Chapter 1 The Whole Story

"Sister Wuhe, you're completely recovered?"

Seeing the woman who'd come down from the mountain, Hu Ma was pleasantly surprised.

It was none other than Wu Hong's daughter, Wuhe, the former shopkeeper he had met at the Red Lantern Mother Society to learn his skills after coming out of Lao Yin Mountain.

She had been harmed by the caisheng shu (harvesting life) taught by Tan'er and could only live by wearing a dog skin. Later, she was pointed out by Miss White Wine, which led her and her father to seek treatment from the divine-handed Zhao family. Since then, several years had passed without any news.

Over the years, Hu Ma hadn't forgotten about them, but the martial world was vast, and it was difficult to communicate with each other. It was only now that he had unexpectedly met her in this mountain.

He was also happy for her in his heart. He remembered that when she was harmed by the caisheng shu, she always had a lingering stench, but now it was completely gone, replaced by a faint and sweet fragrance of a maiden, which showed that she had been cured.

"I really need to thank Brother Hu."

Hearing this, Sister Wuhe's eyes were filled with tears. She bowed to Hu Ma again and sobbed, "You pointed out the right path back then, and my father took me to seek help from the divine-handed Zhao family."

"It's just that we have low skills and little knowledge. It took us a long time to inquire and finally heard the name of the divine-handed Zhao family from an opera troupe."

"But the Zhao family is elusive. Even if we knew, we couldn't find them. We worked hard to ask people to connect us and finally found a Tangguan (manager) official in the acrobatics world to ask her to introduce us."

"But what status does the divine-handed Zhao family have? How could we seek an audience just because we wanted to?"

"Treatment was even more out of the question. But at that time, the name of Hu of Ghost Walking in Mingzhou resounded throughout the martial world. My father became very bold and claimed to be from Mingzhou and an old friend of the Zhenchui (town-monster) Hu family. Only then was he introduced to the Zhao family by the Tangguan official."

"At that time, my father had no other choice. He only hoped to see the Zhao family first and then commit suicide to apologize, hoping to use the righteousness of the martial world to make the Zhao family pity me and treat me."

"But unexpectedly, a young master of the Zhao family asked in detail and finally laughed, saying that he had a friendship with you and that it was right to help me get treated."

"Only then did we know that the world-renowned young master of the Zhenchui Hu family was..."

"...was Brother Hu."

"..."

While speaking, she thought of the shock and fear when she and her father learned Hu Ma's true identity from the young master of the Zhao family. It still felt like a dream.

Thinking about how Hu Ma almost died because of her, but she was finally favored by the Zhao family and was treated because of Hu Ma's reputation, the complex emotions in her heart could no longer be suppressed.

Tears flowed, and she trembled, "The young master of the Zhao family took action, cured me, and promoted me to stay in the acrobatics world, as a errand runner under the Tangguan official."

"My father stayed in Yue County, Lingzhou, and opened a small镖局 (security service company). He no longer has the face to see Brother Hu."

"..."

"And this trip..."

She said here, secretly looking at Hu Ma's face, and said, "This trip was also because the young master of the Zhao family suddenly found me and said that he had an errand for me to handle."

"He knew that I always wanted to return to Mingzhou to find you, so he let me come back to thank you and also represent the acrobatics world to bring you a few words."

"If you are willing, give him some face and give up Tengzhou to him. First let your subordinates go in the direction of Quzhou, where there is a fierce and evil person who is from the Li family of Wuchang (impermanence). If you can get rid of that guy, he will move these two mountains away."

"..."

After listening to what Miss Wuhe said, Hu Ma understood her origins in recent years.

He didn't expect that after suffering so much these years, she was finally cured, and it was actually related to him.

It seemed that the young master of the Zhao family she mentioned should be Zhao Sanyi.

Understanding the cause and effect, he smiled and said, "Sister Wuhe, you are kind-hearted. It is only right that you have this good result."

"My skills came from your family. Now that I see you are well, I am also happy. From now on, there is no need to talk about favors or debts. Since the acrobatics world asked you to deliver a message, I am interested in this message. Did he say, what if I don't want to give up Tengzhou?"

"This..."

Miss Wuhe paused and said softly, "The young master of the Zhao family said that if you are unwilling to give up, these two big mountains may have to stay here for a few more days. They will only leave after the deities carrying the mountains have rested enough!"

"Good fellow, people from the acrobatics world are really clever."

Hu Ma smiled at Ergoutou as he listened and said, "If you want to do this kind of interception, you also want to gain favor."

"If he wants Tengzhou, he wants me to give it to him, and he also wants me to deal with Li of Wuchang for him?"

"..."

Ergoutou nodded silently, his brows furrowed tightly.

If a person stays in one place or only in one sect, after a long time, they will inevitably become more and more short-sighted. Ergoutou has stayed in Mingzhou long enough, and now he only focuses his energy on studying the method of Zhen Sui (suppressing the year) of the Ghost Walking sect.

His skills are naturally getting better and better, but he doesn't know when, he feels somewhat arrogant in his heart.

Although he had said before that the skills of the Ten Surnames could not be underestimated, he had never thought that he would be at a loss.

The general idea is that I thought you must have some skills, but I didn't expect you to actually have them...

"We supported the Bao Liang Army out of Mingzhou and started confronting the Ten Surnames, which was originally expected."

Hu Ma said to Ergoutou, "It's just that I didn't expect that the first to come and press our heads would actually be the Zhao family of Acrobatics."

"But then again, this young master of the Zhao family has some friendship with me, so his attack is considered light. If it were other families, they would really attack, I'm afraid they would aim to destroy the Bao Liang Army or kill Yang Gong."

The Transcendent and the Ten Surnames agreed to the duofa (magical duel) because they were not prepared to fight to the death, so as not to destroy this fragile world and be beaten to pieces by them.

But they will not be soft on the chess pieces.

At this time, listening to his words, Wuhe hesitated several times. For her, seeing Hu Ma again, there were many things she wanted to say.

But after not seeing him for so many years, and learning of Hu Ma's true identity, she became even more estranged.

Gathering her courage, she whispered, "Brother Hu... Brother Hu, I received a errand from the acrobatics world and traveled along the way. I also heard and saw some key points. I generally understand how this mountain came to be."

"If you want to break this spell, then I will tell you everything I know, just to see if I can help you."

"..."

"Huh?"

Hu Ma was slightly surprised and said, "You are an errand runner of the acrobatics world, that is, a person of the Zhao family, but you want to help me with this matter. Do you know what the consequences will be?"

Miss Wuhe bit her lip and said, "Brother Hu, you have already been too kind to me. Even my father said that the Wu family owes you a lot. No matter what, we must find a way to repay you."

"Moreover, before I came, I had told the young master of the Zhao family that the Zhao family saved me, and I am willing to be a slave, but Brother Hu's kindness to me is before the Zhao family, so delivering the message is just delivering the message, but I can never oppose Brother Hu."

"Now that I have helped you, even if I am punished to death by the acrobatics world, I will die as a human being, and there is nothing to lose."

"..."

Hu Ma took a deep look at Miss Wuhe and did not doubt her words.

It was true that this silly girl was willing to join the acrobatics world and work for the Zhao family, and it was also true that she remembered his kindness and would rather be punished to help him.

Of course, he could suspect that she was acting, but if he really did that, he would underestimate her.

Not only underestimated her, but also underestimated the young master of the Zhao family.

Maybe Zhao Sanyi knew her character and deliberately sent her to watch these two mountains, to test whether he was willing to let such a girl go back to be punished in order to inquire about information.

If he really did that, the Zhao family would probably rather reveal the details of these two mountains to him, but his dignity in front of these Ten Surnames would be completely lost.

Duofa determines the outcome, which is a matter of dignity. If he doesn't even have dignity, what kind of duofa can he do?

He just raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled at her, "I believe what you said, but things don't have to be that way."

"It's easy to harm people, but it's difficult to save people. You were saved with great difficulty, and you have a good youth waiting for you. It's not worth burying it in this duofa."

"As for these two mountains, you just need to deliver another message back to the young master of the Zhao family. The skills of the acrobatics world are really eye-opening, but his kindness is wasted."

"I want Tengzhou, and I also want Quzhou that he mentioned. I want the Li family's territory, and I also want the Zhao family's territory. Whoever's turn it is, whoever it is. I will fight whoever blocks me, and I'm not going to make a detour."

"..."

"This..."

Miss Wuhe was also slightly surprised when she heard Hu Ma's words, and even deeper in her eyes was full of admiration and excitement.

It seemed that she really found that the current Hu Ma was completely different from the Brother Hu in her memory.

But the pride on that face was clearly the same person.

"Hey, are you pretending to be big?"

Ergoutou on the side couldn't help but pulled him away two steps, nudged him with his elbow, and lowered his voice, "We were originally worried about these two mountains. We finally got a ready-made spy, but you pushed him away?"

"I can't not push him away."

Hu Ma also lowered his voice and said, "This is not even the Zhao family's main method, it's just a welcome gift. If we can't get through this level now, how can we win against the Zhao family's main method, and how can we deal with the real unique skills of the other families?"

"So the acrobatics world has something more powerful than these two mountains?"

Ergoutou now showed a somewhat unbelievable expression and whispered, "Then what are you going to do?"

Hu Ma smiled and said, "Since the acrobatics world invited that mountain god to carry these two mountains over, then we will also invite divine soldiers to descend from the sky!"

Ergoutou understood what Hu Ma meant, but he was not very reassured: "Those guys are even later than me in 上桥 (entering the Dao), they can't even understand the methods I can't see through, can they really do it?"

Even Ergoutou was not at ease, and the soldiers and civilians of the Bao Liang Army and even the four prefectures, the strange people of the sect, were even more panicked.

As Ming Wang (Bright King) took Huzhou, the skills of the Bao Liang Army were undoubtedly revealed. Now its reputation is spreading rapidly in the four prefectures, attracting capable people from all walks of life to join.

Not only are there capable people from all walks of life, but even those merchants, wealthy families, and nobles will also come to contact them. They are both particular and unparticular. When they are particular, they want to see the origin of this bandit king and see if the other party is worth their investment.

When they are unparticular, they don't care about your origin. If you have the ability to compete for the world, then it is worth my bet.

The current Bao Liang Army is the time for them to bet, but because of the appearance of these two big mountains, rumors have spread among the people, saying that the Ming Wang has offended the taboos of ghosts and gods, so he moved two big mountains, especially to block his path to becoming emperor.

This kind of rumor is absurd, but it is extremely useful.

No matter how much the people believe in the reputation of the Bao Liang Army, they will worry about whether the gods really hate them, and that following him will cause disasters.

People in the sect are more convinced that capable people are making things difficult, and they dare not bet on the Bao Liang Army.

Faced with this dilemma, the staff were not only distraught, but Bu Shi Niu (unfed ox) also made things difficult.

But at this time, a letter was delivered by a little girl in red to the camp of the Ming Wang Yang Gong. After the Ming Wang read it, he immediately felt relieved.

Immediately, he summoned everyone and gave two decisions with a sneer: "We are a bandit-suppressing army, only for the happiness of the people in this world. Wherever we pass, even ghosts and gods must give way. Where did these wild ghosts and demons come from, daring to move mountains to block my path?"

"Quickly write an imperial decree in my name as the Ming Wang, go to the mountain to declare it, and order that demon to quickly move the two mountains away."

"Then prepare two hundred civilians, receive a generous reward, and hold the king's order to wait in front of the mountain."

"If that demon refuses to obey, then dig up the two mountains. If we can't dig them up in one day, then two days. If we can't dig them up in two days, then three days. Don't leave him even a blade of grass!"

"..."

These orders were all made in the open.

In a few days, the news that the Ming Wang issued an imperial decree to scold the demon for moving the mountain spread throughout the north and south of the Yangtze River.

This excitement was even more attention-grabbing than the Bao Liang Army taking Huzhou.

For a time, countless people from the four prefectures and five paths looked over, either thinking that the Ming Wang was crazy, or watching eagerly.

But in this excitement, the Ming Wang Yang Gong secretly arranged for news, waited patiently for three days, and on the third day, he set up a feast in front of the camp, with wine and meat, and a very high standard, opened the door of the camp, waiting for people to attend.

At first, everyone felt strange, but when it came to midnight, they actually heard some laughter, as if someone was drinking and chatting happily.

After drinking until midnight, they heard someone say to the camp: "Ming Wang Yang Gong is listening. In Shangjing City, you borrowed 10,000 soldiers and horses to help us. We are not ungrateful, and we have always valued you more."

"Most importantly, after you entered Huzhou, you did not disturb the people, did not slaughter the city, did not search for gold and silver treasures, and did not rob noble women. You look like a good person."

"Today we will help you. I just hope you don't let us down."

"..."

While speaking, they left. When the people in the camp came out to take a look, they saw that the feast was already in a mess.

Others were still unaware, but those above and below Bu Shi Niu were very excited and secretly discussed: "The third volume of the Heavenly Book, summoning divine soldiers to descend to earth, the leader really did not deceive us. We have bet on the right treasure this time."

"..."

"..."

"They're coming..."

And also on the border of Tengzhou, in front of the two big mountains, after Hu Ma asked Xiao Hong Tang to deliver that letter to Yang Gong, he didn't worry about it anymore. He just stayed in this mountain, drinking tea with Ergoutou, and asking Miss Wuhe about her experiences in recent years.

Wuhe originally felt grateful in her heart, and now she naturally served diligently. Not to mention Hu Ma, even Ergoutou now looked at her differently.

And so it was, until the third day, he saw the people under Ming Wang, and the people who announced the decree had arrived.

A large group of people, surrounded by Bu Shi Niu's military advisor Tie Zuizi, came to the mountain, held up the king's decree in their hands, faced the towering mountain, and shouted in a deep voice: "I am ordered by the Ming Wang to come and scold the mountain:"

"Our Bao Liang Army rose from Mingzhou, and only saw demons and monsters rampant in the world, and the people were in misery. We took the destiny of heaven, eliminated the disasters of war, and suppressed evil monsters. Wherever the king's flag goes, all people are happy. Where is this wild god, daring to block my way?"

"Now the king's decree is here, ordering you to move the mountain and give way overnight, pave the way for the soldiers, and not delay the Bao Liang Army's plan to suppress the bandits."

"If you do not obey, then report to the Zhenchui Prefecture, break the mountain and destroy the temple, and destroy your golden body!"

"..."

These words echoed around, and the valley echoed.

Because these two big mountains appeared overnight, I don't know how many people in the sect came to investigate.

Now that this king's decree was announced, it shocked everyone even more, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"We called you over to help, but you are hiding here drinking tea, relaxed!"

But also in this silence, not understanding where the Mingzhou Bao Liang Army got the confidence to directly announce the decree to the mountain, but also in the mountainside, someone climbed up the steps, saw Hu Ma and Ergoutou who were drinking tea and waiting under the pine tree, and laughed.

Hu Ma looked intently, and saw that most of the people who came had met him. The leader was tall and handsome, carrying an umbrella under his arm. It was the Transcendent Hui Zhou small team leader, codenamed Hua Diao Jiu (Shaoxing Wine).

And the people who followed him were naturally the other Transcendent of Hui Zhou. He went straight to the tea table, put down the umbrella in his hand, and looked at it, now he had a plan in his mind.

"You have a method to move the mountain?"

Hu Ma personally poured tea for him, and he was also curious in his heart.

He originally thought that to break the Acrobatics door method, the people who came would also be from the Acrobatics door.

After all, they all said that Shousui (guarding the year) restrained acrobatics, but these two mountains were real, and his Shousui skills could not restrain them, so he could only rely on the people of the acrobatics door.

But unexpectedly, the people who came were actually Dian Shen Fu Ling (Temple God Soul Bearer).

"Actually, if the news that you were an undercover agent among the Transcendent had not spread in Shangjing City, I should have gone to see you long ago."

Hua Diao Jiu drank the tea, put the cup aside, and looked at Hu Ma seriously, "I am a Transcendent, but I am also a Fu Ling Ren (Soul Bearer). Before, you were in Lao Yin Mountain, offering incense to the mountain, and returning the god to the people, you did a great deed."

"From that time on, as a Transcendent, I believed that you were definitely not treacherous. As a incense offering in front of the Temple God, I even felt grateful to you, because you moved those old guys."

"Since the ancestral altar was broken and the Temple Gods in the world withered, their broken bones were buried at the bottom of the City of Wrongful Deaths, and the remaining fish hiding in every corner of the world, struggling to survive, had even gradually forgotten their origins and responsibilities."

"It was your incense that made them have the idea of returning to the world again!"

"This time, I am here on behalf of them."

"..."

Saying that, he laughed loudly: "The acrobatics door borrowed the name of God and placed two big mountains here."

"Their method is strange, I don't understand it, but since they are nine parts false and one part true, then we simply make it true."

"No matter whether this mountain is really carried by the god or not, but tonight, we will invite a real god to move them away and let the people in the world open their eyes."

"You two, watch!"

"..."

"Invite God to move the mountain?"

Even Hu Ma did not expect that he would come up with this method. He was shocked for a while, and he got up respectfully, watching how he cast the spell.

Hua Diao Jiu finished drinking the tea, put down the teacup, came to the foot of the mountain, opened his umbrella, stood aside, and then the people behind him took various things from the car, set up an incense table, and burned three sticks of green incense.

He stood in front of the incense table, muttering in his mouth, gesticulating, chanting words, and after a while, he took the three sticks of incense in his hands, and bowed to the heaven and earth in all directions, chanting slowly in his mouth: "The incense rises in the heart, the gods come from all directions, please God..."

Between heaven and earth, he didn't know when, thick fog began to rise, and the fog enveloped the two big mountains. In the depths of the fog, he could vaguely see tall figures coming from all directions.

Hu Ma only felt that each shadow was heavy and sacred, and even saw one of the shadows, whose shape was a bit familiar, as if it was the appearance of the Mountain Lord of Lao Yin Mountain.

God is born from the hearts of the people, and governs the mountains and seas of heaven and earth. Where the incense and belief go, moving mountains and filling seas is all in a single thought.

What Hu Ma did before in Lao Yin Mountain was to return the gods to the people, let these righteous gods of heaven and earth return to the people, let the people have someone to protect, and also let these righteous gods get incense.

But the Temple God Fu Ling Hua Diao Jiu seemed to be in another direction. Although they were also Fu Ling, they mainly focused on being able to sacrifice to the gods and convey the hearts of the people.

That night, all the people within a hundred miles around these two big mountains seemed to have a dream, seeing two big mountains, placed on the ground, and a god with a snake wrapped around his waist was leaning on the mountain and dozing off.

But suddenly, someone scolded the dozing god, but the voice was too weak to wake him up, but many other gods came from all directions.

Some with bad tempers went up and slapped the god with the snake around his waist awake, pointing at his nose and scolding him.

The god with the snake around his waist was originally a bit unconvinced, but seeing more and more gods accusing him, he shrank his head, sincerely repented, and hurriedly carried the two mountains next to him, and slipped away.

Only in the original position, he left two stone weights, one large and one small.

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"My God, the Ming Wang issued an decree, ordering the mountain to move, actually..."

When the fog that filled the heaven and earth began to slowly dissipate the next day, I don't know how many soldiers, scouts, and people in the sect who came to investigate the truth were completely shocked.

The two big mountains had disappeared, and the road to Tengzhou was opened, as if the door was opened.

The Ming Wang's decree to scold the mountain originally looked like a joke, but the two big mountains really listened to the words and moved away overnight, which became an incredible miracle.

No one can imagine what the people in the world will think when this matter spreads, and how the various capable people will view the Bao Liang Army. The capable people from all over the world who were still hesitating and watching will desperately come to join them.

The destiny is returned, who is not convinced?

If the destiny is not returned, how can an imperial decree command the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth?

"I will go to the Bao Liang Army to give them advice. As for the affairs in this sect, I can only rely on you."

In the morning after the mountain was moved away, Hua Diao Jiu also appeared from the fog and handed the two weights to Hu Ma, "The Zhao family is very particular. As long as they can break their method, they are willing to hand over these bets to us."

"These two weights are the true bodies of the two mountains. You can keep them with you. Not only will they be useful in the Luotian Grand Ceremony in the future, but if they are used well in the battle, they will also be great treasures. I'm afraid there are no more powerful objects than these weights in the world."