"I was wrong. Wrong. "
In the middle of the surging heatwaves caused by the fluttering red flags, Li Yao's brain was stimulated to the maximum. His soul was expanding nonstop in the powerful resonance, as if an invisible barrier had been broken apart, and a larger, vaster world was slowly emerging.
In the brand-new world, his soul was as calm, clear, and peaceful as the snowland under the moonlight.
Every second after he returned to the Tian Yuan Realm, his soul had turned into a thought and condensed into translucent snowflakes that were flying in the cold, snowy night.
It was not until this moment that Li Yao realized what a grave mistake he had made.
"I thought that I had been abandoned by the entire Federation. Nobody trusted me. I felt wronged. I was angry. I couldn't have been more depressed. I almost fell into the dark abyss.
"But on the other hand, did I really trust my compatriots and all the people of the Federation?
"In the past, I had countless opportunities to announce my identity in public and obtain their support. However, I did not do so."
"Was it because, in my subconscious, I didn't trust them completely, either? I thought that they were just ordinary people who were too weak to see through my scheme. Even if they did, they wouldn't be of any help to me. They would only bring me endless trouble.
"That was why I passed by them time and time again. I chose to infiltrate them in secret and fight on my own, trying to save the world by myself!
"Even when I was at my wits' end, I only thought of the Cultivators such as Ding Ling Dong and Professor Mo Xuan. I never thought that I could count on them and the thousands of ordinary people!
"I was wrong. I was really wrong!
"My compatriots, all the people who are working hard and living seriously on this land, maybe their fists are not heavy enough, their speed is not fast enough, and their computational ability is not as high as the Cultivators', either!
"But they are definitely not objects who will wait to be saved like idiots. They have their own feelings, their own standpoint, their own thinking ability, and their own … fighting will!
"Cultivators naturally have to protect ordinary people."
"But ordinary people … can protect Cultivators, too. Am I not being protected, supported, encouraged, and resonated with by them and thousands of ordinary people right now?"
"No …"
"The word 'protect' is too weak to describe the relationship between us!"
"There is no such thing as who is protecting who. Cultivators and ordinary people are all comrades who fight side by side. We are simply guarding our common home, our common family, and our common future in different ways in different posts!"
"Huala!"
Every word that Li Yao roared in his brain seemed to have turned into a silent bolt of lightning that illuminated this brand-new world as if it were daytime!
Li Yao smiled. After everything that he had gone through, he realized that the scheme of Lu Zui and the Patriots Partnership was not worth mentioning at all.
The source of the strength of the so-called 'patriots' was deception. They were trying to cut off the trust between him and everybody else.
When his trust was cut off, and he didn't trust his compatriots in the Federation, and when his compatriots didn't know how to trust him, he, who was all alone, felt like he had plunged into a bottomless swamp. He couldn't find a way out at all in a black maze.
At that time, the Patriots Partnership seemed so mysterious, omnipresent, foretelling, and manipulating everything!
However, when he tried to trust Ding Lingdang, Professor Mo Xuan, Guo Chunfeng, and everybody else, the seemingly strong Patriots Partnership was like a sand tower in the wind. However high it was, it would crumble in the blink of an eye.
If he had realized the logic earlier, there might have been a more straightforward way to resolve the whole situation.
Thankfully, it was not too late yet.
Li Yao sensed that the snowflakes condensed by his telepathic thoughts all fell into the depths of his heart and were condensed into mysterious liquids inside his heart that was like a lotus on a snowy night, which flowed into his abdomen along his spine.
Inside his abdomen, Jin Dan was shivering crazily. Vaguely, a shallow yawn seemed to be echoing, like the first moan of a baby after a long sleep.
Li Yao suddenly thought of something. He knew that after he slashed the devil in his heart and triggered the 'Yuanying seed', and after a series of trials where his soul was purged, his belief was tempered, and he scrutinized and even interrogated himself, the germination of Yuanying was finally welcomed in the reverberation of the souls of hundreds of thousands of compatriots!
It might not be the real 'Yuanying' yet.
But it had already made him realize the difference between the Yuanying Stage and the Core Formation Stage.
The difference between Jin Dan and Yuanying was not as simple as the difference in strength, speed, or computational ability.
More importantly, strength and consciousness were highly integrated.
In the Core Formation Stage, strength was strength, and thoughts were thoughts. Perhaps, after some fortuitous encounters, some marvelous pills or unparalleled techniques, and with a bit of luck, one would be able to generate destructive brute force and become a 'Jin Dan expert'.
But however strong one's brute force was, they did not know where their strength came from or where it should be applied. They were prisoners of their strength and slaves of their instincts after all. They were nothing more than muddle-headed drifting.
In the Yuanying Stage, strength and consciousness were highly integrated. Only then would one understand the origin and destination of strength and be able to carry out one's thoughts, will, and belief with strength!
In short, perhaps after a Cultivator climbed into the Yuanying Stage, they would be able to see clearly what they were fighting for!
Below a Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars flag that was slightly old and stained with blood, Li Yao slowly opened his eyes.
For a moment, hundreds of thousands of stars seemed to be hidden inside his eyes, as if the fighting will of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people had been gathered in his eyes and triggered by him as the 'representative'!
In the next moment, the hundreds of thousands of stars were all absorbed into his soul. Li Yao's eyes regained the pure blackness, but a streak of dark gold brilliance could be vaguely seen in the deepest part of his pupils!
Li Yao carried the Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars flag, which had been scourged by countless wars and inspired thousands of people on dozens of battlefields, on his shoulder. Surrounded by dozens of disabled veterans, he held his head high and stared at 'Hidden Star' in midair without hiding his new, burning confidence at all!
Ripples were spreading out of the spiritual shield around Hidden Star, as if it had been hit by a real attack!
"Lu Zui, you are doomed!"
Li Yao declared resolutely, one word after another. His every word was blowing on the spiritual shield of 'Hidden Star' like a bomb of spiritual energy.
Hidden Star was shaking in midair, like a lone boat struggling futilely in the boundless fury of thousands of people.
"In order to instigate a war between the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector, you planned the assassination of the Speaker in the square of the Federation of Cultivators and killed almost ten thousand innocent compatriots. All the evidence is in my hands!
"In order to obliterate the evidence, you tried to blow up me and countless compatriots together with the crystal cannons despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of people were gathered here!
"What you have done is not only beyond the boundaries of Cultivators but also beyond the boundaries of human beings! Lu Zui, the evidence is clear. What do you have to say for yourself in front of so many people?
"Director of the Secret Sword Bureau, Lu Zui! I know that you are on this crystal warship! If your conscience is clear, just come out and confront me in front of hundreds of thousands of compatriots! "
Li Yao's every word was delivered to the ears of the tens of thousands of people around clearly, allowing them to figure out what was going on in the shortest amount of time possible.
Such appalling news naturally raised another round of exclamations. Countless people looked at the sky with even more confusion and fury.
They did not know whether or not Li Yao was speaking the truth.
But they did know that Lu Zui did not show up at all.
Li Yao was open and aboveboard, while Lu Zui was hiding. After the two parties were compared, the ordinary people naturally took a stand.
Surrounded by the veterans, the Secret Sword Agents who were loyal to Lu Zui were so ashamed under the disdain of the veterans that they almost wanted to turn into puddles of dirty water and flow into the sewers!
On Hidden Star, Li Yao's every word swept across every cabin like a tornado, humming in the ears of every 'patriot'.
All the patriots' faces were pale, and they were rendered speechless.
Lu Zui's hair was messy, and his skin was as yellow as a piece of rotten wood. The age spots on his face were growing at a visible speed, but his spiritual energy was leaving his body in a hurry like fleas.
Right now, Li Yao was standing on the ground openly, and he could lock onto Li Yao with the crystal cannons easily.
But what was the use of that?
Lu Zui struggled for a long time. His hands extended and retracted on the light beam, shivering. Finally, he heaved a long sigh and collapsed in his seat.
He sensed the arrival of three intimidating auras.
They were three battle Yuanying experts, who were regarded as' Gods of War 'in the Federation, who had finally arrived!
The three Gods of War had been invited by the Secret Sword Bureau to execute 'Blood Devil Li Yao', but they were not members of the Patriots Partnership. They had only been tricked by him. What good could it be that they had arrived at this moment?
Besides, Lu Zui saw through the surveillance light beam that the air platforms in the parliament building of the Federation had all been activated, and hundreds of representatives and experts were flying out!
All the councilors and experts were informed that the "victory parade" would be held outside today, and it would be a little noisier.
Also, some members of the Patriots Partnership were responsible for the defense of the parliament building of the Federation, too. Through them, it was not difficult to adjust the level of the 'soundproof rune arrays' and the 'shielding rune arrays' around the building to block most of the waves from the outside world.
That was why the councilors inside didn't notice the commotion outside at the beginning.
However, there was a limit to the shielding. Right now, Li Yao was about to hold a solo concert outside. The representatives and experts inside were not idiots. How could they not have sensed it?
"I'm screwed."
Lu Zui smiled bitterly and looked at the north, his eyes unfocused.
It was the direction of the Dark Desolate Domain deep inside the Grand Desolate Plateau.
At the very least, he had completely failed in this regard!
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Fifth update!
He did not intend to release the fifth update today because there were too many threads in the first few chapters and it was too difficult to write. He had woken up at six in the morning and only finished the fourth chapter at night. He was exhausted.
However, everybody's reaction was quite intense, and it was indeed a moment of upgrading. Therefore, Old Niu gritted his teeth and finished it in one go! It would be a way to liven things up for the friends in the College Entrance Examination! More, more!
However, he would only be able to release two updates tomorrow.
As for the reason, it was partly because he had been too exhausted in the past few days and needed to take a break tomorrow to sort out his thoughts.
On the other hand … it was very simple.
Magical beast!
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