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"Senior Brother Li!" Bai Lingmiao's crying voice made Li Huowang, who was holding a lantern in the darkness, turn around and look at the others standing in the sunlight outside the door.

He waved at them again, "Go, go home."

"Senior Brother Li, why don't you come with us? It's safer to travel together. Did you forget something?" Zhao Wu, who was lying on the fool's back, said. He looked a little nervous, as if he sensed something was wrong.

"Hehe, go where together?" Li Huowang turned around, hiding his face in the darkness again.

"Go home together for the New Year. Senior Brother Li, where is your home?"

Li Huowang smiled silently in the darkness and began to walk back the way he came, carrying the lantern. "Home? Where is my home now? I can't go back to my home, I can't go back!"

Li Huowang walked silently in the darkness. Qingfeng Temple was very quiet at this time, and the only thing accompanying him was the sound of his footsteps.

Suddenly, Li Huowang began to hum a song, his steps became lighter, and the oil lamp in his hand swayed rhythmically from side to side.

Accompanied by his singing, Li Huowang returned to his residence. He closed the door, put the oil lamp on the table, and didn't even bother to wipe the blood from his face and body. He just slowly lay down on the stone bed and closed his eyes.

"Today is the first day of the new year. I didn't eat that disgusting Black Tai Sui this month, so I should be able to see Yang Na again soon, right?" Thinking of this, the corners of Li Huowang's mouth turned up slightly.

He waited quietly, waiting for his best Childhood Sweetheart to take him back to his world.

Li Huowang, who hadn't slept all night, began to gradually lose consciousness, but just as he was about to fall into a beautiful dream, the door suddenly opened.

Li Huowang rubbed his eyes and sat up, and found Gouwa and Zhao Wu standing at the door.

Bai Lingmiao stood there uneasily, her eyes darting around before finally becoming firm.

"Senior Brother Li, if you can't go home, then come to my house. My house is very spacious, and the East Wing is also empty."

Li Huowang looked at the kind girl in front of him and shook his head slightly, "It's pretty good here, I'm used to staying here."

Only a madman who talks to himself and gesticulates can stay here in the dark without scaring others.

Bai Lingmiao's lips trembled slightly, seemingly unable to believe Li Huowang's words.

"I had a home, and I had family, but..." Li Huowang looked up at the dark roof, his expression complicated as he began to recall something.

Gouwa thought for a while, then whispered to the others, winking, "Since Senior Brother Li said he wants to stay here? Should we go?"

"Shut up!" Bai Lingmiao's words startled Gouwa. This was not like the timid little girl of the past.

Bai Lingmiao quickly went up, her expression very stubborn as she stepped forward, "Are you worthy of your family like this? If your family from the past knew what you are like now, what would they think?"

A bitter smile appeared on Li Huowang's face, "How would I know what they think? I can't even be sure if they really exist!!"

"I may just be a penniless madman. I have nothing. Everything is completely imagined by me." Li Huowang's expression became very painful.

Bai Lingmiao's fair, almost transparent hands reached out and held Li Huowang's hand. "Senior Brother Li, you are not without anything. You still have us."

Li Huowang stared blankly at the girl in front of him, looking at her stubborn, delicate face.

In an instant, he realized that he knew very little about the girl in front of him, "Why is she so nice to me?"

Suddenly everything around began to change, the cave and the white walls of the hospital began to switch.

Bai Lingmiao's features began to melt and re-condense into Yang Na's appearance. She was full of worry with tears streaming down her face.

"Na Na!" Li Huowang rushed over, hugging her tightly with an extremely painful expression.

"Huo Wang, you can't give up on yourself. You must live. No matter what you encounter, you must live well, okay?" Yang Na's voice trembled.

"You must persevere. No matter what you encounter, never fall down."

Then that face changed again into his mother's face. "Son, you can't die! If you die, how will your father and I live?!"

The face rapidly and constantly changed, showing various people Li Huowang knew, cheering him on.

Suddenly, everything around him froze, and the bright ward quickly dimmed.

Li Huowang slowly released his embrace, discovering that he was hugging Bai Lingmiao.

The embraced girl was clearly somewhat shy, but her eyes did not waver. "Senior Brother Li, let's go. I feel uncomfortable staying in this place."

Immediately afterward, she took out those paper strips from her purse and placed them in his arms. "Senior Brother Li, it's useless for you to give these to me. None of us can read."

"That's right, Senior Brother Li, this matter has to be done by you. No one else can do it." The others at the door chimed in.

"I...I can read..." As soon as the idiot said this, Zhao Wu covered his mouth, and he leaned in to whisper in the idiot's ear, "Even if you can read, you have to pretend you can't right now!"

Li Huowang silently looked at the last words written by the people before him, not knowing what to think.

Bai Lingmiao pushed forward with both hands, pushing the paper strips further. "Senior Brother Li, you promised them yourself. A true man cannot go back on his word."

Reality and illusion constantly switched in his mind. Finally, Li Huowang reached out and took the papers. "Let's go."

Li Huowang decided that no matter where he was, he would try his best to live well. This was not only for himself but also for those family members who might exist or might not.

As soon as he said this, everyone smiled with relief.

They didn't know what Li Huowang was thinking, but as long as he didn't continue to stay in this hellish place, that was enough.

A group of people surrounded Li Huowang and walked out of the dim room, heading towards the cave entrance. However, after only a few steps, Li Huowang stopped them.

"Wait, since we've decided to leave, we need to scavenge this place properly. Idiot, you carry Zhao Wu and take the others to the kitchen to get some food for the road. We can't leave without food."

Immediately afterward, Li Huowang himself took Bai Lingmiao to the Pill Refining Room to get some Pills he recognized. Li Huowang had been practicing the Dao of Pills for some time, and with these things, he could be considered half a doctor. He didn't know how far away their home was, so it was better to be prepared.

However, he only took what he recognized. Li Huowang didn't dare to touch, let alone take, the other Pills Danyangzi had refined.

After the group met in Zhengyi Hall, Li Huowang continued, "Wait a moment, there's one more thing I need to get." As he spoke, Li Huowang carried the lamp oil in his hand and carefully walked towards the cave where the Black Tai Sui was imprisoned.