You've Really Made a Mess of Things for Me!

Sensing the Little Corpse Meteor Insect burrow into the Green Scab Spider, Fang Huai knew the outcome was settled. He hurriedly found a concealed spot to hide.

At his mental command, the Little Corpse Meteor Insect burrowed into the Green Scab Spider and made straight for its heart, sinking its teeth into it.

The Green Scab Spider instantly went berserk.

It knew some strange thing had gotten inside it, but there was nothing it could do. The overwhelming sense of impending death drove it to vent its fury on the mortals.

Just as Fang Huai was preparing to retreat and wait for the Green Scab Spider to die, several streaks of sword light stabbed into its head.

"Myriad Manifestations Sword Art!"

Lin Yu appeared at the edge of the battlefield at some point, his eyes filled with resolve as he stared fixedly at the rampaging Green Scab Spider in the distance.

Seeing this, Fang Huai rushed to his side and snapped, "Have you really given up on living?"

Lin Yu shook his head. "I want to live, but the thousands of mortals in Green Parasol City want to live too!"

Fang Huai was so furious that he smacked him on the head with his hammer. "Who do you think you can save? You can't save anyone!"

Lin Yu said, "At least I tried!"

After being attacked by Lin Yu, the Green Scab Spider turned its fury toward him. With a shrill cry, it wheeled around and charged.

"You've really lost your mind!"

Fang Huai rode the Paper Kite into the air and glanced down at Lin Yu, who still hadn't retreated. He formed a hand seal, sending a jet of flame onto the Green Scab Spider.

The searing pain sent the Green Scab Spider into an even more frenzied shriek. It abruptly changed direction and pounced at Fang Huai in midair.

Fang Huai watched the enormous spider leap toward him and gritted his teeth. "Damn it, I've lost my mind too!"

As he cast spells, Fang Huai lured the Green Scab Spider away toward an area with fewer mortals.

The Green Scab Spider's Indestructible trait had already been taken away, greatly weakening its body. It slammed into houses, each impact accompanied by the sound of bones snapping.

The agony in its body, combined with the Little Corpse Meteor Insect gnawing at its heart, made it attack without holding back.

Though Fang Huai did his utmost to dodge, one of its legs still struck him. After inhaling a large amount of poisonous gas, he was left swaying on the brink of collapse.

The poisonous gas was manageable. Fang Huai ate Poisonous Grass and drank poisonous wine every day, so his resistance was already maxed out. But he simply couldn't withstand the blows from its legs.

He was indeed a cultivator, and he was indeed at the fourth level of Body Tempering, but the repeated, violent impacts had already ruptured his internal organs.

Fang Huai's condition worsened by the moment, but luckily, the Green Scab Spider was also reaching its limit.

After leading it on for several dozen more breaths, the Green Scab Spider slowed, then finally stopped where it was and crashed to the ground.

The Little Corpse Meteor Insect had finally killed the beast!

Only after seeing Body Dies Soul Dissipates appear over the Green Scab Spider did Fang Huai feel reassured.

He landed on the giant spider's head and used Crimson Sky Cry, which was stuck there, to cut open its skull.

After searching around inside the spider's skull for a long time, he threw his head back and sighed. "What kind of shoddy Foundation Establishment beast is this? It doesn't even have a single demon core!"

He was about to ride the Paper Kite back to the city gate and see whether that idiot Lin Yu was dead when cheers erupted all around him.

Looking around, he saw the mortals who had been hiding inside the houses coming out one after another. Once they confirmed the Green Scab Spider had stopped breathing, they cheered and danced with joy.

With the Green Scab Spider dead, the poisonous gas in its body began to leak out.

Fang Huai used a talisman to cover its corpse, then called out loudly, "Scatter, quickly! The Green Scab Spider might release a poison cloud after it dies!"

Although he had warned them, the mortals showed no sign of leaving.

On the contrary, more and more people gathered around.

"Immortal! Now that's a real immortal!"

An old man with white hair knelt before Fang Huai, tears filling his eyes.

Following his lead, more and more mortals prostrated themselves on the ground, bowing again and again in Fang Huai's direction. Their voices were thick with sobs of gratitude and relief at having survived the disaster.

"Immortal Master, you truly are a deity who saves the suffering! If not for you, we'd all have died here!"

"Immortal Elder, could you tell us your name? I'll put your tablet among our ancestors' and tell my descendants to pray for your blessings for generations to come."

"Immortal Master, I want to bear your children! I want to bear a hundred of them!"

"..."

Watching the scene before him, Fang Huai felt a stir in his heart. So this was what it felt like to be a hero?

The irritation he'd felt at failing to find a demon core had strangely faded. He scratched his head and waved awkwardly. "Everyone, get up. The beast is dead. You're safe now."

He had meant to ride the Paper Kite back to the city gate as quickly as possible, but seeing how enthusiastic the people of Green Parasol City were, he remembered Lin Yu telling him to experience the bustle of mortal life.

With so many people here, wasn't this the perfect chance to experience it?

That idiot Lin Yu was tough as nails. There was no harm in checking on him a little later!

"Immortal Elder, you saved the lives of everyone in the city. You must let us show you our gratitude!"

No one knew where the mortals had found a sedan chair, but they came right over to help Fang Huai into it without giving him a choice.

The people around them joined in, and many hands shoved him inside.

Several young women carrying fruit were pushed in after him.

Fang Huai was just about to chase them out when one of them popped a plump grape right up to his lips.

"No, no, I can do it myself!"

Fang Huai instinctively opened his mouth and swallowed the sweet grape, only to feel a warm, slender hand slip beneath his clothes.

Perhaps the young woman was nervous; her fingertips trembled faintly.

Fang Huai did his utmost to refuse, but after the great battle, his spiritual energy and strength were both spent. He ended up trapped in the sedan chair by this crowd of mortals.

As he swallowed the grapes the young women fed him, he pulled a delicate hand from his chest—he didn't even know when it had slipped in. His face was full of chagrin.

"Hey, don't do this. I'm someone who's supposed to cultivate immortality and live forever... Hey, you've really made a mess of things for me!"

While Fang Huai enjoyed the bustle of mortal life, Lin Yu's eyes brimmed with tears.

The sight of Fang Huai luring the Green Scab Spider away had shaken him to the core.

He had never imagined that a Corpse Sha Sect demonic cultivator who killed without batting an eye would willingly walk into a death trap for a Mystic Sword Sect cultivator he had never met, and for the unarmed mortals of Green Parasol City.

This was a beast that had fallen from Foundation Establishment, while Fang Huai was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Fang Huai hadn't merely lured the beast away. He was going to his death.

After countless efforts, Lin Yu had finally found a gap in the Demon-Trapping Array. As long as he burned his Lightning Body and attacked with all his might, he could widen the gap and let the mortals escape through it.

Lin Yu clenched his fist, his voice trembling. "Fellow Daoist Fang, the entire Mystic Sword Sect and the people of Green Parasol City will never forget your kindness today."

With trembling hands, he took out a Message Spirit Talisman and used his spiritual energy to inscribe several lines of text:

"Fang Huai of the Corpse Sha Sect is a demonic cultivator, yet he has a kind heart.

When disaster struck Green Parasol City, he used himself as bait to lure away the beast and gave his life protecting the people. In the end, he died from exhaustion.

From this day on, whenever a Mystic Sword Sect cultivator encounters his descendants, they must treat them with respect and help them with all their might. Do not betray this act of righteousness."

After finishing the inscription, he bit his finger and let a drop of his lifeblood fall onto it.

"Go!"

The talisman flew swiftly through the gap, heading straight for the Mystic Sword Sect.

Just as Lin Yu was preparing to burn his body and blow open the gap with his life, cheers of joy rang out from Green Parasol City.

He looked toward the sound in confusion, only to see Fang Huai seated in a sedan chair, slowly approaching amid a crowd of mortals.