The Unruly Immortals

"Is this Bei Feng? The Bei Feng I've been looking for so eagerly for such a long time?" Gazing at the man lying on the ground gasping for breath, Li Huowang felt as if he was in a dream, his head buzzing as if he were drunk.

Ever since he had learned that Bei Feng possessed the means to escape illusion and control the Innate Qi within his body, Li Huowang had spent countless days and nights wondering what it would be like when he finally found him.

But he had never imagined that when Bei Feng appeared before him, the situation would be like this.

"Him? Is he really Bei Feng? Brother Zhuge, are you certain you haven't mistaken someone else for him?" Li Huowang looked at Zhuge Yuan in astonishment.

"Hmm, there's no mistake, this person is Bei Feng. He was hiding among those eunuchs, but I caught sight of him, though..."

Li Huowang's hands trembled as he brought them together in a fist and bowed deeply to Zhuge Yuan, saying earnestly, "I cannot thank you enough!"

After finishing his words, he immediately squatted down, carefully helped Bei Feng up, and pulled out a dagger to lift the mask from his face.

After peeling back several layers and finally seeing the flesh-and-blood mahjong tile with Bei Feng's character on it before him, Li Huowang was so excited he was almost in tears.

Just as Li Huowang's fingers trembled across the sanguine tile, the character for Bei Feng, assembled from flesh and blood, twisted and began to speak.

"Heh heh heh, look how thrilled you are. What, are you my long-lost son or something?" Bei Feng's voice was aged and raspy.

Li Huowang took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said with a shaking voice, "Bei Feng, oh Bei Feng, I have had such a hard time searching for you."

"Oh? You've had such a hard time looking for me? Well, it seems as long as you haven't emptied the goods from my belly, I might not be able to die just yet."

As if he hadn't heard a word, Li Huowang tightened his grip on the blood-dripping dagger, leaned closer, and began to speak, looking into his eyes.

"Brother Bei Feng, could you do me a favor? Please tell me how, as Xinsu, you managed to escape those illusions. As long as you share that method with me, even setting you free could be negotiable!"

Li Huowang had prepared for the next move in his mind, whether the answer was yes or no, but the response that came was beyond his expectations.

"Xinsu? Heh heh heh, who told you I am Xinsu? It's true I am Bei Feng, but I'm only pretending, the fourth one is the real Xinsu, not me."

The moment he heard these words, Li Huowang's pupils shrank to tiny dots. "The fourth one?"

This simple nickname, like a specter, sent Li Huowang's suspenseful heart plummeting into an invisible abyss.

Seeing Li Huowang's expression, Bei Feng's face revealed a hint of smugness, "What's wrong, young man, have you never played mahjong? Isn't it normal to have four Bei Feng tiles in a mahjong set?"

"Four Bei Feng tiles? Does that mean there are also four tiles of making a fortune? Four tiles of... white board? Four Hong Zhong tiles?!" Li Huowang's mind exploded with a loud bang.

The next moment, with a distorted expression, Li Huowang harshly lifted him into the air, and the dagger in his hand had already been thrust into his abdomen and began slowly stirring.

"Impossible! Even now, you still want to deceive me! Let me tell you! Now that you've fallen into my hands, if you don't hand over that method, even death will be a luxury for you!"

Just as Li Huowang was preparing to thoroughly revisit all that he had gone through with Bei Feng before asking again, Zhuge Yuan spoke up from the side, his tone somewhat awkward.

"Actually, Li Brother, this person truly hasn't lied. I actually wasn't finished speaking just now. Although he is Bei Feng, he isn't Xinsu. Although he pretended to be Xinsu, this humble one saw through it at a glance."

Zhuge Yuan's words were like pulling the backbone out of Li Huowang, causing his face to turn an ashen grey in an instant.

He looked at Zhuge Yuan, at a loss for words for a moment.

Li Huowang nearly ran out of breath, if there was anything more distressing than not having, it was seeing it within reach only to lose it once more.

"You love storytelling so much, why didn't you tell me something as important as the four Bei Fengs earlier?"

Zhuge Yuan held the folding fan in his hands and regretfully tapped his own forehead. "Ah, I thought Brother Li knew about it, I didn't realize you were unaware. It's not too late to tell you now."

"Actually, as you know, those people from the Oblivion Path can change faces. To outsiders, they always show only one face, but behind the scenes, that face is actually shared by four people, so outsiders assume there is only one person for each of the Oblivion Path's identies."

"Several identies with the same face take turns changing places, and the Oblivion Path has tricked many people with this tactic."

Having finally captured Bei Feng, and in this instant, he lost all value. A rush of blood surged to Li Huowang's head, causing him to stand the dagger from Bei Feng's stomach upright, trembling as he aimed it toward his own heart.

Bei Feng's mouth continuously bled, his features contorted in pain, yet he didn't seem to care at all, instead looking at Li Huowang with disdain. "Heh heh heh... the Ao Jing Sect, huh? A bunch of self-righteous fools."

"Brother Li, you can't kill him. I've left him to you, perhaps he knows something," Zhuge Yuan said.

Seeing that arrogant smile on Bei Feng's face, Li Huowang just couldn't extinguish the fire within him; nevertheless, he managed to forcefully suppress the wicked flame.

The Fire Coat True Scripture was picked up from the ground, and Li Huowang began to heal Bei Feng's wounds.

Seeing the other's actions, Bei Feng's laughter from his mouth grew louder. "Oh? Not killing me? You must need something from me then, hahaha."

After Bei Feng's abdominal wound was covered by a layer of scalded scar tissue, Li Huowang looked again at the captive's appearance; Bei Feng appeared to be an ordinary old man.

With things as they were, feeling disappointed and angry was of no help. Instead of wasting time on that, it was better to consider how to mend the situation.

"Since you're one of the four Bei Fengs and you all share one face, then where are the other three Bei Fengs? You must know, right?" Li Huowang asked.

"Hehehe, it looks like I've guessed right; since you're looking for the fourth, you must undoubtedly be Xinsu, right? Do you want him to tell you how to break free from Xinsu's confusion?" so reasoned this Bei Feng, deducing Li Huowang's purpose.

Seeing that the other was not speaking, Li Huowang methodically laid out the torture instruments before Bei Feng.

"I have the least regard for you people from the Ao Jing Sect; it's always the same move over and over. You never use your brains. Fine then, I might tell you what you asked for, but...."

At this point, Bei Feng's mouth corners slightly uplifted as he slanted his eyes towards Li Huowang, "But, do you really dare to believe, young man? Don't forget I'm from the Oblivion Path, heh~heh~heh~"