Chapter 179 Asking for Help

Sure enough, daring to contend for power in this day and age, their courage was naturally sufficient, and they wouldn't be too foolish. Since they were planning a rebellion, how could they not consider the trouble arriving before it succeeded?

Hu Ma breathed a sigh of relief, his expression slightly softening, and asked Immortal Miao Shan, "What method?"

"Call people."

Immortal Miao Shan said, "Our fellow disciples who abstain from beef, upon entering this path, have only one purpose: to travel the land, investigate the situation in all directions, and secretly promote the rise of the wind and clouds, in preparation for launching an uprising when the time is right."

Hu Ma listened, his heart stirred. He thought of the Great Red Robe's instructions that vying for the throne was the biggest matter. Now it seemed that although the reincarnated ones didn't know much about these things, these abstainers from beef seemed to have been doing similar things all along.

He hurriedly said, "The doctrine of abstaining from beef is to incite people to rebel?"

"Could there be a deeper meaning?"

""

Immortal Miao Shan was stunned, hesitating, "There should be, right? The senior brothers and sisters all do this, so naturally, we have to do it too."

Hu Ma helplessly waved his hand, signaling her to continue.

Could it be that within the abstainers from beef, there were only a bunch of reckless men with hearts full of rebellion, who didn't even know why they were rebelling? Or was it that those pushed to the forefront were generally more pure?

"Yes, yes."

Immortal Miao Shan hurriedly agreed, saying, "But doing such dangerous things, of course, we have long been prepared. Moreover, we often clash with runners from various hall officials, and we have encountered a lot of trouble in the past, so we have already formed a habit."

"For me, if I encounter trouble, I ask my senior brothers and sisters for help. This Yiqian Sect was able to achieve such great momentum because my senior brothers and sisters transferred their past favors to me. That Grandpa Sun, the Tang Altar Master of Da Shan Bao, all came for their sake."

""

Thinking about it this way, Hu Ma understood.

The Yiqian Sect's apparent momentum was actually not much higher than the Red Lantern Society's. Of course, it was no lower either. Everyone was a bunch of mediocre players pecking at each other, with no significant advantage.

But his arrival had given people a preemptive feeling because, whether the Yiqian Sect's momentum was great or not, their guests included local powerhouses like Grandpa Sun, the old Altar Master of Da Shan Bao, the Great Shopkeeper of the Wanma Gang, and Granny Wu's godson.

These people were all of considerable status, renowned in their respective areas, and held power in their hands. This immediately propped up the Yiqian Sect.

Upon closer examination, this was not the Yiqian Sect's ability but the ability of the abstainers from beef behind them. These disciples and grandchildren of the Great Virtuous Teachers were all restless, planning for many years, and had many cards in their hands.

He slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't quite agree with this strategy of temporarily calling for people when things happened, he thought that it wouldn't be bad to see more of the abstainers from beef.

He immediately said, "Then hurry up and go! I'll go and have a look too!"

Immortal Miao Shan hurriedly agreed and got up, leading Hu Ma towards a residence next door. He saw that the walls of the residence were all black, surrounded by several locust trees, and the courtyard gate faced north, appearing eerie.

As soon as they entered, they saw White Fan already waiting here. In the courtyard, there was a brazier next to which were placed four or five paper figures, all about half a person tall, each holding a white letter with the words "Urgent Order" written in red ink.

"Sect Leader."

As soon as he saw Immortal Miao Shan coming, White Fan immediately stepped forward to pay his respects, seeming anxious from waiting.

But then he saw Hu Ma following beside the Sect Leader and was quite surprised. He glanced at Immortal Miao Shan, wondering if they were going to take action first to retrieve their sect's treasured methods.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Immortal Miao Shan came in, she didn't rush to ask about sending the letters but instead, her face darkened, and she shouted, "Why don't you greet people when you see them?"

White Fan was stunned and hurriedly cupped his hands in salute, saying, "Brother Hu."

Immortal Miao Shan immediately glared at him, saying, "Call him Shishu (martial uncle)."

"No, we call him Shishu, so you're even lower in seniority. You have to call him Shishuye (grand martial uncle), that's the right way!"

""

White Fan paused, then immediately straightened his clothes, bowed respectfully, and said, "Shishuye, please accept this junior's bow."

"Get up, get up."

Hu Ma felt a headache. What kind of seniority was this Shishuye?

While pulling White Fan up, he curiously sized him up and said, "From the acrobatics sect, right?"

White Fan smiled awkwardly.

The group came to the open space, looking at the paper figures surrounding the brazier. Hu Ma also curiously asked, "This is what you use to send letters?"

In matters of life and death, White Fan didn't know whether to say it or not. He turned to look at Immortal Miao Shan, who nodded repeatedly, so he hurriedly said, "Replying to Shishuye, yes, these are paper figures made by the Sect Leader's senior brothers and sisters. They have magical abilities."

"When there are major events, we burn the paper figures, and they can borrow a path from the underworld, reaching thousands of miles in half a day. The people outside who have sealed off the town may be able to seal off the path for the living, but they can't seal off the path for the underworld."

""

Hu Ma nodded, saying, "Do what you need to do, I'll just watch."

Logically speaking, this was a secret of survival, and outsiders shouldn't see it. But the Sect Leader of the Yiqian Sect, Immortal Miao Shan, seemed to really treat Hu Ma as the Sect Leader, letting him watch as he pleased, as if he were one of them.

She first approached the brazier, brought her fingertip to her lips, bit it open, squeezed out blood, and dotted it on the eyes of each paper figure to open their eyes, but she didn't dot the lips.

If the paper figures were carrying messages, they would need to consecrate the mouth, but now they were just sending secret letters, so they only needed to get the letters there and didn't need to consecrate the mouth, fearing that they would talk nonsense on the way and attract invisible trouble.

After completing the spells, White Fan took a dry piece of firewood from the brazier, lit it, and burned all the paper figures.

When the paper figures had all turned to ashes, the white fan in his hand suddenly opened, and he chanted urgently, "Go quickly and return quickly, don't play around, go quickly and return quickly, don't be greedy."

As he spoke, he vigorously fanned the fan in his hand, and a gust of wind suddenly rose, instantly blowing all the ashes over the wall. All that could be heard was a faint sound of giggling, and all the ashes had disappeared.

Hu Ma stood in the courtyard, watching the scattered ashes. Immortal Miao Shan looked at him, and White Fan stole glances at Immortal Miao Shan and then at Hu Ma, wondering what was going on.

After waiting for a long time without anyone speaking, Hu Ma finally reacted and said, "Is it done?"

Immortal Miao Shan said, "Replying to Shishu, the little ghosts have gone to deliver the letters."

White Fan also hurriedly said from the side, "The little ghosts are borrowing a path from the underworld. The farthest will take half a day, and the nearest will probably take an incense stick's time. It will still take some time for the senior brothers and sisters to make a decision."

"However, the Grand Hall Official doesn't dare to attack right now, so we still have time to prepare."

""

Hu Ma took a deep breath, nodded in agreement, and said, "Then what about the others? Don't you need to prepare anything?"

Immortal Miao Shan was stunned and just looked at him.

Hu Ma had no choice but to sigh softly and said, "How about this? Count out all the manpower, available experts, and treasures in this town that you have now and send someone to carefully investigate and see what the other side's lineup is."

"After you've sorted it out, send it to my room. Also, Grandpa Sun and the others are trapped in this town? At least ask for their opinions."

""

At this time, he couldn't rush out and take the lead, but he had to do some understanding. From the fact that Old Abacus had secretly come to find him, he had vaguely guessed that the people in this town were panicking.

Of course, all of this that should be understood must be understood, but for him now, there were more important things to do.

Immortal Miao Shan was as good as her word and immediately agreed, and eagerly saw Hu Ma out, also asking him where he wanted to rest that night and whether he needed someone to serve him, which annoyed Hu Ma, and he scolded her to do some professional things that people who were rebelling should do.

Hu Ma himself returned to his room in the inn. He drank a bowl of tea, calmed down, carefully thought for a while, and then sat quietly, adjusting his breathing, and waited until night to eagerly enter his Natal Spirit Temple.

"Brother Monkey Wine, can you hear my call?"

"I've been waiting for your news. Do you have a way to save Wuya?"

""

Hearing Monkey Wine's response, Hu Ma's heart relaxed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Don't be busy. I've been running around for Wuya's sake, but now there are some things that I need you to help me with first."

Monkey Wine was as calm as ever, saying indifferently, "Tell me."

Hu Ma took a deep breath and said, "Now, I'm in Shima Town, but it's been surrounded. You have experience with this kind of thing. I want you to help me investigate outside and see who sealed off the town, what their cultivation level is, and how much power they have!"

Monkey Wine's voice didn't reveal any other emotions, saying indifferently, "Okay."

Hu Ma's heart slightly relaxed, and he added, "There's another thing. I need you to go to Mingzhou and ask some people to come nearby, just saying that it's a message from Old Bai Gan, that there are important matters to discuss."

Monkey Wine thought for a moment this time and said indifferently, "Give me a code, otherwise, even if I find them, they might not believe me."

"Code?"

Hu Ma paused and immediately said, "When you get to Mingzhou, just call them directly. If the first person you contact is Miss White Wine, ask her if the rouge that an old friend from Anzhou helped her prepare has taken effect yet."

"If you contact the one codenamed Erguotou first, ask him if he has obtained the good fortune of Fenxiang."

"No matter which of these people you contact, just say it's me, and they will naturally help you contact the others."

""

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something and said, "If you contact someone codenamed Sweet Potato Burn"

"Don't speak, disconnect, call again!"

(End of Chapter)