Right when the two parties were at loggerheads, the short old man suddenly stepped forward and stood between Li Yao and the female Immortal Cultivator. He touched his temples softly and stored his facial armor and helmet into the Crystal Suit, revealing a face that was full of wrinkles!
Strangely enough, when Li Yao observed the old man from a distance away, his first impression of him was that he was cunning, if not sordid, and cunning.
But right now, gentle brilliance seemed to be beaming out of every pore on the old man's body, making him look kind and amiable. One could not help but feel that he was trustworthy and approachable.
His eyes were almost transparent, but they were both friendly and kind, mixed with the delight of meeting a compatriot thousands of miles away. His eyes seemed to have turned into thousands of threads and crawled into Li Yao's brain through his pupils.
This is an expert in mental warfare!
Li Yao was greatly alarmed. He immediately realized the old man's identity. Not only was there a hint of hypnotism in his eyes, there was even the air of a lie detector!
"Fellow Cultivator, are you a resident of the Flying Star Sector? Is this the Flying Star Sector? "
The old man asked in both surprise and delight.
Li Yao did not reply. The muscles all over his body were still tightened, and his eyes were half scared and half wary.
What a joke. He had traveled in the sea of stars for more than ten years. In terms of acting skills, he had never been scared of anybody!
The old man rolled his eyes and waved his hands at the two Immortal Cultivators and the Grand Illusionary Soldiers behind him.
The two Immortal Cultivators sniffed and stepped back. Even the Grand Illusionary Soldiers dispersed and put away their chainswords and crystal cannons.
The old man pretended to help Li Yao to his feet and apologized. "Fellow Cultivator, I'm sorry. We've just arrived at a foreign land, and we were scared that we might encounter evil creatures and ferocious beasts. Our nerves were a bit sensitive, and we didn't know that it was you who was spying on us. Therefore, we attacked a bit too heavily. Please forgive us, fellow Cultivator!"
"Cough, cough, I, I didn't know you were human. You made such a big commotion, of course I have to check!"
Li Yao vomited another mouthful of blood and took a long breath in relief. His fear was gone, replaced by curiosity. He craned his head at the war base far away and observed the three of them. He clicked his tongue and said, "Your Crystal Suit is different from our Crystal Suit. Your puppets are similar to the Grand Illusionary Soldiers of the Flying Star Sector. Who are you exactly?"
"Grand Illusionary Soldiers?"
The three Immortal Cultivators exchanged a thoughtful look. The old man's smile was even more brilliant as he said gently, "I wonder, what is your name, fellow Cultivator? Where is this place in the Flying Star Sector, and how far away is it from your mother planet?"
"My name is Li Yao, a Building Foundation Stage cultivator. As for where this place is, I really don't know!"
Li Yao said miserably, "I accidentally ended up in this place after the accident of my starship!"
"Is that so?"
The three Immortal Cultivators looked at each other in bewilderment. The old man was stunned. "Well — we are truly in the same boat. We were caught in a storm in the sea of stars, too, and the fuel on our starship ran out. Having no other choice, we were forced to land here. We didn't expect that we would run into fellow Cultivators from another Sector!"
Seeing that Li Yao had been craning his head at the war base far away, the old man smiled and said, "There's no need to panic, fellow Cultivator Li. Our starship is repairing itself and refilling the fuel. As long as the repairs are completed, we will be able to leave this place. Of course, we can take you with us!"
Ecstasy beamed out of Li Yao's eyes. He exclaimed in a low voice and waved his fists hard.
"However …"
The old man frowned. "Such emergency repairs cannot last long after all. If we do not find a Sector for a thorough maintenance, I'm afraid that the starship will disintegrate in the sea of stars sooner or later!"
"Everything will be easier if we can return to the Flying Star Sector!"
Li Yao blurted out. "The Flying Star Sector boasts very high starship maintenance abilities. Your starship will certainly be repaired!"
"How did you end up like this, fellow Cultivator Li?"
Colorful brilliance beamed out of the old man's eyes, and thousands of telepathic thoughts crawled into Li Yao's pupils again. His voice was now mixed with irresistible enchantment. "Right now, we are all in the same boat. It's time for us to help each other and escape together! Fellow Cultivator Li's experience may be able to help us locate the coordinates of the Flying Star Sector. Please tell us everything in detail. Don't leave out any detail!
"By then, we will be able to repair the starship, and fellow Cultivator Li will be able to go home!"
Li Yao sensed that the old man's voice and eyes had turned into a weird force that was stimulating his cerebral cortex softly, especially the brain cells and nerve clusters that controlled his memories.
If he were really a Building Foundation Stage Cultivator, chances were that he would've been hypnotized by the old man after a few words and confessed everything.
However, Li Yao's brain had been blasted by Ou Yezi, the mental devil, and many other weird forces. His brain cells were much more developed than those of regular Yuanying experts. Naturally, the insignificant tricks were not enough to trap him.
"My father is an elder of the Heavenly Eagle Sect. According to the rules of the Heavenly Eagle Sect, the disciples of the sect have to hide their identities after they grow up and be sent out for training for a couple of years. So, I went to the Thousand Sails Space Zone incognito and found 'Skylark', a short-distance cargo starship, where I worked as an armed guard!"
Li Yao pretended that his eyes were frozen and said in a daze, "Skylark is a medium-sized carrier that travels between almost ten space zones. It used to be the busiest routes of the Flying Star Sector, and nothing major ever happened on it.
"However, the space pirates of the Flying Star Sector are getting more and more rampant over the years. It is said that some dreadful guys named 'Immortal Cultivators' have appeared, too …"
Li Yao clearly sensed that 'Immortal Cultivators' made the old man shake violently.
It was meaningless to conceal the existence of the 'Immortal Cultivators' in the Flying Star Sector.
After all, the star child had been cut off halfway through the transmission of the coordinates of the Flying Star Sector. In the eyes of the Immortal Cultivators of the Imperium of True Human Beings, the star child must have been exposed. The existence of the Immortal Cultivators was not necessarily a secret.
If he pretended that he did not know what the 'Immortal Cultivators' were, it would raise the three Immortal Cultivators' suspicions. Therefore, he might as well release some valuable intelligence to win their trust.
Besides, Li Yao was hoping to further test the reactions of the three Immortal Cultivators and gather more information about the Imperium of True Human Beings with the words.
"Our carrier was attacked by space pirates during our voyage. All the other starships were captured by the space pirates. We were the only one who activated the short-distance space jump system in our panic. After jumping randomly for a while, we got rid of the space pirates, but we were involved in 'Wraiths' Wrath ', the most dreadful stone belt of the Flying Star Sector!
"In order to get rid of 'Wraiths' Wrath ', our captain performed a long-distance space jump without caring about anything. Our carrier almost fell apart during the jump. Most of the people on board were killed, too!
"We drifted in the sea of stars for who knows how long. When the fuel was running out, we finally received the feeble signals from the planet. Risking everything, we flew to this place."
The old man rolled his eyes. "So to speak, Fellow Cultivator Li, you had companions?"
"No!"
Li Yao shook his head hard and pretended that his heart was palpitating. He said, his voice shivering, "How could we have known that it was such a dreadful planet? Half of the planet was broken into a dangerous ocean of meteoroids!"
"Our carrier was already riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse. It could not withstand the collisions of the meteoroids at all. Very soon, it was ripped into shreds!
"Everybody tried to grab the escape capsules, but one of the meteoroids happened to hit the area where the escape capsules were. They were all killed. Killed!
"I was the only one who summoned the Crystal Suit in time. With the feeble impetus of the Crystal Suit, I managed to fly to this place and was captured by the gravity circle of the planet. I was lucky enough to survive!
"However, over the past year, I've been keeping myself alive with the food in my Cosmos Ring. I was about to starve to death in this place, but I didn't expect that I would be saved by the arrival of the fellow Cultivators here!
"I wonder, what are your names and where are you from, seniors?"
Li Yao asked respectfully.
The old man smiled and hinted for his companions to take off their helmets and facial covers.
"I am Su Chang, the captain of 'Flourishing Sun'. This is Kou Ruhuo, the chief of arms of Flourishing Sun. This is Tang Qianhe, the navigator of Flourishing Sun!"
Li Yao clicked his tongue and put on a regretful expression. "It seems that the cosmic storm that you encountered must've been quite fierce. Are the three of you the only ones left on such a large starship?"
But in his heart, he reviewed the positions of the three Immortal Cultivators coldly.
Since 'Kou Ruhuo', the bald, scarred man, was the 'chief of arms' of the three of them, he should be the one with the highest personal combat ability. If a battle were to break out, he would be the first to be killed!
However, it was possible that the old man 'Su Chang' was merely bluffing. One could not judge a book by its cover. Chances were that 'Tang Qianhe', the navigator, or even the old man himself, was the strongest one!
Everything was possible. He had to keep probing.
Su Chang burst into laughter and waved his hands. "Fellow Cultivator Li, you are truly a kind-hearted man. Why are you so concerned about fellow Cultivators that you do not know when you are caught in a desperate situation yourself? Rest assured, Fellow Cultivator Li. We did not lose any manpower. When Flourishing Sun was launched, there were only the three of us!
"We are different from you. We are not from a world that is right next to us. Instead, we have crossed billions of lightyears from the center of the cosmos, crossing the universe and breaking the void. How dangerous is that? Naturally, we cannot bring too many people with us."
"Besides …"
Su Chang scratched his long beard and put on an even more amiable smile. "We are here for peace, for friendship, unity, and development, not for war. Why do we need so many people?"
"The center of the cosmos?"
Li Yao was completely shocked. He stammered, "Isn't — isn't it the capital of the Star Ocean Imperium in the past?"
Brilliance suddenly beamed out of Su Chang's eyes. "Right. Do you know the Star Ocean Imperium, too, Fellow Cultivator Li? So to speak, your historical heritage is not entirely cut off, is it? Or have you met fellow Cultivators from other Sectors before, Fellow Cultivator Li? "
Li Yao nodded first, but then he shook his head and replied dutifully, "Of course we know the Star Ocean Imperium. It's written in the history books, but we have never seen or heard of the Cultivators from other Sectors before!"
"Hehe!"
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