Chapter 14 Restlessness

Hu Ma felt a little uneasy because of this sudden news.

Firstly, although he had suspected it, he wasn't really sure if the Meng family was looking for him. Secondly, even if they were, he didn't know what methods the Qingyi evil ghost would use to find him, and how he should defend himself.

It was like hitting hard at the air, with no effect at all. Only the anxiety in his heart was consuming his mind.

In addition, he carefully recalled what Granny had said. At that time, Granny's tone was very certain that once she returned, she could temporarily solve the problem for him.

Because Granny was so sure, he hadn't considered going into hiding.

Of course, perhaps in such a world, if the opponent had his information, hiding wouldn't be of much use.

But in the end, although he had recognized this Granny, he still knew too little about those things.

Thinking about it now, he had no idea where to start.

Perhaps, as Miss White Wine said, the most urgent thing was to wait and see?

However, Hu Ma didn't expect that he only worried for a day. By dinner the next day, Li Wa Zi brought in his meal. He had just put it down and turned to leave when he suddenly came back.

He stepped in with one foot, leaned against the door frame, giggled, and looked at him with seductive eyes.

"What's wrong with you?"

Hu Ma looked at Li Wa Zi's seductive eyes and felt a little strange and a little disgusted.

Then he suddenly realized: he wasn't sick, the good neighbors had arrived.

...This family is really crazy!

The rule used to be that they couldn't stay within ten miles of the village. Now, not only are they wandering around here every day, but they can come and go in the village as they please.

But he still smiled and looked at Li Wa Zi and said, "Which one is it? I gave you the brown sugar eggs I owed you earlier."

Li Wa Zi giggled and said, "I'm Lao Qi..." (Old Seventh).

Hu Ma smiled and said, "Hello, Seventh Master."

Li Wa Zi immediately rolled his eyes at Hu Ma: "I'm Seventh Aunt."

"Okay..."

Hu Ma smiled helplessly and had to cup his hands and say, "What are Seventh Aunt's orders?"

"Not orders, I'm here to deliver a message."

Li Wa Zi twisted his waist, pinched his orchid fingers, and said, "Today, my Xiao San Zi (Little Third) went to Lao Yin Mountain (Old Yin Mountain) to patrol and met a Mister."

"He asked us to come to the village to give you a message. I was afraid Xiao San Zi wouldn't be able to explain it clearly, so I came myself."

"That Mister said that he knew that something happened in Ming Prefecture recently. He told you not to be afraid, don't be suspicious, and focus on learning your own skills."

"If you really encounter something, go to Lao Yin Mountain, burn three incense sticks, and shout three times, 'Please Mountain Lord descend!' and he will come."

"..."

Lao Yin Mountain? Please Mountain Lord descend?

This nonsensical message stunned Hu Ma. He immediately thought of someone, but he wasn't sure yet.

He quickly wanted to ask more, but he saw that this Seventh Aunt seemed to be indifferent, just staring straight at the chicken in his plate.

Hu Ma quickly said, "Seventh Aunt, sit down and have a bite?"

Li Wa Zi said, "Wouldn't that be too embarrassing?"

As he spoke, he sat down pretentiously.

Hu Ma quickly picked up the wine pot and said, "Want a cup?"

This pot contained good wine, the blood wine given by the Red Lantern Matron. He usually drank it to relax his muscles and promote his cultivation.

Li Wa Zi was even more embarrassed and said, "I'm not greedy... Just a small cup, okay?"

Only after pouring the wine did Li Wa Zi drink it all in one gulp. He stuck out his tongue and said, "It's so spicy, luckily I didn't drink it myself..."

He ate another piece of chicken, but felt that it didn't taste as good as when he ate it himself, so he put it down.

Only then did he attend to the main business and said, "I don't know anything else, and neither does Xiao San Zi..."

"He was just walking around in the mountains when he suddenly got lost. He ran around an old tree stump for a long time and heard the voice finish explaining before he ran out."

"..."

"Old tree stump? It really is him!"

Hu Ma was stunned when he heard this. He suddenly thought of the tree stump that often appeared around Da Yang Village.

That tree stump seemed to know the most about Granny's affairs and had the deepest friendship with Granny.

Moreover, he seemed to be a busybody and always rushed to the front when something exciting happened.

He had helped him earlier in Juéhù Village (Desolate Village). Now, he had sent the Yellow Immortal family to deliver a message when the Tongyin Meng family was coming.

Could it be that he had already known what would happen here?

He had many doubts in his mind, but he couldn't ask Seventh Aunt for more information.

Moreover, that senior said to go to Lao Yin Mountain and ask him for help when he encountered something. The matter hadn't arrived yet, so it wasn't good to go there immediately...

"Thank you, Seventh Aunt, for delivering this message..."

Thinking in his heart, he stood up and respectfully bowed. Seeing that Li Wa Zi's eyes were still on the chicken, he smiled and said, "Why don't you take it back and let your family taste it?"

"If you're so polite, I won't come next time..."

Li Wa Zi immediately complained and then reached out to grab the fat chicken on the table. He also took the wine pot, turned around, and went out of the yard, throwing it hard over the wall.

He only heard a burst of excited squeaks from over the wall, dragging something away.

Li Wa Zi suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground, but he quickly got up and looked around, not feeling strange at all.

He patted the dirt on his butt and turned back to the kitchen.

"This family is really..."

Hu Ma smiled helplessly, "Particular..."

He didn't let Li Wa Zi cook again, and ate a large bowl of rice with vegetables, thinking silently in his heart.

Now he was slightly relieved. That old tree stump was very powerful, as he had seen outside Juéhù Village.

Since it had sensed something in advance and asked the Yellow Immortal family to deliver a message, it must have had a plan in mind.

In fact, it should know a lot about Granny and the Hu family, but because he hadn't mastered the skills in the Town-Aged Book, it hadn't told him.

"Hoo, his reminder is very reasonable."

Hu Ma thought silently, instead of being suspicious because of a word from the Tongyin Meng family, he should first master his skills.

He had been going out to work and earn money during this time, but he hadn't neglected cultivation.

He practiced diligently every day, not daring to delay, but after all, he was outside, and the blood food he brought wasn't enough, so his progress in cultivation was hindered.

Now that he had finally returned to the village and had a free little world to call his own, he took the time to get another portion of blood food pills and began intensive training of his five viscera.

This time, he chose to cultivate his liver.

The five viscera of the Town-Aged had their own wonders.

Refining the lungs made his strength last longer and greatly enhanced his ability to resist Yin energy.

Moreover, when traveling in the martial world, there were many unscrupulous people who liked to use drugs. After refining the lungs, his resistance to such methods was greatly enhanced.

More importantly, refining the lungs not only made him good at long battles and able to outlast his opponents, but also made him good at running away. He could run more than a hundred miles in one breath, and even if you rode a horse, you might not be able to catch up.

Refining the liver could relax the muscles and open the orifices. The old shopkeeper's notes recorded that refining this organ could make one immune to poison and prevent all diseases.

The spleen belonged to the earth element among the five viscera. After refining it, his digestive ability would be like that of an extraordinary person.

In the old shopkeeper's notes, the record about this was a rumor:

It said that in the early years, when the Yi Dynasty was still on the dragon throne, there was a Jianghu (martial world) expert who entered the court to show off his skills to the emperor, performing the stunt of being sealed in a coffin and not dying.

He was submerged in a coffin and buried for half a month. When he was dug out again, his face was rosy, and the whole court was surprised and asked him the reason.

He only smiled and said that he could live by eating soil, and would not die for three years, let alone half a month.

Of course, the old shopkeeper also expressed his doubts after recording it: "Soil, can be eaten, but to say that it can fill one's stomach is nonsense..."

"He really ate it?"

Hu Ma thought, a little shocked: "This can be considered the old shopkeeper's dark history, right?"

"..."

After reading this and thinking of other things, Hu Ma was even more excited.

The kidneys belonged to the water element. Needless to say, he had always been concerned about the cultivation of this organ.

The predecessor of the Town-Aged was the Furnace Sealer. Once he broke his virginity, it would be equivalent to destroying his cultivation. But the Town-Aged wasn't as bitter as the Furnace Lighter.

The reason was that after refining the kidneys, he could reverse Yin and Yang. At that time, not only would this place really be alive, but he could break his virginity without losing his cultivation...

Schedule it!

This must be scheduled as soon as possible!

Of course, all in all, the last organ, the heart, was still the most important.

The heart was the head of the five viscera and belonged to fire.

For the Town-Aged, refining the heart was equivalent to completing the third level of cultivation and being able to touch the Mansion Gate.

At that step, not to mention in the Jianghu, even in the Town-Aged sect, he could be considered a small master.

He would have the ability to protect himself and make a living.

However, the only thing that made Hu Ma a little regretful was that the old shopkeeper had methods for refining the five viscera in this stage, but there were no special skills.

That is to say, after refining the five viscera, he could only enjoy the wonders brought about by the transformation from life to death in these five viscera.

But there were no special skills like Four Ghosts Bowing, to defeat the enemy and win.

Did the old shopkeeper not learn it, or was he hiding something?

Hu Ma thought about it carefully and felt that the former was more likely. The old shopkeeper had passed the oil lamp to him, so there was no need to keep this move.

Perhaps, it was precisely because he lacked this special skill that he suffered a loss at the hands of the Altar Sect earlier.

Of course, regret was regret. Thinking about these things was still far away. It was important to focus on cultivation.

Hu Ma just calmed down. With the sufficient replenishment of blood food and diligent practice, the second organ was actually cultivated to perfection in only ten days. Moreover, the cultivation that had been forced to be consumed because of the paper money hitting his head had also increased back to three pillars.

The only thing that ached him was that a lot of blood food was consumed in this process.

But at this moment, the rewards from the Red Lantern Matron's meeting arrived.

Hu Ma, who was already a little heartbroken because of the consumption of cultivation, immediately looked forward to it and greeted them.

Earlier, the Red Lantern Matron had specially sought him out and promised him a generous reward, but he didn't know how generous it would be?

(End of this chapter)