Chapter 131 - New

Chapter 131 - New

Lick~

A large tongue licked Li Huowang's reddened cheek, pulling off a large piece of his newly-grown skin. The intense pain caused by this was akin to being scrubbed by a steel brush, forcing Li Huowang to open his eyes.

Li Huowang looked around in a daze. He realized he was still in the ghost town; however, many of the buildings around him had collapsed. It seemed that a lot had happened after he had passed out last night.

At this moment, it was already daytime, and judging by the position of the sun, he had been lying here for the better part of a day.

“Mm~” Bun circled around Li Huowang and barked. It seemed like it wanted to approach him, yet was afraid to do so at the same time.

It was only at this moment that Li Huowang noticed something unusual about his body. Logically, given that those flames had burned him from the inside out last night, he should be completely and utterly dead. But he was very much alive right now. Not only that, his charred exterior had fallen off, and had been replaced by a thin layer of skin.

From the looks of it, my ability to recover from injuries has increased yet again. No, it's more than just that; it's a qualitative enhancement.

Li Huowang thought as he looked down at his flushed-red body. All the clothes he had been wearing had been burned away.

Fortunately, the Profound Records, his long sword, and those torture tools made of iron had not been damaged by the flames.

After a while, he stood up unsteadily; at this moment, even the gentle wind brushing against his body caused him to feel pain.

Completely bare, Li Huowang led a dog and wandered through the entire ghost town. After circling around a few times, he found some new clothes in an abandoned clothing store that was filled with cobwebs.

After he passed by the counter that was manned by a headless skeleton, he found himself a green Taoist robe to wear. At the same time, he also tore off a large piece of fabric to wrap up the items he was carrying around.

His newly-grown delicate skin was damaged quite easily by the rough fabric, causing “peach blossoms” to start blooming on his robes.

Currently, his flesh and his skin were just stuck together. Every time he moved, it felt like a knife was scraping against his body; it was akin to torture.

He soon found a long bench in the store and sat down on it, still trembling. He had decided to patiently wait for his skin to heal completely.

As time passed, the entire clothing store grew darker. Within this gradually darkening environment, the old clothes hanging from the rafters seemed like rows of hanged ghosts.

As Li Huowang constantly moved, the robes on his body gradually turned a crimson red once again.

When Li Huowang entered another house, he was momentarily stunned upon encountering a bamboo cradle.

For a moment, he was hesitant, not daring to approach it.

“Hehe... compared to you, am I not a Saint?” At that moment, a familiar voice rang out in his ears almost like thunder.

Immediately, he turned around, only to see the three-headed Dan Yangzi standing atop the rubble of another house.

At that moment, as he looked at the three heads smiling mockingly at him, Li Huowang felt like he had been dropped in a cave of ice.

After just a moment, Li Huowang moved. He completely ignored Dan Yangzi who was standing opposite him, and instead turned to walk toward the mountain in the distance.

He started off with a slow walk, which turned into a jog, and then finally into a full blown sprint as he gritted his teeth. All along the way, a trail of blood dripped down from his body.

“Explain this! What the heck is going on?! Why is Dan Yangzi still around?!” roared Li Huowang.

Within a bright cave, a group of disciples from Ao Jing Sect watched as Li Huowang panted heavily, his face full of blood. At this moment, he was facing a wall with several large caves as shouted loudly.

After a moment, an elderly voice rang out from one of the caves, “Little friend, everything between us is over. Your Master has been expelled, and we can’t see any trace of him on yourself.”

Hearing this, Li Huowang’s pupils shrank, and then he pointed toward a particular direction with a trembling finger. “Then tell me what that is? What is that?! Are all of you blind? What nonsense?! His influence on me is even greater now! He can appear at any moment! That thing had not been eradicated at all!”

Suddenly, Li Huowang paused and seemed to see something else as he sucked in a breath of cold air. “No! Even Jiang Yingzi is here! She is standing right beside Dan Yangzi!”

These words bewildered the members of the Ao Jing Sect. Even Li Huowang himself felt that something was amiss.

Dan Yangzi could exist because of his cultivation to Immortality, but what about Jiang Yingzi? She did not practice cultivation!

Li Huowang continued to stare fixedly at the woman who was covered in mangled flesh and had a few limbs missing, his mind buzzing continuously.

Currently, her eyes were filled with intense hatred as she locked eyes with him.

“Little friend, we had already told you that we would only deal with your Master, and not with those strange illusions of you Strayed Ones; we cannot do anything about them.”