“This is where I die. Immortal Pharma will break my body. I won’t even have my consciousness left.” Bitter tears poured out of the man’s eyes. “I am Fu Tian’s grandson. I’m supposed to inherit Immortal Pharma. I’ve planned for so long, but it’s over now.”
“Shush.” Gao Ming arched his back and opened the curtain slightly. He looked out carefully.
“Someone has entered the backyard! The cellar has been opened!”
“I can sense the Xi God’s anger! Someone has violated the divine! Once we find him, we’ll dig out his internal organs to be sacrificed!”
“The joy has dwindled. Who broke Xi God’s wine? This is bad! The memories are leaking!”
“Xi God! I am your child! Don’t eat me!”
It was complete chaos. The Minor Xi Gods’ laughter and screams echoed. It was hard to tell what was happening.
“It is Er Geng, and Xi Go hasn’t fully woken up. Those Minor Xi Gods who went into the cellar to check on the situation were probably accidentally injured by Xi God.” The man looked better. It was always better for others to be harmed than him.
“What is the connection between Xi God and the Minor Xi Gods?”
“I have to marry Madam Xi before San Geng! If that is delayed, all of us will suffer!” Bai Feng’s voice cut through the yard. She was still rational, “We must work together to stuff the sacrifice that contains Xi God’s memories back into the cellar!” Bai Feng didn’t mention Xi God’s slumbering consciousness. She focused on the sacrifice. They only needed to face the sacrifice, not the Xi God. “Quick!” The night gentlemen were powerless at the Xi Residence. They were ‘clothes’ to be used by the Xi God. The only time their words carried weight was on the marital night because the Xi God would possess them.
Some Minor Xi Gods suspected Bai Feng, but no one dared to say anything. After all, questioning Bai Feng was equal to questioning the Xi God. The Minor Xi Gods worked together to seal the ‘monsters’ back in the cellar. They wanted to examine the cellar further when Bai Feng spoke up again. “Xi God is omnipotent. No one can steal from the Xi God. The thief must have been consumed by the Xi God and melted into the wine already.” Bai Feng’s tone was filled with fanaticism. “The most urgent issue now is to marry Madam Xi. When Madam Xi returns, everything will be fine again…”
“That is not wrong, but the cellar contains Xi God’s memories. If there’s something wrong…”
“Are you purposely delaying the marital hours so that you can interact with the Xi God personally and steal the faith to become the new Madam Xi?” Bai Feng raised her voice. Her question frightened all the Minor Xi Gods.
“The wedding troupe left half an hour ago. We cannot wait anymore.” Bai Feng said firmly, “Minor Xi Gods will return to their posts. Open the door of the Yin House. We’ll depart now!”
The door of the deepest house in the Xi Residence opened. The Yin Energy poured out like a flood. Gao Ming and the man sat in the sedan. They didn’t even dare to breathe. The sedan they were in was meant to marry Madam Xi. The sedan shook. The eight Minor Xi Gods carried the sedan. Since only those who had been infected by joy could see them, from Gao Ming’s perspective, the sedan floated up on its own. It left the backyard and reached the main hall.
When the wedding sedan appeared, the guests laughed louder. The joy almost attempted to turn over the sedan. The red gate of the Xi Residence opened. The red lanterns lit up. The Minor Xi Gods and little ghosts exited the residence.
The gongs chimed, and the drums beat. The firecrackers exploded. The commotion was a stark contrast to the deathly silence of the whole town. The sedan moved through the dark. The ghost blew the bent horns. The Minor Xi Gods carried an umbrella, fan, large mirror, small mirror, axe, two trumpets and eight large drums. It was very lively.
“Where are they going?” Gao Ming whispered to the man.
“They should be going to the Xi Temple outside the town. Madam Xi will go there to collect the joy aura from the endless nightmares. The so-called wedding is merely Madam Xi’s ritual to absorb the blessing and joy from the nightmares. This is why Xi God becomes stronger with each marriage.” The man forgot what the Xi God originally looked like. He had become indescribable.
“After we leave the Xi Residence, we’ll find an opening to escape.” Gao Ming said. The man shook his head. The wedding procession was surrounded by Minor Xi Gods. Where could they run to? However, the man had learned from his lessons. He didn’t retort to Gao Ming. He even expected Gao Ming to create another miracle.
The gongs were louder than the night watcher’s gong. However, no one dared to complain. The doors and windows were closed as if they couldn’t hear the procession. No one dared to challenge the wedding procession. Gao Ming looked around. If there were no problem, he could create one.
Gao Ming removed Chun Niang’s clothes over the butcher’s blade.
“What are you doing?”
The blade aimed at the man. Gao Ming rubbed the wine on the man onto the blade. The joy aura tried to erode the blade but was bounced back by the blade’s aura. However, the joy aura didn’t give up. To escalate the situation, Gao Ming used the blade to cut the decoration inside the sedan.
Madam Xi’s sedan was off-limits for most. Each small decoration contained an immense joy aura. If a normal person were inside the sedan, they would soon lose their mind and become dummies. However, Gao Ming contained the abyss in his heart. As long as the Xi God didn’t show up personally, the joy aura couldn’t threaten him.
“I wonder where Zhang Mingli found a madman like you to help him.” The man didn’t even intend to stop Gao Ming.
The sedan suddenly stopped. The sounds paused. Gao Ming narrowed his eyes. He used the blade to lift up a corner of the curtain.
There was a mess of meat congregating. It was like a giant snake leaning on the stone pillar at the village entrance.