Chapter 139 The Truth

Miss White Wine, as if facing a formidable enemy, led the four people wrapped in paper money, guiding the group of reincarnators away. Since he hadn't been invited, Hu Ma consciously refrained from joining them for the time being, instead taking a deep look at the ancestral hall before turning and heading towards the old house.

Ertou followed him, claiming, "I'll keep an eye on him for the reincarnator brothers, just in case something changes."

However, as soon as they left and turned their backs, he nodded solemnly at Hu Ma and said, "Brother, there are some things we should talk about frankly."

Hu Ma nodded in agreement, smiling, "Then come back to the old house with me first."

The capital was still in chaos, but the news of the National Preceptor leaving the capital and the invasion of evil spirits had frightened many people in the city, scaring away those relatives at the gate of the old house.

"Eating hot pot?"

Ertou had a lot to say, but after entering the old house and stepping into the inner hall, his attention was immediately diverted, and he sat down directly: "Bring me a pair of chopsticks."

Fairy Miaoshan had already eaten her fill. She glanced at him, then left the table and instructed the servants to cut some more meat. Ertou didn't stand on ceremony, taking a few mouthfuls of soup and water before letting out a long sigh.

He turned to Hu Ma and said, "How could you trust me so much?"

As he spoke, he took out a scroll from his arms, the Hu family's Year-Suppressing Book, and placed it in front of Hu Ma.

"I'm returning the original, but the contents are in my head, so I can't return that."

Hu Ma took it and put it away, saying, "Didn't you accept it without hesitation? I should be the one thanking you."

"If it weren't for my master's sake, I wouldn't have had the guts to accept it."

Ertou's gaze was also unprecedentedly serious as he looked at Hu Ma, slowly saying, "There's a sentence that I've been guessing for a long time, but I finally confirmed it after you gave me the Year-Suppressing Book."

"Actually, we two are fellow disciples."

"The person who taught me these skills was your father."

"..."

"..."

Outside the capital, inextinguishable disaster fire continued to burn quietly.

There was clearly nothing left to burn on the ground, but these flames still existed, looming.

And between the flames was the bloated and strange flesh, descending from the sky, coiling on the ground. Anyone who had once mingled in the Blood Food Gang could see that this flesh was actually all Tai Sui (mythical creature).

Monkey Wine, dressed in white robes, sat quietly on the ox cart. He quietly looked at the sky, silent and motionless, and the ox didn't dare to move...

Disaster fire, flesh, outlined a strange picture, and Monkey Wine was in this strangeness, unusually quiet, like a strange oil painting that didn't belong to this world.

Until a few black, indistinct figures slowly appeared in front of him.

Monkey Wine suddenly smiled and said, "I knew that not all of the Ten Families would be fools, and someone would be willing to come out and see me."

The shadows quietly looked at him, and suddenly someone laughed, "Aren't you afraid that we'll join hands and eliminate you here?"

"It's not a question of whether I'm afraid or not, it's a question of whether you dare to."

Monkey Wine looked at them indifferently and said, "You don't have the guts. You're not even as good as the person who just left the capital. The look he gave me did have killing intent, but he was smart enough to restrain himself and leave honestly."

The figures slowly exchanged glances, and then someone sighed softly, "It's been a long time since I've seen such an arrogant evil spirit."

"However, since you invited us to meet, let's talk!"

"What do you want?"

"I want the laws of the Ten Families."

Monkey Wine said, "Not ordinary laws, but your bridges, your soldiers, your layouts in the underworld, your understanding of those things, the Purple Tai Sui (mythical creature) in your hands, and your accumulation over the past twenty years."

"Everything, hand it over to us, or rather, to me."

Everyone was silent after hearing this. Suddenly, a shadow said sternly, "You have a big appetite, don't you..."

"No need to rush to say these words to embolden yourself."

Monkey Wine directly interrupted him and said indifferently, "Within three months, I will ascend to the gate of the Guanshan Zhu family and formally compete with you according to Jianghu (martial world) rules."

"If you really have confidence, you can leave me on the mountain before then."

"..."

"You..."

The black shadow, or rather, the head of the Guanshan Zhu family, suddenly fell silent, without any response.

But at this moment, another figure smiled and said, "In any case, what you said is always too arrogant. You know we won't give it to you."

"It's just explaining each other's needs first."

Monkey Wine said indifferently, "Don't you also want the things on us? Instead of hiding everything, it's better to speak clearly so that we can find a real solution."

The black shadows silently exchanged glances, and someone slowly opened his mouth, "According to the National Preceptor, if we all try our best to help him, then after this Dharma Assembly is successfully held, the things we want will already be in our hands."

"But you can't do it."

Monkey Wine slowly said, "It's impossible for the Ten Families to serve that National Preceptor so obediently. Trying to usurp the country is destined to fail."

"Especially since he placed his hope on the descendants of the Hu family..."

"I know that person. He's one of the people I admire. I know he won't approve of what you're doing."

"In fact, if it weren't for meeting you, I wouldn't have come, because it's not necessary."

"..."

Everyone suddenly fell silent, looking at each other. Someone tentatively asked, "So, what do you think of that descendant of the Hu family?"

"Nothing special."

Monkey Wine slowly said, "That clever person in the Great Luo Dharma Sect did the stupidest thing. He shouldn't have used a scheme to force him. He doesn't understand that among the reincarnators, there's no such thing as a spy or not a spy."

"Having obtained our principles, they become our people, and it has little to do with what immortal life they have."

"..."

Although they couldn't see their expressions, it seemed that they could feel that these people's expressions were becoming serious. After a long time, someone slowly said, "So, what you mean by seeing us is..."

"Don't waste time. Your world is already too fragile. You can destroy it, and so can I."

Monkey Wine said indifferently, "But time is very tight, and there's no time for scheming. Therefore, there's only one path left between us."

...

...

"In fact, even my name was given by him."

And in the old house of the Hu family in the capital, Ertou was looking at Hu Ma seriously, slowly opening his mouth, "I'm ten years older than you. As of now, it's been almost twenty years since I met the master who taught me these skills."

"When reincarnators come here, some have good lives, and some have bad lives. I belong to the bad ones. I was a vagrant since I was a child. If it weren't for the wisdom of my previous life, I would have died in the streets long ago."

"But even with the wisdom of my previous life, a child under ten years old has a hard time surviving in this world. It was your father who saved me and taught me the skills to make a living."

"However, after teaching me these skills, he suddenly blurted out about my speaking in my dreams during a drunken night. He even smiled and asked me what a 'Ms. Cang' was and what a 'Dark Three-Headed Dog' was..."

"At that time, I had already contacted other reincarnators, and I was really shocked. I even thought my life was coming to an end."

"I fled overnight, and fortunately, he didn't stop me, allowing me to escape and hide for many years. I always felt he was too mysterious, and some of his actions were always incomprehensible."

"Later, I wandered back to Mingzhou, actually because there was such a shadow in my heart, always feeling..."

"Back then, it seemed that he didn't take me as a disciple first and then discover that I was a reincarnator, but..."

"...He originally knew that I was a reincarnator before deciding to take me as a disciple."

"..."

Hearing this, Hu Ma also felt a little novel and understood why Ertou had always been so timid and mysterious.

"The reason I started to slowly figure out that something was wrong was because... the skills he taught me were too useful."

Ertou smiled bitterly and said, "In less than three years, I met him a few times and he taught me everything, even telling me all kinds of secrets of the Walking Ghost Sect."

"When I was first learning, I thought this was a very normal thing. It wasn't until I walked the Jianghu (martial world) more later and saw how difficult it was for others to learn skills that I became more and more grateful to him and understood how heavy this kindness was."

"But understanding is understanding, but I don't understand even more why he would teach me these skills so unreservedly, until I remembered why he wanted to change my name."

"My original name was Hu Chuan, but he wanted to add a 'Shan' (mountain) character to my name. After inquiring about it, I finally learned that the name of the eldest young master of the previous generation of Walking Ghost Hu family was Hu Shan..."

"Well, this is stamping me, just to remind me of the relationship between me and the main family of the Walking Ghost Sect one day!"

"..."

Hu Ma listened carefully and also felt the wonder of fate, which seemed impermanent and yet predetermined. If he had known about this earlier, he probably wouldn't have had to doubt the position of his ancestors before.

The Hu family ancestors planned with Old Lord Eyebrows, tricked the Great Luo Dharma Sect, and his father secretly taught a reincarnator as a disciple, and even passed on the true teachings of the Hu family.

Everything only pointed to one problem: the Hu family was not an enemy of the reincarnators from the beginning.

But if that's the case, why did the two sides kill each other so fiercely, with you dying and me living, and even grandma was kept in the dark about the truth?

Was it just to confuse the National Preceptor?

"It was also after figuring out these things and knowing about your matter that I knew I had no choice."

Ertou sighed deeply and said, "Brother, there are some clues in the Walking Ghost Sect that I was confused about before, but after seeing the Year-Suppressing Book, I finally understood. There are some words that my master wants to convey to you through me."

"It concerns the sacrifice of the first reincarnator, and..."

"...Tai Sui (mythical creature)!"

(End of this chapter)