Chapter 1433: A Debt of Gratitude

After a moment of contemplation, Li Yan flipped his hand and took out a bottle of pills.

“This pill can be used both externally and internally. It is also effective for treating your kind of external injuries. You may use it.”

After speaking, Li Yan gently pushed the pill bottle.

The medicine slid forward, hovering in front of Wu Lei. Then Li Yan stood to one side with his hands behind his back, looking at the huge demonic beast corpse, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Wu Lei’s face lit up with great joy.

Today was truly a day of great fortune for them. In a moment of crisis, an Immortal Master had appeared and had even been willing to bestow a pill, allowing his villagers to be reborn.

So he kowtowed heavily a few more times, then hurriedly took the pill and ran towards the few villagers who were on the verge of death.

Li Yan felt no joy or sorrow in his heart. He did not personally treat them. It was better to have some distance between immortals and mortals.

Otherwise, once these mortals lost their sense of awe, with their negligible strength, a moment of carelessness would only lead to a miserable death.

As soon as Wu Lei had saved those dying people, he would make his move. It was better to get the news as soon as possible.

If he hadn’t seen Wu Lei and been reminded of Li Guoxin, Li Yan might even have quietly watched these people be killed by that demonic beast.

If this were the Desolate Moon Continent, it would be fine for him to casually save others. But here, he still hadn’t figured out the situation. A wrong move could bring trouble upon himself.

Wu Lei first ran directly to the side of one of the women who was lying horizontally on the ground, his eyes filled with heartache and anxiety.

Because he only had one arm that could move, at the same time he got the pill, a few villagers who had seen it also immediately ran towards the place where the wounded were gathered.

Wu Lei single-handedly helped this woman up. The woman’s appearance was also beautiful, but at this moment she was on the verge of death.

This woman, when she had been hit by the demonic beast’s rebound force before, even though her body was relatively strong and not comparable to those young ladies from noble families, her internal organs were still ruptured by the shock, and her abdomen was now filled with blood.

A trickle of crimson blood was constantly overflowing from the corner of her mouth, and her eyes showed a look of pain.

A villager quickly ran to Wu Lei’s side, immediately took the pill from the hand that was supporting the woman, and then directly opened the stopper.

Then, he hurriedly tilted the bottle, and a few pills fell into that villager’s palm.

It was just that when the few pills fell into his palm, the moment the villager saw them clearly, his expression was obviously stunned.

And at this time, the other few villagers behind had not come over, but were respectively helping up a few seriously injured people, with a look of joy on their faces, comforting the wounded in a low voice, waiting for this villager to quickly bring the pills.

Wu Lei looked at the woman with a look of heartache. In his mind, he thought of the other few women who had died before, and a violent killing intent grew.

He was anxious in his heart, but after waiting for a while, he did not see any pills being put into the woman’s mouth. He immediately became dissatisfied and immediately looked at the villager who was squatting in front of him.

“You… how… this is an immortal pill bestowed by the Immortal Master. Quick… quick, give it to her!”

He saw the person in front of him, holding the jade bottle in one hand, but his eyes were looking at the palm of his other hand. He was actually in a daze and had not immediately fed the pill.

Wu Lei couldn’t help but be furious, but deterred by Li Yan standing not far away, he could only suppress his anger and was about to reprimand him in a low voice.

At the same time, his gaze also shifted and fell on the other party’s palm. There were a few yellow pills that had been poured out, which were emitting a refreshing fragrance.

The moment Wu Lei saw the pills clearly, his eyes suddenly shrank. A matter suddenly came to his mind. It was the ethereal question of this Immortal Master before. His heart immediately tightened.

But in the next moment, he had already returned to normal. He hurriedly slowed down his voice and told the villager opposite him to quickly take out a pill.

That villager, after being shouted at by him, only then came to his senses.

Then, he saw Wu Lei, who had his back to the black-robed Immortal Master, give him a meaningful look.

Only then did he realize that he had actually shown an abnormal state just now. He hurriedly glanced over.

He saw the black-robed Immortal Master opposite him, staring at the demonic beast corpse, and had not noticed the situation on their side. This villager then relaxed in his heart.

So, he hurriedly put on a smile on his face, and at the same time said, “Oh oh oh, I haven’t seen an immortal pill with such a rich immortal aura before. How many should I give her?”

Just as he was speaking, his eyes also flickered a few times. Wu Lei opposite him immediately understood that his own abnormal state just now had not been noticed by the black-robed Immortal Master behind him.

Fortunately, he had reacted quickly. He had almost let the villager in front of him show a flaw. But he still urged anxiously, “What do you mean by a few? This is an immortal pill. One is enough. Stop dawdling, give it to her quickly. Then, go and treat those few people!”

As he was speaking, he also gave a meaningful look to the few villagers next to him.

“Yes… yes yes yes!”

The villager opposite him answered repeatedly and had already quickly put a pill into the mouth of the woman Wu Lei was supporting. He understood that Wu Lei was telling him to signal to the others not to show any abnormality.

So, he turned around and rushed towards the location of the few people over there.

And in the next moment, Wu Lei sat down on the ground with a plop, letting the injured woman lean against his chest, and kept calling her name.

At the same time, he used the corner of his eye to slightly glance at Li Yan who was standing to one side.

When he found that Li Yan had not noticed him and was still thinking about something, he used the cover of his side and the woman’s body in his arms, and with his only remaining good hand, he quietly reached into his bosom.

Then, after fumbling in his bosom for a few moments, he touched something. With a light flick of his thumb, a familiar feeling connected to his soul was immediately transmitted…

So, he picked up something with his thumb and forefinger, and with a force of all three fingers, the object was immediately crushed by him…

In just a few dozen breaths of time, these people had treated all the wounded. Wu Lei had also laid the awakened woman in his arms flat on the ground.

Then, he also crushed a pill and sprinkled the powder on the wound on his left shoulder. Soon, his wound began to itch and scab over.

Wu Lei had cultivated the martial arts of mortals. Not only was his body the strongest here, but he was also proficient in some internal energy cultivation methods.

In the battle with the demonic beast just now, he was mainly seriously injured externally. His internal organs were protected by his internal energy.

Although his injuries did not heal immediately, Wu Lei had already turned over and knelt down, leading a group of villagers to kowtow to Li Yan again.

“Thank you, Immortal Master, for the grace of rebirth!”

Li Yan looked at these people indifferently. His entire body had already slowly risen into the air, and he did not say another word.

When Wu Lei saw the other party with his hands behind his back, his black long robe moving without wind, as if he was about to ride the wind and fly away, his heart immediately became anxious.

“Immortal Master, Immortal Master, please stay!”

When Li Yan, who was rising into the air, heard this, his gaze swept towards him.

“What, you still have something?”

When Wu Lei heard this, his expression froze, but he quickly and rapidly said again, “We have received the Immortal Master’s grace of rebirth and have no way to repay you here. Since the Immortal Master has also bestowed this demonic beast upon us, this humble one has no other skills, but I do have a set of cooking skills. I know that Immortal Masters no longer eat the food of the mortal world, but an occasional indulgence of the palate can also be considered an experience of the state of mind. Therefore, this humble one, unworthy as I am, would like to cook this demonic beast for the Immortal Master and ask you to try it. It is a small token of my appreciation. Also, the ‘Soul Crystal Sprouts’ we are planting here will be ripe in a few days. As long as the Immortal Master does not mind the small amount, we will also offer all these treasures to you. Otherwise, we humble people will have no other chance to repay your great kindness in the future!”

After Wu Lei had said all this, he glanced at the remaining villagers. Such a dignified man actually had his eyes a little red, and he looked quite agitated.

Li Yan, who was still slowly rising into the air, had an expressionless face, but a trace of mockery suddenly appeared on it.

“Oh? You really want to repay me?”

“Of course, Immortal Master, how dare this humble one speak nonsense!”

“Alright, then why did you crush the object in your bosom just now? There doesn’t seem to be any more demonic beasts here. Who are you asking for help from!”

Li Yan said indifferently. Just as he had finished saying this, the group of villagers below, who had been prostrating themselves and replying, suddenly fell into a dead silence, as if time had completely stopped at this moment.

Li Yan had also stopped rising into the air at this time, but was looking at the bottom with an indifferent gaze. Wu Lei and the others at this time suddenly raised their heads and all looked at Li Yan.

In their eyes, there was an indescribable terror. Especially Wu Lei. Just now, he had seemed to be so agitated because he was grateful to Li Yan and was unable to repay him, causing his eyes to turn red. At this time, his eyes were already filled with boundless fear.

He knew how terrifying cultivators were, but they knew more about the situation in the “True Earth Domain.”

In their judgment, this young man in black robe was nine times out of ten an outsider cultivator who had just been swept here and did not understand the situation here at all.

Otherwise, after hearing about the “Soul Crystal Sprouts,” he would not have been so indifferent, and would not have dared to just take out this kind of pill and give it to them to use.

All of this showed that the other party was completely ignorant and did not know that he was in a dangerous situation.

But Li Yan had suddenly pointed it out at this time, which made Wu Lei and the others turn pale with shock. They had always been extremely respectful.

Especially since they were all mortals, how could a cultivator take them seriously? They would not pay too much attention to them at all…

But just as they showed infinite fear, Li Yan’s voice in the sky had already become incomparably cold.

“Since you have all said that I have the grace of rebirth to you, I think it is indeed so! If I had not acted before, you would all have been the food in the belly of this demonic beast. Then, you can repay me now!”

As Li Yan spoke, he had already raised a hand and flicked his large sleeve.

“No! Immortal Master, please listen to my explanation…”

“Immortal Master, spare my life!”

“Immortal Master, you are mistaken…”

“Immortal…”

Just as Li Yan’s voice fell, the villagers below all felt an endless, cold killing intent from his words. Immediately, one by one, they opened their mouths. Some of the women were so scared that their faces turned pale.

It was just that a black light had suddenly appeared above their heads, and all the pleas for mercy had disappeared in an instant.

One by one, the kneeling bodies, with a series of “plop, plop…” sounds, all fell to the ground.

Although Li Yan could not use his Divine Sense, with his cultivation, as a Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, how could a few small mortals play any tricks under his nose?

As soon as the other party’s expression had become strange, Li Yan, who was always as meticulous as a hair, had noticed it.

And when Wu Lei had crushed something in his bosom, Li Yan had been paying attention to the distance. Until now, he still had not sensed the aura of a cultivator approaching.

He didn’t understand what the other party had crushed. Li Yan’s gaze stared at Wu Lei, who was lying on the ground, his eyes dull and his face filled with fear.

Immediately, Li Yan landed in front of him.

“Why did you do this?”

Li Yan opened his mouth and asked. A group of mortals, a casual spell, and he had controlled all their minds…

After just seven or eight questions, Li Yan’s face had changed. This time, he had really gotten some useful information.

This was a place called the “True Earth Domain.” But Li Yan had clearly been in the Immortal Spirit Realm for so long and had read many classics. The Immortal Spirit Realm only had four great domains.

And just as Yu Banjiang had said back then, the Immortal Spirit Realm was only divided into four great domains, and there were no other small domains. But why had he heard such a strange domain name here again?

‘Am I no longer on the ‘Heavenly Demon Prairie’? But where is this place? He said I am an outsider cultivator, so this kind of address most likely means that this place is isolated from the world. It should be some kind of secret realm…’

At this time, Li Yan also thought of the vastness of the Immortal Spirit Realm, with many unknown areas. Just like the secret realm where the “Great Nothingness Tree” grew, many years ago, no one had known about it.

Moreover, Li Yan had also roughly learned the origin of these mortals, and the reason why the other party had suddenly wanted to put him to death after he had saved them.

At this moment, he could not delay here any longer. Looking at the dazed villagers in front of him, a sharp light flashed in Li Yan’s eyes…

About a quarter of an hour later, Wu Lei looked at the wild boar demonic beast that had fallen to the ground, feeling weak all over. Looking at the dead villagers around him, his heart hurriedly shouted, “Quick, see if there are any survivors!”

Wu Lei sat down on the ground with a plop. This time, the losses were really heavy. In his village, the population was not very large to begin with.

And at this moment, a cold voice suddenly came down from the sky.

“Was it you who sent out the ‘Bounty Talisman’?”

This voice came suddenly, which gave the villagers below a big scare. One by one, they hurriedly raised their heads.

They saw that in the air at this moment, a black-robed man was hovering above. They didn’t know when the other party had arrived, and was looking down at them coldly.

That was a man who looked to be in his thirties. His face was somewhat pale, with a hooked nose and snake-like eyes. Because of his thin figure, the black robe on his body looked even more loose.

A pair of snake-like eyes, with just one glance, made people feel incomparably cold, as if it was a soul-hooking emissary who had come out of the nine serenities underworld at midnight.

Wu Lei and the others were all stunned for a moment, as if they had not reacted.

“What? In this area of a few hundred li, you are the only group of people. That ‘Bounty Talisman’ should have been transmitted from around you. Who is the village chief here?”

At this time, Wu Lei also reacted. He trembled violently and hurriedly prostrated himself in worship. The other villagers also came to their senses as if from a dream and followed suit.

“We greet the Immortal Master. This humble one is the village chief of this village, but this humble one did not issue a ‘Bounty Talisman.’ We were just fighting this demonic beast…”

When Wu Lei heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The “Bounty Talisman” was issued by the Immortal Sect. It was for them, these mortals, to assist in the strict investigation of “Evil Spirit Cultivators.” Once found, they must be reported.

Otherwise, once it was known that they had known and had not reported, the methods of these upper sect cultivators were extremely cruel and vicious, making people shudder with fear. They would rather die immediately than accept that kind of punishment.

And not only would they die, but their nine generations would also be implicated.

They had seen the fate of those who had been punished more than once. It could no longer be described as miserable, but was a nightmare that they would not want to remember for a lifetime.

Wu Lei had once seen the people of a village all buried alive in the ground. No matter men or women, even women and children, only their heads were exposed.

One by one, their faces were grim, and they wailed day and night. The sound was chilling. It took a full month before they all died.

It was said that in their bodies, there was a kind of maggot-like demonic beast. They would survive and move around in the human body, but they would not devour people’s internal organs, but would constantly reproduce.

When they reproduced, their body fluids were extremely corrosive. Wherever they stayed, they would cause people’s internal organs to turn into drops of pus…

“Oh, no one issued it? How many ‘Bounty Talismans’ do you have on you?”

When the black-robed cultivator heard this reply, his face sank, and his pair of snake eyes stared at Wu Lei.

This kind of talisman, to be activated by a mortal, also needed to be specially refined. At the very least, only the village chief was qualified to get it. And he actually said he didn’t know.

“It really wasn’t us who discovered it. This humble one has a total of four on me…”

When Wu Lei heard this, he was stunned. As he answered, he hurriedly reached into his bosom. In his bosom, there was a specially made bone box, which was used to specifically hold the “Bounty Talisman.”

Immediately, after reaching into his bosom, he took out a small gray bone box.

Wu Lei immediately opened the bone box. The black-robed man in the air just glanced at it and saw that there were indeed four talismans, the size and shape of willow leaves, lying inside.

“Oh? The position where the talisman appeared is right near you. Could it be that this Immortal Master is lying?”

The black-robed Immortal Master’s face immediately became even more gloomy.

He had been searching all the way here before. For several hundred li around, he had not found any other mortals.

If these ants had just made a mistake and activated it, it would be fine if they clarified it. But to directly deny it, was this playing with him?

Wu Lei’s scalp instantly went numb. The gaze from above was like a knife stabbing into his body. He felt a sharp pain in his body.

In just an instant, his forehead was already covered in sweat!

He was instantly flustered. Falsely reporting was also a great crime. This had made an upper sect Immortal Master personally come over. In a fit of anger, he would flay them alive.

Seeing Wu Lei’s appearance, and not answering his question, the black-robed man in the air frowned.

“Hmm?”

Wu Lei was cold all over, his lips trembling, his teeth chattering, he stuttered, “Gr… Gr… Great Sir, there are no ‘E… Evil… Spirit… Cul… cultivators… m-m-m… maybe… it was during the fight with the demonic beast, in the confusion… when I randomly… took out a spirit artifact, I mis… mistakenly activated one… one…”

When the black-robed cultivator heard this, his already pale face became even more grim.

These abominable ants actually dared to play with him. Then what was the use of keeping them?

To deal with a low-level demonic beast, this could also be accidentally activated? How confused must one’s mind be? That was a talisman placed in a bone box.

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