Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 186 - 184: What Year Is It Today?

Chapter 186: Chapter 184: What Year Is It Today?

"Hehe..."

"Very well, if you won’t tell the truth, then I’ll let my flying sword ask you instead!" Yi Mu’s words carried a heavy threat.

"Zheng..."

A sword hum resounded, shaking their very souls. The sword flew like a rainbow and instantly pierced the heart of the middle-aged man, a spurt of blood following.

"Now, are you going to talk or not?"

Yi Mu cast a cold gaze over the crowd.

These people had never witnessed the divine skills of a cultivator. When Yi Mu’s gaze swept over them, they shivered violently, their hairs standing on end.

At the moment they saw the middle-aged man collapse, some of the more cowardly ones had already wet their pants.

One person in the crowd, trembling, stepped forward, "Immortal fairy, spare our lives. We’ll tell you everything you want to know."

Yi Mu retracted her flying sword and held it at her side.

"Was this White Jade Arhat stolen by you?"

Yi Mu asked this because her master, Xiao Yaozi, had said that the Yi Family faced the danger of extinction.

"Replying to the immortal fairy, we don’t know where this White Jade Arhat came from, but our family head said he bought it for a high price."

"Bought?"

Yi Mu thought to herself, "When I released my divine sense earlier, I saw a notch at the base of the White Jade Arhat. It matched perfectly with the one my family has. This White Jade Arhat obviously belongs to the Yi Family. My parents loved it dearly and would never bring it out except on major holidays. How could they possibly sell such a valuable White Jade Arhat..."

"Hehe..."

Yi Mu sneered twice, "Bought, from where?"

"Replying to the immortal fairy, our family head never told us where he bought it."

"Since you still won’t tell the truth, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

"Zheng..."

At the sound of the sword hum, another person collapsed.

Yan Rufeng saw this and took a deep breath, shocked, "In my memory, Mumu would be sad for days even if she stepped on an ant. When did she become so fierce?"

After observing for a while, Yan Rufeng saw that Yi Mu had already killed more than five people.

"Hoo..."

Yan Rufeng muttered in astonishment, "She isn’t, she isn’t my Mumu. She and my Mumu are clearly two different people..."

Yi Mu killed a total of ten people but still didn’t find out the origin of the White Jade Arhat. She then stored the White Jade Arhat in her storage ring, summoned her flying sword, and left.

After Yi Mu left, someone said tearfully, "I almost lost my life just now. That person is too terrifying..."

"Sigh..."

An elder among them sighed, "The family head spent a fortune to buy that item, and now it’s been taken away. How are we going to explain this to him?"

A robust man exclaimed, "Elder Jiang, since the item is gone, I doubt the family head will forgive us. I think all the brothers here will meet their end because of this."

Just as the robust man finished speaking, the crowd started to get noisy.

"What should we do now?"

"What else can we do? We can only leave it to fate..."

Yan Rufeng listened carefully, muttering to himself, "It seems Mumu really did take their family head’s White Jade Arhat. But why did they spend so much money on a seemingly ordinary White Jade Arhat..."

The anxious group was just about to leave when Yan Rufeng descended from the sky.

In the cultivation world, only Golden Core Stage experts could soar through the sky. In the mortal world, most cultivators were in the Qi Refinement Realm, though occasionally, one might see a cultivator returning home via sword control. However, Golden Core Stage experts who could float in the air were rarely seen. When they did appear, they were revered as gods.

Seeing Yan Rufeng descend gracefully, they believed he was the legendary immortal.

In the mortal world, there were ancient tales of immortals saving the suffering and pulling the needy out of despair. Seeing an immortal who cared for the world’s suffering, they felt they had found a glimmer of hope.

"An immortal, we’ve seen the legendary immortal, we’re saved this time..."

"Swish..."

Everyone knelt before Yan Rufeng.

Someone shouted, "Please, immortal master, save us."

"You are quite safe now, how should I save you?" Yan Rufeng deliberately asked.

One person said, "Immortal master, you might not know, but we were escorting our family head’s costly purchase of the White Jade Arhat. It was just taken from us. If we return, we surely face death."

"Hehe!"

Yan Rufeng sneered, "Knowing you’d face certain death, why go back and die? Isn’t that contradictory?"

"Immortal master, you might not know. If we don’t return, our whole families will be killed. Besides, our family head has marked us, where could we escape to?"

On Canglong Star, a martial-dominant world, those who escaped would not only endanger their families but also face endless pursuit.

Naturally, Yan Rufeng knew this. He clasped his hands behind his back and softly said, "Stand up."

Yet, they remained kneeling on the ground.

Yan Rufeng said, "If you don’t get up, I won’t save you."

Upon hearing this, they quickly stood up.

The elder came forward and bowed, "Immortal master, you promise to save us?"

Yan Rufeng smiled slightly, "Of course. But you must answer one question for me."

The elder replied urgently, "Immortal master, not just one question, a hundred questions if you want."

"Very well, my question is, what year is it now?"

The elder bowed and said, "Replying to the immortal master, it is the Da Xuan Calendar, 5998."

"Da Xuan 5998..."

Yan Rufeng paused, thinking, "In my previous life, it was the Da Xuan Calendar, 5999. How can it be 5998 now? That’s impossible..."

"Are you sure?" Yan Rufeng asked.

The elder, taken aback, replied, "Yes, it is indeed Da Xuan 5998."

On Canglong Star, the calendar was most precise in the mortal world. Unlike cultivators, mortals didn’t enter seclusion to cultivate, living day-to-day with the calendar...

Yan Rufeng was puzzled, "5998, that means I came a year earlier than in my previous life. No wonder Yi Mu didn’t recognize me. But this doesn’t make sense. Yi Mu and I both died ten years ago. How could she be reborn in Canglong Star a thousand years earlier..."

Thinking about how his divine soul could attach to his current body, he calmed down, "Maybe this is all part of the master’s plan. Yi Mu doesn’t recognize me now, and perhaps there never was a previous life. But everything from the previous life feels so real, how to explain that..."

Unable to figure it out and unwilling to think further, he tapped his head and murmured, "I believe I’ll uncover everything soon enough..."

"Immortal master... immortal master..."

The elder’s voice echoed in Yan Rufeng’s ears.

Yan Rufeng regained his focus and said, "I have decided to save you. Now, take me to your family head."

Hearing this, everyone knelt in gratitude.

On the way, as Yan Rufeng conversed with the elder, he learned his name was Jiang Yuan, and their group were all servants of the Jiang Family.