The village itself, in all its parts, is enveloped in a grey mist of condensed negativity.
The wailing of the fetus was more piercing and ear-piercing than that of an ordinary child, causing great pain to the ear drums.
Ma Lou caught the fetus with one hand, and the little face of the fetus was wrinkled, as if it was frightened, and it struggled to get away.
"Run! Where do you think you're going to run to?"
With a shout, Ma Lou plunged the Gold Coin Sword down fiercely, piercing directly through the body of the evil fetus!
If it were a ghost, the Gold Coin Sword's strike would be enough to dispel it.
However, the fetus itself is a physical entity between ghosts and corpses.
He struggled and grew weak, but the Gold Coin Sword exuded a series of waves of heat, with white smoke continuously arising.
Without stopping, Ma Lou pulled out a strand of Vermilion Sand CORD and quickly bound the fetus.
In a flash, the fetus became a red little bundle, and the sword handle of the Gold Coin Sword was exposed at the top.
"Big Brother."
Ma Lou turned around and respectfully presented the fetus to the leader.
The leader did not extend his hand to receive it.
His eyes were as calm as water.
It was Book Grandmother, as well as the other two underworld people, who showed traces of joy in their eyes.
The ghost niche harbors ghosts, and the underworld is also closely related to ghosts.
For instance, paper crafters attract wandering spirits and ghosts with their paper crafts.
Chasing corpses are even more capable of driving away malevolent corpses.
And let alone the other factions, Shih's shadow puppets, Xie's reed techniques, and many other unknown schools that I am unaware of.
This fetus is a "treasure of great importance."
"This... Big Brother..." For a moment, Ma Lou was somewhat panic-stricken, hesitating.
"The move was decisive. Although He Xianliang has been in the Hell for a long time, he has indeed been penetrated by the fetus and is now dead. Moreover, he might cause some trouble."
"Master's things may be a great treasure to your Ma family, but at most, they can only be used for barter. This fetus is between ghosts and corpses and is more suitable for the undertakers of your family. You can keep it. The growth of your Ma family's strength is also the growth of the power of the Courthouse." With just a few simple words, the leader's words brought a look of ecstatic joy to Ma Lou's face.
"Thank you, Big Brother!"
Ma Lou bowed deeply, feeling his waist nearly double over.
Book Grandmother, as well as the other two underworld individuals, all appeared bewildered and astonished.
Tang Ding on one side pursed his lips, silent and without speaking, but his eyes clearly revealed a dimness.
He and He Xianliang teamed up to take a bite of a turtle, but the benefits were taken by Ma Lou, so he was naturally uncomfortable.
But to me, I know that the situation is not as simple as it seems...
Moving the fetus, the mother will definitely be angry!
What kind of existence is the mother's evil if she can eat the corpse of the master?
Is it possible that the mother's evil is the source of chaos in the Qi Village?
The old woman mentioned earlier about the people on the hard road of Tianxi Hill who are going to wake up...
Doesn't that coincide with the location where the fetus is?!
At that thought, I felt even more chilly.
"Alright."
The leader lifted his hand and made a gesture of pressing down.
Ma Lou straightened his body, no longer saying anything. With a glance at the remnants of He Xianliang's body, he looked disdainful yet indifferent.
However, he seemed to show even more respect towards the leader.
"Divine, will this piece of human skin affect your use? If it does, you see, where can we go to make up for it? If it doesn't, we will immediately leave the village. This trip is still relatively smooth. To avoid any additional complications."
A faint contraction occurred in my heart. While it seemed that the leader was saying they were going to leave the village, I actually understood the implication in his words.
Giving the fetus to Ma Lou is not necessarily really meant to make the Ma family stronger, but rather a way of diverting the troubles elsewhere.
If they really leave like that, there won't be any unexpected branches.
He deliberately mentioned looking for somewhere to make up for it...
The leader was deliberately delaying the time, which will naturally create new variables!
"The human skin is not complete, so there will be some impact. If we change the location, we might find something."
I can't just say to leave directly.
The relationship with the leader is here, and he has helped me a lot, so I also need to cooperate with him to some extent.
"Good, if that's the case, then Divine, where do you say we go, we will go there. The time is calculated carefully, and before the ghosts of Qi Village starve to death and roam around, we will try to leave as soon as possible." The leader spoke again in a deep voice.
Regarding the movement patterns of the hungry ghosts, I had previously discussed it with the leader. The things the old woman said, I haven't told anyone else.
Ma Lou and Tang Ding nodded in agreement, they had no objections.
I didn't say anything more, and I walked over to the coffin.
I pulled the piece of human skin out from the coffin.
The deceased's face was extremely dry, and the death aura and emptiness were even more prominent.
Lao Gong slightly opened his mouth, not knowing what sound he was making, sobbing and whining, which was somewhat ear-piercing.
Rolling up the piece of human skin, I used a piece of Yin Mountain bamboo paper from the origami figure to wrap it into a block-like package resembling tofu.
After a moment of thought, I threw it into the night pot.
I'm going to summon the soul, and this piece of human skin will have some resonance with the soul. It might awaken a sliver of old Gong's soul and the deceased's residual soul.
Then I looked towards the Tianshi Mountain, which was as if a seal, and murmured, "There is a mansion on the summit, that is the deceased's mansion."
Instantly, Tang Ding and Ma Lou's faces changed.
Book Grandmother, as well as the other two underworld individuals, all showed expressions of surprise and horror.
The leader's expression was the most composed.
"Go up the mountain and enter the mansion," I looked at the leader next.
The leader made a gesture of invitation.
I walked straight towards the mountain.
Going up the mountain and entering the mansion are not my goals...
The purpose is to meet the mother's evil spirit.
The piece of human skin given to me is almost enough.
I'm just helping the leader, killing with a borrowed blade.
I just hope the leader doesn't end up in a mess, that he won't be able to handle the situation if he provokes the mother's evil spirit...
As the group moved forward, Shiyu and Zhu Yu hesitated for a moment before following along together.
Although we were separated by a certain distance earlier, we didn't hide our voices when we spoke.
The people here are all powerful, and naturally, we can hear each other's voices.
Soon, Shiyu and Zhu Yu drew closer to us.
I also saw a spark of fervor in their eyes.
The deceased's mansion is significantly more enticing than the graves.
Soon, we reached the foot of the mountain.
Tianshi Mountain had an especially strong Yin energy, and the dense forest, with its branches and leaves darkened.
It's been so long since my last visit, I can't remember the situation on the mountain.
Where will the mother's evil spirit be?
Firstly, the mansion on the summit can be ruled out.
When I came before, I had already judged that the protective spells on the mansion had been broken.
The fetus cried so loudly, she hasn't come yet...
With the old woman's words in mind, could it be that the mother's evil spirit is sleeping?
No, it shouldn't be true sleep. Otherwise, the old woman wouldn't say things like "wake up" and "awaken."
The Vermilion Sand CORD isolates the fetus's aura, so it will probably take the mother's evil spirit some time to notice and find us.
The group kept moving up the mountain. With more people, the yang energy was slightly thicker, making the mountain path less sinister.
The mountain isn't tall, and in a blink of an eye, we're almost at the midpoint.
At that moment, Tang Ding suddenly made a soft "hmm?" sound and looked in the direction he was looking.
"What's wrong?" Ma Lou looked at Tang Ding immediately, his eyes filled with confusion.
Tang Ding slightly squinted his eyes and looked at Ma Lou, not saying anything.
