Chapter 157
Chapter 157
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 157
>Chapter Title: Peng Zhi
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Chapter 157: Peng Zhi
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> “I’m one of someone else’s three corpses? I’m... I’m Peng Zhi?”
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> Li Huowang’s mind was buzzing at the moment. He felt like his head was in utter chaos.
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> “How is this possible? I clearly transmigrated here. How could I possibly be some bullshit Peng Zhi!”
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> “You don’t believe me? There’s no helping it. Think carefully about the past. There must be some details you didn’t notice at the time.”
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> “Details?” Li Huowang instinctively resisted the idea, but after mulling it over carefully, he realized there were indeed many suspicious points.
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> Danyangzi’s consistent stupidity and self-righteousness, along with all those events around him that were real or illusory. The more he thought about it, the more it matched the description of the three corpses.
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> “And don’t you remember anything from your childhood? That’s only natural, because we’re not human at all. We emerge fully grown!!”
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> The Monk’s words made Li Huowang recall everything before he arrived at Clear Wind Temple. There was nothing there at all—just a complete blank.
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> “What exactly is real? What exactly is fake?”
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> These details, along with the fact that the Monk had helped him, kept swapping back and forth in his mind. Li Huowang felt like his head was about to split open.
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> “Peng Zhi, stop thinking! Stop guessing! Restrain your nature. I managed to do it, so you definitely can too!! Don’t guess. Absolutely don’t start doubting again! We can beat that guy!”
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> The old Monk grabbed Li Huowang’s arms and shook him anxiously.
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> “Pull yourself together quick. Look at those people chasing us—they’re all schemes orchestrated by those immortal cultivators.”
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> “As long as we two corpses get eliminated, he’ll fully ascend to immortality! So right now, we’re all grasshoppers on the same string. We can’t let his plot succeed!”
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> Breathing raggedly, Li Huowang steadied his chaotic mind. He gritted his teeth, turned toward the Monk, and began to question him.
“Monk! You—”
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> “Watch out!!” The Monk yanked him hard. Another barbed crossbow bolt grazed past Li Huowang, taking a few strands of his hair with it.
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> “At a time like this, what are you asking? Can we get out of this place first and talk later? Look outside—they’re all enemies!”
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> Li Huowang turned to look and saw that the distant black specks were no longer mere specks. They had become a crowd of people riding horses and camels.
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> Some of them wore terrifying wooden masks, with fangs protruding from their mouths and wriggling like sea anemones.
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> Li Huowang recognized them. They were the people who performed the Nuo opera.
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> If it were just them, that would be one thing. But there were also large groups of bandits coming with them.
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> These masked bandits had eyes full of hostility. They brandished all sorts of weapons and shouted endlessly, as if herding sheep.
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> Looking at everything in the distance, Li Huowang’s expression turned extremely grim as he prepared to charge onward.
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> But before he had taken a few steps, Li Huowang suddenly felt the dim Gobi Desert around him begin to shake violently and collapse.
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> “Not good! Of all the times!”
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> By the time he fully snapped back to his senses, he found himself tied down to the hospital bed once more.
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> Immediately after, he saw Yang Na and his mother carefully placing a bed table over the bed he was lying on.
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> “Peng Zhi.” A barely audible voice suddenly rang out beside Li Huowang. His hands, bound with cloth straps, clenched tightly.
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> He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and snapped them open. Yet he discovered that he still hadn’t gone back.
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> “Huowang, happy birthday! Remember? Three days from now, it’ll be my birthday.”
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> Yang Na, dressed in a tight white sweater, gently placed a paper crown on Li Huowang’s head. She clearly hadn’t noticed the change in his expression.
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> “Peng Zhi... wake up quick.” The voice by his ear grew a little louder.
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> Sun Xiaoqin, standing beside him, placed a cake on the bed table and began inserting candles.
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> Immediately after, Li Huowang felt the voice in his ear grow even louder.
“Peng Zhi, wake up quick! They’ve already caught up!”
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> The lights in the hospital room went out. The two of them, smiling, leaned in from left and right with hands clasped together.
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> “Peng Zhi! Everything I said is true! Don’t dwell on the memories in Li Huowang’s head or his body! Those things aren’t yours! No matter how bewildered you feel, they belong to Li Huowang, not you! You merely borrowed his body. Overcome your nature! Forget them!”
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> “I’m not Li Huowang? So the Li Huowang that my mom and Yang Na actually care about... is someone else?”
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> Li Huowang’s lips trembled as he stared at the two women in front of him.
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> “Happy birthday to you~ Happy birthday to you~” The two of them began singing the birthday song softly.
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> Staring at this incredibly warm scene before him, Li Huowang’s lips quivered slightly. He swallowed the blood from his bitten gums quietly.
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> He wanted to gasp for air in big heaving breaths, to vent the suffocating pressure in his heart through this physical means. But he didn’t dare. He was afraid of scaring the two in front of him.
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> The song ended. Li Huowang leaned forward slightly and blew out the candles in front of him.
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> This action clearly startled the two women into opening their mouths wide.
“Huowang! When did you wake up?”
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> He looked at them and smiled, speaking softly.
“My wish is for a piece of cloth to stuff in my mouth, okay? Because I might get a little noisy in a bit.”
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> The moment the words left his mouth, there was a massive bang. Li Huowang’s vision exploded with golden stars as his surroundings rapidly shifted.
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> “Wake up quick!!”
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> He was back on the icy cold Gobi Desert. His entire face had been scraped along the ground until it was a bloody mess.
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> Three carriages had been circled up for defense. Everyone huddled inside the ring, raising their weapons to fight back against those outside. Outnumbered, they were holding on with great difficulty.
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> The dire crisis right before his eyes made Li Huowang eager to rush over and help.
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> However, he didn’t move. Because he spotted the Monk standing together with someone else to his right.
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> Then he glanced at the person supporting him in front of him. That was also the Monk.
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> With a forceful push from both hands, Li Huowang shoved that person away. At this moment, two Monks appeared in his eyes!
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> “Pfft.” A lobbed arrow easily pierced through Li Huowang’s shoulder.
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> But at this moment, he felt no pain whatsoever. He just stood there, his face twisted in anguish as he stared at the two identical bald old men before him.
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> “Hey, Daoist, you’ve been shot! You alright?” The newly appeared old Monk started to approach, only to be rebuked by Li Huowang.
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> “All of you, stay back! I don’t trust either of you right now!”
Li Huowang roared at the top of his lungs, veins bulging on his neck as he raised his longsword high.
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> If he didn’t deal with these two inside right away, he was certain to get ambushed the moment he went out to fight the enemy.
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> The old Monk closest to him looked utterly helpless as he spoke to Li Huowang.
“Peng Zhi, what do you mean two Monks? That other Monk is just your hallucination. If you don’t believe me, ask the others. They can’t see him at all.”
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> (End of chapter)
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