"That night, I saw the whole village burning in strange green fire. I tried to run away from there, but chains burning in green flames shot from there, following me all the way into the forest."
Again, another explosion came, the whole building cracking.
"We should leave this place first; you can hear the story later."
I looked at who was Fatty screaming at the side.
What are you crying for? And you continue the story.
Make it quick, I don't have much time. I'm missing the outside show because of you.
"When I was about to be captured by those chains, that strange man appeared, barely saving me, but before we could leave, a woman in white appeared in her presence, our bodies froze. With a wave of her hand, those burning chains wrapped around us, throwing us into the village."
"After that, we all became like this. Offering the sacrifice of humans every decade. Till now."
That's it, nothing else.
The red-robed woman thought for a bit before replying.
"That's all."
Well, you should learn storytelling skills; it was quite boring.
Um… let's go outside and see what's going on. I stood up from the chair. Slowly, walking out from this broken place while others follow behind.
Wow…
The whole sky was burning in green flames, with hundreds of golden threads trying to bind it. As the thread continued to suppress the green flame, it took the form of a green phoenix. Struggling to break free from the golden threads.
"Shriiiek"
The green phoenix screamed in agony, while golden threads became even brighter.
"Aaah…"
Fatty, how dare you disturb me again? I turned to see him lying on the floor, blood seeping from his ears.
This mf…
I threw another fireball at him.
'I have to seriously consider about my choice; this fatty is a pure disgrace in my name.'
I looked again at the struggling phoenix in the sky.
How long are they going to do that? I'm getting bored.
Just as I was getting bored, a skull burning in green flames shot towards the phoenix, and behind it, hundreds of people burning in green flames followed behind.
I looked at the side and saw the green flames devouring the woman in a red robe, going towards the green phoenix in the sky.
They all started to bite the golden threads, suppressing the green phoenix.
Looking at their struggling figures in the sky, I really doubt if this ghost village had existed for centuries, and killed humans. They can't even deal with a single immortal. Here I thought it would be fun.
Waah
Hey, Fatty, go with Little Black and find Aunt Zhi and others, while I will watch this boring show in your place.
"Alone…"
What alone? Little Black is going with you. Now fuck off.
Um… let's find a place to sit.
I found a chair and sat on it while enjoying the show.
A bucket of popcorn, and it will be perfect.
System
Yes Host
Give me a large popcorn bucket.
System…
"Shriiiek"
I looked into the sky and saw Phoenix breaking free from golden threads, spreading its burning wings, and devouring the green skull and all other burning peoples. His wings became even more vivid, every single feather becoming more and more distinct.
It tore through all the remaining threads, directly attacking the golden figure in the sky.
The golden figure moved quickly, maintaining the distance from the phoenix, still trying to use his golden threads to catch him.
It has been than 5 minutes and these mf still are in chase without doing anything new.
Their chase continued for quite a while, and I was almost about to fall asleep, when something new happened.
The huge fire where I saw the green skeleton head earlier intensified, and hundreds of chains burning in green flames shot out from there, going straight into the sky.
The golden figure was still running from the phoenix, avoiding him at all costs, throwing away multiple protective talismans and treasures. But he wasn't prepared for this sudden attack. As he avoided the phoenix's burning wings.
These burning chains wrap around his whole body, dragging him down into the fire pit.
The phoenix soared high above in the sky, spreading its wings before coming down straight at the village. It was huge, covering almost the whole village.
In the blink of an eye, it was above my head. It was so close that now I can see every detail of it very clearly.
Its eyes were made up of crystalline green flames shining like diamonds, feathers-like polished jade, and its massive body which was made up of green flames.
True otherworldly creature.
Awoo…
A loud howl came freezing the phoenix in mid-air, and it quickly turned around trying to run away.
Seeing the retreating figure of a phoenix. I also remember this mf was also the one because I was unable to sleep peacefully tonight.
I stretched my hand, and the fire, which had almost burned half of the forest, turned into a massive dragon blocking the green phoenix. It quickly turned around, trying to escape in a different direction. But before it could move, the fiery dragon lunged at it.
The green phoenix was like a small bird in front of the massive dragon, whose body spread across the whole forest.
The dragon opened its mouth, devouring the whole phoenix in one bite. Before turning towards the village and descending here with his massive body. Lighting up the whole place in fire for a few seconds before everything turns normal.
I looked in my surroundings, everything was charred, the village, people, and strange green fire, nothing left. Except for the…
I walked to a place where Aunt Zhi and others were lying unconscious, Fatty having fainted from all this chaos. While Little Black…
What are you eating?
I grabbed his mouth, snatching a green pearl, which is a really good-looking, perfect pendant material.
Awo…
Silence.
"Senior, thanks for saving my life."
A new voice came in my ears, I pocketed the pearl, and looked at the newbie. He was an average-looking kid in his twenties.
Who are you?
"Senior, I'm the disciple of… I'm just a wandering cultivator."
Are you trying to fool me?
"No, senior, you completely misunderstood. I was a core disciple of the Dragon God Sect. But from birth, my dragon bloodline was the most inferior among my siblings."
I am not asking about your family drama.
"Senior, I became a core disciple without having a strong dragon god bloodline, but a few years ago, I damaged my golden core. After that, my enemies used it to throw me out of the Dragon God Sect."
This Dragon God Sect must be quite weak to make people like you a core disciple.
"Senior…"
Shut up
Tell me what you are doing here.
"Senior, I was just passing through this forest when I saw this ghost village, and decided to exterminate them. But I underestimated their strength."
Oh
I looked at the sky; there were still a few hours left before sunrise, so I decided to take a short nap. Because of all these things, I wasn't able to sleep at all.
Little Black also came lying beside me, before we fell asleep.
Zz…
Dawn broke, the sun rays illuminating the world.
"What are we doing here?"
"What happened to forest? It's all gone."
One after another, people started waking up, looking at their surroundings where dense forest had stood yesterday, now replaced by charred ground.
"How this happened, could it be some immortal has fought here at night?"
"How could it be if they had fought? How can people like us have survived?"
All of you Shut Up! Let me sleep.
"Young Master, are you alright?"
No, my head is hurting. I wasn't able to sleep the whole night.
Well, Aunt Zhi, are you okay?
"I'm fine, Young Master. Do you know what happened at night?"
Hm… let me think for a bit.
I looked around for a bit and found Immortal Kid was still here.
Hey, you come here.
"Yes, se…"
Shut up
Tell everyone how the phoenix and dragon clashed in the sky, burning down the whole forest.
As I mentioned, that guy, everyone also noticed his existence. Quickly getting on their knees.
"We pay our respect to the esteemed immortal."
Fuck these mortals, they are bowing to this trash while the true emperor is sitting beside them.
"All of you stood up. I'm not the one saving you, nor am I immortal anymore; I'm just a wanderer and was able to witness that grandiose battle."
"When I was passing by here, I saw a huge green phoenix and a red dragon fighting each other, burning down the whole forest in the process. At the end, the dragon devours the phoenix. After that, it also disappeared in the sky."
Even my village storyteller can do a better job than you.
"Young master, please be courteous."
"I'm sorry."
Hmph
As the sun rays started to intensify, everyone started to move. We all went to our previous campsite, though the forest may have disappeared, but all the camps and horses remain as it is.
Everyone started packing their stuff, Immortal Kid and I sat at the side watching them do labour work. While fatty massaging the Little Black legs.
He still seems unable to digest what happened at night.
"Senior, I want to follow you, even if… as a servant will do."
Well, you are too weak, but I will give you a chance.
I stretched my finger at his chest, Origin flames quickly entering his body, wrapping around his damaged golden core, melting it down, polishing and filling all the cracks. In just a few seconds, his golden core seemed to turn even brighter.
"Senior, This…"
Call me Young Master Chen.
"Young master, my… wounds have been healed, not just that, but I have reached the peak of the golden core realm, my golden core seems to have reached Perfect grade."
What the hell are you excited about? You have to become immortal before I consider taking you as my official servant.
"Immortal… Immortal..."
"Young Master, get on the carriage, we are moving towards Vermilion City."
Coming.