The Unruly Immortals

Watching Scholar Lv's increasingly foul language, yet just standing at the doorway without going up, Chun Xiaoman looked at Bai Lingmiao with confusion. "Miaomiao, did you know all along that he would act like this?"

Seeing Scholar Lv's conflicted figure in the distance, Bai Lingmiao chuckled lightly, "Do you think I called him incompetent for nothing? He can't be a good person, and he's even less fit to be a bad one. At best, he's only suitable to be a rotten person."

Just at that moment, Gouwa came down the stairs with a bowl of food in his hands.

When he saw Scholar Lv cursing and swearing, he was shocked and hurriedly put the bowl on the ground to stop him. "Ay, ay, Scholar, what are you doing, what are you doing! There's no need for this, truly no need for this."

Being blocked by Gouwa like this, Scholar Lv became even more agitated, raised the short blade in his hand, and tried to rush outside, with the skinny Gouwa nearly failing to stop him several times.

Following a round of persuasion from Gouwa, Scholar Lv finally calmed down and sat down to eat with Gouwa's urging. He was still swearing as he ate, "Gouwa, I'm telling you, this isn't over! I've got all the things that old bone did to me etched in my heart! One day, I'll definitely chop him up!!"

"Ah, you've been hungry all day, just eat, you can chop up your dad anytime, but the food won't taste good once it gets cold."

Scholar Lv, holding the large bowl, devoured the food voraciously and realised as he was eating that today's meal was unusually good.

He picked up a piece of fat as big as an egg with his chopsticks, dipped it in rice, and chewed it contentedly in his mouth.

While chewing on the delicious fat in his mouth, Scholar Lv looked at Gouwa in surprise, "What's the occasion? Is the village celebrating New Year's early?"

"No, Li Huowang has come back! So the village threw a feast to celebrate."

"Oh?! Really! My master came back?!" Scholar Lv was instantly excited and prepared to rush outside, but then he immediately thought of whether he should ask for permission from his master's wife who had been teaching him new divine skills.

But when he looked towards Bai Lingmiao, he found that the white-haired girl and the woman covered in black fur were already gone, with a side door next to them left open.

Bai Lingmiao, walking in the dim corridor, stumbled and almost fell, clutching her knee and complaining, "This wretched place, so dark."

Chun Xiaoman came over and supported her, responding, "It's okay, not too dark. Tomorrow, I'll hang a few more oil lamps on the walls. Speaking of which, aren't you going to tell Li Huowang about the Divine Ability Technique left by the White Lotus Sect?"

Annoyance flickered in Bai Lingmiao's eyes. "What good would telling him do? You might think that this Martial Spirit Possession is very impressive, but it's nothing in his eyes now. He's much more powerful than you think."

"Really? Li Huowang is that powerful now? That's great news!" Chun Xiaoman couldn't help feeling happy for Li Huowang.

"Is it, though? Do you really think it's a good thing for a madman to become even more powerful? Think about the things he's done in the past." Bai Lingmiao said as she walked inside, continuing all the way to the innermost chamber before stopping.

"But didn't Li Huowang tell you that he doesn't have fits anymore?"

"You believe him just because he says so? Then you're even madder than he is. Anyway, I find it doubtful. Just now on the bed, whenever he spoke of Huan Jue, he'd swiftly change the topic, as though he was hiding something."

"Let's wait and see, so he doesn't get any strange ideas. He shouldn't be running around carelessly for the next while. Let's see what his situation really is before we make a plan."

"Miaomiao, you're really good to him,"

"What can I do about it? For better or worse, I've married him. At the beginning, he didn't abandon me as a burden, so how could I despise him for going mad now?"

"Since he has gone mad, we can only figure out how to cure him."

The stone door opened, and Bai Lingmiao walked in. The White Jade Lotus on the cabinet emitted a soft glow, illuminating everything around it.

By the light, Bai Lingmiao looked up at the mural on the wall, at the Twin Lotus being pulled by six white donkeys.

Ever since that strange chanting began last time, the Twin Lotus had appeared and had never vanished since, becoming clearer and clearer. She didn't know what it truly signified.

"Could this have something to do with the Wu Sheng Mother of the White Lotus Sect?" Bai Lingmiao wondered. However, after searching through all the books in the secret chamber, she found none related to the Twin Lotus.

Therefore, Bai Lingmiao couldn't tell whether this matter was good or bad for her.

Now that the White Lotus Sect was reduced to just her, its future changes, for better or worse, would directly determine her own power's development.

"It would be great If I could find out where that strange chanting is coming from, maybe it could provide some insights," Bai Lingmiao whispered to herself.

But this was clearly difficult. During the time she had been performing exorcisms outside, she had made a point of inquiring about the origins of the strange chanting but hadn't found any answers.

The only thing she could learn from the Immortal Sects was that the sound was chaotic and noisy. Although they did not say it, Bai Lingmiao felt that the Immortal Sects seemed to be afraid of the chanting.

Bai Lingmiao thought for a moment, picked up three sticks of incense from the side, bowed to the Twin Lotus, and planted them in the small incense burner.

She didn't know if it would be of any use, but it was worth a try; at least according to the records in the books, the Wu Sheng Mother didn't object to being worshipped by others.

"Miaomiao, what about the Heavenly Book of Arrays for sacrificing people in the corner of the wall?"

The words of Chun Xiaoman brought Bai Lingmiao back to reality; she looked at the books chosen during this period in the corner of the wall. "What else can I do but burn them?"

"Really burn them?"

Bai Lingmiao's tone was full of disgust. "Burn them! Such disgusting things make me irritable. I, Bai Lingmiao, do what I say."

An oil lamp tumbled through the air and landed on the books. Suddenly, a fierce flame ignited.

In the orange glow of the fire, a chaotic, upside-down mass seemed to appear within the Twin Lotus on the wall.

And neither Bai Lingmiao nor Chun Xiaoman noticed this horrifying and eerie scene.