Chapter 1 What Exactly is the Old Ancestor the Meng Family Worships?

I was certain that I felt intense hatred for it. But even with that hatred, what could I do?

Before Hu Ma's eyes, a bizarre, flickering scene seemed to appear. One moment, he looked at the Meng family's young master and thought he had transformed into a tall, bloated figure. The Meng family's young master was merely one of the faces on that figure, yelling at him at the top of his lungs.

Another moment, he felt that it was just an illusion. The Meng family's young master was still there, but his expression was sometimes empty and indifferent, and sometimes angry and hateful.

He looked at Hu Ma with loathing, and Hu Ma looked back at him with equal loathing. He was clearly seeing that blurred and eerie figure in a shroud for the first time, but the hatred in his heart welled up like a tide.

In particular, Hu Ma didn't know why, but when he looked at the few faces on the shroud that were clearest in his eyes, a deep sorrow inexplicably arose from the bottom of his heart.

He had never seen these faces, but he seemed to sense a profound familiarity.

They…

"Whoosh…"

Before he could think further, the Meng family's second young master, or rather, whatever he had invited into his body, had already used his eyes to look at him indifferently.

"Hoo!"

…

They hadn't expected that just as they were about to leave, faint golden lights would suddenly appear around them.

Their spirits were instantly drawn in, as if being pulled apart. This kind of collapse at the spiritual level was extremely fierce and sudden. Divine powers and dharma appearances, the three souls and seven spirits, were all vulnerable. However, this rapid disintegration suddenly stopped.

A figure in white robes, holding a short flute in his hand, appeared next to them at the same time, sighed softly, and said, "You're too late…"

Run.

Both of them made this decision without hesitation. Faced with such a dangerous situation, there was no room for hesitation. On the left, there was an attack by Yin soldiers (ghost soldiers), and on the right, there was an unknown, eerie thing that had borrowed the Meng family's young master's body and opened its eyes. What else could they do but run?

Hu Ma was almost shattered by that one glance.

Using this moment of stillness, Hu Ma finally steadied himself and faced the Meng family's second young master directly.

"Who is it?"

"Gonna be the death of me, gonna be the death of me…"

Or rather, at this moment, he was not facing him directly, but facing some unknown and mysterious existence within his body, staring fixedly at the other party.

And the white cat, who had just been elegantly licking its paws not far away, was also shocked when the Meng family invited something down, its fur standing on end. Cautiously, it quietly retreated into the forest.

Erlongtou and the white cat became vigilant at the same time, their eyes grim. It seemed that they had not done anything, but the air was instantly filled with a dangerous aura.

…

Over there on the mountain, not far from where the Yin soldiers had appeared, Erlongtou shuddered violently.

"Looking at it now, your talent for causing trouble is even faster!"

"…"

"No, I was just thinking about how quickly your skills are growing…"

He felt the rolling Yin winds pressing in from over there, and his face turned pale with fright. He cried out softly, covered his face with his sleeve, and was about to roll into the deep fog.

The moment its gaze swept over, the flames in the brazier in the distance suddenly went out. He immediately saw Hu Ma's face clearly. A faint smile seemed to appear in those indifferent eyes, and there was even a hint of greed.

That was Hu Ma's Natal Spirit Temple (benming lingmiao), the disintegration of his spirit was almost unstoppable under the other party's gaze, but it finally stopped when it was about to collapse to the location of his Natal Spirit Temple, as if a collapsing mountain had found a fulcrum.

"Code name Monkey Wine, you can also call me Wu Song."

The man in white robes, holding a lantern in his hand, spoke indifferently. He met with the two of them in separate places, but his voice sounded equally calm, "I notified you to come here."

"Hmm?"

Erlongtou, in his black Dharma robe, was subconsciously a little horrified. He glanced at the side, and his eyes changed as he looked at the white-robed man again. 'This is insane, there's someone who actually says his code name directly in reality?'

'Why don't you just expose your identity in front of the Ten Surnames?'

'…'

Although he thought so in his heart and cursed him inwardly, he only gave a cold look on his face and shouted, "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just advising you that this place is dangerous and not suitable for a long stay. Farewell!"

On the other side, the white cat didn't even listen to the white-robed man's words. A mysterious light flashed in its blue eyes. Without saying a word, it was about to go deep into the forest.

"It's useless to run."

But at this moment, the man in white robes suddenly raised his voice slightly, stopped the two of them, and said indifferently, "I know it's you. This mountain wilderness is full of gu (poison) I've planted, and they are all my eyes and ears. You don't have to hide."

"The reason I came to find you is because it's necessary to ask you both to take action together. That guy just now, it's very rare for him to be able to do this much with his skills."

"It's useless to rely on those ordinary people in this world, whether they're real or fake, to deal with what has just descended here. Relying on the Natal Spirit Temples of us Transcenders to guard our minds and adding some strange techniques, there might be a chance."

"…"

Hearing this, Erlongtou and the white cat looked even more complicated. Not only was Erlongtou's face extremely ugly, but even the white cat's face seemed to show a look of confusion and hesitation.

But in their hearts, they were even more worried: 'Is this guy a little crazy?'

'Usually, Transcenders don't talk about any secrets about themselves in reality. Now, there are not only people from the Ten Surnames here, but also Yin soldiers pressing down on the border, and there's even some kind of eerie thing that has just descended into this area…'

'But you keep mentioning these things?'

'…'

Seeing that they were not willing to give a definite answer for a long time, and were even eager to try, it was obvious that the idea of leaving had the upper hand.

The man holding a lantern sighed softly and said, "Now I understand a little why he specifically wanted me to see you and pass on three messages to you."

Erlongtou, who was so anxious that he was about to throw him here and leave, was shocked and blurted out, "What messages?"

Even the white cat looked at him intently.

The man holding a lantern slowly said, "The first sentence is, he has discovered a secret in the Transcenders' group."

The one person and one cat were slightly stunned, looking at him intently, but did not respond.

Then the man holding a lantern slowly said, "The second sentence is, if we don't help him, then he will definitely die here."

"The third sentence is, if he dies here, then none of us three can escape."

"…"

"…"

"What the hell?"

Suddenly hearing these three sentences, Erlongtou's voice trembled, "This guy, he's learned to be so bad now, he's started threatening us directly?"

For a moment, he was full of hesitation and entanglement.

If it really came down to it, of course, he still wanted to leave. Usually, when he heard the names of the Ten Surnames, he would immediately hide. What's more, the current situation was so dangerous that it couldn't be more dangerous? But the key was that things were really troublesome!

Lao Baigan and the others in Mingzhou were not ordinary people. Everyone knew each other's roots and backgrounds. Once something really happened to him, not to mention whether they would be mobilized to betray him, maybe the other party had some means to find out all the backgrounds of the two of them.

What's more, Lao Baigan was no longer the wild child who came out of the deep mountains.

Since he climbed on the thigh of that person in Mingzhou, his importance could even be ranked first among the four freaks of Mingzhou…

Time was pressing, and in the midst of inner entanglement, Erlongtou gritted his teeth fiercely and suddenly said, "Deal with…"

"You keep saying deal with, but can you deal with those Yin soldiers? That… that thing summoned by the Meng family's descendants, can we deal with it?"

"…"

"There's no need to deal with the Yin soldiers."

Monkey Wine said indifferently, "At least with our methods, it's not difficult to save our lives from the Yin soldiers. If we die, only the people in that town will die. It's their own business, what does it have to do with us?"

"As for the Meng family…"

He paused and said, "Although I don't go out much, I've seen similar methods before. It seems to be called Negative Spirit (fuling)?" (spiritual possession)

"It's nothing more than inviting a ghost to possess the body, burning one's life to exchange for magic power. It's not a brilliant skill…"

"…"

"What the hell?"

Even Erlongtou was stunned by Monkey Wine's words, "Brother, I've seen a lot of arrogant guys, but you're the first one to say that the Tongyin Meng family's skills are not brilliant…"

Monkey Wine was a little strange when he heard this, "Isn't it Negative Spirit?"

"Of course it's Negative Spirit, but…"

Before Erlongtou could say what came after "but," Monkey Wine nodded slowly and said, "Since it's Negative Spirit, then it shouldn't be difficult to deal with. There are only three key points…"

"…Cut off its path, weaken its magic power, and destroy its life."

"…"

His expression was indifferent, with a kind of seriousness and frankness, "Anyway, we're not the ones facing the pressure directly."

"We…"

Erlongtou had a splitting headache. He wanted to say, what do you think they invited down? Do you think that eerie aura can be dealt with like an ordinary little ghost?

However, he complained countless times in his heart, but time was pressing, and an invisible pressure was on him. He didn't have time to carefully distinguish, and in the end, he was suddenly possessed by a ghost and asked, "Is it enough to just do these three things?"

Monkey Wine slowly looked at him, and in another place, looked at the white cat with the same eyes, "You, can't even do this, can you?"

(End of chapter)