Black Mountain Old Ghost

Chapter 435 Contending for the Emperor

"Don't know what it means?"

Hu Ma sensed the anxiety of this statue, or rather, this reincarnated predecessor, and vaguely realized that he was discussing something extremely important with him. He told the truth.

However, he didn't expect that after hearing his words, the statue's body would tremble. The mud and dust on his body hadn't been completely removed. Now, with such a violent reaction, cracks like spiderwebs appeared all over him, and fresh blood even flowed from the cracks.

"Twenty years, twenty years and you've done nothing?"

Hu Ma saw in him the appearance of a person on the verge of death, with agitated emotions and a voice full of incomprehension and endless doubt: "But, but it shouldn't be like this..."

"From the moment I fell asleep, I've been waiting to wake up and hear your news, waiting for this conversation. But you... you're completely different from what I imagined..."

"If you don't even know what I'm talking about, then... then how did you get here?"

""

"Hoo..."

Listening to his full of questions and incomprehension, Hu Ma also took a deep breath and decided to tell the truth. He whispered, "I came in through a painting. A disciple of Bu Shi Niu gave it to me. Inside were three trials and twelve tribulations. I relied on the secret words left by a reincarnator to enter this place."

"I originally just wanted to meet a senior and also wanted to ask a few questions, but it seems, senior, your questions seem to be even more numerous than mine..."

""

"A painting?"

The excited statue was pulled back to reality by Hu Ma's words. He calmed down slightly and tried to think. "Yes, it was left by Shixiong. He told me to hide here and wait..."

Hu Ma couldn't help but be slightly stunned as he listened. "Shixiong?"

"Heh, that's what I..."

The statue slowly opened his mouth, but paused and sighed, "Being in this world for too long has even made my speech like theirs. There's no need for 'I,' just me."

"My code name is Scarlet Robe. I reincarnated into this world sixty years ago... No, if I've been asleep for twenty years, then it was eighty years ago when I reincarnated. The painting you mentioned was left by my Shixiong when he founded Bu Shi Niu."

"Oh, perhaps I should tell you his code name. His code name is Old Gentleman Eyebrows."

""

"Your Shixiong founded Bu Shi Niu?"

Hu Ma was already slightly shocked in his heart. "So, your Shixiong is the Great Virtuous Teacher who left behind the disciples of Bu Shi Niu?"

"Great Virtuous Teacher?"

The statue, hearing this name at such a moment of anxiety, couldn't help but slightly curl his lips and chuckle softly, "Since we are reincarnators, why talk about Great Virtuous Teachers?"

"The so-called Great Virtuous Teacher is just a title we borrowed after we decided to do that thing. Anyone can call themselves a Great Virtuous Teacher. Of course, Old Gentleman Eyebrows did die in Shangjing under that title."

"Of course, we didn't have it easy either. Of the seven of us, although we achieved our goal, some died and some were injured. My physical body and seven souls were destroyed, and now only a bit of causal soul remains here, just to be able to say a few words to you."

""

"Borrowed title? Anyone can call themselves a Great Virtuous Teacher?"

Hu Ma's heart stirred upon hearing these words. Perhaps within the circle of reincarnators, just this sentence alone was already an extraordinary secret.

"You..."

As he was thinking, the statue seemed to suddenly think of something again. He looked at him anxiously and whispered, "Since you can come here, presumably, you are the most capable one among this generation of reincarnators, right?"

""

"What the heck?"

Hu Ma was stunned for a moment when he heard this and shook his head, "I have learned a little skill."

"But I'm still a little bit away from the level you mentioned..."

""

The statue seemed a little anxious, "Have you comprehended the true meaning of returning home?"

Hu Ma was taken aback and said, "No."

"Then..."

The statue said, "The art of fighting against a country alone, have you mastered it? Have you refined a million Yin soldiers?"

For a moment, Hu Ma felt that this topic was not very suitable for him. He slowly said, "At least for me, these things are still hard to imagine..."

"Then..."

The statue was clearly a little anxious, "What about the others? There must be some, right?"

"Maybe there are..."

Hu Ma thought while slowly saying, "But I don't know. There aren't that many connections between reincarnators."

"Not that many connections..."

Just truthfully answering, but Hu Ma's words clearly confused the statue, or rather Scarlet Robe. After a long time, he whispered, "If you don't have this and you don't have that, then what have you been doing for the past twenty years?"

Hu Ma didn't know how to answer this question.

After a long while, he slowly said, "Some people are hiding and living a small life, some people are playing the nurturing game, and some people are making trouble everywhere."

"Some people have been in this world for almost thirty years and are still struggling with the question of whether this world is real or fake..."

"Of course, there are also some who are more radical. They not only influenced the martial world of a state, turning themselves into martial world bosses, but even had the audacity to actively contact those magistrates. Now, they are about to become minor magistrates."

""

"What?"

The statue was clearly a little dazed as he listened to him. After a long time, he trembled, "Minor magistrate? A position that even dogs despise..."

"Still need to work your way up to it?"

""

Hu Ma didn't know how to answer. The statue himself became agitated and his voice suddenly became louder and seemed to be trembling, "Then, in these twenty years, have you done anything?"

"What's the difference between you now and us twenty years ago?"

"No, twenty years ago, none of us would have cared about the position of minor magistrate!"

""

If we chat like this, it would be a bit awkward...

Hu Ma didn't know what to say. He reacted in his heart and wanted to save some face, so he tentatively said, "Actually, there's no other way, right? The Ten Clans are suppressing us, and everyone is wary of a second Great Cleansing. How would anyone dare to stand out?"

"At least figure out how the last Great Cleansing was discovered, but we don't know, so we can only..."

""

As he spoke, his heart suddenly stirred.

Since he had met the previous generation, it would be extremely valuable information if he could ask the reason for the previous Great Cleansing.

But before he could speak, the statue had already taken up the conversation in a trembling voice, "What?"

"The Ten Clans? You haven't destroyed the Ten Clans yet?"

""

"Damn it..."

Hu Ma was a little energized all of a sudden. He wanted to ask this elder brother, what do you mean?

"Empty, all the plans have fallen through, all the plans, too, are messed up..."

But the statue was no longer talking to him. There was endless regret in his voice. "How could it, how could it be like this?"

"Could it be that fate is fixed, and we are destined to lose in the dark? Otherwise, how could the things we planned together at the beginning suddenly become like this?"

"You... you don't seem to know anything. Could it be that all the insiders at the beginning were killed? That's not right. Since Bu Shi Niu was left behind, how could you not know anything?"

""

There really is a problem...

Sensing the strange change in the statue, Hu Ma had already put away his strange thoughts.

He could feel the emotional changes in the statue, knowing that he was confused. He also had many doubts in his heart, but at the same time, he saw that there wasn't much Life Incense in the incense burner, and it was burning quickly. He could only concentrate and said in a deep voice:

"Senior, perhaps now is not the time to talk about these things. I also came here by chance, and I also have some important questions I want to ask."

"You are the first generation of reincarnators?"

"What happened to your generation of reincarnators, and why did it lead to the Great Cleansing by the natives?"

"If the reincarnators are careful enough, how could they be discovered by the natives?"

""

The statue smiled bitterly, "We are naturally not the first generation, because we were also awakened by someone."

"If we talk about it, we are just the most unlucky generation. We discovered the secret of Tai Sui, and finally understood the responsibility of the reincarnators coming to this world."

"However, before that, we wasted too much time. When we discovered this secret, it was too late. Even if we skinned that guy, it would be of no avail. A new emperor will always appear, and will still complete that transaction."

"So, so we tried our best to buy you some more time!"

"Sooner or later, an emperor will appear in this world. The moment the emperor appears is the time when disaster strikes."

"There is only one way, and that is to make this emperor one of us. Perhaps there is still some hope, but, but now that twenty years have passed, and you haven't made any preparations, then how can you compete with those people?"

""

"They skinned the emperor to stop a transaction?"

"They once did some things just to buy us time, but as a result, this generation of reincarnators doesn't even know these things?"

Listening, Hu Ma's emotions were already fluctuating. He only felt countless pieces of information pouring into his mind, and he couldn't even react for a while. He could only forcibly remember what the reincarnator said, and then slowly analyze and digest it after leaving.

"What is the responsibility of the reincarnators that you mentioned? What is the disaster once the emperor appears?"

He knew that at a critical time, every question was extremely important, and he needed to ask the most urgent questions he wanted to know: "And..."

"How were you discovered in the first place?"

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