Chapter 670
Chapter 670
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 670
>Chapter Title: Growing Stronger
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“By worshiping that lotus flower, I can become even more powerful?” The somewhat bewildered Li Sui walked over and imitated them.
However, after a while, Li Sui didn’t feel any change in herself. She grew a bit discouraged.
Just then, a small centipede crawled past her, about to slip up the pant leg of a nearby White Lotus follower.
Li Sui’s skirt hem suddenly bulged, and a skinned dog head burst out, its interlocking fangs clamping onto the centipede as it wildly thrashed its head.
Watching the centipede shatter beneath her sharp fangs, Li Sui suddenly realized how she could grow stronger. In the past, she had always learned whatever her dad learned.
But now she understood that she was different from her dad. Things he could do, she couldn’t, but things she could do, he couldn’t.
“Am I Li Sui or Mantou?” Li Sui didn’t want to dwell on that question. What she was thinking about now was her unique ability.
Her body had fused with Mantou, granting her Mantou’s fangs and claws. So if she fused with something else, wouldn’t she become even stronger?
The more Li Sui thought about it, the more possible it seemed. Her dad had always said that Black Tai Sui were born to possess others—it was her instinct.
With that in mind, Li Sui stopped bothering with kneeling. She stood up and hurriedly dashed into the woods to scout for possession targets.
There weren’t many choices in the woods, and even fewer that would boost her strength after possession. Fortunately, she had encountered one just recently.
By the time daylight fully broke and Bai Lingmiao was waiting for Li Huowang to come eat, a massive bear covered in tentacles came lumbering out of the woods toward her, shaking the earth with each step.
“Protect the saintess!”
Bai Lingmiao stepped out from the circle of followers, looking up in astonishment at the enormous mound of flesh before her.
“Li Sui?”
The bear opened its mouth, revealing Li Sui’s delighted face.
“Mom! How did you know it was me? I thought you wouldn’t guess! Mom, look how much flesh I have now—I’m super strong!”
With that, Li Sui controlled the body over to a large tree. Its thick claws wrapped around the trunk and shook it violently.
Dirt flew everywhere. Once the roots loosened, Li Sui’s claws gripped the trunk and yanked it right out of the ground.
“Mom! Quick, look! I’m so strong now! Am I awesome or what?!”
Li Sui wasn’t just excited about her current strength—she had discovered a way to grow stronger.
Her Black Tai Sui possession ability was innate. As long as she possessed something powerful, she could borrow its strength.
Not just bears—by possessing even stronger beings in the future, she could better protect her dad.
“Alright, alright, I get it, you’re strong. Now hurry up and shed that bear skin. You crawled into its belly, and now your freshly changed clothes are dirty again.”
“Mom, I didn’t crawl into its belly—it’s me now!”
As Li Sui spoke, she, Bai Lingmiao, and even the vigilant White Lotus followers nearby all felt a tugging sensation from deep within the forest.
It was as if the entire world had become a piece of cloth, and someone on the other side had yanked it hard.
“Dad?” Li Sui asked uncertainly toward that direction.
After a moment, Li Huowang emerged from the woods with a smile on his face. Bushes and branches twisted and toppled around him, clearing a path.
“I’ve reached the abdominal wheel! My cultivation has advanced another step!” Li Huowang announced the good news to Bai Lingmiao.
“Senior Brother Li, so fast this time! We haven’t even reached Qingqiu yet!” Having spent so much time with him, Bai Lingmiao knew exactly what this meant.
According to Senior Brother Li, his cultivation method had seven wheels in total. Advancing to each one made his abilities that much stronger.
“I don’t know why it was so quick this time. Maybe I’m just exceptionally gifted.” Li Huowang knew that since they were heading to Qingqiu and Hou Shu to help against the Dharma Sect, the stronger his cultivation, the better.
Not only would the things he cultivated appear faster and simpler, but they would also last longer.
As he explained more to Bai Lingmiao, he noticed Li Sui inside the bear nearby.
“Sui Sui, what are you doing?”
“Dad, you got stronger! But look—I got stronger too! I can help you now!” Li Sui excitedly explained to Li Huowang.
Li Huowang took the porridge Bai Lingmiao handed him and sat down to listen while drinking. But the moment the rabbit meat porridge touched his tongue, his expression turned gravely serious.
Though the porridge was cooked perfectly and looked delicious, it tasted like nothing in his mouth.
To check if it was just him, Li Huowang held out the bowl to Bai Lingmiao.
“Try it.”
Bai Lingmiao stuck out her tongue for a light lick, a puzzled look crossing her delicate face.
“Weird. I clearly added salt, but there’s no taste at all.”
“It’s not just salt—the meat and rice have no flavor either. This is a heavenly disaster!” Li Huowang stared up at the sky, his brows furrowed in thought. What exactly was happening in White Jade Capital right now?
Heavenly disasters were never good news. They meant some change in the Heavenly Dao, or perhaps a problem with the Sages in charge of it.
“Senior Brother Li, it’s true! Not only can’t I taste anything, I can’t even smell the aroma!” Bai Lingmiao exclaimed in surprise at her discovery.
Hearing this, Li Huowang ran a series of tests. Whether good news or bad, this disaster only involved the loss of taste and smell.
Losing those senses temporarily wasn’t terrifying. What was terrifying was if this was just the beginning.
Season Disaster was also a Sage. If someone had seized its Heavenly Dao, then those past troubles could return! The fate of Fighting Matron had already shown him—Sages could die too!
“Does this have to do with Child God’s expanding influence? Is he possessing other Sages’ Heavenly Daos?” Li Huowang wondered to himself.
He didn’t know which Heavenly Dao governed taste and smell, nor if that Sage had any worshippers in this world.
“Let’s go—pick up the pace! We need to reach Qingqiu as fast as possible!” Since the Bureau of Monitoring Heaven existed to prevent heavenly disasters, they surely knew something.
Since Season Disaster was useless, the only way to learn more now was through them.
Li Huowang didn’t know how much help he could provide in this catastrophe. All he could do was give it everything he had.
“Giddyup! Giddyup!!” The carriage raced onward under the horses’ pull, leaving clouds of dust behind.