Chapter 74 - Death

Chapter 74 - Death

“Senior Li! What are you doing!” Bai Lingmiao shouted as she ran over worriedly upon seeing Li Huowang attempting to harm himself. She held his bleeding left hand.

Li Huowang was in pain, but he pushed her away. His eyes were red as he shouted from the depths of his heart, “Why can’t you remain quiet?! Why do all these things happen to me in this shitty place?!”

He pulled out the dagger before stabbing it once again, this time piercing straight through his palm.

Bai Lingmiao was shocked by his behavior. After a few seconds, she rushed over, pulled the dagger out from Li Huowang’s palm, and threw it far away. Then, she extended both her arms and hugged the man in front of her tightly. “Huowang! Please stop it! I beg you!”

Hearing her voice, Li Huowang immediately grew quiet. Then, he gently closed his quivering eyelids and embraced her soft body, slowly calming down.

After a while, he gently let go of her and stared at her, sighing deeply. “Alright, I’m fine now. Where are the rest of our people? Did you see any of them?”

Hearing his words, Bai Lingmiao nodded. Her eyes were slightly red as she led Li Huowang toward the edge of the island.

Soon, they spotted the rest of the guiding drug ingredients and assistants near the shore.

Originally, their group consisted of seven adults and five children, but now, only six adults and four children could be seen on the shore. Also, some of them were already dead by the time they were pulled up onto the shore.

Bai Lingmiao’s lips were purple, and she shivered from the cold as she spoke in a chilly voice, “Junior Sun is a better swimmer than me. We pulled out as many people as we could from the lake, but we still lost some of them. Even Simpleton drowned.”

Li Huowang looked at the people lying in front of him. Simpleton’s face was purple from asphyxiation. He was not the only one who had drowned; another guiding drug ingredient and one of the assistants had the same look on their faces as well.

Two people were still missing within the lake, while three had drowned. In just a single moment, their group of twelve had dwindled to seven.

Li Huowang might not have been very close to them, but they were still his comrades from his time at the Zephyr Temple. Often, while they were all resting on their journey, he would listen to them talk about reuniting with their families if they managed to return to their homes. Navig@te back to th€ roots of thïš substance at n0v^lbin

But now, all that seemed worthless. They had died.

Li Huowang’s face was gloomy when he walked closer to the shoreline. At the same time, looking at his drowned comrades, all the guilt in his heart disappeared.

Bam!

However, just as he said that, Simpleton suddenly opened his eyes even though his entire body had already turned purple and rigid.

“The corpse reanimated itself!” Li Huowang was surprised and jumped backward as he drew his sword.

At the same time, everyone else also took out their own weapons when they saw this scene.

Then, Simpleton opened his mouth in a daze, and began to vomit. “Blegh~”

Foul smelling black mud and lake water was being expelled from his lungs and his stomach. Once he had vomited all of it out, he laid sideways and panted heavily, color gradually returning to his face.

“Heavens! Senior Li! You can revive people?! How did you do it?” Puppy was overjoyed as he helped Simpleton up.

However, Li Huowang paid him no mind and focused his attention to try and resuscitate the others who had drowned.

Maybe they are also alive, and are simply unconscious, just like Simpleton!

Unfortunately, Simpleton was the only one who was still alive. Li Huowang worked as hard as he could, but the others continued to remain dead.

Regardless, Simpleton coming back to life after going through all that was excellent news. Everyone huddled around him and asked him if he was alright.

The atmosphere in the communal kitchen was no longer as heavy as it had been.

In the face of everyone’s sympathy, Simpleton remained quiet for a long time before spouting out a few words. “I’m... I’m... I’m hungry!”

“Hungry? Hell yeah! Let’s eat some meat! When we just entered the village, I saw that they were rearing pigs! Let’s go kill one!” Puppy took the meat cleaver and ran out.

After a moment, a metal pot was once again placed on the fireplace. After the water was boiled, large pieces of pork were thrown into the pot. As Xiaoman threw in some salt, the fragrant scent of meat filled the kitchen.

After going through so much, Simpleton was not the only hungry one.

Li Huowang used his sword to pick up a big and fatty piece of meat, munching on it like it was a fruit.

As he ate, Li Huowang was thinking about something.

This is a very large water bandit settlement. There’s no way that their riches only include some pigs.