Don't be so weepy!"

He smiled and patted the Begging Food General's shoulder, laughing, "Only smiling often will bring good luck. Face the problem frankly and it will naturally be solved. With such a limited perspective, how will you lead your brothers to conquer the world in the future?"

"Release all your worries and achieve the lotus flower blooming in your heart!"

The Begging Food General cried even harder. "How can you bloom a lotus flower on an empty stomach?"

The Jianghu wanderer sneered and said, "Isn't it just a little rotten grain? It's contaminated with corpse poison? Steam it, and it can still be eaten."

"I'll use my methods to help you remove the corpse poison, and the grain will be clean. Not only will it fill your stomach, but it will also be sweet. Eating too much will make you a little drunk…"

As he spoke, he was even a little proud, "You tell me, what can make people drunk, grain or wine?"

Who cared if it was grain or wine, as long as it could fill their stomachs. Hearing this, the Begging Food General excitedly got up and grabbed his arm, "Please save the lives of the people in the four prefectures and seven counties…"

They were all people who were starving. No one cared if the grain was rotten.

As long as eating it didn't make them go crazy, and they could live, that was enough.

"Needless to say, I came here to help with this."

The Jianghu wanderer smiled and asked everyone to open the granary and then move away. He saw that the entire granary of grain was piled up in the sun.

The viscous black water clung to every grain of rice, and a strong, rotten smell filled the air. He walked around the grain, chanting incantations. After a long time, he suddenly summoned a gourd, from which streams of purple energy sprayed out.

The purple energy covered the grain, immediately suppressing the stench, and even the black water in the grain gradually became lighter.

In a short time, he took back the gourd. When everyone looked again, the grain was still soft and sticky, but it had become much better. It looked sticky, but at least it didn't look poisonous like before.

"Alright, let's eat!"

The Jianghu wanderer smiled and put away the gourd, saying to the Begging Food General, "It's just that this time, you can cook it a little thicker."

"Let everyone eat their fill."

"Otherwise, grain like this can't be stored."

"…"

The Begging Food General was thinking that it was enough to cope with one meal, and he quickly agreed, arranging for people to prepare it.

Even the cattle and sheep that had not yet died of disease were slaughtered to reward the three armies.

"Laozao Ge, did you really remove the corpse energy from these rice grains?"

While the entire army was cheering, the young man who had come with the Jianghu wanderer approached him and asked in a low voice, his eyes full of suspicion.

The Jianghu wanderer, or rather, Laozao Wine, also had a serious expression on his face. "Remove my ass. The Chen family's method is overbearing. The corpse energy rots the grain, and that's that. Just like a person who dies cannot be revived, how can this grain be saved?"

The young man was immediately taken aback. "Then you…"

"I used purple energy to wash the grain!"

Laozao Wine's expression was slightly cold, with a look of heartache on his face. "Do you know how much my gourd of purple energy is worth?"

"I stole it with my own skills when I was in Shangjing. There was only this much, and using it to wash grain is like using the imperial seal to crack walnuts."

"…"

The young man panicked a little. "Do you have any more? This is only enough for a few meals?"

"This one meal is enough."

Laozao Wine's expression darkened, and he said grimly, "I don't have any other pursuits in life. I just like to argue about reason. This Jiangtou Chen family, this move is truly ruthless…"

"The people of the world can't get enough to eat and are most lacking in grain, so they want to destroy the grain and do this thing that kills people's hearts."

"Well then, they will kill people's hearts, and I will kill their hearts."

"In today's world, destroying grain is a great sin that is not tolerated by heaven and earth. These superfluous people, even if they were originally destined to starve to death, but since they have seized the grain, eating it will allow them to live, and heaven and earth will recognize it."

"If someone else destroyed the grain that saved so many people's lives, it would greatly damage their Yin virtue and they would deserve to be struck by lightning, so why is the Chen family okay?"

"…"

The young man beside him also listened with a flicker in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I did find out about this before I came."

"The methods of the Jiangtou Sect are said to be extremely evil, harmful to nature and reason, and extremely damaging to Yin virtue, so they usually dare not use them easily. But because they dare not use them, they have gained a good reputation in the Jianghu, which is really rare."

"But now, their family has taken action, and as soon as they do, it's such a desperate plan. In principle, they can't escape this karma, but the Chen family is different from ordinary Jiangtou users."

"Their family has the ability to avoid karma."

"They can use all kinds of evil methods that others dare not use, and just this one point makes them much stronger than others, worthy of the name of the Ten Families."

"…"

"Stealing the Heart of Heaven?"

Laozao Wine sneered. "No wonder they want to change this heaven. It has been riddled with holes by the Ten Families."

"But if they dare to play, then I will play a big one with them."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked into the battlefield. Not only were the soldiers under the Begging Food General eating, but there were also countless old, weak, women, and children outside, all holding broken bowls and waiting, each with a pale face and empty eyes.

Laozao Wine's expression also turned cold. "In my opinion, the biggest problem with the people of this world is that they don't know how to be angry."

"Today, I will use purple energy to wash the grain, and after they have a full meal, they will become drowsy. After being touched by the purple energy, their spirits will be strong, and I will use the Execution Soul method to send ghosts into their dreams, so that they can all see clearly how the Chen family used flying corpses to destroy their life-saving grain."

"Tell me, will they be angry?"

"…"

Hearing this, the young man suddenly gasped. "This is more than just anger. The common people hate this kind of thing the most. I'm afraid they will pick up their hoes and fight desperately?"

"That's exactly what I want them to do!"

Laozao Wine sneered. "If they hate, they will be angry, and they will generate resentment. With more resentment, there will be curses. I will use the resentment of the people in these four prefectures and seven counties to show the Jiangtou Chen family what's what!"

"Ask them, are the lives of poor people not lives?"

"Can you escape the wrath of heaven, can you escape the will of the people?"

"…"

"Ah, this…"

The young man, Pineapple Beer, beside him was already trembling slightly. They had come here now, but many other Reincarnated helpers were still on the way.

In principle, they should first understand the situation, but he did not expect that Brother Laozao would come up with such a ruthless move.

It was not rare for people to cast curses, but to borrow the resentment of hundreds of thousands of people in these four prefectures and seven counties to cast a curse, and, to borrow a curse blessed by purple energy, plus the people's most hated wish to destroy grain, and the hatred of a broken life, he could hardly imagine what level this would be at…

In addition to the shock, he suddenly became excited: "Brother, hard!"

"May I ask what this method of yours is called?"

…

…

"Descendant of a petty official, how dare you be so bold!"

At this time, in the secluded Nether Palace, in front of the Sixth Palace, Hu Ma held his knife forward, fighting with the Sixth Palace Emperor Ghost.

This Sixth Palace Emperor Ghost saw that Hu Ma was extraordinary, but he did not run to the Fifth Palace to ask for help like his son and grandson. The reason was that when he ascended the throne, he first poisoned his own father.

So, after entering the Nether Palace, he had always been at odds with the Fifth Palace.

However, he had, after all, killed countless rebellious bandits in the world, and had his own awe-inspiring murderous aura. Now, seeing Hu Ma come with the human massacre, he was not afraid, but instead sneered coldly: "The Mandate of Heaven is conferred by the heavens, and has existed since ancient times. The Emperor's decree is like a knife, specially used to cut down the weeds of the world."

"You have the heart to offend your superiors, and I will show you what you are capable of!"

"…"

He lifted his imperial robe, rolled up a black wind, and charged forward with the entire court of civil and military officials. The Seventh and Eighth Palace Emperor Ghosts immediately followed him and entangled him.

This massacre destroyed the Tenth and Ninth Palaces and frightened the Seventh and Eighth Palace Emperor Ghosts, but for him, who had once suppressed millions of righteous troops in the world with a bloody hand, it was just history repeating itself.

Faced with his arrogance, Hu Ma was too lazy to even reply, only the fierce knife in his hand vibrated.

…

…

Human world.

Seeing the shocked and admiring look on his little brother's face, Laozao Wine also grinned, but then held back and waved his hand, saying, "I've learned a variety of skills. I've studied the Execution Soul and dabbled in Harm First, but this method is not from any sect."

"This can be considered a method that I created myself after seeing the Chen family's methods. I decided to name it:"

He took a deep breath, opened his mouth in a deep voice, earth-shattering: "If you are reasonable, you don't have to be afraid that the sky won't accept me, if the people are resentful, the sky is also afraid of letting you know who is the daddy curse!"

(End of chapter)