"It... became an immortal?"
The faithful below the ritual altar had not seen the strange thing inside the townsman's head. All they saw was that, after Gao Ming cut off his head, the townsman had "ascended" in broad daylight, easily surpassing the ghost gods of Dreamfold Town and reaching a higher floor of the spirit shrine.
"He went to the Immortal Palace!" The townsman's earlier ramblings about Three Corpses Severance now seemed to have been confirmed, and more and more of the faithful turned their eyes toward Gao Ming.
"He was the one who severed that fellow cultivator's three corpses! He helped that fellow cultivator along!"
"Killing isn't killing—killing is salvation! I think I'm starting to understand!"
"The immortal master's words hold great wisdom. We must ponder them, think them through, and grasp their true meaning!"
The crowd began pressing toward Gao Ming. He pulled his blade back and retreated, on high alert.
With an example of someone "becoming an immortal" right before their eyes, the crowd grew even more frenzied.
"The townsman asked me to kill him and said something about Three Corpses Severance. I've never even heard of it in Dreamfold Town, but after I killed him, he actually 'ascended in broad daylight' in front of everyone." Gao Ming spoke quietly to Fu Shu.
At that moment, Fu Shu proved invaluable. His conviction was absolute. "I can tell you in no uncertain terms that Dreamfold Town has only ghost gods. There are no immortals or Immortal Palace! That townsman came over to stir up trouble in front of everyone just as you were about to leave. It was as though he deliberately wanted to put on a show for them."
"You mean... someone put him up to it?"
"Almost certainly. You could see masses of rosy light and