It was impossible not to curse; if you wanted to talk about injustice, this errand ghost was clearly the most wronged.

The wronged souls it brought were lent to Young Master Meng. Considering the money, it was a matter of convenience. Moreover, it was agreed that they would only be borrowed for the time it took to burn three incense sticks, and then they would be returned. And this young master even boasted that one incense stick's time would be enough.

But goddamn it, are you giving them back to me?

But now, the chains were broken, and the wronged souls had disappeared, as if they had been intercepted. How could it explain itself when it returned to the gates of hell?

It was impatient, babbling non-stop, its expression furious. Its two little short hands even made gestures to untie the chains and compare them to Young Master Meng's neck.

Young Master Meng was already angry, and he was annoyed by the errand ghost, and his face suddenly changed.

"Shua!"

He reached out with one hand and grabbed the errand ghost's neck, lifting it up. The errand ghost seemed startled, and the chains on its body wrapped around him.

But Young Master Meng, facing the chains, seemed amused by his own anger: "A mere errand ghost dares to think it can take my place?"

He exerted force with his fingers, using some unknown method, and the errand ghost trembled, its luster disappearing. It turned into a clay figurine, which Young Master Meng casually tossed to the ground, where it shattered into pieces.

Even the chains wrapped around it clearly turned into straw.

"Hmm?"

Seeing Young Master Meng's reaction, Iron Steed, the Grand Warden, with all his anger, frowned slightly: "An underworld errand ghost, actually killed just like that?"

He was a Shou Sui master, not dealing with these supernatural things, but he had heard of them. Each one was registered, and mortals couldn't afford to offend them. Even a Grand Warden like himself, who had crossed the bridge, would usually give way to these things.

Of course, these things wouldn't dare to provoke him either.

But an object registered in the underworld could be bought by this Meng family with a handful of copper coins, and even killed because he was unhappy?

The other party's reaction was greater than his own. Grand Warden Iron Steed slowed his movements slightly, and saw Young Master Meng smash the errand ghost to pieces. His expression had become extremely grim, and he lightly brushed the mud off his hands.

He shouted: "Prepare my ceremonial guard and fetch my magical artifacts! I will personally take a trip to that town!"

"I want to see, just who is so sacred that they dare to intercept an errand ghost, kidnap a living soul, disregard the prestige of my Meng family, and try to suppress me in status!"

"..."

"..."

For a time, a ghastly aura surged, and even the forest between Stone Horse Town and the village seemed to be affected, the branches waving like clumps of ferocious ghost hair.

In Stone Horse Town, a Grand Warden and a Meng family scion, their anger was like an invisible tide, directly submerging Stone Horse Town. A thick fog, hiding who knew how many fierce things, rolled in mightily.

"Hoo..."

In Stone Horse Town, Hu Ma also gently retracted his foot from the Yin General's head, took a deep breath, and prepared to face the fog.

Time to go...

After being tricked by him like this, how could the other party not be angry?

Hu Ma had already thought about what to do next. Before taking action, he had lit the brazier to prevent the other party from seeing him clearly. Borrowing the law to cultivate his body, and at the same time, regaining the Yin General, would prevent the other party from setting up that so-called Ghost General Platform to deal with him.

And it was only natural that the other party would take action in a fit of rage after suffering such a great loss. All he could do was set up an altar and use the methods of the Zhen Sui Scripture to exchange blows with the other party.

And if he set up the altar, the other party would most likely recognize it as the Hu family's magic, but there was no other way. Only by relying on this altar could he buy some time to break through the blockade around the town, giving the people in the town a chance to escape.

He would of course take the opportunity to escape as well.

This was the safest method he had considered, and the one that would best live up to One Coin Sect.

There were of course many regrets. One Coin Sect's arrangements for so many years had been ruined, and even Stone Horse Town, which seemed to hide some secrets of the No-Eat-Cattle, would probably fall into the other party's hands. It wouldn't be easy to find it again.

But there was no other way to deal with this matter. The No-Eat-Cattle's reinforcements couldn't come, and Second Pothead and other reincarnators couldn't get here from Ming Prefecture so quickly. The only ones who could help now were Monkey Wine, who was outside the town.

He had cultivated a Dharma Body, but relying on himself and Monkey Wine as a helper, he had to deal with a Shou Sui Grand Warden and a Meng family member?

...Nonsense. The greatest skill of a Shou Sui person wasn't being stubborn, it was being able to run!

...

While Hu Ma was thinking quickly in his heart, already preparing to use his Second Fan Door Shou Sui body, which had condensed a Dharma Image, as a town talisman to set up the altar, Stone Horse Town was already in chaos.

Those in the town who were concerned about the surrounding movements felt the boundless pressure, their minds filled with unease. In the face of pressure that exceeded their limits, entering the palace to guard the year was no different from a small tofu vendor on the street.

Fairy Miaoshan held a horsetail whisk in her hand. At first, she wanted to go forward to help, but was forced back by the baleful aura on the Yin General's body. Now that she could come up, she suddenly felt the turbulent ghost fog outside the town, and her chest heaved up and down in fear.

"Altar Messenger..."

She hurriedly turned her head and saw White Fan was about to run, and immediately scolded: "Don't run yet! Quickly move the Zhen Sha vat of our sect here..."

"I can't move it. The mechanism was used last time and hasn't been repaired yet..."

White Fan was stopped and was also anxious, jumping up and down: "Moreover, Sect Leader, do you really think that the ten vats of family fortune that we've saved up can deal with that great master outside?"

"The people of the Acrobatics Sect are unreliable. One moment they're miraculous, the next they're like a waste..."

Fairy Miaoshan was also anxious, looking at the ghost fog rolling in from outside the town, the hand holding the horsetail whisk creaked: "Whether we can deal with it or not, is there any other way?"

Looking at the town again, it was already in a panic. They had made arrangements, the followers gathered the people, concentrated in the town, and instructed them to close the doors and windows at night, not to peep casually, and also arranged followers wearing talisman armor at each intersection.

But now they were alarmed by the movements outside the town, and no one was willing to stay in the house anymore. The more afraid they were, the more eager they were to open the windows and look outside.

The followers guarding the intersections were all trembling, clearly frightened and about to collapse.

"What's going on..."

Amidst the panic, in a certain corner, amidst the chaos, after a long time, a sigh finally sounded: "When did you steal the General's Token? Your hands are faster than mine?"

"But in this way, you owe me another debt of karma..."

"..."

In the distant forest, the fog was getting thicker and thicker, and the sound of drums and gongs could be heard vaguely. Countless blurred shadows, jumping and leaping, strange in groups, carried a black sedan chair towards Stone Horse Town.

Behind the black sedan chair was a shadow riding on a strange horse, wearing iron armor, and with an unusually tall figure.

As they walked, the fog around them became thicker, and even the tall trees were trembling, quietly leaving their roots to make way for them.

No one knew what kind of tragic fighting would be triggered when he came to Stone Horse Town, and how many lives would be lost.

But they didn't come directly to the town. As the fog surged, they came through the forest, but when they had walked halfway, suddenly, an eerie wind blew, and the fog rolled back. The little ghosts who were exploring the way all squeaked and stopped moving forward, only circling in place.

The wind in the forest seemed to have suddenly lost its direction, blowing people until their seven orifices were cold. It always felt like this eerie wind also carried a bit of vulgar rouge fragrance, which made the little ghosts who were exploring the way dizzy and bewildered.

"Hmm?"

Young Master Meng, sitting in the sedan chair in a fit of rage, his eyes full of killing intent, was suddenly stunned at this moment, and leaned up halfway.

He saw the fog in front slowly dissipate, revealing a dead branch. The dead branch was nothing rare, but on this dead branch was a red bellyband, with two large characters written on it in black ink:

"No War!"

"..."

It was this one bellyband, plus two large characters, that blocked the fog that was surging towards Stone Horse Town, and also blocked the Meng family's sedan chair and those little ghosts who were blowing and exploring the way.

"What is that?"

Grand Warden Iron Steed on the horse behind him came forward, looking at the strange object with a puzzled expression.

Young Master Meng also looked deeply at the bellyband, looking at the two characters on it, and was silent for a long time. It seemed that even his anger had been forcibly suppressed. He slowly exhaled and said in a low voice: "Rules!"

"Rules?"

Grand Warden Iron Steed couldn't help but feel absurd. Could this broken thing be called rules?

'No wonder they all say that Shou Sui people are reckless men. Even if they sit in the position of Grand Warden, they are still just reckless men...'

Young Master Meng took a deep breath before looking up at the direction of Stone Horse Town and said in a low voice: "That stranger didn't leave the town. He has already chosen a position. He is reminding us that since we agreed to wait three days before attacking, we must keep our word."

"It's only the second day now, it's not time yet!"

"..."

Grand Warden Iron Steed was incredulous when he heard this: "Just because of this broken thing, we have to spare them another day?"

"Before, we promised them three days, all because..."

"..."

"No matter what the reason for promising those three days, since we promised, we must keep our word."

The Meng family member sighed lowly and said, "This is the rule!"

"If the other party doesn't understand the rules, we don't need to abide by them, but since the other party has started to talk about this rule, we can only abide by what we said before."

"Of course, it's also because he talked about the rules that we don't need to be lenient when we take action."

(End of this chapter)