"I've selected these people, raised them to their current strength, and it's taken me thirty-three years in total. They're very obedient and can continue to be nurtured.

Once I become an Earth Immortal, they'll find a place in my domain and only die when my lifespan ends."

Wang Datong boasted about his situation.

Gu Xi had also figured it out; Wang Datong's method was akin to a reversed undead mage.

A regular undead mage is a living person who raises corpses for protection.

On the contrary, Wang Datong, being a living ghost, nurtures living people as his subordinates, growing together with them.

This approach seemed quite peculiar.

However, the Li Family's Daughter wasn't surprised. While Gu Xi and Wang Datong were exchanging words, she reorganized her team.

The remaining part of the Yin Crystal Stones was shattered by her, turning into Yin Qi to feed the porters and palanquin bearers.

After replenishing the Yin Qi, the porters quickly stood up, and the Li Family's Daughter sat on the bridal sedan, gesturing to Gu Xi.

"Young gentleman, come quickly, we need to hurry on our journey."

Seeing the situation, Wang Datong said nothing, commanding his followers to retreat with the coffin to about a hundred meters in the rear.

From there, they could see the Li Family's wedding procession without getting too close. Clearly, Wang Datong remembered his own words; he hoped to proceed with the Li Family's team without leveraging Gu Xi's influence.

If it weren't for the lightning having a particular effect on him, he wouldn't have come here on his own.

The Li Family's Daughter was quite satisfied with Wang Datong's decision.

As she invited Gu Xi onto the bridal sedan, she smiled at Wang Datong's coffin.

Gu Xi didn't notice the silent exchange between them. When the Li Family's Daughter was ready, he stepped onto the bridal sedan.

As soon as he lowered the curtain of the sedan, the Li Family's Daughter leaned in.

"Young gentleman, I'm not satisfied, clearly, I discovered it first."

Gu Xi knew she was referring to the Death Incarnation-Titan matter, but he didn't care. Despite the Li Family's Daughter's great strength, Gu Xi was unfazed.

He calmly said, "I'll only ensure your safety along the way. What happens when we stop depends on my mood."

"Has your mood improved, young gentleman?"

Gu Xi glanced at the embroidered shoe still in her hand, her foot without a sock, and shook his head.

"I'm not in a good mood now, what will you do?"

"You're so unreasonable, I'm ignoring you!"

Her face turned red, she turned away, avoiding Gu Xi.

At the time, Gu Xi could feel the bridal sedan moving at an incredibly high speed.

The speed of the sedan was like a high-speed train; fast and stable.

...

This time, Gu Xi sensed something was amiss because the bridal sedan stopped after about three or four hours.

Don't ask how Gu Xi knew from inside the sedan where he couldn't see outside.

Just that the timing felt off.

"What's going on? Have we arrived?"

The Li Family's Daughter shook her head, lifted the curtain slightly to peek outside.

Then she retracted, began to tidy up her clothes.

"Something might be wrong, we've entered a deceit realm."

When Gu Xi heard this, he frowned slightly.

He was well-aware of the differences between anomalies and ghosts, as an undead mage.

Ghosts are just a part of anomalies; besides undead and ghosts, anomalies contain many strange rule creatures.

The last White Training Grand Ceremony, Gu Xi had been in trouble due to this.

Especially the Celestial Dao White-robed Great Guanyin and the Life-taking Stone held by others.

They almost caused his demise.

Upon hearing "deceit realm," Gu Xi felt like making a quick exit.

However, he lifted the curtain for a look outside.

At that moment, he noticed he and the Li Family's Daughter's sedan was parked on a deserted village street, the porters and rest of the wedding party were nowhere to be seen.

Gu Xi glanced back and saw that Wang Datong, who should have been following, wasn't there either.

It seemed they'd indeed entered an unusual place.

Nonetheless, Gu Xi wasn't afraid of such things. He scanned his surroundings and told the Li Family's Daughter, "I'll point, you strike."

She was taken by surprise at first, then understood his meaning.

There was a glimmer of excitement in her eyes.

To her, Gu Xi was absolutely a big shot.

For a big shot to see through everything was only natural, wasn't it?

Since the big shot wasn't willing to act, it made sense for her to do it.

She swiftly agreed to his direction.

Gu Xi then released two equipment carriers, the Spirit Lamp and the Yellow Springs Dragon Robe, placing his hands on their shoulders as if to gain a better vantage point.

In fact, he was using their vision to assess the surroundings.

The Spirit Lamp could see others' lines of sight.

Even mechanical lines of sight were detected, let alone these anomalies.

Once they noticed them, they'd leave a line of sight, tracing back to locate where these anomalies lingered.

As for the Yellow Springs Dragon Robe, he could see the earth vein positions.

The village, though deserted, seemed aged, built years ago before people dispersed, leaving it a ghost city.

But Gu Xi knew very well the deceit realm formed by this anomaly was likely a movable village.

Otherwise, the Li Family's wedding procession wouldn't foolishly enter such an empty village.

The village must have appeared suddenly.

Now, to consider why this village emerged suddenly.

Its presence, without certain placements or earth vein flows, what makes it different?

Looking from the perspectives of the Spirit Lamp and Yellow Springs Dragon Robe, Gu Xi quickly detected an issue at the village's entrance.

He opened his eyes, glanced at the gate, closing them to recall the position, then pointed.

"Could those two lanterns before the village entrance be dealt with?"

The Li Family's Daughter, without saying a word, lightly touched the sedan with her toes, her body moving like lightning toward the village gate.

As she rushed forward, numerous auras emerged around her, evidently enhancing her speed remarkably.

The deceit realm's anomalies hadn't expected Gu Xi to see through their setup; when she dashed, they assumed she was trying to escape.

They laid preparations for such an attempt long ago.

No one could safely leave through the gates without paying a price.