Traveling through the Immortal Realm: Starting from Becoming a Top-Level Furnace Cauldron

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task]

【Get reward: *…&…￥%】

Hearing the system prompt, Lu Yuguan quickly looked through his backpack.

But apart from a few rows of snacks, nothing new was added.

"What the hell is this?" Lu Yuguan wondered.

[There must be a way when the car reaches the mountain]

[The bridge is straight to the bow]

【Host need not worry】

The system comforted.

"It's not for you. If you're not anxious, then I am," Lu Yuguan sneered disdainfully. "Could it be that you, Tongzi, are using this as a cover-up to embezzle the reward?"

[Does this look like that kind of system to me? ]

The system was speechless.

"picture."

Lu Yuguan answered seriously.

system:……

Why does this guy act like a wolf with white eyes?

"Ah-"

Lu Yuguan sneezed and rubbed his nose uncomfortably.

Since arriving in the southern border, in addition to frequent drowsiness, my body has become somewhat sensitive, and my perception of the surrounding environment has also become sharper.

"It seems that he is still not used to the local climate."

Lu Yuguan said to himself.

Li Zhonglin put the dragon-patterned sword on his waist and looked at him with a frown. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"It's okay, just a little sleepy." Lu Yuguan yawned.

"Don't force yourself. Let's go into the City Lord's Mansion first and find a place to rest." Li Chonglin said, looking at the City Lord's Mansion in front.

Chen Xian stood beside Lu Yuguan and quickly reminded him, "This Tao City is full of strange things. Let me tell you a fortune first."

"Please, Brother Chen." Lu Yuguan stared at him and said.

Chen Xian glanced at Li Chonglin, and after receiving a look of affirmation, he threw the copper coins in his sleeve onto the bluestone slab.

Ding! …

The copper coin swayed, and finally one side was revealed.

"Chen Xian, what's the result?" Li Chonglin asked from the side.

"I still can't tell. It's exactly the same as the hexagram I saw just now on the other side of the river."

Chen Xian looked up at the glowing City Lord's Mansion and frowned.

"Be careful," Li Chonglin said after a moment's contemplation. "We must enter the City Lord's Mansion. We can't drag it out here any longer."

"clear."

The two looked at each other and said.

Li Chonglin then looked at the official accompanying him and asked, "What's your name?"

The official was thin, with a shrewd and capable look between his brows.

He was flattered and replied, "Your Highness, my name is Zhang Xiu."

"Just now you said you knew the Rice Monk, but are you familiar with this place?"

"Your Highness, I once came to the Southern Territory with my father when I was young," Zhang Xiu replied with a bow. "I have a good impression of the customs of the eighteen cities in the Southern Territory."

"Since Lord Zhang has been here before, please lead the way for us," Li Chonglin said with a smile.

"Oh, Your Highness, this...this I..." Zhang Xiu was so scared that his legs were shaking and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Li Chonglin looked at him dissatisfiedly, "Why, this is what Lord Zhang said himself, is he trying to deceive me?"

"I absolutely wouldn't dare to do that," Zhang Xiu explained hastily, "but I have no cultivation skills and I'm afraid I'll be a drag on you all."

Li Zhonglin: "Chen Xian."

Chen Xian: “Yes.”

Li Chonglin: "Master Zhang's life is in your hands."

Chen Xian: "Yes."

Li Chonglin turned his head to look at Zhang Xiu again, and stretched out his arm towards the City Lord's Mansion. "Everything is arranged, Master Zhang, please—"

Zhang Xiu was in a dilemma and replied tremblingly, "Thank you very much, Your Highness."

Lu Yuguan was watching the show with great amusement, and complained to the system, "Tsk tsk tsk, it's really overbearing, Tong-chan, don't you agree?"

I can’t say that.

"It's clearly obvious," Lu Yuguan said in surprise. "Tong-chan, you... aren't you speaking for Li Chonglin?"

[I don’t know if I’m a tyrant or not]

[Your relationship with him is now just short of calling him dad.]

The system said faintly.

Lu Yuguan: "Tongzi, you?"

【Spineless things】

Lu Yuguan: ...

The four of them went together to the City Lord's Mansion in the center of Tao City.

The buildings on both sides of the street are extremely dilapidated, and the deeper you go, the less signs of human habitation there are.

The city was deserted and the air was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

They passed an abandoned square with a pile of black garbage in the center, and rags and several discarded spirit tablets scattered around.

Lu Yuguan casually picked up the spirit tablet and wiped it, gradually revealing the copper-green surface. He looked at the words on it in the moonlight, but they were blurry.

"Master Zhang, what is this for?"

"Let me take a closer look," Zhang Xiu took the spirit tablet from Lu Yuguan's hand and examined it carefully. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "It should be the spirit tablet used by the natives of the southern border when they sacrificed livestock."

"It's just that the writing is too blurry to tell who the sacrifice is for."

"Sacrifice?"

Lu Yuguan had also heard this term from the system.

Zhang Xiu said confidently, "Indeed, before I left Kyoto, I went to the Zilin Library to look up information about the Southern Territory, and there was mention of such a spirit tablet."

Li Chonglin frowned after hearing this, "I wonder if it has anything to do with that evil spirit?"

"This... forgive me for being frank, but the customs of the eighteen cities in the southern border are different. There are not many descriptions about Taocheng in the book, and I just glanced over it briefly." Zhang Xiu said hesitantly.

Li Chonglin's heart sank, and his eyes were filled with deep sorrow.

"It's really troublesome not having a local to lead the way..." Li Zhonglin said, gripping the hilt of the dragon-patterned sword. "But now that we're here, there's no reason to retreat."

Lu Yuguan and others looked at each other and felt a bit of worry in others' eyes.

The four continued to move forward and finally arrived in front of the City Lord's Mansion. Unlike the gate of Tao City, the City Lord's Mansion was -

The door is actually open?

Something is wrong!

Li Chonglin suddenly felt something was wrong, and he pulled out the dragon-patterned sword and held it tightly in his hand.

"The gate is wide open. They're trying to lure us into a trap..." Chen Xian frowned as he looked at the gate.

"Then shall we go in?" Lu Yuguan asked in a low voice.

Li Chonglin sneered and said, "Go in, why not? I want to see what on earth dares to act like a ghost here!"

Zhang Xiu was sweating profusely, his hands shaking as he said, "Well... I'll be waiting here, keeping watch for you all..."

"Generally, the last one to fall behind will be eaten by the monster..."

Lu Yuguan said silently.

"Chen Jin, Chen Jin is not enough?"

Zhang Xiu was in tears.

Li Chonglin looked at him with satisfaction, then raised the dragon-patterned sword, stepped into the city lord's mansion first, and walked towards the place where the light was emitted.

As we went deeper, a strange smell began to waft through the air, like the pungent odor of burning grass and wood.

"vomit!"

Zhang Xiu was the first one who couldn't hold it in. He lay on the ground vomiting and vomiting the acid in his stomach.

"Ahem...what's that smell?"

Chen Xian said, covering his nose.

Li Zhonglin echoed his words, "I smelled it too. It's similar to the evil spirit just now."

Lu Yuguan frowned, and the green bamboo stick fell quietly into his hand.

He always had a bad feeling.

The four continued to explore carefully inside and came to the outside of the largest house.

"This is……"

Lu Yuguan looked into the house in horror and could not speak for a long time.

He was sure.

This was the most disgusting scene he had ever seen since he traveled through time.