Chapter 752
Chapter 752
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 752
>Chapter Title: Schemes
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The four umbrella holders were pressed so close together that if the person in front didn't take a step forward, those behind would immediately tumble over.
Their bizarre movements, combined with their four tattered black umbrellas, made the four of them look like a single entity—like a cluster of mushrooms with roots bunched together but caps split open at the top.
This was the first time Li Huowang had seen people dressed like this among the Law Cult followers, and his uneasy feeling grew stronger because he sensed no gazes from these four directed at him.
Just as Li Huowang thought these four in front of him were about to say something to him, the shadows of all the Law Cult followers instantly gathered with Li Huowang at the center, rapidly forming on the ground a massive edict larger than a house and billowing with black qi.
As soon as the edict appeared, black clouds rolled across the sky, and the daylight rapidly darkened until it was almost like night.
Sensing this atmosphere thick enough to solidify the air, Li Huowang knew a brutal battle lay ahead. The Law Cult had prepared thoroughly for this ambush.
They had likely marked him as a thorn in their side from the moment he kidnapped Taishan Stone.
With a firm gaze, Li Huowang slowly drew a deep breath. Peng Longteng, giant halberd dangling at his side, gradually materialized behind him.
Just as the tension was about to reach its peak and Li Huowang prepared to fight with everything he had, Xuanyin's red-robed figure rose from the soil.
"Don't move. I'll get you out of here."
After whispering this to Li Huowang, six withered hands tipped with long nails extended from the red robes. They began forming mudras and chanting incantations.
The six hands worked in tandem to form mudras Li Huowang couldn't comprehend, and the incantations from Xuanyin's mouth remained unintelligible to him as well.
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However, what Li Huowang could see was a verdant bamboo forest emerging from the edges of his vision. It spun like a painting, enveloping all the Law Cult followers surrounding him.
When they arrived in that verdant bamboo forest, the sky outside brightened, the tension vanished without a trace, and Li Huowang—mere moments ago in dire peril—escaped in an instant.
Li Huowang glanced at Xuanyin in surprise. He had to admit, the guy was reliably competent for once. It finally felt like having an ally.
"What kind of divine ability is that? It's too convenient—you can flee anytime you want. But why didn't it require chanting last time, yet needs it now?"
Xuanyin turned around and gave Li Huowang a complex look.
"No comment. Since you've said I like keeping secrets, do you think I'd teach you?"
Hearing this, the favorable impression Li Huowang had just formed plummeted. He didn't even bother covering it up, stating it so bluntly.
Yet recalling how Xuanyin had just saved him, Li Huowang held back his frustration.
"Who were those umbrella holders? They didn't look easy to deal with."
Xuanyin raised his three left fingers and calculated rapidly.
"I don't know. At least, I can't divine it."
"Even you don't know?"
Li Huowang's brows furrowed tightly. This foe was extremely formidable, and worse, he was now marked.
He could face another Law Cult ambush at any moment. From here on, he'd need to act even more covertly.
But that wasn't sustainable. There was such a thing as being a thief for a thousand days, but no one guarded against thieves forever.
"You don't need to worry about Law Cult ambushes. I have a task for you. Complete it, and the Law Cult's foundations in Siqi will be uprooted."
Hearing this, Li Huowang slowly turned to face Xuanyin, waiting for him to continue.
"The scouts we sent earlier all died, but the lamas of Zhongyin Temple recalled one soul. The intel in Taishan Stone's mind was correct—the Law Cult has major plans afoot."
"They plan to gather us all in one place, then sacrifice to heaven and the gods to wipe us out in a single stroke."
"Hmph!"
Li Huowang snorted coldly.
"They think beautifully!"
"Regardless of their schemes, now that we know, we must thwart them by any means. My idea is to play right into their hands."
"Oh? Go on."
"I won't tell the underlings. We'll proceed as the Law Cult intends, and I'll make as much commotion as possible."
"Once I've drawn all their attention, you feint east and strike west. Take men and destroy the Law Cult's plan."
"Me? You came specifically to save me just to send me on this errand?"
Li Huowang jabbed a finger at his own chest.
"What, you don't want to go? Wasn't the old you always dreaming of turning the tide, saving the people from fire and flood?"
"Of course I want to. It's just... I feel like you're using me as a pawn again."
Li Huowang's brows furrowed slightly. He sensed something concealed in Xuanyin's words, and this wasn't the first time.
Xuanyin's six hands retracted.
"Pawn or not, you and I are both fighting the Law Cult."
"Is that so? Then tell me—what are you doing to fight the Law Cult? Why send me? Why not go yourself?"
"Sigh. These days, I'm not as strong as you. After living so long, outdone by the young—truly ashamed."
"Cut the act. Still hiding it? Fine, I won't do it. Find someone else!"
With that, Li Huowang turned to leave the bamboo forest.
Just as he neared the edge, Xuanyin's voice rang out from behind.
"Wait."
His tone grew stern.
Li Huowang halted.
"You truly don't know why I'm not telling you? Do you think I should?"
Li Huowang turned back to face him.
"Why not?"
"Others knowing is just knowing. But you—simply knowing would unleash unpredictable effects."
"Is it because I'm Ji Zai's heart anchor? Or my cultivation powers?"
Xuanyin offered no reply to Li Huowang's questions.
"Tell me what you can—a rough outline! Otherwise, I'll suspect I'm out there fighting for my life while you lot scheme against me from the shadows!!"
Xuanyin hesitated for a long while before speaking.
"We're helping."
"Helping who?"
"They're fighting below, so naturally they're fighting above too. Remember that line you once said to me? Why not solve the trouble at its source?"
Li Huowang's pupils contracted sharply.
"You can meddle in Bai Yujing? You can contact those Si Mings!? You can help the Si Mings?!"
(End of chapter)