The Unruly Immortals

"Kill him!" A surge of murderous intent emerged, and everyone's weapons attacked the beggar man in an instant.

Li Huowang, who was the first to react, caught the attention of Heart Turbidity; after giving Li Huowang a deep look, he swiftly vanished from sight.

The moment Heart Turbidity's eyes disappeared, Li Huowang felt a chill on his lips—Heart Turbidity had hidden away the Copper Coin mask!

But the very next moment, Li Huowang came to his senses; this was not the time to consider that, he had a very important task at hand!

Hot blood rushed to Li Huowang's head from the back of his skull, causing his body to tremble. His eyes reddened as he gazed around at everyone: Record of Appearance, Hong Da, Tuoba Danqing, Liu Zongyuan.

"Boom~!" With a stroke of the Fire Sickle, Li Huowang experienced intense pain instantly radiating throughout his body. Torrential flames rapidly engulfed him entirety in an instant,

"Kill! They now know my identity as Xinsu! I must kill them all!! Absolutely none must escape!!!"

As Li Huowang struggled, Liu Zongyuan curled up and fled towards a window.

It was unclear who initiated it, but Li Huowang suddenly felt a powerful force that violently flung him out.

The completely blazing Li Huowang roared, thrusting his hand into his left eye socket and squeezing forcefully; a strange light enveloped everyone.

Record of Appearance raised the Rotten Wood Ruyi in his hand and pointed it fiercely at Li Huowang. However, Li Huowang showed no reaction. He raised the Purple Tassel Sword in his hand, ready to chop off his own left arm.

"Er Jiu! What are you doing!" A thunderous shout came from the White Impermanence in the woods.

"Don't waste your effort! Can't you see? This guy is being controlled!"

Hong Da, with an ugly expression, raised the Rusty Knife in his hand and plunged it into his own arm.

However, those words jolted Li Huowang into a state of shock as he stared incredulously at the people before him.

"What's going on? They...can't see through my Xinsu identity?" A stunned Li Huowang suddenly remembered something.

He recalled how Zhuge Yuan had given him the Spindle and had pointed at his mask, saying something. "Use this, it's much more useful than your thing."

At that moment, Li Huowang realized what those words meant.

The reason they hadn't detected his Xinsu abilities was that the item from Zhuge Yuan had replaced his mask and concealed his identity.

Li Huowang looked down at the hem of his robe, fiercely ablaze; the Torture Tool Bag wrapped around the Spindle was charred black, seemingly moments from being completely consumed by the fire.

"No, I can't let this item leave my body." Li Huowang, his body on fire, hastily took out the Spindle.

Li Huowang wanted to find a place to secure the Spindle, but his body was so badly burned that not even his skin remained, let alone pockets.

In the end, he lifted his own burning flesh, as if placing something into an outer pocket, and inserted the Spindle within his abdominal cavity.

Having done this, Li Huowang walked towards the others. "Gentlemen, it's alright now, the person who controlled me with the ceremony has been thwarted by me!"

"Stop right there!" Record of Appearance, with an extremely unpleasant expression, pointed a golden abacus directly at the blazing figure. "I don't care whether you're lucid or not, just stand right there and behave yourself for our family!"

When they saw that Li Huowang had indeed halted, Record of Appearance, Liu Zongyuan, and Hong Da gathered to discuss the situation.

As for what they were discussing, Li Huowang was too far away to hear clearly. Right now, he had a more pressing issue to deal with—how to extinguish the fire consuming his body?

Li Huowang thought of something, and with a swift tug, he pulled out the Great Thousand Record hidden beneath his skin.

When that object hit the ground, the raging flames engulfing Li Huowang's body also gradually extinguished.

Because it had just begun, Li Huowang's skin hadn't completely burned away,

At that moment, Li Huowang looked like a wax figure just beginning to melt; though he was still in excruciating pain, he appeared much better than the completely charred figure he had been before.

"There goes my clothes again, but luckily I brought an extra set just in case."

Just as Li Huowang turned to look towards the carriage, he saw nothing but a fiercely burning pile of fire.

"Ah..." Seeing this, Li Huowang had nothing much to say and took out the Fire Coat True Scripture to heal his wounds.

As the heat that once scorched his skin lingered in his mind, he pictured Zhuge Yuan.

"He figured out my identity, and instead of capturing me, he gave me this Spindle to help hide my identity. Was his kindness genuine?" A warm current flowed into Li Huowang's heart after a long absence.

Suddenly, Li Huowang wanted to meet Zhuge Yuan once again; he had so many things he wanted to talk to him about.

"Er Jiu," Li Huowang turned his head and saw that the trio had come over, looking as if they had decided on a course of action.

"Er Jiu, can you identify who it was that just tried to harm you?" Record of Appearance asked solemnly.

"I have some impression, it looked like a mangy-headed Taoist," Li Huowang replied earnestly.

"Hmm..." Record of Appearance pondered heavily and after some time, he finally spoke, "Alright, let's head back first, we'll talk more once we're back."

Hearing this, the others nodded and started walking down the dirt road together.

However, it was quite clear that not everyone fully trusted Li Huowang's words, as they subtly surrounded him.

After walking just a few steps, Li Huowang stopped and asked in confusion, "Do you all remember what mission we are on this time out?"

Hong Da, looking puzzled upon hearing this, immediately turned to Record of Appearance, "I was just called out by Lord Record of Appearance, and I know nothing else."

"I was also called by Lord Record of Appearance; Lord Record of Appearance, what is our mission this time?" Liu Zongyuan quickly followed up.

Huowang, too, looked towards Record of Appearance; he also remembered being summoned by him. If it weren't for the promise of obtaining information about the Oblivion Path after completing this task, he might not have accepted such a vague job.

Feeling the intense gaze of the three men upon him, Record of Appearance looked very grave as he wiped the dust off his face with his sleeve, seemingly deep in thought.

"I... I am not quite sure myself," Record of Appearance said tentatively, "What exactly did I call the two of you here for?"

Li Huowang and Hong Da looked at each other, momentarily at a loss for words.

That their superior could actually forget why he had summoned them showed how capricious he could be in his authority.

"Well, let's just start our journey and find a populated place to discuss further. We've lost the carriage, and if we don't move quickly, we're bound to spend the night outside."

Glancing at the sky, Li Huowang and the others hesitated no more and hurriedly quickened their pace on the road.