CH 66

Hearing movement behind him, Li Huowang covered his hot shoulder with his hand and looked back at Li Zhi lying on the ground. Is he apologizing to me?

"You're still pretending when we're both going to die? You tried to kill me just now, didn't you?"

Li Zhi's face gradually turned pale, showing a bitter smile.

"I have no choice. They forced me. You can run, but I can't escape. Since the day I joined them, I can't run away anymore."

Dark red blood gradually seeped out of Li Zhi's body, staining the soil on the ground. He didn't have much time left.

Li Huowang stood there with a complicated expression, looking at Li Zhi, who couldn't distinguish between truth and lies.

"Well... it's not bad. My mind is finally quiet." Li Zhi sighed.

"Did the immortals force you to do everything before?" Li Huowang asked again.

"Hehe... you can choose not to believe me. Since the day I joined them, I became a puppet in their hands. I resisted, but it was useless. Humans can't fight against the immortals."

Li Huowang didn't bother to distinguish whether what he said was true or false, and went straight to grab the sword handle and pull it out.

But he found that Li Zhi was holding the blade tightly with his hand that had a finger cut off.

Li Zhi, with blood flowing from his mouth, smiled. "Li Zhenren, um, next time you meet someone like me, remember to be more careful. Your kind-heartedness is like a fragrant cake in the eyes of others. Others may have bad intentions."

Li Huowang's heart shrank when he heard this. He didn't expect to get information from Li Zhi himself.

Looking at the dying man in front of him, Li Huowang deliberately slowed down his tone. "What exactly is kind-heartedness?"

"Kind-heartedness is the beginning of substance, but it has not yet formed. It is called kind-heartedness."

"What?" Li Huowang obviously didn't understand what the other party was saying.

"The immortals told me this. I am a rough person and have not studied much. But I have never seen them so happy before, so I figured... it should be a good thing."

Li Huowang raised his hand and looked shocked.

Thinking of the scheming monks in Zhengde Temple before, this was enough to prove that Li Zhi was not lying to him.

"In this world, I am a very rare thing? But besides being mentally ill, I am not much different from ordinary people. What does kind-heartedness mean?"

Li Huowang firmly remembered the words Li Zhi said just now. He vaguely felt that this was of great importance.

Then he thought of his deceased master, Danyang Zi.

Li Huowang realized that there were signs of this from the beginning. His cheap master didn't just randomly look for medicine.

Since others practiced the same strange way as Danyang Zi, they might also need a medicine like him.

At this time, Li Zhi's voice gradually became weaker, and his pupils began to dilate.

"Li Zhenren, can you do me a small favor?"Li Huowang looked back at the dying Li Zhi. "What is it?"

"Next month on the 22nd is Qingming Festival. Can you burn more paper money for me then? I have been poor all my life, and I don't want to be a poor ghost after I die."

At the end, Li Zhi smiled habitually again, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

"In the next life, I can be a beast, but I dare not be a shaman again. It's too suffocating and too...tiring. It's not even as good as a turtle in a brothel."

"Master Li, remember that you can do anything, but never be a shaman again. This job is really too difficult and too suffocating." Tears fell from his eyes.

Li Huowang looked at him with a complicated expression. Everything from the past flashed through his mind. He might be a good person himself, but what he did or didn't do was not up to him. He was just a poor person controlled by those immortals.

This cruel world told him that those who could use special powers were not necessarily experts in spells like Danyang Zi, but could also be slaves to that power.

"Thank you for your guidance, Li Zhi."

At this moment, Li Zhi had only one breath left. He took a deep breath and said with his last strength, "Oh, and when you asked about exorcism the other day, was there something wrong? Remember to go south and find a group of nuns in black clothes. They...barely...qualify as good people and should be able to help you."

Li Huowang didn't expect to have this unexpected gain. He hurriedly asked, "Nuns? What are these sects called? Are they good at exorcising evil spirits?"

Li Huowang talked for a long time, but no one responded. He then realized that Li Zhi's eyes had no luster. He was dead.

Looking at Li Zhi who didn't close his eyes in death, Li Huowang couldn't help feeling mixed emotions. If he hadn't been a shaman, maybe they could have been good friends.

At this moment, the others walked over from a distance. "Senior Brother Li, when the drum stopped, the monster suddenly stopped moving. Oh? What's wrong with this person?"

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Gouwa Xiaoman and others struggled with Twin Soul for a while, looking very embarrassed. Everyone was injured, but fortunately, they were all minor injuries.

Li Huowang sighed and grabbed the sword handle on Li Zhi's stomach, pulled it out, and reinserted it into the scabbard behind him. "Find a place to bury them both, so they won't be torn apart by wolves and jackals."

"Why, Senior Brother? He is a wicked person who kills and robs!" Gouwa couldn't understand.

Li Huowang didn't explain anything, and gently closed Li Zhi's eyes with his hand.

Li Huowang didn't leave a tombstone for Li Zhi. He was a lonely person, and no one would worship him. Leaving a tombstone would only cause trouble.

After a busy half-day, when they returned, the chickens in the village were crowing. At the well, Li Huowang saw an unexpected thin figure. Bai Lingmiao, who had been very weak lying in bed before, was now bending over to fetch water.

"Senior Brother Li! Where did you go? Are you okay? Did something happen?" Bai Lingmiao asked worriedly.Li Huowang furrowed his brows and walked over to throw away her bucket. "You have a fever, why are you still fetching water? Go inside and lie down."

"I'm fine, I'm better now. Don't believe me? Feel my forehead."

When Li Huowang pressed his hand to her forehead and found that her fever had indeed gone down, he said in surprise, "The medicine I concocted doesn't have such strong effects. Are you sure you're okay?"

Bai Lingmiao's expression froze for a moment, then she smiled again. "I'm fine. What could be wrong with me? Getting better from an illness is a good thing, right?"

"Even if you're fine, go back and lie down. Don't touch water after just recovering from an illness!"