Chapter 35: Immortal, Monster?

  He turned his head towards the direction of General Iron Wing, whispered silently for a while, then took out a transparent jade bottle from his sleeve. He looked at the remaining six or seven grains of red dan medicine in the bottle, poured out one grain, stared at it again and again, sighed, as if he was extremely reluctant to part with it, and tossed it into his mouth, chewing loudly without any elegance.

  Then, from his sleeve, he pulled out a yellow talisman with gold edges and slapped it onto his body. The talisman burst into a blinding flash of yellow light that enveloped the Wumeng Daoist. Pieces of yellow talismans swirled around the Wumeng Daoist's frail figure, flying in and merging into him. The Wumeng Daoist's silhouette gradually became blurry and unclear until it transformed into a thin thread of yellow light that drilled into the mud beneath his feet. When he looked at the ground again, there was not even a hint of residual magical power left behind.

  If a monk with high spiritual power and broad vision were to witness this, he would certainly be shocked. This talisman is actually the legendary "Cangying Fu" that is said to be extremely precious!

  Two beast witches were beheaded by Wumudao, and the flute sound stopped coming. The wolf pack suddenly became like a soulless group, making a big fuss, with most of the ferocious wolves spinning around in place, at a loss for what to do. A small number of them hastily fled, and dozens of ferocious wolves fell to the ground one after another, foaming at the mouth, their limbs convulsing, as if they had exhausted all their energy and were unable to get up again.

  The Hei Tie Jun troops were just attacked by the ferocious wolves, everyone was injured, and their movements with knives and guns became slower. At this moment, they saw the wolf pack fleeing in disarray again, and suddenly, one by one, they regained their spirits, shouting loudly as they hacked and killed with all their might.

  In the dense forest where Wu Mu Dao Ren was fighting, there were sudden bursts of sharp whistling, followed by fierce gusts of wind, and finally a deafening roar like an earthquake, accompanied by a column of flames shooting into the sky. The commotion was so great that it had already startled all the villagers in the small town, who rushed to the streets, discussing the situation in hushed tones.

  Outside the town, at this time, the intersection was crowded with countless villagers, seeing Hei Tie Jun and the evil wolves fighting to the death, some wanted to help, but knowing that there were "immortals" coming and going in the dense forest, and these evil wolves were actually under the command of the "immortals", they all suddenly became timid and did not dare to move forward.

  Others didn't know, but General Iron Wing knew that the strange phenomenon in the secret forest was Umu Dao Ren fighting with his opponent. His heart was racing with anxiety, and he couldn't calm down for a moment. When he heard Umu Dao Ren's transmission, he finally put his mind at ease. But unexpectedly, as he listened to the end, his face became increasingly difficult to look at.

  At a glance, the villagers gathered at the town's crossroads to watch the battle, pulled out their voices and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, those two 'beast demons' from the Di tribe who pretended to be 'immortals' have been killed by the true immortals of the Huo Ling Sect. If we don't come to exterminate these man-eating wolves now, what are we waiting for?"

  The hunters and villagers who were watching from the crossroads heard the self-proclaimed "immortal" say something big, but then there was no follow-up, not even a sound of a flute. Then they heard the sharp whistling and explosions coming from more than two miles away, as well as flames shooting up into the sky. Next, they saw that the ferocious wolves charging at the Black Iron Army were suddenly unable to withstand a single blow, as if their souls had been extracted. The words of General Iron Wing now seemed about 70-80% believable.

  Under the lead of a brave hunter, dozens of people shouted and rushed towards the wolf pack that had begun to flee in all directions.

  Capturing and killing "Xianren"'s "Tianlang" is not dared, capturing and killing these panicked and half-dead wolves fleeing for their lives, everyone is still very interested!

  With this fresh force, the remaining wolves were quickly killed off, with only a dozen or so escaping. General Iron Wing released three fireballs, incinerating the three green wolves that Water Birth had struck down into nothing but ash. He then swiftly withdrew from the area, leading his troops to enter the town and rest. The wolves' corpses scattered all over the ground were left for the villagers who came to help, as for whether they would eat or bury them, that was their business.

  After the war, seven members of the Black Iron Legion were killed in action, and almost all of them were either lightly or severely injured. It was midsummer, with scorching heat, and the Black Iron Legion wore only light helmets and used light armor to cover their chests and abdomens, while their limbs were clad in cloth shirts and pants, which had already been torn into strips by the encircled wolves.

  Three children were killed by wolves after falling from a cart when the horse was startled.

  The town was already in an uproar, and the large wolf pack of five or six hundred wolves was unheard of. What's more, these ferocious wolves were actually being commanded by a "beast demon" from behind, which was even more unbelievable! The "divine being" who had been directing the wolf pack with his flute had already become the object of curses and abuse throughout the town.

  There were good Samaritans who boldly ran into the dense forest where the "beast demon" appeared, only to see that the entire forest had been destroyed, and on the ground, a large deep pit had appeared, as if it had been burned by lightning. In shock, they praised the "Fire Spirit Sect" for its great benevolence and mercy, saying that their divine powers were vast and that they were truly living Bodhisattvas who benefited the people!

  However, there were also five brave villagers walking back and forth beside the big pit, wanting to pick up some items left behind by "immortals" or "monsters", so they could brag about it in front of others.

  Just as the five of them were rummaging through the ground with great energy, a strong gust of wind suddenly swept across the sky. Along with the wind, a grey-feathered eagle flew in from afar, its wings merely fluttering a few times before it arrived above the crowd's heads. On the eagle's back stood a young man dressed in white robes.

  Five villagers saw the giant eagle flying in the sky and the figure on its back, they were suddenly frightened and hastily kowtowed to the ground, knocking their heads repeatedly. A tall young man with a large build kowtowed while saying: "Immortal grandfather spare our lives, we don't know anything, we just want to pick up some treasures left behind by the fire immortal!"

  "What fire god? Which fire god? Who among you has seen the fire god?" A hoarse voice came from above, and the five villagers hastily looked up, but each was taken aback. On top of their heads, a gray-robed old man had appeared out of nowhere, with an appearance of fifty or sixty years old, eight feet tall, straight waist, snow-white hair, rosy face, and a benevolent demeanor! At this moment, he was quietly standing on a white cloud, smiling down at them.

  The white cloud looks incredibly thin, yet this old man is still standing on it, not falling off. If he's not a "god", then what is he? Not far to the left of the old man, a young man in his twenties was also standing in mid-air, wearing a white robe. The youth wore a square scarf on his head, had a slender build and a handsome appearance, and his attire was not much different from that of a refined and courteous scholar in the mortal world.

  Looking at their age, that hoarse voice should have come from the old man in gray.

  If this man in white was the one riding on the back of the carving just now, where did that gray big eagle go? The five people on the ground suddenly couldn't turn their brains around and secretly guessed whether this old man in gray was transformed from the gray big eagle just now. Isn't that a monster? This time, the five people on the ground dared not to stare at the two people in the air carefully.

  That tall and sturdy young villager, wearing a grey robe, knocked his head twice on the ground and said in a loud voice: "Immortal Grandfather, you don't know that just now a 'beast demon' pretended to be an immortal, blowing a flute and commanding a large group of ferocious wolves to eat people. Unexpectedly, it was burned to death by a passing true immortal with a heavenly fire."

  The villager had no idea what the truth was, but after hearing General Iron Wing's shout, he began to spread rumors and fabricate stories. In his simple mind, this old "immortal" who looked benevolent couldn't be a monster, and must have been traveling with that other immortal who could "set fires".

  "Oh, you've seen that immortal with your own eyes? Tell me, what does he look like? Is it a man or a woman?" The old man in gray robes asked with a slight smile.

  The other four villagers who were lying on the ground saw that the old immortal not only looked kind, but his voice was also gentle and amiable, and their fear gradually dissipated. Another villager said: "I was too far away from here just now and didn't see clearly what the immortal looked like. I only saw a huge white eagle flying in the sky, and then the immortal sitting on the back of the eagle set off a big fire, burning out a big pit here, and then flew away riding a gust of yellow wind!"

  This person was at the town entrance at that time and actually saw the blurry shadow of the white-clothed man and the "Crane Crowned Vulture" from a distance. As for the "Yellow Wind", it must have been an unusual phenomenon caused by Wu Mu Dao Ren's technique. The other three people did not see the Yellow Wind or human shadows, but only talked about the shocking explosion and the shaking of the earth that had just occurred.

  Seeing the five people unable to explain themselves, the old man in gray robes smiled and said: "Alright, you can leave now. That 'beast demon' has contracted a plague, if you stay here for too long, who knows when you'll catch a hint of the plague!"

  The five villagers on the ground, upon hearing the word "plague", changed their expressions and kowtowed again to the two in mid-air before scrambling to their feet and running away quickly.

  After the villagers had walked far away, the old man in gray robes stretched out his hand and made a grasping motion towards the large pit, catching a piece of charcoal-like material that had fallen into his palm. He looked at it again and again before tossing it aside, his gaze sweeping around the area in a big circle before finally landing on the young man in white robes. "It seems that Hu Dao has indeed fallen," he said. "I didn't expect this fierce flame to be able to refine Hu Dao's storage bag and its contents together, which is somewhat similar to the Fire Spirit Sect's Heavenly Refining Fire. What do you think, Bai Li?"

  The young man in white was playing with a silver-white object in his hand, which looked like the half-fragment of the Silver Wheel Treasure that the late-stage Golden Elixir cultivator had been holding.

  Upon hearing the old man in grey's words, the young man in white halted his actions, pondered for a moment, and said: "To be able to kill Hu Shi's nephew with one strike, to unleash such powerful True Fire Divine Ability, and yet not bother to collect the treasures on Hu Shi's nephew's body... it seems that the murderer is either a Yuan Ying cultivator or a Jindan late-stage cultivator with precious treasures. Within the Huo Ling Sect, only that demon has such abilities. But if it were that demon who took action, there would be no need to shatter Hu Shi's Ice Wheel, and could have easily killed him outright... why go through so much trouble?"

  He said, tossing the half-disc of the broken silver wheel in his hand lightly towards the old man in grey, "Brother Qin, take a look at this thing!"

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