*Snap*... Lu Fan reached out and grabbed the disheveled old Taoist, but found he couldn't hold the old man back despite his strength.
"Master..."
"Master..."
From behind, Li Jingjing and Zhan Tai Ruomei also caught up and grabbed Lu Fan, but it seemed all four were caught by a strong suction. *Whoosh*... all four were instantly pulled up into the air.
"Here we go again! Master! We shouldn't have bothered with this old guy!" Zhan Tai Ruomei suddenly yelled.
Last time she was dragged down by this fellow, and this time it was this old man. Hmph! This old fellow is a jinx!
*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh*... *Bang*... *Bang*... *Bang*... The four of them landed on the ground almost simultaneously.
"You brat! Are you doing this on purpose?" came the miserable voice of the disheveled old Taoist from the bottom.
"Old man! Are you doing this on purpose?" the three of them yelled almost at the same time.
"Old man! We're ascending to immortality, and you're making it seem like we're going to hell. Do you believe I'll beat you up?" Li Jingjing was so angry she started cursing. However, before she could finish, she noticed their surroundings and immediately shut her mouth.
All around, immortal clouds swirled, and everyone felt as if they were bathing in clouds. In the distance, immortal mountains stood in rows, like a painted landscape...
"Master! We've finally arrived in the immortal realm!" Zhan Tai Ruomei exclaimed excitedly, covering her mouth.
"This is the immortal realm?" Li Jingjing's eyes were also filled with surprise.
"Can you guys get up and talk? I'm being crushed to death here," the disheveled old Taoist said miserably.
*Whoosh*... The three of them quickly scrambled off the disheveled old Taoist. Only then did the old Taoist get up from the ground.
"Master! Where should we go now?" Li Jingjing suddenly asked.
Lu Fan looked around and pouted, "Big sister! I'm a stranger here too!"
"Uh?!" Li Jingjing rolled her eyes.
"Kid! Look, there's a mountain over there. As the saying goes, where there's a mountain, there are immortals. Why don't we go check it out first?" the disheveled old Taoist suddenly pointed to a nearby immortal mountain.
"Okay!" Lu Fan nodded. The group then walked towards the nearest immortal mountain.
Soon, they reached the foot of the immortal mountain. Suddenly, they saw a large stone standing at the foot of the mountain, with two characters written on it: Lishan!
"Please wait!" a voice called out. A Taoist nun in her early twenties, wearing a grey Taoist robe, flew down from the mountain.
"Immortal aunt!" Lu Fan quickly bowed and called out.
"Heh heh! Little immortal aunt! We've just ascended from the mortal world. Do you accept disciples on your immortal mountain?" The disheveled old Taoist's face lit up with a smile upon seeing the immortal nun. He quickly stepped forward and said.
"Esteemed immortal friend, I am truly sorry, but my master has not accepted disciples for many years! Please proceed." The Taoist nun clasped her hands together and bowed slightly.
"If your master doesn't accept disciples, you can accept disciples! Esteemed immortal aunt, why don't you take me in? Don't mind that I'm a bit old, I eat well, I'm healthy, and I can do any kind of work!" the disheveled old Taoist said shamelessly, leaning in.
"Sorry! I don't accept disciples either!" the little Taoist nun said, her face blushing.
"If you don't accept disciples, you can ask your fellow disciples, brothers and sisters. Anyone will do, as long as they accept me! If not, I can do some odd jobs on the mountain. This old Taoist just needs a place to stay." The disheveled old Taoist continued shamelessly.
"Esteemed immortal friends! Please go on your way!" The little Taoist nun seemed to have never met such a shameless person and said with an embarrassed expression.
"Old man! Let's go!" Lu Fan frowned slightly, surprised that this old man was truly thick-skinned, still pestering them even when they were clearly asking them to leave.
"Hahaha! Friends, what's so great about little Lishan? There are no more than ten people on the entire mountain. Hmph! Why don't you come to our Zixiao Mountain? Our Zixiao Mountain has a hundred peaks and a hundred thousand disciples." Suddenly, a laugh echoed, and then more than a dozen people flew over from a distance.
*Swish*... The dozen or so people stopped their flight and stood at the foot of Lishan Mountain, looking at the little Taoist nun on Lishan with an imposing air.
"Hmph!" The little Taoist nun snorted coldly, turned around, and flew back up the mountain. She completely ignored them.
"Hey! Esteemed immortal friends, do you accept people on your mountain? Then... take us there, will you!?" Seeing the little Taoist nun leave, the disheveled old Taoist immediately went up to the dozen people and said with a grin.
"We can accept you! One hundred gold coins per person! Of course, if you have treasures, that's also an option. We can help you exchange treasures for gold coins!" The person at the head of the group said triumphantly.
"One hundred gold coins? We... we don't have any money!" As soon as the disheveled old Taoist heard about money, he took a step back. At the same time, he clutched his chest.
"Heh heh...! Why are you so nervous if you don't have gold coins? Do you have any treasures from the mortal world? Why don't you take them out, and we'll help you exchange them for gold coins, so you can enter our Zixiao Mountain!" The leader's eyes flashed with greed, and he immediately pressed towards the disheveled old Taoist.
"We don't want to join Zixiao Mountain! Please go back!" Lu Fan said from the side, his brow furrowed.
"What did you say? You don't want to join Zixiao Mountain? That means you want to be our enemy?" The leader's face immediately turned cold, and he looked at Lu Fan with a fierce expression. The implication was clearly that Lu Fan should take back his words.
"Hmph! No one wants to be your enemy, but we don't want to join Zixiao Mountain!" Lu Fan snorted coldly and said word by word again.
"If you don't want to join Zixiao Mountain, then you are our enemy! Hmph! We are never polite to our enemies!" The leader on the opposite side snorted coldly and suddenly gave a signal to the people beside him. *Whoosh*... The dozen or so people immediately surrounded Lu Fan and the other three.
"Bastards! Then today, this young master will be your enemy! I want to see what you can do!" Lu Fan's anger flared up, and he roared at the group. He had never encountered such arrogant people before; this was clearly a kidnapping situation.
"Kid! You're still so defiant! Hit them! Beat them until they submit." The leader on the opposite side roared, and *whoosh*... the dozen or so people immediately started raining punches and kicks on Lu Fan and the others.
"Ouch..." The disheveled old Taoist cried out in surprise and immediately ran behind Lu Fan, squatting on the ground.
"Hit...? Then let's see who hits whom!" Lu Fan moved, *whoosh*... and threw a punch towards the leader's nose.