books44 Chapter 30 The Gate of Life Was Engulfed by Blazing Flames
Chapter 30 The Gate of Life Was Engulfed by Blazing Flames
“In the original text you wrote, Si Wuxie was originally a nine-tailed fox who later cultivated into human form. Because of his extraordinary appearance, his double pupils could see through all the disguises in the world. He must have already figured out who I am.”
Are you worried that he transformed into his original form to distract Mei Shiyu in order to tell him about this?
"We cannot rule out this possibility."
Li Tingyun said in a deep voice, "It was only a matter of time before Mei Shiyu and I parted ways, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. I'm really a little reluctant to let go... But no matter what, I'm not in a strong position right now, so I have to find a way to protect myself."
Actually, this is good for Mei Shiyu. It's much more efficient for him to act alone than to be burdened by others.
But Li Tingyun's regret was that he hadn't had a chance to tell Mei Shiyu how to avoid the Ten Kings of Hell and go directly to the Demon Abyss in the depths of hell to retrieve the sword.
Having a shortcut will result in much less damage than forcing your way in; at least, you won't suffer too much harm.
"We'll see how things go once we get to the territory."
Li Tingyun opened the Qiankun bag, and was about to touch the Soul-Guiding Lamp when he saw his wrist. He then thought again:
No, if Mei Shiyu really already knew his identity, then given the current disparity in their strength, she should have already bound him with the Immortal Binding Lock and killed him with a single sword strike to prevent future troubles.
[Host, what are you standing there for?]
"I fucking want to eliminate any future trouble!"
Li Tingyun then looked at the golden coffin in the Qiankun bag and squinted, saying, "If it weren't for the main quest, I would have thrown it away long ago."
"That won't do! How can you throw away the protagonist's spirit?"
The protagonist, yes, the spirit that is barely surviving in the body of a little girl, is none other than the protagonist, Yuan Che.
At the very beginning, when 001 forced Li Tingyun to complete the main quest "Rescue the Dead", he already had doubts about the little girl's true identity.
The main quest will always be related to the protagonist.
Furthermore, not everyone has the ability to escape the underworld in the form of a mere ghost... one must at least gather resentment to become a malevolent spirit or a vengeful ghost to have this ability.
The dead, to put it bluntly, are just ordinary souls. They have nothing to rely on, and they can forget about magic power. What can they use to fight the ghost messengers?
It all comes down to luck.
The protagonist is born with a lucky aura; he's blessed with good fortune, and he can basically achieve anything he sets his mind to.
Luck can sometimes be a form of strength.
Li Tingyun sighed, "As expected of the protagonist, even in this state, he is still alive, escaped the control of the underworld, and returned to the mortal world."
Although it's called "reincarnation," which sounds a bit unethical, at least they got their lives back.
It wasn't safe to leave someone like him, who had possessed another body, running around in broad daylight. So Li Tingyun came up with the crooked idea of putting him in a coffin.
[You really should be grateful for the protagonist's plot armor, okay? If he died, the timeline would have to be reset.]
"I bet you, the next main quest the system will release will definitely be to help Yuan Che regain his physical body and return his soul to its rightful place."
[The next mission... 001 hasn't been released yet, but I imagine what I'm about to tell you is pretty accurate.]
"Alright, enough rambling."
"The question we need to think about now is: On the day Lingxi Village was massacred, he secretly ran away, but now he has appeared in Yongjie Town and become a ghost that the Black and White Impermanence of the underworld want to catch."
"So, what did the protagonist do in the underworld? Why did he go to the underworld? And how did he end up in this state of soul separation and possession?"
[Who knows? I never wrote this plot; it's definitely just something the system randomly added.]
"No, the system won't add things randomly; the reason for it must be consistent with the narrative logic."
Li Tingyun pondered, "If I were the protagonist, reborn on the day my entire family was wiped out, the thing I would most want to do is seek revenge against my enemies. However, based on my experience from my previous life, I know that with my current abilities, there is no possibility of revenge. Therefore, I need to hurry up and do something else."
What could the other thing be?
"What else could it be?"
Li Tingyun said, "Of course, it's before my family members have completed their seven-day mourning period, I'll go to the underworld to retrieve their souls and bring them back to life."
That makes sense...you know what, it's actually quite possible!
In my novel, the protagonist resurrects his beloved junior sister in this way later on. Therefore, in his second life, he definitely remembers the saying "the soul returns on the seventh day after death," and it's highly likely that he went to the underworld to summon back the souls of the villagers.
Oh, right, the protagonist's junior sister—she'd been single for years, and her only true love was killed by you!
Li Tingyun: "That's all for later, let's not talk about that now."
He took out the Soul-Guiding Lamp from his Qiankun Bag, saying, "Finding the Gate of Life is the most important thing."
Wait! Why does this soul-guiding lamp look so full of resentment?
Li Tingyun looked down and saw a cloud of black mist almost swallowing the entire lamp wick that was emitting a warm yellow light.
"Because I was wearing his pants, and now he has no pants to wear."
Li Tingyun is very self-aware.
He thought to himself: It seems that my elder brother is quite obsessed with this burial garment.
He needs to find another set of clothes to wear as soon as possible, then put this shroud away. When he reaches the Gates of Hell, he will break the soul-guiding lamp to release his elder brother from the coffin, and then return the shroud to him so as not to delay his brother's reincarnation.
Having made up his mind, Li Tingyun, relying on his ability to wear a protective barrier, recklessly passed through walls and entered a clothing store.
In full view of everyone, he ripped off his teenage clothes, turned and ran... After running a few steps, he thought to himself:
Fine, I'll be a good person and leave a spirit stone behind.
The shop owner slowly lowered his hand, which was about to smash the abacus.
The people's enthusiasm for chivalry and bandit suppression was put back into their hearts.
Li Tingyun shamelessly asked, "Boss, I was just kidding. Do you have a fitting room here?"
The shop owner pointed to the space partitioned off by three wooden boards in the corner.
Then it raised its paw in front of him, flashing out sharp, curved claws, and licked its nose with its barbed tongue.
There was a striking orange cat's head growing on a person's body.
"Although our boss let you off the hook, it doesn't mean you can do whatever you want on our turf."
The orange cat stared with its vertical pupils at the boy who was quickly changing clothes behind the partition.
Li Tingyun had no time to pay attention to him. As a final step, she tightened her belt and jumped through the wall.
He kindly left a message:
"Boss, your shop is on fire!"
The flames first sprang up from the corner where he had fled.
The cat-headed boss pushed through the crowd, walked over, peed on the bladder to extinguish the flames, and then turned around to pat his belly.
"It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."
But the crowd screamed in astonishment at his languid and composed cat-like face.
One of them pointed behind him.
The boss turned around and saw the fire dragon suddenly soaring into the sky, letting out a sharp cry.
He suddenly transformed into a large, fat orange cat with bristling fur, and was the first to break free of the barrier from the panicked crowd.
They spread the word: "Oh no! Oh no! Brothers and sisters, run! The barrier is about to explode, and Eternal Calamity Town is doomed!"
Groups of cat demons gathered on the street and rushed towards the Gate of Life in Eternal Calamity Town.
They are highly trained in running away.
No one saw the figure emerge from the shadows.
Li, the instigator, stopped, his wicked scheme succeeding, and Yun let out a wicked laugh.
[Host, the barrier surrounding Eternal Calamity Town is like a series circuit; moving one part affects the whole. If any one part is destroyed, it will ignite the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire over a large area, and the entire town, and everyone in it, will be doomed!]
[Didn't you just say you simply wanted to exploit group weaknesses to create panic? But your actions have gone too far, causing far greater social harm than poisoning a well! One wrong move, and you'll be playing with fire and getting burned!]
Li Tingyun replied, "Don't worry, I didn't touch the barrier."
[Then, how did such a large fire start?]
Li Tingyun picked up a yellow talisman with cinnabar between two fingers, and in an instant, the talisman turned to ashes.
"Of course, it's a fake that's indistinguishable from the real thing."
【Absolutely. 】
[Telecommunications fraud, it's all your fault again.]
Li Tingyun leaped into the air and caught up with the fleeing army of cat demons.
"Meow...meow!"
"That damned Si Wuxie, it must be his doing again!"
"He's just a self-righteous idiot! Whenever he encounters something he can't handle, all he does is detonate the barrier and cause a major reshuffle! Then he takes advantage of the chaos to escape, leaving us all to suffer along with him!"
"How many times has this happened? Is this ever going to end...?"
"If this continues, we might as well move elsewhere and build another cat park... What do you say, Xuan Yu?"
Xuanmao leaped into the lead, but then felt something was wrong and turned around to look.
The gaze passed over the dark mass of cats and landed on Li Tingyun, who made no attempt to conceal his following.
Oh no, we've fallen for his trap! He's trying to use the cats to find a way out!
I couldn't help but get angry.
With a flick of its tail, the black cat blocked the way and stood at the head of the army.
However, the main force was moving at high speed and couldn't stop or stand still at all, so the cats in the front row slid in!
They shoveled their leader to the heavens.
The cats behind rushed forward one after another, scrambling to get ahead, afraid that if they were too slow, they would be swallowed up by the "unfounded" fire.
And so, wave after wave of cats engulfed the black cat's figure.
The waves of newcomers kept coming, knocking him down onto the beach.
I got dizzy from taking the photos.
When the black cat regained consciousness, its fate was already firmly held by the scruff of its neck.
"Boss!"
"Boss?"
"Meow..."
In front of the Rebirth Inn, a chorus of meows could be heard.
Looking at the two large characters "Rebirth" on the inn's signboard, Li Tingyun thought to himself: This is fate.
The inn where they first stayed turned out to be the very place where they found the gate to life after leaving Eternal Calamity!
After going around in circles, I've come full circle again.
We've returned to where we started.
Li Tingyun picked up the black cat in her hand, watching him shake his head vigorously, revealing the mysterious smile of Mona Lisa.
"You think you're bullying my dog?! You think I won't cut your balls off?"
The autumn will bring about a reckoning.
Black Cat: "..."
With the back of his neck gripped, he couldn't even return to human form.
What else can I do?
It lay sprawled out, its limbs exposed, completely ruined.
Fine, whatever.
Your dog will never have a happy sex life again.
Li Tingyun used force before trying to be polite, first making harsh statements, then saying, "However, considering you helped me find the escape route, I'm being magnanimous..."
"Meow! Oh no, there's a fire again!"
A large, fat orange cat jumped two meters high, suddenly interrupting Li Tingyun's words.
The orange cat's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when it saw the fire spreading in the distance.
The moment their feet touched the ground, they vanished without a trace.
His shouts echoed from afar: "Brothers and sisters, run! A fire is coming! This time it's for real!"
But this time, nobody paid any attention to him.
Li Tingyun scoffed. A cheap joke is enough to fool people once.
Who the hell would fall for the trick of lighting the beacon fires to amuse the feudal lords a second time?
However, the black cat suddenly let out a long howl.
Using all four limbs, she grabbed his arm and kicked him hard.
"Run!"
Even though Li Tingyun wasn't a cat, she understood what he meant.
And in his two black, grape-like cat eyes, he saw the reflection of a raging fire.
Behind them, a sea of fire had already engulfed everything.
The flying flames almost engulfed the entire high-rise building.
The signboard of "Wang Sheng Inn" was about to fall when it crashed heavily to the ground and shattered into pieces at his feet.