"Stop! Can't you see we're investigating a case?" I barged straight into the crowd of cultivators. The incongruous sight of me walking in alone drew everyone's attention. One eighth-tier immortal reached out to seize me, but the instant his hand landed on my shoulder, it passed through empty air. His expression changed drastically. Clearly, he had no idea I had entered the Dao of Slaughter.
"Wh-what's going on?" The eighth-tier cultivator's expression shifted, and he reached for me again. All the other cultivators had noticed the intrusion of a low-level cultivator like me, but since an eighth-tier immortal was handling it, they instinctively waited for him to pick me up like a chick.
Yet the result took everyone by surprise. The eighth-tier immortal's hand missed again. He failed to grab me at all, his hand passing straight through my body once more. The uncanny sight drew startled cries from even more people.
"What's going on? What's all this noise?" A ninth-tier immortal standing behind Zhao Linghui, who looked like a steward, scowled over his shoulder.
"Elder Bai, come take a look at this brat!" The eighth-tier cultivator's face was deathly pale. Clearly, he had no idea who I really was.
"Where did this rogue cultivator come from? How dare you cause trouble here!" The ninth-tier immortal called Elder Bai closed in instantly, thrusting out a large hand to grab me!
With a hum, I used the Dao of Slaughter's rapid flashing movement to appear beside Zhao Linghui. His expression hardened, and he immediately swung a treasured sword at me. I flew away in an instant and came to a stop in front of Granny Yan.
"It's you?" A strange look appeared in Granny Yan's eyes, but she could not immediately understand how I could move so freely among all these