Chapter 15 Stepping on the Head

It was that simple. Suppress the Yin General, and you’d be considered to have an official position, and thus, cultivate the Dharma. Fail to suppress the Yin General, and your spirit would scatter, all your abilities dissolving into nothingness.

Hu Ma’s cultivation method was nothing like the ordinary night watchman’s cautious approach. Instead of circulating the Qi-eating method, nurturing the spirit, and taking secret medicines to nourish the body and refine the orifices, he directly and forcefully consumed Qi and suppressed it with his official position.

Now, his eyes narrowed as he forcefully accepted the bow from the person across the woods. The general’s token in his spirit’s hand not only didn’t break, but was instead grasped even tighter. Then, with a sharp shout, endless Yin winds immediately arose around him, billowing.

The Yin General, who had just shown some signs of struggling, suddenly lost all will to resist at this moment. Its knees buckled heavily, directly kneeling down firmly. As the Yin General, its kneeling down firmly caused the wronged souls following it to kneel down solidly at the same time.

It even seemed like they weren't kneeling to the general's token anymore, but kneeling to Hu Ma, or rather, kneeling to the Dawei Tiangong General. (Great Might Heavenly General)

Similarly, at the moment they all knelt down, the Yin General's rolling baleful aura spread out again, tightly缠绕缠绕 (chanrao - entwining) around these wronged souls, making their bodies more and more solid, as if they had returned from the underworld and completely arrived in the Yang realm.

"Pa," "Pa," "Pa."

There were continuous sounds of iron chains breaking, those were the chains that were originally缠绕缠绕 (chanrao - entwining) around them, originally wanting to use these chains to pull them back and return them to the underworld, but now, the iron chains were all broken.

Having been selected by the Yin General, they no longer needed to return to the underworld, their names removed from the Book of Life and Death.

Now, they would all follow this corpse demon, or rather, the Yin General, becoming its Yin soldiers. The cause and effect of their previous lives, along with any blessings, would all be written off. Only when they were dismissed would they go to the gates of hell to settle their accounts.

"Hoo!"

Hu Ma finally took a long breath at this moment, sensing within himself a very wonderful feeling.

Above his head, the soul light condensed, vaguely transforming into the appearance of a tall and fierce evil god. The foundation was still himself, but he had become three zhang tall, with a blue face and fangs, his hair like black dragons, growing wildly. A pair of strange eyes coldly and gloomily looked in all directions, fierce energy overflowing.

The surrounding soul Qi rolled in, as if the world was centered on him. Receiving the kneeling worship of the Yin General and the Yin soldiers, he only felt it was right and proper. Being impacted by the endless soul Qi, he remained unmoving, and instead, his dharma body gradually grew taller.

Success!

The moment he withstood this bow, he realized that the shortcut he wanted to take had worked, even more smoothly and farther than he had imagined.

This shortcut was divided into three steps. Originally, he only wanted to take a small step, using the Yin General to help him try to condense his dharma body and save some effort. But Monkey Wine pointed him in a new direction, and he decided to take a bigger step.

In the end, he hadn't expected that the Meng family's young master would be so generous and bow to him.

And this bow added a large measure for him, like initially wanting to consume two liang of soul Qi, then being instructed by Monkey Wine to consume one jin, but instead being forcefully stuffed with ten jin by the Meng family's young master's bow.

The possibility of dying from overeating was naturally high, but Hu Ma stubbornly accepted this bow and ate those ten jin.

In this instant, he directly condensed his dharma body, pushed open the second gate of the manor, vast and mighty, standing upright and pointing to the sky. He even felt the arrogant true meaning contained in the Dawei Tiangong General seal, as if he could vaguely hear the words of the Great Virtuous Teacher in his ears.

One finger pointing to the sky, scolding the heavens for injustice, one finger pointing to the people, hating them for not striving, questioning ghosts and gods with a kicking stance…

…Hee, not愧是 (kui shi - no wonder) a reincarnated person from the previous generation, quite chuuni (referring to someone exhibiting delusional behavior)!

But whether it was chuuni or not didn't matter anymore. With the dharma body formed, Hu Ma also felt a sense of understanding. He exhaled a long breath, lifted his foot gently, and placed it on the Yin General's forehead.

He stepped on this fierce, violently roaring demon corpse, forcing it to lower its head, its head sinking into the bloody mud, but daring not to resist in the slightest.

At the same time, at the other end of the woods, the smile on the Meng family's face hadn't faded yet, and he was still holding three incense sticks in his hand, posing in a bowing posture, but suddenly he looked up and saw that all three incense sticks had burned to the bottom.

The servant ghost beside him, who was counting copper coins blankly, suddenly had the chains缠绕缠绕 (chanrao - entwining) around his body shatter and break apart. Suddenly, a page of paper fell from the servant ghost's body, and before it even hit the ground, it began to burn and then turned into ashes, disappearing immediately.

The Meng family's young master's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he suddenly looked up, meeting Hu Ma's gaze from across the woods, near the town of Stone Horse.

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"Aiyo…"

In Stone Horse town, Grandpa Sun, who had been趴趴 (pa pa - crouching) on the wall, listening to the movements outside with his earth listening technique, had an expression as if he had seen a ghost. He suddenly left the wall and blinked his eyes vigorously.

"Quick, what's going on outside? Why is there no movement all of a sudden?"

"What exactly did you hear?"

"…"

"I…"

Grandpa Sun also had a dazed expression: "Are you sure the foundation of the One Coin Church is all in this town?"

"I just heard the sound of a military formation charging and killing, and… and it sounded like a god was standing on the ground, heavy, very heavy…"

"…"

"What are you talking about?"

The people nearby who were concerned about what was happening outside were bewildered by his words and hurriedly asked. But Grandpa Sun suddenly came back to his senses and stared at Altar Master Tang, saying, "Old Tang, in the future, in the One Coin Church, we shouldn't put on too much airs…"

"In this town, I'm afraid it's not just us and Brother Hu, there's also a night watchman, and… and his abilities far exceed ours. He's probably… probably… a rare great night watchman…"

"…"

"Great night watchman?"

Altar Master Tang was shocked to hear this. He and Grandpa Sun had both cultivated their dharma bodies, but if they still regarded the other person as a great night watchman, what kind of ability would that be?

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"Squeak, squeak, squeak…"

And Hu Ma, also at the moment he cultivated his dharma body and stepped on the Yin General overnight, suddenly felt something drilling back and forth in his body, eager to burst out of his body.

It was the strange thing that had been sealed in his left arm before. It seemed to feel scared too, and it was游走 (you zou - wandering) non-stop in Hu Ma's left arm, as if even the handprint left by Scarlet Robe was about to be unable to seal this thing.

"Hehe, as expected, as my dharma body is cultivated, this thing becomes more and more afraid?"

Hu Ma sneered, but suddenly bent down and broke off a finger with sharp nails from the kneeling Yin General's hand, and then forcefully inserted it into his left arm, precisely nailing the thing that was struggling to escape onto the bone.

Of course, it couldn't be allowed to escape. After he calmed down, the first thing he would do would be to kill this thing and also find out its origins.

After temporarily suppressing this thing, Hu Ma then focused his attention and looked outside the town, his eyes narrowed.

The dharma body had been cultivated, and the Yin General had also been regained, but the trouble was still there!

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"Not good!"

In fact, at the same moment Hu Ma cultivated his dharma body, Iron Steed, the Grand Hall Official in the ancestral hall of the village, suddenly changed his expression drastically and shouted sharply, "That妖人 (yaoren - demonic cultivator)'s fierce dharma form has been refined! Quickly, bring me my broadsword!"

At this time, his voice was full of suppressed anger and absurdity. What the hell was going on? He was the night watchman Grand Hall Official, with the special responsibility of eliminating妖邪 (yaoxie - demonic and evil) methods of the night watchman's path, but now, there was actually such an evil method being cultivated in front of him?

If this was reported back to the Zhou family that nurtured him, wouldn't this become a joke?

And amidst the absurdity, he also had some resentment towards the Meng family's young master. He didn't say it out loud, but it was already hidden in his eyes:

'Is this your confidence? Is this the ability of your Meng family? You screwed it up!'

'……'

Noticing his anger, seven or eight little messengers next to him were also startled. "Heiyo," "Heiyo," they lined up in two rows and carried a large broadsword,跑跑 (pao pao - running) over.

"Dare to deceive me?"

Just as Iron Steed, the Grand Hall Official, was about to draw the broadsword and head straight for Stone Horse town, the Meng family's young master's stern voice also rang out beside him. He saw that the anger on his face was even greater than that of Iron Steed, the Grand Hall Official, and he sternly shouted:

"The person who stole the general's token is not relying on the general's token to cultivate the Dharma, but has other plans. I want to see what your identity is, that you dare to borrow the power of my bow to cultivate your evil method!"

"Who dares to accept the Meng family's礼 (li - rite, etiquette)?"

"……"

While speaking, he had already bitten his finger, and his blood was dripping, smearing it on his eyes. He stared wide-eyed, looking towards Stone Horse town, wanting to see clearly who was the person who dared to suppress him, and what method he used to accept this bow.

His vision was like being covered in a bloody light as he quickly looked towards Stone Horse town, and he also clearly saw the figure next to the town, stepping on the head of the Yin General.

But strangely, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't see the other person's face clearly. Even the other person's figure was模糊 (mo hu - blurry) in his vision, as if his eyes had been熏 (xun - smoked) by fire.

Even the method the other person used to accept his bow was completely看不出 (kan bu chu - indiscernible). It was as if the other person was just simply standing there, doing nothing, and yet he accepted the bow.

This made him even more angry. He inexplicably bowed to someone, and the other person accepted it. If this was spread out in the future, wouldn't he become a joke? Moreover, for the Meng family's path, who knew if there would be any冥冥中 (ming ming zhong - unseen) influences?

He could feel that even Iron Steed, the Grand Hall Official, was looking at him with some mockery.

He had to admit that after the result had appeared, his behavior did look like a joke, but it shouldn't be like this. He used this method precisely because this method was very safe and very secure.

It was precisely because the other person accepted it that he became a joke.

But in the midst of this rage, the maids next to him noticed the young master's anger, lowered their heads, and dared not look at him. The servant ghost next to him, with chains缠绕缠绕 (chanrao - entwining) around his body, suddenly couldn't sit still.

He jumped up and down,骂骂 (ma ma - cursing) and拍拍 (pai pai - patting) his hands, and the copper coins in his hands scattered all over the ground.

(End of this chapter)