Chapter 181: Great Venerable

Chapter 181 The Great Venerable

The commotion Li Huowang created instantly startled Cui Xiangu awake.

"Oh my, what is going on? Weren't you asking about the rice? Why are you getting so intense?" Her voice was panicked, as if she truly did not know what had happened.

Li Huowang, who was ready to strike, stopped, watching the surprised Cui Rice Granny with an expression shifting between shadow and sun.

He did not know if she was pretending or genuine; logically, if they were truly interested in his Heart Substance, she should not be acting this way.

"Are you asking or not? If not, I'm leaving." With that, Cui Rice Granny lifted her basket to depart.

Seeing this, Li Huowang instead did not want to let her go, dragging a wooden stool over and sitting there dominantly with his sword in hand. "I want to continue asking, call that Heavenly Venerable over."

Cui Rice Granny hesitated for a few moments, finally setting the basket down again and relighting the incense.

Another procedure similar to before commenced, and the man's voice appeared once more.

Upon learning Li Huowang lacked the Five Elements, he also offered a very strange method. "Change name and surname~! Lacking Five Elements~ Complement Five Elements!!"

After saying this, he casually grabbed a handful of rice from the basket and scattered it onto the ground before Li Huowang.

Jin Zao Mu. These three characters appeared before his eyes.

Change name? Li Huowang looked at his new name on the ground, truly somewhat baffled, does having Five Elements in the name complement the Five Elements? Is this guy trying to scam me?

After pondering for a while, Li Huowang decided to test this thing's abilities again.

Li Huowang asked Cui Rice Granny, who was drinking wine and tea before him, once more: "Thank you for the clarification, I still have one confusion in my heart, can it be answered?"

"Ask~!"

"Why have all things in the world not rotted recently?" If this thing of unknown origin could truly answer this, then Li Huowang would change his name on the spot.

The disappearance of rotting must be related to the Abbess's death; regarding the Abbess's death, Li Huowang was deeply concerned, wanting to know exactly what happened.

"The Bodhisattva is merciful~ pitying all living beings under heaven suffering the pain of corruption."

"You liar! You've been exposed! There are no Bodhisattvas and no Buddhas!! Above the Outer Heavens, there are only those... those......."

Li Huowang, whose eyes gradually revealed fear, could not continue speaking; he did not know how to describe those things.

Those things he had been deliberately avoiding thinking about since he woke up.

He thought that as long as he did not think about them, he could pretend those things did not exist, those existences far larger and stronger than mortals, those existences that could easily kill everyone if they wished!

When thinking of them again, Li Huowang could no longer ignore them; his expression began to turn painful, his breathing grew more rapid, and some indistinct sounds began to appear in his ears.

"Senior Brother! Don't think about it! Don't go thinking about it!!" Bai Lingmiao's anxious voice pulled Li Huowang's consciousness back.

Looking at that worried, exquisite face, Li Huowang took a deep breath and nodded. "That's right, I won't think about it, I won't think about it....."

"Yes, that's right, no matter what those things are, no matter if what she says is true or false, anyway this world has gone mad, I can't do anything, I just need to live my days in peace."

Through Bai Lingmiao and his own constant comforting, Li Huowang gradually calmed down, casting those things he should not think about to the back of his mind.

Li Huowang, having calmed down again, looked at Cui Rice Granny before him; the degree of trust in her had already decreased in his heart.

"I ask you one more question, what exactly is Heart Substance?"

Li Huowang's words made the other party's actions stop, looking over with those white blank eyes, Li Huowang could feel eight pairs of gazing eyes from those blind sockets.

"This Venerable certainly knows, but if I tell you, you will die on the spot." These words frightened Bai Lingmiao into grabbing Li Huowang's sleeve and pulling constantly.

"Hmph!" Li Huowang sneered, there was no trace of trust left in his gaze toward Cui Rice Granny.

"Playing mysterious with me, huh? The Seat of Forgetfulness Dao taught me a principle, that is do not follow another's path."

The sharp long sword constantly emitting killing intent was raised, the tip pointing directly at Cui Rice Granny's head. "Scram! No matter what thing or purpose you are, get out, did you hear me?"

"Tiny~ Heart Substance~ Ridiculous~ Ridiculous~ Since it is so, then this Venerable will inform~ you~~ what is Heart Substance~ Burp."

However, before he could say the next words, with a "click" sound, the black cauldron, the basket holding rice, and the bronze mirror were all sliced in half, the blade already resting against the Rice Granny's neck.

"Oh my~ what is this for!" Cui Rice Granny's voice returned to normal.

"Back to this again? Pretending to be a god and ghost quite well, I'll say it again! Get out!!"

Cui Rice Granny was clearly frightened by the killing intent surrounding Li Huowang, her face full of panic as she hugged the things rolling on the ground and stumbled running outward.

"Clang~!" The blade entered the sheath, the room gradually returned to calm.

"Let's go, go to sleep, take a good rest while there is a bed." After speaking cleanly and sharply, Li Huowang walked into the inner room, putting that copper coin mask onto his face.

Feeling that heavy texture, Li Huowang breathed a sigh of relief, "In the future I still need to wear this thing, my identity as Heart Substance is truly too tempting to others."

"Husband~ What if.... what she said is true?"

"It is precisely because of this what if, that I did not slash her with that sword just now, otherwise I fundamentally would not let her out this door, also, do not call me Husband!"

That night, Li Huowang basically did not sleep much, fearing the other party would sneak attack him during the night.

Even though nothing happened all night, Li Huowang still hurriedly had everyone pack their luggage to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.

Only when arriving at the checkpoint town of Si Qi, coming onto that lively street, did Li Huowang finally breathe a sigh of relief, finally nothing had happened.

Compared to before, this place was obviously much more relaxed, looking as if truly there was no war, after Li Huowang and others rested in this town for a while, they prepared to enter Later Shu again, but before this matter, there was still one thing to do.

At the Tiger Head Security Agency, the burly Chief Escort looked at the recommendation letter in hand while sizing up this strange Daoist wearing red clothes, a copper coin mask on his face, and carrying double swords on his back.

After pondering for quite a while, he put the guarantee letter back in hand, "Very well, since Escort Zhao guarantees you, then I trust you! But I must say beforehand, if you want to escort goods, per order we must take twenty percent, after all this guarantee bill is signed by us, do you say this is feasible."

"Fine." Li Huowang of course agreed, this escort was just along the way, completely money picked up from the ground.

"If the goods are lost, I will not trouble you, the guarantor will compensate naturally, since you just said Escort Zhao is your friend, hope you do not let Escort Zhao's heart grow cold."

(End of Chapter)