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

Countless monks wrapped in straw were placed around the courtyard, almost identical to the rice monks blocking the city gate, except that their faces were not marked with cinnabar to indicate the difference.

The abdominal cavities of these rice monks were abnormally bulging, as if something was wrapped inside.

"Could it be that...the people hiding inside are all mummies?"

Lu Yuguan stood there, feeling an indescribable sense of horror in his heart.

His eyes widened, his heartbeat quickened, and his mind began to race as he tried to comprehend what was happening.

"Everyone, be careful," Li Chonglin shouted in a deep voice, "I'm afraid there's a demonic cultivator at work, and he might turn all the people into rice monks like this!"

Zhang Xiu held on tight, unwilling to collapse, fearing that he would injure the three people around him.

Seeing this, Li Chonglin asked a few people to stand together with their backs to each other and stare at the strange things in front of them vigilantly.

"How come there are so many? Who did it?!"

The more Lu Yuguan thought about it, the stronger the feeling of uneasiness became, as if something bad was about to happen.

His palms began to sweat and his breathing became rapid. Every second standing there seemed like torture.

"Yuguan, don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Li Chonglin noticed something strange beside him and quickly grabbed Lu Yuguan's hand, trying to keep him calm.

Lu Yuguan nodded tremblingly, but the panic in his heart was like an invisible force, tightly gripping his heart.

【Host, don’t be afraid】

【This system will protect you】

The system comforted at the right time.

"Alas, Tongzi, it's enough that you have this intention." Lu Yuguan sighed.

system:……

Why does this guy always ruin the atmosphere?

[They don't have cinnabar on their faces, probably because they haven't been fully crafted yet. Without facial features, these things shouldn't be able to attack you.]

The system analyzed.

"You have a point."

Lu Yuguan tried hard to calm himself down, took a deep breath, and told everyone the system's speculation.

"I agree with Brother Lu." Chen Xian nodded.

Li Chonglin glanced at Lu Yuguan and saw that he was no longer afraid, so he finally let go of his worries.

"Let's go and see what's going on in the house!"

Several people walked quickly across the courtyard and went straight to the brightly lit inner room. When they approached the window, they heard bursts of painful gasps.

"What it is!?"

Lu Yuguan screamed in shock.

The three of them looked through the window into the house, only to see a giant pig face breathing heavily at them.

Chen Xian was stunned. The scene in the room left him dumbfounded. "A... pig?"

"It really is a pig, but isn't it too big?" Li Chonglin frowned.

The house was only about 20 square meters, but the pig alone took up most of the space. Its entire body was like a huge ball, supporting the main beam of the house.

The pig's facial features were squeezed together, as if they were embedded into the face alive.

"Li Chonglin, look at its head—"

Lu Yuguan discovered something.

Li Zhonglin followed the direction of his finger and focused his gaze on the top of the pig's head. Sure enough, there was a black printed word -

Fortune.

"It's the same handwriting as the one inside the Rice Monk's body!" Li Chonglin said in horror.

"Ah! Your Highness, I remember now," Zhang Xiu slapped his forehead and said, "I know what this thing is!"

"what?"

Zhang Xiu's mind raced, bringing back everything he remembered.

"This is one of the sacrificial offerings used by the indigenous people of the southern border. It is called the sacred pig by the locals."

"Divine Pig?"

"The people of the southern border believe in a kind of animal god. Farmers will deliberately fatten their pigs and offer them to the animal god."

"The book states that only pigs weighing over a thousand pounds are eligible for sacrifice!"

"I see," Li Chonglin nodded thoughtfully. "So, this pig was used as a sacrifice?"

"This... is the first time I've seen this too." Zhang Xiu said with some difficulty.

The divine pig in the house was panting, its huge body kept squirming, and its wrinkled skin began to emit a greasy and smelly smell.

Chen Xian stared at the divine pig intently and said to himself, "This guy wants to eat."

"How did Brother Lu know?"

Lu Yuguan asked.

"There are quite a few farmers next to my horse farm. I've seen them so many times that I can naturally tell the difference," Chen Xian explained.

Li Chonglin's eyelids were twitching. The weird feeling brought to him by the divine pig was far more exciting than the magic cultivator.

His eyes suddenly widened, he looked around, and said abruptly, "We haven't seen anyone alive along the way, and no one even stopped us from entering the City Lord's Mansion."

"This divine pig is bloated and incapable of movement. Who on earth is raising such a thing?!"

A cold wind blew by, carrying with it a sickening stench.

The smell of blood, the stench of feces, the pungent smell of ashes from a wood fire...all invaded everyone's nostrils.

"Your Highness...Your Highness, I remembered it again!" Zhang Xiu stuttered.

"If you have anything else, say it quickly!" Li Chonglin didn't bother to control the volume and shouted loudly.

"There's a similar picture in the book, I have the impression that—"

"The food the divine pig eats must be burned to ashes, then wrapped in straw before it can be stuffed into its mouth..."

"Master Zhang, you have such a bad memory!" Chen Xian also said angrily.

Zhang Xiu weakly defended himself in a low voice: "I was frightened for a moment, so it's normal that I can't remember."

Li Chonglin looked at the many faceless rice monks in the courtyard behind him and said through gritted teeth, "So, everything in the yard is food for the divine pig?"

"That's not right," Lu Yuguanxin said with a nervous look, "If it's something that pigs eat, then why is there a dried corpse hidden in it?"

"Could it be that this divine pig——"

"eat human?"

boom!

The gate of the City Lord's Mansion suddenly closed, and the door panels collided with each other, making a loud noise.

"Oh no, this is really a trap, we have been tricked!" Li Chonglin shouted.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty doesn't want to die yet!" Zhang Xiu was so scared that he peed his pants instantly. The clear yellow, hot urine flowed down his pants to the ground.

"Hmph!"

The foul smell of urine seemed to drift into the house. The divine pig arched its nose hard, and sticky snot splashed everywhere, and a lot of it even sprayed onto the window paper.

Zhang Xiu's eyes rolled back, and he finally fainted on the ground.

"damn it……"

Li Chonglin had no time to take care of Zhang Xiu, so he could only ask Chen Xian to protect him.

Now the four of them were trapped between the courtyard and the house, with no way forward or backward. Most importantly, the mastermind behind the scenes still had not shown up.

"Who is this evildoer who dares to cause trouble within the territory of Longhua? Show yourself immediately!"

Li Chonglin shouted towards the sky.

Lu Yuguan was also extremely anxious. Just when he had no idea what to do, the system prompt sounded suddenly.

[Ding ding ding! An unknown mutation event has been detected.]

[The host can perform civilized persuasion to gain civilization value. Completing the corresponding task progress may also redeem civilization merits, which can bring significant benefits to the host! ]

[Mission Details: Defeat the Divine Pig and its Owner]

[Mission Difficulty: Five Stars]

[Quest Reward: *…&…￥%]

Lu Yuguan stared straight ahead.

A gust of evil wind blew, and the bamboo leaves in the courtyard rustled.

On the empty road, an old farmer with a broken arm, wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a basket on his back, appeared at some point. He tilted his head to look at the crowd and slowly muttered:

"One for four?"

"It's a godsend..."