Chapter 52 The Meng Family's Ability

"The Meng family's greatest skill is kowtowing, after all..."

Watching the Meng family's second son kowtow, the borrowed troop talisman burned up, and Hu Ma also felt an indescribable pressure.

To the left, the mountain split open, accompanied by earth-shattering sounds. Rows and rows of Yin soldiers with yellow talismans pasted on their faces rushed out from the ground. Their baleful aura was overwhelming, eerie, and terrifying. The dense baleful aura had almost become a substantial flood.

In the face of this monstrous Yin energy, Shi Ma Town seemed so small. The scattered lights in the town now looked as if they were made of paper.

But for Hu Ma, the most terrifying thing was the Meng family's second son kowtowing in front.

He seemed to have turned into a dried-up human skin, but suddenly, he seemed to be filled with some invisible wind. Then, he slowly straightened his body again, still with his back to him, but the feeling he gave was completely different from before.

He was slowly getting up from the ground, but he exuded a ghostly aura. Dense illusions appeared before his eyes. Hu Ma seemed to see some strange existence sitting in an extremely distant space, constantly wriggling.

It was almost impossible to see how huge its body was, but it could faintly be discerned that it seemed to be a bloated old man wearing a shroud of longevity. One could see its existence, but not clearly.

One could only see that its body was an endless mass of bloated flesh crowded together. The shroud of longevity on its body was composed of individual "longevity" characters and copper coin patterns, but those copper coins were faces, each making a grimace.

In his vision, a thousand faces floated on the surface of the flesh. In his ears, a thousand mouths were constantly talking.

The sudden, intense pain suddenly woke Hu Ma from his daze. He immediately clenched his teeth and suppressed the thing in his left arm.

...

"Big-headed Turtle Son, you've already lost. Why don't you dismount and kowtow?"

"Huh?"

"Ancestral Grandfather, save me... The Hu family didn't listen to Ancestral Grandfather, the Hu family betrayed us..."

Most importantly, what was he shouting?

Something about the Hu family not listening to Ancestral Grandfather's words, the Hu family betraying them...

"..."

At that moment, he couldn't tell, but he vaguely felt that this involved some secret matter, something that "he" hadn't discovered yet, but this thing had.

It had never been so anxious as it was now, struggling desperately, crying and shouting. Hu Ma could even vaguely feel it shouting loudly: "Ancestral Grandfather... This child greets Ancestral Grandfather..."

This moment of clarity suddenly made him realize that it was the thing in his left arm that sensed the aura on the Meng family's young master. The two seemed to have the same origin, so it was the most anxious and wanted to escape.

Even more incomprehensible was that he didn't know why, but when he sensed what the Meng family's second son had invited, he felt an inexplicable hatred in his heart, a gnashing, yet powerless hatred.

"Big-headed Turtle Son, three incense sticks have burned. You won't make it to the town..."

"Instead of attacking separately, let's focus. We'll call him Big-headed Turtle Son, and when this nickname spreads throughout the martial world, let's see how he behaves!"

"Damn it, can't we stick to one name?"

...

"..."

Not to mention, this thing had also eavesdropped on his conversation with Da Hong Pao, so he couldn't let it escape.

The enormous pressure made his heart pound, extremely uncomfortable, as if it wanted to squeeze all the blood out and send it to his brain.

Why? He was clearly only seeing this thing for the first time, so why did he hate it so much? This hatred had even surpassed his instinctive fear.

"Chila..."

At the same time, Hu Ma's left arm suddenly felt a burst of pain, even his soul trembled and became unstable. That thing that had been sealed and beaten in his left arm now burst out with a strong desire.

"Short-legged Da Tang Guan, you..."

At the moment this change occurred, Tie Jun, the Da Tang Guan (Chief Warden) riding a tiger-hide, scabby horse, was in front of Shi Ma Town, displaying his courage and power, fighting fiercely with the Bu Shi Niu (Non-Eating Cow) disciples.

On his way to Shi Ma Town, he didn't know how many strange techniques and demons he had encountered blocking his path.

But he simply waved the broadsword in his hand and cut them all down with one strike. Only three or five people along the way could stop him for a few moves, and even those three or five people could only hold on for a moment before being defeated and forced to retreat, otherwise, they would face the merciless blade.

Finally, when he arrived in front of Shi Ma Town, it was still Jin Chenzi, the opera troupe leader, who stepped in and the two rolled and tumbled, fighting for dozens of rounds.

The Bu Shi Niu disciples on the side watched nervously, cursing madly, spewing endless filth and vulgarities aimed at the hearts of men. Tie Jun, the Da Tang Guan, clenched his teeth, ignoring these heart-disturbing words, but they kept drilling into his ears.

He forced himself to ignore them, treating them like the barking of dogs, but his anger grew heavier and heavier, and his blade became more and more fierce. He was already pressing forward step by step, and the tiger-hide, scabby horse beneath him was running madly, charging straight into the town.

Regardless of what these demons said, once he entered the town and smashed the divine altar, he would see how these demons would behave.

"Not good..."

At this moment, seeing that the Da Tang Guan was truly enraged, his divine power was unleashed and unstoppable, and he was really about to charge into the town, the Bu Shi Niu disciples were all shocked.

"Kacha..."

But at that moment, they suddenly heard an earth-shattering sound, shaking the ground beneath their feet, and the sky above was filled with dark clouds and a cold wind, as if they had arrived in the underworld.

Tie Jun, the Da Tang Guan, and the opera troupe leader, who had been fighting fiercely, were also shocked and suddenly stopped. The Bu Shi Niu disciples didn't care about cursing anymore and hurriedly looked towards the source of the commotion with surprise and uncertainty on their faces.

In their eyes, they only saw muffled thunder rumbling in the dark night, flickering ghost fires appearing in the deep mountains, and rows and rows of Yin soldiers with yellow talismans on their faces solemnly and heavily advancing towards Shi Ma Town from the deep mountains.

As they approached, the air seemed to thicken, pressing down and making it uncomfortable.

The trees that stood between them and Shi Ma Town retreated to both sides, and the rugged mountain road seemed to be flattened by an invisible force, suddenly becoming a smooth path.

Throughout the mountains and forests, demons and wandering spirits trembled and scrambled to return to their graves.

"Yin soldiers passing through?"

Among the Bu Shi Niu disciples, expressions froze. After a long time, someone came back to their senses and suddenly jumped up, cursing at Tie Jun, the Da Tang Guan, in a shrill voice:

"You dog thing, what did you do?"

"We Bu Shi Niu disciples were thinking of talking to you about martial ethics, being polite and treating you with respect, avoiding casualties, using our strengths to attack your weaknesses, and competing with you fairly to guard the year. You big-headed turtle son, what did you secretly do again?"

"..."

Faced with the accusations, even Tie Jun, the Da Tang Guan, was slightly surprised and exclaimed, "I don't know either."

In a panic, he hurriedly looked around and suddenly thought of the Meng family's young master. He was shocked in his heart: "Could it be that second-generation ancestor again?"

...

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"Eldest Brother, what is that..."

Inside Shi Ma Town, in the main house of the headquarters, under the old elm tree, Miao Shan Xiangu (Fairy Miao Shan) trembled and asked in a trembling voice.

The old farmer beside her simply stood with his hands behind his back, slowly looking outside, and said: "They are undead bones, and also the ghost things that have usurped the Mandate of Heaven. It is because of them that we Bu Shi Niu, with so many extraordinary people and strange people, have not been able to stretch our legs for twenty years."

"Just watching, we have been preparing for these twenty years, and the Ten Families have not been idle either. It's no wonder they are forcing the one in Ming Prefecture so hard..."

"Presumably, when they have convinced the Hu family, that thing that once made Master and the other elders feel afraid will make a comeback, right?"

"..."

Miao Shan Xiangu couldn't help but shiver, and looked at the old man in a small voice, trembling, "Eldest Brother, I don't know what you're talking about..."

"But I'm a little scared..."

"..."

"There's no need to be afraid."

That Eldest Brother smiled, looked up at the old elm tree above, where a seal was still tied: "We have been hiding, and in these twenty years, our preparations may not be as thorough as theirs, and we don't have that thing that usurped the Mandate of Heaven to look after us."

"But these twenty years of peace have not been in vain. It's just because we all need this time. They are waiting for the Hu family to make a decision, and we are also waiting for the return of the Bu Shi Niu's sect leader..."

"...Now it seems that we are the first to wait, aren't we?"

"..."

"Too early."

And in this town, in a deserted coffin shop, Lao Suanpan (Old Abacus), who had followed Hu Ma to this town, was opening a coffin, first laying a layer of bedding inside, and then taking a jar of wine inside.

After thinking for a while, he went to the deserted kitchen and brought two plates of dishes, and then took a pillow before returning to the coffin again, measuring it and planning to lie down inside.

There was a sound from the window lattice, and the donkey's head pushed open the window, sticking its head in to look.

"Go away, don't lean on the side, find a place to hide yourself..."

Lao Suanpan sat halfway in the coffin, pulling the coffin lid with all his might, trying to lock himself inside.

But the donkey became anxious and jumped in through the window, knocking over his coffin with its head, and stomping wildly with its hooves. Lao Suanpan was almost brought to tears: "What are you looking for me for? Go find the one outside, go find those lunatics..."

"You've caused such a big disaster, let's see how he cleans it up. That kind of thing that the Meng family is offering is not something that living people can deal with..."

(End of Chapter)