"Are you sure you're not joking? You really want to destroy the prestigious Tongyin Meng family in one fell swoop?"
While Xiao Hongtang sent out two secret letters, one overt and one covert, Hu Ma, who had contacted Miss Red Wine through the Benming (natal) Spirit Shrine, heard a surprised voice, "Senior Longjing could use Yama Arts to destroy Noble Zhang because his skills had reached that level."
"The Tongyin Meng family is already the most inflated of the current Ten Families. You can injure them, assassinate the wild talents they've fostered, even kidnap their First Madam..."
"But you're saying you want to erase the Meng family's name?"
"..."
"Although I don't have Senior Longjing's abilities, I am still a member of the Hu family, am I not?"
Hu Ma smiled and said, "Of course, even the Hu family is significantly inferior to the Meng family in terms of foundation. It's only because the current Meng family wants to gamble their lives with the Hu family that we have this opportunity."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Miss Red Wine sneered and said, "But the Ten Families' foundations are terrifying, the more I think about it, the more terrifying it becomes. Don't underestimate the Meng family's disciples."
"What they see and learn from birth is more profound than what we do. They won't stupidly run into the line of fire. Don't be careless and suffer a great loss instead… Of course, if you can really seize the Meng family's Bridge, that would be a great accomplishment."
"..."
"That's right, I'm also afraid he won't make that mistake."
Hu Ma smiled, "But perhaps the Meng family's luck has really run out. Recently, my right eyelid has started twitching."
"None of the Ten Families rely on luck to establish themselves!"
Miss Red Wine said seriously, "Moreover, a twitching right eyelid is an omen of disaster. You should be the one who's careful."
"Now, I've already distributed the Purple Taisui, and the reincarnated will soon be welcoming a large number onto the Bridge… That Monkey Wine really doesn't treat himself like an outsider, taking the share of ten people all by himself, otherwise there would be even more…"
"But although the Purple Taisui is covering it, ascending the Bridge is a dangerous matter after all. No one can be sure whether they will encounter the Ten Families' snipers on the Bridge, or if some other trouble will arise."
"Now, if the Hu and Meng families really have a major conflict, it will happen to divert the attention of the reincarnated."
"And if the reincarnated can succeed in ascending the Bridge this time, then perhaps…"
"..."
She paused slightly, and said in a low voice, "We won't have to hide and sneak around like before."
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and said, "Also, since this opportunity is so rare, won't you take this chance to ascend the Bridge?"
"You shouldn't be lacking Purple Taisui. Even if you need it, I can share some with you!"
"..."
Listening to Miss Red Wine's concern, Hu Ma smiled and said, "I will also ascend the Bridge, but I don't need to go with the main group."
"I already obtained the Purple Taisui in the Underworld before, but I still need to take another look before deciding how to take that step."
"..."
"..."
After finishing his instructions to Miss Red Wine, Hu Ma could be considered completely relieved.
He quietly looked at the oil lamp lit in front of him. Through this oil lamp, he could hear some of the things happening in the ghost trails. With Zhang Agu receiving his letter and notifying the wandering ghosts everywhere, this Mountain Sacrifice was already more than ten times larger than before.
Logically speaking, the Hu family has been absent for a long time, and not many people in the current ghost trails still believe in the Hu family.
However, after Hu Ma reopened the Zhenchong (Suppression) Office, he did several things in succession, which at least earned him a reputation in the ghost trails.
The most crucial thing was that his opening of the Zhenchong Office and his order to execute ghosts caused hundreds of ghosts on the Zhenchong Office's roster to return to their altars, and the abilities of all the wandering ghost people in the world greatly increased. With these hundreds of ghosts, Zhang Agu's words carried more weight than before.
It could be said that nearly 90% of the wandering ghosts in the world had to borrow the power of these hundreds of ghosts, which also meant that nearly 90% could hear the words that Zhang Agu delivered through the Hundred Ghosts' Altar.
This was the true influence of the Hu family, outside of the Zhenchong Office, within the wandering ghost lineage itself.
What's more, Hu Ma spoke for the first time in the name of his lineage, seeking neither fame nor fortune, only asking them to lead the people in the various regions in the Mountain Sacrifice on the first day. This idea originated from the village and was in line with the hearts of the wandering ghosts around the world.
"When did the Cult Leader return to Ming Prefecture? Why didn't you come visit me?"
When Xiao Hongtang delivered the letter to Fairy Miaoshan, Fairy Miaoshan, who was listening to opera in Ming Prefecture City, was suddenly and inexplicably surprised.
"Auntie, quickly look at the letter."
Dou Guan next to her stretched his head and said anxiously, "Now is a critical time when the world is rising. The advisor is so annoying to you, but he took the initiative to deliver a letter, which means that the content of this letter must be very important!"
"Why would the Cult Leader be annoyed with me?"
Fairy Miaoshan grabbed the letter and immediately became angry.
Dou Guan said anxiously, "Read the letter, read the letter."
"Since the letter is so important, why should I read it? Quickly send it to Senior Brother!"
Fairy Miaoshan gave the letter to Dou Guan, while she stood up directly, "Pack your things, let's go to the mountains to take a look."
Dou Guan was suddenly anxious again. He was a small spirit messenger and could not peek at the letter, but he was eager to know the content. He hurriedly took the letter, his short legs scurrying like wheels. After a hard half night, he finally delivered the letter to Senior Brother Bu Shi Niu (Non-Eating Cow).
This Senior Brother had suffered some injuries during the dragon slaying some time ago, but he was in high spirits. After seeing the letter, his eyes lit up and he smiled, "As expected of the Cult Leader."
"Senior Uncle used to say he respected you, but he always called the advisor Junior Uncle and refused to call him Cult Leader."
Dou Guan stared and said, "He finally changed his tune?"
"When I slayed the dragon, I knew that was the Cult Leader. I saw his shadow beside Junior Uncle Longjing."
Senior Brother Bu Shi Niu sighed softly and said, "I used to look down on him somewhat because this Cult Leader was also pushed to the top by us and didn't like us very much. But now, seeing what he's doing, he really is our Cult Leader."
"Moreover, he really knows what we Non-Eating Cow have prepared for so many years, what we have saved up, and what is the only thing we can consider as capital!"
"..."
Dou Guan hurriedly said, "What are we going to do this time?"
Senior Brother Bu Shi Niu didn't answer, but supported his injured body and slowly stood up, sighing leisurely and saying softly, "Mountain Sacrifice."
"Mountain Sacrifices include village sacrifices and state sacrifices. Gods without incense are not efficacious. The scale of the sacrifice determines the scale of the incense that the gods can enjoy."
"..."
Listening to this, Dou Guan suddenly became excited, "Then the advisor is going to..."
"The Cult Leader has high standards and doesn't like village sacrifices or state sacrifices..."
Senior Brother Bu Shi Niu sighed softly, "The foundation of Non-Eating Cow lies in the people. He wants us to go all out, which has already exceeded the limits of ordinary state and province. I'm afraid it can be called..."
He paused slightly and sighed, "...A Universal Sacrifice!"
"Universal?"
Listening to this, Dou Guan was already dumbfounded and couldn't say a word for a long time. But Senior Brother suddenly turned his head, smiled at him, and said, "Little adult, please run out and give an order for me!"
"All disciples of Non-Eating Cow shall gather the people in their respective locations, take Yin Mountain as the signal, and perform the Mountain Sacrifice on the eighth day!"
"Also, order the eight chief disciples of Non-Eating Cow to go to Old Yin Mountain to pay respects to the Cult Leader."
"With his status, he is willing to return the divine to the people. The scope and magnanimity of Non-Eating Cow are far inferior to him. We should hug his thigh tightly..."
"..."
"..."
"Please, please, cousin... please, young master, have mercy!"
At the same time, when the wandering ghosts under heaven received the message from the altar, and the Non-Eating Cow group was gathering the people and preaching, somewhere in the west of Xia Earth, on a desolate mountain...
There was also a young master from a wealthy family, dressed in brocade clothes, with a painted white face and red cheeks, and even covered in various ornaments, giving off a kind of deliberately dressed-up and bizarre feeling. He was shivering all over, being surrounded by a team of ceremonial guards.
He was Meng Sizhong, a disciple outside the five generations of mourning of the Tongyin Meng family. Since he was a child, he had envied the ceremonial guards of the true Meng family, but now, his ceremonial guards were even higher than those of the Meng family's direct descendants.
But he didn't feel happy at all. Instead, he looked at the depths of the desolate mountain in front of him, at a ghost cave that didn't know where it led to, trembling all over, and shouting loudly, "I...I am willing to go down and serve the ancestors..."
"Young Master Sizhong, be careful with your words."
The person who came with him was a small affairs officer of the Tongyin Meng family. Here on this desolate mountain, he also seemed afraid of alarming something, and didn't dare to speak loudly, saying in a low voice, "You must also recognize your identity. Non-direct bloodlines of the ancestors are not qualified to go down and serve them."
"You, who are outside the five generations of mourning, are already blessed to be allowed to serve the main family."
"Moreover, you went to Ming Prefecture once, suffered losses from the Hu family, and went back cursing and complaining, often expressing in public that if you had the opportunity to get rid of that Hu family evil spawn, you wouldn't hesitate to risk your life, right?"
"Young Master remembers what you said at the time, so he picked you out when choosing the person to send the disaster..."
"..."
"I..."
Young Master Meng Sizhong's voice trembled, "But this, but this is sending disaster..."
"I heard that the person who sends the disaster will not only be haunted by grievances, but will also implicate the entire clan, right?"
"Young Master is actually just trying to scare the Hu family, he doesn't really want to send disaster, right?"
"..."
The small affairs officer sighed softly, seeing that Young Master Sizhong was extremely terrified and probably wouldn't kowtow honestly, he also closed his eyes slightly and murmured a few words.
Young Master Sizhong suddenly felt his body heavy, and a strange figure appeared on his back, pressing his head down, and he kowtowed.
The moment his forehead touched the ground, the incense held in his hand burned out in an instant.
At this moment, countless people in the Tongyin Meng family suddenly felt something heavy pressing on their hearts through bloodline karma, feeling heavy and weighty. When they reached out to touch it, they couldn't touch it, but the feeling of being suppressed was real.
The Meng family's Young Master in the ancestral home sat beside the Eight Immortals table, had someone bring over a basin of water, looked into the basin, and then laughed loudly, his voice shaking the corridors, "The disaster has been taken, the Hu family is doomed..."
"The things my father and grandfather couldn't accomplish, I accomplished instead?"
"..."
"Filial son... filial son..."
In Old Goat Village, a jar of pickled vegetables placed in the corner of the house suddenly shook non-stop, and the Meng family's Great Master's cries came from inside, "Decreasing blessings and ruining life, that rebellious son should have been drowned in the chamber pot..."
"Hu family kid, Hu family kid, come see me quickly, a great disaster has arrived, a great disaster has arrived..."