Twilight Boundary-Chapter 666 - 657 Yin Sealing Scroll

"Could it be that everything's turned upside down?"

Upon hearing these constant reports from the servants coming from below, the Eldest Master Meng's first thought was disbelief.

The Tongyin Meng family was one that, despite having no turf among the Ten Families, had deep entanglements with the underworld. The main people of the house were suffering below, and due to the difference between yin and yang, even sending messages was different from other families. Usually, when something arose, they would burn paper offerings or have a little ghost traverse between yin and yang to communicate. But if the Eldest Master Meng wasn't in his usual place and there was an urgent message, they would send these specially raised servants below.

These servants were different from others. They were normally kept in the mansion, given marriage, money, and grain, and assigned no heavy work. But in case of an emergency, a rope was tied around their bodies, a weight fastened to their feet, and they took the master's name card and were drowned in a well.

The servant, holding the master's name card, would thus reach the elder master.

But the Meng family was known for their kindness. Despite having raised dozens of such servants, none had been used over the years.

Unexpectedly, this time over a dozen came down at once. Just how many events were happening above?

The Eldest Master Meng could not believe it!

Salt State was Meng's territory and where their ancestral home was located. The Meng family endured suffering in the underworld for two generations to secure a good place above. How strict were all the arrangements?

Forget about any jianghu demon people. Even if the Mansion God or the case god went mad, or any of the other nine families went into the Salt State, they had to behave. Who would dare to run into the Salt State Prefecture and set fire nearby the Meng Family's Ancestral Hall?

"You all..."

The Eldest Master Meng, reacting swiftly, immediately realized the crux of the problem and looked incredulously at the two evil spirits on the stone platform, gritting his teeth, "Do you have accomplices causing chaos above?"

"What boldness!"

...

"The bold one is you!"

At this moment, standing on the stone platform, Hu Ma met his gaze with a cold smile, "I said this originally had nothing to do with your Meng family, but you forcibly wanted to intervene. Are you prepared for a confrontation now?"

"You... dare to provoke a confrontation with my Meng family?"

Only now did the Eldest Master Meng finally begin to confront this evil spirit, lured in by a trap set jointly by the Meng and Zhang clans.

Facing the evil spirit's ruthless words, he should have laughed out loud, mocking the other's overestimation of their abilities. But facing the cold and fierce gaze, he inexplicably felt a chill in his heart.

Suddenly, he recalled what had just been said to him: "Someone the Meng family can't afford to provoke..."

Earlier, he indeed didn't take these words seriously: Who in this world could the Meng family not afford to provoke? With ancestors around, not even the other nine families were considered!

Yet, realizing the present crisis with dangers lurking, the situation spinning out of control, he suddenly remembered: The Meng family wasn't always unchallengeable. Twenty years ago, out of fear of those evil spirits, the Meng family didn't dare take on responsibility, allowing the Hu family to take over the Zhensui Mansion...

A sudden tremor shook his heart, sinking it heavily.

Indeed, everything above had already turned upside down.

No one knew why such turmoil erupted in just one night.

Tushan Zhou, the Meng family, Youzhou, Chenzhou, and Yuzhou, all these places had Lords, guarding their regions with inviolable authority. Even the various rabble who entered the Lord Temple had to bow, pay homage, and pray for the Lord's protection to survive in this Chaotic World.

Yet, in these places' Lord Temples, news of demon people causing trouble spread overnight.

Ordinary people couldn't fathom where these fearless demon people came from, barging into the Mansion God Temple, slaughtering Incense Burners, or throwing dog blood and excrement onto the Lord's Golden Body, or beheading the Lord's Golden Body, or stripping off the gold leaf and hurriedly pawning it off overnight...

The Lord's Golden Body was revered on the mortal plane, and the Lord Temple enshrined the Imperial Decree Golden Body of the Yi Dynasty.

Whether the golden body was defiled or destroyed, it might not kill the Lord but undoubtedly had significant impacts.

Impacts so significant that the Lord might lose the essence and suffer substantial damage, and to recover, it was uncertain how long it would take to rebuild the golden body and receive incense.

The moment this happened, news spread far and wide, alarming the Inquiry hall officer from the Tongyin Meng family. He slammed the table in shock, exclaiming, "How can this be so outrageous?"

"Those Lords wield significant mana. Are they all dead, allowing evil demons to ruin their golden body and kill their incense burners?"

"Hall Officer, upon investigation, several Lords were urgently summoned to the City of the Dead!"

"And although some Lords had demon people enter their temple, upon opening their Dharma Eye, they scared the demon people away..."

"Those whose golden bodies were destroyed were precisely those not in their temple."

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"An urgent summons?"

Even the Inquiry great hall officer didn't immediately comprehend, "There's no Emperor anymore, so who could summon the Lords?"

"It's... the Old Master..."

Upon hearing this, even the Inquiry great hall officer was taken aback, "The Old Master has always been prudent. Why would he do something so out of line?"

Not daring to probe further, yet his curiosity deepened: This is absolutely bizarre. Even if someone harbors ill intent, why target only the Negative Spirit Sect amidst so many Lords?

...

Amidst this abrupt and bizarre situation, he reacted swiftly, immediately latching onto the key point, "Yin Palace!"

"Quickly dispatch people to the Yin Palace to check the Yin Sealing Scroll!" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

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Summoning the little ghost, riding upon the yin clouds, the various lesser hall officers of the Negative Spirit Sect swiftly moved with great dispatch to the Yin Palace, only to be completely dumbfounded upon arrival.

In the sternly guarded Negative Spirit Yin God Temple, there was no one left. The clay sculptures of the various Lords were toppled, the guards slaughtered and piled into a small mountain, and the Yin Sealing Scroll placed on the incense table had long been stolen, leaving only a note:

"Hearing that the Tongyin Meng family are contemporary heroes, rallying various Lords under its command, I came to appreciate Meng's boldness and had friendly exchanges discussing swords with many Incense Burners. I accidentally killed them all. It's rumored that the Meng Family tasted good, so prepare a few more next time!"

"...Burning Blade bids farewell!"

...

The Inquiry great hall officer was infuriated upon hearing this. The people who died here were all his subordinates. He slammed his hands on the table, "What the hell is Burning Blade? And it left a damn smiley face? The handwriting's so ugly too!"

Amidst his outrage, he realized: "This isn't right; demon people have targeted the Meng family, and they've scoped out the Yin God Temple and taken the Yin Sealing Scroll. This isn't something that happened overnight; it must have started long ago!"

"Quickly report to the Salt State!"

"It seems that the previous preparations weren't in vain!"

At the same moment in Mingzhou, Miss Red Wine, who oversaw the situation, was flipping through a booklet bound with golden paper.

With a cold expression, she said, "Old White is a sincere brother. He is willing to take the risk in the City of the Dead, so whatever he asks us to prepare, we will prepare. The priority given to Reincarnators is no joke. Have others contributed their part?"

"Everyone put in effort. At the critical moment of life and death, though some may lack seriousness, not a single hand was light."

The young man beside her, holding a knife, laughed, "He asked us to investigate Noble Zhang and the Meng family, without specifying what exactly to investigate, so of course, we started with the important stuff."

"Noble Zhang's family door is high, and the most important should be that legendary Dragon Cave, which can't be found immediately. But for the Meng family, the most crucial is this Yin God Temple, said to have been built to reconstruct the underworld."

"This place isn't hard to check. The Meng family is ambitious and didn't hide it much. They even allow the public in to burn incense. I just went there for a thrill and killed a few henchmen."

"I originally intended to burn the Yin God Temple down, but seeing how important the Yin God Book was, I took it back."

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"It's indeed important."

Miss Red Wine nodded, "Everyone knows the Meng family is heavily issuing Incense Orders, sealing case gods, collecting mansion gods, ambitious but unknown to what extent. Yet now, with this Yin Sealing Scroll, we at least know which mansion gods are within the Meng family."

Burning Blade said, "It doesn't seem like much. People in the Ten Families Sect know a lot, but what can they do to the Meng family?"

"Just knowing doesn't help; it depends on whose hands it's in."

Miss Red Wine closed the booklet and continued, "Have those who went to investigate the hungry ghosts in Guazhou returned?"

"They came back long ago!"

Burning Blade nodded, "Old Sorghum went and brought back many significant items, enough to confirm the dealings between Guazhou's Lord and the Meng family. Our parties in Anzhou handle matters steadily!"

"Indeed!"

Miss Red Wine said, "We've been handling this for a long time. While the Anzhou Reincarnators were turning the entire jianghu upside down, the others were still waiting for Sealing."

She wrapped the booklet up and summoned General Jinge, "Send everything... to Old White!"

"He will make good use of it. Not every Reincarnator is just making trouble; some have already elevated their ranks significantly!"

...

After making the arrangements, she was relieved, smiling, "What about those others who want to stir things up?"

Burning Blade, hearing this, immediately grew excited, "There are too many people eager for such activities."

"Brother Dazed Donkey directly led the forces to attack Salt State. He might not truly attack, but the commotion has terrified many. Those loyal to Meng family have moved, revealing who belongs to them at a glance, so there's no fear of identifying the wrong person."

"As for those going to destroy the Lord Temple, several succeeded, but some were beaten right out of the Lord Temple, fleeing with heads between their legs, right now gritting their teeth to get their revenge."

"And as for Salt State, several old brothers joined forces and infiltrated with five hundred Fire Crow Army troops. They've already declared that if they don't burn the Meng Family's Ancestral Hall, they'll call other Reincarnators daddy from now on..."

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Miss Red Wine listened, a smile spreading on her face, and she sighed softly, "It's such a pity..."

"There are still too few Reincarnators who have achieved Shangqiao, otherwise..."