"Zhuge, it seems that the Zuo Wang Dao really thinks he is me." Li Huowang turned his head and looked at Zhuge Yuan beside him with a serious expression.
He never expected that the Zuo Wang Dao would actually steal his spindle and his weapon, and completely disguise himself from the inside out.
"This guy must have been the one who acted when I was trapped in the illusion in the water. Maybe I suddenly fell into an illusion before because of him!"
Thinking back carefully, when he woke up from the so-called White Tower Prison, there happened to be a fool beside him. Maybe that person was the projection of the Zuo Wang Dao.
"And also! I saw someone in my stomach before! Maybe that person was specifically waiting for you inside." The monk reminded with concern.
"Tsk tsk." Red walked over, circled around the corpse a few times, and clasped his hands together like the monk, performing a ritual.
Now that everything is resolved, the process of the whole thing is not difficult to guess. Li Huowang just doesn't know why the other party pretended to be him. If they were dealing with him, wouldn't it be obvious to meet him in his own appearance?
"Ha!" Zhuge Yuan opened his folding fan, and the four characters "Born to be extraordinary" appeared in front of Li Huo's face. "Don't worry, they are after me. On this Xing Island, they dare not confront me directly, so they used your identity to get close to me."
"This opportunity was good at first, but I guess they didn't expect you to come to the island so quickly."
Seeing Zhuge Yuan leave, Li Huowang bent down and took back his things from the Zuo Wang Dao's corpse, quickly catching up. "I'm really sorry. If it weren't for me, Zhuge wouldn't have had this trouble."
He really didn't expect that the Zuo Wang Dao this time was not targeting him. For a moment, he felt a little uncomfortable. After all, the previous Zuo Wang Dao would never stop until he died when he saw him, just like a wolf seeing meat.
Hearing Li Huowang's apology, Zhuge Yuan smiled slightly. "It's okay, I'm used to it. This is not the first time. Since I killed the Zuo Wang Dao who got rich, things like this have never stopped."
Li Huowang turned his head and looked at the Zuo Wang Dao's corpse gradually disappearing in the morning mist. He felt a suffocating feeling when he thought that the entire Zuo Wang Dao organization was targeting him and that everyone around him could be a madman disguised as the Zuo Wang Dao.
Then Li Huowang turned his head and looked at Zhuge Yuan with a somewhat complicated expression. Faced with the strong retaliation of the Zuo Wang Dao, the other party seemed so at ease. His strength was evident.
"Definitely much stronger than the previous Danyang Zi. No! Maybe this person is even stronger than Danyang Zi after becoming an immortal!"
Just as Li Huowang was pondering this question, Zhuge Yuan frowned and looked at Li Huowang's body. "Li Xiong, is there anything alive inside you? Do you want me to help you get it out?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Sui's tentacles wrapped around his eyeballs and drilled out of Li Huowang's navel, curiously looking at Zhuge Yuan.
Li Huowang extended his finger and circled it around before stuffing it back in. "It's nothing, just the Black Tai Sui. Although it is gradually eroding my body, it is the only thing that can help me suppress the hallucinations caused by the Heart Element."
"I see. I have read about this method in a miscellaneous book, but this is the first time I have seen it with my own eyes."
Zhuge Yuan nodded understandingly and was about to leave, but then stopped. "Have you spit out the accumulated Black Tai Sui in your abdomen and eaten a new one?"
Li Huowang was taken aback and was somewhat surprised that the other party would ask this. "I do have this plan. I plan to wait until the Black Tai Sui in my abdomen can no longer hold on and then try it."
"Don't try it. According to what I read in that book, if you really do that, the outcome of the Heart Element will be very miserable."
Upon hearing this reminder, Li Huowang suddenly felt grateful. If the other party hadn't said that, he might have really tried it in the future.
After this small incident, the relationship between the two suddenly became much more harmonious. Li Huowang rarely encountered someone who didn't pry into his secrets and felt very relaxed.
After walking for about half an hour, a quiet and elegant two-story bamboo building appeared in front of the two.
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The entire bamboo building was green, completely blending with the bamboo forest, as if the bamboo building grew out of the ground just like the bamboo.
"I apologize for the simplicity of this humble abode, Li Xiong." Zhuge Yuan pushed open the bamboo door and led Li Huowang into the house.
The bamboo building didn't have any locks, but it can be certain that thieves would never be able to enter here.
Entering the bamboo building, Li Huowang felt a strong scholarly atmosphere. The walls were either covered with calligraphy or paintings, and he couldn't really tell how high the level was.
One of the paintings was particularly special. It depicted not something else, but a white sedan chair. Four yellowish-white skeletons carried it high, and in front, a white yellow weasel held a white lantern to lead the way.
Apart from this painting, the majority of the other paintings were portraits. There were men, women, old, and young. It seemed that Zhuge Yuan was skilled in painting portraits, and the appearances were very vivid.
At this moment, Zhuge Yuan was already sitting cross-legged on a cushion, skillfully brewing tea. "Li Xiong, which kind of tea do you like? Ding Mountain Plain, or Gentleman's Silver Needle?"
"Either is fine." Li Huowang sat on another cushion on the low tea seat and watched Zhuge Yuan make tea.
Although Li Huowang had a lot to say at this moment, seeing the other party's focused appearance, he ultimately decided to wait politely until the other party finished.
Although he couldn't understand what the other party was doing by pouring water into different cups, he could clearly feel the other party's mastery of tea ceremony.
"Three brews of Gentleman's Silver Needle, Xing Island tea is good, but the water is more ordinary. Please don't mind."Li Huowang took a sip of the pale green tea. As soon as he opened his mouth, the tea set was removed, and a square chessboard was placed in front of him.
Without waiting for the other party to speak, Li Huowang casually picked up a black chess piece and placed it on the board, then asked impatiently, "Brother Zhuge, why did you help me before? Are you also a Xin Su like me?"
As soon as he asked this question, Li Huowang's heart was instantly on edge, his heartbeat accelerating as he watched the other party open his mouth.
With a "pop", a white chess piece was placed, and an unexpected response came from the other party. "No, although we both have 'Xin' in our names, I am not a Xin Su, I am a Xin Pan."
"Xin Pan?" A strong sense of disappointment welled up in Li Huowang's heart. On the ship, he had speculated that Zhuge Yuan had helped him because they were of the same kind.
If in this chaotic and bizarre world, there was a powerful senior leading him, everything would be much easier. However, things didn't always go as he wished.
Li Huowang collected his thoughts and asked again, "Which 'Pan'? The 'Pan' in Pan Tao (peach)?"
Zhuge Yuan held the tea cup in his left hand, using the lid to hold back the tea leaves, closed his eyes and took a light sip. "The 'Pan' in 'Qing Chuang Xi Yan Zuo, She Yin Shao Pan Jie', Brother Li, it's your turn, make your move."
(End of the chapter)
