Chapter 88 Fire Spirit Suddenly Appears (3)

  In a secluded area of Wangjiapu, two people stood on the rooftop, one tall and one short, gazing far away at the direction of the Da Dao Inn where Huo Xiaoyi was staying. The two remained motionless, like statues, as their clothes fluttered in the night wind.

  Another figure jumped onto the rooftop, coming to the side of the two people. This person was Shuimeizi, who had just returned from Huo Xiaoyao's place. The two people on the rooftop were Wang Liuchuan and the real Shuiyao'er.

  Shuixi'er walked up to Shuiwang Liuchuan and said, "Dad, I'm back."

  "Would you like to know where the Qingyun Inn is?" asked a thin man wearing a dark black silk robe.

  "He unwillingly asked me to tell you, thank you for your cultivation and high hopes for him. Whether he can become a Huo family disciple or not depends entirely on himself, not on others. If he can't find the Qingyun Inn, it's his own fault for lacking ability!"

  "Haha, great!"

  "Dad, what if he really can't find it?"

  "He must be able to find it, I won't misjudge him."

  "Dad, Huo Xiao Xia is just an ordinary little thief, why are you paying so much attention to him? Is it because Shui You'er likes him?"

  "Shuimeier, you shouldn't ask this question. You go down, I have something to say to Shuiyaoer."

  Shuixi'er reluctantly said yes, quickly jumped down from the rooftop and disappeared without a trace.

  "Shui Yao'er, just now Shui Mei'er went on your behalf to meet Huo Xiao Xie once, you should be satisfied now."

  The water king's flowing river body was surrounded by a water demon child, still wearing a tight black dress, pale face, and hair flying in the night wind. Her eyes didn't blink as she said: "Water Mei'er will never be me."

  "Ke Huo Xiao Xie will never like you, why are you so obsessed?"

  "He loves me, hates me, annoys me, vexes me, I don't care, I just see my original self in him. Father, aren't you the same as me?"

  "How dare you! Shuixiao'er, your words are getting more and more insolent!"

  "Dad, why did you help Huo Xiao Xie and let him come to Shanxi?" Shui Yao'er completely ignored Shui Wang Liu Chuan's anger and spoke on her own.

  "I have my own plans."

  "But with the current Fire of Evil, it's impossible to pass through the Three Gates of Fire."

  "Shuiyao'er, Huoxiao Xie is not an ordinary little thief, you only know one side but not the other."

  "Why Qingyun Inn?"

  "The nature of fire is urgent, its emotions are respectful, its taste is bitter, and its color is red. It transforms complexity into simplicity, takes the straight and discards the curved, unmoved by external influences, unswayed by temptations. With a fixed form, it determines things without deviation or evasion. The spirit of fire is as if present, seeing is believing. Without the purity of fire's nature, miscellaneous thoughts will not cease, even with elaborate deductions using the Five Elements and their relationships, one will still be unable to find the Azure Cloud Inn."

  "I understand, Huo Xiaoyao can indeed be found."

  "If Huo Xiao had heard that the Qingyun Inn was located below the Fire Gate's Three Passes today, he would have no hope of passing through even a single thread! I will take back his Black Stone Fire Order to prevent him from going to his death."

  "Dad, I know."

  "Shuixiao'er, this time in Wangjiabao, there are many skilled people from all over the place. One of them is named Zheng Zedao, who is known as the young thief king of Northern Jiangsu. His nickname is Xiao Buzi. This person has a destiny that combines water and fire. If he can't pass through the three gates of Huomen this time, I'd like to recruit him as my disciple. He's quite a match for you, Shuixiao'er. Do you want to meet him?"

  "What is Zheng Zedao? I don't see him!"

  "Shui Yao'er, even if Huo Xiao Xie enters the Huo family, it's not certain that he can learn the Water-Fire fusion technique. Ten years later, if there are any changes, you will die with a shattered heart pulse. At the time of death, you won't be human or ghost. Aren't you afraid?"

  "I don't know if I'm human or a ghost right now! Not afraid!"

  "Zheng Zedao being with you can add thirty years to your life, and you don't even have to like him. Water demon, don't you understand your father's good intentions at all?"

  "Dad, don't force me, I don't want to live a lifetime like you."

  The water demon's body moved slightly, jumped off the roof, and disappeared into the darkness.

  The Water King looked up at the moon in the sky and said, "The moon is going to be full again." As he spoke, his body swayed, like a wisp of green smoke, and vanished in the blink of an eye.