But when he looked again, the white-clad creature was nowhere to be seen.
Li Xiu concentrated, and the Fire Lotus Sword flew out automatically, transforming into Sword Lotus to envelop his body, and the rain falling on the Sword Lotus was directly blocked by the sword’s light.
"Strange! What is that thing?" Li Xiu surveyed the surroundings by the sword’s light, but saw nothing.
Protected by the Fire Lotus Sword, Li Xiu continued forward. After a while, he realized that proceeding this way was pointless.
Apart from the endless curtain of rain, everything seed to have vanished, not even a Sword Casting Workshop was visible.
"Husband, do you need to guide you?" The mysterious bride suddenly floated out.
Li Xiu rembered when the mute ca last ti, the mysterious bride also appeared, and she could extinguish the Longevity Lamp that he couldn’t.
This ti, the mysterious bride offered to lead him, making Li Xiu sowhat suspicious.
"Do you know the way?" Li Xiu asked the mysterious bride, who was protected together within the Sword Lotus.
"I don’t." The bride’s answer left Li Xiu rather vexed.
"If you don’t know the way, how can you guide ?" Li Xiu asked again.
"I just feel sothing there that might help you," the bride said, pointing in a direction.
"What’s there?" Li Xiu saw only pouring rain, nothing else.
"I don’t know, I can only sense sothing familiar there," the bride shook her head.
Li Xiu looked at the bride, then at the direction she pointed. There seed to be no other choice, so he went to see what was there.
The bride floated beside Li Xiu like a ghost, not touching the ground, her red Wedding Dress adding to the eerie atmosphere, rivaling the black and white-clad creatures seen earlier.
With the bride’s guidance, Li Xiu hadn’t gone far when he suddenly spotted a faint light ahead.
"There really is sothing." Li Xiu quickened his pace and soon discovered a small cabin ahead.
The cabin was low, with a roof just over two ters from the ground, and the door was only about one and a half ters high, with an oil lamp hanging under the awning, flickering in the storm, seemingly about to go out at any mont.
Li Xiu rushed to the cabin. Regardless of what’s inside, he had to go in and see, as there was no other way forward.
Li Xiu knocked on the wooden door a few tis, but inside was silent without any movent.
Frowning slightly, Li Xiu knocked again and called, "Is anyone there?"
But as he spoke, a clap of thunder coincided, drowning his voice completely, even he couldn’t hear himself.
Once the thunder passed, Li Xiu called out again, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the thunder roared again, overshadowing his voice.
Li Xiu called several tis, yet it seed the thunder deliberately opposed him, rumbling whenever he spoke, drowning his words.
Gritting his teeth, Li Xiu pushed the door to see if he could open it, and to his surprise, the wooden door opened effortlessly, even before he exerted any force.
Standing outside the door, Li Xiu looked in to see the fireplace inside burning, with the logs crackling.
Beside the fireplace was a rocking chair, soone seemingly asleep on it, covered with a gray blanket.
The chair faced away from the door, and due to its low height, Li Xiu couldn’t see who was sleeping on it.
"Excuse , it’s raining heavily outside, may I co in to take shelter?" Li Xiu spoke again.
This ti, no thunder interrupted his speech.
Yet the person in the rocking chair seed to be in deep sleep, not hearing Li Xiu.
"If you don’t respond, I’ll assu you’ve agreed," Li Xiu said, noting the bride’s silence beside him, and he bent down to enter the cabin, closing the door behind him.
"My silence doesn’t an consent," ca a hoary voice from the direction of the rocking chair as soon as Li Xiu closed the door.
The person in the chair didn’t rise, remaining in the sa position.
"I’m sorry, the rain outside is too heavy, I just want to take shelter. I knocked earlier," Li Xiu explained.
"You knocked, but I didn’t invite you in," the elderly voice continued.
"Apologies, if there’s anything I can do to make ands, I’m willing to express my apologies," Li Xiu said, looking at the rocking chair.
"I’ll say it, but will you dare?" The person said, pressing his hands on the chair’s armrests, rising from the chair.
Once he stood, he turned to Li Xiu, who now saw his appearance, an elderly person in his seventies or eighties, his face full of wrinkles.
"Are you human?" Li Xiu scrutinized the elder, surprised to find no trace of demonic features or aura, clearly just an old man.
"Aren’t you human?" The old man retorted coldly.
"I’m human too," Li Xiu chuckled, "I just didn’t expect to et a fellow here. How should I address you, sir?"
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