Chapter 534
Chapter 534
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 534
>Chapter Title: Doctor
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Yi Donglai looked at him helplessly.
“Li Huowang, I’m following your logic right now. Didn’t you say that for the sake of cultivation, this side is already real? If it’s real, then why are you afraid?”
“I’m not afraid!”
Feeling his voice suddenly grow louder, Li Huowang steadied his breathing for a moment before speaking again.
“I’m not afraid. I just can’t free up my hands right now to deal with the trivial matters here, so this side needs to be shelved for a while. There’s too much going on over there. Once I achieve great success in cultivation, every problem will resolve itself effortlessly!”
“But what if the dice was telling the truth? What if pursuing that fake cultivation leads to qi deviation?”
Yi Donglai spread his hands in a helpless expression as he asked.
“I’ll say it one more time! Stop discussing things over there with me. You have no idea what I’ve been through there! You’re not qualified to get involved!”
“Why can’t I get involved? Is it because everything over there feels like a secret only you know, yet somehow everyone here knows about it too? Do you sense that the two worlds aren’t as separate as you thought?”
“Or is the reason you’re reacting so strongly because going any further would shake your belief in that utterly illogical world as real? Li Huowang, ask yourself honestly—does that chaotic, jumbled mess of a world truly feel that real to you?”
“Bang!”
Li Huowang’s gaunt hands gripped his phone tightly and smashed it forcefully onto the ground. The entire phone shattered into pieces in an instant.
Li Huowang snatched one of the iron shards and lunged forward with every ounce of strength in his body. By the time Yi Donglai snapped back to his senses, one corner of the right-angled iron shard in Li Huowang’s hand was pressed against his carotid artery.
“Shut your mouth, do you hear me!! Even with my muscles atrophied all over, taking your life would still be a piece of cake!”
Sensing Yi Donglai’s trembling body and the terror in his eyes, Li Huowang slowly released him.
“Real or fake, I’ll judge that for myself! At the very least, it’ll take one or two years. I need to pour all my effort into handling things over there, so don’t bother me. Once everything stabilizes, my illness will naturally be cured!”
Li Huowang staggered backward as he tossed the iron shard from his hand, his voice low and somber.
Yi Donglai still refused to give up.
“Li Huowang, you need to understand—with your current mental state, even by your own logic, if both worlds are real, you still have a mental illness! No matter which world it is, if you’re sick, you need to get treated!”
“I don’t have an illness!”
“Bang!”
The door was flung open violently as a group of orderlies clutching various tools rushed in with tense expressions.
Yi Donglai clutched his neck, his face twisted in an extremely ugly expression as he spoke.
“And besides, since you believe both worlds are real, why are you afraid of them making contact? What exactly are you afraid of?”
Surrounded by the guards, Li Huowang slumped onto the stool, tilting his head back and staring coldly at him.
The orderlies charged forward again, encircling Li Huowang completely. The double-layered restraint garb, which he hadn’t worn in ages, was once more fitted onto his skeletal frame.
They hauled him off like a hog being carried to slaughter, with eight of them lifting him toward the ward.
“Who in this world captured my projection over there? It looks like these Great Qi folks don’t intend to kill me. Is Li Sui alright?”
Li Huowang muttered to himself.
“Li Huowang!! Li Huowang!! I finally found you! I knew you were here!!”
A voice brimming with ecstatic joy made Li Huowang tilt his head toward the ward on the left.
The source of the voice was a disheveled male patient draped over the iron bars. He gripped the door’s railing with both hands in ecstatic joy, hopping and jumping about.
“Who’s this guy? Do you know him? How does he know your name?”
Yi Donglai, who was following along, asked.
Li Huowang tilted his head back, scrutinizing the man’s face. After a few seconds of identification, he spoke.
“This is Wang Wei. His identity... seems to be my former attending physician. He pulled the same stunt you just did. Speaking of which, how did he end up going mad too?”
“What? What did you say?!”
Yi Donglai, who had remained relatively composed until now, showed genuine shock for the first time.
“Li Huowang, come here! I have something to tell you! I have something to tell you!”
The frantic Wang Wei bounced around inside his ward, watching as Li Huowang in the corridor gradually receded from view.
“Hah~!”
Li Huowang’s eyes snapped open as he gasped for air in big heaving breaths.
Upon seeing the dust-covered beam overhead, Li Huowang let out a long sigh of relief. He was finally back.
Until he succeeded in cultivation, it was best to stay on this side for now. Besides, over there in the hospital, there wasn’t any danger.
“Hiss~!”
A sharp pain in his abdomen made Li Huowang look down.
He discovered that Li Sui had yanked out half his stomach, using her tentacles to stuff several steamed buns inside.
Li Huowang didn’t know how long he’d been unconscious, but judging from the extent of growth in his stomach, it had been some time.
After scanning his surroundings and finding himself in a dilapidated house, Li Huowang asked Li Sui,
“Sui Sui, where are we? Great Liang or Great Qi?”
“Dad, you’re awake. What’s Great Liang and Great Qi?”
Li Huowang didn’t bother asking her further and instead turned to Zhuge Yuan at his side. Zhuge Yuan spoke up first.
“Brother Li, you’re in Great Qi.”
Li Huowang nodded and struggled to his feet, only to feel a wave of dizziness that turned the world upside down. If Li Sui hadn’t supported him, he would have toppled over.
After resting for so long, his condition was still this severe. It seemed the path to manifesting Zhuge Yuan as real was still a long one.
He shook his head vigorously, feeling a bit better, before quickly asking Zhuge Yuan,
“Brother Zhuge, who was the one approaching me just now? Who gave me something to eat?”
“Dad, it was me. I fed you steamed buns, but you wouldn’t eat and even knocked them away, so I put the steamed buns right into your stomach.”
Hearing Li Sui’s aggrieved words, Li Huowang’s heart softened. He reached out to gently hug her.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to. But over there, I didn’t know whether the one making contact with me from this side was friend or foe.”
Li Sui’s tentacles wrapped coquettishly around Li Huowang.
After soothing Li Sui, Li Huowang turned back to Zhuge Yuan.
“Brother Zhuge, are you finished? Do you need me to try again?”
Seeing Li Huowang’s extreme reaction, Zhuge Yuan could never allow him to attempt it again.
“No need. We’ve done all that can be done and must leave the rest to fate. I’m already dead and have done everything within my power. The rest is up to the others in Great Qi.”
“Alright then. Let’s head back to Great Liang first.”
Li Huowang reached back to draw the spinebone sword.
Just as he prepared to swing it, Li Huowang suddenly recalled Yi Donglai’s words.
“By the way, with Great Qi’s dragon vein severed, it won’t affect Great Liang, right?”
“No, quite the opposite—it’s actually good for Great Liang.”
Hearing this, Li Huowang breathed a slight sigh of relief. He opened his mouth wide toward Li Sui at his side.
“Come in.”
(End of chapter)