Chapter 687: Slip Away
"Time is really too short when you need it most..."
Li Muyang let out a deep sigh as he looked at the murder notice in his hand.
Within two days, he must clear the "Land of Curse" and defeat the Yellow Robed Immortal.
And face the hostility of the ancient Divine beings from Outer Heaven...
"All sorts of troubles pile up all at once, damn it, not even giving a man a moment to breathe."
Li Muyang grumbled resentfully, feeling perplexed inside.
He couldn't comprehend why the Divine beings from Outer Heaven were hostile towards him.
He had no grievances with the Divine Ancestor of the Hidden Moon Dynasty in the past or the present, without any contact whatsoever.
Even accounting for Jiang Xiaoyu's account, Li Muyang had not made enemies with ancient Divinities.
Yet now this ancient Divine being was brimming with hostility towards him, intent on killing him.
"Is it really because the protagonists all have faces that taunt fate, that even passing by a dog they have to be barked at twice?"
Li Muyang uttered his complaints wordlessly, truly puzzled by the situation.
But at this point, there was no other option for him to consider.
He couldn't leave the sanctuary of the ark, and had to defeat the corpse of the Yellow Robed Immortal in the game.
The time was shrinking again.
Fortunately, he had already mastered the knack, and was now more than capable of dealing with all kinds of secret techniques from the Yellow Robed Immortal.
What Li Muyang was seeking now was to be unscathed.
He wanted to defeat the Yellow Robed Immortal's corpse without a scratch, to maximize his chances of winning the decisive battle.
After a moment of contemplation in the room, Li Muyang casually waved his hand, a flame lit up in his palm, and directly burned the invitation to ashes.
Then, he closed his eyes and entered the game, temporarily setting aside the matter of the Divine Ancestor of the Hidden Moon Dynasty wanting to kill him.
Now, he had to fully invest his energy into the battle against the Yellow Robed Immortal.
Before the final showdown, everything else had to step aside.
Time, along with Li Muyang's repeated fierce battles in the game, swiftly passed by.
He aimed for an unscathed victory, and would directly commit suicide and resurrect to start over upon sustaining even a single hit from the Yellow Robed Immortal's corpse.
Through continuous trial and error in battles, Li Muyang began to inflict more and more damage on the Yellow Robed Immortal's corpse.
Oddly enough, every time Li Muyang returned after resurrecting, the Yellow Robed Immortal's corpse would fully recover from its wounds.
This carcass seemed to possess an infinite capacity for self-repair.
Li Muyang was surprised, but it also facilitated his practice, so he attacked the Yellow Robed Immortal's corpse even more recklessly.
The night soon passed.
As the sky to the east gradually showed signs of dawn, and warm sunlight began to spread over the desolate Fuyun City.
A Cultivator from the Hidden Immortal Alliance arrived outside the door of this small courtyard, and it was the Great General in the form of a spiritual monkey.
"...Are you two not going to retreat?" asked the Great General, puzzled.
It looked at the closed courtyard and the Third Miss inside, feeling confused: "It's known that disaster is coming, why would the Madman not leave?"
Thanks to Li Muyang's warning, the Hidden Immortal Alliance had already evacuated everyone from the ark.
There were only a few Cultivators from the Hidden Immortal Alliance still lingering on the ark.
The Great General had come to invite the Third Miss and Li Muyang to leave together.
They were set to board a specially made Flying Boat from the Hidden Immortal Alliance and leave Fuyun City.
However, faced with the Great General's confusion, the Third Miss, Wild Boar, fell into a brief silence, then shook her head: "I don't know what crazy thing he's doing inside, but since he's not leaving, I won't leave either."
The Great General, still perplexed, scratched his head and then his furry back, following up with: "Alright then, please relay to the Madman that we'll leave before dusk. He's welcome to join us anytime before dusk..."
The Great General brought the goodwill of the Hidden Immortal Alliance, but after the Third Miss conveyed this message to the person inside the room, there was no response at all from within.
Li Muyang acted as if air, completely ignoring the Third Miss.
At that, the Third Miss snorted coldly but said no more.
She walked to the yard with a chilly face, sat on the steps, and began to write her own will.
It wasn't until midday, when the sun was high in the sky, that Li Muyang, who had been silent all night, suddenly stepped out.
After reaching the yard, as if he didn't see the Third Miss, he walked straight through and headed outside.
Seeing that Li Muyang actually went out, an extraordinary event, the Third Miss looked as if she had seen a ghost and quickly followed him.
"Are you leaving?" the Third Miss asked, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
If they didn't want to die, who would choose to die?
It was naturally best to be as far from danger as possible.
But Li Muyang instead took her into the shadows, then moved swiftly through Fuyun City, ultimately finding an empty and deserted new house and walked in.
Upon seeing this nearly emptied new house, Li Muyang seemed quite satisfied, walked directly onto an empty bed frame, sat down, closed his eyes, and once again entered the state of Cultivation.
"Please close the door."
Li Muyang said very politely.
The Third Miss, who had followed him all the way, was baffled: "Ah? What on earth are you doing here?"
This guy, rarely leaving his house, wasn't actually fleeing for his life?
But simply changing to a different house?
And chose a broken house that was completely emptied of furniture and belongings, with nothing left inside?
The Third Miss could not comprehend Li Muyang's line of reasoning.
Li Muyang, without even bothering to open his eyes, spoke indifferently, "That sloppy Taoist priest is on his way here. Need to evade him."
Yesterday, he said he would consider the matter for a day before giving the Taoist priest an answer.
But Li Muyang never intended to agree to the priest's deal.
He vaguely felt something sinister about this priest and didn't want any association with him.
The sole reason for delaying one day was purely to test the Taoist priest.
Ahead of time, he had set up a spider web near the yard with the threads of a Shadow Demon Spider to monitor the nearby movements.
As soon as the Taoist priest appeared nearby, Li Muyang immediately got up and left the house.
He wanted to test how proficient the pursuer's tracking abilities were and whether he could locate him without a trace.
However, after evading him all the way, Li Muyang discovered the Taoist priest's tracking ability was rather ordinary.
With merely three flashes, he left the priest behind.
Furthermore, the Cultivation the Taoist priest exhibited wasn't high, merely at the wandering spirit realm.
Now that Li Muyang had completely shaken off the priest and found a new house to hide in, the next thing to see was how long it would take for the priest to find him.
With this in mind, Li Muyang closed his eyes and re-entered the game.
At the same time, he cautioned the Third Miss outside, who was like a wild boar.
"…Don't go out, hide inside the house, and don't give that priest the chance to see you."
Having said that, Li Muyang closed his eyes and re-entered the game.
The Third Miss stood at the door, glanced sideways at Li Muyang inside the house, and snorted coldly.
But it was just a snort, nothing more.
She vaguely guessed what Li Muyang was up to.
This fellow was simply afraid that the Taoist priest had locked onto his position with some kind of evil technique.
Now changing his hiding place was to test the extent of the priest's tracking abilities.
After all, having met only once before but to be found by the priest again was a situation that would send chills down her own spine too.