Chapter 19 Everything Falls Silent

For a moment, everything was silent, not even a breath could be heard.

When that murderous sound fell, and the headless statue fell from the sky, it was as if the entire Ming Prefecture had become quiet all at once.

Zhang Agu looked at the few black bones that had fallen in front of her altar after the Five Fiends Evil Ghost was beheaded. Puzzled, she was stunned for a moment before suddenly reacting. She hurriedly kowtowed to the illusory image of the Town Evil Bureau behind her.

Now, the golden-armored warrior had returned to the Town Evil Bureau, and the illusory image was rapidly fading and disappearing. However, the black token that had been thrown out with her hand had not been taken back.

As the illusory image of the Town Evil Bureau disappeared, Zhang Agu vaguely seemed to see a figure standing in the shadows through the opening and closing crack of the Town Evil Bureau. The figure looked towards her. She couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, but she felt very familiar with them.

Beside her, Seventh Granny was being smart this time, and also hurriedly kowtowed, but her small eyes were rolling around, looking at the black bones, seemingly suspicious, muttering to herself:

"Looks so fierce, but not very powerful, killed as soon as they said they'd kill..."

"..."

Since Seventh Granny became the head of their family, the only thing she had ever seen and been afraid of was this Five Fiends Evil Ghost, but she never expected that such a fierce fellow would lose his head so easily.

Seventh Granny seemed to understand some truth all of a sudden, and it was unknown what impact it would have on her in the future.

"Solved?"

At this time, the Mountain Lord of Yellow Dog Village also smiled faintly, and with a gentle wave of his hand, the green curtain that crisscrossed Yellow Dog Village quickly retracted and floated back onto Little Redbud's arm, once again tied into the shape of a bow.

He seemed very satisfied with the result, muttering to himself, "If you don't taste the sweetness once, you'll never take it to heart. Having borrowed it this time, you should come and get it soon, right?"

While muttering to himself, his figure gradually disappeared, turning into a gust of fragrant wind, heading straight for Old Yin Mountain.

On the Red Lantern Society side, when the Five Fiends Evil Ghost's head landed, Madam Red Lantern slipped out of Erguotou's clothes with a whoosh. Her shadow even manifested, and she knelt on the ground.

Under the dim lantern light, her face looked pale and her body trembled non-stop. "Killed again, another one killed..."

"This noble in Ming Prefecture doesn't like to talk to people, but he loves to kill people..."

"..."

Outside of Green Stone Town, the group of people and horses from Ming Prefecture City who had rushed out saw the Five Fiends Evil Ghost being beheaded, and they were already trembling all over, at a loss, even daring not to mount their horses. But the rolling Yin energy rushed towards them, as if they were meeting a cold and dissatisfied gaze.

In that majestic mansion, a person was standing with his hands behind his back in front of the mansion. They couldn't see the person's face clearly, but they could see him turning his head to look at them, a cold smile on his face:

"You, the magistrate, I don't think you're doing very well..."

"..."

Master Mei hurriedly knelt on the ground, shivering, feeling as if the sky had fallen, and dared not say a word.

"Madam, get up. That noble has already left. He saw that you helped so much this time, and maybe there will be a reward in the future..."

The Right Protector of the Red Lantern Society helped the Madam Red Lantern, who was kneeling on the ground and couldn't be pulled up, his eyes flickering slightly, looking at the headless statue that had fallen in the distance in the battlefield, sighing in his heart: "The path of ghosts will probably become lively in the future..."

"It's just a pity, I originally wanted to steal something, but now it's good, their descendants have taken action. It looks like I can't be so careful in the future, wasting the opportunity..."

"If I had acted earlier, maybe I would have gotten it by now..."

"..."

"..."

"Little Boss, just now, what was that movement?"

In Yuqian Village on the edge of Old Yin Mountain, the Little Boss of Caoxin Hall recently brought doctors and disciples of the Siming lineage to treat the evil spirits and stayed overnight in the mountains, thus avoiding the chaos outside.

But they didn't know about the battle between the bandits and the village protectors in Green Stone Town. They felt the shout and the huge headless statue falling from the sky, smashing a ground of evil spirits, thus dissipating into nothingness.

Even Shopkeeper Five Ghosts was frightened by the movement, and hurriedly came to ask the Little Boss, at a loss.

"The Town Evil Bureau has opened and killed one of the attendants."

The Little Boss said lightly, with no expression on her face. The white cat she kept was squatting on her lap, the fur on its neck standing up one by one, and its pupils were squinted like a needle.

"Ah?"

The Little Boss said it easily, as if she was just describing a small matter, but Shopkeeper Five Ghosts' scalp tingled: "The Town Evil Bureau that punishes gods and ghosts and is ordered to eliminate evil?"

"Wasn't it closed for twenty years?"

"..."

"If it hadn't been closed for twenty years, how could it have become so chaotic now?"

The Little Boss laughed coldly and said, "Of course, now that it has reopened, the world will probably become even more chaotic."

Shopkeeper Five Ghosts was really frightened by this news and didn't know how to answer. Discussing this issue was already a bit difficult for him. But at this moment, the Little Boss's expression suddenly froze, and then Shopkeeper Five Ghosts also seemed to hear some movement.

They hurriedly looked outside and only heard a gust of fragrant wind slowly blowing through the courtyard. There was a vague, ethereal sound of music in the air, and a certain majestic and heavy aura fell from above their heads.

"Set up an incense table and offer three sacrifices."

The Little Boss suddenly thought of something and hurriedly instructed Shopkeeper Five Ghosts, "A great figure in the mountain is preparing to return to the mountain and is passing by our place..."

Shopkeeper Five Ghosts hurriedly prepared. They had everything they needed to exorcise evil spirits in the mountains, so they quickly set up an incense table and offered sacrifices. The Little Boss took the lead in coming to the incense table to burn incense and respectfully worship the sky.

"Huh?"

Usually, in this kind of sacrifice, the gods would know and bestow blessings invisibly.

But this time, they were probably too close to this figure and actually heard the other party's gentle voice: "It's a mess outside, but you are still thinking about exorcising evil spirits and creating blessings. It's really rare. Considering that your cultivation is not easy, I will give you this karmic affinity!"

Shopkeeper Five Ghosts and others didn't dare to raise their heads and didn't know what had happened. They could only feel the Little Boss's body trembling slightly, seemingly extremely excited.

Miss White Wine made the boldest move of her reincarnation, perhaps because she had already fulfilled her wish.

However, at the same time, far away from Old Yin Mountain and Green Stone Town, there was a person who was shivering when he felt the head of the Five Fiends Evil Ghost being beheaded.

He was originally the incense burner of Lord Five Ghosts, responsible for transporting the evil altar.

But precisely because he had hoarded a treasure, he had a feeling and suddenly realized that the fortune was not good. That was why he made the biggest decision. Under the pretext of being chased, he didn't go to Green Stone Town, but escaped far away and hid in a farmer's chicken coop, not daring to show his head.

When the headless statue fell from the sky, he was so frightened that his mind went blank. He also deeply felt that he was lucky to have hoarded a treasure at this time and had avoided such a disaster. He had to worship the treasure well when he went back, nurture his blessings, and cultivate his life.

Then, just as he was in this mixture of joy and fear, he suddenly heard a "Hey" sound, turned around sharply, and saw a pretty little head drilling into the chicken coop, staring at him with wide eyes.

"Oh dear..."

While scaring the Evil Transportation Envoy, the little head retracted, limping, with a face full of surprise: "I finally found you..."

"It wasn't in vain that I chased you for hundreds of miles with a limp..."

"Return my treasure quickly!"

"..."

"..."

"Finally resolved..."

Hu Ma next to Green Stone Town felt a slight relief in his heart when he saw the Five Fiends Evil Ghost's head landing.

He saw the two golden-armored warriors who had carried the box over remain silent, lift up the heavy mace, put it back in the box, and then the chains on the box automatically locked. Then, they turned around and walked towards Old Yin Mountain, their figures becoming more and more faint as they walked.

Hu Ma didn't dare to stop them from taking this thing away. He just bowed deeply behind them, his heart filled with emotions.

"It will be mine sooner or later, and it should be taken back."

He could only comfort himself like this. Hu Ma took out a blood food pill, turned his back, tore it in half, and kneaded it again. Then, he turned back and handed it to Little Redbud as a reward for her hard work tonight. Then, he took her and walked back to Zhang Agu's altar.

"Auntie, are you relieved this time?"

Zhang Agu was at the altar, perhaps too frightened, and hadn't put it away yet.

As soon as Little Redbud came over, she saw the scattered black bones in the altar, and her eyes lit up. She went up and picked them up and put them in her basket.

Seventh Granny next to her had also noticed it and wanted to go over and pick it up, but she was too embarrassed. What was her status? She couldn't possibly snatch things from a little girl, right?

Of course, Hu Ma didn't stop Little Redbud either. He looked around and just raised his head to look at Zhang Agu. He saw that she was actually full of tears, nodding vigorously, and suddenly turned around and knelt down to Seventh Granny next to her.

Seventh Granny was smiling and turned her head, feeling that she had eaten a feast, scolded someone, and watched a show tonight, so she was in a good mood. Suddenly, she saw Zhang Agu kneeling down to her, and her face turned embarrassed:

"Hey, hey, why are you kneeling again?"

"I don't have any lucky money to reward you with..."

"..."

"I brought it, I brought it."

Hu Ma hurriedly took out the copper coins he had earned from helping people walk the ghost path and handed them to Seventh Granny, asking her to reward the kowtowing Zhang Agu.

Zhang Agu inexplicably took the copper coins, which still had Hu Ma's faint body temperature on them. She took them in her hand and suddenly looked up, looking at Hu Ma who was smiling at her next to Seventh Granny. Suddenly, her heart stirred, as if she had thought of something.

Vaguely, she seemed to remember what this Little Shopkeeper had once said to her: "Auntie, don't be afraid. In our lineage, there will always be someone in charge."

(End of Chapter)