Chapter 229: Source

Chapter 229 The Source

"Senior Brother Li? What's wrong with you?" When the cautious Gouwa saw Li Huowang put that thing into his mouth and start chewing, his heart skipped a beat instantly.

"Oh no, Senior Brother Li has relapsed again."

Li Huowang paid him no heed whatsoever; he savored the taste of this thin skin meticulously. The more he chewed, the more excitement spread across his face. "This flavor cannot be mistaken, this is the skin of the Black Tai Sui! My hysteria is saved!"

Although the skin was completely desiccated, Li Huowang, having seen it once before, knew that after death, the Black Tai Sui would turn into a puddle of water, leaving only this layer of skin behind.

Why this thing had become like this was entirely due to the Black Tai Sui dehydrating after death; currently there was absolutely no lead. To say one could find a method to resolve the heart element was mere foolish talk; hope was extremely faint.

The Black Tai Sui could help him isolate hallucinations, even if only temporarily, that would still be of great use!

"Mantou! Where was this thing found?" Li Huowang turned his head and asked Mantou.

"Woof..." The local dog, ears drooping, tilted its head left and right towards its master, clearly not understanding the meaning.

Li Huowang placed the Black Tai Sui's skin directly in front of its nose, "Sniff! Go find where this thing came from!"

"Woof woof!!" This time Mantou seemed to understand Li Huowang's intent, sniffed at the black skin, turned around, and ran towards the grass nearby.

"Leave the ox cart here with Sun Baolu first! We are not leaving! Wait until we find the Black Tai Sui before we go!" With that said, Li Huowang leaned on his crutch and hurriedly chased after.

Although they didn't know what Li Huowang wanted to do, the others still followed along; given his current state, they truly feared he was having an episode again.

Mantou ran very far, so far that blood began seeping from Li Huowang's armpit due to friction with the crutch.

"Clatter clatter clatter," dense hoofbeats sounded, Li Huowang turned to look and discovered it was Sun Baolu, riding a horse and leading some Qingqiu people who had caught up.

"Senior Brother Li! What are you looking for? Get on the horse! I'll take you there!"

Li Huowang stepped on the saddle with his foot, flipped directly onto the horse, and pointed with his finger at Mantou still galloping in the distance, "Follow it!"

The horse was obviously much faster than Li Huowang walking, finally he wouldn't be shaken further away by Mantou.

Gradually the sun hung higher in the sky, and the air grew scorching hot.

"So far? Where on earth did Mantou find the Black Tai Sui?"

Li Huowang thought while touching the long sword behind his back with his hand; the Black Tai Sui might have been dangerous to his past self, but for his current self, it was completely ineffective.

Now he shouldn't consider whether the Black Tai Sui would threaten him, but rather consider how he should capture the Black Tai Sui alive, how to imprison it, and then eat its meat bit by bit steadily.

Just as Li Huowang was pondering these questions, Mantou galloping in the distance suddenly disappeared.

When the horse followed over, Li Huowang realized Mantou hadn't disappeared, but had run to a low-lying area of the grassland.

On the left side of the depression was an irregular round hole, resembling the rabbit holes common on the grasslands.

However, this hole looked nothing like something dug by a rabbit, because it was too large, at least ten feet wide.

Li Huowang dismounted and came to Mantou who was circling around, seeing the traces on the ground, traces of the Black Tai Sui.

Those scattered pieces of black skin had been blown away by the wind of Qingqiu, leaving only a few crumbs, but the traces of black water on the ground had not vanished.

Li Huowang recognized this black water; it was the black water sprayed from within the Black Tai Sui's body just before death. At this moment on the ground, any grass touched by the black water had already withered and died.

The traces of black water extended out from inside that round hole; from the situation at the scene, Li Huowang could judge the condition of that Black Tai Sui back then.

It should have lived in the cave before, seemingly suffering some fatal injury, crawling out with its last bit of strength, and finally dying outside.

Immediately after, the skin left behind after its death was picked up by Mantou and brought to his side.

"Hmm... I hope there isn't only one Black Tai Sui inside this cave." After speaking in his heart, Li Huowang walked slowly towards that dim round hole with caution.

"Wait!!" Sun Baolu, riding the horse, rushed straight up, stopped the horse in front of the cave entrance, blocking Li Huowang's path.

Terrified, he jumped off the horse, grabbed Li Huowang, and rushed outward. "Senior Brother Li! You cannot go! You really cannot go!"

Sun Baolu's face was covered in cold sweat at this moment; he looked very afraid of that round hole, not even wanting to take a look.

"You... have been here?" Unless Li Huowang was blind, he could see the fear directed at the cave entrance.

"Senior Brother Li! I beg you! Really hurry and leave! This place is truly dangerous!!"

Sun Baolu almost knelt on the ground begging Li Huowang, yet he remained unmoved.

"What kind of joke is this, finding a clue to the Black Tai Sui was so hard, how can I let it escape again."

"Baolu, calm down, this place is safe now, no one can hurt you." Under Li Huowang's soothing, Sun Baolu gradually calmed down.

Li Huowang asked Gao Zhijian beside him for a water gourd and handed it to Baolu. "Take a sip, look at your lips, they're dry enough to peel."

When seeing Sun Baolu gulp down all the water in the gourd, Li Huowang spoke to him again: "Do you understand this place? What is inside? I need to go inside to find something, perhaps your information can help me greatly."

"Senior Brother Li, you really cannot go inside! Qingqiu has no evil spirits, not because those evil spirits disappeared without reason, but because they hid, they hid under the grass! That is their den!!"

Watching Sun Baolu's trembling fingers point straight at the cave entrance, Li Huowang lowered his head to look at the green grass below.

So to speak, beneath the entire vibrant Qingqiu lies nothing but evil spirits? Li Huowang's body felt inexplicably cold.

However, after thinking carefully, he found it reasonable in this mad world, otherwise the Black Tai Sui couldn't have appeared here without cause.

"That's it? Just that? Does your clan know anything else?"

"Senior Brother Li, you really shouldn't go! Others don't know what's inside either! The Great Khan of Qingqiu even issued an order, forbidding anyone to talk about things inside this cave, some things inside, you merely say its name, imagine its form in your mind, and it will bring evil!"

Hearing Sun Baolu say this, Li Huowang pondered for a while before speaking again: "Fine, I understand."

With that said, he leaned on his crutch and walked towards the cave behind the horse.

"Senior Brother Li! I've explained it so clearly! Why are you still going in! You will really die!" Sun Baolu stood there jumping with anxiety.

Li Huowang looked at him, recalling the hallucinations experienced this morning; he was now too desperate for the Black Tai Sui that could isolate hallucinations.

"I myself have dealt with many evil spirits, and am no longer the novice of the past; encountering evil spirits doesn't necessarily mean no chance of victory."

He truly didn't want that entanglement between two worlds anymore; actually, Li Huowang had very little confidence in himself, he deeply feared that after experiencing a few more hallucinations, he would fall back into it.