Chapter 646
Chapter 646
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 646
>Chapter Title: Help
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Chapter 646: Help
> For some reason, whenever he spoke with Ji Zai, Li Huowang always felt like the fire in his heart just wouldn’t go out.
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> “I don’t care if you knew or not! We can’t let Great Liang repeat Great Qi’s mistakes! I need your help! Don’t forget, when you asked me for help back then, I didn’t waste a single word!”
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> “Then how should I help you?”
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> “Aren’t you a Si Ming? Make me stronger! Use your abilities to keep me in Ba Hui’s Cang Qiang ascending state at all times! This is all to deal with Yu’er God!!” As Li Huowang said this, he clenched his fists tight.
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> “I can’t do that sort of thing. After all, what I oversee is bewilderment. But I have helped you.”
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> “Have you? Bullshit! How have you helped? How would I know?”
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> “Yeah.”
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> “What do you mean, ‘yeah’! I’m asking you how you’ve helped!”
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> Hearing Ji Zai’s nonsensical drivel that didn’t even match up, the fire in Li Huowang’s heart flared up with a whoosh. “I should’ve chosen to become Ba Hui’s Xinpan back then! That would’ve been better than being your Xinpan!”
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> “Ba Hui? That’s no good. Being her Xinpan is very painful.” Ji Zai’s tone remained unhurried as ever.
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> Hearing this, the furious Li Huowang suddenly calmed down, staring unkindly at the reflection of himself before him.
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> “Ji Zai, you say you’re future me, but your actions and words make me doubt whether your goals are the same as mine.”
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> Ji Zai let out a soft sigh. “Would you believe me if I said anything else? Ever since Zhuge Yuan deceived you, have you trusted anyone?”
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> “Don’t mention Zhuge Yuan to me! Aren’t you a Si Ming? If you’ve got the ability, bring Zhuge Yuan back to life for me!”
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> “I can’t do that. In the human world, the dead can’t become the living, so there’s no such heavenly law in White Jade Capital.”
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> “.” A long silence stretched between the two.
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> After a long while, Li Huowang took a deep breath. “If this won’t work and that won’t work either, then tell me this: are the others in the future okay? The others from Oxheart Village? What about Great Liang? Did future me really protect them all?”
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> “How the future turns out depends on what you do now. You know this world is alive—it’s changing every moment.”
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> Li Huowang looked at Ji Zai very seriously. “Stop with the vague nonsense. I have no other demands. I’ve even sacrificed myself, all just to protect the people I care about and let them survive in this bizarre world. Answer me! Can you guarantee it?”
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> Sensing the gravity in Li Huowang’s words, Ji Zai nodded very firmly this time. “As long as you’re my Xinpan, I can guarantee it.”
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> Hearing this, Li Huowang finally breathed a slight sigh of relief. If the other side couldn’t guarantee anything at all, he’d really have to think about finding a new patron.
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> “Alright, enough about that. Let’s talk about the trouble right in front of us. Yu’er God’s crisis is imminent. I need to boost my strength right now. Cultivating true reality had risks before because the true and false heavenly laws were controlled by the Doumu. But now that the true and false heavenly laws are yours, I can keep cultivating true reality, right?”
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> “Some things you don’t need to ask me. If you think it’s fine, then it’s fine.”
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> As soon as those words left his mouth, Li Huowang’s heart tightened. He suddenly felt like his train of thought had fallen into the other’s rhythm.
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> Just as he hesitated, about to ask again to confirm, an eagle flew overhead and dropped a scroll of paper in front of Li Huowang.
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> As soon as Li Huowang unrolled it, his pupils trembled. Across all six paths of Great Liang, from great cities to small villages, cults were rising up everywhere. The cults were outright rebelling.
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> “Yu’er God is using his abilities to stir up trouble here! You’re a Si Ming too—don’t just stand there spouting nonsense, do something!”
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> “I have done something. I’ve influenced things.”
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> “What did you do?!”
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> “I sent people long ago to hunt down the cults. And I told my Xinpan that the cults are just a smokescreen. This time, they’re going for the ‘capture the leader to rout the army’ strategy. Their target is the capital.”
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> “What!? Their target is Gao Zhijian?!”
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> Li Huowang’s pupils shrank to pinpoints. He paid Ji Zai no more mind and rushed toward the horse he used for travel.
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> On the way, Li Huowang quickly used Liu Zongyuan’s contact method to have him relay the message to the capital as soon as possible.
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> Li Huowang left, but the swaying reflection in the water did not. He just stood there, watching as Li Huowang gradually rode away.
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> Suddenly, a flicker of bewilderment crossed his face, as if he’d remembered something.
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> Not long after Li Huowang passed the message through Liu Zongyuan, the capital contacted him back.
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> “Earl, His Majesty already knows. He says there’s no need to worry—he’ll handle it properly.” A one-footed black-feathered crow perched on Li Huowang’s horse’s head, speaking to him in a raspy voice.
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> “Forget His Majesty. Does the Sitian Supervisor know about this?” Li Huowang pressed the crow.
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> He truly wasn’t reassured by Gao Zhijian saying he’d handle it properly. After all, the man had been emperor for less than half a year, and it was still questionable how much control he really had over the court.
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> “They know. The National Advisor and the Sitian Supervisor both know. They’ll definitely be on guard.”
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> Hearing this, Li Huowang finally relaxed a little.
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> The enemy wanted to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and what they feared most was falling for it. Since he’d completely exposed their plan to his own people, half their scheme was already foiled.
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> After becoming Ji Zai’s Xinpan for so long, this was the first time the other side had actually helped him.
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> “Tell them to stay vigilant. Just in case, I’m heading there right now!”
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> But the crow replied immediately upon hearing this: “No need, Earl. Please turn back—the Heaven-Watching Division absolutely won’t let what happened last time repeat.”
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> “What do you know? Get lost!” Li Huowang swatted it off the horse’s head and spurred his mount toward the capital.
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> Now that he knew the cults’ higher-ups’ goal from Ji Zai, of course he had to go oversee things personally to feel at ease.
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> Protecting Gao Zhijian right now was far more important than cleaning up the scattered cults around.
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> Even if this turned out to be a wild goose chase, he had to go. Great Liang absolutely could not end up like Great Qi.
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> The starving survivors from Great Qi, where scarcely one in ten remained, could come to Great Liang. If Great Liang fell, there’d be nowhere left to go.
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> “Earl, truly no need. Please turn back. Please turn back.” The one-footed crow didn’t leave. Instead, it circled in the air, calling out to Li Huowang over and over.
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> “Annoying as hell! Scram!” Li Huowang, lying on his hospital bed, roared at the voice outside the window. Yet the voice outside didn’t fade.
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> “What is mental illness? And who defines mental illness? Who gave them the right? I think this label is wrong—mental illness doesn’t exist at all. It’s just a false label defined by external politics, economics, or culture! It’s nothing more than a tool to maintain the existing social order!”
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