Chapter 682
Chapter 682
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 682
>Chapter Title: Contact
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Chapter 682: Contact
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> Hearing Yang Kid's words, Lv Xiucai's face stiffened as painful memories from before flooded his mind. But he quickly suppressed them and pretended to speak casually. "He's dead. Killed by the Faith."
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> "What?! Juren's really dead?" Yang Kid's eyes widened instantly.
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> Hearing this, Lv Xiucai slowly turned his head and stared at Yang Kid with wide eyes. "What do you mean by that? What do you mean 'really dead'?"
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> Li Huowang, standing nearby, also turned to look. He knew that when Yang Kid had left, Lv Juren was still living it up in the capital. How did he know Lv Juren was dead?
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> "No, don't misunderstand. When I was in Qingqiu, I ran into an earth dragon turning over and encountered something strange. I thought it was a dream at first. I saw Brother Juren there, and he looked a bit off."
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> Yang Kid quickly recounted his encounter with Lv Juren. "And it's not just you. In that Fengdu place, there was another weird Senior Brother Li too."
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> As soon as he finished, he saw Senior Brother Li frowning at him. "What did you say? Another me? Say again what you went through."
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> Hearing this, Yang Kid repeated the strange events in Qingqiu, this time focusing on the odd Li Huowang.
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> "Red? Li Huowang? The Red Li Huowang hasn't disappeared?!" Li Huowang's pupils shrank to pinpoints upon hearing this.
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> The former Fighting Matron had granted him a segment of the Sitting Oblivion Dao's past, and from that past, the Red Li Huowang was born.
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> Li Huowang had always thought that with the disappearance of that past, the Red Li Huowang should have vanished too.
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> But now it seemed that wasn't the case at all. Though the Red Li Huowang had left his side, he hadn't disappeared. He had merely been hidden away, just like Great Qi!
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> "But... why? Why isn't he anywhere else but trapped in Fengdu?" Li Huowang furrowed his brows, pondering the question. "And there's also that Si Ming the Red spoke of."
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> The Si Ming who controlled death was truly dead, hidden right beneath Qingqiu. That was something he never could have imagined.
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> "Kid, you mean there was seawater of a very strange color flowing into that pit?" Li Huowang repeated the key detail once more.
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> "Yeah! That seawater was really weird. Even though it was far away, it felt like my body was being pulled toward it. If I hadn't run into that upside-down Intermediate Dusk Temple at the end, I might not have made it back."
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> Recalling his ordeal, Yang Kid couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. Seeing Senior Brother Li's reaction, that experience had been real—he'd truly almost not come back.
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> "Was it seawater this color?" As Li Huowang spoke, he reached out and drew his spine sword forcefully through the air in the distance.
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> A rift to Great Qi opened, and from within poured those metallic, dark rainbow substances once more.
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> They dripped to the ground and writhed like living things. Upon touching anything, they caused mutations—lifeless things gained life, while living things grew even more twisted.
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> "Yes! That's it!! That's what I saw, but back then there was way more than this—a ton of it! Like a sea!" Yang Kid said, backing away as if afraid the stuff would approach him again.
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> "Yu'er God truly is Yu'er God." Li Huowang's face turned extremely grim. Not only was the Faith that worshipped Yu'er God conquering cities and seizing territory in Later Shu, but Yu'er God itself was attacking the Si Ming who governed death. "What is Yu'er God trying to do? Does it want to seize even the Dao of Death?"
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> Li Huowang, lost in thought, was distracted by a soft sensation on his right hand. He looked down to see Bai Lingmiao holding it.
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> "Senior Brother Li, what's wrong?"
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> Li Huowang shook his head out of habit. "It's nothing. Let's go."
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> As he turned to leave, he felt Bai Lingmiao's hands gripping him. They were soft, but beneath that softness lay a firm pull.
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> He turned to look at her eyes, wrapped in white silk. "Senior Brother Li, I'm the Saintess of the White Lotus Sect now. The White Lotus Sect is spreading wider and wider in Great Liang. We have the power to help you now."
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> "If you're really in some kind of trouble, you don't have to bear it alone like before. Tell us, and we can figure it out together."
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> Looking at Bai Lingmiao's delicate face, Li Huowang reached out and brushed her cheek with the back of his hand. He could feel her sincere concern.
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> After hesitating for a moment, Li Huowang spoke. "This story's a bit long. You know the Yu'er God that the Faith worships, right?"
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> "Mm, I know. The Wusheng Mother said Yu'er God is a betrayer."
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> "The whole thing went like this." As Li Huowang began recounting the full story from start to finish, he paused midway, frowning toward the dark sea in the distance.
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> Torches had lit up there, forming a long dragon snaking toward them. "Hm?"
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> "Kid, what's going on over there? Have those people been bewitched by the Faith?"
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> Seeing Li Huowang grip his sword hilt, Yang Kid's face paled instantly. His voice carried urgency. "Senior Brother Li, they're not from the Faith! They believe in Dragon King! Let's go, quick! Hurry!"
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> His dad and big sister were already dead. He really didn't want to lose any more family, even if they hadn't been kind to him.
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> "Are you hiding something from me?" Li Huowang glanced at him. Though he said this, he didn't press further in the end and turned to lead the others away.
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> He hadn't forgotten why he'd come to Later Shu. Recovering the Later Shu dragon vein was the key. Whatever schemes Yang Kid had, he couldn't be bothered to care.
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> But they'd barely taken a few steps when torches appeared on the distant dirt road too. Clearly, while they'd been chatting, these people had already secretly surrounded them, with no intention of letting them leave.
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> "Heh, this is interesting. I wasn't going to bother them, but they're coming to bother me. Li Sui!"
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> As Li Huowang opened his mouth, Li Sui burrowed into his body. Writhing tentacles burst out clawing from various parts of him.
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> "Master! This time, let me join you! I want revenge on the Faith!" Lv Xiucai stepped forward, eyes burning with hatred, his voice resolute.
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> Li Huowang glanced at him. "Fine. Protect yourself. Same as before—I don't want dead weight."
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> "I'm not dead weight!" As Lv Xiucai spoke, he stripped off his upper garment, revealing the paper bellyband covered in incantation tattoos.
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> Eyes filled with hate, he drew his barbed saw-swords from both sides. Stomping his right foot, he repeatedly knocked them against his forehead while muttering incantations under his breath.
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> (End of chapter)