Mutated Tao

Chapter 968: Conversation

The black and white chess pieces within the palace scattered across the ground. The only sound that remained was Li Huowang’s laborious breathing.

Li Huowang's anger slowly intensified, causing everything around him to change. The scenery shifted, and the people changed.

Li Huowang suddenly raised his head and looked at the empty skies. He shouted at the sky, “Da Nuo! What do you want me to do? I’ve requested nothing but for them to continue living! I just want them alive! Why must everybody die? What do you want me to do?”

As Li Huowang shouted, a faint thunderclap could be heard from the faraway clouds.

Li Huowang continued to shout at the sky, but soon, his angry shouts turned into sadness and despair.

The weight of reality pressed down on him. He was caught in a daze while Li Sui’s funeral was ongoing, but it wasn’t until now that he truly understood that Li Sui was gone. His daughter was gone forever.

“Was it not enough? What did I fail to do? Tell me! Why do they die no matter what I try? I can’t save them... I can’t stop them from dying... What did I do wrong?”

Li Sui reached into his robes and took a palmful of dust. Under his gaze, the dust quickly gathered into a clay figurine. It was the one Li Sui had given him before her death.

Li Huowang cried, and his tears dropped to the ground. A tentacle reached over and wiped the tears off his face.

Li Huowang trembled and looked up to find Li Sui smiling at him, carefully holding three clay figurines. She pointed at them one by one. “Father, look. This is you. This is Mother. And this small one is me.”

Li Huowang knew that the Li Sui before him was fake, yet he couldn't suppress his emotions and hugged her tightly.

When he let go, he saw nothing in his embrace.

When he saw what was happening, Gao Zhijian sighed and stood up. He steadied Li Huowang and carefully plopped him down onto a chair before consoling him.

“Senior Li, you did nothing wrong. This isn’t your fault. It’s how the world works. Think about our master, Dan Yangzi. Was he born evil? No, he was driven to evil to survive. The world is much more evil.”

Gao Zhijian frowned at his words. “Senior Li, I don’t care what you think, but we must first deal with Fu Shengtian’s Simings.”

He knew that Li Huowang’s condition wasn’t the best today, but some things couldn’t wait, especially if they involved the lives of everyone in the world.

“I know! I know!” Li Huowang snapped, his eyes blazing with hatred. Even without Gao Zhijian’s reminder, he had already vowed to destroy Fu Shengtian and its Simings. They were responsible for Suisui’s death.

“They tried to ambush us and even used spies. They even tried an all-out attack to kill all of us, but there’s nothing to be afraid of! They should be the ones to be afraid! They’ve suffered even more than us this time. We’ve hit them hard!”

Both Gao Zhijian and Huangfu Tiangang were confused by Li Huowang’s words. They had no idea what he was talking about.

“Senior Li? I thought... I thought your illness was cured. Why is it...”

“I’m not ill!”

Li Huowang shouted, “I’m Ji Zai! Ji Zai is me! I am at the sixth stage just because it’s convenient! I can connect to Ji Zai whenever I believe I’m at the seventh stage, and I can know what’s happening in the Baiyu Capital!

“Wait! That’s incorrect! That’s not the Baiyu Capital! That’s a projection of the Baiyu Capital! Through the projection, I can know what’s happening there!”

Li Huowang then shared what he had learned with Gao Zhijian and Huangfu Tiangang. They didn’t have to understand—simply being exposed to the information would suffice.

“Are you sure?”

Gao Zhijian was surprised. Knowing what the Simings of Baiyu Capital were doing would greatly benefit them.

However, Gao Zhijian still doubted him. “Senior Li, are you certain about this? Is that the truth? Or is that something you’ve learned because you are ill?”