Just as Li Huowang started to lose consciousness, he reached into his waist and pulled out the copper bell. The piercing sound of the bell rang out instantly, quickly relieving the discomfort he was feeling.
Immediately after, there was a loud impact as Li Huowang’s head hit the ground heavily, causing his brain to buzz.
Ignoring the pain of his head, Li Huowang gritted his teeth and continued to shake the copper bell in his hand with all his might.
He had almost been ambushed by this thing!
The edges of tables, the bamboo poles supporting the stage, and the edges of the Hu Family ancestors’ memorial tablets… all these lines began to twist and quickly converged into a strange agglomeration.
As Li Huowang’s headache intensified, he pointed in front and Master Wander immediately rushed towards the fake Lv Zhuangyuan who was retreating.
Seeing that Li Huowang had help, the fake Lv Zhuangyuan tried to run away, but it was too late. Master Wander had already reached its side.
But Master Wander didn’t approach the body of fake Lv Zhuangyuan, instead it rushed towards the shadow cast on the ground by the lantern. When the lines on Master Wander’s body were like sharp knives, cutting the shadow of fake Lv Zhuangyuan into pieces, it screamed like a beast and struggled desperately on the ground.
“So, the entity of this thing was the shadow on the ground? No wonder I couldn’t hurt it even if I cut it in half,” Li Huowang thought to himself.
Under Master Wander’s attack, that thing quickly deflated like a leaking balloon, the human-shaped shadow on the ground rapidly spread, eventually turned into a pool of foul-smelling, sticky, black liquid.
Just as Li Huowang thought everything was over, Master Wander quickly flew back and began to spin rapidly around him.
“What’s going on? Could there still be more?”
Li Huowang had just been about to stop shaking the bell, but immediately continued to shake it vigorously. He looked around warily at the spinning world around him.
Find that the hidden did not work, the small-footed woman flashed out from a twisted line in the distance, standing there staring at Li Huowang gloomily.
“It wasn’t this one that turned into Lv Zhuangyuan, there were two in total.”
Just as Li Huowang was thinking this, another small-footed woman split from it, and began to continuously split, becoming more numerous and smaller.
Not just one, more small-footed women emerged from the twisted lines around and began to split and shrink.
Li Huowang pointed at them, and Master Wander rushed forward to attack the hand-sized small-footed women around.
Master Wander’s attack speed was not as fast as their splitting speed. The identical small-footed women continued to split around Li Huowang, opening their blood-red mouths and starting to twist their strange bodies while singing a ballad in an extremely sharp voice.
“The Delight is happy, The Delight is jolly, dressed neatly, as kind and friendly as family.
“The Delight dances, The Delight plays, the ink on the couplet on the door is fresh and new.
“The Delight is angry, The Delight is sad, the light from the lantern is as vast as the sea.
“The Delight is hungry, The Delight is thirsty, holding the hearts in the left hand and the intestines in the right, let’s all go to the edge of the village to welcome The Delight~!”
（The annotations this time are somewhat long and complex, but in order to help readers better understand the power and combat power level of the characters in this novel, I must make some additions and explanations here.
喜xi神shen,This is a deity in Chinese folklore and stories, which controls the joyful emotions of humans. 喜xi means happy, joy.But there is also a 囍xi神shen in this novel, 囍xi means double happiness and joy, so in order to distinguish these two deities, I did not choose to transliterate them.So I plan to translate 喜神 into “The Delight” and 囍神 into “The Joy”
Moreover, these two deities are not actually deities, but rather some other things. But due to the significant differences between Chinese mythology and European and American mythology, there are actually no corresponding words to explain them. I can only try my best to make readers understand what they are.
喜神is more like a kind of fairy or spirit, without a fixed body or appearance. Most of the time, it lives in distant and mysterious spaces, and does not exist in physical form, but leans towards energy or spiritual bodies,Most of the time, The Delight’s mana and power are stronger than those of fairies and spirits, so it cannot be simply referred to as fairy or spirit.
Moreover, since The Delight is not immortal, nor does it come from heaven or hell, it cannot be described as immortal, demon, or celestial. Moreover, although its power and methods may sometimes be somewhat evil, there is still a significant difference from the demons in this novel.
And the strength of The Joy is closer to “Deity” or even “God”, it is very powerful and mysterious, and The Delight is at best just its minion. The level of combat power of The Joy can reach the second or third tier in this novel, which is an existence that mortals and ordinary cultivators cannot catch up with.）
At the moment when they finished singing, their whole bodies suddenly exploded, and some black substance splattered out from within them, completely dyeing the distorted space around them black.
Although he didn’t know what they were doing, at this point, Li Huowang sensed that something was wrong. He stopped shaking the copper bell and prepared to retreat first.
In the next second, his feet were nailed to the ground and could no longer move.
A vague, faint, inexplicable guidance prompted Li Huowang to look up at the sky directly above him. It was dark and empty, but Li Huowang sensed that something immense was moving within the darkness.
“The Delight?”
As soon as the idea arose, Li Huowang saw various silhouettes of different sizes beginning to emerge in the darkness, “No, that thing sensed my thoughts! I have to leave here immediately!”
Although Li Huowang thought so, his body still couldn’t move. His body began to become agitated, his breathing became rapid, the veins on his face bulged, he pulled apart his Taoist robe and raised his hands upward, welcoming the thing in the darkness! The black silhouettes became clear and distorted… Li Huowang could already see it!
His eyes had burst blood vessels due to excitement, tears of blood slowly slid down from the corners of his eyes. “Can’t look anymore! Absolutely can’t look it anymore!! Quickly close eyes!!”
Li Huowang struggled with all his strength, but it was in vain.
Li Huowang could already see the head of The Delight, which was a large clump of chaotic and sticky substance.
Just as this thing was about to completely emerge from the darkness, a very distinctive clattering sound suddenly rang out.
The Delight in the darkness suddenly came to a halt and abruptly retreated a long way into the pitch-black sky, seemingly pulled back by something in the darkness.
Suddenly, an extremely loud crowing sounded and the darkness in the sky shattered like a broken mirror.
Accompanied by the cracking sound of bones, Li Huowang, who was looking up, regained consciousness.
He suddenly lowered his head, propped himself up with both hands on the ground, and gasped for air on the stone bricks.
“What did those small-footed women summon? What exactly happened just now?!” Various questions appeared in his mind.
Supporting himself with the nearby table, Li Huowang struggled to sit up. As he looked up, there was nothing in the sky, as if everything that had just happened was fake.
It was already dawn, and the Hu Family would be arriving soon.
On the distant theatrical platform, there was still singing at this moment. The Lv Family Troupe had indeed been singing all night long, even though they looked unsteady due to the sound of the copper bell and their voices were hoarse , but they did not dare to stop for a moment.
Looking at the black memorial tablets next to him, Li Huowang suddenly realized that the clattering sound he heard just now was the sound of these tablets being simultaneously tapped on the table.
Li Huowang looked in amazement at the ancestors’ memorial tablets of the Hu Family in front of him, “Could it be that they helped me just now?”
Upon careful consideration, he became more and more convinced of this possibility. He quickly stood up and respectfully performed a Taoist bow of Qingfeng Temple towards the tables where the tablets were placed, saying, “Thank you all for your help.”
But as soon as he finished bowing, these memorial tablets suddenly started trembling slightly. The more they trembled, the louder the sound became.
“Dadadadada…”
Watching this eerie scene in front of him, Li Huowang held onto his copper bell and took a cautious step back.
“What’s going on? What do they want to do? It’s almost dawn, aren’t they going back?”
But just as Li Huowang was thinking this, with a crashing sound, all the memorial tablets on the tables in front of him suddenly fell backward.
Then, a familiar voice sounded in Li Huowang’s ear, making him feel like his body had fallen into a bone-chilling ice cave.
“My son……”
Just as Li Huowang started to lose consciousness, he reached into his waist and pulled out the copper bell. The piercing sound of the bell rang out instantly, quickly relieving the discomfort he was feeling.
Immediately after, there was a loud impact as Li Huowang’s head hit the ground heavily, causing his brain to buzz.
Ignoring the pain of his head, Li Huowang gritted his teeth and continued to shake the copper bell in his hand with all his might.
He had almost been ambushed by this thing!
The edges of tables, the bamboo poles supporting the stage, and the edges of the Hu Family ancestors’ memorial tablets… all these lines began to twist and quickly converged into a strange agglomeration.
As Li Huowang’s headache intensified, he pointed in front and Master Wander immediately rushed towards the fake Lv Zhuangyuan who was retreating.
Seeing that Li Huowang had help, the fake Lv Zhuangyuan tried to run away, but it was too late. Master Wander had already reached its side.
But Master Wander didn’t approach the body of fake Lv Zhuangyuan, instead it rushed towards the shadow cast on the ground by the lantern. When the lines on Master Wander’s body were like sharp knives, cutting the shadow of fake Lv Zhuangyuan into pieces, it screamed like a beast and struggled desperately on the ground.
“So, the entity of this thing was the shadow on the ground? No wonder I couldn’t hurt it even if I cut it in half,” Li Huowang thought to himself.
Under Master Wander’s attack, that thing quickly deflated like a leaking balloon, the human-shaped shadow on the ground rapidly spread, eventually turned into a pool of foul-smelling, sticky, black liquid.
Just as Li Huowang thought everything was over, Master Wander quickly flew back and began to spin rapidly around him.
“What’s going on? Could there still be more?”
Li Huowang had just been about to stop shaking the bell, but immediately continued to shake it vigorously. He looked around warily at the spinning world around him.
Find that the hidden did not work, the small-footed woman flashed out from a twisted line in the distance, standing there staring at Li Huowang gloomily.
“It wasn’t this one that turned into Lv Zhuangyuan, there were two in total.”
Just as Li Huowang was thinking this, another small-footed woman split from it, and began to continuously split, becoming more numerous and smaller.
Not just one, more small-footed women emerged from the twisted lines around and began to split and shrink.
Li Huowang pointed at them, and Master Wander rushed forward to attack the hand-sized small-footed women around.
Master Wander’s attack speed was not as fast as their splitting speed. The identical small-footed women continued to split around Li Huowang, opening their blood-red mouths and starting to twist their strange bodies while singing a ballad in an extremely sharp voice.
“The Delight is happy, The Delight is jolly, dressed neatly, as kind and friendly as family.
“The Delight dances, The Delight plays, the ink on the couplet on the door is fresh and new.
“The Delight is angry, The Delight is sad, the light from the lantern is as vast as the sea.
“The Delight is hungry, The Delight is thirsty, holding the hearts in the left hand and the intestines in the right, let’s all go to the edge of the village to welcome The Delight~!”
（The annotations this time are somewhat long and complex, but in order to help readers better understand the power and combat power level of the characters in this novel, I must make some additions and explanations here.
喜xi神shen,This is a deity in Chinese folklore and stories, which controls the joyful emotions of humans. 喜xi means happy, joy.But there is also a 囍xi神shen in this novel, 囍xi means double happiness and joy, so in order to distinguish these two deities, I did not choose to transliterate them.So I plan to translate 喜神 into “The Delight” and 囍神 into “The Joy”
Moreover, these two deities are not actually deities, but rather some other things. But due to the significant differences between Chinese mythology and European and American mythology, there are actually no corresponding words to explain them. I can only try my best to make readers understand what they are.
喜神is more like a kind of fairy or spirit, without a fixed body or appearance. Most of the time, it lives in distant and mysterious spaces, and does not exist in physical form, but leans towards energy or spiritual bodies,Most of the time, The Delight’s mana and power are stronger than those of fairies and spirits, so it cannot be simply referred to as fairy or spirit.
Moreover, since The Delight is not immortal, nor does it come from heaven or hell, it cannot be described as immortal, demon, or celestial. Moreover, although its power and methods may sometimes be somewhat evil, there is still a significant difference from the demons in this novel.
And the strength of The Joy is closer to “Deity” or even “God”, it is very powerful and mysterious, and The Delight is at best just its minion. The level of combat power of The Joy can reach the second or third tier in this novel, which is an existence that mortals and ordinary cultivators cannot catch up with.）
At the moment when they finished singing, their whole bodies suddenly exploded, and some black substance splattered out from within them, completely dyeing the distorted space around them black.
Although he didn’t know what they were doing, at this point, Li Huowang sensed that something was wrong. He stopped shaking the copper bell and prepared to retreat first.
In the next second, his feet were nailed to the ground and could no longer move.
A vague, faint, inexplicable guidance prompted Li Huowang to look up at the sky directly above him. It was dark and empty, but Li Huowang sensed that something immense was moving within the darkness.
“The Delight?”
As soon as the idea arose, Li Huowang saw various silhouettes of different sizes beginning to emerge in the darkness, “No, that thing sensed my thoughts! I have to leave here immediately!”
Although Li Huowang thought so, his body still couldn’t move. His body began to become agitated, his breathing became rapid, the veins on his face bulged, he pulled apart his Taoist robe and raised his hands upward, welcoming the thing in the darkness! The black silhouettes became clear and distorted… Li Huowang could already see it!
His eyes had burst blood vessels due to excitement, tears of blood slowly slid down from the corners of his eyes. “Can’t look anymore! Absolutely can’t look it anymore!! Quickly close eyes!!”
Li Huowang struggled with all his strength, but it was in vain.
Li Huowang could already see the head of The Delight, which was a large clump of chaotic and sticky substance.
Just as this thing was about to completely emerge from the darkness, a very distinctive clattering sound suddenly rang out.
The Delight in the darkness suddenly came to a halt and abruptly retreated a long way into the pitch-black sky, seemingly pulled back by something in the darkness.
Suddenly, an extremely loud crowing sounded and the darkness in the sky shattered like a broken mirror.
Accompanied by the cracking sound of bones, Li Huowang, who was looking up, regained consciousness.
He suddenly lowered his head, propped himself up with both hands on the ground, and gasped for air on the stone bricks.
“What did those small-footed women summon? What exactly happened just now?!” Various questions appeared in his mind.
Supporting himself with the nearby table, Li Huowang struggled to sit up. As he looked up, there was nothing in the sky, as if everything that had just happened was fake.
It was already dawn, and the Hu Family would be arriving soon.
On the distant theatrical platform, there was still singing at this moment. The Lv Family Troupe had indeed been singing all night long, even though they looked unsteady due to the sound of the copper bell and their voices were hoarse , but they did not dare to stop for a moment.
Looking at the black memorial tablets next to him, Li Huowang suddenly realized that the clattering sound he heard just now was the sound of these tablets being simultaneously tapped on the table.
Li Huowang looked in amazement at the ancestors’ memorial tablets of the Hu Family in front of him, “Could it be that they helped me just now?”
Upon careful consideration, he became more and more convinced of this possibility. He quickly stood up and respectfully performed a Taoist bow of Qingfeng Temple towards the tables where the tablets were placed, saying, “Thank you all for your help.”
But as soon as he finished bowing, these memorial tablets suddenly started trembling slightly. The more they trembled, the louder the sound became.
“Dadadadada…”
Watching this eerie scene in front of him, Li Huowang held onto his copper bell and took a cautious step back.
“What’s going on? What do they want to do? It’s almost dawn, aren’t they going back?”
But just as Li Huowang was thinking this, with a crashing sound, all the memorial tablets on the tables in front of him suddenly fell backward.
Then, a familiar voice sounded in Li Huowang’s ear, making him feel like his body had fallen into a bone-chilling ice cave.
“My son……”
