Twilight Boundary-Chapter 817 - 805: Luotian Festival

"Hold on!"

Hu Ma expressed his thoughts, but even before he finished speaking, Er Guotou waved his hand:

"We can all talk about grand principles, perhaps I'm even more eloquent than you. After all, I've gathered such a large Red Lantern Society. But now, let's talk about practical matters..."

"What about this so-called Great Power of the people? We can lecture others about it, but do you truly believe it?"

"To gather the incense of the common people and strengthen the courage of humanity sounds simple, but how can we achieve that?"

"..."

Hu Ma was not swayed by his words. Instead, he slowly nodded and said, "We cannot, but the Emperor can."

"The Daluo Dharma Sect spoke of the fate of a dynasty... Or, you could understand it as order, which is the will of the people. It can stop Tai Sui. That's why Tai Sui has not truly descended into the human world yet."

"But if we talk about that order where everyone is like a dragon with great spirit, we probably can't wait for that. Productivity isn't high enough, and we can't force it, but some truths still exist."

"In this world, when a new emperor ascends, when all things are reborn and the people pay homage, at that moment, it will be when this world's fate is at its peak, and the people's hearts will align. In the name of the Emperor, one can confer titles upon the gods, suppress demons, gather the people's hearts, and bring the world's fate to its peak."

"This is the true meaning of pursuing destiny."

"..."

His words indeed caused some in and outside the hall to fall silent. It wasn't necessarily because they believed, but because the topic was so vast that it was hard to argue against.

But at this moment, outside the hall, a figure holding a black umbrella slowly said, "In this world, the Emperor can indeed gather the people's fate, but the destiny of this world is already broken, and the people's hearts are long corrupted. Even if it is seized, it is full of holes and unusable."

"Yes!"

Hu Ma admitted without hesitation.

To put it bluntly, the greatest value of the Emperor is to lead destiny and gather the people's hearts.

But this world has become an Evil Sky and Ghost Land, full of chaos. Even if an Emperor arises, he may not necessarily be used, and he likely cannot stand as orthodox as previous emperors.

"This is indeed the first problem we need to solve."

While admitting this fact, Hu Ma slowly began to speak: "The path left by the Old Lord to me is precisely to solve this problem."

He slowly spread his palm, and gradually, a Treasure Seal appeared in his palm, with six large characters:

"Received," "Mandate," "From," "Heaven," "Long," "Life."

The Reincarnators recognized these characters, and upon hearing them, their hearts sank, as if the invisible pressure around them lifted a little bit.

Their eyes all looked over: "This is..."

"If you want to slaughter Tai Sui, first replace this heaven," Hu Ma slowly started, "He began refining this seal sixty years ago, already harboring thoughts of changing the heavens. Douyi summoned Tai Sui to govern the world using the Twelve Ghost Altars. Why can't we refine this seal and replace the Ghost Altar?"

"Change the heavens?"

All around, the Reincarnators were silent, with no sounds for a long time. At this moment, Tieguanyin gently clapped her hands, smiled, and said, "Right, found three out of four words, only 'prosperity' is left."

"To recreate the world is the first step."

As she spoke, she stood up and directly looked towards the pitch-black night outside the hall, seemingly fixing her gaze towards those Reincarnators secretly listening, and laughed: "There are still many things to do!"

"We must gather the world's Dharma and comprehend the true secret of returning home."

"We need to return the pond god to the people, allowing it to once more inhabit this world after disappearing to bring us here."

"We need to break the underworld, refine the Eight Sceneries of Netherworld, and forge millions of ghost soldiers from the vindictive souls."

"When a new emperor ascends, using the emperor as the suppression object, the world as the altar, gods as the army, to officially duel Tai Sui."

"..."

When she said these words, it even seemed as though a slightly mad smile appeared on her face, saying, "Using all the fundamentals of this world, everything together, to exchange for an opportunity to directly face Tai Sui."

"This was the only path we conceived from the beginning!"

"If successful, we will witness the most brilliant means this world has ever seen, known as: the Luotian Festival!"

"..."

"Damn..."

Tieguanyin spoke with great enthusiasm, but there was no voice to echo her from all around, and instead, there were sounds of shivering from the shadows: "This woman is mad..."

"She's been locked up for twenty years, whether willingly or unwillingly, she's already gone mad..."

The idea was so insane but with such tremendous audacity that it caught everyone off guard. Aside from a few who were excited, most were instinctively terrified.

More couldn't help but raise their voices with a tremor: "Even if you actually achieve this step, how much confidence do you have in facing Tai Sui in this grand festival of yours?"

"Confidence?"

Tieguanyin couldn't help but laugh: "What confidence do we have? We simply know that if we don't do this, we won't even have a chance to resist."

"Instead, it's you."

At this point, she turned her gaze to Hu Ma, and slowly said, "The path of Lao Junmei, relying on him alone is not feasible. He was crossing the bridge back then, unable to steady his steps, thus couldn't refine this seal."

"Moreover, all these things are not something the Reincarnator can accomplish, so he thought of the natives."

"Going round and round, this native turns out to be you. You indeed learned his magic, inherited this seal of his, and understood his purpose."

"But for you, perhaps you might still have the choice to become immortal."

"In that case, young man, tell me, do you have the courage to trust this path we've chosen and take on a challenge?"

"..."

Hu Ma listened, but only pondered for a moment, turned to her, and suddenly smiled, saying, "This path, did you calculate it completely on your own?"

"Of course not."

Tieguanyin laughed, and sincerely said, "This path, is chosen by Lao Junmei, the Hu Family ancestors, the first generation Reincarnator, Bridge Crossing Walking Ghost. It's the path everyone eventually identified, perhaps a bit mad, but thought of by a group of madmen, not by one individual."

"Then that's it."

Hu Ma also smiled, shook his head slightly, and said, "The Hu Family ancestors could have made this decision twenty years ago; certainly now they won't let their unworthy descendant ruin it."

"Moreover, I'm a jinx, born into the Hu Family, born in this era, burdened with too much from the start. When I realized, I found that even if I wanted to throw it away, I couldn't..."

"But perhaps I am lucky. Among so many people in the entire world, only I received the Reincarnator's gift."

While speaking, his voice lightened a bit, he looked intently at Er Guotou, Miss White Wine, Sweet Potato, and the shadow outside, and spoke softly, "Your world is fascinating, fun, but there are more precious things."

"As my abilities improve, I increasingly feel it is truly just a gift, not something I personally experienced."

"Yet the more it is so, the more I feel its preciousness."

"Great Power lies in the common folk!"

He slowly, with an unprecedented seriousness in his expression, said, "This is a kind of reverence, and a kind of piety."

"This is the truth brought by your world, which even you seem not to believe much anymore."

"But I believe!"

"I believe that once the people of this world are awakened, even Tai Sui must halt before us."

"..."

Having said this, he finally breathed deeply, earnestly looked at Tieguanyin, and said in a low voice, "Lao Junmei left me his magic, his seal. I know he has the ambition to change the heavens but not the complete plan."

"But I understand the reason why he and the Hu Family ancestors, the first generation Reincarnators, collaborated with the bridge."

"You help us break Tai Sui, we help you break free from shackles!"

"..."

His words were delivered calmly, yet unexpectedly, it caused a sudden silence inside and outside the hall. For some reason, some gazes instinctively avoided looking at him.

Tieguanyin sighed gently, looked earnestly at Hu Ma, and said, "When Lao Junmei wanted to place hope in the people of this world, I was initially skeptical, but now, I begin to admire this fellow."

As she spoke, she looked at the other Reincarnators and smiled, "The path is such a path, but it's not easy to follow, you people..."

At this time, Er Guotou appeared oppressively silent, but secretly gritted his teeth, seemingly making a decision.

Miss White Wine remained indifferent, seemingly unmoved.

As for Sweet Potato, seated at the very end, he had already become excited...

Most others were still silent, and outside the Hu Family Mansion, suddenly a chilling wind blew.

Among the crowd, everyone was proficient in magic, realizing that a little ghost had intruded into the Hu Family Mansion, and were amazed that such a small ghost had such courage?

Countless gazes simultaneously looked over, seeing that the intruder was trembling, with weak mana, like a wild ghost picked up from the roadside.

Despite entering this mansion, it was afraid to the point of nearly dissipating, but seemingly out of greater fear, it forced itself onward, entered the mansion, and arrived in the hall.

Kneeling, it presented a letter tremblingly, "This... this is from an Old Master who arrived on a bullock cart outside, wanting me to deliver this to the city..."

"He said, if you've explained everything, and don't intend to commit suicide, then you should get busy."

"He has already arranged a duel with the Six Families, winner takes all, their magic, troops, gold and silver, even their people, all won, and if lost, they should commit suicide, regardless of whether they wish to become immortal or whatever..."

"..."

"Ah this..."

Unexpectedly, a letter managed to bewilder everyone, including Tieguanyin.

Even Hu Ma had to process for a moment, suddenly understanding, "We're still having a meeting here, and Monkey Wine has already sent out a battle invite?"

Tieguanyin also grasped the situation, suddenly clapping and laughing, delivering a simple compliment, "Awesome!"