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Chapter 155 What I Saw Wasn't Human

In the world of immortal cultivation, towns are like nodes on the earth.

Roads, rivers, and routes in the sky connect all these points together, like a big net covering the earth.

Within the grid of the big network are small networks connecting towns and villages.

The blank spaces within the “grid” are mountains and rivers, places that ordinary people cannot reach.

It is also where the monks live.

Qingyun Market is located in one of the large "grids". Xu Shun and others followed Qingyun Market out of it and saw towering mountains in front of them.

Qingyun Market is located in the mountains, and only the flying boats of cultivators are convenient.

Of course, the two of them were not walking, but riding on a flying boat that was like clouds and mist. This could not only conceal their figures but also make it very convenient to fly in the mountains.

"Master, there seems to be a village ahead?" Xu Shun pointed to a village in the distance.

Taoist Qinggua said nothing, but just sent the cloud down over.

It was around seven or eight o'clock in the morning, and the village of twenty or thirty households was deserted.

There was neither barking of dogs nor crowing of cocks.

"Is anyone there?" Xu Shun shouted when he arrived at the entrance of the village.

"There's no one here, so you don't need to shout." Taoist Qinggua said.

"..."

Xu Shun thought of something. He came to a small courtyard with a wall made of rammed earth and pushed open two old doors, which made a creaking sound.

The room was dark, with the main room in the middle. It was rather dim inside, but Xu Shun could make out a table on the black floor tiles, with a few wooden chairs next to it.

On the walls on both sides, there are some farm tools and dried herbs hanging.

When he went to the east room, Xu Shun saw an old bed in the messy room.

There was no one on the bed, only three sets of clothes.

There were three sets of clothes, some big and some small, placed in a disorderly manner on the bed, but it was obvious that there were clothes underneath the clothes.

It was as if the person inside the clothes was gone and only the clothes were left there.

Xu Shun left this house and went to another house next door.

The same thing happened to another family. There was no one in the house, only clothes.

There were dog paw prints in the yard, but no dog. There was chicken droppings, but no chicken.

Needless to say, what happened.

"...Damn it!" Xu Shun said hatefully.

Those empty clothes flashed before his eyes, and each set of clothes represented a living person.

"Let's go! We have to hurry!" said Taoist Cucumber.

He had seen such scenes before.

The two of them boarded the cloud and mist flying boat again, following the surrounding roads, looking for the next village one by one.

The other village was full of stench.

The stench came from the corpse.

"How could this happen!" Xu Shun cried out in amazement.

All the people here were disemboweled, with dried blood mixed with intestines, black, red, green, and flies, which made one's scalp tingle!
Taoist Cucumber did not mind the stench and checked the stomachs of the dead one by one.

"From young women, their placens were taken away. From young men, their hearts were taken away. From children, their hearts and livers were taken away, while from the elderly, only their livers were taken away." Taoist Cucumber said as he looked around.

"What does this mean?" Xu Shun also checked the corpse and found that it was exactly as Taoist Qinggua said.

"At least two people did it together!" Taoist Qinggua sighed and said, "One person took the placenta, maybe to make medicine or to practice martial arts." "The other took the heart, probably to make a magic weapon."

"As for the other one, I'm not sure. I don't know if he took out his heart and liver to practice martial arts or just to eat him!"

"What a sin!"

"Eat?!" Xu Shun said loudly.

Taoist Qinggua looked at Xu Shun and said, "Disciple, you may have never come into contact with an immortal."

"Some immortals do not consider themselves human, but another kind of advanced life."

“I believe that the people in the past were just creatures that looked very similar to me, but they are advanced life forms that have evolved through cultivation.”

"Those low-level creatures are just consumables on their path to cultivation, just like chickens, ducks, fish, cattle and sheep."

“So, they won’t have any burden when it comes to killing and eating,” Taoist Cucumber explained.

Xu Shun showed a sad expression and said, "...It's not even as good as the cats, dogs and mounts I raise, right?"

"That's definitely not comparable." Taoist Qinggua shook his head.

He looked at the stinking village in front of him and said with a nostalgic voice: "I have been here before."

"At that time, there was only one family here, and they eloped from somewhere else and hid in the mountains."

"I saw that they were both having a hard time, so I taught them how to hunt, gave them some medicinal pills, and allowed them to stay in the mountains."

"A few years later, they came with a fat boy. It's a pity that he has no talent, otherwise I would have accepted him as my apprentice."

"Hundreds of years have passed, and the world has changed dramatically. What was once a family has become a village, and now..."

"Hey!"

He waved his sleeves, and the earth shook, creating several gullies that buried the village under the soil.

"Master, let's continue!" Xu Shun said, "The sooner we find them, the sooner we can kill them."

Taoist Cucumber nodded, waved his sleeves and took Xu Shun onto the cloud and mist flying boat.

They continued to fly for another quarter of an hour and saw two monks fighting in the distance.

The two cultivators were at the Jindan level. One of them was at a very advanced level and glowed green all over. In the clouds, mist and breeze, he casually formed a spell by pinching a hand.

The magic spells were ever-changing, with appearances like the golden crow and golden dragon, or flying birds like magpies, all in a variety of colors, a feast for the eyes.

The other person was holding a shining long sword. The red sword light flashed as he moved, like an eagle soaring into the sky, with extraordinary spirit.

"It's actually a red sword light!" Taoist Qinggua looked at the two and muttered to himself.

Xu Shun knew that the sword energy and sword light of the cultivators had different colors depending on their individual paths and "gods".

For example, Lan Daoren’s sword light was blue, and Xu Shun’s was also blue at first, but later it turned black as he had murderous intent in his heart.

The red sword light represents the heart of a child, a heart that is sincere to the Tao, and an unchanging innocence!

It is obvious that these two people are immortals. His sword energy is actually red. How could Qinggua Taoist not feel surprised?

But there was still a doubt in his mind.

"Tell me, where did you hide them!" The banished immortal who used magic pinched his hand, and several large birds of various shapes flew out with the magic power.

They were covered in feathers of various colors, accompanied by fire, thunder, and ice, and surrounded the banished immortal who was wielding a sword.

Although the sword-wielding exiled immortal's sword energy is extraordinary, his cultivation is inferior to that of the opponent. He is trying to buy time to escape for the village behind him.

So, even though he knew he couldn't win, he still wanted to fight.

Facing the other party's question, he did not speak, but became one with the sword. The sword light turned into a long red rainbow and slashed at the Exiled Immortal of Magic.

This sword is the answer!
(End of this chapter)