"You want me to lie to her!" Li Huowang's words squeezed out from between his teeth as he looked at Red in front of him.
"Hey! What's wrong with lying? Who are you to look down on it? Lies can be used for evil or for good! If you do as I say now, it's a well-intentioned lie!"
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Red became increasingly excited as he spoke, and the monk who had been sighing and shaking his head walked over and pulled him away from Li Huowang.
"Senior Li...?" Feeling that something was off with Li Huowang, Bai Lingmiao's voice became much softer.
She reached out her soft, fair hand and gently covered Li Huowang's blackened, skeletal fingers.
"Senior Li, don't think so much. You've been traveling for so long, you must be tired. Rest for a while and we'll talk about anything tomorrow."
Bai Lingmiao helped Li Huowang to her bed, not at all repulsed by his terrifying appearance, and tucked him into her silky, smooth sheets and a pillow filled with rustling rice husks.
Breathing in the familiar fragrance of Bai Lingmiao, Li Huowang took a deep breath and exhaled gently.
"Senior Li, you got caught in the rain. Let me make you some ginger soup to warm you up." Bai Lingmiao stood up and was about to head to the kitchen when Li Huowang grabbed her wrist.
"Miao Miao, can I ask you something? What kind of people are the Bai family in your eyes?"
"My people? They're all very nice, helping each other out on a daily basis. It's not like other places where people like to argue." Bai Lingmiao replied matter-of-factly.
"Senior Li, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Don't you...feel...anything strange?"
"No, but...oh, right, the Bai family goes to the ancestral hall more often than other places. When I was little, I pestered my grandfather to take me inside to see what it was like, but he always said I was a girl and couldn't go in."
As she spoke, Bai Lingmiao suddenly realized something and her mouth fell open in surprise. She instinctively covered it with her hand.
"Senior Li, have you met them? Where are they now? Are my parents okay?"
Li Huowang took a deep breath and exhaled forcefully, as if trying to release all the pent-up emotions in his heart, but to no avail.
He really wanted to do as Red had suggested, so that nothing would change, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.
"Miao Miao, I'm sorry. They're all dead, and I killed them." Bai Lingmiao, who was sitting on the bed, froze at Li Huowang's words, and her body became as stiff as a statue.
Li Huowang calmly recounted what had happened, and Bai Lingmiao didn't make a sound the entire time, her hand holding Li Huowang's becoming colder and colder.
As her long, white eyelashes fluttered, two clear tears slowly flowed from the corners of Bai Lingmiao's eyes, and her voice trembled as she spoke.
"Senior Li, did I do something wrong? Why did you kill everyone in my village?"
Images of Bai Lingmiao, who had sold her golden bracelet for money, Bai Lingmiao, who had cried with pear blossoms in her eyes because she was injured, and Bai Lingmiao, who had imagined scenes of returning home with him, flashed through Li Huowang's mind.
"I don't know why it turned out like this. I was too cold over there, I just wanted to warm up by the fire...I...I really just wanted to warm up by the fire, I really just wanted to warm up by the fire..." Li Huowang pleaded in a pale voice.The fear on Bai Lingmiao's face gradually rose, and she suddenly pulled her hand out of Li Huowang's grasp and stepped back step by step.
As she retreated faster and faster, about to rush out the door, Li Huowang hugged her from behind.
Bai Lingmiao's puppet-like facial features instantly collapsed, and she struggled desperately, pounding Li Huowang's body with clenched fists like a madman, letting out a piercing scream from her wide-open mouth.
In the end, she even pounced on Li Huowang and fiercely tore open the black scab, but when she saw the bleeding wound on Li Huowang's body, she stopped tearing and crouched on the ground, sobbing with her hands covering her face.
One person stood, one person crouched, and the two of them stopped in place like that.
Li Huowang stood there quietly looking at Bai Lingmiao's white hair, and only he knew what he was thinking at the moment.
This situation lasted for a long time, and the environment in the room gradually darkened.
After a long time, sobbing Bai Lingmiao stood up and walked towards the door without even looking at Li Huowang.
Li Huowang stopped her again, "No, you don't need to go. This is Niuxin Village, this is your home. I'm the one who needs to leave."
After speaking, Li Huowang turned and left without attempting to keep her.
"You've already figured it out, haven't you? If you speak up, I'm afraid your fate with Bai Lingmiao will be over. Why are you still doing this?"
Li Huowang's expression was stiff like wood, completely ignoring the words of the illusion. "Is it useless to regret now? Did I deceive you with good intentions?"
"Deception is deception! There is no good or evil! I made a mistake and I will bear the consequences! I am at peace in my heart!" Li Huowang suddenly roared, startling his fellow disciples who were close to him.
"Li senior brother, you just came back and you're leaving? Miao Miao is very worried about you. Whatever you do, you should consider her feelings, right?" Chun Xiaoman asked.
"Take care of her for me. You guys should live a peaceful life here in the future. Don't run around in this chaotic world."
As Li Huowang walked through Niuxin Village, more and more of his fellow disciples joined him.
When Li Huowang came to the village head again, everyone had gathered.
Without hesitation, he ran towards the heavy rain.
"Li senior brother, where are you going? Let's go with you!"
"Stop!! No one is allowed to follow!" Li Huowang's reprimand made everyone stand still.
In the pouring rain, Li Huowang, soaked from head to toe, turned around and after taking a few deep breaths, suddenly cursed at them.
"Get lost! Go away! I've already sent the ashes! I've even sent out my last words at Qingfeng Temple! I've fulfilled all my promises! What more do you want from me?!"
"Look at all the injuries on my body! I've already done enough for you! I'm tired! Do you want to drag me down for the rest of my life, you bunch of disabled trash?!"
Looking at their sad faces, Li Huowang, with his face full of water, suddenly turned around and rushed out of Niuxin Village.
In fact, on the way back after this incident, Li Huowang had already made up his mind to leave everyone behind.
He really dared not let anyone stay by his side, the closer the relationship, the more afraid he was. He was afraid that one day, he would burn them all to death like the White family, just like a crazy person who didn't know what he was doing. A crazy person with various mysterious and unfathomable abilities was even more terrifying.
