Mutated Tao

Chapter 600: Consuming Medicine

The restrained Li Huowang was in a padded cell somewhere inside Kangning Hospital, and he was staring right into Wu Cheng's eyes.

Wu Cheng chuckled at Li Huowang's words, asking, “You want to talk to the boss? Sure, but you must agree to work with us, or you won’t get to see him at all.”

Li Huowang seemed to be struggling deep inside, which hinted that he was clearly unwilling to work with Wu Cheng. However, he caught a glimpse of Yang Na on the tablet and sighed.

“Fine, I will cooperate with you. Let me talk to your boss! I can’t let you all take the profits, after all!”

Wu Cheng nodded and tapped on the tablet. Soon, Li Huowang saw an old man wearing a suit. The old man's hair was short and white; he was sitting on a sofa and was wearing sunglasses, so Li Huowang had no idea whether the old man was staring at him or not.

The boss wanted lifespan pills, and there was an old man before him. It wasn't that difficult for Li Huowang to deduce that the old man in the tablet was Wu Cheng's "boss."

“Li Huowang,” the old man said. The fact that he had said Li Huowang's name meant that he was quite familiar with Li Huowang. “My name is Xu Shou, but you can call me Sir Xu.”

Li Huowang glared at the old man and memorized every single detail about the latter. He needed as much information as he could acquire to come up with a plan.

The old man was the mastermind behind Wu Cheng and Wang Wei. If Li Huowang wanted to resolve this issue, then he had to attack it at the roots, which meant dealing with the old man!

“Sir Xu? Can I ask you a question? Why have you decided to do this to me? What do you want?” Li Huowang asked.

Sir Xu leaned forward and said, “I have no reason to tell you that. The only thing that you need to do is to show me your value. I’ve seen you whip out gold from out of nowhere, but I know that technology has become mature enough that anyone can easily edit any footage to show whatever they want to show everyone. If you want to show me your value, then you need to whip out something really special.”

Li Huowang chuckled. It seemed that the old man still had no trust in him and was afraid that Li Huowang was just a lunatic.

Despite that, he desperately wanted Li Huowang to bring lifespan pills from the other side to this side.

Clearly, the old man was on the brink of death.

“Wu Cheng, I entrust everything to you. Call me once he has brought out the item," Sir Xu said before unilaterally ending the call.

Wu Cheng put the tablet down and took out a bottle of pills. He shook it and poured it into his hand before showing it to Li Huowang.

“I guess your decision to cooperate with us just isn't enough for you to start negotiating with the boss. If you want to negotiate with him, then you need to show us your value. Shall we start?”

Li Huowang glanced at the pills before staring at Wu Cheng. “Are you sure these pills are going to work?”

“Of course. They're very effective. Of course, there are some side effects. Anyway, forget everything that Yi Donglai had taught you and go back to that side. Prove your worth and show us your supernatural power... or maybe you're just an ordinary lunatic?”

The metal muzzle was taken off, and the pills were shoved into Li Huowang's mouth.

Li Huowang ground the bitter pills in his mouth and consumed them with a mouthful of saliva.

Upon swallowing the pills, Li Huowang's consciousness immediately started fading away as his brain slowed down. Eventually, his senses blurred, and when he came to his senses, Wu Cheng had become something else.

A metal pen appeared in front of Li Huowang. It moved side to side, writing down Wu Cheng’s words from the other side.

“When I say ‘now,' you have to close your eyes.”

Li Huowang closed his eyes, and everything faded away into darkness.

For some reason, the strange pills were making Li Huowang feel like his true body was somewhere else rather than here.

“You’ve returned to that strange world. You’ve returned to the Liang Kingdom. Tell me, what do you see?”

Bizarre, fragmented scenes manifested in the darkness, and they pieced together by themselves until Li Huowang realized that he was inside a dark cave.

There were Sacrificial God motifs on the walls, and they depicted the Sacrificial God sitting down on a distorted cross. Li Huowang immediately realized where he was the moment he saw the cross.

He was being held captive in the Ao Jing Sect’s Cross Temple.

He tried moving, but he couldn't move at all. He saw that he was being restrained in a massive array drawn by blood. More importantly, his legs and right arm had vanished, along with three fingers on his left hand.

“So? Have you considered it?” someone asked.

Li Huowang looked up and saw a familiar face. The face of the Imperial Preceptor, Huangfu Tiangang.

“So it's you? I should’ve seen that coming. There are only a few people capable of wielding lightning in this region, and who else would have such a high achievement at it?” Li Huowang asked. He snarled at the familiar face before continuing, “You are working with the Twisted One of Doulao! How dare you say that you have no relations with the Sitting Oblivion Dao?”

Huangfu Tiangang frowned upon seeing Li Huowang's change in demeanor.

“What are you talking about? The Sitting Oblivion Dao has been eradicated. I am the Imperial Preceptor. I am responsible for the safety of the Emperor of the Liang Kingdom!”

“Scram! How dare you try to disrupt the friendship between me and Gao Zhijian? Do you really think that I'm going to believe your words right now?”

“The emperor doesn't want to kill you, but the previous emperors have a different opinion of you. The fact that you made quick work of the Dragon Vein means that you're a threat. You'd be nothing but trouble for us, unless we can make us of you!”

“Haha! Huangfu Tiangang, you can’t even lie properly. You shouldn't join the Sitting Oblivion Dao, as you'd ruin their reputation if you do so.”

Li Huowang chuckled and raised his remaining arm to search for the little saw in his bag of torture tools. He stabbed the little saw into his waist and remained unblinking despite the pain.

“You want lifespan pills? Fine, I will give you some!” Li Huowang exclaimed. He had just raised his left arm when a lightning bolt flashed past him, severing some of his fingers.

He only had one finger remaining on his left hand.

Despite the powerful attack, Li Huowang didn't hesitate and jammed his remaining finger deep into his throat.

“Blegh!”

A thunderous boom echoed.

Li Huowang opened his mouth and spat out the pills straight toward Wu Cheng’s face.

Wu Cheng flailed around in disgust before taking off his robes to wipe away Li Huowang's saliva on his face.

When he was done wiping himself clean, he looked up and saw that Li Huowang's abdomen was bleeding.

Somehow, Li Huowang was holding a little saw and was smiling ruthlessly at Wu Cheng.

“Wait!” Wu Cheng exclaimed. His words had just fallen when Li Huowang pounced on him and bit his face hard. “AAARRRGGGHHH!”