Chapter 1432: The Strange Mortal Village

The talismans in the hands of these villagers were not defensive; they were all attack talismans. When dealing with demonic beasts, they always needed to kill with killing, as quickly as possible!

In an instant, all sorts of scenes appeared in the sky. There were tigers, eagles, snakes, huge fireballs, and flying swords flashing with a cold light!

All of them were transformed from talismans, and they all went up to meet the huge black shadow pressing down from the sky.

“Boom! Boom! Boom…”

A dense series of explosions and the various hisses of the demonic beasts transformed from the talismans were heard in the sky.

It was just that the moment these talismans collided with the huge black shadow, one by one, they collapsed with a mournful cry and turned into specks of starlight in the sky.

The main defense of that long wall had been broken, and the demonic beast was approaching in an instant. The burly man didn’t have much time to think.

“Die for me!”

Amidst his angry roar, he shook his two arms, and the long spear in his hand was thrust fiercely at the abdomen of the huge black shadow.

“Thud!”

The burly man felt as if the spear he had thrust out had hit a great mountain. A powerful rebound force instantly transmitted from the spear shaft to his two arms.

He only felt a sharp pain that went straight to his heart, making him feel suffocated. He could no longer hold the spear shaft, and the long spear immediately left his hand.

The butt of the long spear that shot backward, like a flood dragon coming out of the sea, heavily hit his left shoulder.

“Crack!”

His burly, bear-like body was as fragile as a dry branch at this moment. His left shoulder immediately collapsed by more than half.

“Pfft!”

The burly man was sent flying backward like a bolt of lightning, a stream of blood shooting out from his mouth.

Almost at the same time, the black shadow pressing down from above shone brightly with a red light.

In a patch of red light, the various attacks of the villagers who were not afraid of death all landed on the other party’s body, but in an instant, they were shaken away by that patch of red light.

Instantly, a series of miserable screams resounded in all directions. Like a flower blooming from the center, one after another, figures were sent flying towards the surroundings.

“Plop, plop…”

With a series of sounds, those people either hit the wall behind them and then fell heavily, or fell directly to the ground, smashing up a cloud of dust.

Some people could still continue to scream miserably, while others were already motionless, without a breath.

“Boom!”

Amidst the miserable screams, there was another loud bang, and the earth shook.

The wild boar demonic beast, its entire body flashing with a demonic red light, had descended from the sky and landed behind the long wall. Its four hooves were deeply embedded in the ground, and the large cloud of dust that rose up concealed more than half of its figure.

From its nostrils, two heavy snorts were exhaled, instantly blowing away the dust in front of it.

At this moment, the demonic beast was seen staring with a pair of blood-red eyes, looking around at the fallen crowd, its eyes filled with endless ferocity.

Then, with a glance, it saw the burly man who had hit a large tree behind him and had been bounced to the ground. Its spiritual intelligence had long been awakened, and with a glance, it could tell that the villagers here were led by that burly man.

Before, he had blocked it, making it unable to break through for a long time. In the end, it had to damage its own cultivation to break in.

And the result of all this was because of the burly man in front of it.

Without waiting for the burly man to get up, like it had gone mad, it stomped its four hooves on the ground. Without caring about the villagers who were still screaming miserably around it, it charged towards the burly man.

Half of the burly man’s body had been seriously injured. After he fell, he was dizzy and light-headed. Although he had some healing pills on him, for a moment, his whole person had not yet recovered from the dizziness. But instinctively, he still felt the arrival of death.

He suddenly shook his head, and as he flung away countless blood beads, he tried to wake himself up quickly. But his vision had already turned into a world of red.

A huge red light had reached him in the blink of an eye. The burly man was so scared that his soul was about to leave his body, but it was already too late to dodge.

‘Damn it, I’m going to die!’

At this time, the only thing he could do was to have this thought flash through his mind.

He could even feel a thick, fishy wind, carrying a killing intent that made him unable to breathe, rushing towards him, blowing his body so that it swayed constantly.

The burly man could only instinctively raise his right arm, which was still movable, and block it in front of his forehead, waiting for the impact that could shatter mountains and break peaks to hit him, and then tear him into pieces in an instant.

The wails and terrified cries of the villagers not far away, which had just filled his entire mind, in this moment, seemed to have gone far away from him, and all kinds of sounds had become so ethereal…

And then, he suddenly heard a faint hissing sound. Then, the strong wind in front of him that made him unable to breathe suddenly disappeared.

Then, a voice that showed no joy or anger sounded.

“Wretched beast, how dare you be so rampant!”

The burly man, who had already tightly closed his eyes, after feeling the strong wind stop, and then hearing a voice, he immediately moved his right arm that was blocking his forehead and at the same time opened his eyes.

He saw that in the mid-air in front of him, a young man in black was hovering. And in one of his hands, he was lifting a huge wild boar demonic beast, firmly gripping the other party’s thick neck.

His palm, compared to the huge body of the demonic beast, seemed so small. But the wild boar demonic beast, which had been so arrogant just now, was now firmly nailed in the air.

The wild boar demonic beast’s eyes showed infinite fear, and it was trembling all over. Its four hooves were constantly kicking, but it could not make any sound, like a small puppy being picked up by someone.

The wild boar demonic beast had already sensed the terror of the young man in black. A trace of aura emanating from the other party’s body made its entire divine soul tremble constantly.

It could not even have the slightest thought of resistance, only endless fear remained. Instinctively, it just wanted to leave this place quickly, and run as far as it could!

Around, the villagers who were lying on the ground, some still holding weapons in their hands, some already sitting on the ground with empty hands, had actually all stopped screaming at this moment.

This sudden turn of events had made them even temporarily forget the severe pain in their bodies. One by one, they were all dazed, looking at the young man in black in the air…

A short quarter of an hour later, Li Yan was already in an open space in the village. The surrounding area was in a mess. Many people were bandaging their wounds, or collecting the corpses.

Li Yan was standing under a large tree not far away, looking at the entire village. At his feet lay the corpse of the wild boar demonic beast.

After he had attacked just now, he had discovered that the wild boar demonic beast was actually close to the second rank. This made Li Yan’s heart fill with joy. With such a cultivation level, it might have experienced more.

He immediately sent out an art from his palm, which directly entered the other party’s body.

In the past few days, after soul-searching those few demonic beasts, Li Yan had found that obtaining information in this way could only be a last resort. One time would almost consume all his Divine Sense.

Later, without the help of pills, it would take several days of meditation to restore his Divine Sense, which was simply extremely tedious.

In that meditation session, he had suddenly opened his eyes, wishing he could slap himself on the head.

He was so used to using his Divine Sense that he almost couldn’t do anything without it. Especially when it came to probing others’ memories, using his Divine Sense was both convenient and accurate.

He also didn’t have to worry too much about the possibility of the information he got being false.

Now that there was a problem with his Divine Sense, he still instinctively wanted to use his Divine Sense. Even if it was extremely difficult to use, he still wanted to find a way to use it.

This was the terror of getting used to one thing. Divine Sense and Magical Power had become something engraved in a cultivator’s bones, becoming a kind of instinct.

But apart from that, there were two other ways to obtain information from the other party.

One was to make the other party lose their mind and tell him what he wanted in an illusion. But if the other party’s willpower was very tenacious, then this method would fail, and the other party might even take the opportunity to set a trap for him.

The other was to plant a slave seal on the other party. In this way, the other party would not dare to go against the master’s wishes at all, and he could also smoothly ask for what he wanted.

Li Yan had just used the first method on this soul beast. His realm was much higher than the other party’s, so he didn’t have to worry about how strong the other party’s willpower was, and whether it could break through his art.

In this way, Li Yan had indirectly obtained the information he wanted. Of course, this required him to ask question by question, which was completely incomparable to the speed of soul-searching.

Looking at the group of busy people in front of him, Li Yan’s expression on his face did not change much.

Before, he could of course have saved all the mortals here in the first instance.

But Li Yan did not know where he was at all, so he had observed for a while before. In addition, the principle of immortals and mortals walking different paths made him hesitate a little.

It was precisely this hesitation of his that the second-rank wild boar demonic beast had launched a fatal blow, and many people had died in an instant.

This had made Li Yan, who was in the air, squint his eyes at that time. In the end, he could only sigh.

In the cultivation world, he would often see all kinds of small cultivators being killed by others. For a cultivator, death was actually just another reincarnation.

Not to mention these mortals who were not even as good as ants, their lives were even more pitiful.

But in the end, Li Yan still could not be completely cold-blooded, especially after seeing the burly and strong man, which had made his long-sealed memories resurface a little.

In that instant, he seemed to have seen Uncle Guoxin of that year, also leading the villagers to protect their homes and hunt in the mountains…

Although Li Yan had felt that the space he had entered was unspeakably strange, just the fact that the five-element spiritual energy had become unreasonable had already made him uneasy.

But in the end, Li Yan still made a move and saved the villagers in this strange space.

He had just imprisoned this demonic beast. Without even looking at those villagers, he had casually cast a restriction, enveloping both himself and the demonic beast.

Then, he had used an art on it, making it completely lose consciousness.

After some questioning, the wild boar demonic beast, in its unconscious state, had answered every question. But in the end, Li Yan had not gotten much useful information.

This demonic beast had originally been born in this area. It was just that more than thirty years ago, at the edge of that great river, it had swallowed a pearl.

After it went back, it had fallen into a long slumber. It was not until not long ago that it had woken up.

When it woke up, it had found that it was actually about to break through to the second rank. This had made this demonic beast overjoyed.

This place was extremely scarce of all kinds of cultivation resources. It was just that the spiritual energy was quite good, so there were no powerful demonic beasts, which had allowed these weak demonic beasts to survive.

But similarly, they did not dare to leave this area. Because other places with good cultivation resources not only had powerful demonic beasts, but also many human cultivators. If they went there, it would be a dead end.

After this demonic beast had woken up, it had felt even hungrier and had been looking for food everywhere. Finally, a few days ago, it had discovered this village.

However, in its memory, there should have been no human settlement here before.

So, after observing for a few days and confirming that there were no cultivators here, it had thought of devouring the flesh and blood of these people to benefit its cultivation, and then had brazenly launched an attack.

This information had no practical significance for Li Yan. At most, he had just learned the name of that great river.

Then, he had killed the demonic beast with one palm!

Li Yan’s gaze swept around, observing the entire village. After a while, his heart felt a little strange.

The demonic beast was already dead, and he had not seen any old people or children in the village come out to help. Only these young and strong people in front of him were busy there.

The burly and strong man, who had already hung half of his arm in a cloth sling, was directing people to deal with the wounded and the corpses, as if the entire village was only this many people.

The burly and strong man had also been paying attention to Li Yan. He had seen a cultivator before and was also a person who could read the situation. Seeing the other party use a spell to isolate himself and the demonic beast, he had not let anyone else go over to pay their respects and disturb them.

Before, although he did not know what Li Yan was doing to that demonic beast, he knew that it was absolutely not to be disturbed. It was not until Li Yan had reappeared and landed under a large tree that the demonic beast had also fallen to the ground, completely silent.

Seeing that Li Yan seemed to have finished his business and was looking at the entire village, he hurriedly strode over.

“Greetings, Immortal Master. I am Wu Lei, the village chief of this village. This time, thanks to the Immortal Master’s help, we have been able to survive. We humble people have no way to repay this kindness of rebirth. We can only worship the Immortal Master in our hearts day and night. If we can get your name, we will definitely set up a longevity tablet and every day for you…”

At first, Li Yan still felt that this village chief was very eloquent, but when he heard the latter part, his hair stood on end.

He was alive and well, but he did not want anyone to set up a tablet for him, even if it was a longevity tablet, that was not acceptable.

So he immediately interrupted Wu Lei’s words.

“In this village of yours, why are there no old people or children? And there are no other villages nearby. Do you not have contact with outsiders?”

When Li Yan had seen these mortals using spirit artifacts and talismans, he had judged that these people all knew of the existence of cultivators.

Hearing the other party address him as “Immortal Master,” with only respect and no surprise on his face, he was even more certain of his thoughts.

Seeing Wu Lei’s expression, Li Yan felt that he should still be in the Immortal Spirit Realm. The mortals of the Immortal Spirit Realm were more at ease with immortals.

He also did not want to be teleported to some unknown realm again for no reason.

“Sir, of course this is not our real village. We are planting ‘Soul Crystal Sprouts’ here, so only we young and strong people are here.”

When Wu Lei heard Li Yan’s question, a trace of surprise flashed in the depths of his eyes. But because he was lowering his head to answer, Li Yan, who had lost his Divine Sense, did not notice the other party’s expression.

‘What is a ‘Soul Crystal Sprout’?’

Li Yan was stunned in his heart. The thing Wu Lei had mentioned was something he had never heard of.

‘Perhaps it’s just some kind of crop!’ Li Yan continued to think in his heart, but he did not pursue the matter further. His face showed no emotion, and he just nodded.

He was already thinking of using a spell on these people later to find out some things.

“Alright then, this demonic beast is for you!”

As Li Yan spoke, he had already stood up. He was already planning to use the spell.

He did not want to stay here any longer, but the subsequent questioning would be no match for soul-searching and would still waste a lot of time.

Since the other party had seen other cultivators, then he should be able to get some information that he urgently wanted to know.

“Thank you, Immortal Master, for your gift. I wonder if the Immortal Master still has any immortal pills or spiritual medicines? We can also buy them with Spirit Stones. I hope the Immortal Master can be benevolent and merciful. There are a few people here who are on the verge of death. This humble one kowtows to the Immortal Master, kowtows!”

When Wu Lei saw Li Yan stand up, he glanced at the villagers behind him.

Although a few people had been carried to the side, they were basically just hanging on by a thread. With their injuries, the pills they had on hand were also of no use.

He hurriedly turned over and knelt down, kowtowing while begging.

In this way, the other villagers who could still move, who had been paying attention to the situation here, also had a strong look of expectation in their eyes.

With Wu Lei taking the lead here, they immediately prostrated themselves in the distance, kowtowing one by one, and at the same time pleading bitterly.

Li Yan, who was about to use a spell on these people, the fingers in his large sleeve that were about to form a hand seal, paused slightly.

It would also take him a lot of time to ask questions. Those few people who were about to die would probably not be able to wait until that time.

‘So be it!’ Li Yan thought to himself.

Since he had already helped these mortals, then he would give them some more pills, delay for a while, and then after he had saved these few people, he would make his move.