Chapter 1 When I Saw That Woman

The moment he saw that woman, Young Master Lu was scared half to death. When he suddenly heard her call out "Lu Bangchui," his whole body trembled. Even though he had cultivated for so long and some vigilance had become instinctive, he couldn't help but let out a groan.

How did she know?

She didn't call him by his name, Lu Xiujin, nor by his secret name, Lu Huaiyu, but directly called him Lu Bangchui?

This was originally a nickname she gave him in jest. He had deliberately embraced this name and hypnotized himself to only recognize it, all to guard against her close-quarters soul-calling technique...

But he had countless thoughts in his mind, none of which could be explained. As soon as that groan escaped his lips, he knew something bad was about to happen.

Seeing his body stiffen slightly and his mind waver, seeing that delicate but annoying face quickly approaching, his heart turned cold.

"Rattling..."

But at this moment, a swarm of moths flew wildly from the white lantern hanging behind him.

The candle inside the lantern seemed to be blown out by a strong wind, flickering incessantly. All the moths inside flew out and into the night sky.

But these dozen or so moths flying away at once helped him withstand one move. He took a few steps back, his voice changing its tone:

"Shimei?"

"..."

While calling out, he stared at the woman in front of him, almost gnashing his teeth.

"Haha, shixiong, you're hiding here harming people, using Jianghu wanderers to refine Huang Guan paper, does Shifu know about this?"

The woman wasn't surprised that he had this life-saving method. Although she called his name, she didn't completely subdue him, but she didn't care. She just laughed and flicked her sleeve forward, and a rustling sound was heard as a shower of paper money flew up.

"Paper money to buy life..."

Young Master Lu didn't have time to think, he continued to retreat quickly, afraid of being touched by the paper money.

Shifu's three unique skills were Huang Guan paper, soul-calling, and paper money to buy life. Shimei had one more skill than him.

He knew that what she was scattering from her sleeves were all life-buying coins.

Being hit on the head by this paper money would reduce one's fortune and lifespan. Those with shallow Dao cultivation could have their lives bought with a single piece of paper money, while those with deep Dao cultivation would also have their Dao cultivation continuously weakened.

So while escaping, he shouted and took the lantern from which all the moths had escaped, and quickly waved it, batting away the paper money.

With this wave, the lantern caught fire, like holding a torch, burning a lot of paper money.

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While the shixiong and shimei were fighting, Hu Ma in the ancestral hall was using the Four Ghosts Salute the Door technique across a wall and a half-open door.

A faint, gloomy aura instantly pressed towards the people outside.

From the moment he came to Young Master Lu's side to earn money, he already knew his purpose from Digua Shao.

The so-called treasure hunt and dealing with Shimei were all fake excuses. All his methods were for these Jianghu figures.

Digua Shao had told him early on that the unique skill of Huang Guan paper was in its ability to control people.

Huang paper stuck to the face locks a person's Qi, life, spirit and soul. After the other party is hit, if they want to live, they must obey his orders and be his slaves for life, at his disposal.

If they don't want to live, then he can lock other living souls into their bodies, turning them into walking corpses that obey orders.

Seven, not even seven, but nine parts of Young Master Lu’s words were true.

The paper figures on the mountain were indeed set up by his Shimei, and the evil spirits beside the ancestral hall were also left by his Shifu.

But his real purpose was not to break these spells and rush into the deepest part of Majiawa to seize treasure, but to weaken the courage and vigilance of the Jianghu people along the way. To put it bluntly, it was to make them suspicious and uneasy, because the more startled they were, the easier it was for his sect to cast their spells.

Saying there were enemies on the mountain was to make everyone nervous.

Along the way, someone called out to summon souls. In fact, the vaguely called ones were his Shimei's arrangements, while the paper figures that directly called out "true names" behind everyone were secretly set up by him.

When they entered the ancestral hall, at a critical moment, everyone was nervous, and then the paper figure called out their real names, and before they knew it, their souls were called out.

But when a person's soul leaves the body, it can actually return within a short time, but he has another method, which is Huang Guan paper.

Huang Guan paper seals a person's five orifices, and the soul can't return. If he adds a secret method, he can completely control the person.

Once he gets these people, he can either go to the old tomb in Majiawa to fight his Shimei for treasure.

He can also just leave and rely on these controlled Jianghu people to fight the Qingyi Gang.

This set of schemes is insidious step by step.

The methods in the Xinghun sect are unpredictable. If Digua Shao hadn't revealed the truth early on, he would have been caught.

But since he knew, Hu Ma of course avoided it. He also put Huang Guan paper on his face, but it didn't work.

Huang Guan paper covers the face, when he...

Even if the name is not called correctly, even if he doesn't lose his soul, the other party may be able to control him, but Hu Ma initially transformed his lungs into death, and all he exhales is Yin energy.

And guaranteeing that he wouldn't be controlled, then many things could be done by Digua Shao.

Young Master Lu had planned everything, but he didn't expect that she had indeed obtained the whereabouts of the treasure long ago, and easily broke the spells left by Shifu, and entered the old tomb, but she didn't wait there for the treasure to be unearthed. Instead, she received Hu Ma's notice and came back to block her shixiong.

And her calculated method was very simple.

She agreed with Hu Ma to exchange identities in the ancestral hall, put on a raincoat and a bamboo hat, and stick Huang paper on their faces. No one could find out in the darkness. Of course, if someone really asked about it afterwards, it would be that she stopped Hu Ma as soon as he entered the ancestral hall, snatched his raincoat and bamboo hat, and then went out.

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"Shimei, I refined this unique skill to deal with you. Now that you have run out to fight me, you have reached the end of your road!"

At the same time, Young Master Lu waved the burning lantern. When the lantern was about to burn out, the paper money in the air had fallen to the ground.

Having avoided his Shimei's sneak attack, he breathed a sigh of relief and gritted his teeth and said, "Monkey, come up and give me a hand."

"Today, I have this opportunity, and I want to eliminate a scourge for the sect."

"..."

Hearing his call, the Monkey was both surprised and angry. He hurriedly took a cloth bag from the carriage and threw it to him.

The monkey on his shoulder also jumped down and screamed, scratching at Shimei's face.

"Shimei, you didn't expect it, did you?"

Young Master Lu took the cloth bag and turned around quickly. In his hand, there was already a smaller white paper lantern, with five or six moths fluttering inside.

He had the Monkey summon souls in the surrounding villages at night, harming quite a few people.

Most of the moths were in the big lantern. In order to control these Jianghu people, he had left a trick, hiding five or six of them in this small lantern.

Although there weren't many, it was enough to defend himself for a while.

And his other hand grabbed a yellow mask. While the monkey was chasing Shimei, tearing and biting, he put it on his face, and suddenly, a ghostly aura filled the air:

"Huang paper plus official, Xinghun decree!" (Huang paper grants office, Soul-Execution Edict!)

"..."

While shouting, he shook the lantern up and down, turning it three times.

The yellow paper on the faces of the Jianghu people around him shrank sharply, vaguely turning into the shape of a face.

Moreover, this face was trying to open its mouth, as if trying to breathe and shout, but its expression was painful and struggling, and it couldn't shout out any sound.

Under the control of this face, they swayed their bodies at the same time, drew out knives and weapons, and slashed at Shimei.

Shimei had just kicked the monkey away with one foot, and seeing this, her face turned pale with fright.

But at this moment, their attention was all on each other, and they didn't notice that a gust of Yin wind suddenly rose in the ancestral hall, blowing on them through the wall.

For a moment, they only felt hazy and cold.

It was as if they had been breathed on by an evil ghost in the middle of the night, and their bodies were stiff, and their minds seemed confused.

The Four Ghosts Salute the Door technique was originally used for sneak attacks.

Saluting through the wall, anyone would be hit.

"You shixiong and shimei are fighting, but you want to harm our lives?"

At this moment, Hu Ma saluted through the wall, making people confused on the spot, while he rushed out of the ancestral hall with a knife.

The first one he looked at was the old monkey.

When the old man saw that there was no Huang Guan paper on Hu Ma's face, only a coldness, he was shocked and shouted in a panic, "Protect me!"

While shouting, he retreated, hurriedly taking something out of his arms.

When he shouted, the people with Huang paper pasted on their faces also swayed their bodies, looking like they were about to come over to stop Hu Ma, especially the three wearing linen clothes and the two men with sallow faces. They had been controlled for the longest time, and although they were confused, they still forced themselves to raise the knives in their hands.

But the closer the night watchman is, the more dangerous it is.

Moreover, they had just been saluted by Hu Ma, and their movements were stiff and their reactions were slow, like puppets. How could Hu Ma allow them to fight back?

He waved his knife around, approaching them, and used the moves taught by Master Guan, one knife on the left and one knife on the right, attacking fiercely.

Taking advantage of their inconvenient movements, he quickly chopped down the three linen-clothed men to the ground.

Then, suddenly, he made a blocking move, taking the mechanically stiff knife slashed down by a sallow-faced man, and cut open his belly with a backhand. At the same time, he turned around and waved his knife upwards, splitting the other sallow-faced man in half from the crotch. Without even looking back, he had already rushed forward with the knife.

The old monkey had also been saluted by the Four Ghosts Salute the Door just now, and his mind was uncertain. It was not until after this moment that his movements eased.

He had just hurriedly taken a pile of rags out of his arms, and hadn't figured out which one to use. Suddenly, he looked up and saw that Hu Ma had rushed to him, and four or five people had fallen behind him, scattered like straw.

For a moment, he was almost scared out of his wits, opened his mouth with chipped teeth and shouted, "Little brother..."

"Swish..."

Before he could finish his words, he had already eaten a mouthful of sand.

Hu Ma didn't know how many strange tricks this old Jianghu figure had hidden on him, and he didn't allow him to use them. He took a step forward, stirring up a cloud of mud and sand, and directly sprinkled it on his face.

Then, with a knife, he directly wiped the old monkey's neck.

Let’s do an extra chapter after all. I still have a little bit of the draft…