Chapter 1 This is the Zhou Family's Fourth Miss!

"To think she's disciplining the Fourth Miss of the Zhou family just like that?"

Amidst the chilling laughter, Hu Ma naturally heard the words of Senior Longjing. Initially, he felt a sense of novelty, but it quickly turned into a fierce determination in his heart: "Then let's discipline her properly!"

This Fourth Miss Zhou's skills were certainly not bad, and her Dharma Idol was also exquisite, but in the face of his own Dawei Tiangong General Seal, she had been constantly suppressed. It seemed she wasn't that formidable after all...

"What Dawei Shigong, you're just an unorthodox and evil path, how can you compare to our Zhou family's orthodox techniques?"

Facing Hu Ma, the Fourth Miss Zhou also reacted and shouted sternly. However, she was young and lacked experience. Her words actually sounded very hollow.

When learning skills at home, the elders had taught her that when encountering those outside the Zhou family's control, those who did not submit to the Benshou family's Dharma Idol, one must be extremely wary. However, on the surface, one must be extremely disdainful so as not to disgrace the Zhou family's prestige.

And among those Dharma Idols, the Dawei Shigong was the foremost.

Amidst the shouting, she also gritted her silver teeth, twisting her slender waist, causing the Dharma Idol to sway, and the surrounding Yin clouds to gather and disperse, with a raging wind rising.

While being arrogant verbally, she understood in her heart that relying solely on the Dharma Idol, she wouldn't have the advantage. But if she were to pick up the double hammers at this time, she couldn't bring herself to do it. Since that was the case, there was no other choice but to form the Precious Bottle Seal directly.

In an instant, within this misty change of the Yin realm, a series of arms suddenly grew out of her mysterious and holy Dharma Idol, each being unfathomable and wielding a unique skill.

And the arms in front of her were holding a crystal-clear jade bottle, swaying gently, as if some mysterious sound was coming from inside the bottle.

"What is this?"

Even Hu Ma sensed danger at this moment. He frowned, and his attacks became even more ferocious. Soul-locking whips, heart-piercing nails, and Great Stele-Breaking Hands, all sorts of skills were unleashed towards her.

Taking a closer look, he saw that the Fourth Miss Zhou was dignified and extremely mysterious. The Dharma Idol condensed above her body, yet it seemed to be ever-changing. Logically speaking, the greater the skill of those entering the Yin realm to guard the year, the more solid the Dharma Idol, and it would look like a true evil god.

But now, her Dharma Idol was not clear at all, like hundreds or thousands of different Dharma Idols overlapping each other.

The only thing that was clear was herself and the jade bottle she held.

However, with one being ferocious and the other being quiet, Hu Ma was slightly startled during the exchange. An unprecedented sense of astonishment surged from his heart.

He was being countered!

Every time he raised his hand, no matter what kind of move he was about to make, the Fourth Miss Zhou would intercept him before his next change. No matter how deep his hidden moves were, she could see through them with piercing insight.

He mustered his remaining strength and threw a punch. No matter how fast the punch was, she had already prepared for it in advance, using soft force to defuse it and dissolve it silently. He used his ultimate skill, whether it was sinister or upright, and she easily broke it.

In an instant, after exchanging several moves, Hu Ma had already suffered hidden losses, relying entirely on the foundation of his Dharma Idol to hold on.

He was at a disadvantage!

Since cultivating the Dawei Tiangong General Seal, he had never suffered such a loss.

"Great…"

Seeing this scene in the arena, even the Meng family disciples were immediately excited: "The Fourth Miss Zhou's skills are indeed remarkable!"

"Back then, our Meng family's young master wanted to propose marriage, but she regarded it as a great humiliation, causing quite a stir. He lost considerable face, and even angered the old madam so much that her face turned green, and she smashed several antique teacups."

"She only cursed that the Zhou family was born of martial arts, and had no upbringing, losing all the face of a wealthy family."

"But she even released a statement afterwards, saying that she would only marry someone who could defeat her in skill. The old madam laughed again."

"This little vixen is actually quite unreasonable. When she says defeating her, she means defeating her in the skills of a year-keeper. No matter how superb other people's skills are, such as summoning spirits and changing fate, she says that other people's essence isn't within themselves, so it doesn't count as true skill."

"But when it comes to the skills of the year-keeping path, who in the world is her opponent? It can be seen that she's not smart enough. Releasing these words is dooming herself for life."

"Of course, having this confidence also shows her great skill. Now, she's helping the Meng family take down this evil creature, repaying the favor owed to the Zhang family!"

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"Something's not right..."

After trying a few moves and being countered each time, Hu Ma suddenly understood in his heart.

He suddenly understood what Senior Longjing had just reminded him of.

Stealing techniques was nothing new. He himself had stolen techniques before. Back when he was still at the Dengjie level, the Li family of Ghost Cave had helped him steal many unique skills of year-keepers.

And now it seemed that the Zhou family had obviously stolen even more.

After all the year-keepers who had entered the Yin realm died, they would be under the Zhou family's control, unless they voluntarily scattered their power, only then could they enter their own ancestral graves.

However, the pain of scattering one's power was unbearable for most people. Moreover, having been a hero in life, they naturally wouldn't want to return to mediocrity and confusion after death. Therefore, nine out of ten year-keepers in this world willingly allowed themselves to be recruited by the Zhou family after death.

And when the souls of year-keepers were recruited by the Zhou family, the unique skills of all the year-keepers in the world would fall into the Zhou family's hands. Using the essence of the world's people to supplement one family's techniques, how could it not be powerful?

No matter which sect or path you inherited from, she could see your origins at a glance and see your flaws at a glance.

No matter how fierce your moves were or how wonderful your skills were, there were no secrets in front of the Zhou family.

Having figured this out, looking at the Fourth Miss Zhou again, he knew that her ever-changing Dharma Idol was actually equivalent to one year-keeping Yin soul after another, each with their own expertise.

A thousand shadows represented thousands of changes.

No matter what moves he made, he couldn't win against these thousands of people. It seemed that he was fighting against her alone, but in reality, he was facing countless year-keeping experts.

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"Seventh Master, hurry up, that kid is about to be beaten to death by the Fourth Miss, be careful he runs away..."

On the other side, the Meng family disciples were also nervously watching the blind man who was quickly calculating, urgently reminding him.

"He can't run."

But this blind Seventh Master sneered, calculating even faster with his fingers. There were also two chubby little ghosts next to him, quickly reaching out their hands to capture the wind brought up by Hu Ma, sniffing it carefully, and reporting it to him so that he could calculate even faster.

The Meng family disciples who knew the situation all had their hearts in their throats.

The Zhang family's people didn't come with many people, but besides the Zhang family's Third Master, the most mysterious was this blind Seventh Master.

He was an expert in Liuxing Gan (shooting star chasing the moon).

Looking at his eyes, one could know how much effort he had put into this unique skill.

The so-called Liuxing Gan was able to deduce the other party's origin, birth date, and eight characters in a very short period of time. If this was known in this world, then one's life would fall into the hands of others.

But because this move was too mysterious and too dangerous, those who learned Liuxing Gan would inevitably pay a price. The Seventh Master's eyes were lost in this way.

Learning Liuxing Gan would inevitably blind both eyes. This was an iron rule in the Haishou sect.

Now, while the Fourth Miss Zhou was suppressing Hu Ma, he was quickly calculating, seeing Hu Ma's fate being deduced little by little.

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"The Zhou family's techniques are indeed powerful, I can't use any of my moves and skills..."

At the same moment, Hu Ma also quickly retreated, understanding the power of the Zhou family's techniques, and quickly thinking of a way to break it.

He had to admit that there was a moment when he wanted to abandon the year-keeping techniques and use the unique skills of the Zhen Sui Shu to deal with her, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Senior Longjing was wandering around the big pot like a street hustler at a market, not even looking back.

Could it be that someone who could hide in his enemy's house for twenty years had such a big heart,

that he wasn't afraid of his helper suffering a loss?

No, he should have already seen the key and was deliberately seeing if he could react...

With a moment of clarity in his heart, Hu Ma also stopped his Dharma Idol and quickly looked, his gaze falling from the Fourth Miss Zhou's ever-changing Dharma Idol to the only unchanging jade bottle she held in her hand.

"That's the key?"

Various details from the previous exchanges flashed through his mind in an instant. The Fourth Miss Zhou seemed to be listening to the sounds coming from the jade bottle all the time. Every time he made a move, she would first tilt her ear slightly, listening to the guidance of some kind of sound in the jade bottle.

That's right, she was too young. No matter how exquisite the Dharma Idol was, she couldn't master those changes. It was something inside the jade bottle that helped her see through the flaws and tell her his weaknesses.

Understanding the key, he instantly calmed his mind.

Hu Ma no longer retreated, but suddenly, his Dharma Idol shook, his mind was lifted, the Dawei Tiangong General Seal stretched out its four arms, two fists crossed, and two palms clasped together. In the darkness, it triggered changes in the Yang world.

Gunzhou, Shima Town.

The pair of boots and a piece of broken armor hanging on the big tree in the old house of the Yiqian sect were all drawn at this time. Suddenly, they were blown by a gust of wind, the branches and leaves swayed, and they fell to the ground. The moment they touched the ground, they disappeared, falling directly from the Yang world into the Yin realm.

In the next moment, the soul light of the Dharma Idol above Hu Ma's head soared, and he had a pair of brand-new measuring boots carved with dense Fu texts under his feet. He also suddenly had a tall and mighty armor with a red bronze ghost face inlaid, like a god descending to earth.

At the same moment, he also shouted in a deep voice, taking a big step forward, giving him an aura of swallowing thousands of miles.

The instincts that the Dawei Tiangong General Seal had been suppressing were all released at this moment, waving its four arms and rushing forward mightily.

He didn't want to think about it anymore.

He didn't want to think about what moves to use or what unique skills to use.

To deal with this kind of technique that could calculate the opponent's moves to the extreme, there was only instinct.

"Boom!"

At the same time that he crashed into her, the Fourth Miss Zhou suddenly opened her eyes, her expression incredulous. She only heard a voice in the jade bottle shout in horror: "Ten-Thousand-Li Measuring Boots, Hundred-Battle Imperishable Armor..."

"Miss, be careful..."

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But in this shout, she still didn't have time to react. She was suddenly hit by Hu Ma and sent flying.