Chapter 28 Ever-Changing Situation

Mountain Lord saw clearly that since the banished one had returned, he would naturally break ties with his former master.

But even if the master's family was reduced to the last person, it was still the master's family, still one of the Ten Surnames. The Five Vengeful Gods' audacity only meant that they had already secured a backup plan.

Only other families among the Ten Surnames were qualified to be their backup.

As for who they had sided with, it was even simpler. The Tongyin Meng family was naturally the first choice. Everyone present knew the state of affairs between the Zhensu Hu family and the Tongyin Meng family among the Ten Surnames.

As for the disasters of theft, that could be seen from the Five Vengeful Gods' current methods. Now, he was hoarding treasures and creating baleful influences in Mingzhou Prefecture, easily ruining the livelihoods of countless people. Such methods were extremely similar to those disasters of theft, who were constantly evading heavenly punishment.

However, speculation was just speculation. He suddenly spoke so plainly that even the Five Vengeful Gods couldn't help but be taken aback. They vaguely felt that terrifying presence from Mountain Lord again, and after a pause, they suddenly burst into laughter:

"Haha, haha, don't tell me you want to take this opportunity to join them with me?"

"..."

Hearing their words, Mountain Lord revealed a smile at the corner of their mouth and said softly, "No, I was just wondering why you didn't stay when you had such a good opportunity?"

They could also feel that as the ferocious and bandit-like aura approached, the Five Vengeful Gods had been accumulating their power. For a vicious god born from such baleful energy, descending in this place was no different from being worshiped by four or five hundred people at the same time.

Under the impact of this baleful energy, even the azure tent that had been strengthened by their own power was reaching its limit and was about to be broken free.

But it was precisely under such circumstances that they were not flustered. They just sighed softly and said, "Have you gathered enough strength to guard against me really attacking you?"

"Hehe, it's just that you still don't understand that the child invited me here not to help him get rid of you, but simply wanted me to keep you here..."

"..."

Although the Five Vengeful Gods appeared fierce, they had always been vigilant in their hearts. They were indeed afraid that this person in front of them would truly break the rules and attack them, but now that their thoughts had been exposed, they were suddenly shocked and shouted, "Why?"

"Why else?"

Mountain Lord looked at them indifferently and said, "He's afraid you'll run away."

Just a simple sentence caused the Five Vengeful Gods' expression to change drastically. They suddenly looked around, but all they saw was the green gauze, and they couldn't see anything clearly. For a moment, an indescribable fear arose in their hearts.

But where did the fear come from?

They couldn't figure it out.

Since Plum Blossom Lane had asked them to come, it showed their attitude and they would never ruin their good deeds. Even if they were going to attack, they would find a way to let them know.

Then, what was that person from that family, a child who was only twenty years old, planning?

In the midst of their inner panic, baleful energy surged, supporting the azure tents to the limit. Faces were printed on the azure tents, like a group of evil ghosts roaring at the same time, "Nonsense, even at this time, you still want to save face?"

But Mountain Lord just sighed softly, "You will never understand the level of the Ten Surnames. If you could understand, you probably wouldn't have been expelled back then..."

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"It's getting more and more chaotic..."

In Plum Blossom Lane, Old Master Mei was actually drinking with someone. Although everyone's thoughts were fluctuating and they were uneasy, they still put on a calm and composed appearance.

The little messenger ghost was running back and forth, delivering messages. Behind closed doors, they naturally knew what was happening in the direction of Green Stone Town, near Old Yin Mountain. If the bandits in the mountains rushed out, they would sweep through the villages around Green Stone Town again.

More people would be displaced, more people would join the bandits, and the situation would become even more serious. Perhaps, it might even pose a threat to Mingzhou Prefecture.

But he didn't seem to care about such important matters. He just met the worried gazes of those people and said, "Chaos is good. Only in such chaos can a hero be born more easily, and it will be easier to recruit troops and buy horses..."

"..."

The people present were indeed panicking. Upon hearing this, except for the Yan family mage, they were all shocked and lowered their voices: "What do you mean, sir..."

"...The time has come?"

"..."

Old Master Mei didn't answer. He just turned his head and glanced at them lightly: "Have you chosen the people I asked you to choose earlier?"

"We've chosen them, we've chosen them..."

Everyone nodded excitedly, their faces flushed red, and said anxiously, "We just didn't expect it to be so soon. There's no movement elsewhere yet. Could it be that we really have to..."

"It's not that there's no movement, it's just that we're a little slow to receive the news. Those aristocratic families have already begun to bet on all sides..."

Old Master Mei sighed softly and said, "Our foundation here is not deep, and our advantages are not great, but the more this is the case, the earlier we should prepare, otherwise, we really won't even have soup to drink..."

"Hehe, the emperor, the emperor, this is the big deal..."

He held up his cup and looked sideways at the dying fish in the well, saying in a low voice, "Since the emperor was skinned, the imperial court has already perished. The world should have been in chaos long ago, with heroes rising together, but it was forcibly suppressed for twenty years."

"But only we, only we court officials, can feel that the world seems calm, but there are undercurrents surging, growing stronger day by day."

"Having been suppressed for twenty years, that resentment has also accumulated for twenty years. Once it starts, no one knows what will happen. We'll just have to see which lucky one will ultimately earn this destiny..."

"..."

"..."

The surrounding people were flushed and excited by his remarks, and they couldn't even hold their wine glasses steady. In the Green Stone Town area, the sounds of fighting were already rising, and people were trembling.

Martial artists scattered at the slightest touch, running and losing their shoes. The yamen was silent, and a large group of bandits with rolling baleful energy came, even evil spirits retreated, and the villages around Green Stone Town, which were unguarded, were like open granaries.

Baleful energy rolled in, whistling. There were countless evil spirits in the world, but none were more terrifying than this kind of fierce aura.

But at this moment, in the rear right area of these people, a chaotic sound of horses' hooves and shouts suddenly rang out again. In the distance, hundreds of torches were lit in one place, like a fire dragon, diagonally inserting forward.

That momentum and prestige made the martial artists of the Red Lantern Society, who were preparing to retreat temporarily, stunned and stared blankly.

"Brothers, the evil bandits who killed our parents, stole our food, and our young women are in front..."

At the very front of the fire dragon, riding on a horse, was none other than Yang Gong, a Red Fragrance Disciple of the Red Lantern Society. Now he seemed to have become a different person, covered in blood, mentally excited, leading hundreds of young men, all carrying torches and weapons, rushing over with murderous intent:

"Everyone, let's go together and kill these evil bandits, and rob their horses and their food... No, take back our food..."

"Get them, get their mothers..."

"..."

The group of fierce bandits, influenced by the baleful energy, had heavy murderous intent and sufficient戾qi in their hearts. They only felt that no one dared to stop them wherever they went. Although there were only four or five hundred of them, the dark mass had a feeling that they didn't care about anyone.

But they didn't expect that a group of people would suddenly rush out from behind, with as many as several hundred people, and many of them were riding horses, carrying weapons, and they were also full of murderous intent. When they saw them, their eyes turned red, and they howled and wanted to kill people.

For a time, even the fierce and evil gods couldn't help but be thrown into chaos.

Suddenly being rushed over, the people and horses were immediately in chaos. Because there was no formation to begin with, and they were rushing forward, they didn't have time to turn their horses around, and they squeezed together first.

"How could this be?"

These bandits were somewhat confused. Most of them were first blinded by gold and silver dolls, and later blinded by baleful energy. They were only thinking about burning, killing, and looting, but they didn't expect that this kind of melee would form.

For a time, the formation was already in chaos.

"Where is that..."

Also with their chaos, the crowd of martial artists led by the Red Lantern Society were also stunned. They were burying their heads and running when they didn't expect the rear to be in chaos first. Martial artists were smart and bold, so some people stopped and stretched their heads to look behind.

"Why are they fighting?"

"..."

"Who is it, who is it?"

In the crowd, Red Lantern Mother was also nervous, with red light flowing, wanting to know what was happening. She didn't have a lantern there, so she couldn't figure out the situation.

But the left and right protectors, as well as some shopkeepers who were keeping watch by her side, had good eyesight and saw clearly the person who was carrying the torch and leading the people to charge and kill with great excitement. They were all stunned.

The right protector rubbed his eyes and smiled wryly, and said slowly, "Mother, someone over there has led a group of men to fight with the bandits, and the momentum is very strong. It looks like those bandits are not his opponent..."

Red Lantern Mother was shocked: "Who is that? So powerful?"

The right protector was also obviously confused. After a long while, he whispered, "It's a little Red Fragrance disciple under your command..."

Red Lantern Mother: "Eh?"

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"What?"

At the same time, in Yellow Dog Village, the Five Vengeful Ghosts were attracting rolling baleful energy, preparing to tear apart the azure tent in one breath, but suddenly they felt something was wrong. Even the exaggerated smile on their face suddenly disappeared, and they suddenly looked outside the village.

"See it now?"

Mountain Lord's voice rang coldly behind them: "You use the Five Vengeful influences to raise a disaster, how do you know that no one can use your disaster to raise their own luck?"

"Whether it's you or the group of people in Plum Blossom Lane, you really don't have any guts!"

(End of Chapter)