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“Steward Lord, please save my husband…”

The disheveled peasant woman tearfully tugged at Master’s robe hem, her expression appearing quite panicked and at a loss.

Several kind-hearted villagers saw that the man who had once been possessed by the Fox Spirit remained unconscious, feeling it wasn’t good to leave him lying naked on the ground.

They covered the man with a layer of straw mat and lifted him into the house using a hard door panel from somewhere.

Master had no choice but to first pacify the peasant woman.

Young Master Lu remained silent, moved a small stool to sit nearby; he was a bit curious about how these Incense Masters would perform exorcism.

The village elder nearby was clearly restless, wanting to stay away from Young Master Lu but also afraid that doing so would anger him.

He still believed Young Master Lu was some Immortal, even suspecting that these troubles were caused by Young Master Lu.

Soon, Master’s three apprentices returned one after another.

They carried incense and circled the village, but found no trace of that Fox Spirit; for some reason, the incense shape was a bit chaotic, making it hard to determine the exact location.

After reporting this news to Master, Master was silent for a moment, then turned to the village elder and said: “Please have all the villagers come out.”

Since it was still in the village, in his view, that Fox Spirit should have possessed one of the villagers.

The village elder naturally had no objection; he was even quite happy to be away from Young Master Lu for a while.

Watching the village elder leave, Master turned to Young Master Lu: “What is Young Master Lu’s view on this matter?”

Young Master Lu chuckled and waved his hand: “I don’t understand anything; you handle it yourself.”

Master nodded.

In his view, as long as this mysterious young master didn’t cause trouble, he was confident in the exorcism aspect.

Admittedly, being able to possess meant that this Hu Clan Immortal’s cultivation had reached the level of Incense Topping Immortal, that is, Altar Immortal degree.

But Immortals of this level, during his years as Spirit Messenger, he had dealt with them before, so there shouldn’t be any accidents.

Probably to quickly quell the chaos in the village, the village elder was quite efficient.

Without keeping everyone waiting too long, the villagers gradually gathered in the open space.

The entire Liu Family Village had fewer than a hundred households, and the villagers totaled just a few hundred people, so gathering together didn’t seem crowded.

But the villagers chattered one after another, making the scene look chaotic.

Master was unfazed, walked to the front, cupped his hands toward the villagers, and said loudly: “Thank you for your trouble, villagers; please wait a moment.”

The discussion quieted a bit; presumably, everyone knew this Incense Master.

Master circled the crowd once, and after completing the circle, walked to the front of the crowd.

While pacing, he lit incense.

“This is Tao Gui, serving as Spirit Messenger under Master Bai Fourteen; I don’t know which Immortal is present—could you come out so we can talk?”

The suddenly solemn atmosphere made the crowd completely quiet.

“…”

Master’s brows furrowed slightly.

“No matter whose family you’re from, isn’t this a bit rude?”

The crowd remained quiet.

The village elder silently stepped back two paces, vaguely realizing that this situation might not end well.

“No matter where you came from or where you lived before, you can’t harm people, right?”

After Master finished speaking, he immediately fell silent.

Persuasion three times was already the utmost benevolence.

If still unyielding, then it was an Evil Spirit.

Master drew out four incense sticks and lit them all at once.

As four strands of green smoke rose, Master bowed four times toward a certain direction.

Young Master Lu clearly saw that Master’s originally bright eyes gradually became somewhat dazed.

Then, Master inexplicably yawned and hummed a tune while singing.

Young Master Lu couldn’t understand it but was greatly shocked, so he simply grabbed the obedient apprentice and asked: “What is this doing?”

Liu Sheng heard Young Master Lu’s inquiry, hesitated a bit, but still explained: “Incense Viewing for Healing.”

Young Master Lu asked again: “What’s the reasoning?”

Liu Sheng looked troubled; strictly speaking, he shouldn’t reveal such inside information—these methods were only learned after years as apprentices.

But thinking of Master’s attitude toward Young Master Lu, though hesitant, he still lowered his voice to explain…

There are many ways to burn incense; the two most common are topping and viewing.

The topping process involves entering trance, Altar Immortal possession, Incense Master acting as confused duty, generally called Incense Topping for Healing.

While Incense Viewing is the opposite—no need for trance, just entering a “Communicating with Spirits” state.

That is, Altar Immortal does not possess, Incense Master remains clear-headed throughout, acting as clear duty; this is called Incense Viewing for Healing.

Among them, the topping method is straightforward; strength depends only on the worshipped Immortal’s cultivation and the possession Spirit Messenger’s compatibility.

While Incense Viewing requires considering many things.

The methods here are the most numerous.

Yawning, singing, changing accent—these all count as quiet trance; generally, the more obvious the influence, the greater the burden on the Incense Master.

Rumors say the top-tier trance technique has no influence on the topping person at all, yet can perfectly borrow the Immortal’s magic power.

Of course, a steward lord like Master Tao in a rundown village definitely wouldn’t know this trance technique.

But in general cases, it’s still sufficient.

After chatting a while, Master Tao’s singing grew increasingly loud; he suddenly roared.

“Lock the gate.”

Hearing this shout, Liu Sheng and another apprentice hurriedly ran to the left and right corners, lit an incense stick, and immediately began dancing.

The fat apprentice took a rusty, paint-peeling bell and rhythmically beat it behind Master.

The two apprentices’ dance moves could hardly be called graceful, yet they carried a bizarre, ancient sense of harmony.

Pa~

Master Tao slapped his forehead with his left hand, sending dozens of hairs flying out, which shot forth like they had spirituality, avoiding the villagers while searching for the target.

The next second, a shapeless yin wind swirled out from the crowd, attempting to flee toward the village entrance but was bounced back by an invisible gate.

Looking closely, it was a gray-skinned fox with some human features.

The villagers on site immediately screamed and scattered in panic, while the sturdy men with hoes and pitchforks surged forward, wanting to beat it to death with sticks.

The gray-skinned fox let out a shrill cry, its broom-like tail sweeping horizontally, kicking up a storm of flying sand and stones.

Young Master Lu narrowed his eyes; this didn’t seem right?

He had to admit, he wasn’t an expert in exorcism.

But he felt this gray-skinned fox clearly wasn’t the same one he had seen before, and moreover, why would this thing cause guidance chaos?

The situation had indeed changed.

The disheveled peasant woman suddenly lunged at Master Tao’s back, her elongated nails like claws heading straight for the back of his head.

With the fierce wind coming, Master Tao had no time to think and instinctively did a donkey roll.

The strike missed; the peasant woman emitted a piercing fox cry, stunning Master Tao who hadn’t risen yet, and he was about to die to the sneak attack.

Fortunately, Young Master Lu had sensed something wrong in advance and prepared to act.

So when the peasant woman suddenly lunged, he just managed to rush over and kick her.

The kick was heavy and powerful; whether it hurt the possessing Fox Spirit was unknown, but it definitely hurt the peasant woman.

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