Chapter 146
Chapter 146
The yin deity froze at Chen Daji’s words, then threw back his head and roared with laughter.
The sound shook snow from the roof.
“You’re a fine lad. Interesting!”
“When your allotted lifespan ends, I will personally escort you to Hell.”
Chen Daji shrank back a step and muttered under his breath.
“What’s wrong with all of you? Why’re you so eager for me to die?”
“Besides, even when I die, I’m not going to Hell with you.”
“I’m going to Hemp-clad Mountain. I have six wives waiting for me there…”
Speak of the devil, and he would appear.
Yin winds suddenly gusted beneath a blood-red moon.
Six Red-Dressed Female Ghosts approached, guiding the way with Human-skin Lanterns in hand.
Behind them, eight Yellow Turban Strongmen flew toward the courtyard carrying a Ghost Sedan.
Urgency filled Hemp-clad Grandmother’s voice.
“Kekeke! What great expert has honored my little sister’s home with their presence?”
“Whatever has happened, we can discuss it. Someone of your status need not stoop to quarreling with children.”
It all happened in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, the Ghost Sedan placed itself between the yin deity and Hua Jiunan’s group.
Two voices sounded at once.
Hemp-clad Grandmother cried out in shock-even terror. “The Sage Lord Who Bestows Blessings and Guards the Home?!”
The yin deity paused, then snorted contemptuously.
“One of the wandering ghosts dares appear before me? Do you not know how the word ‘death’ is written?!”
As he spoke, the yin deity reached one enormous hand toward the Ghost Sedan.
It was as though the others had encountered their natural enemy.
The female ghosts guiding the way and the Yellow Turban Strongmen carrying the sedan did not even dare dodge. They closed their eyes, trembling as they waited to die.
Hemp-clad Grandmother shot from the Ghost Sedan with a shriek, but no matter how hard she struggled, she could not escape the vast hand’s reach.
“This minor ghost has cultivated goodness and committed no evil!”
“I beg the Sage Lord to show mercy!”
Just as the hand was about to seize Hemp-clad Grandmother, Hua Jiunan stepped in front of her with his Copper Coin Sword.
Old Sixth Hui’s hunched figure appeared beside him.
His eyes were blood red. He was clearly using all his strength.
The right arm formed from incense offerings transformed into a furry beast claw and met the yin deity’s enormous hand head-on.
There was a muffled impact, and the beast claw instantly dispersed into smoke.
Old Sixth Hui coughed blood from his grievous injuries. Yet he gritted his teeth, refused to yield half a step, and shielded Hua Jiunan behind him.
“Please stay your hand, Sage Lord. You have always distinguished clearly between reward and punishment!”
By then, Chen Daji had grown desperate as well.
Without a word, he fired the stone from his slingshot.
“M-Mister, you’re bullying people! I’ll fight you!”
Out of long habit, the stone tore through the air toward the yin deity’s crotch. No one had time to stop him.
Eighth Master Chang had already closed his eyes in resignation.
*We’re finished!*
*If that actually hits, the furious yin deity won’t let a single person here live!*
*He’ll kill us all to silence the witnesses!*
*This time, Eighth Master really is going to die because of that little bastard Chen Daji!*
Fortunately, Eighth Master Chang’s fears did not come true.
The yin deity possessed profound cultivation. With a flick of one finger, he shattered the stone in a burst of sparks.
Feeling a faint sting in his fingertip, the yin deity sighed.
“A living body sustained by incense offerings, and Pure Yang Blood.”
“No wonder you dare attack me. It appears none of you are simple.”
Seeing his ultimate move defeated so effortlessly frightened Chen Daji into shrinking back.
Yet he was a typical duck: even when the meat was stewed tender, the beak remained hard.
“Naturally!”
“Look who I run with!”
Only then did the yin deity examine Hua Jiunan, who stood protectively before Chen Daji.
“Protected by your ancestors, clothed in netherworld merit, and born with an Extreme Yin Body!”
“No wonder you were able to summon me!”
“Little fellow, what is your name?”
Before Hua Jiunan could answer, Chen Daji spoke first.
“Big Brother, don’t tell him!”
“He’ll send little ghosts to arrest you!”
Deaf Granny shook her head helplessly and scolded him.
“You’re a child. Stop talking nonsense!”
“The Sage Lord has always distinguished clearly between reward and punishment. How could he commit such a filthy act?”
The yin deity naturally heard the barb hidden in Deaf Granny’s words.
She was using language to corner him.
Everyone in the courtyard was a good person, she was saying. He should not harm any of them.
The yin deity regarded Deaf Granny with a half smile.
“Interesting. All of you are very interesting!”
“Young man, you still haven’t told me your name.”
Hua Jiunan straightened his clothes and performed a formal Daoist salute.
“Senior, this junior is Hua Jiunan.”
The yin deity closed his eyes and calculated on his fingers.
After a moment, puzzlement appeared on his face.
He muttered inwardly.
*Hua Jiunan?*
*Why is his surname Hua?!*