For ten years I practiced Gu poison in Southeast Asia; all living beings revered me as a deity.

The meowing of cats in front and behind, along with the screams of Yang's wife piercing the night sky, finally startled the neighbors who all came out.

"What's all the noise about in the middle of the night!"

"Wait a minute, it seems something happened to the Yang family..."

"The Yang family...didn't someone in the Yang family die?"

"Yeah! It sounds like the voice from Yang Caifa's house..."

The soft sounds of footsteps and the voices of neighbors also drifted over.

Luo Feng dared not move rashly. After he threw the pounding stick, an invisible, cold aura surrounded him in an instant.

It was the residual, foul energy of a ghost. His body felt as if it were being crushed by a large rock, stiffening and immobilizing him, with sweat pouring down his forehead.

On the table in front of the coffin, the two flames of the candle had gone out.

Suddenly, the cat-faced old woman on the coffin glared at Luo Feng with a vicious look, then leaped from the coffin onto the roof and ran away in a flash, disappearing from the three people's sight in the blink of an eye.

One by one, the lights came on, and neighbors from several nearby houses came over to check on the situation. Accompanied by a loud "thump, thump, thump," someone broke into the house.

The villagers who entered then noticed that the Yang family's mother and daughter-in-law were still in shock in the courtyard.

……

……

the next day.

The rumor about the cat-faced old woman from the Yang family spread throughout most of Lipan.

"Miao Sheng, you're really something."

At the Lucky Number General Store, Fourth Uncle smiled and said, "I heard it was because of your righteousness that you saved the Yang family's mother and daughter-in-law, and even drove away that 'Cat-Faced Old Woman,' is that true?"

"It was just a fluke."

Luo Feng smiled.

What happened last night has naturally spread throughout the entire Lipan village.

Starting late last night, many villagers came to him asking what had happened the night before...

Luo Feng also made up a lie, saying that he went to urinate at night and noticed a shadow on the wall of the Yang family's courtyard when he went out. He also heard the Yang family's mother and daughter-in-law crying. Curious, he went closer and found that the shadow had climbed into the courtyard.

He mustered his courage, tiptoed, and peeked into the yard. There he saw an old woman with a cat's face squatting on the coffin, trying to gnaw on Yang Caifa's corpse.

The Yang family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed completely unaware of the situation, appearing dazed and confused, as if they had been bewitched by a demon.

He was both angry and frightened, knowing that it was the work of a demon. He rushed home, took out a pestle and smashed it, then shouted, waking up the Yang family mother and daughter-in-law. The cat-faced old woman was also frightened away.

"What luck?"

Ding Si laughed and said, "I can only say that Mr. Diao has a good eye. He saw at a glance that you are a capable person. You should study hard in the temple. If you really learn a lot of skills, then your fourth uncle will also be able to benefit from it."

Hearing this, he simply smiled and nodded.

Suddenly, Luo Feng felt a gaze fixed on him from behind.

He quickly turned around and saw Zhou Jing's figure.

"...It's you."

Luo Feng rushed out immediately, ignoring Ding Si's shouts behind him.

"Zhou Jing was expelled from the Datuk lineage many years ago. There must be a reason why he came to Lipan... I might be able to get some key information from him."

He wanted to find Zhou Jing and ask him about the situation.

However, Zhou Jing, who was standing at the street corner, turned around with a limp and disappeared around the corner. Luo Feng rushed over, but missed him.

"Did they... leave so quickly?"

He found it a bit strange.

Last time, Zhou Jing took the initiative to greet him.

Why is it that in this particular cycle of reincarnation, he refuses to meet me and instead only watches me from the shadows...?

Who are you looking for?

Ding Si also ran out of the grocery store. Seeing Miao Sheng's complicated expression, he asked in confusion, "Miao Sheng, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing, I just saw someone I know," Luo Feng turned his head, shook his head, and murmured in a hoarse voice.

"I ran over and realized I had misread it."

Ding Si was puzzled, so he quickly said, "Let's leave this matter aside. It's getting late. We'll go to the temple to see the Master later. Don't forget about the important matter."

"That's natural."

Luo Feng nodded in agreement.

However, a question lingered in his mind: Zhou Jing's actions, combined with what happened in the previous reincarnation fragment, seemed somewhat eerie...

"Liu Guangyang trusts him a lot, and my master, Diao Wudou, isn't particularly opposed to him either! But is this Zhou Jing really a good person?"

He gradually became suspicious.

Zhou Jing saved himself and Liu Guangyang when the evil spirit "Zhenni" appeared. However, why did he happen to be there...? Could it be that he already knew that he and Liu Guangyang would be attacked in the durian orchard? Could this person have been plotting all along, and he is the mastermind behind it all?

"No."

Luo Feng shook his head; he felt there must be another reason.

If Zhou Jing is the schemer, then what is his purpose in protecting himself and Liu Guangyang?

Furthermore, it's impossible for Zhou Jing to keep an eye on the two of them while also finding time to return to the Red Head Datuk Temple to kill Master Diao.

"Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that he had the means to kill Master Diao from a distance, or that he had accomplices doing things for him..."

I need to investigate Zhou Jing's matter more thoroughly.

……

……

The next night, the experience was the same as in the previous reincarnation fragments.

Under Diao Wudou's guidance, Luo Feng completed the "Transmission of Power Ceremony." Through this ceremony, he once again gained the ability to control Dao Liang Xian Shi and He Kou Xian Shi.

Unlike before, after inviting the two Yin Masters, he was able to flexibly control their power.

After experiencing the evil spirit "Zhenni", Luo Feng even learned how to control two Yin Masters at the same time.

This is considered an extremely outrageous ability within the Hong Tou Datuk Temple lineage. Generally speaking, even if Diao Wu Dou and his disciples could invite several more Yin Masters, they would have to use them in rotation. Controlling two Yin Masters simultaneously would be too much of a burden.

This is because the Yin Master is, after all, an evil spirit. The human body has a limit to how much it can bear a ghost. Inviting the Yin Master to enter the body requires the use of one's vital essence, and this process consumes energy.

Furthermore, everyone has their own limits. Just like a cup, it has a limited capacity. Once that capacity is exceeded, the water will overflow, and an ordinary person's body cannot withstand it.

Luo Feng discovered that his situation was different. His physical body could withstand the power of two Yin Masters. His "cup" had a larger capacity, and he could still manage to control two Yin Masters.

In addition, Luo Feng also felt that this was related to the natal Gu artifact he had refined. Now, every time he activated his Erwu essence, the "Curse-Binding Lamp" in the Reincarnation Gu mark on his palm would transmit a wisp of warm energy.

"Although my natal Gu artifact has not yet completed its first transformation, it can still transfer the power of the collected living souls into this fragment of reincarnation..."

Through his research, he discovered that the living soul of the "Binding Lamp," that is, its warm aura, could act as a "fuel."

The essence of the two fives is generated within this physical body. It should be a kind of life energy. As Old Man Diao once said: "The life of a person is the essence of the two fives, which gives rise to the five grains below and the stars above, and is stored in the dantian."

The energy emitted by the living soul does not replace the effect of the two-five essence, but it can strengthen the two-five essence, acting like a combustion accelerant to make the two-five essence "burn" more fully and reduce unit energy consumption.

He was very satisfied; just knowing this was a major gain.

After completing the power transfer ceremony, Luo Feng returned home, hid the rough porcelain bowl wrapped in a red bellyband, and then fetched water to take a bath.

I got all sweaty last night, so I had to take a shower.

After fetching water from the nearby river, he took off his shirt in his yard, leaving him in just his shorts, scooped water with a wooden ladle, poured it on himself, and then wiped himself with a slightly damp towel.

The rivers near the village are infested with piranhas and crocodiles, and villagers don't bathe in them except when fetching water.

While Luo Feng was wiping himself, his younger sister A Xiu and younger brother Gua Sheng were playing nearby.

In the previous reincarnation segment, because something happened to the Yang family next door, the mother quickly sent her younger brother and sister to Ding Si's place.

This time, both Yang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were fine, and his younger brother and sister-in-law were still at home.

Suddenly, the younger brother, Guasheng, seemed to have seen something and pointed at the man who was shirtless and wiping his back.

"……tiger!"

He pronounced the word "tiger" in a crisp, clear voice.

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng frowned and pressed his younger brother, Guasheng, for an answer: "Guasheng, what did you say?"

"Brother Miao Sheng... there seem to be some strange marks on your back."

His younger sister, Ah Xiu, noticed this too. She came closer and touched the back of his hand.

"This thing seems to be a mark, or maybe a scar...and the shape is strange too?"

"Yeah?"

Luo Feng frowned and said in a low voice, "Axiu, bring me a mirror."

"OK."

The younger sister nodded obediently, went inside, and took out a mirror.

Using the mirror, Luo Feng looked at his back at an angle and was able to see the scar-like lines on his back.

—The seven-section tiger tattoo reappeared on his back.