Dreadful Spirit-like

Inside the bar, several creatures entered and chatted amongst themselves, but ordinary people could neither see nor hear them and had no idea that a certain species had intruded!

They were dressed in Spacesuit, exuding a high-tech feel, but riding on the backs of mythical creatures created a rather strange sensation and aura.

Their presence in the bar made them seem completely out of place with their surroundings.

The golden lion, with its shimmering mane, was surrounded by Chang Sheng and terrifying halo of light. The woman sitting atop its back was quite young and appeared rather beautiful, but she wore a helmet, obscuring her full features.

The fusion of technology and mythology seems quite unconventional to modern people.

The reappearance of this creature made Wang Xuan's heart sink. He didn't keep an eye on it; if you don't actively provoke something, nothing should happen.

The refined-looking man drank calmly, not even glancing at the group of people, but it was clear he had just learned of the arrival of the creatures through the bronze mirror.

Wang Xuan glanced at him, wondering if he could see these creatures without the bronze mirror.

"When drinking, one shouldn't think too much. Life is but a fleeting few decades, passing by in a flash. Seize the moment and don't look at those illusory things," the refined man said, clinking glasses with Wang Xuan, seemingly reminding him.

Qin Cheng sighed, "Immortal, in truth, I think someone like you is already quite ethereal. Looking through history books, you are a long time ago, living in various documents, but today you have appeared before us."

The man shook his head and said, "I'm nothing special. I'm too insignificant compared to the starry sky. I only live in a world that's half material and half spiritual. Now, even the supernatural soil no longer exists. Maybe one day, I'll completely return to the history books and documents."

Wang Xuan was surprised. How could he say such a thing? Those creatures were not far away. Didn't he care about revealing something?

The man said, "Are New Star big? Are Old Earth big? In the Great Universe, they are as insignificant as dust, and they might explode with a bang at any time, like fireworks."

Su Chan said, "Immortal, don't be so pessimistic. I feel that, according to your logic, our survival is an accident."

The refined-looking man nodded and said, "It must be an accident. Look, among the trillions of stars, how many planets are inhabited? All that can be seen is silence."

At this moment, several astronauts, invisible even to superhumans, arrived. The woman in the lead removed her helmet, revealing long blue hair, fair and delicate skin, and beautiful, bright black eyes. She jumped off the Golden Lion radiating Buddhist light.

Her Spacesuit was new, unlike the ancient people Wang Xuan had seen at the Sun family's headquarters who wore ancient Spacesuit.

She sat at the next table and called over a few other people; it was unclear what they were talking about.

"Old Zhang, what exactly is the origin of this creature?" Wang Xuan asked, as he was very wary of this species that was similar to the ghost spirit.

"You can see them?" The refined man glanced at him. He had previously thought that Wang Xuan had only caught a fleeting glimpse of those figures through his bronze mirror.

"It's okay if you can't see it; it's more likely to cause trouble if you can see it," he said. This view is very similar to that of the Ferryman Xu Fu and the records in Chen Tuan's scriptures.

"What are they?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Just think of it as an occasional intersection between parallel universes, a temporary connection with the present world. Don't look at them, treat them like air," the refined man advised.

"You're a deity, yet you're using pseudoscience to explain this to me?" Wang Xuan looked at him, truly at a loss for words. He wanted to know how the Transcendent Immortals viewed species like "Dreadful Spirit-like."

"Normally, they have no impact on the mortal world. They are invisible and intangible, and only bother Supernatural Practitioner with astral projection or abnormal perception. However, they are not beings from the mythological dimension. Look, the two of us are sitting here, and they don't seem to react, do they?"

The refined-looking man said, clinking glasses with Wang Xuan, when he suddenly felt the bronze mirror on his body getting hot. He glanced at it and saw that the other people were looking at the two of them.

Wang Xuan was speechless. Didn't you say that we couldn't see each other and it wouldn't affect us?

The refined-looking man comforted him, saying, "It won't affect me much, but it might be a little troubling for you. Relax, and make sure your mind doesn't wander out of your body. Don't let your Spiritual Heavenly Eye wander off."

Wang Xuan ignored what was happening and continued drinking. He really didn't intend to cause trouble; he already had enough problems.

"I don't intend to cause trouble and avoid attracting a whole bunch of them, otherwise wiping them out wouldn't be too difficult," the refined man said.

The group of people got up and walked over, staring at this side with a strange look on their faces, as if they had some doubts, and looked at the bronze mirror.

The refined man exuded an ethereal aura, causing all the runes on the bronze mirror to disappear, instantly turning it rusty and resembling an ancient artifact buried for thousands of years, its extraordinary attributes vanishing.

It's fine if you can't see this creature, but if you can, problems are likely to arise. This mirror has indeed brought some trouble.

The refined-looking man stood up abruptly and said, "I have some business to attend to at my company, so I'll head back now. If there's anything urgent or important, please contact me by phone."

"What's going on? Old Zhang ran away?" Qin Cheng was speechless, watching his hurried departure.

The people in Spacesuit went back and stopped paying attention to the place.

"Even immortals are starting companies now, going back to handle their own affairs. The world has really changed," Zhou Kun sighed, feeling incredibly strange.

"Is it really Old Zhang?" Qin Cheng asked Wang Xuan.

Upon hearing this, the others quickly asked Qin Cheng which Old Zhang and what the identity of that refined man was. When they learned that it might be Zhang Daoling, they were all dumbfounded!

"We were just drinking with figures from historical documents?"

Is it really Old Zhang? Wang Xuan was skeptical. The other party only mentioned his surname as Zhang, without denying or admitting anything, which made him seem rather mysterious.

Moreover, tonight is too strange. Ever since this Old Zhang arrived, first the Red-clothed Demon Immortal, then the Female Daoist practitioner, he has used the bronze mirror to see their whereabouts.

Then, the "Dreadful Spirit-like" table not far away appeared, and one strange thing after another happened!

Did the Red-clothed Demon Immortal really appear nearby? Wang Xuan wondered if the refined man was deliberately misleading him.

"Does this make me feel a sense of urgency, a need to find a powerful collaborator to quickly bring him back?" Wang Xuan did have some doubts about the series of events that happened tonight.

The key point is that the mark that Old Zhang left in the present world seems to be in the Daoist Ancestral Court on the New Moon, where there is his Yangping Zhidugong Seal!

Moreover, Wang Xuan once sensed a vast and ethereal mysterious energy there, and it was suspected that there were Old Zhang's true bones and a sleeping primordial spirit there.

Wang Xuan had an urge to run to the New Moon to verify, to release the primordial spirit imprint from the Daoist school ancestral temple, and to see which was real and which was fake.

"Or did Old Zhang split into multiple Primordial Spirit Fragment?"

Just then his phone rang; the refined man had only been gone a short while before contacting him again.

"Important news. I'm reminding you that the woman in red will be going to the Old Earth soon to search for her physical body. Good news for you, though; she won't be appearing for the next few days."

Wang Xuan was moved and said, "She still has a physical body?!"

"I don't know. Even without a physical body, there will be immortal bones left behind. No one but the person themselves would know so much about this."

Wang Xuan was lost in thought. He had already asked Old Chen to send the message back to his Old Earth, and to send Qing Mu to Xiongshan, which is Shennongjia, to dig up the cave of the Female Demon Immortal. He wondered if he could find it in advance.

I need to inform Old Chen later and pass the message back. We can't let Qing Mu make a big fuss, or something bad might happen.

The refined-looking man said, "The Female Daoist practitioner in white is also going to her Old Earth. As for me, I'm going to ascend to the New Moon soon to check on my Dojo. Be careful, and make sure nothing happens to you!"

Wang Xuan was surprised. Was he really going to go to New Moon?

He thought to himself that he would be safer after all these people left; otherwise, even with the God Slaying Banner in hand, he didn't feel entirely secure.

While these people are away, he needs to hurry up and become stronger. He needs two pieces of "medicinal soil," and he also needs to know if Old Chen can find the seeds of the Heavenly Medicine!

As long as his strength increases quickly enough, what if the world changes drastically, or even if the weakened Transcendent Immortals return? If he is strong enough, he has nothing to worry about.

"I solemnly warn you that in the future, the Transcendent Immortals will continuously cross realms, and even attempt large-scale trials. You must be mentally prepared. Some of the new generation of demons and immortals may not be so ruthless in their actions. In order to control everything in the short term, they may even resort to violent means to seize territory. The New Star may be in danger of bloodshed and chaos!"

The refined man's message was very important, causing Wang Xuan's expression to change. Was the New Star about to be thrown into chaos?

In fact, the Old Earth will be the same, the whole world will be the same, Immortal Calamity is about to occur!

At the next table, the people in Spacesuit stood up, and it was unclear what they were talking about. Even with his mind focused, Wang Xuan could only vaguely see them, but couldn't hear anything.

They left.

After waiting for a moment, Wang Xuan seemed to lose his focus and stared intently outside the bar.

"Alas, not only did we fail to find our ancestors' belongings, we also lost Xiao Xuan. Time is running out, we must go back, or we will be completely wiped out here."

"Come back another time. If we don't leave now, something bad might happen."

Wang Xuan actually overheard this conversation. When those people walked away and made physical contact with ordinary people, they passed right through each other without being affected.

A group of people entered a strange spaceship in a square and soared into the sky. A burst of light bloomed, forming a halo in the dark sky, and their spaceship disappeared into it.

Boom!

Su City, in the mountains and forests, lightning flashed and thunder roared, accompanied by a violent storm, turning everything crimson.

Wang Xuan gazed into the distance, sensing that there were likely creatures crossing boundaries in that area.

Then, in another direction, there was another strange phenomenon: crimson light shot into the sky.

Even over Su City, these scenes were observed one after another, with torrential rain pouring down.

"The situation has really changed. Apart from the peerless experts who are waiting for the best opportunity, everyone else is panicking and is rushing back!" Wang Xuan muttered to himself.

Suddenly, he turned around sharply. In the pouring rain, amidst the crimson lightning, a colossal creature was approaching him from not far away.

The aura was terrifying, filled with malevolent energy, and its crimson light blazed like flames as it emerged from the street.

Wang Xuan stared at it. Was this a creature that had returned from behind the Great Curtain?

Have the demon and immortal races become so unrestrained after crossing boundaries? They're about to cause trouble right in the street.

"You can actually see me? What luck! I never expected that I would find a body suitable for my return right after breaking free from my constraints..." the glowing monster said.

Wang Xuan immediately realized that he had misunderstood. This was not the returning Transcendent Immortals, but the "Xiao Xuan" that the "Dreadful Spirit-like" had lost.

At the same time, he recognized it as a real mythical creature— Bi'an, which was exceptionally fierce, and he had actually encountered it in the Real World.

"You... want to eat me, take my primordial spirit and replace me?" Wang Xuan thought of the story in the scriptures written by Chen Tuan, where even earth immortals had their Dreadful Spirit-like ghost spirits.

However, things are different now. The Supernatural World has collapsed, and the powerful mythological rules have decayed and no longer exist. How could such a creature devour him?

If the "Dreadful Spirit-like" can still use the Supernatural Rule now, then perhaps the myth can be continued and the Supernatural World can be revived.

"Good to know." Bi'an spoke, its body was red, and it looked like a fierce tiger, but with dragon whiskers and Dragon Horn. It was ten feet tall and looked down at Wang Xuan.

"You, lie down and don't move." Wang Xuan stared at it, preparing to study what exactly this Dreadful Spirit-like was.

The Bi'an, with cross-shaped markings in its eyes and intense red light emanating from its body, walked through the rain, illuminating the entire street. However, no one in the bar or nearby buildings could see it.