Chapter 264: Do You Still Need to Play Dead After Becoming an Immortal?

After hearing Barbarian Bone’s imaginative idea, an image involuntarily appeared in Lu Yang’s mind:

Under the night sky, a pitch-black silence enveloped the lonely dense forest. The bonfire, crackling and popping, was the only source of light, highlighting the eerie stillness of the woods.

A goat, with its belly slit open and its organs removed, was smeared with bizarre herbs and stood atop the bonfire, dancing a meaningless dance as if it were a sacrifice to an evil god.

The scene was indeed quite strange, surpassing the current human race’s capacity for artistic appreciation.

“What a great idea! As expected of the barbarians, their thinking is very close to their ancestors!” Everlasting Fairy exclaimed excitedly, slapping her thigh. She vaguely saw the shadow of an old acquaintance in Barbarian Bone.

“You have to admit, though the barbarians might be muscle-brained and not very sharp, they have a lot of innovative ideas when it comes to food!”

“The key is their high degree of self-motivation and creativity. Of course, not to brag, but I contributed a bit to that as well,” Everlasting Fairy said, making a small gesture with her thumb and forefinger.

Lu Yang thought Everlasting Fairy was being too modest, considering she was the enlightenment teacher of the ancient barbarians.

“Fairy, do you know any corpse-controlling spells?”

Everlasting Fairy thought for a moment. “Does playing dead count? It’s an immortal technique that both the dragon and phoenix clans scrambled to learn. Conservatively, it can be used up to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.”

“...That doesn’t count.”

“Then no, I don’t.”

Lu Yang thought of another question. “Fairy, did you use the playing dead technique after becoming an immortal?”

He thought playing dead was something Everlasting Fairy would use when she was weaker. After becoming immortal and claiming to be the leader of the five ancient immortals, she shouldn’t need to use it.

“Yes, I did.”

“Huh? You used it even after becoming an immortal?”

Talking about this topic, Everlasting Fairy rarely blushed, giggling embarrassedly.

“You know, I couldn’t save money. I spent it lavishly, and at that time, I quickly ran out of spirit stones, leaving me penniless.”

“I was too embarrassed to ask my followers for spirit stones since I was their object of faith.”

“So, what did I do when I ran out of money? I soon thought of a way.”

“I used the playing dead technique to fake my death. Then, Ying Tian Immortal and the other three would come to mourn me and give me spirit stones. That way, I had money again.”

“I used this trick several times, and it worked pretty well.”

“Peach Blossom Leaf and I will take the first half of the night, Meng Jingzhou and Barbarian Bone will take the second half. How about it?”

“Sounds good.”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had experience spending the night in the dense forest, so they had to split the night watch shifts.

If Peach Blossom Leaf and Barbarian Bone were on watch together and an unexpected situation occurred, like an attack by beasts or humans, they might not react in time.

In the dense forest, the dangers weren’t limited to beasts; humans could be just as dangerous.

During a night in the forest with the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had encountered a human ambush.

Luckily, the opponents were of average cultivation and were quickly dealt with by Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

As they started their night watch, Lu Yang saw Peach Blossom Leaf immediately spread her divine sense to scout the surroundings and reminded her, “Don’t keep your divine sense spread out all the time. Using it like this will soon exhaust you.”

“The night is long. How long do you think you can maintain this?”

“It’s not just Peach Blossom Leaf that cannot use divine sense in this way; even Lu Yang, whose divine sense rivals that of the Golden Core Stage, doesn’t dare to use it like this.”

“What should I do then?” Peach Blossom Leaf obediently retracted her divine sense.

“Use your eyes to look, your ears to listen, and engage your five senses to observe your surroundings.”

“At first, it might feel uncomfortable, but try it a few times. With your talent, you’ll easily master this method.”

“Once you learn it, it will be very useful in battles too.”

“Don’t overly rely on your divine sense. Over-reliance can easily lead you into the opponent’s traps.” This was a lesson Everlasting Fairy had taught Lu Yang, and now Lu Yang passed it on to Peach Blossom Leaf.

Peach Blossom Leaf nodded and began focusing on observing the surroundings as Lu Yang had instructed.

The two sat quietly, not saying another word.

When it was time to switch shifts, Peach Blossom Leaf jumped up onto a tree, lay flat, and fell asleep in a relaxed position.

Seeing this, Lu Yang couldn’t help but recall the first time he and Peach Blossom Leaf undertook a task dealing with a Paint Skin Ghost, staying at the Shang residence, where Peach Blossom Leaf had complained that the bed wasn’t as comfortable as the one at Dao Seeking Sect and couldn’t sleep.

“I’m not the only one growing.”

(End of the chapter)