How did I, a fake bodyguard, become a terrestrial immortal?

Bai Miyao clutched her chest, her brows furrowing slightly.

Bai Yixin's expression tightened.

"Yaoyao, where do you feel unwell?"

"It doesn't hurt."

Bai Miyao looked down at her chest.

"It's that lotus seed inside; I seem to really dislike it."

She extended a finger and pointed to the half-mask in Lu Yang's hand.

Inside the mask, the six-petaled black lotus was still slowly emerging.

Each petal looked as if it were painted with fresh blood, with tiny black lines constantly seeping outwards from the edges.

Fang Xuan stared at Bai Miyao for a moment.

"It's not resonance."

"It's a warning."

As soon as she finished speaking, a wisp of blue light suddenly appeared in Bai Miyao's heart.

The six-petaled black lotus seemed to be stimulated, and all six petals began to rotate simultaneously.

A very faint, sweet-smelling, fishy scent wafted around.

Shen Guanqi's expression changed slightly.

"Throw away the mask!"

Lu Yang immediately released his grip.

Half of the mask fell to the ground.

Before it had even landed properly, the six petals on the mask suddenly opened.

Whoosh!

Six black lines shot out from the petals and instantly disappeared into the surrounding eaves and streets.

Immediately afterwards, six whooshing sounds rang out simultaneously.

Lu Yang raised his head.

Six figures appeared on the rooftops surrounding the noodle shop at some unknown time.

The group consisted of both men and women, and each was dressed differently.

Some people were wearing coarse cloth shirts, some were wearing straw raincoats, and one had a full head of white hair, looking like an ordinary old man you could see anywhere.

The only thing they had in common was that they all wore black masks without facial features.

Each mask has a black lotus petal between its eyebrows.

When Chen Ping'an saw the six masks, his expression suddenly turned ugly.

"They've been hiding near the noodle shop."

"Why have I never noticed this before?"

Shen Guanqi glanced at his right hand.

The gray life lines are slowly fading from my fingertips.

Their fates are intertwined.

"Normally, the six of them are dead; they only truly awaken when the Black Lotus appears."

Lu Yang looked up at the six people.

"It sounds similar to starting work."

"I usually sleep, and I only start working when the boss comes."

The six people on the roof bowed their heads at the same time.

Six black masks were all pointed at Bai Miyao.

"The Blue Lotus Appears in the World."

"The Lotus Envoy has given an order."

"The Seed of the Way".

"Kill Xuanwu."

The six people's voices were completely identical, as if they came from the same mouth.

Lu Yang flexed his wrists.

"There are quite a few orders."

"Didn't your Lotus Envoy tell you that express work costs extra?"

All six people raised their hands at the same time.

The six black lines suddenly tightened.

The half of the mask on the ground then floated up.

The black light spread rapidly along the ground, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant six-petaled lotus flower, enveloping everyone within it.

Bai Miyao's body trembled slightly.

A wisp of blue light emanated from her heart and flew towards the black lotus in mid-air.

Bai Yixin immediately hugged her tightly.

"Yao Yao!"

Bai Miyao's face was a little pale.

The smile on Lu Yang's face vanished instantly.

He reached out and grabbed the nearest black line.

"They stole from a child?"

The six people on the roof simultaneously formed hand seals.

The black line tightened instantly.

An extremely strong pulling force came along Lu Yang's arm.

The bluestone slabs beneath his feet shattered inch by inch.

The six people's bodies seemed to be connected to the entire noodle shop, and they did not move an inch.

Shen Guanqi immediately reminded him:

"Six people share a common fate."

"If you attack one of them, the force will be shared by the other five."

"Unless you strike all six of them at once, you can't harm them."

"at the same time?"

Lu Yang gripped the black thread tightly and took a step back.

"Wouldn't that be more convenient?"

The six Black Lotus Messengers seemed to sense something and looked up at the same time.

Lu Yang suddenly exerted force with both arms.

"Get down here, all of you!"

boom!

The eaves on both sides of the noodle shop exploded at the same time.

Tiles and wood fragments flew everywhere.

Six figures, dragged by black lines, flew towards Lu Yang from different directions.

The six people were in mid-air, but their movements were not flustered at all.

Twelve jet-black short blades slid out from his sleeves at the same time, aiming for Lu Yang's eyes, throat, heart, and limb joints respectively.

The attack was launched from an extremely tricky position.

It's clear they had studied his external martial arts techniques beforehand.

Lu Yang sighed as he watched the two short knives thrusting towards him.

Why do you all seem to like applying makeup to the eyes?

He closed his eyes.

Two short knives pierced his eyelids simultaneously.

clang!

A crisp metallic clang rang out.

The blade tip bent instantly.

The six Black Lotus Messengers paused noticeably.

Lu Yang opened his eyes again.

"pity."

"Not a single one of these eyes will be given away today."

He stumbled forward a step.

The Black Lotus Envoy at the very front was sent flying backwards.

The other five people were simultaneously jolted.

Black life patterns flashed between the six people, forcefully dispersing the force of the collision.

One of the petite women used the opportunity to flip her body over.

Instead of continuing her attack on Lu Yang, she stepped on another person's shoulder and charged straight at Bai Miyao.

Zhao Mingtang was already blocking their way.

The longsword was drawn.

A flash of sword light instantly sliced ​​through the woman's waist.

The woman's body was cut in two by the sword energy.

However, no fresh blood flowed from the wound.

A large amount of black thread gushed out from the cut, forcibly stitching the body back together.

At the same time, the other five Black Lotus Messengers also had the same sword mark on their bodies.

Zhao Mingtang's pupils contracted slightly.

"They're still alive?"

The woman landed on the ground and continued rushing towards Bai Miyao.

Qingluo spread her arms to block the way.

"Princess, you take them away first!"

"Can you stop them?"

"We have to stop them even if we can't!"

The woman had already raised the dagger in her hand.

Before she could land, a large hand suddenly grabbed her head from behind.

Lu Yang lifted her up.

"If you want to fight, then fight."

"Isn't it a bit pathetic to always be chasing after your child?"

The woman suddenly turned her body.

A series of cracking sounds came from his neck, and the black mask on his face spun around to his back.

He thrust two short knives at Lu Yang's heart with a backhand motion.

Lu Yang applied slight pressure with his palm.

boom!

The black mask exploded on the spot.

But beneath the woman's shattered mask, there was still no face.

Only a dense network of black lines intertwined together.

The black lines quickly coalesced and transformed into a new mask.

Lu Yang frowned slightly as he looked at it.

"Can a face grow back on its own?"

Chen Ping'an seemed to suddenly remember something and shouted urgently:

"They are not controlling the Black Lotus."

"The Black Lotus is controlling them!"

"That half of the white mask is the key to the formation!"

Fang Xuan had already arrived in front of the half-mask.

Seven silver needles were held between his fingers.

"I know."

He raised his hand and waved.

Seven silver needles fell simultaneously.

The first six silver needles were used to pin down the six petals of the black lotus.

The last silver needle pierced the heart of the flower.

A sharp hiss suddenly came from inside the black lotus.

Countless black lines emerged from the center of the flower and entangled the seventh silver needle.

Fang Xuan changed his finger gestures.

The life patterns on the surface of the silver needles lit up rapidly.

"Shen Guanqi!"

Shen Guanqi raised his right hand.

Half a broken copper coin appeared between his fingers.

"You'd better hurry."

"I can only see clearly with one eye now."

He flicked his finger.

Half a copper coin pierced through the layers of black lines and accurately struck the end of the seventh silver needle.

Ding!

The silver needle was inserted half an inch forward.

Right in the center of the flower.

The six-petaled black lotus trembled suddenly.

The six Black Lotus Envoys who were besieging Lu Yang stopped in their tracks.

Zhao Mingtang's eyes lit up.

"Did it work?"

"not yet."

Fang Xuan's expression remained solemn.

"This black lotus is devouring the life force of the green lotus seed."

"Once the core of the formation is destroyed, it will drag six people down with it and self-destruct."

The six petals of the black lotus swelled up rapidly.

A violent force was gathering within it.

The bodies of the six Black Lotus Messengers also began to swell.

Beneath the skin, countless black lines roamed around like living things.

Shen Guanqi frowned.

"Can it be sealed off?"

"Too late."

As soon as Fang Xuan finished speaking, the six lotus petals swelled to their maximum size.

The phantom of Xuanwu behind Lu Yang quickly appeared.

A massive tortoise shell blocked Bai Yixin and his companions' path.

The snake's head opened its massive jaws, preparing to swallow the black energy that was about to erupt.

Just then, Bai Miyao suddenly raised her head from Bai Yixin's embrace.

She looked at the black lotus in mid-air, a hint of anger appearing on her small face.

"Fake."

Everyone was stunned.

Bai Miyao stretched out her little hand.

"You're fake."

A wisp of blue light shone from her fingertips.

Immediately afterwards, a phantom blue lotus slowly bloomed behind her.

The lotus flower has only a vague outline.

But the moment it appeared, all the surrounding black lines stopped at the same time.

The six-petaled black lotus, which had already expanded to its limit, seemed to have encountered something extremely terrifying.

The petals contracted rapidly.

Even the color has faded considerably.

Lu Yang glanced at the green lotus behind Bai Miyao, then looked at the black lotus in mid-air.

"Look."

"The person in question is angry."

"Don't try to scam people with fake flowers."

The six Black Lotus Messengers suddenly began to struggle violently.

The black lines were pulling at their bodies frantically, trying to forcefully detonate them.

Lu Yang took a step down.

The four legs of the Xuanwu phantom landed simultaneously.

boom!

An immensely heavy force enveloped the entire noodle shop.

All six Black Lotus Messengers were simultaneously pinned to the ground.

The black lotus, which was suspended in mid-air, suddenly fell.

The snake's head swooped down.

He swallowed the black lotus along with all the black lines into his mouth in one gulp.

Black Lotus struggled violently inside the snake's mouth.

A few breaths later, there was no further movement.

The black lotus that enveloped the surroundings quickly dissipated.

The masks on the faces of the six Black Lotus Messengers cracked simultaneously.

Large black lines were drawn from their bodies, turning into black mist that entered the mouth of the Xuanwu snake's head.

Without the support of the black line, the six people fell to the ground one after another.

The illusory image of the blue lotus behind Bai Miyao swayed gently.

It then re-entered her body.

She blinked.

Her body went limp, and she leaned on Bai Yixin's shoulder.

Bai Yixin quickly touched her forehead.

"Yaoyao?"

"Mom, I'm a little sleepy."

"Then take a nap."

Bai Miyao nodded.

Before closing her eyes, she didn't forget to look at Lu Yang.

"Uncle Lu, the fake flowers have been eaten by the big snake."

"I saw it."

Lu Yang patted her head.

"You have done a great job."

A slight smile appeared on Bai Miyao's lips before she quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Fang Xuan stepped forward and examined it for a moment.

"It's just that the Dao Seed is being consumed too much, but there's no danger."

Bai Yixin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Mingtang sheathed his longsword and glanced at the six people lying on the ground.

"Are they dead?"

"It's still breathing."

Fang Xuan squatted down and turned one of them over.

Beneath the shattered mask was the face of a middle-aged man covered in scars.

Chen Ping'an's expression changed again when he saw the face clearly.

"I know him."

"He was a boatman from the city who went missing six months ago."

Fang Xuan then checked the other people.

All six of them have real faces.

They all breathe.

However, each of them had a black lotus petal-shaped scar between their eyebrows.

Shen Guanqi looked at the six people.

"They were not that woman's companions."

"Just a puppet to whom she planted the black lotus."

Lu Yang walked up to the woman whose mask he had first smashed.

"So, after all that fighting, we haven't even gotten to the main culprit?"

The woman's eyelids trembled slightly.

She suddenly opened her eyes and grabbed Lu Yang's trouser leg.

Fang Xuan immediately raised the silver needle.

The woman did not attack.

Her lips moved with difficulty.

"The Black Ships..."

Lu Yang squatted down.

"What black ship?"

"Tonight..."

"Duanlong River..."

"They need to pick someone up..."

After the woman finished speaking, her arm fell limply to her side.

Fang Xuan pressed down on her pulse.

"She's fainted."

"Her memories were mostly destroyed by the Black Lotus, so it's already quite remarkable that she can remember these things."

Shen Guanqi walked to the half of the white mask.

The six-petaled black lotus on the mask has disappeared.

Only a very thin black trace remained, extending towards the north of the city.

He looked at it for a moment.

"The woman left the mask not just to spy on us."

"She had long planned to use these six people to seize the Azure Lotus Seed."

Zhao Mingtang looked solemn.

"What are the Black Ships?"

"have no idea."

Shen Guanqi shook his head.

"However, she did not choose to leave the ferry immediately; she was probably waiting for that ship."

Chen Ping'an seemed to have thought of something.

"The Duanlong River has been closed to navigation recently."

"Iron chains have been laid both upstream and downstream of the ferry crossing, making it impossible for ordinary boats to enter."

"If a ship could actually get through the blockade..."

woo-

A deep horn sound suddenly came from the north of the city.

The sound traveled through half of the ferry crossing and lingered for a long time.

Chen Pingan suddenly turned his head.

"Fengjiang!"

Immediately afterwards, hurried footsteps came from the street corner.

A soaking wet soldier from the Zhenwu Division stumbled into the noodle shop.

"General Zhao!"

"Something's happened on the river!"

Zhao Mingtang immediately stepped forward.

Explain yourself!

The soldier gasped for breath, his face still showing undisguised terror.

"A black ship, without lights or flags, sailed down from upstream."

"The ship broke the iron chain sealing the river, but suffered no damage whatsoever."

"The people on the ship also shot an arrow at the city wall."

The soldier took out a short black arrow from his bosom.

A piece of white paper was tied to the end of the arrow.

Zhao Mingtang took the paper down.

There was only one line of text written on it.

"When Qinglian boards the boat, the whole city is saved."

Lu Yang also went over to take a look.

"These people are quite polite."

Zhao Mingtang looked at him.

"Where is the manners?"

"They even brought their own boats to pick us up."

Lu Yang stood up and picked up half of the white mask from the ground.

The thin, blackened thread in my palm trembled slightly.

Pointing to the north of the city.

"Let's go."

"Now that the guests have arrived..."

"Let's go see who they're planning to pick up."

(The second test started today. All the readers who made it this far are true fans. Thank you all for your support!!!!!!!!!)