“My home is at Baolu Lane 20, East Gate of Xia Liang. Tell my wife that there are two small goldfish in the sandwich layer of the third pickled vegetable jar under the bed. Use them sparingly, they should last until my child grows up.”
A middle-aged man with a face covered in acne suppressed his fear and whispered his last words to Li Huowang.
This is the herb that were to be taken to the alchemy room today, and Li Huowang couldn’t do anything about it. He could only remember these last words in his heart.
Watching that trembling man enter the alchemy room, Li Huowang turned and left with a somewhat impatient expression on his face.
This was already the eighth person, and as time passed, the number of people in the material room continued to decrease. What was even more painful for him was that he seemed to have become accustomed to this, and the guilt of sending people to their deaths was diminishing.
He was being assimilated by someone as repulsive as Dan Yang Tzu, and he didn’t want that.
Li Huowang is eager to get out of his extremely torturous situation and is searching for a solution, but it’s not easy to find.
It’s almost impossible for him to defeat the mysterious Dan Yang Tzu with just himself and some disabled people from the materials room.
He only knows that “Master Wander” controlled by Dan Yang Tzu is absent from the temple on the 1st and 15th of every lunar month, unable to monitor the people in the temple. Also, Dan Yang Tzu is illiterate, and there is someone in Qingfeng Temple who helps him read celestial books.
“Should l go to Dan Yang Tzu’s residence to find that person and kill him? After all, I am the only disciple who can read. At that time, Dan Yang Tzu will have to rely on me to translate celestial books. It will be easy for me to kill Dan Yang Tzu then, won’t it?”
After the thought occurred to him, Li Huowang quickly dismissed it. Although he knew where Dan Yang Tzu’s cave was located, firstly, he didn’t know what traps might be inside, and secondly, he didn’t know how powerful the person reading celestial books for Dan Yang Tzu was. If he rushed in recklessly, he would probably not even know how he died.
“Poisoning his elixirs or medicinal herbs? No, my alchemy skills were taught by him, so doing something like this would only expose my intentions.”
While Li Huowang was walking back, thinking of new ways to deal with Dan Yang Tzu, a gloomy-looking young man in Taoist robes and a headscarf approached him from the opposite direction.
Li Huowang recognized him as Zheng Kun,Dan Yang Tzu’s closed-door disciple.
Li Huowang didn’t know much about Zheng Kun, except for occasionally bumping into him during meals.
He rarely saw Zheng Kun at other times, and unlike Li Huowang and other registered disciples, Zheng Kun did not have to worry about managing the affairs of Qingfeng Temple. Li Huowang had no idea what Zheng Kun usually did.
They brushed past each other, and as Zheng Kun lightly leaned his shoulder, Li Huowang collided with his body. Upon hitting him, Li Huowang felt like he had hit a piece of steel. Zheng Kun stood still and looked at him with a sneer.
“Xuan Yang, you have been very conspicuous in the temple recently. It seems our master is quite pleased with you.”
Li Huowang frowned and glanced at him, then turned to leave. But before he could take a few steps, he felt a sudden surge of force behind him that pushed him forward.
Li Huowang stumbled a few steps but managed to keep his balance.
“What’s the matter, Xuan Yang? My words didn’t have any effect on you?” Zheng Kun stepped forward, one step at a time, and asked Li Huowang face-to-face.
“Senior Brother Zheng Kun, I need to go help Master sort out the medicinal herbs now,” Li Huowang said calmly.
“Don’t fucking use our master’s name to deceive me! When our master and I were being chased, you didn’t even know who our master was! Let me tell you, Xuan Yang, just do your job and keep your mouth shut about other things. Don’t be so clueless.” Zheng Kun’s tone became even more severe.
Li Huowang didn’t feel angry, but instead looked at Zheng Kun blankly, as if thinking about something. It was true that Zheng Kun had a bad temper, just as Xuan Yuan had described.
“What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue? Speak up!”
Li Huowang, who had been expressionless until now, finally spoke up with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
“Master values me, and it’s his plan. Even if he tells me the way to become an immortal, it’s his business. I’m afraid Senior Brother Zheng Kun has no say in this matter,” Li Huowang said calmly.
Zheng Kun was stunned for a moment, and did not respond immediately. He couldn’t believe that Li Huowang had spoken to him like this.
When he finally regained his senses, his expression turned fierce. He formed a spell with his fingers, and like a small chisel, he poked Li Huowang’s left rib through his robe.
“Just who do you think you are, that our master would tell you the method to become an immortal? You’re just a piece of dregs of herbs!”
The intense pain almost caused Li Huowang to faint, but he smiled instead because he had guessed correctly.
“Hehe, maybe our master didn’t tell you because your comprehension is low. Senior Brother Zheng Kun, cultivating is a matter of talent. Since your talent is not good enough, don’t waste our master’s time on you,” Li Huowang said calmly.
This seemed to touch a nerve in Zheng Kun, and he pulled out his fingers again and poked Li Huowang’s body three times in a row. “You useless trash!”
Despite the pain, Li Huowang’s laughter grew louder and louder. “Hahaha, come on, kill me! Let everyone see what our master’s reaction would be if his disciples are killing each other!”
As he watched Li Huowang’s laughter turn into manic laughter, Zheng Kun kicked him with his right foot, sending him flying into the wall. “Hmph, lunatic!”
Li Huowang lay on the ground for a long time before he finally regained his senses. After twenty minutes, a pair of large hands came over to help him up.
“Hey, Junior Brother Xuan Yang, why didn’t you listen to my advice? I told you to respect Senior Brother Zheng Kun, but why did you provoke him?”
The speaker is kind-hearted Xuan Yuan, who, due to his easy-going nature, is the only person in Qingfeng Temple who can talk to Li Huowang.
Li Huowang holds the location of his ribs and says with pain, “What’s up?Can he still kill me? Master Wander is watching from the side. If any more disciples die in the temple, it won’t be sustainable anymore,” Li Huowang said, gritting his teeth in pain.
“What is Master Wander?” Xuan Yuan asked, looking somewhat surprised.
“Xuan Yuan doesn’t know?” a thought suddenly flashed through Li Huowang’s mind. “Do the others not know how our master monitors the entire Qingfeng Temple?”
Considering the two closed-door disciples who had died previously, Li Huowang realized that these people might really not know.
“It’s nothing. I just meant that he wouldn’t dare to kill me,” Li Huowang replied.
“It’s not that simple. He’s a closed-door disciple and you’re a registered disciple. Although he can’t directly kill you, if he wants to defame or punish you, it’s a piece of cake,” Xuan Yuan warned.
“Haha, I’m not afraid,” Li Huowang said with a smile in his eyes while talking to Xuan Yuan. However, just now Zheng Kun had revealed some information: as a closed-door disciple, Zheng Kun still didn’t have the qualifications to learn the method of immortality.
Dan Yang Tzu doesn’t trust anyone.
But that’s not the point. The point is that he noticed Zheng Kun’s gaze when they made eye contact just now. When Li Huowang revealed that he had learned the method of achieving immortality, Dan Yang Tzu clearly sensed the strong sense of unwillingness in Zheng Kun’s eyes.
Disciples educated by Dan Yang Tzu cannot be loyal and devoted.
This may be a point of leverage, and he wants to try it out.
“My home is at Baolu Lane 20, East Gate of Xia Liang. Tell my wife that there are two small goldfish in the sandwich layer of the third pickled vegetable jar under the bed. Use them sparingly, they should last until my child grows up.”
A middle-aged man with a face covered in acne suppressed his fear and whispered his last words to Li Huowang.
This is the herb that were to be taken to the alchemy room today, and Li Huowang couldn’t do anything about it. He could only remember these last words in his heart.
Watching that trembling man enter the alchemy room, Li Huowang turned and left with a somewhat impatient expression on his face.
This was already the eighth person, and as time passed, the number of people in the material room continued to decrease. What was even more painful for him was that he seemed to have become accustomed to this, and the guilt of sending people to their deaths was diminishing.
He was being assimilated by someone as repulsive as Dan Yang Tzu, and he didn’t want that.
Li Huowang is eager to get out of his extremely torturous situation and is searching for a solution, but it’s not easy to find.
It’s almost impossible for him to defeat the mysterious Dan Yang Tzu with just himself and some disabled people from the materials room.
He only knows that “Master Wander” controlled by Dan Yang Tzu is absent from the temple on the 1st and 15th of every lunar month, unable to monitor the people in the temple. Also, Dan Yang Tzu is illiterate, and there is someone in Qingfeng Temple who helps him read celestial books.
“Should l go to Dan Yang Tzu’s residence to find that person and kill him? After all, I am the only disciple who can read. At that time, Dan Yang Tzu will have to rely on me to translate celestial books. It will be easy for me to kill Dan Yang Tzu then, won’t it?”
After the thought occurred to him, Li Huowang quickly dismissed it. Although he knew where Dan Yang Tzu’s cave was located, firstly, he didn’t know what traps might be inside, and secondly, he didn’t know how powerful the person reading celestial books for Dan Yang Tzu was. If he rushed in recklessly, he would probably not even know how he died.
“Poisoning his elixirs or medicinal herbs? No, my alchemy skills were taught by him, so doing something like this would only expose my intentions.”
While Li Huowang was walking back, thinking of new ways to deal with Dan Yang Tzu, a gloomy-looking young man in Taoist robes and a headscarf approached him from the opposite direction.
Li Huowang recognized him as Zheng Kun,Dan Yang Tzu’s closed-door disciple.
Li Huowang didn’t know much about Zheng Kun, except for occasionally bumping into him during meals.
He rarely saw Zheng Kun at other times, and unlike Li Huowang and other registered disciples, Zheng Kun did not have to worry about managing the affairs of Qingfeng Temple. Li Huowang had no idea what Zheng Kun usually did.
They brushed past each other, and as Zheng Kun lightly leaned his shoulder, Li Huowang collided with his body. Upon hitting him, Li Huowang felt like he had hit a piece of steel. Zheng Kun stood still and looked at him with a sneer.
“Xuan Yang, you have been very conspicuous in the temple recently. It seems our master is quite pleased with you.”
Li Huowang frowned and glanced at him, then turned to leave. But before he could take a few steps, he felt a sudden surge of force behind him that pushed him forward.
Li Huowang stumbled a few steps but managed to keep his balance.
“What’s the matter, Xuan Yang? My words didn’t have any effect on you?” Zheng Kun stepped forward, one step at a time, and asked Li Huowang face-to-face.
“Senior Brother Zheng Kun, I need to go help Master sort out the medicinal herbs now,” Li Huowang said calmly.
“Don’t fucking use our master’s name to deceive me! When our master and I were being chased, you didn’t even know who our master was! Let me tell you, Xuan Yang, just do your job and keep your mouth shut about other things. Don’t be so clueless.” Zheng Kun’s tone became even more severe.
Li Huowang didn’t feel angry, but instead looked at Zheng Kun blankly, as if thinking about something. It was true that Zheng Kun had a bad temper, just as Xuan Yuan had described.
“What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue? Speak up!”
Li Huowang, who had been expressionless until now, finally spoke up with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
“Master values me, and it’s his plan. Even if he tells me the way to become an immortal, it’s his business. I’m afraid Senior Brother Zheng Kun has no say in this matter,” Li Huowang said calmly.
Zheng Kun was stunned for a moment, and did not respond immediately. He couldn’t believe that Li Huowang had spoken to him like this.
When he finally regained his senses, his expression turned fierce. He formed a spell with his fingers, and like a small chisel, he poked Li Huowang’s left rib through his robe.
“Just who do you think you are, that our master would tell you the method to become an immortal? You’re just a piece of dregs of herbs!”
The intense pain almost caused Li Huowang to faint, but he smiled instead because he had guessed correctly.
“Hehe, maybe our master didn’t tell you because your comprehension is low. Senior Brother Zheng Kun, cultivating is a matter of talent. Since your talent is not good enough, don’t waste our master’s time on you,” Li Huowang said calmly.
This seemed to touch a nerve in Zheng Kun, and he pulled out his fingers again and poked Li Huowang’s body three times in a row. “You useless trash!”
Despite the pain, Li Huowang’s laughter grew louder and louder. “Hahaha, come on, kill me! Let everyone see what our master’s reaction would be if his disciples are killing each other!”
As he watched Li Huowang’s laughter turn into manic laughter, Zheng Kun kicked him with his right foot, sending him flying into the wall. “Hmph, lunatic!”
Li Huowang lay on the ground for a long time before he finally regained his senses. After twenty minutes, a pair of large hands came over to help him up.
“Hey, Junior Brother Xuan Yang, why didn’t you listen to my advice? I told you to respect Senior Brother Zheng Kun, but why did you provoke him?”
The speaker is kind-hearted Xuan Yuan, who, due to his easy-going nature, is the only person in Qingfeng Temple who can talk to Li Huowang.
Li Huowang holds the location of his ribs and says with pain, “What’s up?Can he still kill me? Master Wander is watching from the side. If any more disciples die in the temple, it won’t be sustainable anymore,” Li Huowang said, gritting his teeth in pain.
“What is Master Wander?” Xuan Yuan asked, looking somewhat surprised.
“Xuan Yuan doesn’t know?” a thought suddenly flashed through Li Huowang’s mind. “Do the others not know how our master monitors the entire Qingfeng Temple?”
Considering the two closed-door disciples who had died previously, Li Huowang realized that these people might really not know.
“It’s nothing. I just meant that he wouldn’t dare to kill me,” Li Huowang replied.
“It’s not that simple. He’s a closed-door disciple and you’re a registered disciple. Although he can’t directly kill you, if he wants to defame or punish you, it’s a piece of cake,” Xuan Yuan warned.
“Haha, I’m not afraid,” Li Huowang said with a smile in his eyes while talking to Xuan Yuan. However, just now Zheng Kun had revealed some information: as a closed-door disciple, Zheng Kun still didn’t have the qualifications to learn the method of immortality.
Dan Yang Tzu doesn’t trust anyone.
But that’s not the point. The point is that he noticed Zheng Kun’s gaze when they made eye contact just now. When Li Huowang revealed that he had learned the method of achieving immortality, Dan Yang Tzu clearly sensed the strong sense of unwillingness in Zheng Kun’s eyes.
Disciples educated by Dan Yang Tzu cannot be loyal and devoted.
This may be a point of leverage, and he wants to try it out.
