Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

The woman was dressed in black brocade, with her hair tied in a high ponytail. She was handsome and dashing, truly a woman who was just as capable as any man.

As the woman rode her warhorse to a stop in front of Lu Fan, she immediately drew her sword from her waist, pointed it at Lu Fan, and shouted, "Boy! The Demon Slayer Division has already issued an order that all men in Luoxi Village aged sixteen to sixty must report to the yamen. Why haven't you gone?!"

Lu Fan stared at the woman, slightly taken aback, and said, "Are you talking to me?"

"Nonsense! Is there anyone else here?!" the woman snapped.

Lu Fan immediately found it laughable, but still politely replied, "I am not from Luoxi Village. I think you've got it wrong."

"Hmph! Everyone I've captured claims they're not from Luoxi Village. Guards, immediately add them to the temporary demon-slaying team to make up the numbers," the woman shouted.

Lu Fan was even more confused, completely unable to understand what was going on.

Before he could think it through, a strong man, also dressed in black brocade, approached. After examining Lu Fan's physique, the man said, "Lord Li, this lad is skin and bones, looking frail and weak. Can he handle this?"

"As long as you can handle a knife," the woman said.

Without saying a word, the man tossed Lu Fan a broken knife, thus making him a member of the demon-slaying team.

But that wasn't all. Then, a demon slayer forcibly kicked open the old man's door and dragged him out of the room.

"You old fool! You always manage to hide whenever I come!" the woman said angrily, looking at the old man who had been dragged out.

The old man was immediately terrified and said, "Lord Li! I am nearly seventy years old and do not meet the recruitment requirements!"

"Nearly seventy? But your yamen register clearly shows you as only sixty, not seventy! Are you trying to lie to me?" the woman said angrily.

The old man looked at Lu Fan with a bitter expression, speechless: "Young man, you've really ruined me! I told you to hide! Now I've been caught too!"

Lu Fan: "..."

At this moment, Lu Fan, having never lived in the mortal world, was completely clueless about the situation.

In the past, he wouldn't have bothered to waste words with these mortals; he would have simply risen from the ground and vanished.

However, it was nearing evening, and the Xuanling Corpse Demon could appear at any moment. Using spiritual power would be extremely easy to expose, so even Lu Fan had to endure it for the time being.

"Everyone, assemble at the village entrance immediately! Prepare to fight that monster!" the woman shouted.

Upon hearing this, the twenty-odd people, under the supervision of several demon slayers, headed towards the village entrance.

Now Lu Fan finally understood what was going on. Had he been conscripted into the army?

At this moment, Lu Fan followed the old man and walked towards the village entrance.

Only then did he have a chance to inquire about the situation: "Sir, this Lord Li just said, 'Fight a monster?' What kind of monster?"

"Sigh, a few years ago, a monster appeared out of nowhere near Luoxi Village. It was said to have a blue face and fangs, like a zombie, and it often attacked people in nearby villages, causing widespread panic."

"So, after His Majesty the Emperor learned of this, he dispatched demon slayers from the Demon Slayer Bureau to assist in capturing this zombie."

"But the demon slayers came wave after wave, and they were all killed by that monster. This time, they sent the strongest demon slayer, the one who captured us, Li Mushuang, Lord Li."

The old man spoke slowly.

After the old man's explanation, Lu Fan finally understood the whole story.

This Xuanling Corpse Demon has been entrenched here, capturing mortals for cultivation, which has already attracted the attention of the Great Yan Emperor, who has sent demon slayers to slay the demon.

But how could this Xuanling Corpse Demon be an ordinary mountain spirit or wild monster? It was a terrifying existence that could truly fight against a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

To put it bluntly, these demon slayers are just a group of ordinary people who know a little about martial arts and are good at fighting. Even if there were ten thousand of them, they wouldn't be enough to defeat the Xuanling Corpse Demon with a single slap.

That's just suicide.

Moreover, this Xuanling Corpse Demon is very shrewd. Instead of going to areas with abundant spiritual energy or near cultivation sects, it runs to remote and impoverished places like Shiquan Town and Luoxi Village, which have almost no spiritual energy.

This means that the ordinary people here have no idea what kind of terrifying existence they are facing!

After Li Mushuang arrived at the village entrance with a group of small fry, she immediately dismounted and began to assign tasks.

"Gentlemen, the Demon Slayer Division suffered heavy casualties in the effort to capture this monster, and I was the last demon slayer sent here. If I fail to complete the mission, I will not be able to answer to His Majesty. If you cannot help me kill this monster, Luoxi Village will cease to exist."

"Therefore, I implore you all to cooperate fully with me and ensure that monster is slain here!"

Li Mushuang spoke with great enthusiasm, but apart from the two demon slayers, the others below all looked ashen-faced.

After all, they were all conscripts captured by Li Mushuang to make up for the shortage of manpower, and they didn't even have basic martial arts skills.

"Lord Li, may I say a word?" Lu Fan said slowly.

"What do you want to say?" Li Mushuang frowned slightly and asked.

"What you're dealing with is the Xuanling Corpse Demon. You might not understand even if I explained it to you, but it's not an ordinary zombie or mountain spirit or monster. It's not something you can handle."

"My purpose in coming here is also to kill it, so leave it to me alone. You all go find a place to sleep, and everything will be resolved when you wake up."

Lu Fan said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Li Mushuang was taken aback.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The next moment, a burst of laughter erupted from the crowd around them, and everyone looked at Lu Fan as if he were a fool.

"Hahaha, you little brat, are you trying to make me laugh to death? With a build like yours, what kind of physique do you have?" A demon slayer looked Lu Fan up and down and laughed.

"I am the immortal you speak of," Lu Fan said slowly.

A brief silence fell over the air...

"Ha ha ha ha...."

Another burst of laughter, utterly humiliating...

At this moment, Li Mushuang had reached her limit. She stepped forward and grabbed Lu Fan by the collar: "Kid! Don't try to talk your way out of this! When that monster comes out, you're the first one to go! If you dare to back down even half a step, I'll execute you on the spot!"

Lu Fan: "..."

It's not surprising that no one believed Lu Fan. After all, what immortal walks? They all fly and disappear into the earth.

Moreover, as an immortal, how could Li Mushuang capture him as a conscript? Isn't that absurd?

Furthermore, whether immortals even exist in this world is another matter entirely.

Lu Fan was also quite helpless at this moment. If he used his supernatural powers to verify, even the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy could be detected by the keen Xuanling Corpse Demon, so he had no choice but to give up.

"Young man, your excuse is even more outrageous than mine. Why pretend to be an immortal? Where in this world are there immortals?" The old man looked at Lu Fan and shook his head helplessly.

"There's no point in saying more," Lu Fan said, too lazy to say anything more.

Just then, the sun slowly set in the distance, which foreshadowed that the Xuanling Corpse Demon would emerge from the mountain!