Chapter 10 Metamorphosis

From the inside out, a complete transformation.

If Hu Ma had to describe it, this was the feeling of what was happening inside his body right now.

His natal spirit temple was already dilapidated. It had only gradually come back to life over the past few years of cultivation, and the statue hidden in the darkness had also begun to flicker with golden light.

But even these years of change were not as great as what had appeared in this short moment. He could clearly feel that as the dark red mist began to turn into purple qi, the spirit temple also became brighter.

And not only that, this purple qi surged into the natal spirit temple, and should have quickly dyed all the dark red mist red. But Hu Ma's natal spirit temple was already worn out, and now it seemed like a long drought meeting sweet rain, giving birth to a strong desire.

The endless purple qi was extremely difficult to refine, but in this instant, strands of purple mist instantly poured into every corner and crevice of his natal spirit temple, frantically absorbing, filling, and repairing…

The four pillars of life incense also began to be dyed purple little by little as the purple qi poured in and filled the natal spirit temple, from one pillar to two…

In this instant, he had an instinctive joy, as if he was parting the clouds and seeing the sun. Even the statue hidden in the darkness rumbled and opened its eyes, its interior full of purple, high above, overlooking the world.

“Oh?”

At the same time, Mr. Longjing also looked at Hu Ma, watching the rolling purple qi steaming, all pouring into Hu Ma's body, seeming to have discovered something, with a slightly surprised expression.

Hu Ma was also drawn by the roaring purple qi into his soul, and suddenly reacted, hurriedly moving his divine soul and opening his eyes. He saw that the *Zi Taisui* in the big pot now only had a few strands left. He was slightly surprised and hurriedly stopped his cultivation.

Thinking that Senior Longjing also needed this thing, he felt uneasy: “Senior, you gave it all to me, then you…”

Seeing the worry on his face, which was not feigned, Mr. Longjing slowly put away the surprise on his face, and suddenly smiled faintly, and said softly: “Your foundation is very good, and your opportunities and good fortune are also beyond the reach of ordinary people!”

Hu Ma was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: “Senior, is there any problem?”

“No.”

Senior Longjing smiled faintly, his eyes distant, and said: “Everything is just right.”

“But…”

Hu Ma looked at the big pot. He had been unconscious just now, and unexpectedly enjoyed so much at once. How could he not be worried?

“That’s enough.”

Senior Longjing seemed to know what he wanted to say, waved his hand gently, then lowered his head to look at the pot, lifted a sleeve, and pointed two fingers together, picking up a strand of purple qi and gently pressing it between his eyebrows.

“Rumble!”

He only got such a strand of *Zi Taisui*, but at the moment he pressed it between his eyebrows, Hu Ma suddenly had a feeling of heaven and earth collapsing.

He saw his shadow suddenly scattered, and his body seemed to trigger a thunderous sound, vast and mighty, with endless divine power.

Vaguely, Hu Ma could even see a huge, but dilapidated, spirit temple appearing behind him. The spirit temple was already dilapidated, even more dilapidated than the natal spirit temple he had seen when he saw Da Hong Pao. It was simply out of shape.

But this strand of *Zi Taisui* fell into the spirit temple, and it also shone brightly, as if suddenly awakening something.

However, this roaring scene only appeared for a moment. Senior Longjing put down his finger, and there seemed to be some kind of divine light floating in his eyes. He said in a low voice: “Remember to pass on this method and tell the other transmigrators.”

“Also tell them my words.”

“I was captured by the Guiren Zhang family, and after thinking for twenty years, and being unconvinced for twenty years, I have vaguely understood.”

“The reason we lost back then was not because we were not capable enough, or even because of the betrayal of the national teacher and the Ten Surnames. We actually lost to our own pride.”

“At that time, we relied on our own lives to arbitrarily dominate this world and destroy the rules of this world. We were high above, different from the others, and wanted to change it, but in our hearts, we never respected it…”

“Looking at the Bu Shi Niu, you will also know that although they followed Lao Jun Mei, they were all taught to be crazy and eccentric, without any proper appearance. They were good at small tricks, but couldn't handle big things. To put it bluntly, we never expected them to really do anything, but just used them to run errands.”

Speaking of this, he sighed faintly and said to Hu Ma: “Your generation of transmigrators has been hiding for twenty years, and naturally lost many opportunities.”

“But this may not be a bad thing. At least, you have had time to better see this world…”

“…”

Listening to his words and looking at his somewhat empty eyes, Hu Ma suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.

Senior Longjing had just said these few words, but he suddenly waved his sleeves, and the mansion that existed in the misty Yin realm, suddenly collapsed, and the city walls peeled off.

The solid ground in front of him was actually destroyed in an instant, and then slowly reorganized, forming a staircase leading straight down to…

It was a divine platform surrounded by purple qi, surrounded by countless tall stone pillars, all with carvings of divine beast dragon shadows.

Without his introduction, Hu Ma recognized it at a glance:

The Descent Platform! (jiang sheng tai)

It was the Descent Platform that the Meng family and the Zhang family joined forces to specially illuminate all the transmigrators in the world.

Mr. Longjing looked at this divine platform and sighed softly, his expression seemed a little emotional. He turned around and looked forward, and saw a black fishing boat slowly rowing towards here in the misty Yin realm.

In front of the boat, stood two men in wide robes, one of whom was looking here with a cold gaze: “Mr. Tie, you really betrayed us.”

“My Zhang family has raised you for twenty years, but we can’t tame you. You still want to abandon your wife and children and harbor evil intentions. It can be seen that the word ‘evil’…”

“…is just right to use on you!”

“…”

Following his voice, a strange cry suddenly sounded on the boat. It was a hunchbacked young man.

He looked extremely strange, with a huge fleshy tumor on his shoulder, cruel eyes, and a mouth full of crooked teeth. Especially when he heard the words “abandoning his wife and children,” he let out a series of strange cries, pointing at Mr. Longjing.

“Hehe, is that my child?”

Mr. Longjing seemed a little annoyed, scratched his head, and sighed: “My cultivation is gone, but my eyesight is still there.”

“How can your Zhang family’s art of creation deceive me?”

“If it wasn’t for creating this evil creature, and borrowing the belly of Zhang Er Miss to be born into the world, I might have really left a bloodline for your Zhang family, but alas…”

While slowly speaking, his eyes gradually became cold: “You are too eager to control me, because you see that she believes my words more and more, and trusts me more and more, so you feel that she is out of control?”

“You created this evil fetus, causing her to lose her life, but you still want to use this thing to control me?”

“…”

Speaking of this, he was already furious, and even rarely showed cruelty.

“Wawa…”

Listening to his words, the faces of the people on the boat were slightly gloomy, but the monster suddenly jumped up and down, and cried loudly.

“Good boy, your father doesn’t want you anymore, but it doesn’t matter, your uncle is here…”

The Zhang family’s third master lowered his head and stroked the monster, as if coaxing a cat or dog.

Then he looked up at Mr. Longjing and said coldly: “It’s not you who used demonic words to confuse my sister, causing her to forget her ancestors and only believe in your nonsense, and even want to help you escape…”

“What a pity for such a person who betrays the family?”

“As for your harboring evil intentions…”

“…”

His gaze swept across the divine platform, and he suddenly laughed loudly: “Do you really think that no one can see through your little tricks?”

“What if you betray us, what if you come into contact with immortal qi? If we don’t do this, how can we really attract the transmigrated evil spirits?”

“…”

As he spoke, he clapped his hands gently, and the wooden boat stopped abruptly thirty feet away.

But then, wooden boats and shadows of evil ghosts appeared in all directions in the misty Yin realm. Patches of red light were revealed in the darkness. It was countless burning incense sticks and wandering gods holding incense sticks.

In the depths of the Yin realm, you could also see tall ghost shadows, ghost generals and Yin soldiers in heavy armor, gathered around statues of city gods with tall figures.

“Is it a trap?”

Hu Ma couldn’t help but feel a little heavy in his heart when he saw this scene.

Mr. Longjing was deceiving the Guiren Zhang family, but the Zhang family was also deceiving Mr. Longjing. Their preparations were far more sufficient than imagined. Yin soldiers, ghost generals, and city gods serving in the Meng family had all been prepared, and they had set up an unprecedented net in this city of wronged souls.

And with so many Yin souls and ghost generals gathered, even the weight of this city of wronged souls has been affected and began to deviate.

“Your biggest problem is that you are too smart…”

The voice of the Zhang family’s third master on the dharma boat was unspeakably sinister: “The Descent Platform and the Demon-Reflecting Mirror that you proposed are all real. Only real things can lure us to take the bait. Everything is as you calculated.”

“And the *Zi Taisui* and Yin realm mansion that we prepared are also real, so that we can lure you to invite these evil spirits for us. Now that you are in the urn, what else do you have to say?”

Listening to his happy voice, even the monster beside him became excited and screamed.

“We all got what we wanted, didn’t we?”

Mr. Longjing nodded lightly, smiled, turned around, and said to Hu Ma: “Little brother, if you can’t beat them, follow the path I left behind and go deeper. With these *Zi Taisui* as a base, they won’t be able to stop you on the bridge.”

“But while you can still hold on, help me protect the Dharma!”

“…”

Hu Ma nodded vigorously and said: “Senior, don’t worry, but if I can go, then you…”

Mr. Longjing smiled, slowly turned around and stepped onto the steps, walking towards the divine platform, sighing softly: “I spent twenty years preparing seven arrows for this Guiren Zhang family, for this world…”

“What could be more important, or more satisfying, than letting me shoot these seven arrows?”