Mutated Tao

Bai Lingmiao laughed. She laughed hard, almost as if she was venting everything inside her heart.

Even after spending so much time with her, Li Huowang had never seen Bai Lingmiao act like that.

“Quick! Return the sword!” Li Huowang hobbled towards Bai Lingmiao.

But when Li Huowang approached her, he saw the white-haired girl suddenly raise her arm and stab the sword toward his torso. She tore open his torso and revealed Li Huowang’s heart into the cold air.

Then, Bai Lingmiao walked over and hugged him, his blood staining her clothes red.

“Aaaa~” At that moment, Bai Lingmiao's face had an expression of relief.

Li Huowang wanted to say something to Bai Lingmiao, but she kissed him first.

After a few breaths, she moved backward and looked at him, her lips inching upward as she laughed.

On the other hand, Li Huowang's hands were trembling as he held her face. He felt extremely conflicted about the current situation. “Miaomiao, let’s stop. Alright?”

It was just like what happened to Lu Xiucai; the black-tassel sword’s murderous aura had transformed Bai Lingmiao’s behavior.

Hearing Li Huowang’s words, Bai Lingmiao slowly calmed down and returned back to the gentle girl she was as she spoke in a sheepish voice, “Senior Li, is this how you want me to be?”

However, when she saw the ray of hope in Li Huowang’s eyes, Bai Lingmiao’s shy expression immediately changed into one of excitement. “Hahaha! Impossible! Dream on! I will never return to my introverted self! I’ve seen many things and I don’t want to take care of all of them! I finally feel free! If I knew how nice it was to be free of such thoughts, then I would’ve touched your sword much earlier! Plus, look at you and me! We are now much more compatible! Hahahaha!”

While she was shouting, some of the features of the Immortal families, such as hairy ears or snake scales, appeared intermittently on her face.

As he heard those words, Li Huowang trembled from the pain, both physical and mental. In the end, he just hugged her gently. “Miaomiao, I’m sorry.”

Finally in his embrace, Bai Lingmiao closed her eyes and felt a sense of euphoria from smelling the stench of blood on him. “Li Huowang, you can return to the village now. Everyone’s waiting for you.”

Li Huowang released her and looked at her strange yet familiar face. He struggled a bit before saying, “Don’t worry. I will find a way to turn you back. This is my fault.”

However, as soon as he said that, Bai Lingmiao snarled and shoved her thin arm into his chest before grabbing his heart.

“Did you not hear what I said? I said that I love this feeling of freedom! How dare you try to dictate what kind of person I can or cannot be?” Bai Lingmiao raised one of her sharp fingernails as gently poked a hole in his heart.

At that moment, several tentacles sprouted out from within Li Huowang’s abdomen and entangled Bai Lingmiao’s arm, no longer letting her harm Li Huowang.

“Li Sui, don’t do that.”

Only after Li Huowang’s command didLi Sui’s tentacle retreat.

Bai Lingmiao chuckled as she removed her arm from his chest before using his robes to wipe off the blood of her hands. Once she’s done with that, she hugged him tightly, almost like a long-lost lover.

Even though they looked like they were deeply in love, her words were anything but lovely. “Don’t think that I will keep relying on you all my life. We aren’t even married yet. I’m a living human, not an accessory to you.”

Li Huowang looked at her with a complicated look in his eyes. He was not as easily startled as before. Since it had happened, he was thinking about how to reverse this change.

While they were talking and hugging each other, the others caught up to them. They saw the Muddled One’s corpse on the ground and sighed before turning to look at Bai Lingmiao.

Bai Lingmiao was not afraid of them and glared right back.

“Junior Er, as the saying goes, one should get a kind and gentle wife. Your wife is very hot-tempered. If both of you stay together, then your house is bound to never get an ounce of peace,” Tuoba Danqing advised Li Huowang based on his past experiences.

Hearing those words, Bai Lingmiao was about to say something but Li Huowang stopped her.

At the same time, Ji Xiang also felt that this was not a good time for this. “Danqing, now’s not the time to talk about this. Let’s go back. I’m very tired.”

After using his power for so long, Ji Xiang was so weak that he could fall over at any moment. He could barely stand up, let alone walk.

Meanwhile, as Li Huowang was being supported by Bai Lingmiao, he recalled the past moments he had shared with her.

Since Bai Lingmiao became like this due to me, I will definitely find a way to bring her back!

Li Huowang swore adamantly in his heart. He was already doing what other Strayed Ones could only dream of achieving. By comparison, dispelling the murderous aura from her body was just a minor issue.

As his thoughts reached this point, Li Huowang looked at the people around him. Compared to the last time, when he was all alone and had to do everything by himself, this time around, he might be able to get some help from the people around him.

But right now, Bai Lingmiao was beside him, and so he couldn’t ask for their help.

On the way back, no one spoke. All of them were busy thinking about their own issues.

Due to their fatigue and the accident from earlier, they failed to reach a village before nightfall. However, they didn’t complain and just found some firewood to light up a bonfire and rest.

That night, Bai Lingmiao and Li Huowang slept while cuddling.

Li Huowang had not felt such comfort in a long time.

However, neither of them could fall asleep. Under the illumination of the bonfire, the two of them just stared at each other.

When she saw Li Huowang staring at her, Bai Lingmiao smirked as she slyly whispered into his ears, “Why are you staring at me like that? Are you still thinking about having sex even though you are injured so badly?”

Hearing this, Li Huowang sighed and hugged her closer.

In response, Bai Lingmiao tore open his torso and put her face into his chest cavity before kissing his heart. “Relax, I’m still the same Bai Lingmiao who will die fighting with you. I will never forget what you did for me throughout our travels. None of that will change. The only thing that has changed is the way I think.”

“But you still changed.” Li Huowang’s voice was filled with self-loathing and defeat.

“Oh? Do you dare say that you did not change at all throughout our journey? In fact, weren’t you the one who changed the most?”

“I changed?” Li Huowang shook his head. “No, I did not. I’m still Li Huowang.”

“Are you lying to yourself?” Bai Lingmiao rolled her eyes. “You’ve changed much more than me. The past Li Huowang would never chop off his fingers or gouge out his eyeballs without hesitation.”

“Are you saying that the past me is the real Li Huowang while the present me is not?” asked Li Huowang.

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