Chapter 504 Even a Clean Official Can't Judge Family Affairs "What was that?"

After waking up, Hu Ma spent a long time slowly extinguishing the nameless fire that had risen in his heart. However, the feeling of annoyance and the strange images he saw in his dream still lingered in his heart, like a haunting ghost.

This feeling was very strange. It wasn't that he was being harmed, nor was it a malicious curse or spell. There was no substantial harm, but it made him feel unhappy, and his emotions were constantly fluctuating.

He also realized that this didn't seem like a good dream, but he didn't know who to turn to for an interpretation.

Moreover, after waking up, what he had seen in the dream suddenly faded. He forgot what he had dreamt and what he had heard. He just felt a little depressed.

He decided to put it aside for the time being. He knew that the most important thing now was to recuperate his body. Now that his whole body had come alive, theoretically, even without the supplement of blood food, he could slowly recover the first three pillars of his cultivation… provided that he didn't take any elixirs, get injured, encounter ghosts, or break his abstinence and overexert himself in such a weak state.

Now that he was in the blood food mine and was carefully recuperating, he would naturally not do anything that would harm his cultivation. He thought that he could recover the first three pillars of his cultivation within a few days. However, he didn't expect that, starting from this day, similar strange dreams would appear one after another.

Every few days, he could hear the vague murmur, and the jumping flames and the white banner in his dream were always flickering before his eyes.

Sometimes, even when he was awake, the white banner was still swaying.

After a few days, it made him even more uneasy and mentally weakened. The first three pillars of his cultivation, which should have been easily recovered in three or four days, were still lacking.

If it was so difficult to recover the first three pillars of his cultivation, then there was even less room to replenish the fourth pillar. This kind of life outside of life was originally more difficult to replenish than the first three pillars.

He had a very bad premonition in his heart, so he went out to discuss it with Old Abacus. When he got outside, he saw Old Abacus playing chess with Zhou Datong. Zhou Datong's left arm was wrapped in cloth and hung around his neck, and Old Abacus's right arm was wrapped in cloth and also hung around his neck.

It turned out that one of them had reached the stage of refining his left arm. Once he completed this arm, he would reach the stage of refining his five organs.

The other one regretted a move while playing chess with Zhao Zhu. When the two of them were fighting for the chess piece, Zhao Zhu pinched him… Zhao Zhu was naturally reckless, and he had just refined his hands, so he couldn't control his strength. Seeing Old Abacus secretly moving the chess piece, he grabbed it, and his arm was broken.

…For this, Old Abacus extorted ten taels of silver from him for medical expenses, which made Zhao Zhu so angry that he never played chess again, and only focused on practicing his trident technique.

"Old brother, having fun?"

Hu Ma greeted Old Abacus with a smile from afar.

As soon as he heard his voice, Old Abacus's face changed drastically. He suddenly reached out and messed up the chessboard: "I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. I won't play today."

Zhou Datong was annoyed: "But I was about to win…"

"What's the rush?"

Hu Ma blocked Old Abacus's path and said with a smile, "Old brother, there's nothing going on at the mine. Let me play a game with you."

"No need."

Old Abacus directly distanced himself from him and refused sternly: "Playing chess with you is the most boring thing. I don't dare to win against you, and I can't afford to lose. I'm at a disadvantage either way!"

Hu Ma's expression was a little embarrassed, so he had to smile again and said, "If we can't play, we can chat.

Didn't Seventh Master Sun send over some good tea that you've been wanting? I'll brew a pot for you to try today!"

"Do I need you to brew a pot for me?"

Old Abacus looked at Hu Ma with a strange expression: "I have hands and feet, it's not like I can't steal it myself…"

Hu Ma couldn't hold back anymore. Seeing that this old fellow wouldn't accept a toast, he put away his smile and said, "Datong, go inside and get my knife."

"Tonight is dark and windy, perfect for practicing with the knife."

Zhou Datong was still heartbroken about the two taels of silver that Old Abacus had won from him. Seeing that this old Abacus was being difficult, he jumped up with a chuckle: "I'll go right away."

Old Abacus immediately softened and said awkwardly: "Look, you're bringing up the knife again…" "Why don't we sit down and talk for a while? Wouldn't that be nice?"

"That's what I think too."

Hu Ma smiled and sat down with him, saying, "Old brother, you've traveled north and south and seen a lot. I wonder if you know how to interpret dreams?"

Old Abacus paused for a moment and said, "What kind of dream interpretation?"

Hu Ma was also a little surprised and said, "Are there different ways to interpret dreams?"

"Of course!"

Old Abacus said, "One kind of dream interpretation is from the martial world. I used to interpret dreams when I was fortune-telling. Anyway, if the other party was willing to give money, I would say good things. If they dreamt of someone dying, I would have to say that they would be promoted and get rich."

"If the other party wasn't willing to give money, then even if they dreamt of lying naked in bed with their wife, I would say that it represented impotence…" "In short, it's about making a living without being poor, but you have to be quick-witted."

Hu Ma was speechless by his frankness, and then said, "Then, what about the kind of real dream interpretation? Understanding what happened through the dream?"

Old Abacus said, "I don't know that."

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Hu Ma couldn't help but grind his teeth: "Are the people in the martial world all so thick-skinned?"

"I thought you were going to ask about your friend's matter again…" Old Abacus rolled his eyes at Hu Ma first, and then revealed a little interest, his old face full of curiosity: "Let's not talk about whether I can interpret it or not, what kind of dream do you want to ask me about?"

"It's very strange…" Hu Ma said slowly, "As soon as I close my eyes, I dream of a group of people holding white banners and chanting incantations, like calling souls…"

"That's not…" Old Abacus said, "Your fate is so heavy, who in this world can move you…"

"It doesn't really seem like calling souls. There's no intention to restrain my past, and it's not like they're harming me with magic. They don't even hear my name. It's just a group of people performing a spell, chanting strange words…" Hu Ma also frowned. He was indeed encountering this kind of problem for the first time, and it was difficult to clearly analyze anything.

However, as he narrated, Old Abacus's face changed slightly. He took a deep look at Hu Ma and whispered, "I don't know how to interpret dreams, but maybe what you're encountering now isn't a dream. Maybe there really is someone calling you with a banner…"

"But I can't管 this matter!"

He stood up from the table next to him, shaking his head, and sighed softly: "No one can管 it. Even a clean official can't judge family affairs…"

"Even a clean official can't judge family affairs?"

Hu Ma's heart skipped a beat when he heard his words, and his brows furrowed tightly. The shadow of the white banner and the strange bonfire flashed through his mind again, and Old Abacus's strange smile seemed to match what Young Master Meng had said.

For a moment, he was stunned. Perhaps because his spirit was weak, his reaction was slow, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

Seeing that it was already dark and time to light the lamps and eat, Hu Ma hadn't figured it out yet. However, a gust of yin wind blew into the valley.

From this wind, he faintly heard the sound of suonas and drums, blowing and beating. Following this gust of yin wind from far to near, he vaguely raised his head and saw that outside the valley, a festive wedding procession was rushing over.

Before and after the procession, there were little ghosts bouncing around, arriving in front of the valley and stopping.

"Eh?"

The伙计 in the valley who were cooking and washing clothes all stuck their heads out to look, feeling very novel.

Hu Ma also frowned. This blood food mine was already prone to attracting evil spirits. Now it had attracted them again? Coincidentally, Zhou Datong was excitedly carrying the knife to him. He picked up the knife and walked towards the outside of the valley, facing the illusory ghost shadows without any fear.

However, as he approached, this Punishing Official Saber felt the presence of the small knife. Although it was in its scabbard, it also released a trace of aura, which immediately scared the ghosts outside and made them wail.

The little ghosts didn't care about the sedan, throwing away their gongs and abandoning their drums, scattering in all directions, leaving the wedding sedan on the spot.

Hu Ma was about to go over and use the knife to lift the curtain to see which little ghost was so blind that he dared to cause trouble at the mine.

However, before he could touch the curtain, a cry rang out from inside the sedan: "I've never seen such rude people! Where is Master Hu Ma? Someone, quickly come and stand up for me!"

Hu Ma was stunned and put away the knife, saying, "I am Hu Ma, what are you talking about?"

The bride in the sedan cried, "I'm from Old Yin Mountain, marrying over here. Just because a Mountain Lord asked me to bring a message to Master Hu Ma here, saying that some uninvited guests have come to the mountains over there and asked you to go back and support them."

"I thought we were neighbors, and I wasn't afraid of missing the auspicious hour. I came to bring this message, but you didn't thank me, but instead were so fierce and drew your knife at the slightest disagreement."

"You scared away my servants. Are you telling me to run over there on my own two legs to get married?"

"...""Ah?" Hu Ma knew that he had misunderstood when she mentioned the Mountain Lord.

Seeing that she was crying and saying sad things, he quickly glared at the Punishing Official Saber, telling it to withdraw its baleful aura… You are a Punishing Official, how can you be so fierce to ordinary people? Then he hurriedly bowed and said, "It was indeed my recklessness. Hu Ma thanks the bride for the message."

"Don't worry, I also know some ghost-walking skills. I'll summon those little ghosts back for you."

As he spoke, he quickly set up a simple altar, burning incense and making offerings, and forcibly summoned back the scared little ghosts, ordering them to properly lift the sedan and send the bride over on time.

If they were late, he would break their legs.

Only then did the bride's mood improve. She asked Hu Ma if he wanted to go over and eat wedding wine. Hu Ma didn't go, but he gave a gift.

After sending away the bride, Hu Ma returned to the valley. Having received the message from the Mountain Lord, his previously confused mind and heart full of doubts became clear.

Walking back, he said to Zhou Datong and the others, "It seems that I have to prepare to go back to Ming Prefecture."