Buddha

Li Huowang sensed that something was wrong. He clenched his fists and savagely smashed them against his own head several times.

When that proved useless, Li Huowang pulled out a Long Needle and thrust it through the gaps between his fingers. The intense pain finally stopped his thoughts from spiraling.

"Hah..." Cold sweat streamed down Li Huowang's face as he slowly let out a breath. He glanced at the Red Daoist Robe on his body and clenched his teeth hard. No matter what the Siming truly was, since it was his enemy now, he had to face it.

Just then, Li Huowang suddenly noticed someone watching him.

"Who?! Come out!" At Li Huowang's low shout, Three Strips instantly drew three swords.

Then he saw Chan Du, the abbot of Zhengde Temple in Great Qi, slowly emerge from a nearby alley.

"Benefactor Li, this poor monk has a small favor to ask. Might I trouble you to help?"

Sure enough, pies never fell from the sky. He agreed so readily before, but the pitfall was here. Was he already starting to lay down conditions? After pondering for a few seconds, Li Huowang said,

"What do you need me to do? There isn't much I can do, and I'm in a hurry right now. I don't have time to go elsewhere."

Though he was somewhat displeased that, in a matter this important, someone on their side was still making demands, Li Huowang could no longer be bothered to argue with him.

As long as he could find a way to locate Xuannv, everything else was a small matter.

"There is no need for Benefactor Li to do anything. Please simply follow this poor monk."

Li Huowang sheathed his three swords and followed behind Chan Du.

Though Chan Du had asked Li Huowang