Black Mountain Old Ghost
Chapter 655 Walking Ghosts Ascend the Bridge
It's hard to describe the excitement Hu Ma felt when he saw Erguotou's agile figure at his most helpless moment.
His heart soared, overjoyed. "You... how did you get here?"
"You with the thick eyebrows and big eyes, you really know how to stir up trouble..."
Unexpectedly, Brother Erguotou was awe-inspiring, repelling the Meng family's surrounding Yin soldiers and ghost generals with a wave of his sleeve, and sternly shouted. But when he turned his head, he cursed at Hu Ma, "How did I get here? Huh? Isn't it to bring you out?"
"The talisman I gave you was for you to set up an altar and rescue yourself when you had no other choice. Who knew it would actually become me coming in?"
"..."
Hu Ma listened to his grumbling full of dissatisfaction, but couldn't help but laugh. So the old brother still couldn't bear to leave him?
That's loyalty...
If he hadn't come over and set up the altar, this stone platform really wouldn't have been so easy to protect...
Walking ghosts counter negative spirits. The walking ghost's altar was set up on this stone platform, and the entire stone platform became the altar. Whether the Meng family was sending small ghosts or the Grand Master himself, wanting to tear down this stone platform depended on whether the person who set up the altar agreed.
"Still laughing..."
Erguotou was furious. While scolding, he pulled out a red gourd from his lower back, his eyes warily scanning his surroundings. At the same time, he said, "I'm usually so careful, but every time I'm ruined by you. Miss Red Wine gave me an order..."
"...Holy crap!"
"What the hell is that thing?"
"..."
But before he could finish his sentence, he turned around and saw Mr. Longjing on the altar of divine descent. In particular, following Mr. Longjing, he saw the enormous and terrifying face of the Meng family's ancestor behind the layers of sorrowful clouds above his head.
He had at least seen the Meng family's ancestor from afar, and he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out all over his body.
With a howl, the red-skinned gourd jumped to the ground, and countless command flags flew out of his sleeves, already stained with purple light, forming a sheet that instantly strengthened the altar tenfold. The next moment, he wanted to raise his sleeve to cover his face.
Now that he was in the altar, his face would not be seen by others anyway.
But even that wasn't enough; he had to cover his face to feel at ease.
His appearance was noticed by Mr. Longjing on the altar of divine descent, who turned his head slightly and saw Erguotou setting up the altar. Especially the purple qi on the command flags made him frown slightly.
"So, you're the clever one who used Purple Tai Sui to reinforce your natal spirit shrine?"
"..."
Erguotou: "?"
"Why are you cursing people right away?"
"..."
"Are you afraid others won't see you've touched Purple Tai Sui?"
On the altar of divine descent, Mr. Longjing snorted coldly and said, "You only touched this little bit, and you wasted it all with a little spell."
Erguotou suddenly didn't know how to answer, blinking his eyes innocently. Although he was unconvinced in his heart, seeing Mr. Longjing's calm and natural appearance amidst the Meng family's ancestor's monstrous Yin winds, he was even more amazed.
"I see..."
On the other hand, Hu Ma suddenly understood. Erguotou's use of Purple Tai Sui was indeed wrong. He had reinforced his natal spirit shrine, but it was also equivalent to releasing his essence.
So, if he wasn't careful, others could see traces of Purple Tai Sui from his spellcasting. Mr. Longjing inferred from these traces and understood that he was the one who had reinforced his natal spirit shrine.
He quickly said, "Old Brother, don't worry, that's Senior Longjing."
"He just taught me how to use Purple Tai Sui correctly. I'll tell you when we get out."
"..."
"You need to be taught that?"
Erguotou had lived for several decades, and he had finally become brave once. Not to mention that as soon as he came in, he received Hu Ma's moved and admiring gaze, and he was even cursed at. He was immediately unconvinced and said, "Look at me, how sturdy is my natal spirit shrine now?"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Hu Ma hurriedly said, "You came at the right time this time. Look..."
"Heh, I've seen everything in the underworld..."
Erguotou pretended to be indifferent and lowered his head, but suddenly his eyes widened and his eyeballs almost popped out. "Holy crap!"
"Where did all this Purple Tai Sui come from? Did you steal the Meng family's vault?"
"..."
"You can steal from our Hu family, so why can't I steal a little from the Meng family?"
Hu Ma thought to himself, but smiled and said, "How about it? These things make your trip worthwhile, right?"
He had just discovered it, but the situation was urgent just now, and he didn't have time to pay attention. At this time, the endless Purple Tai Sui under the stone platform was indeed very exaggerated.
In the end, building this city within a city of the wrongfully dead was the Meng family's real masterpiece, a hundred times greater than building this altar of divine descent and demon-revealing mirror. One was temporary, prepared in just a few years.
But the Yin mansion in this city of the wrongfully dead was built with the Meng family's decades of effort, entirely relying on Purple Tai Sui, created out of thin air.
When building it, they spared no expense, investing a massive amount of Purple Tai Sui. Now that it was dismantled, and they hadn't gathered it in time, the Purple Tai Sui fell into the city of the wrongfully dead. And because Purple Tai Sui doesn't dissipate, it won't disappear, but will only seep into the city of the wrongfully dead like mercury spreading on the ground.
"I, I..."
Erguotou had entered with the courage of a fearless hero to save people, but he hadn't thought about taking any advantage.
But at this moment, seeing so much Purple Tai Sui all at once, he was a little dazed, stammering, his lips trembling, and his eyeballs rolling uncontrollably.
"I already promised Miss Red Wine that I would bring you out first as soon as I came in. If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have lent me her treasure..."
He seemed to be full of conflict, and his speech was a little stuttering. "But, but the deeper you are in the underworld, the faster time passes. If we're quick, Miss Red Wine might not..."
"...notice, right?"
...
...
"What audacity..."
At this moment, the Meng family's Grand Master outside the stone platform was so angry that smoke was coming out of his seven orifices.
Looking up, his family's ancestor was now furious. Those empty and deep eyes were staring fixedly at the evil spirit on the altar of divine descent. The eyes, which had always been indifferent and ignorant, seemed to reveal a strange and greedy meaning.
It was staring fixedly at the depths of the soul light emitted by the evil spirit, reflecting the natal spirit shrine, as if with some kind of infatuated and crazy meaning, eager to see through that secret.
Endless mana was coming through the layers of the underworld, and his own nine-pillar cultivation was rapidly depleting, not knowing how long he could last.
And with the ancestor having moved his mind, it was impossible for him to ask the ancestor to withdraw his gaze; otherwise, if he angered him, he would be the first to suffer.
Looking at the evil spirit on the altar of divine descent, who now had a calm expression, even with a kind of playful look, guiding his family's ancestor's gaze, slowly attaching the sixth talisman arrow to the straw man, and bowing deeply.
At this moment, he was even a little panicked, not sure whether the other party would collapse first under the ancestor's gaze, or whether he would die first.
But just at this critical moment, another evil spirit came, stopping the collapse of the stone platform with a single move. Most importantly, the Hu and Meng families were sworn enemies, so how could he not see that the black-clad evil spirit who had rushed over was using the techniques of the Walking Ghost sect?
For a moment, shock and anger intertwined in his heart. Opening his eyes, he sternly shouted, "The Walking Ghost sect, those who crossed the bridge died long ago. Who... who are you?"
"..."
It seemed that seeing this evil spirit use the Walking Ghost sect's techniques was more surprising to him than seeing this evil spirit appear.
Erguotou ignored him, just looking down at the Purple Tai Sui in the small rivers and the lakes that had gathered under the stone platform. In the eyes of others, this was a mysterious temperament, not even raising his head when facing the Meng family's Grand Master's questioning.
The endless ghost soldiers and Yin generals around didn't dare to stop. Seeing that they couldn't tear down the stone platform, they rushed towards the stone platform in a vast and chaotic manner, eager to tear apart the altar on the stone platform.
Now that most of the stone platform had been dismantled, its weight had become lighter. Even if Hu Ma acted again, it wouldn't be as easy as it had been before. But facing these endless ghost generals, the person who had set up the altar seemed to feel only the disgust of flies flying over.
With a cold snort, he waved his large sleeves. Instantly, dark thunder rolled around the altar, and groups of Yin thunder exploded around the stone platform. Countless ghost soldiers and ghost generals shattered and fell down in unison.
The momentum was more than ten times greater than before!
"Indeed, indeed..."
The Meng family's Grand Master was even stung in the eyes by the appearance of the person in the altar. Uncontrollable anger窜腾了起来, unable to bear it any longer, he immediately gritted his teeth and made a decision: "I said there couldn't be so many unlucky things happening all at once..."
"Men! Convey my order, quickly invite the Four Route Governors over..."
"..."
"Ah?"
The tall-hatted little ghost beside him was suddenly shocked by this order, licked his lips, and said fearfully, "Grand Master, do you really... really want to invite them?"
"The Yin Palace Governors... shouldn't handle our family affairs..."
"If we invite the other Nine Clans, especially the Hu family, I'm afraid they will take the opportunity to cause trouble..."
"..."
The Meng family wanted to build the Yin Mansion, gathering governors from all over the place and cultivating many grassroots kings. Apart from the Meng family's ancestor, these governors were the Meng family's reliance.
However, these governors were all once appointed by the Yi Dynasty Du clan. Although they had joined the Meng family, because of their status and position, it was impossible for the Meng family to treat them as family retainers. They could handle errands in private, but they had to be respected on the surface.
A talisman that could be summoned could only summon family slaves.
"Do I not know that? Do I need you to remind me?"
He wouldn't have said anything if the little ghost hadn't spoken, but as soon as he spoke, the Meng family's Grand Master was furious, slapping him, causing him to spin several times.
With a sinister gaze, looking at the shadow on the stone platform, as if thinking of some extremely terrifying problem, he shouted, "The matter has come to this, can we still let those evil spirits run away? Summon them all over!"