Chapter 22 - Exit

Chapter 22 - Exit

In the Pill Refining Room of the Zephyr Temple, Li Huowang sat there, covered in Dan Yangzi’s blood, too stunned to react.

Were those three pills so powerful? Did we make pills or explosives?

After a long while, he got up from the ground and touched his face. Then, he bent down and began to examine Dan Yangzi’s scattered remains.

After some time, he was not able to see a single piece of moving flesh. Even Dan Yangzi’s bronze bell had been dented. Li Huowang finally breathed a sigh of relief; Dan Yangzi had been well and truly killed by him.

But now that he’s dead, what should I do next?

Li Huowang stood on the spot, unsure of what he should do next.

He had thought he would be very happy after he managed to avenge himself. But when this moment really arrived, he found himself at a loss.

All the planning these past few days had revolved around killing Dan Yangzi. However, he hadn’t imagined that he himself would survive.

Now that Dan Yangzi was dead, Bai Lingmiao was safe. He had achieved everything that he had promised to do. Chart your course back to the origins of this substance at n0v^lbin

What should I do next?

Just as he was contemplating this issue, the door to the Pill Refining Room was suddenly opened. Chang Ming and Chang Ren stepped in warily, each holding a sword.

They looked around and did not see Dan Yangzi, then turned their vigilant gaze toward the blood-soaked Li Huowang. “Hey! Where are you from, demon? Speak, where’s our Master?”

“Master? You’re currently stepping on him. Besides, I’m Xuan Yang, my two dear Seniors.”

This reply made Chang Ming and Chang Ren subconsciously look down and raise their feet to see internal organs scattered around them, causing their pupils to shrink intensely.

Li Huowang looked around, then picked up half of Dan Yangzi’s face. “Look, he really is dead.”

He died because of me.

Logically, he should have died a long time ago for killing people so indiscriminately, but that’s not why I killed him. I did it for personal revenge.

At that moment, Li Huowang felt Bai Lingmiao timidly tug at his Taoist robes.

“Then, Seniors, you guys can continue. We’ll meet again if fate allows.” Li Huowang put his hands together and bid farewell to both parties before bringing everyone else toward the entrance of Zephyr Temple.

The moment Li Huowang closed the gate, rumbling sounds rang out from within.

Within the black passageways of the cave system, a group of people were excitedly and emotionally returning home. Each of them held an oil-lamp with trembling hands.

The tunnel was quite unfamiliar and rugged, and some parts even required ropes to climb. Li Huowang did not recall ever being here before.

Even so, he clearly knew that this was the Zephyr Temple’s exit; he could see the hands of the people around him trembling more and more violently.

After walking for a period of about two incense sticks, they could see a vague light in the distance. When the people saw that light, their pace became even more disorderly, and some of them even started sprinting.

As they ran, the light in the distance became larger and larger until it filled everyone’s vision.

After exiting the tunnel, almost everyone squinted and shielded their eyes. After having lived in the cave system for so long, the outside world was simply too bright for them.

They were finally able to see the scenery outside the Zephyr Temple once their eyes gradually adapted to the brightness.

The distant skies had flowing clouds, while the faraway mountains had green forests. Everything appeared pure and beautiful, almost as though they were viewing an ink painting.

Right at that moment, the first rays of the New Year’s morning sunlight peeked through, shining upon their faces.

Li Huowang squinted at the sunrise and mumbled to himself, “Did I spend a whole night with Baldy in the Pill Refining Room? Even the sun is out now. The weather is pretty good today.”

Suddenly, someone beside him moved. It was a child with tears streaming down his face. He single-mindedly dashed toward the small road leading toward the forests.

This started a chain reaction as more and more people ran toward that direction. They wanted to get as far away from this terrible place as possible.

In just a while, there were only seven or eight people from the Preparation Room left, all of them looking toward Li Huowang.

“Senior Li, we should leave as well.” Bai Lingmiao was smiling very happily, with tear stains still on her face.

“Hold on for a moment.” Li Huowang said before pulling out some paper notes from his pockets and passing them to Bai Lingmiao. “These are the last words and the addresses of the guiding drug ingredients who had to die. When you guys go out, find some messengers along the way and pass them along.”

For a moment, Bai Lingmiao was at a loss as she held onto those paper notes, frozen on the spot.

Then, Li Huowang once again smiled toward the remaining people before turning around with the oil lamp in his hand, and walking back into the darkness of the Zephyr Temple, all alone.