Then, the three of them echoed each other and asked Li Yao a lot of questions.
Most of the questions were about the politics, geography, history, population, and sects of the Flying Star Sector, especially the scale of starships, the number of Cultivators, and the few important wars in the history of the Flying Star Sector.
From the perspective of a nobody, Li Yao confessed everything that a common Building Foundation Stage Cultivator should know. However, on certain critical points, such as the scale and firepower of the strongest warships of the Flying Star Sector and the number of Yuanying Cultivators and Core Formation Stage Cultivators exactly, he described the Flying Star Sector as a world in chaos where everybody was fighting for themselves, and all the security and defense were supported by the Grand Illusionary Soldiers.
The three Immortal Cultivators did not appear to be convinced or suspicious about his answers. After more than half an hour of interrogation, they asked him how he came to Kunlun exactly, especially the times and coordinates of his carrier that he carried out the short-distance space jumps.
Li Yao knew that they were trying to calculate the relative distance between the Flying Star Sector and Kunlun based on the number of space jumps.
With the distance, and the coordinates of the Flying Star Sector that the Immortal Cultivators knew, it was possible for them to infer the precise location of the Flying Star Sector.
Naturally, Li Yao did not have any suspicions at all. He 'recalled' for a long time carefully and talked about a fabricated memory.
But now and then, he would hesitate for a moment, and his eyes would shiver. Even his heartbeat and secretion of hormones were somewhat abnormal.
The three Immortal Cultivators did not seem to notice his anomaly. After asking him more than ten times, they finally nodded in satisfaction. Su Changfa smiled and said, "What Fellow Cultivator Li said will be of great help to our escape. We should work together to overcome the difficulties in the future!
"Why don't you join us and live on 'Flourishing Sun' together, Fellow Cultivator Li? Won't it be much better than sleeping in the wilderness?
"Look. We have hundreds of mannequins here. Let's go to Fellow Cultivator Li's residence and move everything we need to Flourishing Sun!"
Li Yao secretly felt lucky, knowing that the old fox did not believe him and was going to search the place where he lived.
Thankfully, the first thing he did after he landed on Kunlun was to prepare such a residence. He had even prepared all the traces of his life, including his excrement.
It was a lesson that he had learned when he pretended to be a 'wildling' on Iron Plateau.
Therefore, the four of them flew to the east with almost a hundred Grand Illusionary Soldiers. Very soon, they reached the 'residence' that was hidden in the moss and bushes!
"The cave was in a mess, so I had no time to clean it up. Please forgive me, seniors!"
Li Yao blushed.
"It's fine, it's fine. Fellow Daoist Li, you must be tired from your long journey. Why don't you rest for a while and let our strong men take care of you?"
Su Changfa gently patted Li Yao's shoulder again, but his hand slid toward Li Yao's neck like a water snake and pecked the back of Li Yao's head.
Li Yao immediately froze. His pupils were covered in a gray mist, and he could not help but lean backward, only to be hugged by a Grand Illusionary Soldier and snoring softly.
Su Changfa clasped his wrist and sensed for a moment. Then, he nodded and said, "His breathing, heartbeat, and blood flow are all stable. He has entered the deep sleep state."
Li Yao sneered in his heart and considered whether or not he should launch an attack right now.
He knew that Fire Ant and Professor Mo Xuan must be lurking around the cave, where a lot of traps had been planted.
However, it was obvious that Su Changfa was an expert in mental warfare. He certainly had more aggressive methods.
Kou Ruhuo, who seemed to be the strongest on the surface, had not revealed his real capability yet. Tang Qianhe's casual kick at the beginning had revealed considerable speed and strength, too.
Li Yao was not going to simply kill the three Immortal Cultivators. It would be best if he could capture one or two of them alive and elicit more intelligence about the Imperium of True Human Beings from them. Also, he was going to claim 'Flourishing Sun', their war base.
It would be a great waste if they activated a certain 'self-destruction device' when they were caught in desperation and burned the entire war base to the ground.
Therefore, Li Yao did not move at all and continued to wait for an opportunity.
Judging from the speed of the wind and the waves in the air, Li Yao sensed that the three Immortal Cultivators suddenly split up and searched inside and outside the cave.
Tang Qianhe, the petite female navigator, on the other hand, squatted next to him and groped him from head to toe, down to his toes. She even released feeble electric currents that were as sharp as needles, testing whether or not he was really asleep.
Such methods were often employed in the Secret Sword Bureau of the Xing Yao Federation. Li Yao had been practicing with Guo Chunfeng a lot in the past few months. He had learned a lot of shameless, sordid moves, and countermeasures from the new director of the Secret Sword Bureau.
Even though his nerve endings were directly stimulated by the electric currents, he still had the natural reactions that he had when he was' asleep '.
Tang Qianhe's slim hand touched a necklace on his neck.
Li Yao's heart immediately tightened.
For him, disguising his identity was as natural as breathing. It was not difficult at all.
What was difficult, however, was to hide the few Cosmos Rings that were of paramount importance on his body!
Those Cosmos Rings stored the Mystic Skeleton Gold Gloves and the Dark Gold Gloves. Dark Flame Gold and Black Wing were his trump cards. There was no way that Li Yao would let them leave his side!
Before he set off, Li Yao had considered for a long time how he should hide the few Cosmos Rings when he ran into Immortal Cultivators and had to put on his acting skills.
After much consideration, he realized that it was not safe to hide them anywhere. Therefore, he decided to do exactly the opposite. He hid the few Cosmos Rings that had been tampered with in the most inconspicuous part of his body. The Dark Flame Gold Ring, the Black Wing Ring, and the Cosmos Rings that weighed tons of crystals were polished into the most common pendants with the methods of the Hundred Smelting Clan. Then, they were painted with a layer of glittering paint before they were strung together and hung around their necks!
Cosmos Rings were invaluable treasures. Normal Yuanying experts would only collect three to five of them at best. But Li Yao had almost ten of them on his neck in a big, shining gold chain!
Anybody who saw it would be caught in a misunderstanding. They would never mistake the arrogant gold chain for a Cosmos Ring.
Even so, Li Yao still transmitted his telepathic thoughts to his every cluster of nerve endings. As long as Tang Qianhe was slightly suspicious, he would execute the woman immediately. Then, together with the Fire Ant and Professor Mo Xuan, he would attack the remaining two Immortal Cultivators together!
Thankfully, Tang Qianhe was fooled!
She groped in the secret places around Li Yao's body for a long time, only to find that the thick gold chain around his neck was not worth mentioning at all. After finding four Cosmos Rings, she sneered and patted Li Yao's face softly before she stood up.
Li Yao took a long breath in relief.
The four Cosmos Rings had been discovered by them in the first place. So be it if they took them away. He would get them back with interest sooner or later!
Half an hour later, the three Immortal Cultivators gathered again.
"The boy is indeed asleep," Tang Qianhe said. "I tested him with the secret technique 'Green Wasp Needle'. His nerve reactions are normal. However, I did find a lot of good stuff from his body!"
"I searched both inside and outside," Kou Ruhuo said. "I even found his excrement and ran tests on it. Part of the excrement was from at least half a year ago. It seems that he has lived here for at least half a year. That's not a problem at all."
"I compared the battle logs stored in his crystal suit with everything he said, too," Su Changfa said. "Everything fits perfectly and matches perfectly!"
"Also, we asked him countless questions about the history, politics, geography, and social form of the Flying Star Sector repetitively just now. All the questions were carefully designed and connected!
"I inputted his answers into the mainframe crystal processor and ran a deduction. There are no major loopholes. This is indeed a real world. It cannot be imagined out of thin air.
"If that's the case, everything makes sense now!"
Tang Qianhe chuckled. "It seems that the senior star child who went missing more than a hundred years ago did end up in the Flying Star Sector. However, this place was still under the control of the Cultivators. It was impossible for him to occupy the place directly.
"Therefore, he made meticulous arrangements and transformed part of the Cultivators into Immortal Cultivators in the past hundred years. He also crafted the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, hoping to completely control the Flying Star Sector!
"However, there was no telling what happened in the end, but all his efforts were in vain. He did not send all the coordinates of the Flying Star Sector back. Then, he vanished without a trace!"
"It doesn't matter. Let us finish what the senior failed to do. It's all the same!"
"Wait," Kou Ruhuo said coldly. "Do you really believe the boy's words?"
Tang Qianhe sneered. "Of course not. When we asked how the boy ended up in this place, he hesitated and evaded us. It was obvious that he was hiding something!
"Also, he is just a Building Foundation Stage Cultivator. Even if he is the son of an elder of a certain sect, how can he have four Cosmos Rings?"
Su Changfa laughed, too. While smiling, he scratched his long beard and said casually, "I've been monitoring the boy's breathing, heartbeat, and hormone secretion. I discovered that his breathing, heartbeat, and hormone secretion were normal when he answered the questions about the general background of the Flying Star Sector, including politics, culture, history, geography, and so on. He was telling the truth.
"But when we asked him how he ended up in this place, his breathing and heartbeat were obviously not right when he answered. The secretion of several key hormones immediately increased by at least twenty percent, which is a sign of lying.
"He was not telling the truth!
"Isn't it simple?
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