On the bustling street, as Li Huowang stared intently at the fat woman on the third floor, a well-dressed waiter rushed out from the restaurant and approached the carriage with a smile, saying, "Sir, someone has prepared a grand feast for you on the third floor of our restaurant. Please have a look."
Since the other party was so straightforward in finding him, Li Huowang had no intention of hiding.
He followed Li Sui up the wooden stairs and arrived at the third floor of the restaurant, where the fat woman was already waiting beside a table filled with delicious food.
Not only was she there, but there were also other diners.
"Come, come, let me toast you. The younger generation is truly admirable!" The fat woman raised her glass and drank it all in one go.
Li Huowang and Li Sui sat down on the chairs, taking off their hats at the same time.
A horrifying sight appeared before everyone's eyes—a terrifying charred head and a skinless dog wriggling all over.
This terrifying scene instantly made the other diners stop in their tracks. After a brief moment, screams and cries of terror filled the air, and in no time, everyone ran away, leaving no one behind.
Li Huowang did this naturally to show his hostility towards the fat woman.
The fat woman could naturally sense Li Huowang's hostility and immediately explained, "Oh, you child, I'm old enough to be your mother. How could I harm you? I just wanted to discuss something with you."
"I know about what happened in the wilderness before. No matter what I say, you can't let go of your guard, fearing that I have ill intentions. Am I right?"
"Well, you should feel at ease here. Look, the prefectural yamen is just across the street. If you shout, the local branch of the Monitors of Heaven will come rushing over."
Just as Li Sui was about to pick up a pig's trotter, Li Huowang knocked it out of his hand. He stared at the fat woman in front of him and calmly said, "You're pestering me like this because you want the Pure Yang Life, right? I'm still not selling it."
Little did Li Huowang know that as soon as he said this, the fat woman's expression changed drastically. She looked very sad as she began to complain to him.
"It's not easy for me, you know. I never had a father since I was young. My poor mother, she worked so hard to raise me. I wanted to let her live a comfortable life, but who knew that her life would come to an end. Oh, back then, during the drought, we had nothing to eat or drink. In order to save my life, my mother fed me with her own blood..."
Hearing the woman's words, a trace of annoyance appeared on Li Huowang's face. He could have just walked away. But unfortunately, the Ten Emotions and Eight Sufferings displayed by the woman showed that her words were true, or at least the sadness she felt was real.
"I sympathize with your mother's plight, but I'm sorry, I also have someone who needs the Pure Yang Life."
Seeing that Li Huowang was about to leave, the fat woman suddenly changed her tone and became anxious. "Madam can give you something in exchange! Just tell me what you need! As long as you give me the Pure Yang Life, anything will do!"
Li Huowang stood up. "I don't need anything for now. I'm sorry, but please stop bothering me."
"If you keep following me, something bad might happen to both of us!"
As Li Huowang walked step by step towards the stairs, the fat woman suddenly said something that made his hand, which was reaching for the handrail, stop in mid-air.
"The girl in your carriage is a medium, right? Being a medium is very tough! As long as you give me five years of Pure Yang Life, I can help you get rid of the Immortals on her!"
Li Huowang immediately turned around and stared at the woman in front of him. The Ten Emotions and Eight Sufferings on her body indicated that she was not lying. She really had a way to deal with the Immortals.
When they were on the road, Bai Lingmiao had been entangled by the Immortals and became a medium, which had always been a significant hidden danger.
Adding five years of Yang Life to Bai Lingmiao and getting rid of the Immortals was an extremely difficult choice.
Just as Li Huowang was hesitating, Twin Soul suddenly walked up from below the stairs and whispered something in his ear.
"What did you say?!" Li Huowang blurted out. "Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter earlier!"
He looked at the fat woman in front of him again, and her Ten Emotions and Eight Sufferings showed that she was not lying. She really had a way to deal with the Immortals.
If it weren't for the sudden opportunity today, who knows how much longer they would have kept this secret from him.
Upon hearing this, the fat woman immediately smiled, afraid that Li Huowang would refuse. She quickly agreed, "Alright! It's settled then!"
Li Huowang originally thought that the woman would leave first and wait for him in the capital, but she seemed to be afraid that he would run away. She followed him all the way.
This made Li Huowang unable to sleep peacefully on the road. Fortunately, during this time on the road, nothing went wrong, and they safely returned to the capital.
There were also advantages on the road. At least Li Huowang's injuries had improved a lot, and at least he looked like Li Huowang.
"I'll put the carriage at home. You wait for me at the gate of the yamen." After spending such a long time together, Li Huowang already knew her name—Lian Zhibei.
"It's alright, I'll go with you. I don't know the way around this capital either. I still need you to show me the way." Lian Zhibei was afraid that Li Huowang would run away, so she stuck to him like a shadow.
Li Huowang couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her obvious flaws as an excuse. He turned his head and said to Bai Lingmiao and Li Sui, "You two go home first. I'll be there soon."
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After saying that, the four of them split into two groups and went their separate ways.
When Li Huowang walked into the lobby of the Monitors of Heaven with the box containing the Ling Nie, Nangong, who was far away, immediately noticed Li Huowang and Lian Zhibei. "Oh? Are you two teaming up?"
"More or less," Li Huowang straightforwardly pushed the box in his hand towards Nangong. "The item has arrived. Let's settle the payment."However, Lian Zhibei, who was standing nearby, quickly took it into his arms and said to Nangong, "Wait, this is a matter for the palace, we need to hand it over to the eunuch ourselves."
"It's the same if you leave it with me. I'll pass it on to the eunuch in the palace. Once they give the reward, I'll transfer it directly to you, but it might take some time."
Lian Zhibei said very rudely, "Don't give me that! I know very well that if it goes through you first, then through the eunuch, who knows how much will be deducted!"
After saying these, he turned to Li Huowang and said, "Listen to me, it's safer to hand it directly to the palace. Otherwise, if the pure Yang lifespan you get is slightly embezzled, it might not even last for five years!"
Seeing the helpless look on Nangong's face and no rebuttal, Li Huowang knew that what the other party said was probably true. He immediately reached out and snatched the wooden box back. "Fine, let's take it directly to the palace."
As long as the trouble from the immortal family on Bai Lingmiao's body could be resolved, nothing else mattered.
(End of the chapter)
