Chapter 10 Different Sects, Mutual Restraints

The Ten Surnames had their own paths, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.

Besides puppet shows restraining Xing Hun (Soul Punishment), corpse herders restraining Fu Ling (Burdened Spirits), and Assassins restraining corpse herders, there was also witchcraft that could counter Assassins.

The reason was simple: the Assassin path was formidable because it was imperceptible, impossible to defend against. But witchcraft specialized in strange insects and observing the heavens and earth, using subtle means to alter the feng shui with these insects.

No matter how well-constructed your house was, once a strange insect entered, it would become a dangerous and ominous place. Moreover, at a higher level, the witch could observe the heavens and earth, drawing upon earth energy to break the Assassin's enchantment. They would be at a disadvantage in every aspect.

Hu Ma had noticed when the Yan family's iron gates closed, some people had slipped out, and others had slipped in. Those sneaky figures were none other than Old Abacus and Wu Ya.

This simplified things. Since witchcraft countered Assassins, wouldn't sending Wu Ya be perfect?

Of course, it wasn't really expected that Wu Ya would have great abilities. She just needed to create an opening.

So many powerful corpse herders and small knives, each with their own unique skills, only needed someone to create an opening, and the Yan family's gates would surely fall.

But no matter how calculating Old Abacus was, he couldn't have foreseen Hu Ma's plan. He really thought Hu Ma was going to let Wu Ya deal with the Yan family's heavily guarded mansion, and he immediately became worried.

Even if witchcraft could counter Assassins, if your abilities were too far apart, it would be useless!

But Wu Ya was delighted when she heard Hu Ma's words.

She was simple-minded and admired Hu Ma, her heart filled with longing.

She didn't know the identities of the corpse herders and small knives who had come from all over. She only thought that Hu Ma truly believed in justice and had attracted countless ghosts, gods, and strange people to help him through this justice. Now that she had the opportunity to participate, she was immediately encouraged and loudly agreed, stepping out of the shadows and asking, "How can I help?"

Hu Ma narrowed his eyes and looked deep into the Yan family's mansion, saying, "There are four anchors here. Find them!"

He deliberately spoke loudly, also to remind the other small knives. But the Yan family's master, who had long been determined to die but was still alive, was directly frightened.

"What kind of ability does this corpse herder have to see through this?"

While his expression changed drastically, Wu Ya had already started whistling, and a small, emerald green snake poked its head out from her sleeve.

"Huh?"

Wu Ya suddenly noticed something strange. As soon as the whistle sounded, not only this little insect but also the other insects on her body seemed to sense something, showing an extraordinary level of activity.

It was as if there was someone or something nearby that was making them extremely excited.

Not having time to investigate further, she released the little snake, letting it crawl into the Yan mansion.

"Kill that long worm..."

The Yan family's guards also had sharp eyes. Seeing the emerald green snake crawling over, they shouted and swung their blades, wanting to cut it down.

"Heh, it's time to let you see the methods of the Shou Sui Ren (Year Keeper)..."

At this moment, Hu Ma's eyes also turned cold. He suddenly stepped forward, and the great saber in his hand was raised, the blade vibrating, and a wave of murderous intent surged forth.

Where the blade vibrated, he instantly relied on the tyrannical body of the Shou Sui Ren, rushing straight into the crowd.

He raised his hand and shattered the people in front of him, along with their armor, splashing blood and intestines and internal organs all over the ground, like a sea of blood.

Although the Yan family's mansion was evil, suppressing the baleful aura of the blade and even suppressing the outsider's cultivation, causing others to suffer when they entered the Yan family's gate, while the Yan family's guards could exert two hundred percent of their strength, it still depended on who they were compared to.

Even if the Shou Sui Ren was suppressed, his strength and killing skills were still there.

Of course, it wasn't just about being able to kill. The most important thing was that Hu Ma attacked heavily, chopping vegetables, without even frowning. Corpses were scattered around him, all broken into pieces.

Not to mention those guards, even the reincarnated ones following behind were a little frightened. Their shouts weakened, and they only looked up.

Following the little snake, relying on the great saber in his hand, he instantly broke through three gates and arrived at a pavilion in the west corner. He immediately felt a sharp ghost aura like a knife pressing directly against his face. He vaguely seemed to see a sea of blood and mountains of corpses, with wronged souls reaching out, as if his own soul was about to be pulled down.

Hu Ma suppressed his murderous aura, forcibly stabilized his spirit, and looked inside, his expression changing instantly.

His gaze fixed on a human bone stake in front of the pavilion, and he instantly understood what the Zhu Ye Qing (Bamboo Leaf Green) meant by the four anchors.

A living person stake!

The most evil and ruthless in the world was the beauty basin, and the most wicked was the living person stake.

The Yan family had not only used the Assassin's path to build a unique house but had also set up such a fierce and harmful thing in the house.

"Based on this stake alone, no one in the Yan family is innocent!"

Hu Ma had already killed many people, his eyebrows and eyes were grim, and his heart suddenly hardened. With a low roar, he strode forward with his saber.

The rolling yin wind rushing towards him was actually no weaker than the power of a Fu Shen (Prefecture God), and it was about to blow his spirit unstable, as if it would blow him directly into the underworld.

But Hu Ma had the protection of the Da Wei Tian Gong Jiang Jun Yin (Great Might Heavenly Duke General Seal) and stubbornly resisted, rushing straight to the pillar and biting the tip of his tongue.

His whole body's yang energy vibrated, and a mouthful of "blood yang arrow" was sprayed directly onto the stake.

"Pfft!"

The stake was stained with his Yuan Yang (Primordial Yang) blood that had not yet been broken, and he only heard a sound like the shattering of air in his ears. Countless yin souls wailed on the pillar, soaring up to dozens of feet into the sky.

Inside, he could see countless wronged souls struggling to escape, and the oppressive, gloomy pressure in the Yan family's mansion suddenly dissipated by as much as twenty percent.

With the oppressive aura in the house dissipating by twenty percent, the saber in Hu Ma's hand suddenly became twenty percent more fierce. He glanced at more guards rushing out of various passages in the house, led by many powerful figures, and his murderous aura intensified. The great saber in his hand surged with a violent wind, sweeping directly towards the opponent.

Chi la la...

Those guards were like paper in front of the great saber, collapsing in an instant. Just now, he was killing one with one blow.

Now, looking at it, they were falling in pieces like crops.

"Ah yo..."

Seeing Hu Ma's merciless appearance, the reincarnated ones who had been following him gradually became excited from their previous surprise.

"Although this corpse herder's abilities are a little lacking, he doesn't blink an eye when killing people and doesn't spare anyone under his blade. He's ruthless..."

"I think this guy doesn't look like a reincarnated person of this generation. He's ruthless and kills people like flies... This is clearly the style of the previous generation..."

"Could it be that the name of corpse herder is really so easy to use? Then, in the future, won't we not have to live so hard?"

"..."

The more they thought about it, the more they followed behind, killing the guards in the Yan family's mansion until they were covered in blood.

It was as if some kind of beast that had been locked up in their hearts for twenty years had gradually begun to awaken. At least at this moment, they didn't quite understand what this represented.

...

...

"Looking for death, looking for death..."

At the same time as the Yan family's mansion was being slaughtered, outside the Yan family's mansion, the Yan family's son-in-law, the shopkeeper of the Yi Ming Guan (One Life Hall), who had secretly slipped out before the iron gate closed, was also pale and fleeing in a hurry, taking advantage of the chaos.

He was the most shrewd. He dared not stay any longer as soon as he heard the Yan family's old master's roar.

"If that corpse herder had only killed the snake spirit, then he would have left, and that would have been the end of it, but now..."

"...he doesn't even know what he's provoking!"

"The Yan family's old master relies on the snake pill to prolong his life and has already become a madman, a monster!"

"Do you think the Yan family built this mansion so airtight for what reason? Is the Yan family really worried that people from the other paths will come to cause trouble?"

"No, the most fundamental reason for the Yan family to build this mansion, but also the reason they dare not say, is to trap that monster!"

"..."

Thinking of the monster he had once seen from afar, he became more and more terrified, wanting to get as far away from the iron gate Yan family as possible. But unexpectedly, his figure flashed, passing through several alleys in succession, avoiding several groups of people, but suddenly he froze, seeing a black sedan chair quietly parked in the narrow alley in front of him.

On the sedan chair, a fat white cat was lying there, squinting its eyes and looking down at him coldly.

"Yi Ming Guan is really going backwards more and more, daring to refine this thing to prolong people's lives."

"I'm curious, do the people of the Undying Wang family know that you Yi Ming Guan are secretly prolonging the life of the Yan family's old master?"

"..."

"I..."

The shopkeeper of the Yi Ming Guan's expression changed drastically when he heard the words of the person in the sedan chair. But after careful examination, seeing that there seemed to be only her alone around, he lowered his voice and said grimly, "We didn't do this. The Undying Wang family has ordered us to save the sick but not the injured, to prolong life but not to change fate. In the beginning, the Yan family did ask me to help their old master prolong his life, and I did help him prolong it for a few years."

"But he was getting closer and closer to the emperor's fate, and ordinary means could no longer help him prolong his life, or even help him borrow life. I also knew that his end was near, so I stopped caring about him..."

"..."

"Stopped caring about him?"

The person in the sedan chair suddenly sneered, "If you stopped caring about him, how did he know the elixir refining method?"

"What kind of thing is the Zi Tai Sui (Purple Taisui)? It concerns two great treasures. How can it be refined so easily?"

"..."

The Yi Ming Guan shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems you are also an expert?"

The person in the sedan chair did not answer, but said lightly, "Stealing the sky and changing the sun, using the infant's evil aura to refine this elixir. It seems that you Yi Ming Guan have indeed figured out a bit of something remarkable in the past few years. Hand over this pill formula to me, and I will guarantee that although you will die, you will become evidence, but at least your family will not be implicated, and the Yi Ming Guan can still live..."

The Yi Ming Guan shopkeeper's expression had already changed drastically. "What if I don't hand it over?"

The person in the sedan chair slowly lifted the curtain and walked out, a white dress, a cold face captivating, and said lightly, "If you don't hand it over, then don't hand it over. It's not like I can't take it myself..."

"It's just that this kind of life-threatening thing came from your Yi Ming Guan..."

In her cold smile, she seemed to be carrying some mockery and a cold smile of someone who didn't mind watching the fun, "Have you ever thought about the consequences?"