Chapter 239 - Daoist
To think that they would send one of their own to the evil beings just to obtain their assets. Li Huowang had never thought that there would be such a disgusting practice behind such a funny name.
“Sheng Erzi must be happy seeing so many people being offered to it?” asked Li Huowang.
“Of course. Whenever it sees a new elderly, it becomes very excited. If it had hands and feet, then it would be pouring tea for them!” replied Han Fu.
After talking for so long, Han Fu and Li Huowang had become closer, at least on the surface.
“Senior Han, how long until we reach the surface?” asked Li Huowang while staring at the darkness surrounding them.
“Ptui~” Han Fu spat on the ground and said nonchalantly, “Almost there. You need to remember that within the Feng Capital, if you want to get out, then you must always move up. Never go down. The further up you go, the closer you are to the surface. Even if you meet a dead end, you need to just dig a hole and go out.”
“Feng Capital?” muttered Li Huowang, finally learning the name of the interconnecting cave systems beneath Qing Qiu.
After a moment, Li Huowang gently stepped on the ground and felt the slight incline. He sighed in relief.
Looks like we are indeed heading up.
“Sigh. It’s so tiring to do anything these days. I thought that Daoists had a lot of free time, but I was wrong! Xuan Yang, don’t you think being a Daoist is hard?” Han Fu raised both hands and stretched his back.
“You are right. In this world, nothing is easy.” Li Huowang did his best to answer.
Where is the girl? He was talking to her until just now, but he doesn’t look too concerned about her absence. Maybe she’s not dead?
Li Huowang looked around cautiously. Even after they had gotten friendly with each other and survived their encounter with Sheng Erzi, Li Huowang still didn’t trust Han Fu.
“Look, we are almost there,” said Han Fu, pointing toward a glowing white light. From the looks of it, that was the entrance.
Everyone sighed in relief when they finally saw the entrance again. After staying in the dark for so long, they were beyond ecstatic to finally see a sliver of sunlight.
Everyone followed Han Fu’s lead while carrying the Black Taisui.
Even though they were almost there, Han Fu still continued to chat, “Hey, did you know about the Natural Disaster that occurred on that day? I heard everyone had been waging wars against each other when the Natural Disaster happened, and that was the reason why everyone stopped the wars.”
“That’s natural. After all, ‘decay’ disappeared from the world,” said Li Huowang while counting his group to ensure that everyone was there.
“I remember that the last time a Natural Disaster happened, I was still three years old,” recounted Han Fu.
Li Huowang was focused on the white dot in the distance that was gradually becoming larger, but he was distracted by Han Fu’s words. “You mean the Natural Disaster has happened more than once?”
Li Huowang was shocked. He suddenly realized that despite having been here for so long, he knew far too little about the world. He suppressed his excitement and asked Han Fu calmly, “Do you remember what happened during the last Natural Disaster?”
“Oh so you don’t know? I thought you knew. I remember that last time, the ‘Lies’ disappeared and it was very amusing! I heard my Master say that back then, the members of the Sitting Oblivion Dao were so bored that they almost killed themselves, haha!” said Han Fu, happily laughing away.
“‘Lies’ disappeared?” Li Huowang could never imagine what kind of world that would be.
Everyone could only tell the truth?
However, before he could ask anything else, Han Fu asked him something first.
“Xuan Yang, do you know why a Natural Disaster happens?” Han Fu teased him.
“Does Senior Han know about it?” inquired Li Huowang.
Han Fu got close to Li Huowang and whispered, “I can tell you, but you mustn’t tell the others. This was what my Master said.”
Just as Li Huowang was anxious waiting for the answer, Han Fu lashed out with his right hand and quickly swiped it at Li Huowang’s face.
Pa-tak!
Immediately, Li Huowang’s bronze coin mask fell onto the ground.
Li Huowang quickly tried to use his hands to hide his face, but it was too late. Han Fu had already seen his face by then.
With this, Han Fu’s curiosity was satisfied, making him feel quite pleased with himself.
“And here I thought who that man is! He’s a Strayed One!” At that moment, the shrill voice of a girl came from within Han Fu’s body.
In front of everyone’s shocked eyes, a fist-sized baby head popped out from within Han Fu’s clothes. The baby head had sparse hair and was wearing the same Daoist crown as Han Fu.
A yellow-robed Daoist with a normal head and a small head. It was too bizarre!
It was no wonder that he was fine when he saw Puppy and the rest. Han Fu was even more of a freak than them!
Li Huowang growled. There had never been two people; it had always been just one! Han Fu was just talking to the other head!
“Senior Han, what is the meaning of this? Do you think the Zephyr Temple doesn't have backup?” Li Huowang gripped his sword and stared at the odd Daoist. He really didn’t want to fight without knowing how strong Han Fu was.
“Hehe~” Han Fu’s two heads chuckled at the same time, both revealing the exact same type of rotten teeth. “So you are a Strayed One. You should know what I want to do now, yea?”
“Hehe, guess, guess!” said the little head.
Han Fu formed a seal with his hand and placed it on his chest. Immediately, the darkness behind him came to life and enveloped Han Fu.
“He’s trying to kill me!” shouted Li Huowang as he slashed at whatever remained of Han Fu—his one eye that had yet to be enveloped by the darkness.
Li Huowang managed to cut the darkness in half just as it enveloped Han Fu, but it was too late. Han Fu was already gone.
“Brat~ Since you have come to the Feng Capital, then you can just stay here,” the two head’s voices intersected with each other and rang out from all directions.
Li Huowang stared at the surrounding darkness and fixated on the white light in front of them. He immediately pointed toward it and shouted at everyone, “Run! We need to head out now!”
No matter what Han Fu was planning from within the darkness, they had to get out first or there was nothing they would be able to do!
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