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Chapter 163 They believed it!

The Three Calamities' arrogant words immediately aroused public outrage.

"Let them eat, I want to see how big their stomachs are!"

"Exactly! Three thousand longevity peaches—you could eat them all without bursting!"

Faced with the crowd's anger, the Three Calamities' expression turned cold, and he kept laughing to himself. "I have memorized the appearances of all of you mortals. When we get back to the temple, I will definitely write them all down and punish them one by one!"

After a cold laugh, Broom Star Ma Zhaodi opened the bag full of ingot-shaped buns in her hand, opened her mouth wide, and swallowed two buns in one bite. The palm-sized buns quickly disappeared into her mouth.

She really didn't want to leave a single steamed bun, fearing that the Three Star Gods of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity might pull some tricks. Over the years, they hadn't won many times, so naturally they became more and more cautious.

In no time, Ma Zhaodi had devoured the entire bag of gold ingots, then said triumphantly to Old Man Tian, ​​"Hey, you selling steamed buns, hurry up and order yours!"

Next to Ma Zhaodi, the jinx, Spring Plague Lord, also opened his bag and ate all the longevity peaches and ruyi inside in a few bites.

The scholar-dressed Spring Plague Lord ate and laughed, "The three of you have been using this trick for a thousand years. You don't know how to come up with a new one. It's no wonder people laugh at you."

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Although the three calamity gods did not see through the true nature of the three beggars, given the appearance of the buns shaped like the three blessings of fortune, prosperity, longevity, and happiness, it would be truly foolish if they still couldn't guess the identities of the three!

The three devoured Old Man Tian's baskets of buns like a whirlwind. The ordinary people around them came to their senses. This was probably some kind of battle between gods, but they couldn't tell the identities of the three calamity gods at all. They could only look at the three beggars. The beggars pitifully stepped forward and said, "Eat slowly, you three. You'll choke if you eat too much of this. Leave a couple for the others."

Upon hearing that Fu Lu Shou had backed down, Ma Zhaodi's expression grew even more smug. She even opened her mouth and sucked the steamed buns still on the steamer into her mouth, nodding repeatedly as she ate, "This old man's steamed buns are truly exceptional. I haven't tasted such delicious steamed buns in hundreds of years!"

Old Man Tian suddenly realized what was happening and, trying to protect the steamed buns behind him, hurriedly said, "I won't sell them! I won't sell them no matter how much money you offer!"

But faced with the three calamities, how could he refuse to sell if he didn't want to? With a wave of his hand, the buns were steamed and delivered to their table.

In less than half an hour, the three calamity gods had devoured all three thousand-plus buns, patted their bellies in satisfaction, and couldn't help but burst into laughter. "We've eaten all the Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity buns! Let's see what other methods you three gods have to save them now!"

Then Ma Zhaodi glared fiercely at everyone, "Who just insulted me? When I return to the palace, I'll make sure your whole family never has a moment's peace!"

She stood up, revealing her true form, holding a broken broom in her hand. Behind her, divine light shone like wheat awns, and her originally wealthy eyes narrowed fiercely, becoming even more mean and sharp.

Zhang Yuanbo, the Spring Plague Lord, also stood up. He had a jade gourd tucked into his waistband. He tugged at Ma Zhaodi and chuckled, "Ma Zhaodi is still kind-hearted. If you ask me, if you let the whole family be sick from beginning to end, then naturally there will be no time for peace!"

The most ruthless jinx merely glanced coldly at everyone, moved the white banner in his hand, and after seeing the names of several people clearly, was about to write them down directly.

"Damn, who hired these three?"

Even someone with no knowledge of folk customs would understand that these three people are definitely not human.

"Quickly go and invite General Wu Gong; didn't he say there are no demons or monsters in this market?"

Someone had a sudden inspiration and sent someone to move the statue of General Wu Gong from the market entrance.

Ma Zhaodi laughed and said, "We are not some demons or monsters. You mortals are ignorant. Do you not know our divine name?"

Her body shone with divine light, and she transformed into a shooting star as fast as a broom.

"Bad luck!"

Someone immediately recognized him and exclaimed in surprise.

No wonder General Wu didn't show up; although the woman in front of him was a calamity goddess, she was also a true goddess listed in the Heavenly Court.

After realizing what was happening, everyone looked at the three beggars in the middle. Their identities were obvious, as they wanted to take a bag of "Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity" first.

Seeing everyone looking at the Three Star Gods of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity, the Star of Misfortune sneered, "Those three stars can't save you today!"

After saying this, he was about to write his name on his white banner.

But just as he picked up the pen, his foot suddenly twisted, and he stumbled and fell drunkenly onto the stall seat.

The beggar on the left laughed loudly, pointing at the three jinxes and saying, "Down, down, down!"

This time, not only did the jinx stagger, but Ma Zhaodi and Zhang Yuanbo also lost their balance and fell onto their chairs.

Zhang Yuanbo was shocked. "Poison?"

He was a master of poisons, so the first thing that came to mind was poison.

Then Zhang Yuanbo turned pale, pointed at the three beggars, and said with trembling hands, "You are despicable! What kind of poison is this?"

He hadn't originally considered the possibility that the Three Star Gods of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity had poisoned him. Firstly, many mortals had eaten the buns, and secondly, the divine authority of the Three Star Gods of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity would restrict them from using insidious methods.

But the truth is, all three of them were poisoned!

Moreover, the strange poison spread, rendering the three of them unable to protect themselves with their divine light, and even their magical power dissipated.

The beggar in the middle, no longer bowing his head in servility, laughed and said, "The victor is king, the loser is villain; what's so despicable about that?"

Having lost her divine powers, Ma Zhaodi acted like a madwoman, throwing a tantrum, shouting, "With such behavior from you Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity Gods, we will definitely report you to the Heavenly Court when we return!"

Upon hearing Ma Zhaodi's words, the person in the middle looked at the other two unlucky ones, "You think so too?"

The two jinxes said coldly, "You two, Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity, just wait and see. This isn't over yet!"

They are all true gods listed in the Heavenly Court. Although they are all calamities, they represent the Heavenly Court in bringing disasters to all the heavens. This is just an avatar of them, so they are not afraid of the three stars killing them to silence them.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this from the three jinxes, the man in the middle bowed and said, "Thank you for your permission to keep quiet!"

The two beggars nearby burst into laughter, "They believed it! They really believed it!"

The beggar on the left transformed into the Heavenly Lord of Destiny, the beggar on the right transformed into the fat and big-eared second senior brother, and the beggar in the middle removed his painted skin, revealing Ao Peng's original appearance.

This was a scheme within a scheme from the very beginning!

The first trick is to make the three unlucky stars believe that the Three Star Gods of Fortune, Prosperity and Longevity have descended to earth, with the aim of opposing them. The trick is to lure the three unlucky stars into a trap by using conspicuous lucky bags, longevity bags and prosperity bags.

If the three jinxes were truly magnanimous and left ordinary people a chance to survive, this scheme wouldn't have gone so smoothly. However, the three jinxes clearly had three thousand buns, yet they didn't even want to leave three bags of buns behind, naturally falling into this deadly trap.

The filling of these buns is Tusu wine. Tusu wine has always been associated with the function of warding off evil and curing diseases in folk customs. Ordinary people and even gods of fortune can eat it without any problems. On the contrary, the three jinxes who ate it during the special period of the New Year are like the white snake who drank realgar wine on the Double Ninth Festival. No matter how much cultivation they have, they will feel weak all over and have no magic power.

The second scheme followed immediately after the first. Since the three jinxes were determined to go all the way, Ao Peng naturally didn't hold back. He used the established impressions the three had formed to impersonate the three jinxes of fortune, prosperity, and longevity and trick them into giving him a seal of office.

As expected, the three gods lost their divine power and were burning with rage. They couldn't see through the three beggars' appearances and were convinced that it was the Three Stars casting the spell. In their drunken ramblings, they were extorted by Ao Peng for the three seals of fortune, prosperity, and longevity!

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