Chapter 523 Immortals, Just a Bunch of Spineless Cowards
In the Cultivation World, ordinary people are pitiful, and it’s even more so in the Immortal Realm. The sheer psychological disparity of cultivators and Immortals everywhere is enough to make one suffer, not to mention the evil fruits that rage everywhere.
The young man picking mushrooms before him is clearly one of these pitiful people, but for some reason, his eyes are filled with a desire to live. This might be what they call “even ants cling to life.”
Due to the onset of the zombie poison, the youth ran slower and slower, the desire in his eyes turning into despair. He knew he was doomed this time. After all, there was no one in this desolate wilderness, and even if there were, they might not dare to save him.
Finally, the youth could no longer run and slumped down, leaning against a large tree.
Seeing their prey lose its ability to resist, the few zombie wolves approached step by step.
“Dad! I’m sorry!”
The youth looked up into the distance, tears welling up in his eyes, mixing with the blood on his face. At first glance, they looked like tears of blood.
Lu Yao looked at the youth’s bloody tears and inexplicably thought of herself, a trace of sympathy arising in her heart. Her figure flashed, and she disappeared from her original spot.
At this moment, the youth had already closed his eyes in despair, as the zombie wolves had lunged at him.
“Roar…”
Just then, a few whimpers mixed with fear reached his ears, feeling like a stray dog that had been kicked.
The youth didn’t feel any pain and opened his eyes in confusion. He then saw a slender woman standing with her back to him, wearing a bright red cross-collared ruqun, which exuded a hint of an eerie aura at first glance.
The zombie wolves, on the other hand, ran away with their tails between their legs, looking exactly like stray dogs.
At this moment, the woman turned her head and asked, “Are you okay!”
The youth was stunned. He had never seen such an attractive woman. Even though she wore a veil, the delicate lines of her face could not be hidden. Her cherry lips were as lustrous and bright as if smeared with blood, and through the veil, they were even more alluring, making one want to kiss them.
It was obvious that this woman was Lu Yao. As her cultivation level increased, her zombie body became purer, and her beauty also skyrocketed.
“Dead?”
Lu Yao frowned slightly.
“No… no no… thank you… thank you, Miss, for saving me.”
The youth finally came to his senses and stammered.
“It’s almost there, the zombie poison has invaded your lungs.”
Lu Yao reminded him expressionlessly.
The youth was struck by lightning, his face turning pale. After a moment, he sighed and said, “Even so, I still thank you, Miss, for letting me live a little longer. Perhaps I can still deliver these mushrooms.”
“Are these mushrooms very important to you?”
Lu Yao glanced at the basket of colorful mushrooms and asked.
“Yes, I was hoping to sell them to buy some medicine for my father. I just don’t know if I can make it home.”
The youth showed a helpless smile as he said this, then picked up the mushrooms and stood up with difficulty.
“I can remove the zombie poison!”
Lu Yao kindly reminded him. It wasn’t that she had no reason to come, but rather that
She had been sealed during the Qin Dynasty, and she just wanted to inquire about the Immortal Realm and the Heavenly Realm from this young man.
“What? You can remove the zombie poison? Are you a cultivator?”
The youth was overjoyed, then asked with awe in his eyes.
“Not exactly, I just know some medical skills.”
Lu Yao casually replied. Ever since she learned the true nature of cultivators, she disdained to associate with them.
Of course, she was not a cultivator herself.
“Can an ordinary doctor also treat zombie poison?”
The youth looked doubtful, but with the mindset of treating a dead horse as a living one, he knelt before Lu Yao with a plop and kowtowed desperately. “Doctor, doctor, please save me. I still need to get medicine for my father. If this is resolved, Qi Bing will definitely repay you by being your slave.”
“Your name is Qi Bing?”
Lu Yao confirmed.
“Yes, my name is Qi Bing, and I’m from Qi Family Village nearby. I only have a frail old father at home, and he’s counting on me to bring back medicine to save his life.”
Qi Bing introduced himself.
“I don’t need servants, I just want to ask you a few things.”
Lu Yao shook her head, then crouched down, her slender jade fingers resting on Qi Bing’s wrist.
Qi Bing stiffened. In his life, this was the first time he had been touched by a young girl. The soft, cool touch was like an electric shock, making him feel weak in body and mind.
Qi Bing looked down and saw the girl’s jade hand, painted with black “nail polish,” which was extremely seductive. This made him even more confused, as if he were dreaming a beautiful dream.
Of course, if he knew that it wasn’t nail polish but the erosion of zombie poison, his beautiful dream would probably turn into a nightmare.
Lu Yao’s heart spun slightly, and a suction force was generated within her. Then, through her fingers, she drew all of Qi Bing’s zombie poison towards her. This was as easy as pie for her.
In just a blink of an eye, Lu Yao had absorbed all the zombie poison and stood up as if nothing had happened, saying, “Done!”
“Done? But you didn’t even use any medicine?”
Qi Bing asked in confusion. He looked down and found that the places where he had been bitten by the zombie wolves were no longer bruised, and the blood flowing out had turned bright red.
“I did, I just smeared it on your hand through my fingers.”
Lu Yao lied with her eyes open.
Qi Bing didn’t suspect anything. He carefully felt himself and found that his hearing and sight were good, his head no longer dizzy, and his body had regained some strength compared to before. He excitedly knelt down again to thank her.
“Stop kneeling. If you want to repay me, answer a few questions.”
Lu Yao ordered impatiently.
Qi Bing nodded repeatedly, then led Lu Yao towards Qi Family Village.
“First, how is the strength of Immortals divided in the Immortal Realm?”
Lu Yao seized the opportunity to inquire.
“Uh, I’m an ordinary person, so I don’t know much about Immortals. I only know that they are divided into six levels: Heaven, Earth, Lord, Parent, Teacher, and Human. I don’t know the specifics of their strength.”
Qi Bing answered vaguely.
Heaven, Earth, Lord, Parent, Teacher? It was the same as the division of talisman strength in the Cultivation World. As for Human, it represented oneself. This division followed the ideology of respecting heaven and ancestors, filial piety, and obedience to elders. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with it, but cultivators inherently defied heaven. Therefore, respecting heaven was truly incomprehensible.
Qi Huang mused inwardly. In fact, she had long questioned the division of talismans in the real world.
“It’s fine.”
Lu Yao generously shook her head, as her strength had reached the limit that the Immortal Realm could accommodate, so any Immortal within this world would not enter her eyes.
“However, isn’t the naming of ‘Heavenly Immortal’ somewhat improper? Cultivators emphasize defying heaven!”
Lu Yao then raised her objection, her thoughts coinciding with Qi Huang’s.
“Shush, shush, shush…”
Qi Bing was greatly alarmed and desperately shushed her, saying, “Defying heaven is a thought of cultivators in the lower realm, not the thoughts of cultivators in the Immortal Realm, nor the thoughts of Immortals. Don’t you know that, Doctor?”
“Uh, I’ve been learning medical skills from a reclusive old doctor since I was a child and only recently came out of seclusion.”
Lu Yao lied.
“No wonder! I’m truly lucky to have met you.”
Qi Bing exclaimed, still feeling lingering fear. Then he added, “Above the Immortal Realm is the Heavenly Realm, the place where the Heavenly Dao resides. The Heavenly Dao is the ruler of countless worlds. After Immortals ascend, they are only fit to be its servants. Who dares to defy heaven?”
“Heh, a bunch of spineless cowards! Especially those who ascended from the lower realms. They talked about defying heaven before ascending, but after ascending, they become submissive. No wonder they use ‘Heavenly Immortal’ to name themselves.”
Lu Yao sneered disdainfully.
“There’s nothing they can do. I heard that in the past, all those who defied heaven met disastrous ends. So now, even if someone has such thoughts, they dare not express them.”
Qi Bing sighed.
“Another question, how big is the Immortal Realm, who is its ruler, and what kind of place is this?”
Lu Yao continued to inquire.
“I don’t know. It’s said to be very, very big. As for the ruler, the entire Cultivation World is ruled by the Immortal Alliance, divided into countless countries. The larger Immortal countries are ruled by Immortal Emperors, and the smaller ones by Immortal Kings. Each star also has its own star official. Our star is called Cloud Mist Star, located within the Floating Light Immortal Kingdom…”
Qi Bing explained carefully.
The Immortal Realm also has an Immortal Alliance?
Qi Huang was a little surprised, and according to Qi Bing, the Immortal Alliance in the Immortal Realm had even greater power than the one in the Cultivation World, as its jurisdiction covered both the Immortal and Mortal worlds.
“I didn’t expect the Immortal Realm to have an Immortal Alliance!”
Lu Yao also muttered to herself.
Just then, Lu Yao frowned slightly, as her senses had detected several figures rapidly approaching. In a moment, they had arrived.
“It’s… it’s Immortals.”
Qi Bing’s face changed drastically, as they had just been discussing defying heaven.
“Was it you two who were recklessly discussing defying heaven just now? And insulting us as spineless cowards?”
A robust middle-aged man at the head of the group questioned them condescendingly.
