CH 79

"In the future, you will be called Gao Zhijian," Li Huowang said to the idiot in front of him, holding a stick.

"I... I... I..."

Li Huowang reached out and pressed his thick finger pointing to his chest.

"Don't 'I' me. Remember, you won't be called 'idiot' anymore. This will be your name from now on, Gao Zhijian. Do you hear me?"

"Aren't you literate? Break off a tree branch and write it down on the ground until you remember it thoroughly."

"Oh..." The idiot, who had no say in his own name, hung his head and walked towards the woods.

Li Huowang looked at his tall figure and sighed lightly.

"Anyway, since I said I would give him a name before, I naturally have to keep my promise. Consider it a gift for him to be reborn."

Actually, Li Huowang had wanted to give the idiot a name long ago. After all, it was not pleasant to always call him an idiot.

But since he came out of that reed island, he had not thought of a suitable name, so he had to wait until now to give him one.

The idiot lacked intelligence, so Li Huowang named him Gao Zhijian, hoping that he could compensate for it through his name.

As for the last character, "Jian," it was Li Huowang's expectation for him, hoping that he could persist in the face of his tragic life.

"Senior Li! Senior Li! Can you give me a name too? 'Idiot' is not a good name, and 'Dog Boy' isn't any better."

Li Huowang frowned and turned to the young man with a thief's eyebrows and rat-like eyes beside him.

"His brain doesn't work, and neither does yours? You're such a grown man, can't you come up with a name yourself?"

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Saying that, Li Huowang walked towards the bonfire, but Dog Boy followed him closely.

"Hey, Senior Li, you know how to read, so you must be better at naming than me, a cattle herder."

"I'm not greedy. Just give me a big name, the bigger the better."

Li Huowang laughed. "Ha, you want a big name? How about I call you Cao Cao? Can you handle it?"

Dog Boy obviously didn't understand Li Huowang's meaning and clapped his hands excitedly, jumping up high.

"Great! Cao Cao is a good name, it sounds festive! From now on, I'll be called Cao Cao!"

Before Li Huowang could say anything else, Dog Boy ran into the crowd, excitedly announcing his new name to them.

The others naturally didn't understand the meaning behind the name and congratulated him one after another.

Looking at this ridiculous scene in front of him, Li Huowang shook his head speechlessly.

He looked up at the sky, which was gradually getting brighter, and said, "Stop dawdling, let's continue on our way. We'll try to reach the town today."

"When we get to the town, let's have a good meal. We've had enough wild vegetables these past few days, haven't we?"

Previously, their dry rations had fallen into the water along with the donkey cart.

They had a lot of gold, but there was nowhere to buy food since they were in a place where there were no villages or shops.Without food, they could only eat wild vegetables like the old monk, and their faces were all stained with the colors of the greens. Sometimes, they couldn't even eat enough wild vegetables.

The group of emaciated medicine gatherers, driven by their desire for food, hurried forward.

Perhaps because there was food ahead, they arrived in only two hours despite the long journey.

At the foot of a cloud-shrouded tall mountain peak sat a bustling little town.

The town was even too lively, and Li Huowang and the others had trouble finding a place to stay. They had to dodge a horizontal pole and avoid stepping on chicken droppings on the narrow stone road.

Li Huowang pushed through the noisy crowd and asked, "Is this place really that good? Why are there so many people?"

The crowded brick road was filled with people bargaining over goods. They sold their own bamboo baskets, wild game from the mountains, and vegetables they grew themselves. There were even sellers of chickens, dogs, and tree seedlings.

The noise of the buyers and sellers talking was so loud that Li Huowang felt like there were a thousand flies buzzing around him.

"Li Shixiong, I know! Today is the first day of the month, and everyone from ten miles around has come to the market," Gouwa explained.

Li Huowang nodded knowingly. He almost forgot that the people here would gather for the market on the first and fifteenth of every month.

Looking at the lively crowd, Li Huowang suddenly had an impulse to ring the bell and see how many Game Grandfathers had come to the market. But that was just a thought. He was not a child anymore, and he had more important things to do.

Li Huowang's gaze gradually lifted, passing over the dense crowd and the distant buildings, and finally fixed on a tall mountain peak.

This was Mount Henghua, and the nunnery on the mountain was Li Huowang's destination. Maybe they could help him with Danyang Zi, who was gradually eroding his body.

Li Huowang was about to move forward when he saw everyone stopping at a stall.

These people stared fixedly at the things on the stall, drooling like idiots.

"What is this?" Li Huowang walked over and tapped the yellowish round cake, smelling the scent of wheat.

"Li Shixiong, this is Guoke, you can eat it," Bai Lingmiao said, trying to hold back her saliva but unable to do so.

Looking at their pitiful appearance, Li Huowang couldn't help feeling a little sad. After all, these were all poor people.

Li Huowang took out some gold jewelry from the idiot's package and quickly cut them into small pieces with his sharp sword.

"Buy, go buy everything you want in this market! We have money now!" Li Huowang handed out the gold pieces to everyone except Gao Zhijian.

Everyone was instantly excited and couldn't contain their joy.Looking at the medicine buyers who were pretending to be rich, rushing to buy all kinds of things from the surrounding stalls, things they might or might not use.

Li Huowang looked at Gao Zhijian, who was chewing on a pancake beside him, and said, "Come with me. Since we have money now, we should definitely upgrade our ride."

Soon, Li Huowang had two new carriages by his side.

The horses were tall, strong, and very smart. As long as Li Huowang gently pulled the reins, they would follow steadily and not run around.

This was completely incomparable to the two sickly old donkeys from before.

When the others who had finished shopping gathered around the carriages, Li Huowang noticed that everyone had changed into new clothes and shoes.

They also held various kinds of food in their arms, including Bai Lingmiao.

Everyone's faces were full of joy, and it was easy to imagine how happy they were right now.