The Unruly Immortals

Watching Copper Coin leave without turning back, the woman's voice began to tremble and choke.

"Go ahead and find! It's what you said! You think no one wants me? I'll use the grain produced from your fields to feed another man! When you come back, I'll make you regret it terribly!"

The sobbing gradually faded with the footsteps, and Scholar Lv deeply sighed, pulling the cart forward.

Looking at the lush forest around, Scholar Lv thought for a moment, then started singing the opera his father taught him. "As we journey~~ amid the autumn splendor! This visit to greet~~ in Zhuanzhu Alley!"

Just as Scholar Lv sang a few lines, an old voice began to sing behind him. "A true man~ must create monumental feats~!"

Hearing that familiar voice, tears welled up in Scholar Lv's eyes. He turned and saw it was Top Scholar Lv singing.

He was still insane and not clear-headed, but hearing the familiar opera lines triggered an instinctive reaction.

Watching this scene, Scholar Lv's mouth trembled slightly before he continued singing, "Learning a skill to turn the tide~ reversing galaxies to wash the sun!"

The voices of the old and young began to overlap and merge, echoing continuously along the road.

"Heroes and valiant warriors~ gather under the starlit dome to rewrite destiny!"

"Great marshes' dragons and snakes~ rise in all directions, merrily moving along the road!"

As the opera singing echoed, the night deepened. Scholar Lv hurried the cart into a small town before the second watch.

As night deepened, the town was quiet. Scholar Lv walked through the dark alleys, searching for inns and guesthouses that were still open.

Scholar Lv glanced at the old and young on the cart, finding them asleep leaning against each other, and continued pulling the cart forward.

"Crash!" The sound of ceramics shattering from a nearby house instantly made Scholar Lv alert, followed by an angry woman's voice from inside. "Chen! I'm fighting against you today!! I can't live this life anymore!"

"Crazy woman! What's wrong with you? Fine, you think I'm scared of you, huh? I'll write a divorce letter right now! I'll divorce you!!"

Pausing at the spot, realizing it was just a couple quarreling, Scholar Lv sighed with relief and continued onward.

But before taking a few steps, the left house erupted again. "Are you trying to kill me? Oh my~! You, you unlucky star! Since marrying into our family, have you worked a single day?"

"Old hag! Are you blind? Where did you not see me working! Washing clothes in the river in winter nearly froze my hands off! Isn't it just because I haven't given you a grandson? The womb is mine! I'll give birth whenever I want! Feel free to birth with your son!"

As the two women hadn't finished speaking, a rough man's voice sounded. "Damn! So damn annoying! Fighting again, can you stop? I need to sleep!"

Hearing the clamor, Scholar Lv frowned, thinking silently: Why do people here have such fiery tempers? Probably no theater lovers here. Better leave after spending the night.

Scholar Lv continued forward, gradually realizing something was amiss. This many fiery-tempered people was too much.

If only awake people had bad tempers, it might be fine, but how come even those talking in their sleep were cursing?

As he gradually entered the main road of the town, sensing the increasingly strong evil qi, Scholar Lv became highly alert and immediately drew the Copper Coin Sword from his back, ready to lead the cart out of the strange town.

At this moment, the quiet atmosphere had completely vanished. Cursing, roaring, and shouting echoed incessantly in the dark night, waking the entire town.

In the flickering candlelight, were shadows of various people fighting, with traces of blood here and there, the whole town seemed to have gone mad.

As Scholar Lv turned a corner, overwhelming evil qi surged straight at him. Struggling to lift his head, he saw nearly tangible evil qi spewing from a flatbed cart.

On the cart was a small black coffin the length of a forearm, open, with surging evil qi spraying from within, infecting the surrounding household's people!

Just as Scholar Lv prepared to rush and endure the evil qi to cover the black coffin lid, a shadow dashed out, blocking his path.

Seeing the enemy appear, Scholar Lv swung his Copper Coin Sword with a flick, as the jingle echoed, the red string attached to the Copper Coin violently swung towards the person.

The person swiftly flipped their robe inside-out, the rusty knives hanging on it like armor, blocking Scholar Lv's Copper Coin Sword attack.

Without waiting to retrieve the Copper Coin Sword, a woman with copper coins tied around her eyes flipped from a nearby rooftop and jumped down.

With a wave of her long sleeves, Scholar Lv's Copper Coin Sword instantly broke free from his control and went into her possession.

"Catch!" A rusty kitchen knife flew over, landing in Scholar Lv's hand without him reacting.

Scholar Lv paused slightly, then fiercely discarded the rusty knife, pulling out the Great Thousand Record from his chest and spreading it on the ground.

Before he could act desperately, the opponent spoke with a tone mixed with arrogance and slight impatience.

"Ao Jing Sect? Your Elder accepted the Evil Qi order; do you dare defy your Elder's command? Astrological Bureau at work, stay away!!"

"Astrological Bureau?" Scholar Lv looked at them incredulously.

He couldn't comprehend how the ones secretly causing harm at midnight were actually Da Liang's Astrological Bureau? Shouldn't they help the Imperial Court maintain Da Liang's order?

Seeing their waist badges, Scholar Lv incredulously asked, "Why is this? Do you know what consequences the evil qi causing harm to the entire town will bring?"

The Astrological Bureau members gauged each other briefly before giving Scholar Lv strange looks.

"Of course, we know. With evil qi entering bodies, fear lessens, people avenge grudges and disputes, the place will be chaotic for a while, about a hundred deaths perhaps."

"Back off quickly, or don't blame Buddha Master for being blind. It's His Majesty's Imperial Edict; all Da Liang must be infected by evil qi, no one should miss!"

"His Majesty's Imperial Edict? Issued by Gao Zhijian?"

Recalling the cannibalistic evil spirit from White Lotus Sect, Scholar Lv truly couldn't comprehend why.

Why did once-familiar people become so cold-blooded and distant, why they didn't care about human lives!? Do they not know how many would die?

"Wait, did you say the entire Da Liang must be infected by evil qi?"

Scholar Lv's heart instantly skipped a beat. "Then Niuxin Village too?"

"Niuxin Village? The Niuxin Village back there? Naturally, my senior brother has already taken the Blood Mo Blade there."