The Unruly Immortals

Li Huowang sat inside the dry well, looking up at the circular white light overhead, then looked down at the talismans and red strings plastered around him, and laughed. "Success, I finally succeeded, I finally came back!"

But gradually, the smile on his face began to freeze. "What exactly did I succeed in? Why am I so happy?"

Li Huowang tried hard to think, to search, but he stood there blankly, realizing that a large part of his mind was empty.

In the past, he seemed to overlap with something, but at this moment when he thought about it seriously, he couldn't remember anything.

The only thing left in Li Huowang's mind was that he was picked up by Master Danyang from the roadside.

But that's not the point, the point is what exactly is going on with him right now, why was he so happy just now.

Clearly, Fusheng Heaven is about to attack their doorstep, clearly, all the people in the world are about to be polluted and become part of the Military, so why is he still so happy?

Struggling, Li Huowang climbed out of the well and immediately saw a group of people wearing huge masks, following the lion dancers of the Lion Dance Palace, flipping and turning on a giant bamboo scaffold made of many withered yellow bamboo poles, accompanied by a long flute sound.

Beneath the bamboo scaffold, there were several large bonfires burning fiercely.

The heat waves and black smoke from the flames were constantly roasting the bamboo scaffolding, causing the people on it to sway and twist with the heat.

Li Huowang recognized it, this was the Nuoxi of Hou Su,

"Stop jumping! Can someone tell me exactly what is going on here!" As the irritable Li Huowang vigorously waved his hand, the bonfire along with the bamboo scaffold was all lifted up, leaving a lot of open space.

While Li Huowang was gasping for breath, someone wearing a Nuoxi mask came forward. "We were entrusted by the Emperor of Da Liang to perform the Nuoxi to save you. How can you act so rudely?"

"Did you guys save me?" Although he didn't know what exactly happened, Li Huowang felt like laughing when he heard this.

No matter what trouble he encountered, it couldn't possibly have been these people who saved him.

"Perform Nuoxi? What are you messing with? Da Nuo? Da Nuo has gone mad! It's a Fate Commander! If it had time to respond to you, why hasn't it resolved the Fusheng Heaven's issue!?"

"Save me? It can save itself first if it has the ability!"

Li Huowang pushed past him, jumped to the highest hall, and shouted loudly at the entire Capital City: "Where is everyone? Who can tell me! What exactly happened!!"

As Li Huowang's voice echoed through the sky, someone quickly responded to his call—it was none other than the Emperor of Da Liang, Gao Zhijian.

Upon learning of Li Huowang's troubles, Yi Donglai exclaimed, "Brother Li, have you truly forgotten everything? Didn't you say you could talk to the Fate Commanders of the White Jade Capital? Didn't you say you were fighting alongside them against the Fate Commander of Fusheng Heaven?"

"Is that so?" Li Huowang asked hesitantly, with deep confusion in his eyes. "But why can't I remember anything?"

"In the past, how did I communicate with the Fate Commanders of the White Jade Capital to deal with Fusheng Heaven?"

"How are you? Are you okay?" Seeing Li Huowang's current state, the worried Yang Na couldn't help but walk over and help him up.

Li Huowang looked dazedly at Yang Na's features in front of him, and after a moment, he finally recognized that this girl was his girlfriend.

With lingering fears, he reached out and hugged her tightly in his arms.

"Li Huowang, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?" The concerned Yang Na continued to repeat.

Recalling all that happened just now, and Master Danyang's ugly face at the end, deep confusion appeared in Li Huowang's eyes. "I don't know, I just feel like something seems to have connected."

After stroking the back of Li Huowang's head a few times, Yang Na released her embrace, looking seriously at Li Huowang. "So how are you now? Has the issue with Fusheng Heaven's Fate Commander been resolved? Have you returned to your previous state?"

Li Huowang pondered for a moment, then uncertainly turned his head to ask Yi Donglai, "Doctor Yi, am I alright now?"

Yi Donglai pushed up his glasses and closed the notebook in his hand again, "This is your own illness, don't you know if you're well or not?"

Li Huowang shook his head, raised his palm in front of himself. "I don't know, I don't know how things are on that side. If I don't send back messages from now on, it means that the hidden danger left by Fusheng Heaven has been completely eliminated."

"Then let's wait." Yi Donglai said calmly. "If it doesn't work, we can just treat it again; one day it will succeed."

Seeing the other's attitude, Li Huowang became a bit anxious. "Doctor Yi, this isn't just a matter of once or twice; I need to ensure that I quickly return to my previous state, only then can I barely have some ability to protect myself when the enemy attacks."

"If I'm forced to switch back at a critical moment, then I might lose!"

If he can't return to his previous state, he can't communicate with Gao Zhijian and the others, and utilizing Da Liang's Military for assistance would be out of the question.

Yi Donglai glanced at the door behind him, then lowered his voice slightly, "Just now there was a threat, I didn't dare speak recklessly. Since you're my patient now, I'll give you some heartfelt advice: if you really want to be completely well, you first need a clear understanding in your heart."

"No matter how much I treat you, if you don't cooperate, my skills, no matter how superb, are useless."

"No matter what you experienced over there, it's all fake, all illusions. You must have a clear understanding of that side so that I can treat you further."

Hearing this, Li Huowang felt a chill in his heart, but then with unwillingness, he said, "Doctor Yi, but back then I had no understanding—why could you save me then?"

"The circumstances were different then. I had enough time to exploit the gaps in the condition, but do you think we have the conditions now?"

"Li Huowang, trust me, continuing with them will not end well. They really are deceiving you, using the contents they peeked at in my papers to lure you." Yi Donglai advised earnestly. "Those things really are fake."

"Those things are fake?" Hearing this, a bitter smile appeared on Li Huowang's face, while confusion flashed in Yang Na's eyes.

"Doctor Yi, I also want that side to be fake, those things to be non-existent, but I can't! That side is real!"

"Do you know, my illness concerns not just myself, but the entire world!"

"Then if you maintain this attitude, I can't continue the treatment."

Hearing this, Li Huowang's expression changed rapidly, as if measuring something. "You still don't believe?"

"Oh, how do you expect me to believe? I only believe in science unless you want me to believe that all those bizarre illusions you spoke of are real."

Li Huowang gritted his teeth, directly pulled something out from his chest, and handed it to Yi Donglai.

The things looked about the size of small dumplings, plump, with faint golden "long life" characters moving inside the small spheres.

"What is this?"

"Yangshou Pill! I took it from the Astrological Bureau's Inner Treasury before coming!"