The Unruly Immortals

The people from Tianchen Country aggressively closed in, but Li Huowang, who saw this scene, did not run; instead, he sat cross-legged directly on the treetop.

As another Li Huowang grew from his back, the two of them began chanting in unison. "Golden light concealed, sun and moon hide. At the time of the treasure's ascent, ghosts lose color. Manifesting traces in the mortal world, guarding the chariot in Samsara...."

Upon hearing the chanting incantations of the two Li Huowangs, all the people from Tianchen Country in the distance displayed expressions of extreme shock.

Previously, some soldiers who couldn't be spoken of didn't commit suicide, and through their retelling, how could the people of Tianchen Country not know that this evil cultivator in a red Taoist Robe could summon Doumu to help?

Despite their current overwhelming numbers, facing the Nirmanakaya of Doumu, their numbers were utterly insignificant.

The next moment, everyone displayed their divine skills like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea and disappeared as fast as they could in front of Li Huowang.

Just as they vanished, Li Huowang's chanting also came to an end, but nothing happened immediately afterward.

"Hmph." Li Huowang snorted coldly, stood up, and the Li Huowang on his back quickly wavered, revealing the exquisite appearance of a young girl, which was actually Li Sui in disguise and not the Li Huowang cultivated through Oblivion.

Li Huowang hadn't actually chanted the true Oblivion Treasure. He deliberately left out several words just now. To deal with them, he didn't necessarily need the real thing; a little trick from the "Swindling Scripture" could solve this problem.

Though with the Da Qi people continuously chanting, Fei Gang was indeed increasing, it wasn't easy to accumulate enough for one use, and this kind of thing shouldn't be wasted on such a trivial scene.

With the crisis averted and the area around Da Qi momentarily safe, Li Huowang scanned the dense forest around him and prepared to leave this place first.

Now that I'm in Tianchen, the people here must know about me. I need to thoroughly understand this place before they find me.

Regarding Tianchen Country, aside from knowing they have past grievances with Wu Sheng's Old Mother, Li Huowang knows absolutely nothing.

The thing Li Huowang most desires to know is what kind of power they currently hold and what price they are willing to pay to kill Wu Sheng's Old Mother again.

The forest is vast and dense, but fortunately, Li Huowang observed some footprints that had been recently made in the forest with his keen eyesight.

Through the footprints, Li Huowang also discovered some traps used for catching wildlife, indicating that the owner of these footprints was probably a hunter.

By continuing to follow these footprints, one should quickly find signs of human habitation.

However, before Li Huowang could find the owner of the footprints, the sky gradually darkened.

Watching the setting sun, Li Huowang, recalling something important, immediately spoke to remind, "Suisui, help me calculate the hours and see how many Dragon Veins are here."

"Hmm." As Li Sui agreed, an illusion of an hourglass appeared instantly by Li Huowang's side, with fine sand slowly falling within.

One hourglass equaled one hour. The number of flips of the hourglass represented how many Dragon Veins were present in Tianchen Country.

When the hourglass had just reached halfway, Li Huowang finally found signs of human habitation in this forest.

Standing in the pitch-black forest, Li Huowang looked at the distant village with its scattered lights.

To avoid an ambush by the Tianchen Country's court, Li Huowang observed the area for a long time, eventually concluding that it was just an ordinary village.

"Let's go, we'll first understand the general situation of Tianchen Country from these ordinary folks." With that, Li Huowang wiped his face and transformed into the appearance of a young boy named Yang Xiaohai, heading in that direction under the cover of darkness.

Li Sui's tentacles, entwined with some eyeballs, emerged from Li Huowang's back, quickly transformation into a large burlap wrap.

As they got closer to the village, Li Huowang immediately smelled the strong aroma of bamboo. Judging by the time, it was now dinnertime.

Just as Li Huowang entered the village for a short while, a woman approached from the opposite direction, and as they locked eyes, both were momentarily stunned.

The woman was startled because a stranger had unexpectedly arrived in the village, while Li Huowang was surprised by the woman's peculiar attire.

She indeed appeared to be human, wearing a round-collared short garment on her upper body and a pleated skirt with an apron at the front and back, in a deep blue color adorned with wax-printed fish and bird patterns.

This wasn't unusual, but her neck was extremely long, seemingly twice the length of an ordinary person's neck, and it was layered with silver collars.

A woman whose body was so far from her head stood alone on the dark village path, making the scene look incredibly eerie to Li Huowang.

"Dad, she's not an evil spirit."

"I can see that." Li Huowang cleared his throat and, imitating Yang Xiaohai's tone, asked the woman, "Sister, may I ask, what is this place?"

Perhaps it was Yang Xiaohai's youthful appearance or the woman's lack of suspicion, but she directly responded, "This is Ge Xiong Village, kid, where are you from, and what brings you here?"

She spoke very naturally; if not for her strangely long neck, she would look no different from an ordinary villager.

"Ge Xiong Village? Looks like I took a wrong turn. Could you tell me where the nearest county town is?"

"It's inside, but you have to cross several mountains, and it will take at least two days. How can you get there now?"

Their conversation immediately drew the attention of others in the village, and soon, people from the village surrounded Li Huowang, discussing him.

As they observed Li Huowang, he also observed them. The villagers all had silver collars on their necks, and their necks were very long.

Another peculiar point was that this village consisted almost entirely of women, with only a few men, who were all young boys.

"Sister, I'm from out of town. Could I ask you something? Why do you wear that on your neck?"

"It looks nice."

Upon hearing this answer, Li Huowang was momentarily at a loss for words. Have these women really been deceived by the Oblivion Path?

While Li Huowang pondered whether to speak, an old woman came over with two bamboo tubes.

As he wondered, half of one bamboo tube was pried open, releasing the fragrant scent of Fragrant Bamboo and rice, revealing the offer of a meal of bamboo tube rice.

"Thank you, grandma, thank you very much. I haven't eaten all day," Li Huowang immediately reached out to accept, using the bamboo chip to scoop rice and eat voraciously.

He wasn't afraid of being poisoned. Right now, tricks like that would hardly fool him.

But after eating one, Li Huowang found this bamboo tube rice had no abnormalities; on the contrary, it was quite delicious.

The combination of bamboo and rice infused the rice with the bamboo's fragrance, making it taste sweet, with the scent lingering after consumption.