Coming around, Hu Ma finds himself pierced by iron hooks through his scapulae. For several days, he has been forced to eat some disgusting red meat everyday by an old woman and a little girl who have been keeping him in the house. He has tried to flee but failed due to a sea of evil spirits outside.
"Granny chants the calming spell for Brother Huma every day, feeds him soup and medicine, and even gave him meat from Master Tai Sui to eat. Now Brother Huma finally doesn't run around anymore, but Brother Huma doesn't recognize Granny or Little Hongtang," says the little girl.
...
One night, in his dream, Hu Ma hears a faint voice coming from the smoke of a burning incense stick.
"Once they discover we are Reincarnators, they will perform soul extraction and strip our bones, refining us until not even a trace is left..."
"They believe we are Yin Ghosts!"


Finally, the sensation of falling gradually vanished. The howling yin wind in Hu Ma's ears weakened, and he landed on what felt like ground. Or rather, it wasn't truly ground; it was just that the weight he carried finally lessened enough for Hu Ma to feel like he was standing on something. To describe it accurately, it was like a person treading water who finally reached the bottom of a lake—able to stand, yet it felt different from standing on solid earth in the real world of the living.


Chapter 633 - Chapter 624: The Big-Bellied Ghost King