Chapter 392
Chapter 392
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 392
>Chapter Title: Li Huowang
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Facing the bizarre Sit-Forget Daoist right before his eyes, Li Huowang truly had no idea what to do.
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> He feared that staying with the Sit-Forget Daoist any longer would lead to him swindling away his remaining abilities one by one.
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> If he truly wanted to resolve this completely, the only remaining option was for Cangzhuang to ascend the steps. But with the enemy right in front of him, how could he find the time to seek out the utmost agony in his heart?
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> “No, with friend and foe unclear, I must retreat first! Go find Zhuge Yuan!”
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> Having made up his mind, Li Huowang immediately sliced off both his ears and tossed them behind as a rearguard before turning and charging out of the tower.
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> When he returned to the bamboo grove, the morning mist outside had mostly dissipated. Li Huowang forced himself to stay alert as he dashed forward. While sprinting wildly, he gritted his teeth, pulled out the broken bone again, and performed another divination.
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> Whether the divination led him to Zhuge Yuan, or Zhuge Yuan sensed someone divining for him, either way would get him out of this predicament.
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> As long as the wealth-bringing Zhuge Yuan appeared and killed him, this crisis would end!
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> As he ran, a donkey cart appeared on the street ahead. It was pulled by a very old donkey, but despite its age, it had no trouble carrying the two lightly built women in the cart’s shed.
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> “Benefactor!?” The sallow-faced woman’s eyes widened as she stared at the disheveled Li Huowang before her.
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> “Someone’s chasing me! Help me evade them!” Li Huowang quickly finished speaking and, without waiting for her agreement, dove straight into the cart.
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> Just as the sallow-faced woman was still trying to figure out what was happening, she saw another identical benefactor rushing over from ahead.
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> “Have you seen someone who looks exactly like me!?”
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> As the woman hesitated over how to respond to this second benefactor’s question, the child in her arms pointed toward the nearby bamboo grove.
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> “Let’s see where you can run!”
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> Watching the second benefactor charge into the bamboo grove and gradually vanish from sight, the woman hurriedly hugged her child and pulled back the cart curtain.
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> Li Huowang, clutching his abdominal wound, looked at the two faces—one big, one small—before him and let out a slight sigh of relief.
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> “Thank you for the help. I owe you one.”
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> Li Huowang never imagined that a single act of kindness from before could save his life.
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> The woman quickly shook her head. “Benefactor, you saved my daughter on the ship earlier. Helping you is only right. You’re bleeding so much—hurry to the village and find a doctor.”
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> Li Huowang shook his head and pulled out the *Fiery Robe True Scripture* to heal himself. “You go on your way. Pretend I don’t exist.”
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> The woman nodded repeatedly while holding her daughter, closed the cart curtain, and urgently urged the old donkey to hurry.
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> Just as Li Huowang covered the bloody hole in his body with a burn, he felt the donkey cart beneath him come to a stop. His heart sank instantly.
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> Pulling back the curtain, Li Huowang saw a face in the distance identical to his own.
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> The other held a cracked piece of human bone in his hand. At some point, he had swindled away Li Huowang’s divination ability and used it to track him down.
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> Li Huowang took a deep breath, jumped down from the cart, and stood in front of it. In a firm tone, he said to the mother and daughter behind him, “You two hurry away! The farther, the better!”
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> The sallow-faced woman glanced between the two identical men before her, then at her terrified, crying daughter. Abandoning even her new donkey cart, she scooped up her child and their luggage and fled into the nearby bamboo grove.
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> Li Huowang opened his mouth and slowly exhaled. Just as he saw the other open his mouth to say something, both suddenly whipped their heads toward a nearby side path.
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> Seeing the arrival, excitement flooded Li Huowang’s face. It was Zhuge Yuan!
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> Dressed as a scholar, Zhuge Yuan shook his folding fan with keen interest as he eyed the two identical Li Huowangs before him.
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> Before Li Huowang could speak, he heard the other say,
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> “Brother Zhuge! I’m Li Huowang! This one’s the Sit-Forget Daoist!”
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> Li Huowang nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood, but he had no intention of repeating the other’s words. Instead, he stared intently at Zhuge Yuan.
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> “Brother Zhuge, you can cut down the wealth-bringer. Surely you can see through this Sit-Forget Daoist’s petty trick at a glance?”
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> Hearing the exchange from both sides, Zhuge Yuan pondered for a moment before asking with interest, “Did the heart-turbid strands I gave you back then come in handy?”
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> “Of course! Right here with me!” Li Huowang sliced open his belly with a knife and directly pulled out the black spindle.
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> If Zhuge Yuan hadn’t mentioned it today, Li Huowang truly wouldn’t have known that the strands wrapped around this spindle were heart-turbid hair.
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> Looking at the black spindle in his hand, then at the other’s uncertain expression as he clutched his belly, Li Huowang smiled. It seemed the other hadn’t guessed he was hiding something in his stomach.
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> Li Huowang tucked the spindle back into his robes and turned to Zhuge Yuan. “Brother Zhuge, be careful. This Sit-Forget Daoist is no ordinary one—he steals others’ abilities.”
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> “No need to say more. This humble scholar already knows.” Zhuge Yuan folded his fan and drew a judge’s brush straight from his sleeve.
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> Li Huowang watched intently. He was extremely curious just how powerful this Zhuge Yuan, who could kill the wealth-bringer, truly was.
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> Seeing the Sit-Forget Daoist before him take half a step back, a cold sneer crept into Li Huowang’s heart. Scared now, are you? What took you so long? To dare impersonate me.
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> Next, Li Huowang saw Zhuge Yuan cup his hands in a fist toward him, then lightly raise the judge’s brush and point it at his own left leg.
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> In an instant, Li Huowang lost all sensation in his left leg and staggered to the ground.
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> Dumbfounded, Li Huowang stared at Zhuge Yuan before him, wondering for a moment if he’d seen wrong.
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> But as Zhuge Yuan raised the judge’s brush toward him again, he realized he hadn’t been mistaken—Zhuge Yuan was attacking him!
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> “What are you doing!? He’s the Sit-Forget Daoist!!” Li Huowang shouted in extreme grief and indignation.
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> Zhuge Yuan’s judge’s brush tapped once more, and Li Huowang lost sensation in his entire lower body.
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> Filled with intense unwillingness, Li Huowang’s face twisted in hysteria as he screamed at Zhuge Yuan before him,
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> “You’re a liar! All that goodwill you showed me before was a lie!! You and the Sit-Forget Daoist are in cahoots!”
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> Facing Li Huowang’s accusations, Zhuge Yuan smiled without responding. The tip of his judge’s brush pointed at Li Huowang’s neck.
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> “I can’t die! They’re still waiting for me! After all I’ve endured, I absolutely cannot die so pathetically here!!”
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> Still unwilling to give up, Li Huowang struggled on. But as the judge’s brush traced a circle around his head, his body went rigid, devoid of any vitality.
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> “Thud!” Li Huowang’s corpse slammed heavily to the ground. The black spindle rolled from his hand and slowly came to rest by Zhuge Yuan’s feet.
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> He took out a white handkerchief, picked up the bloody spindle, and handed it to the other Li Huowang.
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> This Li Huowang stuffed the spindle into his own belly, walked over to the corpse, and used a small knife to peel back its face.
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> Rummaging through those layers of skin, he found the big-bearded, bald gambler from the ship who had the best card skills and died at sea.
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> “Brother Zhuge, it seems this Sit-Forget Daoist really thought he was me before.”
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