Fire Monster

Chapter 371 Infant Immortal
The days in winter are always short. The orange-red setting sun was still lingering on the top of the mountain one moment, and in the blink of an eye, night has fallen and the sky is dotted with stars.

The small mountain village also became even quieter, except for the occasional barking of dogs and the sound of the whistling night wind blowing through the dry grass.

Zhao Guanshan looked outside the village for half a day but couldn't see anything unusual in the village, so he wanted to move on to see the bigger world ahead. But he hadn't walked far when he saw a black cloud floating in the distance, blocking the starlight and the small village.

And in this dark cloud there was a strange and rotten smell.

Zhao Guanshan stopped and observed carefully, but he found that after the dark cloud covered the small mountain village, there was no abnormal behavior, nor any behavior of robbing the villagers, or eating boys and girls, or playing with newly married women.

Instead, a long claw stretched out from the dark clouds and knocked on the open space at the entrance of the village. After a while, rustling sounds were heard, and fat, white, muddy insects crawled out from the yards and rooms of each household. There were so many of them that there might be thousands of them.

These bugs have maggot-like bodies with long tails, but human faces on their heads. They come in the shapes of men, women, young and old.

But it was not those villagers. Zhao Guanshan could see clearly that the villagers were soundly sleeping. Occasionally there were a few who were not asleep and seemed unaware of the situation.

I saw these human-faced maggots crawling to the entrance of the village, and then climbing into the dark cloud with their long claws. Soon, a heavy sucking sound came from inside, occasionally interspersed with some incomprehensible complex syllables.

About ten minutes later, a furry thing that looked like a ball of wool was dropped from the dark cloud. It turned out to be thousands of human-faced maggots. At this time, they were all skinny, like enoki mushrooms, all clumped together, not even as big as an apple.

"Pay attention. How dare you cheat on the karma tax that comes once every three years? Do your job properly. If you dare to pass off inferior goods as good ones next time, watch out for your life!"

A gloomy voice came from the dark cloud, and then the claws were retracted, and the dark cloud floated away.

The group of human-faced maggots rolled on the ground until they rolled into a small house at the westernmost end of the village. It was not until this moment that Zhao Guanshan noticed that there was a half-old man squatting there. The group of human-faced maggots flew up and turned into the old man's beard.

Zhao Guanshan was stunned.

"Since you are passing by here and are reluctant to leave, why don't you give me a favor and come in for a chat?"

At this moment, the old man suddenly spoke. His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by Zhao Guanshan.

Although Zhao Guanshan was surprised, he did not panic, especially when he saw a skinny human-faced maggot not far away from him. He knew that he was really discovered and the other party was not trying to trick him.

"How did you find me?"

Zhao Guanshan appeared and came in front of the old man.

It was not until this moment that he noticed that both eyes of this half-old man had been gouged out. He was bloody and looked like a human, but there was a pus-filled boil about half a meter long on the back of his head. It seemed to be filled with thick water and trembled when he spoke, making people worry that it would burst at any time.

In addition, the man with a face full of human-faced maggots was staring at him expressionlessly, and there was an evil aura all over his body.

"Originally, it should be impossible to detect it. Your spiritual treasure's concealment ability is quite amazing. Unfortunately, you have stayed in my land for too long. As a ground-bound spirit in this land, how could I not notice anything unusual?"

"Of course, fellow Taoist, don't panic. I have no ill intentions, and I cannot afford to offend someone as blessed as you. I am just worried that you might be curious about the karma tax officer you just saw and go over to investigate, so I warned you."

"Now, the karma tax collector should have gone far away. Daoist friend can't track him down, but you can leave at any time."

"Aren't you afraid that I will vent my anger on you?" Zhao Guanshan was very curious and felt it was strange.

"Turning out your anger? Haha, no need to worry, because the situation won't get any worse than it is now. To be honest, I used to be an immortal cultivator, but after the fallen immortal came, I couldn't handle the karmic debt, so I became a ground-bound spirit. I came to this merit field to be the landowner, in charge of the wind and rain and the four seasons, and the reproduction of the mortals here. Every year, I accumulate a little merit, but I still have to pay karma tax. Life is worse than death!"

The little old man sighed.

"You actually know the Fallen Immortal? No, I mean, you dare to call the Fallen Immortal by his name?" Zhao Guanshan became even more curious.

"Ha, what's there to not know? Back then, the heaven and earth collapsed, the devil fire raged, and half of the immortal cultivation world was engulfed by the devil fire, burning directly into nothingness. How could such a big thing be kept secret?"

"Then the fallen immortals established their own territory and captured us cultivators as cattle and horses. They claimed to be deified, but in fact they wanted us to help share their karmic debts. So what if I call them by their names? I dare not scold them to their faces, but can't I say a few words behind their backs?"

"However, fellow Taoist, you seem to be in high spirits. You can tell from the Taoist temple over there. Hehe, I'm sorry, I can't answer any more of your questions unless you exchange them for merits."

The old man suddenly stretched out his hand, and a karma hourglass appeared in his hand.

Zhao Guanshan was stunned for a moment, but still shook his head, "I don't even know what merit is. What's more, even if I knew, even if I had it, I wouldn't give it to you. Forget it, I'm not interested in knowing all your shit. I'm leaving!" After that, he really turned around and left. When he was almost out of the way, the old man suddenly jumped in front of him by some unknown means.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay. Do you want to earn some merit? You came from there and came here to kill the fallen immortal. This is not a secret. Everyone in the world knows it. Even the ignorant men and women in the village will describe it vividly when telling stories to their grandchildren. Why are you hiding it?"

"Hehe, fellow Taoist, don't get me wrong. In this world, in this world of immortal cultivation, who doesn't want to kill the fallen immortals? Even the fallen immortals themselves want to kill themselves. It's not surprising that you want to kill them. Come on, let's do business."

"Sorry, I'm not interested!"

This time, Zhao Guanshan didn't even want to talk and strode away.

However, from beginning to end, he did not use any magical powers, nor did he take off the spirit ash shield. He left quickly with the speed of an ordinary person.

The little old man stood in the mud with a look of regret on his face, staring at Zhao Guanshan's back until he could no longer see him.

After a while, the sound of whistling wind was heard from all directions, and a dozen strange old men and women who looked similar to him came.

"where is the guy?"

"You're too late. This guy is so slippery and has already left."

"Damn it, why don't you use a magical restriction to temporarily hold him back?"

There was a weird old man yelling and cursing.

"Bullshit, that guy has been using magic treasures to protect his body from beginning to end. I can only roughly see a hazy shadow. I can hear him talking, but I can't see him at all. How can I delay him? What can I use to delay him? I might be killed by him as soon as I see him."

"That's such a pity. The Qi-refining master coming from over there is said to eat delicious food. One bite will increase your merits. Oh, how about we find a way to contact some fellow cultivators and go to the front to kill him." There was also a weird old woman laughing strangely, her mouth drooling with greed.

"That's probably a bit difficult. We can't defeat him since he's not on our territory. Besides, after what happened, he'll probably be more careful."

"Hey, it's not that there is no way. Everyone, I think this Qi Refiner is too fat, why don't we ask the Infant Immortal to help? We only need 30%!"

"Bullshit! If the Infant Immortal can give us half of the profit, it would be considered as a kind heart of the old man. This is not right!"

"Don't worry, everyone. We all know each other well. We have our own land and property. We are neighbors that no one can escape from. So, let's make a bet. Do you think the infant fairy can beat that kid?"

"It's hard to say. After all, an infant fairy is an infant fairy. We Danxian can't compare to us."

"Some of the Qi-refining masters coming over there are as stupid as pigs and can be easily deceived. The meat tastes really delicious..."

"But there are also some cultivators over there who are so powerful that they are said to be able to perish together with the fallen immortals, so -"

"So, since they are already ducks that have flown away, why not just take a gamble? After all, it's done, and it's good to have at least half of it in the water."

"If this fails, then the dead or seriously injured infant fairy will be our great benefactor!"

"Yeah!"

"My great benefactor, eat meat, eat meat!"

A group of half-old men and women are partying here and laughing hysterically. You may say they are crazy, but they are very organized in their actions. You may say they are normal, but there is something weird about them.

And Zhao Guanshan was far away, well, to be exact, his soul was ten miles away, and he could hear and see everything clearly.

This is a must. It's not easy to meet a legendary former immortal cultivator. He will not just leave easily. It's only natural for him to come back and strike back.

But at this moment, he suddenly changed his mind.

What is infant fairy?

(End of this chapter)