Every place has different rules and customs. The skills and reputations of zouguiren (spirit walkers) vary, but their habits are similar.

They are accustomed to walking through the villages and have a lot of prestige. Now, taking advantage of the New Year, they receive the mandate from the altar and lead the people from various places to burn incense. This is a normal thing, and no one notices anything unusual, nor would anyone suspect the rationality of zouguiren doing this.

Of course, the scale varies. Some zouguiren with great prestige lead the villagers and even people from neighboring villages to worship. Those with less prestige lead thirty to fifty households who have been helped and trust them to worship.

There are also some who only lead three to five households, or even just their own family, to set up incense tables, burn memorials, offer sacrifices, and piously worship, in countless different ways.

So, spots of light, strands and wisps, cover all directions, endlessly stretching towards Old Yin Mountain.

Because of this, the mountain sacrifice of the Daya Village added a bit of weight and standardization. The smoke from the incense gradually enveloped Old Yin Mountain, adding a few solemn and dignified atmospheres.

The calamitous entities came towards Old Yin Mountain, and the faint changes that Old Yin Mountain produced happened to be in opposition to the calamity. While delaying the steps of those who sent the calamity, they had already angered these calamitous entities that were born into the world in the dark.

Although the calamitous entities arrived in the Yang world (the world of the living), they still followed the rules of the Yin realm (the underworld), so they ignored the distance and would not affect the nearby people. For them, those who could be affected were first the ones who invited them, and then the people they were about to seek.

Before these two groups are defeated, other people in this world will not be affected.

...Of course, you can't get too close.

Not being able to affect the surrounding people, but the road to Old Yin Mountain being blocked, made them anxious. They opened pairs of turbid, pale eyes, and even their mouths were slightly opened.

As a result, the calamity senders, even each one of them, began to bleed from all seven orifices, but their steps could not be stopped, and they suddenly stepped forward again, unstoppable.

And in Old Yin Mountain, the strange wind in the flat ground was ten times stronger.

The towering trees had already been blown down, and the wind carried countless strange sounds, the cries of beasts and the wails of ghosts.

The people who were performing the mountain sacrifice clearly felt that the sky above their heads was even more gloomy, and the wind was even more violent, blowing so hard that they could hardly open their eyes.

The straw dragon that the villagers had set up swayed from side to side, and the incense and paper money flew all over the sky with the wind. Even at such a sacred and important time as the mountain sacrifice, they inexplicably felt a thick shadow cast over their hearts.

Many people raised their heads in surprise, as if they had developed some insincere suspicion.

At the same time, the Second Master, who was the main celebrant in front of the incense table, seemed to have heard the prayers of the zouguiren in the incense smoke, and slowly put down the sacrificial text in his hand, and suddenly shouted: "Invite the Disaster Gods!"

As soon as he said this, the old patriarch, Grandpa Lao Yangpi, and other old men in the village were stunned, and their faces changed slightly.

They naturally felt the strangeness of the wind, as if some kind of force was affecting their mountain sacrifice, but most of the people in the mountains were unwilling to cause trouble. Sometimes, even if they felt it, they would grit their teeth and continue to complete the mountain sacrifice.

Let the ghosts and gods talk about ghost and god matters.

But they did not expect the Second Master to have such a temper, and he shouted before he finished reading the sacrificial text.

But they were no strangers to what the Second Master said. Granny Hu had done similar things in the village, so they exchanged glances and hurriedly told the young men in the village to prepare.

Even the guests from the surrounding villages who understood the old rules reacted and whispered, and some of the old people quietly pulled their children and young men to the front, so that they could watch carefully.

Because during the mountain sacrifice, elders may be needed in the front, but when it comes to this kind of ritual, it doesn't matter if the children are closer, they can get rid of the evil spirits on their bodies.

Soon, two straw men were tied up and placed in front of the incense table, next to the Second Master.

The Second Master got up and strode to the willow tree behind the incense table, next to Huma's godmother.

He took a few willow branches from it, wove them into a whip, and then whipped the straw men.

He shouted: "I beat you, Disaster God, so you don't dare to enter the village."

"I beat you, Plague Ghost, so you don't come near me."

"I beat you, God of Bad Luck, so you can't jump over the threshold of my house."

"I beat you, villain, so your mouth is crooked."

"..."

He hit them every time he cursed.

This is another tradition in the village. It is said to be inviting the Disaster Gods, but it is actually beating the Disaster Gods.

If there are strange things happening during this kind of mountain and ancestral sacrifice, the elders with high prestige in the village must be invited to beat the disasters.

It is said that after being beaten, those ghosts and gods will be honest and dare not cause trouble.

But this kind of mountain sacrifice is mysterious and solemn, so there are very few links in beating the Disaster Gods, but the Second Master does not care about that. The more something interferes during the mountain sacrifice, the more he has to beat it hard, otherwise it will be disrespectful to Mountain Lord.

Strangely, as the willow branches in his hand fell, the strange wind that had already blown up in Old Yin Mountain gradually weakened as he whipped it again and again.

"This..."

Unlike the surprise of those who accompanied the mountain sacrifice, the madmen in the Daozai (Stealing Calamities) Sect in the forest were dumbfounded:

"Ah, this, why is it different from what I imagined?"

"Have the old people in this village always been so valiant?"

"..."

His eyes were only staring at the eagle and snake fight on the cliff, and he saw that the group of snakes was fierce, and they had surrounded the big eagle, curled up, and were about to launch a fatal blow.

But the big eagle, which was protecting the eaglet, counterattacked even more fiercely. Not only did it not let the fierce snake approach the eagle's nest, but even those who approached were directly slapped away. The fierce snakes seemed to be uncomfortable, and some had shrunk into a ball.

"The people who sacrifice to the mountain are not only from Old Yin Mountain, this... this incense is not comparable to one state or one place..."

As if he had seen a good show, he was shocked and delighted. After exclaiming, he clapped his hands non-stop and shouted happily: "Wonderful, wonderful, this is the Zougui Hu family, borrowing incense for Old Yin Mountain..."

"Not only did they borrow incense for Old Yin Mountain, but they also want to fight disasters. The Hu family is not just thinking about blocking disasters, they are going to anger those things..."

"The Meng family is miserable, the Meng family is miserable. If they can't send the disaster, the backlash will be even more fierce..."

"..."

Huma and Zhao Sanyi and others also pursed their lips at this time, just listening carefully.

This madman in the Daozai Sect seems a little abnormal, but he is indeed the person present who knows the most about disasters.

Huma knew even more clearly in his heart that once the zouguiren joined in, the incense enjoyed by the Mountain Lord would be more than ten times greater than before?

But even so, he didn't expect to solve it once and for all. The big part is still behind.

Now that he can come and go, it means that what he thought was useful.

"扑""扑""扑""扑" (sound of whipping)

And in Old Yin Mountain, when the Second Master, who had a bad temper, stopped the sacrificial text and started to pull the willow branches to "fight the disaster", the eleven calamity senders of the Meng family had their eyeballs almost popped out in horror.

Especially Meng Sizhong and the other ten Meng family calamity senders, even if they were already confused and not sober enough, they were almost kneeling down in fright at this moment.

Not only did they feel inexplicable, as if something was blocking their way, every step they took was heavy. The shadow of Old Yin Mountain in their eyes was even farther than before, that's all. They suddenly felt the calamitous entities in their arms change.

Their bodies trembled, as if they were being whipped by invisible whips, making a shrill howl.

Whether they were holding the calamity or sending the calamity, their hearts were twitching in fright at this moment. How could such a thing happen?

And as the calamitous entities were whipped again and again, in the shrill screams, a hazy black mist suddenly rose, stirring up a strong wind, circling around these calamity senders, spinning endlessly.

The Meng family's ancestral house, and the residences and courtyards located in various places with the Meng family as the core, were instantly shrouded in layers of dark clouds. Those blood relatives and ancestors worshipped all produced strange changes at this moment.

Some people saw their ancestors enter the house in a daze and bid farewell with their hands folded.

Some people saw themselves wearing shackles around their necks or black air entangled around their ankles.

"Quick, beat it in!"

In the Meng family's ancestral house, the young master of the Meng family couldn't care about anything else. With the support of the official of the Asking Affairs Hall, he found a sharp nail and slammed it into the center of his forehead.

Calamities are invisible, and they will not produce obvious changes immediately, but none of them are not shadowed.

There are also many who know that once shadowed, disasters will follow like a shadow and come at any time.

This is the price to be paid for inviting disasters. The Meng family has begun to use the blood and luck of the entire clan to repay this price.

The Meng family has great skills and profound magic, but no one can escape.

Because this is the contract that the Meng family signed themselves.

They understood in their hearts, but they could only repay, and even could not escape. There was a saying that at this time of disaster, cutting off ties with the Meng family and the calamity inviter, and making it clear under the testimony of ghosts and gods, maybe they could escape.

The Zhenchong Hu family and the Qingyuan Hu family did just that.

But the Meng family did not dare. They did not dare to betray the main family at this time, and no ghosts and gods dared to testify to such a thing.

Therefore, they could only hold a big family together and die, unable to escape, unable to escape. But this also had a benefit, making the disaster even more fierce. The hazy black mist made the dark clouds in the air have a ferocious shape.

From eleven directions, they roared and rushed towards the location of Old Yin Mountain, condescending, dark and gloomy, as if directly pressing on people's hearts.

There was also one way that looked very powerful, but seemed to be wandering around like it was lost.

...

"Here it comes!"

Sensing this movement, the madman in the Daozai Sect jumped up and shouted, watching the fierce snakes pounce on the eagle's nest: "The Meng family who communicates with Yin might as well be changed to the Meng family who invites disasters in the future..."

"Even the Sun family has not encountered such a terrible disaster..."

"..."

At the same time, Huma's right eyelid was twitching wildly. He quickly reached out and covered his eyelid, and thought to himself: "The left eye jumps for wealth, the right eye jumps for good fortune. It seems that I am going to make a big profit today..."

(End of this chapter)