The Unruly Immortals

"Yangshou Pill?" Yi Donglai looked at the item in Li Huowang's hand, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had heard of it before.

"Xiao Li, are you okay?" Yi Donglai slightly leaned back, sensing that at this moment, Li Huowang seemed somewhat abnormal.

Li Huowang's breathing was heavy, his pupils fluctuating in size. "Didn't you not believe me? I'll let you see with your own eyes what is really true! Do I have any hallucinations or not!"

Li Huowang rushed out of the warehouse, and when he returned, he dragged in Chen Hongyu, who was munching on potato chips.

"Watch closely!" When Li Huowang handed some of the item in his hand to Chen Hongyu, she immediately stuffed it into her mouth and started crunching it without saying a word.

"What did you give me to eat?" Chen Hongyu asked, picking her teeth with one finger.

"Yangshou Pill, it can restore your youth!"

As soon as Li Huowang finished speaking, a miraculous scene unfolded. Chen Hongyu rapidly slimmed down, and her appearance quickly turned youthful.

In no time, the middle-aged woman disappeared, and a girl munching on potato chips appeared in front of everyone.

Surprised at the changes in her body, Chen Hongyu exclaimed, "Wow, amazing! Li Huowang, wasn't your ability to turn things into gold? When did your special abilities mutate?"

However, no matter how surprised she was, it was nothing compared to Yi Donglai's surprise at this moment. Faced with the incredible scene before him, he stood with his mouth agape, eyes wider than copper bells.

The lifelong notion he maintained was completely shattered in the face of this supernatural event.

Supported by Yang Na, Li Huowang excitedly took a step forward, "Doctor Yi, did you see clearly? Can you now understand how I've felt all these years?! Do you finally understand what I have experienced?"

"How can this be? How?! It doesn't make sense! Yes! This must be a magic trick!" Yi Donglai, unwilling to believe, quickly rushed to observe Chen Hongyu closely, pulling at her clothes.

Even when Chen Hongyu slapped him across the face, the neurotic Yi Donglai didn't lose heart; he sprawled on the ground, prying at the floor tiles.

But no matter how he examined, reality told him there were no tricks involved.

"Calm! I must stay calm, this world is materialistic!" Yi Donglai constrained himself, using psychological methods to return to normalcy.

At that moment, Li Huowang held out the last seven Yangshou Pills to Yi Donglai, "Doctor Yi, I know you wouldn't believe it, thinking I deceived you with tricks, so why not try it yourself?"

With a mixture of fear and excitement, Yi Donglai took the seven Yangshou Pills, trembling as he stuffed them all into his mouth.

Soon, Yi Donglai felt an extraordinary change in his body, accompanied by a tightening sensation under his skin, as he felt himself becoming younger.

With one last hint of reluctance, Yi Donglai turned and rushed out of the warehouse, rifling through other rooms, "This can't be! It's absolutely impossible."

Seeing the other's hysterical back, Li Huowang picked up Yang Na's bag, taking out a makeup mirror to present it to the disbelieving Yi Donglai.

When he saw the familiar young face in the makeup mirror, his newly reestablished mindset finally collapsed. "No!! This can't be! It's absolutely impossible!!"

With a complex expression, Li Huowang gently retrieved the mirror, placing it back into Yang Na's hand, "Doctor Yi, can you finally understand my feelings now?"

"Everything I've experienced is true, including the things recorded in your papers. They are not hallucinations; they are real, living people."

Li Huowang pointed to others watching the scene, "They are not deceivers; they are the Fates of the White Jade Capital."

Yi Donglai stood paralyzed, holding his head in his hands, as he looked around once more, his worldview now completely shattered.

Li Huowang walked over and supported him up, speaking seriously, "Doctor Yi, I didn't want to involve you, but there's no choice. If you don't understand the importance of the whole situation, you won't grasp how urgent our current circumstances are."

"It concerns all the people across the three histories, and I don't know how many there are, but living is what they strive for; they just want to survive."

"I know you are a good person, a compassionate healer who wouldn't want to see so many lives devastated, separated from families, would you?"

"So, I beg you to help heal me; it's crucial for the upcoming battle."

Yi Donglai, collapsing, broke free of Li Huowang's grasp, snatched the makeup mirror from Yang Na, and staggered towards the warehouse.

Ba Shengqing, loading bullets into a pistol, sneered upon witnessing this, saying to his sister standing with arms crossed, "Hey, another one's gone mad."

Ba Nanxu, standing beside, said to Zhao Shuangdian, "Ah Zhao, do we have to recruit again? Let's eat something good for lunch today."

"Stop playing around all day. I think this is more complicated than it seems; go get my laptop." Zhao Shuangdian said, following Li Huowang into the warehouse.

When they all entered the warehouse entrance, they saw Yi Donglai holding a pocket watch, waving it in front of the mirror.

"Now focus your eyes on that pocket watch, fixate intensely, and as you gaze, feel your body becoming more relaxed. Whenever you feel entering a hypnotic state, you can close your eyes...."

"What's going on now?" a puzzled Li Huowang asked.

Before him, amidst the swaying drums and bonfire, masked figures with bizarre wooden masks on the bamboo rack danced and leaped along with Bai Sui's lion dance.

Sounds that seemed yet indistinct continued emanating from behind those masks.

"ㄇㄧㄥˋㄧㄡˇㄙㄉㄚˋㄋㄨㄛˊ, ㄓㄨˊㄐㄧㄣˋㄧㄣㄑㄧㄨㄟˊㄧㄤˊㄉㄠˇ"

"The Astronomical Bureau of Huo Shu commands them to perform the Da Nuo, summoning the power of Da Nuo through the circular Nuo dance," Gao Zhijian said nearby.

Upon hearing this, Li Huowang couldn't help but sneer, "Is it useful? Don't they know Da Nuo has already gone mad? He can hardly protect himself now, let alone help us. If it were useful, the Dharma Sect would have intervened long ago."

"According to the Ritual Master of the Astronomical Bureau of Huo Shu, performing the Da Nuo is also part of the healing process for Da Nuo, accumulating over time, hoping eventually the old Da Nuo can return."