Hearing this, Li Huo's worries disappeared instantly. As long as someone else is responsible for this big trouble, it has nothing to do with him. The unreliable Jiantiansi of Daliang, the Jiantiansi of Houshu, and the Jiantiansi of Sizhi.
If the sky falls, there will be someone to hold it up, and it has nothing to do with him.
As time passed, when everyone realized that besides the darkening sky, there was no other danger, their attention was completely drawn to the aroma of beef, and the kitchen of the Bai family was crowded.
"Is it really beef? This is against the law. I'm a little scared."
"Yes, and it's such a waste to kill a cow. How much land can it cultivate in a lifetime?"
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"If the cow is killed, why bother talking so much? Hey, I've never eaten beef in my life."
Soon, bowls of rice covered with large pieces of beef were delivered to everyone's hands. They compared each other's bowls to see who had more meat, and they enjoyed it.
"Eat, don't think too much. Do you think you're a god? Do you have to take care of natural disasters?" A huge beef heart stewed with rock sugar was placed in front of Li Huowang.
"It's too big." Li Huowang stared at the beef heart, which weighed at least four catties, and it had to be stewed. It might not be fully cooked with other methods.
"You eat first. If you can't finish it, give it to me. I have a big appetite." Bai Lingmiao picked up two chopsticks, scratched the beef heart, picked out the gold ring buried inside, and then put the beef heart in front of Li Huowang.
"Why bury gold in the stewed beef heart?"
"My mother taught me that it's good for the body."
Since he woke up in the morning, Li Huowang felt a little hungry after all the fuss.
He directly inserted the chopsticks into the beef heart, picked it up like a dumpling, and took a bite. It was instantly delicious, smooth, and chewy.
But just as Li Huowang was filling his stomach, the dog boy, with a lost and dejected look, came over with his daughter in his arms.
He used to be obsessed with food, but now he had no desire for it.
With a "plop," the dog boy suddenly knelt on the ground and knocked his head heavily against Li Huowang, who was enjoying his meal.
Li Huowang stopped chewing and looked at him and his daughter.
Without waiting for the dog boy to make a request, Li Huowang said directly, "I can't help you with this. Your daughter is not sick or in disaster. It's just her nature. Even if you peel off her skin and let it grow again, it will be the same."
As for using his innate qi to try, it was completely beyond Li Huowang's consideration.
As a beginner in cultivation, if he forcefully used it, who knows what irreversible consequences it would bring.
The Zuo Wangdao and Hongzhong might have some tricks, but besides deceiving oneself, they were useless.
Upon hearing this, the dog boy's face turned ashen, and he left with his daughter without saying a word. After taking a few steps, tears streaming down his face, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard on the cheek.
"Ah, the dog boy is really pitiful. When his daughter grows up, I wonder if she will resent him." Bai Lingmiao's words made Li Huowang look up at her, his voice heavy with questions, "He is pitiful, what about you?"
"What?" Bai Lingmiao's pupils contracted slightly, obviously startled.
"Do you think you can deceive me? How long do you want to hide this from me?" Li Huowang put the beef heart back in the bowl.
"Who told you?!" Bai Lingmiao initially appeared angry, but when she saw Li Huowang staring at her, her emotions gradually calmed down.
"Don't worry, after all, I'm not blind yet. As for my lifespan being shorter than ordinary people, there's no need to mention it. I'm not even twenty yet. Even if it's shorter, I still have more than ten years to live. It's too early to talk about this."
"Not only that, what else?" Li Huowang's tone remained unchanged, his gaze fixed on any subtle expression on her face.
A trace of annoyance appeared on Bai Lingmiao's face. "It's the business of the immortal world. You don't need to meddle in it. Just take care of your own epilepsy."
"Who has such a big mouth? Why do you tell me everything? Is it Twin Soul?"
"It's not her, it's you. It's you who just told me." Li Huowang picked up the beef heart and started eating again.
Bai Lingmiao was stunned at first, but she quickly understood the meaning of his words. She slapped her right hand and directly slapped the beef heart in Li Huowang's hand onto the ground. "You deceived me! How dare you deceive me!"
"I didn't deceive you. Would you have said it yourself? Did you really plan to wait until you were completely blind before telling me?" Li Huowang stared at Bai Lingmiao's pink eyes.
Li Huowang had already remembered Twin Soul's conflicted expression before. He knew that Bai Lingmiao must be hiding something from him.
He didn't expect that this deception would reveal so many things.
Upon hearing Li Huowang's words, Bai Lingmiao's tone suddenly became louder. "Since we're being honest, fine! I hid it from you, but don't you hide things from me? Your illness hasn't been cured at all! You specifically go to Niuxin Mountain to have seizures! Do you think I'm really blind?!"
Li Huowang took a deep breath, just about to explain, when a series of urgent barking interrupted their argument.
He recognized it. It was the sound of Mantou. Mantou had been with him for so long, and it had never barked so fiercely before.
When Li Huowang and Bai Lingmiao walked to the courtyard, they saw Mantou's fur standing up on its back, showing its sharp teeth and barking urgently towards the direction of the gate.
And the half-closed gate was shaking up and down, making a creaking sound.
"What's going on? I clearly locked the door. How did it open?" Zhao Wu, leaning on his crutch, rushed over and said.
He felt a sudden chill in his body. After all, everyone in the whole Niuxin Village was in the courtyard.
Li Huowang rushed towards the courtyard wall with one foot, stepped heavily on the wall with his right foot, quickly dislocated it, and stood steadily on the wall, looking at the surrounding tile houses.
Just as he was surveying the surroundings, his gaze suddenly stopped at a dark corner, where a man wearing a silk shroud and a watermelon hat on his head stood with his back to him.Viewed from behind, the pear-shaped head took up half of the body. Even with a hat on, it was incredibly large. The legs were unusually short, while the arms were extraordinarily long. The proportions were extremely unbalanced.
In this world, Li Huowang had only seen such oddity and discordance in one thing - the small-footed woman who could summon the God of Happiness, Xiesu.
(End of Chapter)
