A shocking change

Li Hu nodded, looking at Huo Butian, and said, "The Master did the right thing. The age difference between you and her is so vast; it's better to break it off."
Huo Butian wasn't angry at Li Hu's words. Instead, he smiled and said, "My friend, you are the most sincere person I've ever met. Thank you for saving me today."
"No need to thank me. I stayed in the manor for a few days. Although I'm not from this manor, seeing that Red Rat so arrogant, I wanted to teach him a lesson. Standing up for the weak is what I, Li Hu, love to do."
Li Hu also laughed.
But in his heart, he thought, "How long can you, Huo Butian, laugh? Once Red Rat and Bat arrive, Huo Family Manor will be razed to the ground; no one will survive."
Huo Butian was seriously injured. He only exchanged a few words with Li Hu before returning to rest.
The next day at dawn, Huo Butian announced his broken engagement. Yu Nong seemed to have expected this day. She remained calm and composed, showing no sadness whatsoever. At this moment, she was worried about where her Yun'er had gone.
Huo Butian's birthday celebration proceeded as planned. In an inn within the manor, Li Hu handed a letter he had written to Yan Ying, instructing her, "Wife, after giving this letter to Yu Nong, meet me in the woods outside the manor."
Yan Ying couldn't fathom Li Hu's intentions, but she had no doubts. At dusk, she and Li Hu parted ways. Li Hu left the manor, while Yan Ying found Yu Nong and gave her the letter.
Yu Nong, opening the letter, looked at Yan Ying excitedly and asked, "Where is this person?"
Yan Ying looked at her and said, "Outside the manor. If you want to know your son's whereabouts, go find him now."
Before Yu Nong could ask further questions, Yan Ying quickly left.
Huo Butian's birthday banquet was about to begin, but Yu Nong couldn't wait any longer. Besides, she was already single, and staying here was pointless. So she followed Yan Ying out of Huo Family Manor.
Upon reaching the woods not far from Huo Family Village, Yu Nong arrived at the location indicated in the letter, but found no one there. After searching around, she finally spotted a note on a tree. Upon closer inspection, the note read: "Head south, and you will find Bu Jingyun."
Why would this person know her son's whereabouts? Bu Jingyun rarely spoke to strangers. Could it be a conspiracy? Yu Nong wasn't stupid, but her love for her son prevented her from overthinking. Since the note instructed her to follow it, she had to, even if there was only a sliver of hope.
Watching Yu Nong head south, Yan Ying and Li Hu emerged from behind the tree. Yan Ying looked at Li Hu curiously and asked, "Husband, why are you doing this?"
Actually, Yan Ying had wanted to ask this question for a while. Li Hu smiled and said, "What you need to know, I will tell you, but not now. There's a good show about to begin. You wait here, I'll be right back."
"A good show, husband, I want to see it too!"
Yan Ying exclaimed anxiously. She was increasingly puzzled by Li Hu. He seemed to have come to Huo Family Manor without doing anything, nor did he seem to have any intention of getting involved in the martial arts world.
Li Hu looked at her deeply and advised, "It's too bloody; you wouldn't be able to stand it."
Yan Ying didn't press further. Seeing Li Hu heading towards Huo Family Manor, she quickly followed.
Several hundred meters from Huo Family Manor, Yan Ying saw the once-peaceful manor engulfed in flames, accompanied by what sounded like countless agonizing screams. She hurried another hundred meters and was immediately stunned by the sight before her: at the entrance to Huo Family Manor lay over a dozen corpses. The
manor had been massacred. Li Hu had said that the World Domination Society wanted to subdue Huo Family Manor and had sent two of the most famous assassins in the land, the Flaming Duo, Red Rat and Bat. If Huo Family Manor refused, it would be slaughtered. She hadn't expected it to actually happen.
"My husband seems to know all this is about to happen,"
Yan Ying thought, puzzled. She dared not approach further. The horrific scene of the massacre was not something a woman like her could witness, and besides, without martial arts skills, she would only cause trouble for Li Hu.
Inside Huo Family Manor, Huo Butian, dressed in new clothes, had blood trickling from his lips, glaring menacingly at the two men before him. One was Red Rat, who had just been to the manor; his swollen face hadn't yet subsided. Beside him stood a man dressed in black, his white eyes terrifying.
"You must be Bat of the Flaming Duo,"
Huo Butian demanded, barely suppressing his anger.
The man in black chuckled softly, "Since you know it's me, why are you still so rude to my brother Red Rat? Before you die, bring out your martial arts expert."
Huo Butian laughed loudly, tears welling in his eyes as he looked at the corpses scattered around him. He, Huo Butian, had never offended anyone in the martial arts world, yet he had ended up in this massacre, his entire village wiped out, leaving him the sole survivor.
"What spirit! You can even laugh before you die,"
Bat exclaimed in admiration.
Red Rat chuckled strangely, "Brother, why waste words with him? That man must have already left. We'll settle our scores another day. Let's kill him first, take his head, and report back."
Turning to Red Rat, Bat smiled, "It's up to you."
In truth, Huo Butian was no longer capable of fighting back. Surrounded by two top-tier assassins of the martial arts world, his death was imminent.
Red Rat's palms erupted in flames as he unleashed his signature move, the Blazing Divine Palm, striking towards Huo Butian with a whoosh. Just then, a sharp whooshing sound rang out. Bat felt a gust of wind brush past his ear and knew something was wrong.
"Ah..."
A muffled scream escaped, and everything returned to silence, save for the sounds of burning wood crackling.
Bat, his face filled with terror, whispered, "Red Rat."
No one answered him, for Red Rat was dead before his eyes, a bamboo sword piercing his head. Huo Butian, though still standing, showed no signs of life, his eyes wide open in death from his severe wounds.
How could Bat, the number one martial arts master, not realize that the two before him were dead? Red Rat had died silently; that gust of wind must have been a hidden weapon. Red Rat, focused solely on killing Huo Butian, had been caught off guard and killed instantly.
"Don't hide in the shadows."
No matter how hard Bat strained his ears or probed his surroundings with his inner energy, he couldn't detect a single living soul. But he knew the person who launched the hidden weapon must be nearby.
Just as he finished speaking, a booming male voice suddenly rang out in front of him: "Bat, oh, I should call you Blind Man! You and Red Rat have committed countless evils, you have a grudge against Huo Butian, yet you slaughtered all the innocent people in the village! You deserve to die!"
Bat was shocked. As he retreated hastily, he struck out with both palms, but the force of his palms seemed to miss. He realized he had met his match. No wonder Red Rat said he encountered someone in Huo Family Village who beat him so badly he couldn't even retaliate. In the entire martial world, how many could make Red Rat unable to fight back?
"Who are you? The Southern Lin Sword Master or the Northern Drinking Mad Saber?"
Bat wondered.
He couldn't see or sense the person's presence, but the voice had been no more than three meters away.
Li Hu squinted at the bat. From the moment he entered the manor until now, he had seen countless corpses. He had the power to stop it all, but he didn't. It was all destined; Huo Family Manor was destined to be slaughtered. Li Hu didn't want to change what he shouldn't have to change, because Yu Nong had already left Huo Family Manor, so the reason for Huo Family Manor's existence had vanished.
The bat backed away, panting heavily, and continued to ask, "Who exactly are you? You dare not give your name because you're afraid that Chief Xiong will avenge my brother and me, right? I advise you not to kill me; Chief Xiong will definitely kill you."
The more he asked, the more silent Li Hu became. A person who couldn't see anything, couldn't hear or sense the presence of other living beings, and faced with a threat, Bat was under immense pressure—pressure enough to make him flee. But he had no chance to escape Huo Family Village, which was about to be burned to the ground.
"Could that person have left?"
Bat dared not speak, feeling slightly relieved. If that person were truly beside him, why wouldn't he have remained silent and attacked?
Thinking this, Bat didn't even dare to take Huo Butian's head. He turned and ran. In the gaps between his leaps, Li Hu followed closely. As Bat stepped over a flame, Li Hu suddenly unleashed the White Rainbow Palm, pushing the flame towards Bat's back.
Sensing the change behind him, Bat abruptly turned and struck out with his palm. Although the palm strike was powerful, it couldn't stop the flame controlled by the White Rainbow Palm. With a soft "poof," the flame struck Bat, instantly igniting him.
"Ah..."
the bat screamed in agony. The flames had only just begun to burn his clothes, but their sudden appearance terrified him. He
thrashed about, frantically flailing his hands at the burning areas, but the bat had no chance to extinguish the fire. Li Hu pushed him away, sending even more flames engulfing the bat. The flames ignited upon contact with the fabric, and the bat cried out in pain.
"Ah...who are you? Don't kill me! Don't..."
Li Hu kicked the flame-covered bat into a larger pile of fire, coldly laughing, "I told you you deserved to die, but you wouldn't listen. Stand still, and I'll make your death more comfortable. Cremation will definitely make you feel good."
The bat, writhing in agony, could no longer utter a sound. After burning him for about ten minutes until he was completely still, Li Hu turned and walked out of the manor, sighing inwardly. He hadn't come here to uphold justice; what righteous sects, what irreconcilable conflict between good and evil—he, Li Hu, was the ruler here.
“My lord, you’re right. I really can’t stand this scene.”
Yan Ying, following behind Li Hu, still looked pale.
Li Hu didn’t turn his head, laughing loudly, “Following me, you’ve had plenty of days of fighting and killing.”
Yan Ying followed closely, took Li Hu’s hand, and asked sweetly, “Where are we going now?”
“Leshan Giant Buddha,”
Li Hu said directly.
Upon hearing Li Hu mention the Leshan Giant Buddha, Yan Ying immediately remembered that the place he had mentioned to Bu Jingyun was also the Leshan Giant Buddha, and Yu Nong, who was searching for her son in the south, was also heading in the direction of the Leshan Giant Buddha. Why go to the Leshan Giant Buddha? Yan Ying couldn’t understand it.
If a man is unfathomable, then he is no ordinary person. Yan Ying firmly believed that she had made the right choice; Li Hu possessed a more regal air than Nie Renwang.
Over the course of several days, Yan Ying walked and stopped frequently without asking any questions. She was particularly puzzled by Li Hu's draft of a challenge, signed by Nie Renwang, and the challenger being none other than Duan Shuai, the leader of the Southern Lin Sword Sect
. Why Li Hu would do this was even more perplexing to Yan Ying, but she also felt a growing unease about how she would face Nie Renwang and Nie Feng if she were to encounter them. The Leshan Giant Buddha, the world's largest and most revered Buddha statue, is located west of Leshan, where the Minjiang, Qingyi, and Dadu rivers converge. Li Hu had only learned about its legends from ancient books and Ma Rongcheng's "Storm Riders" series.
What excited Li Hu most was that a momentous event was about to unfold here, one that would make everyone in the martial arts world aware of the arrival of a person who would throw the entire martial arts world into chaos.
"The Leshan Giant Buddha, the Northern Drinking Mad Saber and the Southern Lin Sword Master duel, hahaha..."
At the World Society atop Yinshan Mountain, in a pavilion, Xiong Ba looked at the note in his hand. Although he didn't know who had spread this news or whether it was true or false, it had already become a sensation in the martial arts world.
"Have you heard? The plague has been cured by a man called Mud Bodhisattva."
"Really? That's wonderful! The whole village is saved."
Hearing the conversation between two passersby, Li Hu stopped and chased after them.
"Gentlemen, you say Mud Bodhisattva can cure the plague?"
The two villagers sized up the richly dressed Li Hu. One of them nodded, "Yes, our village has recently been hit by the plague, and everyone wanted to leave. But today, an old man and a young man came and cured everyone who had the plague."
Li Hu laughed, "There's such amazing medical skill in the world! The plague can be fatal!"
The two villagers were very excited. For them, commoners, illness was the biggest killer. A plague outbreak could infect the entire village, and if they fled to other villages, even more innocent people would be affected.
Watching the villagers return to their village, Yan Ying saw Li Hu heading in their direction and anxiously asked, "Husband, are we going to a village that's been hit by the plague?"
Li Hu turned to look at her worried face and reassured her, "Don't worry, Mud Bodhisattva is a highly skilled person. He must have cured the plague in the village by now."
"What do you want with him?"
Yan Ying saw the glint in Li Hu's eyes and understood his thoughts.
Looking up at the sky, Li Hu remained calm and said softly, "Man cannot change fate, but Mud Bodhisattva is a diviner. I want him to read my fortune."
Yan Ying chuckled. She hadn't expected Li Hu to believe in such things, but she couldn't change his decision, so she could only follow him towards the village.
The village was a scene of devastation. The spread of the plague had devastated everyone, and the sight of corpses strewn everywhere was a rare sight. Li Hu searched around but arrived a little too late; Mud Bodhisattva had already left.
On a dirt road, a child followed closely behind a man draped in a coarse robe. A cute monkey perched on the child's shoulder. The old man and the young boy hurried forward. The seven or eight-year-old child ran very fast, while the old man seemed to walk with difficulty, his feet barely touching the ground.
"Grandpa, we haven't seen all the people in the village who have the plague yet. Why are we leaving in such a hurry?"
the child asked earnestly.
The old man looked back at the road he had come from, a worried expression on his face. He said softly, "Because they have a way to save them, I don't need to help them anymore."
Just as he turned to look at the child, he saw a look of confusion in the child's eyes. The old man immediately stopped and slowly turned back to look.
Less than five meters in front of him, a man in a purple robe stood in the middle of the road, his deep eyes fixed on him, his resolute face expressionless.
The old man took the child's hand, hesitated for a moment, and was about to brush past the man in purple robes when the man reached out and stopped him.
"Mud Bodhisattva, I've long heard of your name. Now that I've met you, why are you avoiding me?"
The old man lowered his head, avoiding the man in front of him, coughed twice, and chuckled softly, "This hero has mistaken me for someone else. I am not some Mud Bodhisattva."
Although he appeared calm, the man standing beside him could feel his heart pounding.
The one who stopped him was Li Hu. In fact, Li Hu had already guessed that he must have sensed something ominous when he hurriedly left the village afflicted by the plague. Of course, someone who could foresee the future and predict destiny would sense the approaching danger.
"Heh, you are too modest. I know you can divine the stars and know people's fates. Why don't you take a look at mine?"
Li Hu said with a cold laugh.
The old man shook his head and said, "I am just an old man, how could I know how to divine the stars? Hero ,
you are joking." Staring into his eyes, Li Hu suddenly reached out and pulled the child closer, saying in a deep voice, "I don't believe in the idea that human life is determined by fate, but can you see through this child's life and death?"
Fear appeared in the old man's eyes. He remained silent for a moment, then sat down on the ground and said softly, "His life and death are in your hands
. I cannot see it, but I know that your fate, hero, is no longer controlled by fate." "Oh? Then tell me, whose hands hold my life?"
Hearing this, Li Hu also sat down cross-legged and released the child.
The old man squinted at Li Hu, scrutinized him, and sighed, "A while ago I saw a strange light in the sky, thinking it was a good omen, but after seeing you, I realize it was an extremely ominous light."
Li Hu hummed in agreement and said to the child, "Your grandfather wants to talk to me. Go back to the village and wait there."
The child looked at the old man, who waved him away, saying, "Listen to this hero, go to the village and wait for me."
After the child had gone, the old man clasped his hands together, bowed to Li Hu, and said, "Thank you for showing mercy."
"He's just a child, so naturally I won't do anything to him. But you, Mud Bodhisattva, if you can help me see my past life, I won't make things difficult for you."
Li Hu knew Mud Bodhisattva's power; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to divine the fate of Feng and Yun for Xiong Ba, allowing Xiong Ba to show off a bit.
The old man smiled faintly, "I am indeed the Mud Bodhisattva. What you asked is a heavenly secret, and I cannot say more."
Li Hu laughed, "Then tell me what you can say. If I am satisfied, you can go back and reunite with your grandson. If I am not satisfied, I will still make sure you are reunited."
The Mud Bodhisattva looked at the sinister smile on Li Hu's face and sighed deeply. He said that even if he was not satisfied, they would still reunite, which meant they had already reached the realm of rebirth. This man's cruel and violent aura made the Mud Bodhisattva dare not doubt his words at all.
"You have spent your life fighting for pleasure and conquering for joy. You have confidantes all over the world. Every inch of your eyes has a sharp edge, and every inch of your eyes has a sharp edge. Being evil is good, but being evil is also bad. Two extremely ominous lights have appeared in the sky. You are one of them, and the other is chasing after you."
The Mud Bodhisattva's words were very mysterious. Li Hu understood some of it, but he did not understand some of it. What did the two extremely ominous lights mean?
Looking at the Mud Bodhisattva with his eyes slightly closed, Li Hu frowned and asked, "What was that malevolent light chasing me?"
The Mud Bodhisattva didn't respond. Li Hu was startled, noticing the sudden festering sores on the Mud Bodhisattva's face. He was surprised and quickly reached under the Bodhisattva's nose to check. The Mud Bodhisattva was no longer breathing. How had he died so quietly, without Li Hu noticing?
"Damn it, why did he have to do this now..."
Li Hu stood up, cursing. With a wave of his hand, the Mud Bodhisattva's body suddenly exploded, leaving not even a trace of blood.
He had found pleasure in fighting and satisfaction in conquering. Li Hu carefully analyzed the Mud Bodhisattva's words, but after much thought, he still couldn't understand what he meant. He hadn't come here to do good, of course, but whether the extremely malevolent light chasing him was real or not, only the Mud Bodhisattva knew. But now that he was dead, Li Hu could no longer know.
Shaking his dizzy head, Li Hu laughed loudly, "Haha, Mud Bodhisattva, you must be trying to threaten and scare me with this. My fate is not in the hands of heaven. Who cares what comes, I'll kill without mercy!"
He returned to the village and found Yan Ying, but the child was nowhere to be found. Li Hu didn't want to argue with him. Even if the boy knew Mud Bodhisattva was dead and had some connection to him, he wouldn't amount to anything and seek revenge.
He continued towards the Leshan Giant Buddha. With less than ten days left until the martial arts competition, Li Hu deliberately spread rumors to create chaos in the martial arts world. However, he also successfully used Yan Ying as bait, forcing Nie Renwang to go to the Leshan Giant Buddha.
After two days of travel, Li Hu and Yan Ying finally arrived at the Leshan Giant Buddha. Looking up at the Buddha, Li Hu sighed. The Leshan Giant Buddha was indeed a seated Maitreya Buddha statue, as tall as the mountain, facing the river, carved into the rock. The river flowed beneath him, with boats gliding like ants, making it a truly magnificent sight.
The Buddha statue was sculpted with lifelike detail; even the eyes alone were over fifteen feet long, demonstrating the statue's immense size and grandeur.
"Water floods the Buddha's knees, fire burns the Lingyun Cave—husband, what does this mean?"
Yan Ying and Li Hu walked together to the left side of the Buddha's knees. On the left side of the mountain wall, there was a cave entrance large enough for one person, with ten large characters carved on either side.
Li Hu smiled at Yan Ying and said, "I don't know how to explain it either, but you'll understand in time."
Leading Yan Ying to a higher spot, Li Hu searched around the Buddha. He figured Bu Jingyun and Yu Nong hadn't arrived yet, and the duel between Bei Yin Kuang Dao and Nie Renwang wouldn't begin for several days; no one would be waiting here now.
"Water floods the Buddha's knees... at this level, when will it reach us? If we go in, that Qilin beast is extraordinary; I wonder if we can win,"
Li Hu muttered to himself.
Looking back at the river beneath the Buddha's knees, Li Hu suddenly had a brilliant idea. He flipped backward and plunged into the river. Yan Ying, high above the Buddha statue, didn't know what Li Hu was doing. Seeing him fall into the river, she cried out in alarm, "Husband..."
The river surged swiftly, crashing against the wall at the Buddha's feet, but Li Hu didn't reappear for a long time. Yan Ying worried, but kept telling herself that Li Hu would never seek death; he still wanted to dominate the martial world
. Sure enough, Yan Ying's worries were unnecessary. The river suddenly formed a whirlpool, and the current, like a startled bird, suddenly rose up like a water dragon, accompanied by towering waves, rushing towards the cave entrance.
The waves didn't submerge the Buddha's knees, but much of the water entered the cave. When the waves receded, Li Hu was already standing outside the cave entrance. Yan Ying was overjoyed, and her worries finally subsided.
"Ying'er, wait here. No matter what happens, don't worry,"
Li Hu said loudly, looking up at Yan Ying high above.
His booming voice was as loud as thunder, so loud that Yan Ying felt the rock walls beneath her feet tremble. Just as she was about to respond to Li Hu, she suddenly saw a flash of fire below, accompanied by a strange roar, before everything fell silent.
"Heavens... what was that? Where is my husband?"
Yan Ying was terrified to see Li Hu gone. The moment the flash of fire appeared in the cave, Li Hu had vanished.
Deep in the cave, Li Hu stood on a stone platform, a cold smile on his face as he looked at the strange beast, the Fire Qilin, kneeling before him. But now, the flames on the Fire Qilin's body had all disappeared, its eyes darting around, its nose snorting as if pleading.
"Demon Dragon, that's enough. You can go back now,"
Li Hu said in a deep voice.
Not far from the Fire Qilin, a black-armored flying dragon glared ferociously at it. This demonic dragon, twice the size of the Fire Qilin, was originally the guardian dragon of the Jingyan Palace. Li Hu had subdued it and made it a guardian deity in the Blissful Realm. Naturally, Li Hu wanted to show the Fire Qilin some strength. As expected, the moment the demonic dragon appeared, the Fire Qilin immediately lost its arrogance.
The demonic dragon vanished in an instant, and Li Hu sneered, "Little guy, thought you'd found something good to eat, huh? What do you mean by 'playing dumb to fool others'? You think you can bully me and eat me? Humph!" Li Hu
found it amusing to speak to a Fire Qilin like that, but this Fire Qilin was no ordinary beast; it was a sentient beast, its thoughts already connected to human thought. It could understand what Li Hu said.
"We can't communicate, looks like we'll have to call Xianxian."
Li Hu smiled, and with a thought, summoned Xianxian.
But Xianxian wasn't the only one who came out; Huang Rong, Li Mochou, and the others also came along.
Seeing the resentful looks in Huang Rong, Li Mochou, and Xiaolongnu's eyes, Li Hu quickly said with an
awkward smile, "Why are you all here too?" Lin Chaoying rolled her eyes at Li Hu, glanced at the fire unicorn kneeling on the ground, and said in a coquettish voice, "If you hadn't come, you would have forgotten about us. Husband, don't you even count how many times you've gone back since we came here?"
Seeing Lin Chaoying complaining about him, Li Hu remained silent, willingly letting her scold him. What she said was what Huang Rong and the others wanted to say. Li Hu smiled bitterly. Since coming to this world of wind and clouds, apart from returning to the Blissful Realm twice during his few days in Yuan Village, he hadn't gone back even once in these ten days.
"Don't blame your husband, he just wanted to give us a few more sisters."
Luo Xiao tried to smooth things over from the side.
Among Li Hu's women, Lin Chaoying and Luo Xiao were the most useful. It wasn't that Li Hu was henpecked, but rather that their words made sense. He had established the Blissful Realm, leaving these women inside, yet he rarely returned to comfort them, inevitably angering them.
Li Hu chuckled dryly, then quickly looked at Xianxian and said, "This Fire Qilin is also a spiritual being; you should communicate with it."
Xianxian immediately understood Li Hu's meaning. She walked to the Fire Qilin's large head, squatted down, and softly said with a smile, "Little baby, were you frightened by my demonic dragon? I'll teach it a lesson when we get back."
Hearing Xianxian's words, everyone laughed. The Fire Qilin, however, let out two mournful cries, as if complaining to Xianxian about the demonic dragon bullying it.
Only Li Hu knew that dealing with the Fire Qilin, while not without confidence, would require considerable effort. Furthermore, he had acted without restraint and killed it, meaning he would remain unaware of the secrets of the Lingyun Cave and would have to find them himself.
That's why the Demon Dragon was summoned. The Demon Dragon, worthy of being the top enforcer guarding the Jingyan Palace, frightened the Fire Qilin into immobility the moment it appeared. This was because the Demon Dragon's black flames were far more intense than the Fire Qilin's own. If the Demon Dragon were to unleash its full power, the Fire Qilin wouldn't even be left with a trace.
After a while of conversation, Xianxian stood up, looked at Li Hu, and whispered, "This Fire Qilin is the guardian beast of this place."
Li Hu asked疑惑地问道, "Guarding what?"
"This place has the dragon veins of the current dynasty, and it's guarding one of them,"
Xianxian continued.
Huang Rong and the others also looked at Xianxian with confusion. They knew absolutely nothing about this world, but from what they saw of Li Hu's actions in the Blissful Realm through the mist mirror, it seemed he knew where he was and knew many people.
Li Hu was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "One of the dragon veins? Are there other dragon veins?"
Xianxian nodded, glanced at the fire qilin, and said, "There are five dragon veins: east, west, south, north, and
center, each guarded by a different beast. But even the fire qilin doesn't know which beast guards the other four." Hearing her words, Li Hu was secretly delighted. If this division was correct, then this was the north, with the qilin there. The east must be the white tiger, the south the vermilion bird, and the west the azure dragon. But what was in the center? Li Hu immediately became anxious again.
Dragon veins were crucial to the fate of the dynasty. If a dragon vein was destroyed, the dynasty would surely perish. Although Li Hu didn't believe in such things, the ancient feng shui techniques did have some basis. Otherwise, emperors wouldn't have sought out feng shui masters to find their burial sites, and the process was so meticulous.
“Since that’s the case, wife, tell it we’re not here to destroy the dragon vein, so it won’t worry.”
Li Hu knew the Fire Qilin was the guardian of the dragon vein, and it was also tragically blind, posing no threat to him. Killing it would be pointless.
Xianxian chatted with the Fire Qilin for a while, then suddenly looked at Li Hu with delight and laughed, “Husband, it wants to recognize you as its master.”
Li Hu was taken aback, then looked at the Fire Qilin, pointed at it, and said, “You little rascal, you have quite the eye. You’ll be very fortunate to be my subordinate.”
“It has conditions,”
Xianxian frowned.
Seeing her expression, Li Hu asked in confusion, "It has other requests? Does it want to travel around with me and abandon this dragon vein?"
Xianxian said softly, "Even humans have feelings, let alone a beast. It wants you, my husband, to find its wife, Shuishui, a water unicorn. She used to live in the river outside this cave, but she has disappeared in recent years. So whenever the cave is flooded, it appears, thinking that its Shuishui has come."
Li Hu then analyzed the situation and understood. No wonder the fire unicorn dragged Nie Renwang into the cave. It wasn't because their fighting had angered the fire unicorn, but because it thought its Shuishui's disappearance was related to the people outside the cave, so it kidnapped her.
However, this scenario would not happen again. Even if the Northern Drinking Mad Saber Nie Renwang and the Southern Lin Sword Master Duan Shuai were fighting here, Li Hu would not allow anyone to stop them until one side killed the other. That would be the most exciting show.
"Alright, let it wait here. Let's go into the cave and take a look."
Li Hu looked at the three cave entrances in front of him, remembering how Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun had entered the cave and eaten the Blood Bodhi, which gave them a new bloodline and enhanced their internal strength.
The group followed Li Hu into one of the cave entrances. Because the Fire Qilin had lived here for a long time, the rock walls had been scorched by its flames for many years, making them appear dark red. Inside, there were hanging stalactites and colorful passages, attracting Huang Rong and the others to admire them.
"This place is so beautiful,"
Xiaolongnu said sweetly.
After walking a few dozen steps, the space suddenly opened up before them. A vast natural cave appeared in front of them, and the rock walls around the cave shimmered with a strange red light, as if countless rubies were inlaid on the rock walls.
A dazzling, wondrous light flashed, indescribably beautiful. Li Hu's eyes widened in excitement. These were Blood Bodhis! Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun had only eaten a few, yet they had joined forces to defeat Xiong Ba. There must be at least a thousand Blood Bodhis.
"Husband, what are these? They look like gems!"
Luo Xiao exclaimed excitedly.
Li Hu shook his head and said, "These aren't gems, but a kind of exotic fruit."
Xian Xian asked sweetly, "How did you know, husband?" "
I guessed. If you don't believe me, I'll take one, and you can see for yourselves."
Of course, Li Hu wouldn't tell them that he knew they were Blood Bodhis. He would never reveal his secret from the real world to them.
Walking to the rock wall, Li Hu stretched out his slender fingers, picked off one, and squeezed it in his hand. It felt a little soft. He immediately placed it in his palm for his wives to admire. The
red, glowing substance in his palm resembled a small tomato. Its outer layer was very thin, but even a fingernail couldn't break it. Upon closer inspection, one could see that it was liquid inside, which swayed as Li Hu's fingers moved.
Huang Rong and the others were quite puzzled. This was a rocky cliff, devoid of trees, flowers, or any other vegetation; how could such a strange fruit grow here?
As they wondered, Li Hu suddenly tilted his head back and swallowed the red-glowing object in his hand. Instantly, Li Hu's entire body shone with a bright red light, and a hazy red mist enveloped him, resembling a blood fog.
"My wives," he said, "this is edible, but you can only eat one."
Li Hu felt a surge of heat, as if his meridians were being impacted by an immense force, almost bursting open. Clearly, the power contained within this Blood Bodhi was extraordinary.
If Huang Rong and the others had eaten one, they certainly wouldn't have experienced the same painless sensation as he had, but rather a comfortable enjoyment.
Seeing her sisters' worried and confused expressions, Lin Chaoying was the first to walk to the rock wall, pry off a Blood Bodhi, put it in her mouth, and swallowed it. Like Li Hu, a red mist appeared around her, and her body radiated a red glow, though much dimmer than Li Hu's.
"Sisters, this is edible, it's good stuff. You have to endure it; it will be very hot when you swallow it, but you'll be fine soon."
Lin Chaoying's martial arts and internal strength were among the best of them, so naturally, she didn't experience much pain after consuming the Blood Bodhi.
Xianxian did the same, eating a Blood Bodhi and chewing it down like a candy.
Huang Rong and the others also ate one, each experiencing varying degrees of pain. Luo Xiao, lacking martial arts skills and internal energy, cried out before finally enjoying the blood exchange process comfortably.
Everyone was enveloped in a red mist. Li Hu was the first to recover, feeling the flow of fresh blood within his body. Li Hu was thrilled; it was a rare opportunity, and the Blood Bodhi had miraculous effects, not only replacing his blood but also promoting the improvement of his internal energy.
Watching his wives all sitting cross-legged, enjoying the baptism of the Blood Bodhi, Li Hu was even more surprised to discover that even Luo Xiao, the only one without internal energy or martial arts skills, was now filled with powerful internal energy.
"What a wonderful thing! If all my wives ate one, and they all learned some martial arts, and I brought them all out, wouldn't that turn this place upside down?"
Li Hu excitedly muttered to himself. But this was just a thought; if all his wives appeared, how would he have any chance to pick up girls and have sex in this world?
Just by looking around, Li Hu could only count three to five thousand Blood Bodhi seeds, though he couldn't examine them one by one. Thinking of his wives, Li Hu didn't hesitate and began prying the Blood Bodhi seeds off the rock wall. Fearing to damage them, he dared not use his internal energy to remove them, lest he break the outer layer and cause the powerful energy within to leak out.
Removing Blood Bodhi seeds from one side of the rock wall only took Li Hu about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. Going back and forth like this, taking some and then sending them to the Blissful Realm would be too time-consuming.
"Wives, come out!"
Seeing that Huang Rong and the others were still asleep, and knowing that it would take them a long time to fully absorb the powerful energy of the Blood Bodhi seeds, Li Hu had to call for help.
With his shout, the already small cave was instantly filled with people. Jones and the others, seeing the scene in the cave, were just as shocked as Huang Rong and the others, but they already knew what had happened, and none of the hundred or so people cried out in surprise.
Li Hu smiled as he looked at his many wives and urged, "Hurry up and pick them, be careful not to break them. I'll take you back when you're done."
Having finally had a chance to rest, Li Hu watched his wives diligently digging at the blood bodhi seeds on the rock face. At this moment, Guo Fu and Li Xiang approached, smiling seductively as they grabbed Li Hu's hands. Guo Fu said sweetly, "Husband, can I stay here for a couple of days? I don't want to go back to the Blissful Realm."
"Yes, husband, I don't want to go back either. Let my sister and I stay here for two days, just two days,"
Li Xiang echoed, addressing Li Hu with the same ambiguous tone.
Looking at the two women, Li Hu's face remained expressionless. If he agreed to their request, the others would surely ask to stay as well. Looking at Guo Fu, Li Hu said earnestly, "Fu'er, you just gave birth to Li Qian; she's still an infant. How can she leave your embrace?"
Guo Fu pouted. She had come out with the Cat Fairy and the others this time precisely to ask Li Hu to let her stay in this world for a few days. She thought she had done Li Hu a favor by giving him a daughter, and wanted to use this opportunity to ask him for help. However, Li Hu's words were quite true, and she could only remain silent.
Then, looking at Li Xiang, Li Hu tapped her head and said, "How many times have I told you? Once we're out of the Blissful Realm, call me Father. Who told you to call me Husband?" [This post was edited by zhjn0610 on 2014-01-13 20:28]

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