When Su Hua saw Meng Yun'er throw the purse over, she was not angry at all, but instead happily accepted it.
Opening the purse, one finds a ten-tael silver ingot, a five-tael ingot, and several pieces of loose silver, totaling exactly twenty taels.
He grinned, revealing a set of small, white teeth.
"Mother, please keep this safe. It will be enough money to build a big brick house in the future!"
Su Hua tossed the purse to Xiao Hei to play with, and stuffed the silver into Su Bai's arms. Her little face was no longer gloomy as before.
Meng Yun'er's heart skipped a beat as she watched, and she suddenly had a bad feeling.
But think about Ma Xiangu's skills. Over the years, she has caught ghosts without ever making a single mistake. Even if there were no ghosts, she could still catch one.
Laugh now, laugh now, but once it's all over, you won't even have the chance to laugh anymore.
Want to build a big brick house? You're dreaming!
It would be more reliable to live in a paper house underground!
On the riverbank, Ma Xiangu moved with great skill, and in the blink of an eye, she had set up the altar.
A half-person-high, dark wooden square table with a patina, on which sits a crimson incense stick and a black, blank shrine.
Thud.
The incense and candles were lit.
Suddenly, an unmistakable scent of incense filled the air.
Su Hua twitched her nose slightly, and then saw Ma Xiangu pick up a peach wood sword about the length of her arm and begin chanting incantations:
"I carry out the Patriarch's command and rush to the realm of Penglai, as swiftly as the immortals of Penglai, to the altar at top speed. Any delay will be an offense against the Supreme Deity. Om, ha, na, bo..."
Every word and phrase is infused into the incense.
It does have a certain style.
Su Hua raised an eyebrow. If she remembered correctly, the first few lines were the Taoist incantation for opening an altar.
In the past, when she had nothing to do during her studies, she would flip through all sorts of books, including some about supernatural and ghostly things.
I initially thought she was just a charlatan who could only fool people, but it turns out she actually seems to have some skills.
The thought had barely formed when a sudden, loud "ho!" was heard!
Looking up, I saw Ma Xiangu take out three talismans from her sleeve, and suddenly fling them into the air. The talismans unfolded, and I could vaguely see a few crooked strokes drawn on them with blood-red ink.
"Om, ha, na, ho!"
The old woman closed her eyes and muttered incantations.
He raised his arm-length peach wood sword with his right hand and brandished it.
Immediately, he gathered his strength and thrust it towards the talisman paper.
Sizzle!
Sparks flew up in the center of the talisman.
The spark grew larger, turning into a tongue of fire that instantly burned the three talismans to ashes.
As luck would have it, all the ashes from the burning drifted toward Su Hua in the center of the crowd.
"Well! It really is the work of a vengeful ghost!" Ma Xiangu lifted her eyelids, a hint of fear flashing in her turbid eyes, and pointed her peach wood sword directly at Su Hua. "Wandering soul, where do you linger? Your three souls have already departed, and your seven spirits have arrived."
In your previous life, you were a vengeful ghost who died a violent death and was beheaded, yet you did not abide by the cycle of reincarnation in the three realms!
It takes away a person's lifespan and shortens their lifespan.
This is truly intolerable to Heaven and Earth!
"This fairy maiden will act on behalf of Heaven today and subdue you, you vengeful ghost!"
As she spoke, she pulled a handful of blood-stained talismans from her sleeve and threw them straight at Su Hua.
He swiftly twirled the peach wood sword in his hand, creating a sword flower.
The talisman sparked with tiny sparks, while the sharp sword tip pierced straight towards Su Hua's forehead.
"Whoosh!"
The force was so great that it created a whooshing sound in mid-air.
"No, Hua'er!" Su Bai was so frightened that her legs went weak. All the promises and comforts Su Hua had given her earlier were now useless. Large tears welled up in her slanted eyes, and without thinking, she staggered toward Su Hua.
The three Su brothers gasped for breath, their hands clenching into fists beneath their sleeves.
The surrounding villagers gasped in shock. Some of the more timid ones even covered their eyes, unable to bear the sight of Su Hua being burned alive.
Meng Yun'er, standing to the side, stared intently at Su Hua, who was surrounded by talismans, her sinister smile chilling even more than the snow in winter.
She wanted to remember this scene well, to remember how Su Hua was burned alive and turned back into a fool.
However, the smile on his face suddenly froze the next second.
"Clang!"
The peach wood sword has changed hands.
Su Hua gently held the sword in her hand and imitated Ma Xiangu's movements to create a sword flower. After the sword flower ended, all the talismans were pierced through the tip of the sword, and the original sparks had turned into tongues of fire.
"This, how is this possible?" Meng Yun'er's watery eyes narrowed.
Wasn't Su Hua possessed by a vengeful ghost? Why did she still dare to wield the peach wood sword?
Moreover, her sword dance moves are no less impressive than those of Ma Xiangu, and are even more beautiful. How is that possible?
The Su family breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Dahu's eyes even flashed with a hint of a smile.
The villagers, who had initially closed their eyes in fear, suddenly had their eyes wide open.
With a flick of her wrist, Su Hua caused the talismans burning brightly on the tip of her sword to scatter one by one, as if they had legs, and they all flew onto Ma Xiangu's head, body, and feet.
"Huh, all these talismans are being thrown towards you, Fairy!" The girl's porcelain-white face showed a hint of doubt as she asked in surprise, "Could it be that this vengeful ghost isn't me, but you, Fairy Ma?"
After saying that, he stretched out the peach wood sword and started stabbing Ma Xiangu's body randomly.
"Evil spirit! Evil spirit! Don't, don't come any closer!" Ma Xiangu was so frightened by Su Hua's move that she retreated repeatedly.
He bumped his butt on the altar.
Clang! Sizzle!
The patina-covered black wooden square table cracked with a snap, the dark shrine shattered in the middle, and the crimson incense sticks broke in two, the flames at the top quickly burning a hole in the Taoist robe. "Ouch, my clothes, my buttocks... ahhh..."
The old woman, no longer caring about her usual mysterious image, started rolling around on the riverbank.
It rolled around while wailing and howling.
Finally, as it rolled along, it seemed to be heading directly towards the village entrance.
"Master Ma, wait! You can't leave!" Meng Yun'er exclaimed in alarm. She had paid a deposit of two taels of silver to bring this person back, and the ghost hadn't even been exorcised yet. How could she just pack up and leave like that?!
More importantly, she had just given Su Hua twenty taels of silver.
If she doesn't catch the evil spirit, she will not only lose money, but she may also be unable to stay in the Meng family!
However, as soon as he took a step, he saw Su Hua brazenly blocking the path.
He was carrying a black pottery jar in his hand.
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