Chapter 1 "Want to See Me?"

The Mountain Lord's words caused the Five Fiends to sink into thought. No matter what, he couldn't ignore the Mountain Lord's words, especially since they seemed to reveal some kind of message.

But at his level, he could see through things. He had carefully planned this, so how could he be intimidated by a single sentence? Instead, he sneered coldly, "This old man has always been here. Why is he hiding and refusing to show himself?"

"Only sending such a minor official to cause trouble? Does he really think I still care about old feelings and won't tear away the last bit of face they have left?"

"..."

As he spoke, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and the atmosphere in the area became increasingly cold. He was furious just now, his baleful aura overflowing. But now that the Mountain Lord had appeared, he was no longer as ferocious as before, yet the pressure he exerted on the surroundings was even greater.

"Ding ding dang dang qiang qiang cai..."

Now that he was still and not angry, the countless strange shadows around him suddenly moved.

When a fierce god travels, a hundred ghosts follow. These serving imps were those to whom the Hall Lord usually offered incense. They were offered incense while alive, and when they died, they came to serve by the Hall Lord's side.

In any place without a ghost cave, most of these people met such an end.

The Five Fiends had a heavy baleful aura, and the places where he was worshiped were mostly filled with it, causing people to die early. Therefore, the wronged ghosts serving him were far more numerous than those serving an ordinary Hall Lord. As soon as he arrived, he was accompanied by a horde of ghosts.

It could be said that the number of wronged souls following such a Hall Lord far exceeded those in the fire pit of a village that had been worshiping for a hundred years.

One by one, they emerged from the folds of his robes, each painted in red and green, their appearance both comical and terrifying.

With a whoosh, they stirred up countless eerie winds, scurrying around. The entire town seemed to be covered in the imps surrounding him. Many of them moved comically, yet were dangerous, step by step, forcing themselves toward Seventh Aunt and the Mountain Lord.

"The reason why that person hasn't shown himself is that he still wants to leave you, his old servant, with one last chance."

Facing the imps filling the village, the Mountain Lord simply sat quietly, sighing softly, "But seeing you like this, are you going to completely defy and offend him?"

"I have already left the sect, so how can I be offending?"

The Five Fiends' voice suddenly shook the entire village, "You've been with that family for too long. I'm afraid you've caught their stupidity, haven't you?"

With a loud shout, the surrounding imps suddenly exuded a fierce aura, screaming and yelling as they pounced on the Mountain Lord, Seventh Aunt, Hu Ma, and the contented horse at the main table.

"Since that's the case, how things will be done will be decided by that person!"

The Mountain Lord said calmly, seemingly sighing, but he was actually speaking to Hu Ma, who was sitting beside him. At the same time, he gently tapped the table.

The Five Fiends didn't really think he could instantly crush the minor official sealed by the Hu family, or this unknown horse that was obviously extremely loyal to the Hu family and dared to provoke him to death. He was trying to force the Mountain Lord to take action, taking the opportunity to see to what extent the Mountain Lord dared to go at this time.

Children fighting are afraid of being scolded when they go home, so they bump into each other, trying to see who can't help but strike first.

Reaching a certain position, there is a similar principle.

Now seeing the Mountain Lord's reaction, he immediately focused his attention and waited. Unexpectedly, the Mountain Lord tapped the table, and suddenly, wisps of faint green gauze intertwined from outside Yellow Dog Village.

At the same moment, having listened to Hu Ma's words, Little Red Begonia, who was hiding outside the village, also raised her small arm in surprise.

The green ribbon that the Mountain Lord had tied on her arm was now rapidly untying, transforming into a wisp of green cloth that flew into Yellow Dog Village.

Moreover, it grew longer and larger as it flew, turning into a green curtain three zhang wide and of countless lengths, layered and intertwined, isolating all the evil, living people, altar envoys, ghosts, and Five Fiends within Yellow Dog Village. (One zhang is about 3.3 meters.)

Seeing this change, everyone was shocked, but Little Red Begonia pouted unhappily.

That ribbon was so ugly, she was almost used to seeing it, but that Mountain Lord Grandpa was unscrupulous, actually borrowing back what he had given to others?

This green cloth was originally left behind by the Green-Clad Ghost.

Normally, it would be vulnerable to the Five Fiends' baleful aura, but now, with the Mountain Lord's magic power added, it could transform into a prison, trapping the Five Fiends inside, and also isolating the ghosts and others in various places.

Seeing this, Lord Five Fiends was furious, roaring, "You..."

Within the rolling green curtains, the Mountain Lord looked at him calmly and said, "I forgot to tell you, that person asked me to come, not to deal with you, but to prevent you from running away..."

"Run..."

The people who were just eating at the banquet were thrown into chaos, scattering and fleeing.

Those elves and evil beings, even those who had sat at the table and given congratulatory money, had been forcibly detained. The villagers had been forced to come, and under the influence of the baleful aura, no one dared to move. But now, with the green cloth barrier, they were all panic-stricken, hastily fleeing outwards.

They didn't know who had just arrived and was fighting the Five Fiends, but could ordinary people provoke that level of being?

A breath of air could make them lose control of themselves, and touching a bit could possibly cause their souls to scatter.

"Aiya..."

Also in this chaos, Seventh Aunt suddenly exclaimed in a panic. Having been frightened just now, she finally caught her breath and hurriedly tried to crawl under the table, shouting, "My life, my life, we've provoked a big one..."

"Let's hurry and escape..."

"..."

Hu Ma was immediately somewhat helpless, poking his head under the table and advising, "Seventh Aunt, what are you panicking about? They're just making a lot of noise. Where is your old self's prestige?"

"No matter how fiercely they're fighting, but think about it, who was it that sat in the main seat as soon as they arrived here?"

"Didn't that one from the mountain sit below you just now?"

"..."

"Eh?"

Looking at Hu Ma's gentle smile, Seventh Aunt's confidence, which had been scattered by fright, slowly returned.

In this family, Seventh Aunt had always been the most shrewd. Back then, this large family followed Eighth Aunt to move here, but soon after moving, Eighth Aunt was beaten to death, and the family was in a state of panic.

In the end, wasn't it Seventh Aunt who was capable, insisting on bringing the whole family to settle here, and even finding an opportunity to take revenge, and even becoming a Daoist now?

Now, which village can our family go to without being worshiped?

The more she thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. So, she carefully crawled out from under the table, and seeing that no one was watching, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Little Shopkeeper, what should we do?"

Hu Ma said, "Let's reason with them!"

So, with an order, two chubby weasels lifted up a paper sedan chair, and played the sona horns, and Hu Ma took the reins of the disappointed horse, following behind Seventh Aunt, carrying gusts of yin wind, swaggering through the green curtains.

The imps serving the Five Fiends didn't dare to disobey in front of the Five Fiends, but now that they were separated by the green curtains, they became timid. Seeing Seventh Aunt from afar, they were so frightened that they fled in a panic, with gusts of eerie wind.

Seventh Aunt felt even more prestigious, and even lit her pipe, leaning on the sedan chair, complacent and self-admiring.

"You have good fortune in your life but you don't enjoy it, insisting on disobeying Lord Five Fiends?"

As they were walking, they saw ahead that the Wealth Fiend Altar Envoy was rushing fiercely towards a person, shouting sternly, "You defy your husband, you are rebellious! I will capture you and take you back to Lord Five Fiends' temple to be a guardian wife!"

His attack was extremely fierce, and the knife in his hand was actually stabbing directly at Zhang Agu's heart.

When an evil ghost marries a wife, the ceremony is complete when the wife dies!

And he was originally possessed, while Zhang Agu was an untethered ghost who had not established an altar. At close range, how could she have any room to resist?

Just at this moment, a cold laugh was suddenly heard from behind.

The Wealth Fiend Altar Envoy was shocked, and suddenly turned around, flinging his sleeve, two dolls, one gold and one silver, appeared in front of him, simultaneously opening their mouths and spitting two breaths towards Hu Ma and Seventh Aunt in the sedan chair.

Wealth can charm people's senses, and these two gold and silver dolls, having been refined into evil treasures, already possessed extremely terrifying magic power.

Four Ghosts Salute the Door!

But Hu Ma, facing the two gold and silver dolls, had already anticipated this. Before they could spew out these two masses of baleful aura, he had already respectfully saluted forward, and immediately, baleful aura rolled behind him, surging forward.

Not only was it the yin energy brought by his salute, but even the surrounding rolling baleful aura was drawn by his salute, surging forward like a rolling river.

The gold and silver auras were rolled back, and the two gold and silver dolls fell to the ground, crying loudly.

And Hu Ma took the opportunity to move forward, delivering a heavy palm strike to the Wealth Fiend Altar Envoy's forehead. Before he could use his skills, his body froze. As Hu Ma's palm slowly withdrew, he slowly toppled to the ground.

With his fall, the figure blocking between Zhang Agu and Hu Ma was removed.

Zhang Agu saw the Little Shopkeeper's face appear in front of her, and was momentarily dazed, her feelings indescribable.

And Hu Ma smiled and extended his hand to Zhang Agu, slowly helping her up from the ground, and said with a smile, "Agu, who says that no one cares about the matters of our wandering ghost sect?"

It was impossible to describe the shock of these words. Zhang Agu even felt dizzy, and an indescribable excitement welled up from the bottom of her heart. She had so much to say, but it was already stuck in her throat.

Then, Hu Ma suddenly stepped aside, pointed to Seventh Aunt behind him, and said, "Look..."

"Isn't our savior here?"

(End of Chapter)