CH 307

As time passed, Li Huowang watched the gradually diminishing flames and took off his worn-out shoes, wrung out the water, and threw them into the fire.

With the addition of the shoes, the flames reignited, and the temperature instantly increased, causing Li Huowang to lean back slightly.

However, although he moved back a bit, strangely, Li Huowang did not feel the temperature decrease. Instead, he felt increasingly hot.

He, who was almost freezing to death earlier, was now sweating profusely from the heat.

"Strange, why is it so hot?" Li Huowang began to take off his wet clothes, and as he did so, black smoke rose from his body.

"Phew~!" As Li Huowang exhaled, small, dark red sparks flew out of his mouth.

"It's too hot! It's too damn hot!" Li Huowang stood up and was about to take off his clothes.

But in that instant, Li Huowang saw the small bonfire in front of him suddenly expand and engulf him.

"Ahhhh!!!" In extreme agony, Li Huowang fell to his knees, and the excruciating pain almost shattered his will.

"What the hell is this..." Li Huowang struggled and suddenly looked up, seeing a mountain peak made of flames.

Fire was everywhere, and there was not a single inch of empty space. The entire reed marsh in front of him was completely ablaze.

Through the swaying flames, Li Huowang saw people running and crying in the fire. They ran and then stopped moving, falling to the ground and becoming fuel for the new flames.

In the illusion, Li Huowang had only ignited some plastic, but here, he had sacrificed all of his skin and performed the ritual from the "Daqian Record"!

"No, no, no!" Terrified, Li Huowang stood up in the flames and rushed towards them.

But as he approached, the raging flames on his body seemed to stack, and anyone he got close to would quickly turn into a charred corpse.

Li Huowang watched helplessly as a woman fell in front of him, her bent fingers struggling to point towards Niuxin Mountain. "Nan Nan..."

"How could this happen! I was so restrained! Why did it end up like this?!" Li Huowang clenched his blackened fist and pounded the ground in hysteria.

Li Huowang didn't know when the towering fire had stopped. When he came to his senses, the surroundings had turned into a scorched earth, and he sat motionless like a smoking sculpture.

His body was in great pain, but compared to his heart, the physical pain was nothing.He had just lost his family, and he would personally give the heart-wrenching feeling to Bai Lingmiao, who had been so good to him.

"Tsk tsk tsk," the wooden mask from earlier walked over stealthily, looking around in awe at the desolation.

Seeing Li Huowang's copper coin mask burnt dark red, the wooden mask cautiously approached and probed, "Hey, lad! Are you still alive?"

As Li Huowang lifted his head slightly, black powder sprinkled from his neck.

Seeing this scene, the wooden mask breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over to help him walk towards the dark scorched earth.

"Hey, you're just a small task from the Monitoring Bureau, why risk your life?"

"You look like you just arrived, don't let them fool you into a bad deal!"

"Besides, they're just a bunch of ordinary White Lotus cultists, do you need to make such a fuss? Are all you folks from the Jingjiao so hot-headed?"

Li Huowang didn't respond to the man's words and continued to walk in silence.

"I'm Liu Zongyuan from the Moon Gate, what's your name?"

"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue? Are you practicing silence like those monks?"

Just as they walked out of the scorched earth, Li Huowang remembered something and reached for the wound on his abdomen.

The spear that had previously pierced him was now burnt into a piece of black charcoal, like a bottle stopper, stuck in Li Huowang's stomach.

With his finger hooked around the edge of the charcoal, Li Huowang gently pulled, revealing a walnut-sized hole in his charred abdomen.

Li Huowang extended a charred finger towards the hole.

"Oh, oh." Liu Zongyuan, who watched the scene with a pained expression, gritted his teeth.

But just as Li Huowang's finger was about to enter the hole, a dry, cracked tentacle trembled and stretched out from the black hole, wrapping around Li Huowang's knuckles, followed by a pair of heterochromatic eyes flashing in the hole.

"Huh~! You're really strange. What's in your belly? I haven't heard of the Jingjiao having this."

Li Huowang looked at Liu Zongyuan and finally spoke, "Nascent soul."

"Nascent soul? I remember that nascent souls are usually hung around the neck. How come yours is still in your belly? Aren't you afraid it'll turn into poop if you're not careful?"

Li Huowang ignored him and continued to walk forward.

"Hey, brother, it's all done, why are you still moping around?"Upon hearing this, Li Huowang's face showed a bitter smile. "It's over, yes, it's completely over."

"What's wrong? Are you sad for them? Brother, do you know how the other villages near Niuxin Mountain disappeared? They killed more people than you did. You are just carrying out justice."

Li Huowang took his hand off his shoulder and stood still. "You go, we are not going the same way, let's part ways here."

"Part ways?" Liu Zongyuan stood still and looked at the charred Li Huowang in front of him with surprise. "With you like this, where can you go? You smell so good, don't get eaten by a big bug halfway."

"This is my business, you go quickly." Li Huowang slowly and sluggishly sat on the ground.

Liu Zongyuan scratched his head and thought for a moment before turning around and walking towards the woods on the side.

But after a few steps, he sighed, turned back, and stood in front of Li Huowang again. "Forget it, helping people to the end, sending them to the Buddha, close your eyes."

"What?" Li Huowang looked up at the wooden mask on his face, which was smeared with rouge.

"If I tell you to close your eyes, just close them. Do I need to hurt you if I really want to harm you? You will die here without anyone taking care of you in a few days."

Li Huowang raised his charred hands and covered the eyeless eyeballs.

"Swish, swish, swish." Li Huowang could feel something moving on his body, soft and hairy, feeling a bit like a brush.

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After two sticks of incense, Li Huowang heard his voice again. "Okay, put your hands down now."

When Li Huowang put his hands down, he saw that the layer of burned skin on his body had returned.

But upon closer inspection, Li Huowang realized that it was not his own skin, but a layer of pink paper.

This special color reminded Li Huowang of the paper people burned in front of graves.

Not only was his skin made of paper, but he was also wearing a paper robe, the same style as the paper people.

What's even more amazing is that this is not just an appearance, the excruciating pain caused by the lack of skin all over his body has disappeared.

"Don't touch water, remember to avoid the rain, it won't work if you get wet."

"What sect are you from? This magical power is so unique." Li Huowang looked at the wooden mask in front of him.

"Didn't I tell you? I'm from the Moon Gate. This is our sect's Sticky Spell. In addition to the Sticky Spell, there are also the Display, Combine, Pass, Moon, Separate, Chase, and Open spells."Seeing Li Huowang standing there in a daze, Liu Zongyuan laughed. "Don't understand? Hehe, that's exactly what we want. Our sect's things cannot be easily told to outsiders. You still haven't told me your name."

"Er Jiu."

"Okay then, goodbye, Er Jiu." Liu Zongyuan turned around and jumped into the woods like a monkey, disappearing.

Li Huowang lowered his head and touched his paper skin. With a little force, he tore a hole in the paper skin.

The piercing pain did not stir any waves in Li Huowang's heart. He didn't stand up, but stayed where he was and turned his head to look in the direction of Niu Xinshan.

Deep despair appeared in Li Huowang's eyes. "I wiped out the entire Bai family. What should I say to her when I go back?"