CH 443

"Mom, I might go back to being crazy and eccentric like before, but don't worry, it's nothing. Trust me, things will definitely get better."

"I will come back to my senses every three to five days. If it takes longer, don't worry, I might be caught up with some trivial matters over there."

"No, Mom, I'm not really sick. Don't get excited, just listen to me explain."

In mid-air, Zhuge Yuan looked at Li Huowang in confusion, listening to him explain softly to a crooked-necked tree.

"How is it? Have you learned something new? It's not easy to witness the madness of the Heart Essence." Taoist sects that deceive beings, sitting beside them, explained to Zhuge Yuan in a tone of someone who has been through it.

"Does Brother Li often behave like this in the past?" Zhuge Yuan asked in confusion.

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"Yeah, according to the monk, he would have episodes every now and then before eating Li Sui."

Zhuge Yuan looked at Li Sui curled up under the tree, then turned to Li Huowang muttering to himself, couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Li is truly not easy. The Heart Essence is much more difficult than the Heart Coiling."

"Yes, being a Taoist is tough. I've been watching him all the way, feeling sorry for him. If I could do something, I would help him." The monk beside them chimed in.

"Master, I am Zhuge Yuan, pleased to meet you."

Although this person looked exactly like the abbot of Zhengde Temple in Daqi, Zhuge Yuan knew at a glance that he was not him, as the abbot was still alive.

"Pleased to meet you? Oh, I have that too, by the way, be careful of that faceless and eyeless guy, he's a fraud. He has tricked me several times."

Zhuge Yuan looked at Red, who was beside him, and smiled slightly, saying, "I see, this person is from the Taoist sects that deceive beings. And who is that headless person?"

With the monk's introduction, Zhuge Yuan not only learned the names of the other illusions, but also understood clearly what happened to them and how they died.

"So, this Jinshan was killed by Peng Longteng, right?"

"That's what the Taoist said, but he's annoyed to talk to me. He's always busy, and I don't know much about it."

"Then why doesn't this Jinshan have any hostility towards General Peng?"

"How would I know? I'm not a mind reader."

"Alright, let me ask something else. Are there any other people besides the five of us?"

"Yes, I heard that before us, there was a beggar and a woman, they were also illusions by the Taoists, but they disappeared later."

"So, there are a total of seven people around Brother Li?" Zhuge Yuan tapped his palm with a folded fan, thinking about something.

"What are you thinking?" Red frowned at him. "Now we have all become illusions around Li Huowang, why are you still bothering?"

Zhuge Yuan just arched his hand towards him and smiled without saying a word.

"Zhuge brother." Li Huowang's words made all his illusions look over.

Although the man in front of him still looked the same, for some reason, he had a different feeling of vitality and spirit compared to before.

"Zhuge brother, besides Daqi and Daliang, have you ever seen other people who had their past altered?"

"No, it's extremely rare for anyone in the world to have the privilege of seeing the original fate. Most people are either crazy or dead, let alone having the Fate Master personally intervene."

Zhuge Yuan's words made Li Huowang gradually furrow his brows. Doesn't that mean that if he wants to remove Red's past, he has no reference at all?

Having one's past altered by Dou Lao is undoubtedly a very difficult matter, but thinking about it carefully, it's not the same thing.

Having his past altered by Dou Lao not only added another identity of Red from the Taoist sects that deceive beings, but he also learned many powerful and useful Taoist techniques and abilities from the sect on his own.

This not only gave him another identity and abilities, but also gave him cultivation techniques. It seemed like a good thing no matter how you looked at it. As for any disadvantages, they haven't appeared yet, at least for now.

The only thing that seems suspicious is that Dou Lao must have his own purpose for doing this.

"Why did it do this?" Li Huowang collected everything he could remember about Dou Lao from Red's memories, but unfortunately, he couldn't find any clues.

Their relationship is not that of a believer and a deity, but that of a fraud and the one being defrauded.

The Taoist sects that deceive beings know that every falsehood in the world belongs to Dou Lao. It controls all falsehoods.

Everyone carries a strand of falsehood from Dou Lao, just like everyone tells lies. This is destined and inevitable. And the way for the Taoist sects that deceive beings to gain their abilities is to deceive and take away the falsehoods that belong to Dou Lao from each person's body.

Of course, falsehood is only a part of it. While defrauding falsehoods, it is natural to defraud other things from other people's bodies.

However, there is also a suspicion within the Taoist sects that deceive beings, that they only do this because Dou Lao wants them to do so. It deceives the Taoist sects that deceive beings to achieve its own goals.

As for Dou Lao's purpose, the Taoist sects being deceived, as the victims of the fraud, naturally wouldn't know.

"Maybe Dice knows something." Li Huowang muttered to himself.

"Brother Li, in your current state, I think it's best to stay away from the Taoist sects that deceive beings, especially Dice. If Dice targets you, things won't be so easy to solve."

"You know, the Taoist sects that deceive beings are never good at direct confrontation. They always prefer to do things behind the scenes, not to mention Dice."

"Don't worry, I haven't gone crazy yet, how could I provoke Dice? The most urgent thing is to find a quiet place and cultivate this hard-earned cultivation technique peacefully."

"Only when we have mastered this cultivation technique can we find a place for ourselves in these two worlds, where I, Li Huowang, can struggle."Whether it was to enhance strength, make Zhuge Yuan perceive illusion as reality, or turn the real world into the true one, this cultivation method was of utmost importance. The past of the Red on his body was incomparable to it.

Zhuge Yuan nodded in agreement, "So, Brother Li, what will you do next?"

"I," Li Huowang hesitated for a moment before speaking again, "I want to return to Niuxin Village. It's a quiet and secluded place, perfect for cultivation. Besides, with the current turbulent situation, I'm somewhat worried about Miao Miao and the others."

This was also the promise he had made to Miao Miao. Once he could completely rid himself of the illusions of his heart, he would go back to them. This situation could be considered as fulfilling the promise.

Thinking of those long-unseen faces, a sense of longing suddenly welled up in Li Huowang's heart. In this world, they were his only concern.

With determination, Li Huowang immediately mounted his horse, ready to set off in the direction of Niuxin Village.

However, just as he was about to raise his whip, he suddenly felt that something was missing. "Wait, where are Li Sui and Mantou?"

"Li Sui! Mantou!" Li Huowang shouted into the surrounding forest.

Soon, sticky black tentacles began to emerge from the bushes, growing in number until they formed a mass.

At this point, Mantou had already been wrapped up by the tentacles, his limbs and mouth bound, and was being held aloft by Li Sui.

"What are you doing?"

"Playing with the dog."

(End of the chapter)