49. Ghosts and immortals, just as disasters arise.
From childhood to adulthood, most creatures, whether poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, or pet monsters contracted by classmates, have avoided the Oni Fang like the plague. The dying fire elephant in front of him was obviously terrified, its whole body trembling violently, its pupils almost shrinking to a point. Unfortunately, a stone arrow pierced its waist and abdomen, pinning it to the ground, unable to move.
Gui Fang slowly squatted down and coaxed softly, "What kind of monster are you? I've never seen you in the textbook. Hey, can you talk?"
The little fire elephant stared nervously at the ghost.
"Okay, you lack general knowledge."
Gui Fang extended a finger, cautiously approaching, but was burned and withdrew his finger when it was half a palm's distance from Huo Xiang. "Don't mind me, I'm an only child, so I often talk to myself and amuse myself. Are you an only child too? Hehehe..."
Seeing that the humans seemed to have no hostility, the fire sign gradually relaxed its gaze and looked laboriously at its waist and abdomen.
The stone shuttle, pinned to the ground, exuded a repulsive aura, suggesting that some evil sorcerer was harming the innocent once again.
Gui Fang disdainfully twisted one end of the stone shuttle and carefully pulled it out. Huo Xiang trembled in pain, and wisps of magma gushed from the piercing wound on his stomach, winding down the wound, melting the stone shuttle and bone claw gloves, leaving a black mud stain beneath him.
"Okay, it's alright now, it doesn't hurt at all."
Gui Fang gently stroked the little fire elephant's wound, while holding the stone shuttle in his other hand and looking it up at the sun. Two-thirds of the stone shuttle had been melted by the fire elephant, leaving only a short section between his bony hands.
"Who was fighting in Wandering Mountain just now? It wasn't you and Fu Ningjing, was it? Hey?"
As the stone shuttle was pulled from its wound, molten lava seeped from the hole in its side. The fire elephant whimpered pitifully. With the slightest movement, the lava seeping from the wound would sizzle and flow, startling the circle of shrubs that had been standing still. They quickly grew branches and leaves and frantically beat at the slowly spreading fire.
The fire elephant screamed as it was whipped.
Gui Fang instinctively tried to pick up Huo Xiang, "My God, what a sin, I forgot about you... Ouch!"
The tiny pudding, no bigger than a palm, was terrifyingly hot. Even through the skull claws, the intense heat still gave Gui Fang goosebumps. He screamed and frantically moved the fire elephant to an open space nearby, patting the sleeves of his clothes that had been burned through.
He was filled with doubt and apprehension. He had never encountered such a monster before. Could the magma on its body be even more powerful than the flames of the Vermilion Bird?
The little fire elephant lay on the open ground, two drops of lava tears spilling from the corners of its teary eyes, looking pitifully at Gui Fang Wu Di.
"Tsk, don't look at me... I didn't bring any food."
Gui Fang was somewhat at a loss, yet he couldn't truly leave it unattended. A quick glance revealed that the dandan berries in the bushes shimmered in the sunlight, their feathery leaves gently enveloping each plump, firm berry hanging among the foliage.
The Yandan fruit, which is also associated with the fire element, should be edible, right?
Bone Claw plucked a large handful of bright red berries, and Ghost Fang held them out to the little fire elephant. "Hey, want some? Hehehe..."
The fire elephant carefully stretched out its trunk and sniffed, then curled its trunk and swallowed the entire jujube into its mouth, chewing it thoroughly.
Seeing that this thing still had the energy to eat the pills, Gui Fang turned around to continue fleecing Langji Mountain, but Huo Xiang stretched out his trunk and gently rubbed against Gui Fang's skeletal claws.
"Aren't you afraid of me?"
Gui Fang simply sat cross-legged next to the fire elephant, letting it rub against him.
The bone claws melted with a sizzling sound as they were rubbed against him. The intense heat made him want to pull his gloves back, but the Fire Elephant seemed to need to rub against the golden bone to gain strength. Seeing that the Ghost Fang was about to retract the bone claws, he let out two dissatisfied shouts.
"Still have the energy to argue? Looks like nothing's wrong. What exactly are you? Other monsters avoid me like the plague. Be careful, my eerie energy might turn you into mud in a moment."
The bone claw gloves turned to ash with a "sizzling" sound.
The fire elephant paused, then suddenly opened its mouth and bit off the skull claw, chewing and swallowing it.
"..."
Gui Fang never imagined that this little fire elephant, which was so powerful that even a sigh of its breath might blow it away, could actually gnaw on his bone claw gloves woven from strange energy. He was so shocked that he instantly teleported back half a meter away, clutching the bone claw with a corner bitten off.
This guy is definitely more dangerous than Pippi!
However, this also confirms one point.
Gui Fang's gaze dimmed slightly as he looked down at his right bone claw, which was missing a corner.
This wasn't a karmic curse; it was truly a corrosive poison. Nine-Headed Chapter hadn't lied to him.
This realization was like a cold needle piercing Gui Fang's heart. Before entering the blessed land, he had never doubted that his eerie aura was related to the corrosive poison.
Teacher Qin's guess turned out to be correct.
Everyone thought Qin Xiuluo was just being paranoid and indulging in unfounded fantasies...
How is her investigation in the human world progressing?
"Ooh!"
Fire Elephant's wound healed little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it struggled to stand up, letting out two aggrieved cries at Ghost Fang, and licking its lips with lingering satisfaction.
That greedy expression looks so familiar, like the Nine-Headed Octopus absorbing eerie energy... Could it also recover by absorbing eerie energy?
Gui Fang hesitated for a moment, then removed his bone claw gloves and forced out a wisp of pure, eerie energy from his fingertips. The dark golden eerie energy was sent to the mouth of the fire elephant, which let out a joyful low groan and greedily inhaled it.
"You're really going to eat it?"
Gui Fang was secretly delighted. For more than twenty years, he had rarely been approached by small animals, and he couldn't help but release more of his eerie energy. "Eat, eat more. Pipi, a bird, can eat three handfuls of jewels, but it hasn't grown much taller. It needs to eat more to grow taller..."
However, the Ghost Fang overestimated the Little Fire Elephant's resilience.
After only a few breaths, the fire elephant slowed down its eating pace, smacked its lips, flicked its trunk, and sat down on the ground, just like a child who had eaten too much. It tilted its head back and let out a loud, long burp that was accompanied by sparks.
Are you stuffed?
I can actually eat until I'm stuffed!
Gui Fang stared at Huo Xiang in disbelief.
Just as its long hiccup ended, a gust of wind mixed with chilling cold swept down, and the surroundings suddenly fell into dead silence.
It wasn't just auditory silence; it was as if the entire space was being gripped and crushed in the palm of an invisible hand. The wind stopped, the chirping of insects vanished, and even the rustling of leaves was completely silenced.
Something's not right.
Gui Fang's first thought was to get up with Huo Xiang, but as he was about to stand up, he found that he couldn't even move a finger.
The clear and clean sky just a moment ago gradually darkened, as if some enormous thing that blotted out the sun was blocking it out, causing the world to lose its color instantly. What followed was an indescribable atmosphere of deathly stillness, which surged in from all directions like a tide, tightly enveloping Gui Fang and chilling him to the bone. This chill was indescribable, as if his soul was being suppressed by some unspeakable force.
...No, not only could he not move his fingers, he could not even control his breathing.
Gui Fang seemed to sense something was amiss. The sky was darkening too quickly, which was abnormal. He struggled to look up and saw a gigantic skeleton hanging high in the sky.
What came into view was not the sky, but a huge snake skull suspended in mid-air, its entire body a dark purple, almost black, with a coiled and winding skeleton, its tail seemingly reaching into a chasm, with no end in sight, covering the sky and the earth.
This enormous creature, lurking beneath the dark sky, appeared without a sound.
The dark black skeleton was extremely ferocious, with its mouth wide open, four slender fangs that looked like they were coated with poison, and two sharp horns protruding from its forehead that resembled a demon's crown. Deep in the eye sockets of its skull, two clusters of eerie green flames burned.
Even a nine-headed octopus that stretches out to be over three meters tall is not as tall as its teeth in front of this bizarre "bone monster," and is not even enough to fill a gap between its teeth.
Then I won't have enough to eat!
Gui Fang's throat tightened.
The skeleton hovered silently in mid-air, its eerie green flames in its eye sockets seemingly gazing at Gui Fang.
"..."
Gui Fang opened his mouth, his trembling pupils reflecting the monster in mid-air. Damn it, am I going to die here today?
The air became thick and sticky. Gui Fang realized that he had been so frightened that he forgot to breathe. After finally catching his breath, Gui Fang felt his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.
The fear that originated from the depths of his soul rendered him powerless.
For no apparent reason, he suddenly recalled the scene of Beichen summoning Wuqu and defeating the evil spirit master at the school.
The immense spiritual power of the Star Lord Wuqu was too overwhelming. Apart from Beichen who was with him, everyone else was affected to some extent. The summoning of the Star Lord even injured many classmates. Guifang also felt the terrifying pressure of the Star Lord Wuqu from a great distance during that battle.
The thing before me exuded a very familiar aura, yet it didn't resemble the Martial Star Lord...
An unfamiliar touch came from the back of his hand. Gui Fang tried to move his eyes, only to find that the little fire elephant had gotten up at some point.
It was completely unaffected by the pressure, its nose still affectionately rubbing against the back of Gui Fang's hand. The penetrating wound on its stomach had healed, leaving a ring of scars the size of a fingernail. When it rubbed against Gui Fang, it scorched a large area on the back of its hand. Fire Elephant was startled and took two steps back, its beady eyes looking at Gui Fang cautiously and guiltily.
Gui Fang had no time to care; in his fear, his mind raced.
Fire is unaffected by pressure.
It's stronger than me?
Under the immense pressure, Gui Fang heard an ancient voice coming from afar.
"I am a ghost immortal... Fang Shengzai..."
"This fire-elemental creature is my mount."
Ghost fairy!
What a terrible day! They probably think I did it!
Gui Fang did not speak, but the large skeleton that called itself Fang Shengzai Zhan spoke again. Even though Gui Fang did not speak, it could still sense Gui Fang's thoughts.
"I know." The old, decrepit voice grew clearer. "Since you have protected it, it is a matter of fate."
Gui Fang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ghost fairy?
He'd never heard of such a thing. Can ghosts become immortals? Do ghost immortals have mounts?
"The Eight Great Ghost Immortals, humans, do not know them?"
The snake-shaped head retreated slightly, and the entire skeleton became distant and ethereal. Gui Fang clearly heard a sneer.
Guifang: "..."
"To be burdened with poison yet possess a clear mind, an open heart, and be free from resentment and bitterness is truly rare."
The voice gradually faded into the distance, "I control chaos and war, I discern the wicked and punish evil curses. Seeing your predestined connection, I bestow upon you the inheritance of immortals... I earnestly hope you will use it wisely and not fail the grace of Heaven..."
The overwhelming pressure on his body was rapidly dissipating, and Gui Fang felt as if he had been suddenly brought ashore from the pressure of being 20,000 miles underwater. He gradually regained control of his limbs and breathing. He tried to take deep breaths, feeling as if his lungs were about to explode.
Is it leaving?
What was it called again? What kind of disaster?
Gui Fang stared blankly at the increasingly blurry and fading skeleton high in the sky, when he was startled to realize that a wisp of energy was rushing towards him from all directions.
This aura was chilling and domineering, surging into Gui Fang's consciousness with a savage force. Before he could investigate further, the terrifying skeleton hovering in the air twitched slightly and gradually dissipated before his very eyes. The little fire elephant beside him let out a gentle groan, its four hooves treading on the eerie green flames, and soared into the air, merging into the shadow beneath the giant skeleton.
The clouds and fog dissipated, and the sky was revealed.
Gui Fang's heart pounded wildly until dawn broke, the surrounding atmosphere returned to normal, and he could hear the chirping of insects and birds and the gentle breeze rustling the leaves. Only then did he slowly calm down.
He clutched his chest, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the unfamiliar presence within his consciousness.
Dream?
Ghost fairy?
Gui Fang raised his hand to wipe away the sweat, feeling an unusual sensation on his arm. Looking down, he saw a hole burned into his sleeve, with scorch marks still visible around the hole.
It's not a dream!
Such terrifying pressure! Is that the power inherited from the immortals?
No, wait, are ghost immortals considered immortals?
He hurriedly flew towards the Wandering Inn.
The entrance to the Wandering Inn was still as unassuming as ever. The tiny temple toys, no bigger than the palm of your hand, were a bit hard to find. Gui Fang entered the inn feeling dizzy and disoriented. His body automatically shrank as he entered the inn, giving him a sense of disorientation as to whether he was in reality or in a fantasy.
Nine-Headed Zhang is currently searching everywhere for itching powder, dragging Bei Chen, Tang Xi, and the two innocent victims along with him.
Gui Fang made a great commotion when he entered the inn, and all seven eyes turned to look at him. They noticed that Gui Fang was slightly disheveled, his face was ashen, and his lips were tightly pursed.
Tang Xihe: "What's wrong? Did you see a ghost too?"
"What!" Bei Chen exclaimed in shock, "You saw Fu Ningjing too! Where is she! She's still alive!"
"I saw something even stranger than her..."
Gui Fang braced one claw against Tang Xihe's shoulder and the other against Bei Chen's arm. "Friends, I've seen a ghost."
Have you ever heard of ghost immortals?
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