Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 160 Breaking the Shell
Despite Pei Xia's repeated insistence that he was not a river god and that the foul water had nothing to do with him, he suggested that it would be more scientific to send someone upstream to check what might be rotting there.

But the villagers still invited them up with a sense of awe.

Just kidding, the river god is fake, but the cultivator is real.

Seeing how simple and hospitable the villagers of Youzhou Mountain Village were, Pei Xia didn't refuse. After being trapped in the underground palace for so long, it really did need to be cleaned and tidied up.

In the arranged residence, the four of them took a bath, borrowed clothes, and Pei Xia and Ye Luhai shaved, quickly regaining their human form.

The village chief, surnamed Shen, waited anxiously outside until he was called from inside. Only then did he respond and push the door open to come in.

They looked cautious and timid.

He was fifty years old this year. He had traveled all over the country and seen the world when he was young. He knew how powerful cultivators were, and he was afraid of offending these people. So he could only smile and say, "Gentlemen, this is a small mountain village. We have not been very hospitable. Is there anything else you need? I will try my best to arrange it."

Pei Xia finished washing up, feeling rejuvenated. He was half-reclining in a chair, marveling at how wonderful the world was, when he heard the village chief's words. He quickly waved his hand, "No rush, let's not rush. Let me ask Village Chief Shen, where is our village located?"

Determining the location is quite important.

Judging from the accents of the villagers, they should still be in the vicinity of Zhongzhou, and not have left You, Shu, or Leyang.

The village chief readily answered all questions: "This place is in Lin County, Changjun Prefecture, but we are in a mountain valley. It will take some time to get out of the mountains."

Changjun is east of Zhujun, which means it is still in Youzhou.

Upon hearing this, Pei Xia, Ye Lu, and Han Youzhi all lowered their heads and began to ponder.

Pei Xia thought that Changjun was not far from Bojun on the east bank of Youzhou. In any case, the goal of crossing the blockade had been achieved. After a short rest, he could continue to Liancheng Fire Vein.

Ye Lu was thinking that Changjun and Zhujun were adjacent, and the officials of the two places were likely to be acquainted. He thought that he should perhaps report the matter of the prefect of Zhujun falsely reporting intelligence and causing significant losses to another place.

Han Youzhi was thinking, "Wow, this dress is so small."

In any case, the way the teleportation array exit was set up was quite considerate, even placing them in populated areas.

Pei Xia suggested that it would be best to rest here for a few days and recover from the time spent in the underground palace.

"We are..." Pei Xia looked at the three people beside her and said to the village chief, "We are fellow disciples from the same sect. We were traveling when we unexpectedly arrived here. We would like to rest in our village for a few days. Is that alright?"

The village chief nodded his head vigorously, saying, "Honored, honored."

Pei Xia added, "However, we encountered some trouble on the road, and we lost some money. You see..."

"Let's not talk about money, let's not talk about money." That was what the village chief originally said, but suddenly, the old man had a flash of inspiration and cautiously looked Pei Xia up and down a few times.

Perhaps finding the cultivator's speech polite, he mustered his courage and said in a low voice, "However, if you immortal masters have nothing to do, I wonder if you could help my village go upstream to check on the river?"

When they were first invited up, some of the villagers who were watching mentioned the smelly water.

Pei Xia pondered for a moment, then smiled and agreed, "Okay."

The village chief was overjoyed and quickly bowed in thanks, saying that he was about to go and prepare dinner for the immortal masters.

After the village chief left, three or four heads appeared at the window, all of them village children, staring at them with wide, curious eyes.

Before being beaten, the children were not afraid of people. One of the children, with a pointed head, asked loudly, "Are you from Fire Night Mountain?"

Huoye Mountain is one of the top sects in Youzhou. One of their junior officers, Sun Tianshu, had previously been in contact with Pei Xia in Junma City and Lingxiao Sword Sect.

Only after the child mentioned it did Pei Xia remember that Huoye Mountain seemed to be in Chang County.

They should be considered quite renowned in this area, otherwise the kid wouldn't have asked about Huo Yeshan so readily. Pei Xia waved his hand at them and smiled, "No, we are just disciples of a small sect."

The pointy head let out an "Oh~" sound and immediately raised its nostrils: "Then you won't do it."

Perhaps because they learned that Pei Xia and the others were not from Fire Night Mountain, the children's little bit of awe they had for them immediately vanished. One of the round-faced little girls pointed at Lu Li's head and asked, "Why are you bald?"

Pear glanced at her, then silently began to roll up her sleeves.

She spat on the ground and told Pei Xia, "Don't interfere. It's not child abuse if a child hits another child."

The chubby boy in the middle stared at Han Youzhi's chest, which was bulging from her skinny peasant clothes, and laughed loudly: "You're so fat, auntie!"

Han Youzhi's face darkened, and he also began to roll up his sleeves.

Pei Xia quickly advised her, "You can't do this, it's really child abuse."

Han Youzhi coldly replied, "If you kill him, it doesn't count."

Seeing that the adults were angry, the kids scattered and ran away with "ooh ooh ooh ooh". Lu Li wanted to chase after them and hit them, but a crisp cracking sound suddenly rang out in the room, attracting everyone's attention.

It was the egg that Lu Li took out of the underground palace.

These are the eggs of that spider monster. They were discovered by chance when everyone was slicing its tail and belly meat.

It was only then that Pei Xia remembered that when the Fiend had taken over his body, the spider had told him about this.

Because its body was getting weaker and weaker, this powerful Heavenly Consciousness Realm demon beast only laid a pitiful single egg this time.

She carefully hid this precious egg inside her body, that is, inside her tail.

Frankly speaking, for a while, everyone really wanted to have it as an extra treat.

But in the end, because there was still enough food, the idea was shelved.

The square-faced man's corpse, which Ye Lu had painstakingly brought out, had not begun to decompose even after more than a month due to his superior martial arts skills and successful body refinement.

The spider monster is the same in this respect; its body, infused with spiritual power, ensures that the flesh from its severed tail and belly remains fresh and edible.

In a sense, even after her death, she still protected her child.

Unfortunately, when they were leaving the formation, Lu Li lost her grip and dropped the egg.

The impact caused a crack, and Lu Li secretly picked it up without telling Pei Xia.

As a result, perhaps it was this bump that caused the spider eggs, which had been dormant for over a month, to begin hatching.

As the eggshell was cracked piece by piece, a crystal-clear little leg emerged first.

Then there was only a small head with two black dots and its own fat, transparent buttocks.

Putting everything else aside, this thing's size is really unusual; it was born the size of a human head!
It clearly didn't know how to walk yet. After crawling out of its shell, it plopped down on the table and remained motionless.

Lu Li cautiously poked it with her finger, then looked up at Pei Xia: "Dead?"

Pei Xia rolled her eyes: "What, do I have to cry for you?"

(End of this chapter)