The Unruly Immortals

"Put it on, being naked isn't a good look," Hong Da handed his filthy, stinking beggar's cloak to the bare-naked Li Huowang.

Li Huowang thanked him, and draped the cloak, festooned with Rusty Knives, over his body.

It was just as he was reaching out to get dressed that Li Huowang saw his own arm, which was a mess of flesh and blood.

It seemed something had been etched onto the skin there, but it had been burned until completely fused together.

"Strange, what's this about?" Li Huowang slowly lowered his hand, puzzled, and wrapped Hong Da's cloak around himself.

No longer bare, Li Huowang was about to turn and follow Record of Appearance's pace, but after only a couple of steps, he suddenly halted, "No! Something's off!!"

Li Huowang quickly rolled up his sleeves, revealing the agglutinated wound, and pulled out a dagger to slice open a new cut from the adjacent skin.

He grasped the skin and tugged hard, and with the sound of leather tearing, the flesh and sinews underneath were exposed.

The words etched there were deep and distinctly visible upon the flesh.

After reading the words on his arm, Li Huowang turned his head swiftly and shouted to Record of Appearance, "It's Heart Turbidity!"

On hearing this, Record of Appearance's expression immediately lit up, "Oh dear! I remember now! I came to you for help to catch Heart Turbidity!"

However, in the next moment, the expressions on all three faces abruptly changed, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely tense.

"Heart Turbidity has already appeared! They're hiding our memories concerning them!"

Li Huowang pulled out the Purple Tassel Sword, on high alert as he watched everything around him.

"Maybe it's not just that. Who knows, Heart Turbidity might have already hidden some of us away, and we just don't remember it. Whatever you do, don't look into his eyes."

"Click, click, click," Record of Appearance was incessantly manipulating the abacus beads, as if calculating something.

When the abacus stopped clacking, three of the set of five beads had been flipped up.

"Three people, Heart Turbidity has hidden away three people," said Record of Appearance, which caused Li Huowang and Hong Da's scalps to tingle, as they realized that three companions had vanished without their knowledge.

Li Huowang's right hand danced up and down, etching the words just spoken by Record of Appearance onto his arm, ensuring that Heart Turbidity could not hide it.

"I'll try to force it out, you stay as protector!" Record of Appearance slapped the abacus to the ground and started clicking it madly.

Hong Da, with a grave expression, walked over and drew out a Rusty Knife, circling Record of Appearance with the blade facing inward, quickly forming a lotus pattern.

And at this time, Li Huowang, who could do nothing else, remained constantly on guard.

Time ticked by, and as Record of Appearance resumed clicking, numbers lost their meaning once again, but this time it wasn't as effective as before.

Even as Record of Appearance clicked the beads in a sweaty frenzy, Heart Turbidity remained unseen.

Li Huowang's face was grim as he stared around him, and at that moment, he suddenly noticed additional lines of writing on his arm, which hadn't been there before.

They were his own notes, but the memory of writing those words seemed already hidden by Heart Turbidity; he did not know when he had written them down.

"Record of Appearance's effort had an effect, but it was weak! We must listen carefully with our ears! Quickly! It's not just Tuoba Danqing and Liu Zongyuan that Heart Turbidity has hidden away, but Miaomiao too!"

"Second God never left in the first place! She secretly brought Miaomiao to help us! Go save them now! We must absolutely prevent them from suffering the fate of Heart Turbidity's family!"

Li Huowang shivered, goosebumps covering his entire body.

Without hesitation, Li Huowang removed the cotton from his ears, using his extremely keen hearing to monitor everything around him.

At first, the roaring noises nearly knocked Li Huowang out. Each strike of the abacus beads sounded like a loud clanging in his ears.

"Dad...it's so loud, too loud!"

"Endure it, it'll be over soon! We have to save your mother!" Li Huowang clenched his teeth and closed his eyes, concentrating all his energy to discern the sounds.

At first it was very noisy, but as Li Huowang gradually calmed his mind, he began to hear other sounds.

"Uncle...crazy..."

"No, that's not it!" Li Huowang, gritting his teeth, hugged his head with both hands, pressing inward with force.

Finally, some noises began to clear up; it was the sound of footsteps that suddenly appeared and then just as suddenly disappeared.

"Over... here!!" Li Huowang suddenly opened his eyes, a cold light shining forth, and he chopped straight at the back of a tree.

A tree trunk wide enough for one person was split in two by a single strike, revealing a ragged man.

He glanced at Li Huowang gently with those dull eyes, and in an instant, the Purple Tassel Sword in Li Huowang's hand vanished.

"Here we go again!" Li Huowang thrust his hands into his abdomen, breaking two of his ribs once more.

Accompanied by a splurching noise, Heart Turbidity also bent over with Li Huowang, screaming in agony.

Li Huowang endured the sharp pain and roared as he rushed towards Heart Turbidity.

Heart Turbidity glared forcefully at Li Huowang, but then something he had never expected happened: his power, that had always been effective before, suddenly failed.

By the time he regained his senses, Li Huowang was only ten feet away, Li Sui's tentacles were already swinging, ready to blind his opponent's eyes at any moment.

In such a critical situation, Heart Turbidity was not the slightest bit flustered; he suddenly raised his left hand, and a figure appeared out of thin air, charging towards Li Huowang. It was the previously vanished Tuoba Danqing.

And it wasn't over yet; Liu Zongyuan was also thrown out right after.

When the third person was tossed out, Li Huowang's tense heart inexplicably relaxed; it was Miaomiao.

Ignoring Heart Turbidity, Li Huowang instinctively spread his arms, prepared to catch her.

But when Li Huowang caught her firmly, and their eyes met, neither said a word, yet there was so much conveyed in their eyes.

Just as Li Huowang set the girl down in his arms, Miaomiao gradually vanished again; she had been hidden away once more.

"Heart Turbidity!!" Li Huowang, with veins bulging on his forehead, bellowed as he charged at the opponent.

But just as he was about to get close, another figure was hurled at him again, this time the Second God.

Like this, these hidden objects, akin to stones, were continuously tossed around by Heart Turbidity.

All sorts of disappearing objects were thrown and vanished in turns.

In terms of employing his abilities, this male Heart Turbidity was evidently more skilled than his female counterpart.

Li Huowang knew this wouldn't work; if the struggle continued this way, the Record of Appearance would fail.

If the Record of Appearance failed, finding Heart Turbidity again would be harder than reaching the heavens.

He himself must think of a way to restrain the opponent.

Watching the two women being thrown his way again, Li Huowang quickly blinked at them; Bai Lingmiao gave a slight nod.

Soon, Bai Lingmiao and Second God began to fade away about once more, and the moment they reappeared, shrouded in various materials, Li Huowang grabbed the ribs embedded in his chest and stirred viciously.

Heart Turbidity immediately bent over in pain, and at that moment, Second God in mid-air quickly performed a somersault, forcefully stepping on Bai Lingmiao's foot with the embroidered shoes on her feet.

Taking advantage of the recoil, Bai Lingmiao charged at Heart Turbidity.

In that instant, Bai Lingmiao reached for the Longsword next to her.

"Don't take it!!" Li Huowang shouted loudly; it was his vanished Purple Tassel Sword!

Bai Lingmiao knew, but under these circumstances, she had no choice.

As Heart Turbidity barely lifted his head, enduring the pain, the Purple Tassel Sword accurately pierced Heart Turbidity's forehead.

The moment Heart Turbidity died, everything around fell silent.

Li Huowang's eyes widened to their limits, his gaze fixed on Bai Lingmiao's hand that clutched the Purple Tassel Sword.

"Hehe....."

Bai Lingmiao suddenly laughed, her body slightly bent, and soon Second God also laughed along, the laughter growing louder and louder.

"Hahahahahaha!!!"