Chapter 452 - Children

Chapter 452 - Children

How do I prove to them I’m not crazy anymore? Pretend that I’m normal in front of the doctors? What if something happens in the other world while I’m under observation here? Or should I bring something from the other world here to prove that the other world is real? But If I do, I might not have any freedom in the future.

Li Huowang didn’t know what to do. Both worlds were real to him, and both sides would say he was crazy to believe in the other world.

He realized that there was nothing he could do in this world to prove that he was sane. Since there was no way to do so in this world, he could only do it in the other world.

If he wanted to regain his freedom, he needed to finish his cultivation and then use it. It was the simplest and easiest method to prove that he was sane—or at the very least, it was easier to do that than playing a mental game with the doctors.

Li Huowang decided to concentrate on his cultivation. He was so focused on it that he forgot to even eat and sleep. This was the ticket to resurrect Zhuge Yuan and for Li Huowang to regain his freedom in the other world.

After the first time he cultivated in Cowheart Village, Li Huowang decided not to cultivate there anymore. Instead, he found a cave in the middle of Cowheart Mountain and decided that it was the perfect place for cultivation.

Li Huowang was not worried about how much he distorted the surroundings since there was nothing but trees and stones.

Within the darkness of the cave, he did something that he couldn’t show to the others.

There was the sound of flesh being ripped apart. Li Sui used three tentacles to pour down a bowl of mercury onto Li Huowang's head.

After the flaying, shedding, and stuffing process was complete, Li Huowang’s shout reverberated throughout the cave. “Heaven and Earth, the root of all energy! Broadly cultivated through eons! Within and beyond the three realms, I alone am honored. The golden radiance inside of me shall reflect on my body!"

His shed skin, which had been stuffed with straw, slowly shrank and turned into a small doll.

This was the second time doing the ritual, and it had gone much better than the first.

Zhuge Yuan’s eyes almost popped out of his sockets when he saw what was happening. Li Huowang ignored him and grabbed the doll. He felt much more relieved with it in his hands. With it, he could now survive being decapitated.

More importantly, this was an artifact that he could produce multiple times. As long as he had time, he could continue to make it. He would no longer be afraid of people stronger than him with it.

Li Huowang used a small dagger and cut open a wound in his abdomen. He stuffed the small doll into his body.

“Father, why are they afraid of me? Do you think they wouldn't be afraid of me if I took off my clothes and saw my real body?”

“No, absolutely not.”

“Why not? What if I treated them well and gave them money for food?”

“Where did you learn all of these? Do not show them your real appearance. You are different. You are not human.”

After hearing Li Sui's questions, Li Huowang regretted his decision to let Li Sui live with him.

It was nowhere near as simple as he had thought. It was like raising a real child.

Li Sui never asked that many questions before. I don’t have the time to teach him. I need someone to teach him in my stead. Li Sui still doesn't understand a lot of basic things.

Before long, Li Huowang and Li Sui arrived near the fields. Li Huowang looked at his adopted children and his comrades working in the field.

“Senior Li, are you back from the mountain?” Yang Xiaohai asked, walking over excitedly with his legs caked in mud.

Li Huowang asked in return, “Aren’t you in charge of food? Why are you down in the fields? Who told you to work so much?”

“No one. I volunteered! Senior Li, look over there! Those two acres of land are all mine! Senior Bai told me that any food I grow in those lands is mine! That’s two whole acres of food! I no longer have to starve once I harvest them!” Yang Xiaohai said excitedly.

Then he felt something strange on his calves. He reached down and caught it. It was a massive leech roughly half the length of his arm. He threw it away into the field.

The leech was attracted to Li Huowang’s blood and slowly crawled towards it.

Li Huowang frowned. He was not afraid of most things, but he hated leeches.

Chills washed over him at the thought of hundreds of leeches all over him, burrowing into his body and chewing through his flesh with their sharp teeth...

Seeing Li Huowang stand there motionlessly, Yang Xiaohai asked puzzledly, “Senior Li, what’s wrong with you? Have you never seen a leech before? Did you not work in the fields in the past?”