Chapter 1
Hu Ma could only agree.

Hearing that Erguitou had come into contact with this kind of thing, he felt uneasy. However, seeing that Miss White Wine had given Erguitou enough warnings and planned to cooperate with him in studying it, he felt a little relieved.

At least, he didn't have to worry that Brother Erguitou would suddenly turn into some strange, terrifying, and bizarre thing one day…

But the doubts in his heart could not be dispelled for a while.

As the heir of the Hu family of Zhensui, he had never heard of such a thing. Everyone thought it was something from his family, but he was one of the most terrified people in the world…

Too strange.

But now that the reincarnated person had just plucked up the courage to understand some things they had no chance to contact before, there would probably be many similar problems. Hu Ma also adjusted his mood and planned to set up the stage this time according to the original plan.

Calculating the time, it was almost time. Now that the Zhuodao Bu Ming Qian (money for hiring a ghost assassin to buy one's life) had been sent over, he also planned to set off first.

Before leaving, he first went to Zhang Agui and asked her to temporarily put away the altar and stop calling out the names. Then, he also gave Seventh Granny a vacation, only letting her continue to wait around the village. If anything happened, the Fu Ling (magistrate) would naturally come.

Zhang Agui had been under great pressure during this period. Seeing that she could finally put away the altar, she breathed a sigh of relief and took the opportunity to say to Hu Ma:

"Shopkeeper, you… do you want to tell that noble person that I'm just worried that I don't have enough ability to handle the things he has entrusted to me? If there is a suitable person, you can find someone to replace me…"

"…If there is any hard or tiring work, I don't mind."

"…"

Hearing this, Hu Ma smiled and comforted her, "There are not many people he can trust. Auntie, just bear with it. There are not so many difficult things to do now. You can rest for a while and just wait for news."

Zhang Agui was a little puzzled. Clearly, most of the powerful people on that list hadn't been called out yet, so was it over?

Hu Ma didn't explain much. Among the four major hall officials of the Zou Gui (ghost walkers) today, Zhang Agui was the only pure Zou Gui person.

There were Zou Gui people in Mingzhou Prefecture, and there was even one who had crossed the bridge, but not to mention helping with errands, he was now only focused on fleecing the wool from his own family…

Returning to the village, he packed his luggage and brought Zhou Datong with him. Now, Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu had both stayed in the Bao Liang Jun (Grain Protection Army) and had returned once, saying that they wanted to make a name for themselves in the army.

Hu Ma only told them to be careful in everything, and that they must return to Dayang Village for the New Year to report to their parents before making any important decisions. He was only responsible for teaching them this skill on behalf of Second Master, but he would not make such important decisions for them.

General Yang Gong of the Bao Liang Army also came to the village secretly one night, seeming to have a lot to say, but Hu Ma had already said everything he should tell him on the night he led the Bao Liang Army out of the mountains.

This time, he only invited him to drink and told him, "You have already done very well, so what are you still worried about? There's no need to always think about what I will say about what you do."

"You only need to look at the people. What they want to say is what I want to say to you."

"…"

"…"

As for the people who did not eat beef, there were different arrangements for each of them. The White Armor Army had already returned and didn't even know that Hu Ma was here. Those who didn't eat beef either stayed or dispersed. The Tie Zui Zi (Iron Mouth) military advisor stayed with Yang Gong, while the others still went to their own places.

Only Miao Shan Xiangu (Fairy) bought a large house in Mingzhou City, looking like she was going to live there for a long time, and even sent Xiao Dou Guan to invite Hu Ma to come and take a look.

But Hu Ma was busy killing people, so how could he have time?

After deciding to go to Guazhou, Hu Ma also planned to take a detour to the blood food mine to see Lao Suanpan (Old Abacus) first, and then detour from there.

Considering that Zhou Datong was slow, he originally planned to cast a spell at night and rush there first, and then let Zhou Datong come slowly, and stay in the mine afterward. But he didn't expect Zhou Datong to say in surprise, "Brother Ma, I'm not slow now."

Hu Ma found it funny, so he tried him out, but he was really shocked. He summoned the Liang Tian Xue (Measuring Heaven Boots), and when he rushed, it was as if ghosts and gods were helping him. Even if Di Gua Shao (Sweet Potato Burn) summoned a little ghost to carry a sedan chair, they couldn't run faster than him.

But he didn't expect that Zhou Datong was now only at the Deng Jie (Ascending Steps) level, but he could barely keep up with his progress. As long as he didn't use his full strength, he could run side by side with him.

After asking, he learned that earlier in the Bao Liang Army, the Tie Zui Zi military advisor in the army had drawn two talismans on his legs. When he ran, these two talismans would burn, and Zhou Datong was already good at legwork, so now he was even more powerful.

Hu Ma sighed as he watched. With this skill, who couldn't he climb over the wall of in the future?

After rushing for two days, they returned to the blood food mine. Looking at the mine hidden deep in the mountains, Hu Ma put away the Liang Tian Xue and was about to say something, but suddenly froze.

He saw that in the valley, there was a witch girl with a slender figure and silver ornaments on her head, looking pure and refined, who was holding a dustpan and feeding chickens. In addition, he didn't know when a circle of flowers and plants had been planted in the valley, looking fresh and refined.

Hu Ma almost thought he had gone to the wrong place. Then, he saw the witch girl look at him carefully after seeing him, and a smile appeared on her face. She hurriedly called into the house, "Master," and then came over with the dustpan:

"Are you Shopkeeper Gege (older brother)? Thank you for saving my life…"

"…"

"Wu Ya?"

Hu Ma recognized her and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

This girl had been poisoned by the Black Tai Sui and was already unconscious. He planned to use the Hu family's Xiao Zhou (curse dispelling) technique, plus the Dharma of the Da Wei Tian Gong (Great Majestic Heavenly Duke) general seal to suppress her, and help her heal little by little.

Before leaving, he had only treated her once. Although the Xiao Zhou in the Zhensui Shu (Suppression Age Book) had been placed on her bedside, it shouldn't have been so effective without his spell casting. How did she wake up so quickly?

Moreover, looking at her now, she was smiling, her skin was fair, and her eyes were bright, completely unlike her decadent appearance.

"Ai, ai…"

Just as he was about to ask, he heard Lao Suanpan's voice hurriedly rang out. He pulled up his pants and hurried to the yard, squeezing his eyes desperately to prevent Hu Ma from speaking. He busily said, "Wu Ya, good disciple, quickly meet your savior."

"Back then, your village was harmed by evil spirits, and the Gu worms backfired. It was this Shopkeeper Gege who saved you…"

"…"

Hearing him say this, Hu Ma understood that Wu Ya had indeed lost her memory as planned by Monkey Wine.

He sighed in his heart and felt that what Lao Suanpan said about their village being harmed by evil spirits was fine, so he nodded and said, "It was indeed me who saved you, but I didn't expect you to wake up so quickly."

He then said to Lao Suanpan, "When did you take her as your disciple?"

"I was idle anyway…"

Lao Suanpan scratched his head a little awkwardly and said, "She woke up not long after you left…"

"Well, don't worry, she's cured…"

"This old man is in this valley and doesn't have anyone to talk to. Seeing that she is also a clever girl, I took her to kowtow to the ancestral master and accepted her as a disciple. Alas… this girl has a hard life. I only hope that our ancestral master can protect her more."

"…"

"That's a happy event."

Hu Ma walked into the valley and said with a smile, "If I had known earlier, I should have held a master apprenticeship banquet for you."

Lao Suanpan immediately grinned and said, "It's the same if you make it up later."

He led Hu Ma to the main room, but Hu Ma didn't bother and went to the stable first. He took a look and was shocked, "Why is Master Ma so thin?"

The horse in the circle lay lazily in the stable, looked up at him, and then turned its head away.

Lao Suanpan immediately broke out in a cold sweat and said, "I don't know, I've been in the valley all the time and haven't gone anywhere…"

"Who asked you?"

Hu Ma turned his head in surprise and looked at Master Ma carefully. He didn't look sick, so he was slightly relieved.

Wu Ya said from the side, "I always get up at night to feed Master Ma grass, but it doesn't like to eat it very much. I remembered that the people in the village said that when horses grow up, they have to find a mare to mate with, so I went to get a mare, but it kicked her out…"

"?"

Hu Ma was immediately full of question marks. He first bent down and smelled the trough before he understood.

He said to Wu Ya, "In the future, pour two jins of wine for it before feeding it, otherwise it won't have a good appetite and won't be able to eat."

After confirming that Master Ma was not dead and that the mine was quiet, Hu Ma returned to the main room. After rushing for two days, he was naturally covered in dust.

Wu Ya stared at this Shopkeeper Gege, who had saved her life, with her big black eyes. She was also very curious, so she brought him water to wash his face, but she was stopped at the door by Lao Suanpan, who told her, "You should have less contact with him in the future, you know? Your master won't trick you."

"Your life is light. Getting too close to someone with a heavy life will cause big trouble…"

"…"

Wu Ya asked curiously, "Teacher, didn't you say that my life was heavy before…"

Lao Suanpan said, "Your life belongs to the strange type, sometimes light and sometimes heavy. Meeting one is one. If it wasn't like this, the ancestral master might not have been willing to take you…"

After saying that, he took the wash water himself and brought it in diligently for Hu Ma, smiling, "Why are you back so soon? You have so many things to do. I thought you would have to come again next spring!"

Hu Ma washed his face and said, "I'm just here to take a look. I'll have to go to Guazhou again soon."

Lao Suanpan said, "What's wrong, who's head are you going to chop off again?"

Hu Ma immediately turned his head and looked at him, smiling, "I didn't expect your news to be quite accurate…"

"Is there any need to say that?"

Lao Suanpan lay on the armchair next to him triumphantly and said with a smile, "Little Shopkeeper, you're rich now, but how about I make a bet with you?"

Hu Ma was surprised, "What bet?"

Lao Suanpan lowered his voice and said, "I'll bet that if you go to Guazhou like this, you won't even be able to enter the iron gate of the Yan family!"

"Ah?"

Hu Ma was shocked, "You even know about this?"

Lao Suanpan was speechless and rolled his eyes, "Do you know that in the past two days, the Guazhou hero list has been sent to Gunzhou? People have invited so many experts from the doorways, and famous monsters are preparing to block you!"