This time I came back, I originally wanted to ask Brother Erguotou about it.

Brother Erguotou is also a zou gui ren, and should be the strongest zou gui ren Hu Ma knows, apart from Granny.

If I want to learn the ways of zou gui ren, learning from him would be the best. It's just a pity that both of us are transmigrators, and we have nothing to do with each other in reality. Moreover, Brother Erguotou is cautious and has said from the beginning that he doesn't like the direct transmission of methods between transmigrators.

Therefore, Hu Ma learned the ways of zou gui ren from Aunt Zhang, and now he has a small foundation. What he needs to figure out now are just some key points.

I can't directly learn from Brother Erguotou, but it should be okay to just ask about these one or two key points.

Of course, besides that, after all, he is my boss. Now that I'm back, I have to report to this Protector.

"I'm here, I'm here."

Brother Erguotou's voice sounded a little flustered, and he said, "When did you come back?"

"It's not that I'm saying this, but why are you so happy to run around? Isn't life in the Blood Food Gang comfortable?"

"I entered the fox coffin in Old Yin Mountain because I had no choice. If I were you, it would be extremely comfortable. I could hide in a small village every day, earn some money and food, and maybe even marry three wives by now, but you're running around everywhere."

"Didn't I have to send someone back?"

Everyone in the Caoxin Hall knows about the Dongzi Li family's miss. It's not a secret, so there's no need to hide it from Erguotou.

""

However, after hearing this, Erguotou didn't blame Hu Ma for being meddlesome, nor did he ask about the Dongzi Li family or anything like that. He just said with some dissatisfaction: "How is it that the person you just happened to save is from the Dongzi Li family?"

Maybe in Brother Erguotou's eyes, he really thinks I'm restless?

I entered the Shousui Ren sect and became the small shopkeeper of the Blood Food Gang, but I'm not content to stay in the village. I either go out to fight a hanba (drought demon), or run to Niujiawan to save a Hongxiang disciple. Now I've been gone for two months, running directly from Ming Prefecture to An Prefecture.

"That day, she was chanting scriptures in the middle of the night, and then she was invited away, returning full of murderous intent, and cursing half the night..."

"No, where would I find three?"

Erguotou said, "It's not against the law to marry three here."

Hu Ma didn't expect that this connection would suddenly bring such a complaint.

Hu Ma was immediately stumped by the question. He really didn't know how to answer.

Presumably, people in this world might be surprised by the matter of sending a lost child home, but Erguotou should understand, after all, some things are engraved in the souls of transmigrators.

""

But in fact, I also want to live a stable life.

Brother Erguotou complained unceremoniously, but sighed helplessly and said, "Did you invite the Hongdeng Niangniang (Red Lantern Goddess) to help and solve a few opponents?"

""

"Ah?"

Hu Ma subconsciously thought, "No, it's not a question of three or two, it's that I have no choice!"

But, I just happened to be reborn into the Hu family, carrying a head full of grudges, so how can I really settle down?

Unable to tell Brother Erguotou the real reason why he couldn't settle down, he could only smile wryly and say, "Things happened, there was no way around it. The Dongzi Li family's young miss was stranded in Ming Prefecture, and I just happened to save her, so what else could I do?"

"And the road wasn't peaceful, right?"

"What 'ah'?"

"I helped so many young ladies in Ming Prefecture City, how come I didn't meet anyone from a prominent family?"

""

Hu Ma was speechless, thinking to himself that he had to burn incense properly later to dispel the Niangniang's resentment.

"I did encounter some trouble, but it was solved smoothly."

He sighed lowly and explained, thinking that the reason why Erguotou was angry was probably because, in addition to his restlessness, it also included the fact that he didn't even say hello to him about going to An Prefecture, such a big deal. Hiding it from him now would only seem more distant.

So he smiled and said, "But it wasn't a wasted trip. The Dongzi Li family is still very generous. As a thank you, they gave me a lot of benefits and broadened my horizons..."

"Of course, that's not important. I actually want to ask you about some of the ways of the zou gui ren."

"On this trip, I was accompanied by a great zou gui, and I followed her and witnessed the wonders of the zou gui ren altar."

"But I'm very curious, how did this altar come to be?"

""

This is exactly the question Hu Ma is considering. He not only saw the zou gui ren set up an altar, but also learned it.

However, he experienced the magic of the altar, and could also sit firmly on the altar, driving away evil and敕鬼 (chì guǐ, ordering ghosts), but he didn't understand how this altar, once set up, could sit in the middle of that world, enforcing orders and prohibitions?

He knows what it is, but not why it is.

Because setting up an altar is not like a Shousui Ren, who learns the skills into the body.

Now I want to officially open the door of the Zhen Sui Shu (Book of Suppressing the Years), but before that, I have to figure out this problem.

Even the Feng Zheng (official conferral) that he is preparing is actually related to this. To some extent, even the Dongzi Li family, who has always mentioned that the ghosts and gods in the dark cannot be deceived, are probably at this level. This level of power is unclear and inexplicable, making people afraid.

Without asking this question, Hu Ma still has some instinctive doubts about taking this step.

Even Erguotou, after hearing Hu Ma's question, suddenly fell silent, and his voice was a little curious: "You are a Shousui Ren, and you haven't even mastered the skills of a Shousui Ren yet!"

"Why are you suddenly concerned about the affairs of zou gui ren?"

""

"I have to figure it out, because I got involved in something on this trip."

Hu Ma thought for a while and found the best answer, saying, "I want to get rid of something, which is said to be from the tang (hall)."

"It's called the Wu Sha Shen (Five Fiends God), which is related to zou gui ren."

""

"Fuck"

Hu Ma seriously stated the problem, but Erguotou panicked all of a sudden.

Vaguely, it even sounded like something had been knocked over. After a long time, he replied with a trembling voice, "What the hell?"

"Wu Sha Shen," Hu Ma said, "I have a grudge against it now, and I have to get rid of it."

"Iyou"

Erguotou's voice was obviously more panicked. Suddenly, he said, "I seem to have something to do, brother..."

"I'm leaving first, let's contact each other again in two years..."

""

"Ah?"

Listening to Erguotou as if he really wanted to run away, Hu Ma was also shocked and hurriedly said, "It's not that serious, is it?"

"I'm just brainstorming here..."

""

"Brainstorming is not okay either!"

Erguotou shouted, "Maybe some things, if you just think about them, they'll notice you?"

"I thought the most clueless person in our Ming Prefecture was Digua Shao (Sweet Potato Burn), causing trouble everywhere. Now I know that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are the most restless!"

"No, you're still asking me how to deal with the things in the tang. How would I know? The zou gui ren rely on these things in the tang to make a living. Otherwise, why do you think I would go to such great lengths to promote Hongdeng Niangniang from a little ghost to the tang?"

""

"His supporting Hongdeng Niangniang to build a temple and burn incense is also related to the things in the tang?"

Hu Ma's heart stirred slightly, vaguely feeling that many things were adding up. He hurriedly said, "I definitely won't be as unreliable as Digua Shao. I just have this idea and want to ask you for some advice!"

"But you suddenly mentioning it to me scares me."

Erguotou was speechless and frustrated. After a long while, he calmed down and sighed, "Besides, I can't explain the question you're asking me at all. If I had a choice, I wouldn't have entered the zou gui ren sect at all."

"There are too many secrets in this sect, and it's too troublesome. It's always dealing with this and that, which makes people feel uneasy. The skills in the sect are also easy to confuse."

"Many skills are just knowing that doing this will have some effect, but you don't know why at all."

"Speaking of which, I've already entered the Fu (府, mansion/realm), and I can also set up an altar to invite down Yin Lei (陰雷, Yin Thunder). I can even forcibly drive some kind of thing from the tang if I'm willing to risk it. But now you're asking me where the root of this sect lies, and I can only vaguely say that I don't know."

"The only possibility is..."

""

He paused here before whispering, "Maybe, probably, it's related to a person's shoushen hun (守身魂, soul that guards the body)."

Hu Ma was stunned for a moment: "Shoushen hun?"

"Sigh"

Erguotou frantically explained in a low voice, "In the cultivation sects, there are sayings of shen (身, body), xing (性, nature), and ming (命, life)."

"And people also have the saying of three hun (魂, souls) and seven po (魄, spirits). It is said that people are the most mysterious and precious things, except for the Tai Sui Ye (太歲爺, Grand Duke Jupiter)."

"The skills of the Xing Hun (刑魂, Punishing Soul) sect start from the sheng hun (生魂, life soul) among the three hun, but the zou gui ren are different. The skills of the zou gui ren seem to be related to things that are too high in a certain realm, in the dark. If I have to say..."

"Do you know Lao Huotang (老火塘, Old Fire Pit)?"

""

Hu Ma suddenly paused: "Who doesn't know that?"

He doesn't have much contact with the mysterious things in this world, but Lao Huotang is undoubtedly one of the most understood.

Granny is still in the Lao Huotang in the Dayang stockade...

"Lao Huotang should be one of the oldest and most mysterious traditions in this world."

Erguotou said here, his voice also a little low, "I am from the zou gui ren sect, and you don't know how mysterious this broken sect is. After I entered the Fu, I immediately didn't dare to go any deeper, and it's also related to these mysterious things."

"The question you asked me is also what I can't figure out, but if you want me to describe it, then I can only tell you this, the zou gui ren sect..."

"It's like it's backed by an Lao Huotang."

"And it's a very, very big, and also very, very mysterious Lao Huotang!"

""

This answer suddenly stunned Hu Ma.

He is familiar with the Zhen Sui Shu, and he is also familiar with Lao Huotang, but he has never thought of putting the two together before.

Now, being awakened by Erguotou's words, he has a feeling of sudden enlightenment. Even some of Granny's previous behaviors have been explained all of a sudden...

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