Chapter 498 - Truths and Lies

The remaining four became warier at the Daoist's remark.

Seeing that, Li Huowang suddenly had an idea.

Wait, maybe I don't need to fight them... perhaps I can just scare them away!

Li Huowang took a few deep breaths before thrusting the spine sword into the ground. The next moment, the surroundings shimmered as he muttered, “Hmph! Are you not curious why I'm still alive? Why don’t you ask Zhuge Yuan himself? Untraceable silence, hidden in the highest mountains. Living is to avoid being obliviated! Surpass the realms of the Three Worlds! Resurrection!”

The Surveillance Bureau members found their hearts seized by a primal fear when they saw Zhuge Yuan flickering into existence before Li Huowang.

They knew the depths of Zhuge Yuan's strength, and he was definitely much stronger with his own spine sword in hand!

They wasted no time and turned around to run into the depths of the forest.

Moments later, Peng Longteng and Zhuge Yuan’s figures disappeared. Li Huowang grabbed his aching head. Transforming two illusions into reality with his current cultivation was way beyond his limits.

This was the best he could do, and fortunately, it had scared them away.

Li Huowang felt like his head was splitting into two, but he endured it and staggered away with the spine sword in hand.

The Surveillance Bureau members had run away, but there was a chance that they'd come back to investigate.

Li Huowang felt his brain swelling to the point that it felt like his skull would explode from the pressure.

“Junior Li, are you alright?” Zhuge Yuan was worried.

“I'm fine. I'm fine.” Li Huowang didn’t actually know whether he was fine or not. This was the first time he had used his cultivation to transform illusions into reality. It was not as simple as the apple at the time.

Li Huowang's words had yet to finish echoing in the air when his Dantian trembled, and his surroundings peeled away. “Oh no! My inner sight can no longer contain the primordial breath!”

The moment he blinked, he found himself in the same old hallucination.

However, he was no longer in the ward but was being wheeled around by his mother in a small courtyard boxed in by wire fences.

The people in the prison were relieved to see Li Huowang's atrophied muscles.

Li Huowang recalled what the other side looked like and bit open the restraints on him before dragging his weakened self in a certain direction. He could still remember seeing a small bush in that direction; it was tiny, so it was the perfect place to seek refuge temporarily. He was so weak that even a wild boar could kill him on the other side.

“Son? Son, what are you doing? Get up!” Sun Xiaoqin rushed over to Li Huowang and dusted the dust off of him before attempting to hold him up.

“Mom, trust me! Mom, stop!” Li Huowang exclaimed, stopping her.

Sun Xiaoqin stopped at her son’s frantic shouting.

“Mom, I can’t get up for now! The Surveillance Bureau is still nearby. Wait, where is my sword?”

Li Huowang looked around and saw a broom near the wall. He took it and hugged it tightly.

He sighed in relief upon seeing the plastic broom handle. Then, he looked up and said weakly, “Mom, I can’t explain this for now, but please calm down. I will become better again soon. Trust me!”

Sun Xiaoqin cried and nodded when she saw Li Huowang holding the broom like a madman while lying on the ground.

Li Huowang also felt sad seeing his mother crying. “Mom, don't be sad? I can’t come back for now because I'm really busy here. Please endure it. Once things have died down, I can come back again.”

“Mom isn’t sad. Just lie down there, all right? I will go and look for the doctor.”

Seeing his mother leave, Li Huowang cursed himself for making the situation even worse.

However, there was no choice. Of course, he wouldn't make the same mistake twice. He'd be more careful in the future now that he knew that his primordial breath could become unstable by going overboard.

Li Huowang looked around carefully and sighed in relief upon seeing that no one was approaching him. “Good. At least no one is approaching me. I think I’m safe for now.”

His words had just come out of his mouth when he heard footsteps approaching from behind.

Li Huowang froze as many different thoughts flooded his mind. Then, he stood up shakily and placed the broom on his shoulder before walking out of his imaginary cover with his back facing the footsteps.

He walked forward two steps and pretended that he heard something before scoffing and asking, “What? Why did you guys come back? Do you really think that I'm too kind?”

“Huowang.” A familiar voice echoed.

Li Huowang was stunned by the soft voice, but he turned around almost immediately and saw Yang Na looking at him with teary eyes from the other side of the wire fence.

Yang Na had gotten so thin that Li Huowang could see her bones, and she didn’t come here by herself. An old man wearing round glasses was standing behind her.

Li Huowang recognized the old man, as he was Yang Na’s father.

He used to get along with her father well, and Yang Na's father always teased Li Huowang whenever he came over to Yang Na’s house.

But that was all in the past; he was no longer as kind to Li Huowang as before. In fact, his gaze was filled with contempt as he glared at Li Huowang.

“Do you see that? He’s the Li Huowang that you’ve been thinking about day and night! How much longer are you going to be stuck in your delusions?”

Yang Na bit her lips and cried.

Li Huowang’s heart quivered.

No, I cannot be distracted here. I’m still in danger on the other side. This is fake! How come Yang Na appeared the moment I found myself stuck in this hallucination? This is fake, and Yang Na is fake! But since there are two of them... Are they Bai Lingmiao and Li Sui?

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

“Miaomiao? Li Sui? Is that you? Give me a sign if it's you!” Li Huowang shouted at the two behind the wire fence.

Seeing that, Yang Na’s father dragged Yang Na away, saying, “Now do you see how hopeless he is? Let’s go! Forget about Li Huowang, and don’t even think about seeing him again!”

As Li Huowang stared at Yang Na's distant figure, he suddenly thought of something.

No! This side must be real, too! I’m going to make it real once I've cultivated the "Truth"! In other words, this Yang Na is real, too! I can’t let her go.

Two conflicting thoughts split Li Huowang's mind into two parts. In the end, Li Huowang’s face became bitter as he clenched his fist and smacked his head numerous times. “

AAAAAAH!

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