“It’s lively, it’s lively…”

“The Young Master of the Meng family went to the Eleventh Route Ghost Cave to burn incense and lead the way. Now, no one can escape…”

“The Zhang family of the nobility are unlucky. It's too slow, and it's not satisfying to watch. But the Meng family is so big, and the Hu family is so fierce. It's only fun to watch these two families collapse at once. Such a big disaster, such a big calamity. We are thieves of disaster, how can we not come and see?”

“Hehe, the Ten Surnames being regarded as supreme is a joke in itself!”

“Without the ancestral altar, no one can suppress those things. The Disaster Thief Sect has been waiting for so many years just to watch the jokes of the Ten Surnames. After the ancestral altar was destroyed, everything has long been out of control.”

“This sky has long been dyed by the Tai Sui (Jupiter), unfair and unjust, harboring selfish intentions, it is a demonic sky. This earth, reincarnation sealed off, no Yin souls can escape, it is a ghost earth. Heaven is in chaos, and so is the earth. Humans caught in the middle are cheap bones in a chaotic world.”

“Let’s see how you escape, haha, let’s see how you escape…”

“……”

“……”

Listening to this person's crazy talk, Hu Ma was slowly becoming silent.

The people in this Disaster Thief Sect seemed to be mentally unstable, but what he said still made him understand some things.

Disaster?

What’s deep in the Ghost Cave is disaster?

He thought of Xiang Yatou (Xiang girl), who had also mentioned that there seemed to be something being fed in the Ghost Cave. So, what the Meng family has drawn out now are those things that have not been fed enough and are already hungry?

Although this may be because it involves some of the most fundamental and profound truths, many people have told him that the people of the Hu family have heavy destinies but thin blessings, and because the blessings are too thin, they cannot escape disaster.

Therefore, once those things are drawn out, the Hu family will inevitably bear the brunt. However… this made Hu Ma feel new doubts in his heart.

The former ancestral altar was to suppress these disasters, and the Town Suppressing Manor was built from fragments of the ancestral altar.

Then why is the Hu family, who obtained the Town Suppressing Manor, most afraid of this?

Just as he wanted to ask, the Disaster Thief demon in the altar had already gradually weakened from his previous excitement, his voice gradually lowered, and his body slowly curled up. His upper and lower eyelids were actually fighting, and only the expectation on his face still existed, becoming even stronger.

“Who told you to sleep?”

Hu Ma snorted coldly and asked in a low voice.

“You still don’t understand the people in our Disaster Thief Sect…”

That person forced himself to cheer up, chuckled, and said, “You, the Great Ghost Catcher, can’t escape this disaster, and the person beside you even more so…”

“So, I can't implicate you. You’ve been with me for too long. I don't want you to be contaminated by the disaster on me, so I can only go to sleep. But remember to wake me up when disaster comes to Old Yin Mountain…”

“I want to see it, I want to see it so much…”

“……”

His voice became lower and lower, almost turning into a mumble, and his whole body curled up, as if he was hibernating.

Hu Ma frowned, reached out and grabbed his wrist, exerting a little force, and his wrist was already broken.

No one can withstand such pain and still remain motionless, not to mention that Hu Ma was still holding his wrist. As long as there was a slight change in his body, he would notice it, but this person actually had no reaction at all. This was no longer sleep, but more like death.

“Aiya, he fell asleep?”

It was only at this time that he heard Master Ping’s voice again: “He was awake just now, but he didn’t dare to speak.”

“Kid, quickly, quickly take advantage of his sleep and find a donkey cart to send him away, the farther the better.”

“You can’t want the cart anymore, and you can’t want the donkey anymore.”

“The people in this sect are all jinxes. Staying with him for a little longer will bring bad luck and kill you. If you touch him, you will be infected with his disaster. Other sects learn a skill to prevent others from killing them.”

“The ones in their sect turn themselves into dog shit so that no one dares to touch them.”

“……”

“……”

‘How can the demons in this sect be so strange?’

Hu Ma frowned and said to Xiao Hongtang (Little Red Sugar), “Go to the village to find a coffin and lock him inside.”

Logically speaking, the best place to detain people is the Town Suppressing Manor.

Press him under the incense burner, and no one can escape.

But the people in this Disaster Thief Sect are really strange all over, and Hu Ma subconsciously doesn't want him to come into contact with the Town Suppressing Manor.

Even after taking the coffin, he didn't dare to bury it next to Old Yin Mountain. Instead, with a slight thought, he buried it in the place where the Meng family's steward Madam was detained. If this Disaster Thief is really so evil, then let the Meng family's steward Madam suffer first.

After finishing his work, he took the knife and took Xiao Hongtang towards the village. His mind was thinking about what the demon in the Disaster Thief Sect said, and his mind was not at peace. Just as he was thinking, he saw Xiao Hongtang suddenly stop and respectfully salute in one direction.

Hu Ma reacted and followed suit, saying, “Senior, the affairs in the village…”

The Mountain God sighed softly and said, “Your Second Master deserves it.”

“Then…”

He was too busy just now to say much. Although he guessed the Mountain God’s true identity, he was still a little shocked.

And thinking about what the Mountain God said to him when he entered the village, Hu Ma had even more unbelievable thoughts in his heart. He slowly raised his head, facing the Mountain God Senior sitting on the tree stump, and said in a low voice, “Offering sacrifices to the mountain, can it really ward off disasters?”

Mountain God Senior met his gaze and said softly, “Not offering sacrifices to the mountain can also ward off disasters.”

“It’s just that gods without incense are not effective. If you offer sacrifices to the mountain, I can have more strength.”

“……”

Hu Ma heard a complex emotion in these words, and his heart was struck by lightning. He looked up at the Mountain God in a daze.

“Don’t act like such a love-struck child. I want to ward off disasters, but not for your Hu family.”

The Mountain God’s shadow was blurred, but his voice was very clear and calm. He slowly said, “You have been traveling the martial world for a long time, and you must have gained some knowledge. You also know the name of the Hall Gods, but in fact…”

“…there has never been such a thing as Hall Gods.”

“The world calls us Hall Gods, but we have never belonged to the halls. After the ancestral altar was destroyed, we were forcibly sealed as Prefecture Lords, but we have not belonged to the Prefecture government for a single day.”

“The people of the world have also given us countless titles, but they are not important. Like those old partners of mine, we are all illusory, both before and after death. We only belong to the rural folk’s hearts, and we are awakened by the incense, watching over one side of the land.”

“We were born from incense and protect the incense. In fact, we originally didn’t even have the ability to speak to you. We also don’t need to speak, we can hear the good and evil of people’s hearts, and we also know where people’s hearts are…”

“The current me is just a wisp of remnant soul, but it is contaminated with karma, which is why I have my current appearance.”

“So, you say suppressing disasters…”

“……”

Mountain God Senior suddenly smiled and said, “Of course, it can suppress disasters.”

“Because I was born from the world’s incense, we are born together with the ancestral altar, and we ourselves came to suppress disasters and seek blessings.”

“……”

“As expected!”

At this moment, Hu Ma couldn’t even describe the shock in his heart.

Hall Gods, the once supreme Hall Gods who received hundreds of millions of incense offerings, turned out to be such existences.

But having truly heard this answer, the strange feeling in his heart could no longer be controlled, and he exclaimed, “But, Senior, isn’t the Town Suppressing Manor born from the ancestral altar? Then wouldn’t my Hu family have a feud with Senior… with the Hall Gods?”

“The Town Suppressing Manor was born from the ancestral altar, but it is no longer the ancestral altar.”

Mountain God Senior listened to Hu Ma’s words and slowly smiled, “At least, it hasn’t been for the past twenty years.”

“The old gods have no feud with the Hu family, and this is not the reason for our existence in the world.”

“……”

Mountain God looked at Hu Ma and slowly said, “So, as far as I’m concerned, the identity of the Hu family is not important.”

“Once, because I couldn’t bear to see the people suffer, I took the risk of exposing my identity to kill Qing Yi. Because of my words, you were willing to kill the Five Fiends, and you also helped the Grain Protecting General. The village boy who is willing to let the people of this place breathe under this demonic sky and ghost earth…”

“…is important!”

“……”

Looking at Hu Ma, who had become somewhat depressed hearing these words, he now laughed cheerfully: “Your heart is not calm.”

“From the first day I saw you, I noticed that I have never seen a young man with such a chaotic heart.”

“I was also wary of you earlier because your heart was too chaotic, but now I feel that I was petty. I was forced to be contaminated with too much human karma, and sometimes I also think about these things that are actually not important.”

“You have already taken root in the village, haven’t you?”

“……”

“……”

“I…”

Suddenly being seen through his thoughts by the Mountain God, Hu Ma felt a burst of horror for no reason. After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said, “Senior, if that’s the case, then even if you offer sacrifices to the mountain, how much confidence do you… have that you can ward off that disaster?”

Mountain God listened to his words, smiled slightly, and said, “Just ask what you think in your heart. When I start to consider how much confidence I have, it means I have lost my original intention.”

“…Yes, Senior!”

Hu Ma understood the Mountain God’s words, and gradually made a decision in his heart. Eliminating distracting thoughts, he bowed deeply to the Mountain God, and then slowly said, “But you don’t consider it, but I have to consider it.”

“Senior, if the people of Old Yin Mountain offer sacrifices to you, how much of your magic power can you recover?”

“……”

Mountain God didn’t expect him to be persistent about this, and after a long silence, he said softly, “Perhaps I can ward off one disaster.”

Hu Ma slowly said, “Then what if the people of the world all come to offer sacrifices to Mountain God Senior?”

Listening to his words, the Mountain God’s expression gradually became a little surprised. After a long time, he slowly said, “You just said that the Hu family has old grudges with the ancestral altar, but now you trust me so much?”

“My heart is a little chaotic, but Second Master is my teacher, and I believe in the principles he believes in.”

Hu Ma slowly spoke, with a kind of confidence that the Mountain God couldn’t even imagine. While straightening up, looking at the Mountain God’s voice, he only whispered to Xiao Hongtang to give instructions: “Now it’s past midnight, and it’s already the sixth day of the first month.”

“Xiao Hongtang, go and run errands, and tell Aunt Zhang and Seventh Grandmother, and the Red Lantern Goddess.”

“All ghost catchers in the world, on the eighth day, offer incense and sacrifice to the mountain.”

“……”

While he was giving instructions, he showed a truly relaxed smile, and said, “The disaster ghosts are coming into the world, so let us invite the gods out of the mountain!”