Li Huowang had to use his own arm bone to divine, as there were no human bones to be found in the small fishing village on Xing Island. Fortunately, the bone was not damaged after use.
After divining with his own arm bone, Li Huowang put the cracked bone back into his flesh.
"Now it's time to find the place with the bone cracks..." Li Huowang muttered to himself as he walked towards the small fishing village by the seaside.
The village was not big, and he could easily run into familiar faces after walking a few steps.
He saw a woman with a pale face buying steamed buns with her daughter in the distance. After hesitating for a long time, she bought a mixed grain bun for herself and a half of a brown sugar bun for her daughter.
Seeing the poor appearance of the mother and daughter, Li Huowang felt soft-hearted. He gently shook the reins and brought the carriage closer.
"Master..." The woman bowed and saluted when she saw Li Huowang, as if she remembered something, her expression filled with fear and respect.
The little girl shyly buried her head in her mother's arms, too afraid to look up.
"Why did you bring your daughter to Xing Island?" Li Huowang asked as he observed.
"I... my husband passed away, and I came here to seek refuge with relatives..." The woman spoke timidly, not daring to look at Li Huowang's face, her expression humble.
After thinking for a moment, Li Huowang reached into his pocket and took out the money he won from playing leaf cards, directly handing it to the little girl.
"Although the child is young, half a bun of brown sugar is not enough for a meal. Take it and buy her something to eat."
Before the woman could react, Li Huowang had already driven the carriage and headed towards a distant inn.
This divination talisman was said to be useful, but it was also useless. It was completely uncontrollable, and all he could do after divining was to wait for opportunities to come.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he could rest and prepare himself for the upcoming crisis at the inn.
Entering the inn was still the same as before, washing up, eating, and sleeping.
Li Huowang thought he would have to put in some effort to find Zhuge Yuan, but he didn't expect someone on the island to find him first.
As Li Huowang fell into a deep sleep, he suddenly woke up alertly and kicked the bun at the side of the bed with his foot. There was someone outside the door.
"Bang bang bang!" The door was suddenly knocked. "Is Master Li here? Is Master Li here?"
The voice outside the door was thin and sounded awkward with a mix of male and female tones.
Quickly getting dressed, Li Huowang opened the door slightly and looked outside with extreme vigilance.
The person outside was dressed in blue silk with a jade pendant around his waist, looking wealthy. There was a thin mustache under his nose, but despite his appearance, he was still applying powder to his face. The moonlight shone on his face, making it pale.
Li Huowang felt that this person was strange, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was strange about him.
"Are you Master Li? My husband has been waiting for you for a long time. Please come with me." The person bowed and asked again in a friendly tone.
"Who is your husband?" Li Huowang's hand had unknowingly gripped the hilt of the Zisui Sword.
"My husband's surname is Zhuge, named Yuan, with the courtesy name Chenmo, and the title of storyteller. Didn't Master Li divine for my husband during the day? He knows that you have arrived."
Upon hearing this, Li Huowang's heart skipped a beat. He had divined for Zhuge Yuan, and the other party immediately knew who had divined for him and could accurately find his location.
It seemed that it was best not to use divination carelessly in front of powerful people, or else the enemy would know his location.
Seeing Li Huowang standing at the door without responding, the person began to urge him. "Master Li, are you coming or not? If you're not coming, I'll go back and give my husband a reply."
"Lead the way." With a creaking sound, Li Huowang opened the door and followed him downstairs. The entire inn was extremely quiet, with only the sound of their footsteps.
Outside the inn, under the silver moonlight, a pure white sedan chair appeared in front of Li Huowang. Four black-clad sedan bearers stood still like sculptures, looking extremely eerie.
"Master Li, please get on the sedan chair. It's quite a long journey to where my husband lives, so we should hurry." The person walked to the side of the sedan chair with a smile and used his withered hand to open the curtain.
Li Huowang's brows gradually furrowed, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
But when he thought about the spinning wheel Zhuge Yuan had given him earlier, as well as his soothing tone, Li Huowang finally got into the sedan chair.
With a creaking sound, the sedan chair was lifted by the sedan bearers and ran forward.
"How long will it take us to get to Mr. Zhuge's place?" Li Huowang asked, but he didn't receive a response. When he lifted the curtain to look outside, he found that the person had already disappeared.
Not only did that person disappear, but the four sedan bearers who lifted their feet were also strange. Their hands and feet seemed to have no joints, standing straight and running, their eyes staring straight without blinking.
This strange change made Li Huowang's suspicion rise. "What's going on? Could it be that these people were not sent by Zhuge Yuan?"
As Li Huowang remained on high alert, the environment outside the sedan chair gradually changed. The layers of black tiles in the fishing village gradually disappeared, replaced by dark green bamboo leaves.
Among the densely packed green bamboo poles, there seemed to be something faintly hidden.
"Hee hee hee..." Laughter-like voices came from deep within the bamboo forest, but when Li Huowang listened carefully, he realized that it was just the sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo leaves.
Sitting in the swaying sedan chair, Li Huowang continued to move forward through the bamboo forest.
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This journey lasted a long, long time. After two hours, Li Huowang was still inside the bamboo forest."This bamboo forest is really vast." As Li Huowang muttered to himself, his pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints as he spotted something.
"Hold on! I've seen that rock not long ago, you guys haven't been moving at all! We've been going in circles! Stop the sedan!!"
Upon hearing Li Huowang's words, the black-clad sedan bearers not only didn't stop, but quickened their pace instead.
With a "clang", the Purple Tassel Sword was drawn from its sheath, swiftly cutting a hole in the bottom of the sedan. He brought his feet together and dove in.
But as soon as he landed, the ground covered with withered yellow bamboo leaves sank rapidly like it was made of tendons, attempting to envelop him.
Li Huowang held his long sword horizontally and made a fierce slash. Accompanied by an inhuman scream, the bulging ground spurted out thick blood and quickly receded.
Panting heavily, Li Huowang stood still in the bamboo forest. There was no white sedan or black-clad bearers, only him alone.
"What on earth are they? Why would they know that I divined for Zhuge Yuan? Could it be that the evil spirits of Apricot Island have become sentient?"
