Hè hè dàng dàng, dark clouds gathered.

As the four Tang Officers of Fu Ling walked out of the Meng family's ancestral home, the Four Direction Swift Messengers also went to the four directions to deliver the Meng family's imperial decree.

Of the ten great sects and ten noble families, the Hu family and the Meng family were the fastest at delivering messages.

The Hu family was fast because they had altars. All the altars that were erected were connected through the Town Demon Bureau. They could send messages by borrowing the altar lamps from each other. The Meng family was fast because they had the Ear Reporting Gods who shuttled through the yin and yang, and the Swift Reporting Gods who appeared and disappeared unpredictably.

When the Meng family's decree spread throughout the land, people everywhere, wherever there were ghost walkers, were leading the common people to set up altars and worship the mountains, simply because it was the order of the main family.

Moreover, this mountain sacrifice allowed people to feel something different from before. The incense smoke drifted away, but it didn't benefit the wild ghosts of the four directions. An invisible rumble and divine light naturally caused a different kind of shock in the hearts of those who set up the altar.

They were all a little surprised in their hearts: earlier, due to the return of the hundred ghosts to the altar, the skills of the ghost walkers had increased by a large margin.

Could it be that this time, it would increase again?

Hu Ma knew that they would have this kind of thought when they set up the altar. When ghost walkers set up an altar, whether they were respecting gods or ghosts, there would naturally be a difference on the altar.

Ghost walkers with low skills might not be able to see clearly, but they could definitely detect it.

And this subtle feeling naturally made the ghost walkers in various places work even harder. Along with their mountain sacrifice rituals and rules, many passersby were being attracted by the imposing manner of this mountain sacrifice, able to feel the lingering blessings and the aura of dispelling evil and bestowing fortune.

It was originally difficult for the common people in the countryside to really burn incense at the same time and on time as agreed with them, but seeing the piety and joy of others, they would gradually come over.

In this way, more and more people naturally came to worship, and the incense became thicker and thicker.

But in fact, long before the Meng family issued the order, the frequent sacrifices and blessings in various places had already annoyed some people in various places.

There were many blood food gangs in various places, and most of the blood food gangs belonged to the Fu Ling sect. They had always been disliked by the ghost walkers in the countryside.

Ghost walkers and Fu Ling were originally the largest groups in this world. The ghost walkers in the countryside and the ghost worshiping forces like the Green-Clothed Evil Ghost and the Red Lantern Matron in the Jianghu were originally the two most obvious groups besides the nobles in the world—one in the folk, one in the Jianghu.

And these ghost-worshiping forces mostly acted under the orders of the Fu Ling Tang Officers, and there were countless case gods who had obtained the Meng family's incense token and transformed themselves to enjoy incense.

They were high above and always looked down on those mud-legged people. Now that they saw groups burning incense everywhere, they felt dissatisfied in their hearts.

The evil ghosts enshrined in these ghost-worshiping blood food gangs, although most of them had not obtained an incense token and could not legitimately enjoy the people's incense, would be unhappy if someone burned incense and worshiped in his territory.

When they were ferocious, even if the people in their territory wanted to burn incense to worship their ancestors, they had to put their tablets in front of the ancestors of the other party. They would use the incense first, and the remainder would be given to people's ancestors.

Of course, it was unknown whether the Red Lantern Matron, who used to be from this background, had ever done this before.

After all, as everyone knew, the Matron had reformed.

Seeking a child from her was extremely effective!

Because of this innate dissatisfaction, there were already many people in various places who could not stand these sacrifices, but because the world was in chaos today, everyone had the idea of ​​doing less is better than doing more, so they were temporarily enduring it.

But when the Swift Reporting Gods of the Fu Ling sect came to the door and brought the words of the various Fu Ling Little Tang Officers, the situation suddenly changed.

"How dare they!"

"How dare those mud-legged people snatch incense and earn fame?"

"Then fight!"

"Even without the letter from the Tang Officer, we can't stand it anymore, let alone now that we have obtained the order from the Meng family noble?"

"Burn their incense tables, smash their altars, and砍死a few mud-legged people, and see if they are bold enough to make妖祭淫祠(demonic sacrifices and licentious shrines)!"

"..."

Thus, when a ghost walker set up an incense table and led the people to sacrifice to the gods and pray for blessings, a gust of evil wind rolled in, and the three sticks of incense burning on the altar were immediately blown into ominous and bizarre凶相(ominous signs).

The ghost walker on the altar was shocked, and when he looked up, he saw the people who were praying piously under the altar suddenly fell to the ground, their bodies twitching and foaming at the mouth.

The remaining people were all shocked and jumped up and shouted, "The evil spirits are attacking!"

Before a blessing ceremony set up in the city, which attracted thousands of people to compete to worship, the two tallow candles, as thick as a person's arm, suddenly burst into flames as high as ten feet, and in the flames, one could only hear evil ghosts laughing loudly.

The people below were startled and hurriedly looked up, and saw a five big and three thick blood food gang thugs rushed over, shouting: "By order of the master, you must first let our master receive incense before you set up a blessing ceremony to sacrifice to the mountain."

"Change the sacrifices. He doesn't accept these three animals. Quickly offer three pairs of 童男女(young boys and girls)!"

"Otherwise, disaster will befall everyone, and even your lives will be left on this blessing ceremony!"

"..."

"..."

Such things were endless.

In addition, disturbances also occurred in the prefectural cities throughout the land.

No one knew how many places were clear and sunny with the scorching sun shining brightly just a moment ago, but someone walked out of the most solemn and solemn City God Temple in each state and prefectural city.

He held a huge lantern in his hand, with a solemn expression, and hung the lantern in front of the temple during the daytime, and lit the lamp.

With the lights lit during the daytime, the sky suddenly darkened.

A gust of wind howled, rolling up the yellow sand and paper money all over the ground. The streets were dim and chaotic, and vaguely one could see teams of illusory ceremonial guards in the wind, slowly walking and passing through the streets. Even those with weak fire energy could hear the sounds of playing and clearing the way in the wind.

The elderly were afraid and hurriedly pulled their children into the house and closed the door tightly:

"This is City God爷(Lord) going out on patrol, but City God 爷(Lord) usually goes out at night. I don't know what is happening today that he is going out during the day."

"..."

"..."

But there were also some people in the sects who understood that the City Gods were originally the imperial family of the Duyi who were hastily appointed to replace the gods and suppress evil spirits.

However, relying solely on the two hundred and forty years of luck and weight of this Duyi world was not enough to truly enshrine the City God as a true god, so they were just阴神(yin gods) who could not see the sun. If they wanted to travel during the daytime, they needed to hold a lamp in front of the City God.

When the City God lit the lamp, then the daytime also turned into night.

One after another, huge white lanterns floated out from the cities of each state and prefecture. Wherever the lanterns reached, the world was dark. When these thirty-six white lanterns all floated to the front of Old Yin Mountain, then the most bizarre celestial phenomenon in the past twenty years appeared.

Old Yin Mountain was currently in the daytime, with the scorching sun in the sky, divine light shining everywhere, and auspicious clouds gathering and dispersing.

However, outside Old Yin Mountain, patches of darkness emerged and gradually gathered in one place along with the thirty-six lanterns.

Behind each huge white lantern, there was a tall and森然(ghastly) shadow, approaching the mountain.

...

...

"Lighting lamps in broad daylight,鬼伞(ghost umbrellas) cover the sky!"

At the same time, as the骚乱(turmoil) arose in various places and the森(sinister) pressure caused people to lose their minds, the four family leaders of Zhao, Zhou, Chen, and Wang who had walked out of the Meng family's ancestral home earlier all had an indescribable complexity between their eyebrows: "The rules of twenty years are all乱(disrupted)."

"The Meng family, heh, the Meng family, has an unstable foundation and great ambitions. I knew long ago that one day, they would cause such a thing to happen."

"..."

They left the Meng family but did not disperse. As they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years, they went to a pond. They only saw the whistling winter wind and no scenery in the pond. The Wang family leader lightly knocked on the railing.

Thus, the withered lotus leaves and stalks in the pond suddenly revived and opened the entire pond. The Zhao family leader also borrowed a piece of yellow paper from the Chen family leader, folded it into a small boat, and threw it into the pond. It grew larger against the wind and became a awning boat.

The few of them joined hands and entered the boat. The Chen family leader borrowed wine and dishes from the water ghost in the pond. The Zhou family leader blew away the lead clouds in the sky in one breath, and then they sat down, drank wine, and talked in detail.

"That Meng family child is already疯(mad)."

Although the Zhao family leader looked old, his clothes were a bit flashy. He sighed, "He shouldn't have invited this disaster, but he still did. Now that he can't clean up the mess, he is拼了命(desperately) asking the Shuo Li Ren (reasoning people) to come and see us. What's the use?"

The Wang family leader, who had a fair face and no beard and a dignified demeanor, said, "The Meng family didn't want to invite disaster in the first place, they just wanted to scare people."

"It's just that he didn't expect that his装疯卖傻(feigning madness) would run into the Hu family and make things real."

"..."

The Zhou family master next to him deliberately expressed surprise: "Brother Wang, do you believe that silly young master of the Meng family really thinks that the Hu family invited the disaster?"

"It's obvious, let alone you few can't see it."

The Wang family leader said lightly, "The Meng family doesn't have a twelfth disciple who invited disaster at all. Where did the twelve disasters come from?"

"Moreover, how did even the Wronged Death City incident turn from a demon mirror into a prelude to the Hu-Meng dispute? How did that evil spirit destroy Zhang Guiren (Consort Zhang) with seven arrows in front of everyone's eyes?"

"Have you not thought about it?"

"As for now, even the stumbling blocks in the pond have been moved out. Doesn't he know what the Hu family ancestors did? Why is he砸自己的脚(shooting himself in the foot)?"

"..."

Everyone in the field heard the meaning in his words and was a little surprised, vaguely thinking, but deeply felt it was impossible.

"In the end, we must take the overall situation into consideration."

In this silence, someone sighed, "The Stone Pavilion Alliance is imminent. Although Zhang Guiren (Consort Zhang) has lost his foundation, it is not difficult to find the Zhang family's bloodline. I have invited a few to my home as guests. Is the Meng family's bloodline going to be断(cut off) like this?"

"No, we must leave one, one is for Stone Pavilion, and the other is to watch over his family's old ancestor."

Someone sighed and said, "These two families, one stubborn and one疯(mad), always need us to step in again to mediate when they fight fiercely."

"Now, what I don't understand in my heart is, what exactly does the Imperial Preceptor see in the Hu family? Why is he so纵容(lenient) to them?"