Mutated Tao

“Mom, I’m really fine. It’s just that I don’t have a lot of time to become coherent again. Don’t worry; my situation will improve as time goes on," Li Huowang consoled his mother while he was strapped to the bed.

Sun Xiaoqin shook her head and smiled. “Mom isn’t worried. Come, have an apple.”

“Mom, I can’t eat anything right now,” Li Huowang said.

The smile tugging at Sun Xiaoqin’s lips disappeared.

Li Huowang hurriedly explained, “Mom, if I want to eat something next time, I will just shout when I’m hallucinating. You can feed me an apple, then. How about that?”

Sun Xiaoqin nodded and smiled. “Whatever you want, my son.”

Li Huowang relaxed and started chatting with his mother when he saw Yi Donglai standing outside the door and staring at him through the small mirror.

Seeing that Li Huowang had noticed him, Yi Donglai pushed his frameless glasses upward and entered the room.

He first asked Sun Xiaoqin to leave the room before conversing with Li Huowang in a friendly tone. “How is it? Did you find Bai Lingmiao?”

“We have some good sunshine today. Want to go out and have a stroll?” Yi Donglai opened Li Huowang’s straps but he didn’t move.

Yi Donglai raised his eyebrows inquisitively as he pushed the wheelchair near Li Huowang. “Why aren’t you moving?”

Li Huowang looked at him with a cold gaze. “I’m on a horse. If I move carelessly, I'll fall.”

Yi Donglai nodded in understanding and pushed the wheelchair away. “I talked to Wang Wei before I came here.”

Li Huowang was intrigued. “Why was he admitted into the hospital?”

“What kind of illness do you think it is if he were to be admitted here? But his documentation was incomplete, and he was admitted here through some connections. The director of the hospital has sent him away. While his symptoms were light, we somehow managed to come up with a treatment plan for you while I was conversing with him. I never tried it before, but we might as well try it since the regular treatments haven't been working on you.”

Li Huowang smiled. “Sure. It might work.”

Both worlds were real, and he was stuck in both worlds. Does Yi Donglai really think that he can cure me? It'll be great if can cure me.

“It’s not that simple. There is a ton of paperwork to do, but I think they're more than happy to approve the plan. They are all itching to cure you so that they can send you away.”

“If you have nothing else, you can go back now. I finally have some time to rest.”

Yi Donglai turned serious as he stared at Li Huowang through his green-tinted glasses.

“I know you don’t trust me, but I assure you that I’m a stubborn person. I am confident that I can cure any patient through my stubbornness and dedication. Even if I can’t cure them completely, I’m confident that their symptoms will be reduced to the minimum! Since you are my patient, I will do everything in my power to cure you, no matter what!”

“Thank you. You are a good doctor, but I don’t think you'll be helpful to me. Don’t waste your time.” Li Huowang closed his eyes after saying that.

In the darkness, he heard Yi Donglai’s voice. “Is that so? I don’t believe it. Your illness is not as incurable as you would’ve thought. Rather, I’ve found a pattern revolving around you. I know what to do to disrupt it.”

Li Huowang was then woken up by thunder. He found himself back on the horse. Tentacles sprouted out from his red robes to hold onto the reins tightly.

It was raining. Li Huowang took out the straw hat and wore it.

“How long have we been traveling for?” Li Huowang asked Li Sui.

“I don’t know. You've never taught me to count time.”

Staring at the muddy road, Li Huowang bit his index finger and used his blood to draw a talisman before slapping it onto the horse’s back.

The tired horse was suddenly invigorated, and it ran twice as fast as its original speed.

We should reach Shangjing soon. Li Huowang looked around and saw he recognized some of the scenery.

The horse never stopped running. They finally arrived at Shangjing’s massive wall late at night. There was a thunderstorm looming as lightning flashed everywhere.

Li Huowang raised his identity plate high in the air and entered the city without issues.

There was another lightning bolt. Li Huowang suddenly realized that something was weird. Why is the lightning hitting the same location again and again?

He ran past the silent street before finally realizing which direction the lightning was striking. He immediately ran towards the lightning.

The sky was dark, but a fire was burning bright in the city. It was Princess Anping’s palace!

Li Huowang ditched the horse, which was dying from fatigue, and ran into the palace with his sword. He saw a mound of heads in front of the burning palace.

“Oh~ You must be Er Jiu~” A Daoist chuckled as he walked out of the shadows.

The Daoist was wearing a tattered Daoist robe with patches everywhere. He wasn’t even wearing shoes, and his hair was tied with a red thread that had a moldy green bead.

Li Huowang was not attracted to his weird look but rather focused on the head that the Daoist was holding in his left hand.

“Er Jiu~ Why are you here only now? Our Lord is disappointed in you. To think that you would take so much time just to deal with the weakest princess. I did it all by myself~”

The tattered Daoist placed Princess Anping’s head on the top of the mound.

Princess Anping’s beautiful face was filled with despair. Her mouth was open as rainwater dripped into it. Clearly, Princess Anping's true body had been found, and she was dead.

Now that Princess Anping was dead, no one else was eligible to become the emperor. In other words, it meant Ji Lin was now the emperor. Shai Zi’s goal was achieved!

The tattered Daoist swaggered past Li Huowang and sighed, “Haiya~ Some people really don’t have the foresight to think for themselves. Our Lord is more than happy to reward those who had decided to help him in his time of need, but he'd never waste his time on those who'd only come to his aid once the crisis is over.”

Li Huowang clenched his fist in the rain. No! I cannot let him ascend to the throne! Not while Shai Zi is still alive!

The tattered Daoist was about to leave when Li Huowang grabbed his spine sword and swung it.

The rift almost swallowed the Daoist’s head, but his entire head had retracted into his robes as if it were a tortoise returning to its shell.

The tattered Daoist's head popped up, but his face was backward. “You dare attack me?!”

“You killed Princess Anping, but no one else was here to witness it! I just have to kill you, and everyone will think that she’s still alive! Ji Lin will never be able to ascend to the throne then!”

Li Huowang then pounced at the Daoist with Li Sui’s tentacles in tow.

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