The Unruly Immortals

My body moved, a phrase that's easy to understand, but it becomes exceptionally complicated when it comes to Li Huowang.

Li Huowang straightened his back, looking at the red figure in front of him that had also straightened up.

Then he lifted his right hand over his head and saw the red figure in front of him doing the same.

This was definitely his body, there was no mistaking it.

Li Huowang looked down at his own body again, which was empty and void of anything, yet he could somehow touch himself.

He touched his own arm and the Copper Coin mask on his face, and the ghostly Li Huowang in front did the same.

Right now, Li Huowang felt like he was manipulating shadow puppets, and that thing in the distance was the puppet in his hands.

Compared to figuring out what this thing was, Li Huowang was more concerned with how it came to be and how to resolve it.

"That's right, I remember now, it was just before when my hand was nailed to the ground, and that woman brought her Long Halberd down on me, that my body became displaced!"

Li Huowang also recalled that previously, when faced with his own attacks, that woman had always been aiming at some other place, which was why she had exposed such an obvious flaw.

At that time, he didn't have the luxury to think more about it, but now it seemed she was attacking his phantom.

"What on earth is going on? How could I have such an ability? It's as if there's a BUG in this world, could it be that this world is fake??"

With this thought, a look of horror began to spread across Li Huowang's face, and the horror only deepened.

Looking at his body next to him, the more he looked, the more unreal it seemed.

Breathing heavily, he quickly clasped his head, continuously talking to himself to suggest calming thoughts, attempting to steady his wavering heart.

"No, this world is definitely real, it can't be just a fantasy in my head!! I must have awoken Xinsu's special abilities!"

"That's right! It has to be! I've been unlucky for so long, it's about time I had some good luck! It's normal, Li Huowang! Stop doubting everything! That other world is the fake one, this is the real one!!"

Seeing Li Huowang's distressed look, Bai Lingmiao walked over to him, reaching out to embrace him.

However, her arms closed on air as they passed right through his phantom.

"I'm okay, I'm fine," said Li Huowang as he steadied his breathing and stepped back.

Top Scholar Lv spoke with apprehension, "You say you're fine but your body can't be touched, that's like a ghost! Taoist Master, when did you forget you died?"

In this situation, no one else could help Li Huowang; he was on his own to work it through.

After two hours, Li Huowang gradually regained his calm.

"I'm not dead, I've just gained some extra abilities, that's all."

Taking advantage of the rest period, Li Huowang briefly recounted the experience to everyone.

"Oh~, so that's how it is, it turns out to be Taoist Master's Divine Skills," said Top Scholar Lv, nodding understandingly.

Bai Lingmiao, searching, managed to touch Li Huowang's invisible body, a look of concern appearing on her face.

"Brother Li, is this how you're going to be for the rest of your life?"

"I... wait. Let me try something," Li Huowang said as he tried to remember the feeling, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes.

"Move back, hurry up and move back! Stack them together again!"

After racking his brain for a while, Li Huowang suddenly opened his eyes and was surprised to find his body back!

But before he could rejoice, Li Huowang noticed another problem.

His senses and body indeed overlapped this time, but the position was off, his lower half was stuck in the earth.

Even though his body was stuck in the earth, Li Huowang felt as if he was standing on the ground.

His body was displaced from this time and space as well.

"I know this, I know this Divine Skill, Brother Li, this is the Earth Escaping Technique, right?" Gouwa said proudly as he shared his realization.

Li Huowang was too lazy to pay him any mind and closed his eyes to continue trying.

When he opened his eyes again, his body indeed came out of the ground, but his perspective was now in the air, abruptly shifting from first-person to third-person view.

Watching the red-robed Taoist move and look up under his control, Li Huowang felt like he was playing a game at this moment.

"No good, one more time! I refuse to believe I can't go back!"

Li Huowang began a new round of attempts to control his body's position.

Wanting to move was not simply a matter of thought—it required a strong sensation of movement. That feeling was like glimpsing flowers through the mist, extremely difficult to grasp.

After struggling on the spot for an hour, Li Huowang finally managed to reposition himself, albeit barely.

The reason it was barely was that his visual perception was slightly elevated, perched upon his forehead.

A little off is just a little off, Li Huowang didn't want to try again, as they were still escaping from trouble.

"We've rested enough, let's go, and leave Huo Shu as quickly as possible—this place gets more dangerous the longer we stay."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded, picking up their meager belongings.

"House master... I can't run anymore, and I'm still carrying a child." Luo Juanhua's whisper was heard loud and clear by Li Huowang.

Li Huowang looked up and saw Lv Elevated Man, who remained silent, bending down to pick up his wife.

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The small town, previously shrouded in gunsmoke, was now completely destroyed, with ruins and broken walls everywhere, and no one bothered with the houses that caught fire.

The stripped bodies, resembling white pigs, lay piled up into little hills randomly.

During this time, bands of marauding soldiers sat huddled in groups around the bonfires caused by Da Liang's burning, drinking and feasting on meat.

A pudgy, pink-faced man wearing a cap and covering his nose with a handkerchief was gingerly navigating through this scene.

Suddenly, he felt something slippery underfoot, and looking down, he realized it was an intestine! "Oh my goodness! My mother!"

The marauders around him burst into laughter at his comically horrified expression.

"Supervisor Cao, come and have a taste? It's freshly roasted." A charred, bloodstreaked thigh appeared suddenly in front of Supervisor Cao.

"Blech—" Cao Hai could no longer hold back and began to vomit against the nearby rubble.

"Look at you, so squeamish. Relax, it's pork, not human flesh. Didn't you see the hoof?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Hai felt somewhat relieved and tentatively pushed the pork leg away with his two fingers.

"I have urgent matters to discuss with General Peng; do you know where she is? I just went to the main camp, and she wasn't there."

"If you, a military supervisor, don't know, how would I? I was too busy vying with those animals for money and women just now."

Just as Cao Hai looked troubled, a hairy hand suddenly reached out from the side, groping beneath him.

In a panic, Cao Hai stumbled back several steps before realizing that the hand belonged to a young man with defined eyebrows, who was pretending to look surprised at his hand.

"Oh dear— I seemed to have touched something just now. Eunuch Cao, wasn't it cut cleanly—did you leave a bit for continuing the Cao family line?"

When Cao Hai saw this person, he was not in the mood for his teasing and quickly asked, "Hou Wen, you're General Peng's close aide. You must know where she is, right?"

"Hehehe— Want to know, huh?"

Hou Wen approached with a mischievous smile, gently slapped his behind, and when Cao Hai covered his rear, he quickly jabbed at the front.

"Oh come on, don't tease me, I really need to speak with General Peng! It's a matter that affects her future!"

"The general is injured and healing over there. Be careful, she's not in the best of tempers right now."

Ignoring everything else, Cao Hai hurried in the direction Hou Wen pointed, toward one of the few intact houses.