I became an immortal in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 9: Then I saw the ghosts and gods of the Three Realms.
"Everyone should avoid this area, avoid it—"

A middle-aged doctor was dragged in, one hand gripping his medicine box tightly.

"Dr. Luo, come quickly and take a look at our matriarch."

Madam Lu had already been given pills by the servants. Madam Luo, who was middle-aged, was hurriedly summoned and took a few breaths to catch her breath.

He rested his fingers on his wrist, frowned, and asked a few more questions about the illness. When he learned that the illness was caused by anger from his children and grandchildren, his face darkened, and he glanced at Lu Da.

Lu Peizheng stood respectfully beside the old man.

He looked toward the doctor, his lips pressed tightly together, as if he too hoped the doctor would cure his grandmother.

The doctor pressed a certain acupoint on the front of the ribs, then took out his needle kit and asked the servants of the Lu family in the courtyard to stand around like a human wall to administer acupuncture to the old lady.

With the doctor's arrival, the hospital staff naturally prioritized the health of the Dowager Lady.

The guests gathered together in the courtyard, watching the doctor administer acupuncture and the servants of the Lu family running back and forth to prepare the medicine.

He glanced at the three immortal masters and their attendants.

Various thoughts swirled in my mind.

After the old lady of the Lu family finished administering the acupuncture, the doctor instructed the servants, and only then did Yuan Danqiu speak.

"Just now, the boy mentioned that breath could turn into flames. Could Your Excellency please demonstrate this to us in person?" Yuan Danqiu stared intently at the old man, his tone quite respectful.

The old man slightly raised his chin.

"It seems you won't budge unless we show you this once today."

Lu Sheng stood to the side, somewhat nervous.

“Immortal Master, there’s no need for this. It’s only 150 strings of cash; my classmates and I will chip in…”

The old man smiled faintly.

"Let them see it, what harm is there?"

"Please, everyone."

"A first look—"

The courtyard in the county town was quite large, and the servants of the Lu family moved the matriarch's chair further away. The guests all stepped aside and stood together.

Jiang She and Li Bai stood under the big locust tree.

Meng Haoran and Yuan Danqiu also took a few steps back and stood by the tree, waiting for the old man to breathe fire. Li Bai, watching with interest, felt a mischievous glint in his eye and reached out to tap Meng Haoran and Yuan Danqiu on the back of each of them.

He wondered if he had been bewitched. No one could see him or Jiang Langjun.

Is he still allowed to touch people now?

Meng Haoran and Yuan Danqiu felt as if they had been tapped on the shoulder, and turned around to look.

But all I saw was an old locust tree behind me, with a few withered leaves on the ground, which insects and ants were carrying away.

There was no one in sight.

Was it a dream?
still is……

Yuan Danqiu looked carefully and confirmed that there was really no one there. He exchanged a glance with Meng Haoran, looked up at the lush locust tree, and said, "Perhaps it was cicada urine on the tree."

"Probably so."

Meng Haoran nodded.

The two didn't delve too deeply into it, turned around, and focused their attention on watching the old man demonstrate the Taoist magic.

Upon hearing "cicada urine," Li Bai's mischievous smile froze.

Jiang She couldn't help but smile.

Li Bai pretended to observe the child chanting incantations in the distance, while noticing the old man standing with his hands clasped behind his back, his blue robes fluttering in the wind. He ignored Jiang She's earlier laughter and asked the question he had just posed.

"Did you notice anything amiss, Jiang Jun? Why did you say that it was a wise move for these people not to befriend the Prefect?"

Jiang She stopped laughing. Li Bai's question was serious, and he couldn't very well tease him any further.

I thought about it.

Please close your eyes.

"Alas?"

He told the other person to close their eyes.

He gouged out his eyes with his finger, and then he saw the ghosts and gods of the three realms.

Li Bai only felt a faint warmth, not knowing what kind of magic it was, and even thought that a flying insect had been plucked from his eyelid. When he opened his eyes, he saw a hanged ghost hanging from a locust tree, its face pale and its tongue long, which startled him.

"this……!"

He was speechless.

In one breath.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

Before Li Bai's eyes lurked ghostly figures, bizarre and grotesque. Various blue-faced ghosts wandered around the courtyard. A thin layer of blue light enveloped the land, presumably the protection of the Deer Mountain God.

"It's strange..."

Li Bai was speechless.

But Jiang She pulled him back and pointed him toward the old man.

……

……

In the distance, as the old man exhaled, his breath actually turned into flames.

A long, narrow flame instantly burned and turned to ash in the wind.

Smoke rose straight up.

The people around, the guests, the doctor, the apprentice, the servants and maids in the courtyard all exclaimed in surprise, looking at each other in astonishment.

Before the fire was extinguished.

Everyone's faces glowed with pride, their eyes filled with astonishment and wonder. As the flames blazed, a crimson light shone forth. The guests and servants, their faces filled with surprise and astonishment, exclaimed in admiration.

"Truly a master!"

"Immortal Master, please accept my bow!"

"Such advanced techniques exist in this world! The immortal master's cultivation is profound, truly amazing! We admire him to the extreme..."

"Lu is so lucky..."

Even Yuan Danqiu, who had always opposed it, showed a look of surprise on his face.

Li Bai stared wide-eyed, looking again and again.

Little did he know what the guests were flattering him about, and even his friend Danqiu Sheng was deceived, looking at the old man with his hands clasped behind his back in astonishment.

He suddenly remembered the "breath turning into flames" he had just witnessed.

where it goes?

"This is……"

“It must be a fraud,” Jiang She said. “Deceiving Lu Sheng isn’t entirely fake, after all, the deception itself is quite sophisticated.”

"No wonder the God of Deer Mountain's exorcism was ineffective; it was all man-made."

It turns out he was a cunning and deceitful person.

To deceive people with illusions.

The mountain god can exorcise evil spirits and knows about ghosts and gods, but he does not know about people's hearts.

Natural spellcasting is useless.

After all, no matter how much magic or incantation one chants, it cannot change a heart that wants to swindle money.

Li Bai's gaze was strange. He and Jiang She stood together, watching from afar as the "immortal master" exhaled and the attendant protected him, while the surrounding crowd looked on with astonishment and reverence.

The guests were full of praise, and the servants held their breath, widened their eyes, and joined in the praise.

The young apprentice was tending the stove while decocting medicine, tilting his head to look in that direction. He was burned by the firewood and hissed in pain, but he still stared intently, muttering to himself.

"There really are immortals in this world..."

Upon hearing this, Li Bai suddenly felt a strange sense of pride.

Even the ghosts and spirits lurking in the courtyard no longer seemed so terrifying.

"So that's how it is..."

"So that's all there is to it..."

When he looked at his friend Yuan Danqiu's astonished face, he found it all amusing.

After the old man stood up straight again, the "breath turning into flames" ended, and the courtyard was quiet for a few moments. The guests were still immersed in the "immortal magic" they had just witnessed.

Jiang She stood up.

He bypassed the ghost hanging from the locust tree and said to Li Bai:
"Let's go, it's our turn to step in."

Go and resolve the matter entrusted to you by the Old Deer Mountain God.

Li Bai also dodged around the hanged ghost, his head trembling with fear. Out of mischief, he deliberately pressed the hanged ghost's tongue against Yuan Danqiu's neck.

He followed them.

He composed himself and straightened his clothes and hat, knowing that he would soon be appearing in public with Jiang She and Jiang Langjun, so he naturally had to act with grace and poise.

Yuan Danqiu felt a chill on his neck and touched his back.

Still no one.

The Lu family is strange.

He frowned, stepped aside, and pulled Meng Haoran a few steps away.

Looking again at the old man and the two children in the courtyard, Yuan Danqiu muttered to himself.

"Is he really a celestial master?"

"Why would a celestial master act in this way?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a familiar voice.

"Your Excellency, please do not engage in such deception!"

"I know a reclusive master who wishes to engage in a contest of martial arts with you. What do you say?"

The old man was about ten feet away.

Suddenly, two figures appeared from bottom to top.

It was getting late; the sun was setting in the west, leaving its last rays trailing behind. The sky was filled with countless clouds and mist. Under the dim light of dusk, everyone present watched as two figures walked over step by step, gradually solidifying.

Strolling leisurely in the courtyard, ethereal and otherworldly.

Like an immortal.

　It seems like this book is starting to get readers, I'm so touched qaq
　　
　
(End of this chapter)