Seeing the Mountain Lord's gloomy expression, Hu Ma felt a little uneasy. Since he'd met this senior, he'd only seen him as gentle and refined, speaking softly, and besides enjoying a good time and eating feasts, he hadn't shown any other obvious emotions.

Now, it was the first time he'd seen such hatred and barely concealed murderous intent on his face.

"Then, Mountain Lord Senior, why..."

Hu Ma turned his head again to look at the village, desolate and miserable, and then turned back to the Mountain Lord, cautiously raising his hand in a chopping motion.

"Because they all have a background."

Hearing this, the Mountain Lord sighed softly and said, "These people aren't stupid. They haven't gone deep into Old Yin Mountain, but are just searching for treasure and creating evil on the edge. If I were to bring disaster upon them, then I would be breaking the rules. Don't underestimate those words, 'breaking the rules.'"

"If I break the rules, then someone will break the rules against me, and the peace and quiet I've worked so hard for will be lost."

"..."

"Keeping the rules..."

Hu Ma really didn't think much of these words, frowning and saying, "Then what about these people?"

"They used such insidious means to take away treasures of heaven and earth, and I don't know how many people have suffered because of it. Is that keeping the rules?"

"..."

"Their masters are different from me..."

The Mountain Lord's blurry expression seemed to show some disappointment as he sighed softly and said, "Someone is watching me, afraid that I will break the rules, but there are many who are happy to see their master break the rules."

"Because the more he breaks the rules, the more embarrassed the family that sealed him will be, and the easier it will be for people to laugh at them. Your grandma is in the ancestral hall, so she doesn't have a strong justification."

"Heh, you are still young and don't understand. The inheritance of a noble family doesn't rely on official positions or the emergence of a powerful figure, but on these rules that you don't care about!"

"When the rules are broken, collapse is not far away..."

"..."

Hearing these words out of the blue, Hu Ma's eyebrows twitched slightly, especially after catching the mention of his grandma.

He quickly said, "So, their master is..."

"You've inquired about him before, haven't you?"

The Mountain Lord said calmly, "It is the Five煞 Gods (wǔ shà shén, five evil gods) that your Hu family personally sealed back then. He should have been a Dharma Protector who protects the ghost walkers of the world, but the result, you have also seen."

"Heh, if it wasn't for your grandma personally driving him out of Old Yin Mountain when he had a change of heart, and preferring to ask me to protect you, how could the Meng family have sent that *xingzi* to kidnap you so easily when they came to find you?"

"..."

These calm words made Hu Ma's heart suddenly brighten, and he understood a lot.

No wonder Aunt Zhang always spoke of her fate with such despair, and was even unwilling to ask for help.

No wonder Second Pot said that the ghost walker's path was so chaotic.

Everything has a reason. Zhang Aunt said that the first altar raising was very important. She suffered from the first altar raising. But if you think about it carefully, she is a ghost walker of family inheritance. How could she not understand the principles and have to suffer before she understands?

In fact, she was already very cautious. For the sake of stability, she invited the Dharma Protector of the ghost walker's path, a guest of the hall, who knew the details, and it should have been foolproof...

But it just so happened that she was targeted by the Dharma Protector of the ghost walker's path. How could this heart not be filled with despair?

Even the Dharma Protector sealed by her own family has begun to rebel. How can it be said that this path is not chaotic? It is simply chaotic to the extreme...

However, also because he heard these things, Hu Ma's mind became slightly solemn. Things have become interesting. He has always been thinking about finding him, but he has taken the initiative to come to his door...

...Could this be called fate?

Thinking in his heart, he also slightly concentrated his mind and said in a low voice, "It seems to be an acquaintance."

"However, he didn't come sooner or later, but came at this time. Could it be that there is something to it?"

"..."

"I can't see that far either."

The Mountain Lord sighed softly and said, "He has his own place of incense, although it has been almost ruined by him, but this kind of hall guest will not easily come without an invitation, let alone that he has no reason not to know that you are still here..."

"But no matter what the reason, since he has decided to come, it shows that he is also prepared to test your weight."

"Now, his incense burners have already come over, deliberately searching for treasure and harming people here, both to test me and to create evil."

"When the Five煞 are complete, it will be when he descends here in a grand manner."

"..."

"Five煞 are complete..."

Hu Ma thought of the scene he had just seen. Just searching for treasure and taking spiritual energy had already turned such a peaceful and quiet village into such a place of evil.

If the so-called Five煞 were complete, what would these villages, or even the entire Ming Prefecture, become?

Vaguely, some incredulity arose in his heart. Hall guests are those who have received incense offerings and are no longer mountain monsters, but how does it seem that the evil god creating evil is even more powerful than the previous Blue-Clad spirit causing trouble?

The Mountain Lord knows the good and evil of people's hearts. He can't see through Hu Ma's thoughts all at once, but he can also feel his current sigh, and sighs softly, "Heh, things in the hall are not managed by anyone, and the evil they create is originally greater than the evil spirits under the hall..."

"That's the truth..."

Hu Ma was immediately convinced by the truth in this sentence.

He nodded slowly, then breathed a long sigh, cheered up, and said to the Mountain Lord, "Then, senior, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"We must not be careless."

The Mountain Lord also pondered slightly and said in a deep voice, "He sent his subordinates here, one is to create evil and raise an altar, both to make himself more powerful when he comes, and to allow himself to retreat completely, and the other is to test."

"But as a servant of the Hu family, he was disrespectful to your grandma earlier and was driven away, which was already a great transgression. Now he is testing again, which is an even greater crime. If he finds out your weakness, your situation will be extremely difficult."

"Therefore, you must warn him early and let him know that it is difficult to retreat..."

"..."

Hu Ma listened patiently, knowing that this senior's opinion was particularly important, but at the end, he was slightly stunned.

Since he came into contact with the Mountain Lord, he has been an obedient junior, but this time, an idea could not help but arise in his heart, and he carefully said, "Just warn him and let him know that it is difficult to retreat?"

"Then why..."

His face was solemn, and he slowly raised his hand and made a chopping gesture: "Not just kill him directly?"

"Huh?"

Suddenly looking at Hu Ma's serious expression, the Mountain Lord was stunned for a moment, as if he also sensed Hu Ma's state of mind, and then realized that this kid was not joking...

Hu Ma behaved very calmly and said, "What's the use of just warning him? If he is scared away this time, will he come again next time? If the Five煞 God is scared away this time, will he come back with Seven煞 or Eight福 next time?"

The Mountain Lord looked at him for a long time before suddenly showing a smile and said, "I can feel that the things you are thinking about now are very scary..."

"But I have to admit that this is in line with the identity of the descendants of the Hu family..."

"..."

Seeing the Mountain Lord show a smile, Hu Ma quickly smiled and said, "Then, senior, do you have any good ways to kill him?"

The Mountain Lord smiled and said, "It is difficult to kill those in the hall."

"But..."

"...I happen to know a method, and your Hu family happens to be able to do it."

"..."

Hu Ma was overjoyed when he heard these words, but he also knew very well that this kind of thing can be thought of casually, but if you really want to do it, I am afraid that the risk is not small.

He quickly smiled and said, "Of course, we still have to rely on our own abilities."

"I am mainly angry for the Mountain Lord. These guys are so bold and deserve to die!"

"Our family is in Old Yin Mountain. What's the difference between them coming to Old Yin Mountain to search for treasure and stealing from our house?"

"..."

Hearing his words, even the Mountain Lord turned his head to look at Hu Ma in surprise and said, "Whether it is sincere or not, the words are quite pleasing to the ear."

Hu Ma was not afraid of being exposed, but just smiled and said, "Of course, ideas are ideas, but this matter must be carefully planned. How many people have the other party come over, and what preparations are they making? Senior, take me to see?"

"After going out once, you have made progress. This experience in the martial world is obviously richer than before."

The Mountain Lord nodded with a smile and said, "This trip was to take you to see. Follow me!"

Saying that, he waved his sleeve, as if riding on clouds, and like a dream transition, Hu Ma went to several places in succession and saw many things happening on the edge of Old Yin Mountain.

There was a farmer's wife holding a child, a man pushing a wheelbarrow selling meat, a traveling doctor carrying a bag to cure diseases, a woodcutter carrying a firewood knife and selling firewood, and a child with rouge on his cheeks, etc.

This time, the matter was more important, and Hu Ma did not dare to be careless. He looked at everything he could see with the Mountain Lord's magic power, and he patiently asked the Mountain Lord about everything he should ask.

After watching so much in a row, when it was almost dawn, the Mountain Lord said, "No matter how much you see, no matter how much you ask, I am afraid that you will not be able to remember it. In the end, whether to warn or eliminate, you need to think clearly."

"In short, after making a decision, let Little Hongtang come and tell me, or let that Little Hall Official come."

"Of course, if the Little Hall Official comes, keep the words simple, I'm afraid she won't remember."

"But time can't be delayed. The speed of burning incense to create evil is not slow. I'm afraid they will be able to create an evil altar in less than seven days. You must make plans early."

"..."

Hu Ma wrote it down, and the Mountain Lord flicked his sleeve. He only felt a whirl of heaven and earth, and suddenly sat up from the bed, only to see that it was bright and he was covered with a quilt, well-behaved in bed.

This night's walk and knowledge were all like a dream.

He called out in a low voice and planned to get up, but suddenly felt that something was wrong. He raised his hand and touched his head, and suddenly felt a little surprised:

"Damn, following the Mountain Lord for this trip actually has such benefits?"

(End of this chapter)