Twilight Boundary

When they returned to the place where they held sacrifices to the mountain, all the guests had already stood up and were invited back to the village for a banquet.

The grass dragon on the incense table is still there, and the scent of incense is still condensed, making the mountain look like mist at night, with tree shadows and wisps of fragrant wind lingering on the side, giving people an unreal sense of mystery.

The second master was in front of the incense table, sharing the fruits that had just been used for sacrifices with the children in the village. When Hu Ma brought Zhao Sanyi and others to him, he handed him a peach and said, "You ran away just now." Where have you gone?"

"I have no strength to fight the disaster. I want you to come up and help me. But you are nowhere to be seen. Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu took the whip from my hand and beat the disaster for me. Hey, let's sacrifice this Mountains have great rules, and the methods of fighting disasters are different from other places.”

"Look, only by beating eleven straw men to pieces can this disaster be driven away."

"..."

Hu Ma looked along and saw eleven piles of straw on the ground, like a disemboweled monster.

The second master was different from others. He had talked to Hu Ma about the black storm disaster before, and he also guessed the shadow in Hu Ma's heart, so he had been preparing for this mountain sacrifice.

As soon as he saw that there was a strange wind, which was about to turn into the black wind disaster back then, he immediately took a whip to fight the disaster. Now he showed Hu Ma these eleven piles of straw to stop this kid from being so scared.

"Back then, my original father, with such great magic power, could only block one disaster and ended up with no bones left."

"Now these eleven disasters have come together, but they were defeated by the second master alone?"

Hu Ma felt quite emotional in her heart and bowed deeply to the second master, but the second master smiled and said: "You kid, please stop bowing to me. You should pay homage to your godmother. Without her help, it would be impossible to survive this disaster." It’s not easy!”

As he spoke, he handed over a bouquet of incense.

"Huh?"

Hu Ma took the incense, looked at her godmother, and was startled: "Why is my godmother bald again?"

Following the second master's words, he offered incense to his godmother and kowtowed respectfully.

At this time, I discovered that my godmother’s temperament was different from before.

To be honest, the godmother was just an ordinary mountain spirit who was tainted with the evil spirits of heaven and earth. In this Laoyin Mountain, she is especially stale. Otherwise, she would not be a dignified Liu Erniang, but she was tied up by the second master with a red rope. Here it is.

But looking at it now, it is completely different from its previous appearance.

Godmother, this should be considered a title, and even this title is stronger than that of the Hu family.

Theoretically speaking, the godmother should be able to transform, right?

I just don’t know what it will look like after taking human form, and whether it will have hair.

"snort!"

While Hu Ma was thinking about this, while putting on incense and kowtow, Liu Erniang, who vaguely felt his thoughts, trembled angrily: "This boy is not filial at all!"

"After all, I called you my godmother for three years..."

"..."

Zhao Sanyi and others followed behind. Seeing the flax burning incense and worshiping, they were a little confused. Miss Zhou Zhou who was next to them came over and cast a questioning look at Zhao Sanyi.

Zhao Sanyi sighed: "After all, when you are a guest in someone else's village, the etiquette you should follow depends on how we treat him. If we just treat him as a ghost trying to catch a knife, then we are a generation higher than him. There is no need to follow this etiquette. ”

"If we treat him as a friend, we are treating him as an equal. If he kowtows to his elders, we should also bow to him!"

"..."

When the fourth lady of the Zhou family heard this, she immediately understood. She stepped forward and asked the second master for a bouquet of incense.

Seeing her coming forward, Zhao Sanyi and Chen Abao looked at each other, and of course followed her, bowing behind Hu Ma.

Of course not kowtow.

They are children of the tenth surname. When they go out to travel around the world, etiquette is indispensable. However, they also know the teachings well and will not kowtow easily.

The main thing is that there are not many people outside who can stand their fate.

Of course, even if it is just a bow now, it has its own weight in the dark, but it also makes Hu Ma's godmother, the few remaining wicker sticks explode, and she has just become the self-confidence brought by God, Suddenly collapsed, and started to tremble again.

"Second brother, go back to the stronghold quickly. We'll clean it up tomorrow. The food-protecting general has used wine and will go back overnight."

Just as the second master was watching Hu Ma kowtow, and curiously looking at the origins of these juniors who knew etiquette well, someone next to him shouted. It was the old patriarch, who came to urge the second master. When he arrived, it was When Hu Ma and others got up.

He was also a little curious: "Huh? Boy Hu, who are these?"

Hu Ma smiled quickly and introduced, "This one's surname is Zhao, this one's surname is Chen, and this one's surname is Zhou."

"They are all my friends, and they also came to our village to watch the ceremony and gain experience. It's just that they arrived late and didn't catch up."

"..."

"Oh, he is also a distant visitor, a distant visitor."

The old patriarch hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, but his eyes kept wandering towards Chen Abao and Miss Zhou Zhou. He couldn't help but cast a look at the second master, but he saw that the second master also had a weird look on his face. The two brothers' thoughts did not matter. Words, then complete the communication:

"These two girls, are they..."

"Not sure."

"I think it's accurate, otherwise who's eldest girl would run into a man's village without even saying hello?"

"..."

After returning to the village, it suddenly caused more excitement. Of course Hu Ma didn't want to introduce their identities to the village. Even if they were introduced, the people in the village wouldn't know, but the people in the world would be frightened.

Therefore, we just arranged for them to sit down, just with the general who protects the grain. At this time, the eyes of the people around him became brighter, and they turned around one after another.

He just looked at Hu Ma for a while, and then looked at Chen Abao and Miss Zhou sitting next to him, his eyes were a little confused.

Zhao Sanyi is a man, so there is nothing he can't understand. He hurriedly hugged Chen Abao next to him and said, "This is my unmarried wife."

"I've had a baby kiss since I was little."

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the village was relieved.

When she looked at Miss Zhou Zhou again, she seemed even more enthusiastic. Even the bowl of croquettes that Chen Abao was interested in was brought to Thursday.

'This is better. The waist is the waist and the butt is the butt. Compared with the one with the dark circles, she looks more like a serious girl...'

‘…’

The wind is clear, the clouds are light, the sacrifice to the mountain is over, and happiness comes naturally.

At this time, outside Laoyin Mountain, all the thirty-six palace princes had been defeated, leaving only one, one, huge white lantern on the ground, looking messy.

But just now they saw the golden-armored warriors killing the prince in a fierce and bleak manner. Senior Brother Bushi Niu and the eight disciples had no intention of intervening. However, when they saw the sky light reappearing outside Laoyin Mountain, they led all the disciples here. He sat down cross-legged.

"Elder brother, don't you want to meet the leader?"

All the eight disciples said: "What are you doing sitting here now? It's deserted and no one is taking care of the food."

"Returning the gods to the people, the Meng family lost its bridge. It seems that for twenty years, it has been suppressing the same momentum, and it all came on this day."

Brother Bu Niu sighed and said: "The ten surnames cannot accommodate the Tang God. In Laoyin Mountain, the gods are reborn, but even if they borrow half of the world's incense in one day, it will only be like a flash in the pan. We don't Eat cows to protect these gods for the people.”

"certainly……"

He smiled and said: "We must also avoid unnecessary trouble for our leader."

The disciples understood that this was the reason why the senior brother decided to come and pay homage to the leader in the first place.

He had guessed this when he invited the Bushi Niu Taoist priests to prepare for the mountain sacrifice.

In the forest, while Hu Ma was drinking, he also saw a flash of red shadow. Xiao Hongtang ran in from the outside, uncovered the cloth on the basket and showed it to Hu Ma, and saw that the Golden Armor Collection was already there. Returned.

Not only did he return it, there was actually an extra stick of incense. Seeing Hu Ma's curiosity, Xiao Hongtang originally wanted to speak directly, but when she saw Zhao Sanyi next to her, toasting to the second master, her ears stood up.

Not wanting to be overheard by this thief, he stood up on tiptoes, leaned close to Hu Ma's ear, and said, "This is what Grandpa Tiger asked me to bring to you. He said that you trusted him so much that you lent him the Golden Armor Collection. Then he will believe you."

"He knows you want to see what he's guarding, and now, he agrees."

"..."

Hu Ma breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that after finishing this matter, he would go to the tiger to have a good talk.

Unexpectedly, this senior took the initiative to agree.

With all the doubts in his mind gone, he began to look forward to it. After seeing off Zhao Sanyi and others, he was about to set off overnight. But at this moment, the guests around him were toasting and drinking together, and they didn't know if Hu Ma was dazzled. , unexpectedly saw an acquaintance walking over.

He quickly came to Hu Ma and whispered: "Little shopkeeper, I don't want to come, but..."

He glanced back with a troubled expression: "Master wants to see you!"

"Um?"

Hu Ma was suddenly surprised. His eyes stayed on Lao Baanpan's face for a moment before looking past him and behind him.

At this glance, on the table next to Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu, he saw an old man wearing a brand-new Taoist robe, with a silver beard and white hair. He was smiling. He turned to look at him and said with a smile: "The evildoer seizes the bridge." , please return to the altar, descendants of the Hu family, what a good trick!"

"you!"

Hu Ma suddenly heard what he said, and suddenly frowned and looked attentively.

This sentence was tantamount to revealing his identity, but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly felt something was different. He saw people around him still eating, drinking, and toasting together.

Not to mention others, even Zhao Sanyi beside him had his ears perked up, but he was unaware of it. He seemed not to have seen the person in front of him at all, let alone heard what he said.

"The Zhenzhu Hu family has always been ruthless and kind, but I didn't expect that this generation would have a ruthless person."

The Taoist stood up with a smile and said to Hu Ma: "Now that I have used the hatred between the Hu and Meng clans as a cover, I have poked a hole in the sky. Those reincarnated people will probably remember you for a big reason." Favor?"

Looking at this man, Hu Ma felt alarmed in his heart and said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

The Taoist smiled, waved his whisk slightly, and said, "My name is Dongxuan. He was once the master of the Duyi State. He killed evil spirits, sealed the ghost altar, and established the alliance of Shiting."

"That's right, you are the protector of the Hu family."