Chapter 108 The Village's Oddities

Everyone was there, the adults and children of the village, and the Zhao family in mourning clothes.

They were all gathered around a black lacquered coffin, crowding the entire courtyard, silent, constantly knocking their heads towards the coffin, just kowtowing, but without any other movement.

Hu Ma saw that some people's foreheads were covered with dirt, and some were already stained crimson, having broken their heads from the repeated impacts.

"What's going on?"

Looking at this silent and eerie scene, Hu Ma was at a loss.

He couldn't even go forward to investigate, because the entire courtyard was filled with people kowtowing, with no room to insert a foot.

"Wake up!"

He bit his lip slightly, raised the red sandalwood sword in his hand, and with furnace fire pouring in, the red sandalwood sword drew an invisible line of fire, directly sweeping towards the people kneeling in the yard, dispersing the yin qi.

Within the reach of this line of fire, several villagers slightly awakened and looked up in a daze.

But they only looked up in panic, and before they could say anything, their eyes became dazed again.

They continued to kowtow towards the coffin along with the others.

"My strike is already at thirty percent of the firepower of a zhenyang arrow, and it still can't affect them?"

Hu Ma also felt it was a bit bizarre. Confirming that the coffin in the courtyard was the cause, he bit his lip slightly and suddenly used the skill of gui deng jie (ghost climbing steps).

He directly stepped on the surrounding earthen walls, rushed into the courtyard, and with a strong push of his legs, jumped over the people kowtowing in the yard, landing directly on the coffin. Looking down, the coffin was not yet closed. Inside, an old man with a kind face, dressed in his burial clothes, had a smile on his lips.

It was Zhao Laohan. Da Tong and the others had told him that he had already reanimated and run away. Now that he was done playing, he had actually come back to lie down.

He had been preparing for his birthday celebration, and died while watching others slaughter a pig for him. He had been smiling, but the pig butted him, causing him to knock his head and die. The joyful expression on his face hadn't had time to change.

But this smile now looked inexplicably terrifying.

"The strange things in this village started because of him, and the people in the courtyard are kowtowing to him..."

An idea flashed through Hu Ma's mind: "Should I just stab him with the red sandalwood sword to try? Or carry him out and burn him?"

Although he had this thought in his mind, he was also hesitating.

Dealing with these evil spirits required the right approach. If the approach was right, it would save effort and worry. If the approach was wrong, it could waste a lot of effort but not be successful. Even some actions that seemed very clever could cause great trouble.

"Ouch..."

Just as he was struggling, he suddenly heard Zhou Da Tong and the others exclaim in panic from outside.

Hu Ma was startled. Relying on the skill of gui deng jie, he quickly jumped to the nearby wall, then jumped out of the courtyard. In the distance, he saw Zhou Da Tong and the others surrounding someone.

Thinking it was some kind of evil spirit, he rushed over with his sword, only to see that it was actually Li Wazi, who had been cooking in the village just now. He was still wearing an apron, his face pale, pinching his orchid fingers, twisting his waist, and cursing, "Looking at your father?"

"Haven't seen the Seventh Granny?"

"Not even saying hello, you're all such ignorant kids..."

"..."

"Why is he here?"

Hu Ma landed on the ground, light and silent. When he spoke, Zhou Da Tong and the others finally noticed him and said in a panic, "We don't know, he just appeared all of a sudden, scaring us..."

"Don't panic, keep an eye on the surroundings."

Hu Ma instructed them, then walked into the crowd. Seeing Li Wazi like this, he knew that the good neighbor had arrived.

He hurriedly bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, Seventh Granny."

"I was just thinking about finding someone to ask about the village, it's so weird."

"..."

"I can't understand it..."

Li Wazi liked Hu Ma's polite appearance very much, rolled his eyes at him, and said in a soft voice, "You asked us to keep an eye on the surroundings for you, I remember!"

"Yesterday in the dark, it seemed like someone blew a breath here. I knew something was up. I wanted to help you see who blew it, but I didn't see it. I hurried over to tell you that this place is very evil..."

"Even Seventh Granny thinks this place is evil?"

Hu Ma couldn't help but frown. If even evil spirits felt it was evil, what could it be?

She said that someone blew a breath here...

...Just blowing a breath caused such havoc in this village?

But how did this happen, and how can it be resolved?

Just as his mind was in a mess, he heard Li Wazi say again, "Anyway, I helped you watch and told you."

"You go ahead and do your thing, I'm busy too..."

"..."

Hu Ma was in urgent need of information, and upon hearing this, he hurriedly said, "What is Seventh Granny going to be busy with?"

"Packing things."

Li Wazi said, "This place feels like it's getting more evil, we have to move quickly..."

"Even the Huang Clan is moving?"

Hu Ma was even more shocked. He knew this family's character all too well.

They had a feud with the village, and they weren't afraid of Hong Deng Niangniang (Red Lantern Goddess). They still ran rampant, and even got a chance to bite Xu Ji to death. Now, something just blew a breath here, and they were so scared that they were moving.

Could it be that the thing that blew a breath here was more frightening than Hong Deng Niangniang...or more vicious than Hong Deng Niangniang?

He actually had a lot more questions to ask, but Li Wazi had already rolled his eyes and fallen to the ground.

He woke up quickly, and upon seeing himself in an unfamiliar place, he said strangely, "Did Seventh Granny leave?"

"She used to put me in a soft place, afraid I'd fall. Why did she put me on gravel today?"

"..."

"She left really fast..."

Hu Ma also realized something from Seventh Granny's reaction and took a deep breath.

Turning his head, he saw Zhou Da Tong and the others looking at him expectantly. Around them, the unkillable pig heads, the crying steamed buns, and the shaking tables and chairs were occasionally making noises.

The little girl who was floating around and crying for her mother didn't know when she had floated over and was peeking into each house.

Inside the courtyard, the people of the village were still kowtowing to the coffin...

After hesitating several times, Hu Ma hardened his heart and shouted in a low voice, "Go, everyone get out!"

"Ah?"

Zhou Da Tong and the others also saw that the situation was critical. They were hoping that Hu Ma would come up with an idea to save people, but they didn't expect him to make this decision.

After a moment of stunned silence, they reacted and quickly huddled together, retreating from the village.

Outside the village, some villagers who had escaped in time had rushed over anxiously, eager to ask what was happening, but Hu Ma couldn't answer them for the moment. He only told them to wait patiently and not return to the village yet, as he needed to go back and ask carefully.

He had to make this decision.

There were too many strange things in the village. He could certainly try to solve them, and he wasn't necessarily unable to cope, but he had realized that the superficial disturbances were secondary. Behind these things, there was something even more sinister.

"This matter is too big, we need to let the people above take a look..."

He took the people and hurried back to the manor, and had them prepare an incense altar, and lit the red lantern in the house.

Summon Hong Deng Niangniang!

Encountering such a thing, showing off one's ability would be foolish. He had to have Hong Deng Niangniang come over to see what to do.

After all, he was watching over this manor for Hong Deng Niangniang, and the rule that no evil spirits could be disturbed within a ten-mile radius was also set by Hong Deng Niangniang. If some problems arose that he couldn't handle, then it would be most appropriate to ask Hong Deng Niangniang to come over and help solve them.

Of course, under these circumstances, although he had an incense stick that could directly summon Hong Deng Niangniang, it was still more appropriate to use the normal method to summon her.

He set up the incense altar and lit the red lantern.

Hu Ma then stood in front of the incense altar, holding three sticks of incense, and bowed to the red lantern, "Hong Deng Cang Ming Gui E Jiao (Red Lantern Hides Life Ghost E Jiao), Niangniang's divine carriage crosses the underworld bridge, I ask Niangniang to descend her divine power, holding the red lantern and illuminating the four directions..."

"...Hu Ma, the manager of the Qing Shi Town Red Lantern Society sub-branch, respectfully requests Niangniang's descent!"

"..."

After chanting three times, he felt that the red lantern in front of the incense altar vaguely appeared a strange red light.

But before Hu Ma could say the purpose of inviting Hong Deng Niangniang over, he saw the red lantern turn around in all directions, as if surveying, and made a sound of doubt:

"Eh?"

Then, as if discovering something, he was slightly surprised: "Ah!"

Immediately afterward, the strange red light suddenly disappeared, leaving only a lantern hanging there, lonely.

"Gone...gone?"

Hu Ma was also shocked: "What the hell?"

He already had some guesses in his mind, realizing that the haunting of this village was not simple.

But no matter how he thought about it, he didn't expect that Hong Deng Niangniang was invited by him, but after taking a look, she slipped away without even leaving a word?

"That's too much, right?"

He felt extremely strange. This was at least someone who had just built a temple...

Seeing that the people around him didn't dare to speak now, all staring at him with wide eyes, Hu Ma didn't know what to do for a while.

The three sticks of incense he was holding in his hand had long been extinguished, as if Hong Deng Niangniang was also using this method to tell him that this time, don't try to invite her, but decide for himself, think for himself...

"Close the gate!"

Hu Ma was silent for a long time before speaking in a low voice.

Zhou Da Tong and the others were already a little flustered, looking at him at a loss.

"Close the gate, no one is allowed to leave the manor."

After a while, Hu Ma could only explain to them, "Things are serious, it's not something we can solve."

"But the people in that village..."

In the crowd, a worker couldn't help but say something, but stopped in time.

"This matter is not as simple as it seems."

Hu Ma glanced at the outside of the manor and said in a low voice, "The haunting is a small matter, the thing that caused the haunting behind it is the most terrifying. In front of that thing, we are probably no different from those people."

Listening to Hu Ma's arrangement, all the workers were silent.

And now, outside the gate of the manor, the villagers who had been waiting anxiously had already begun to ask, "Is the master ready yet?"

"The people in our village are waiting for their lives to be saved..."

Suddenly realizing that today's update was added by mistake, cut off in the previous chapter unsatisfactorily, then let's make a mistake on top of a mistake, and add another update! It's the 21st, the tickets have already been issued, everyone can give Lao Gui some comfort, right? Sobbing and rolling around

(End of this chapter)