Now that Su Zhang had put it that way, Li Yao could not find any reason to turn him down. ??? .
Besides, he was quite interested in Lu Qingchen, a mysterious young man who stood out from the rest of the world but did not fit in at all.
Lu Zui, Lu Qingchen's grandfather, was the deepest, most dreadful, and most pathetic opponent that Li Yao had ever met.
He was sort of an 'Immortal Cultivator' born and raised in the Federation. His deeds proved that there was an abyss and a blood devil lurking in everybody's heart. One moment of carelessness, and they would be doomed forever.
Right now, Lu Zui had been executed, and Lu Qingchen's foster father was serving his sentence in a prison on a mining planet at the edge of the Flying Star Sector.
The Federation did not implicate the entire family. Lu Qingchen's birth parents were also honorable soldiers who had sacrificed themselves valiantly in the beast tide. Naturally, Lu Qingchen would not be blamed for the crime.
Li Yao did not foresee that Lu Qingchen would become Su Zhang's true disciple.
However, after reading Lu Qingchen's background carefully, he felt that it was perfectly normal that the guy wavered between the two beliefs.
Li Yao and the authorities did not stop Su Zhang from recruiting true disciples.
On one hand, it was impossible to stop such a thing on its own. Even if the guy did not show the real 'master-disciple relationship' on the surface, could he not teach the guy in secret?
Stopping him violently would only show his weakness. Stopping a Lu Qingchen on the surface would only lead to more young people joining Su Zhang's side in secret.
Now that he had decided to use Su Zhang as a negative example, he had to be magnanimous. Besides, he could also see the pattern of the Immortal Cultivators' heritage from the relationship between Su Zhang and Lu Qingchen, which would be beneficial for the competition against the Imperium of True Human Beings in the future.
Leaving the ideological conflicts aside, Lu Qingchen, who had been raised by Lu Zui since childhood, was indeed a very capable young man.
After Ding Ling Dong gathered the families of the members of the Patriots Partnership and reestablished the Patriots Front, Lu Qingchen naturally joined the organization.
Ding Ling Dong was a pure warrior. Except for her strong personal appeal, she had neither the ability nor the interest, time, and energy in the construction and management of an organization.
Most of the time, these tasks were handed over to the most suitable members of the family, including Lu Qingchen.
After only a few years, he had already been given a critical job in the Patriots Front before he graduated from college. Right now, he was the publicity officer of the 'Young People's Federation Association', a peripheral organization of the Patriots Front. He was like a rising star.
Li Yao was not wary of this young man just because he was raised by Lu Zui.
With his level of cultivation and status, wouldn't it be too ridiculous for him to be deeply afraid of a university student in his early twenties?
Since Lu Qingchen wanted to make his own choice after getting a deeper understanding of the Cultivators and the true path of immortality, Li Yao was willing to fulfill his wish of prudence and research, too.
Li Yao was very confident about the path of the Cultivators and believed that Lu Qingchen would make the most correct choice.
Today was Li Yao's and Su Changzhang's last class on 'Colonization'.
"When you first arrive at a foreign land, you must disguise yourself as a native of the local civilization and sneak in to observe their social form and capability! Then, which identity should you disguise yourself as? "
Su Zhang asked.
"If possible, it will be better to disguise yourself as a half-civilized species at the edge of the radiation of the local civilization."
Li Yao replied.
"Why?"
Su Zhang raised his eyebrow.
"After the explosive development in the age of the Star Ocean Imperium, the three thousand Sectors were highly civilized and prosperous. Although the Star Ocean Imperium completely collapsed after the gory war of the Armageddon Rebellion, a lot of relics and secret treasures were left behind."
Li Yao went on. "With the relics and secret treasures, even if there is only one planet in the Sector, it will be easy for you to demonstrate the rigorous organizational structure and the advanced social form!
"In such a Sector, in the prosperous area at the center of the civilization, the population is dense, the government is strict, and the noble families are well-organized. If an unparalleled expert shows up out of nowhere, somebody will certainly trace the origin of the expert's lineage and background. It will be very easy for you to be exposed!
"Therefore, if possible, you can disguise yourself as an expert from the primitive species at the edge of the civilization. On one hand, it will be harder for you to be found out. On the other hand, you can lower the enemy's wariness and collect their intelligence.
"Why do you have to show up as an unparalleled expert? Can't you disguise yourself as an unattractive civilian?"
Brilliance beamed out of Su Zhang's eyes as he continued asking.
"You can't."
Li Yao said, "An ant will never understand the world of an elephant. If you disguise yourself as an unknown civilian, how can you find out the high-level combat ability and the political situation of the world clearly in such a short amount of time?
"If you want to figure out the real capability of a Sector, there are only two ways.
"You can either find a high-level combat ability of the Sector, ambush him in secret, and act under his identity.
"Or you can leave the desolate area of the Sector and gradually cut into the central circle of the Sector as an expert from the desolate area of the Sector.
"Will you be able to see the overall capability of the Sector after you cut into the central circle of the Sector?"
Su Zhang smiled and continued asking.
"Not necessarily. If the Greater Thousand World is always in a state of peace, then the experts from all sides will not come out. Even if everyone can sit together to drink wine and talk about Dao, we may not be able to see their true strength."
Li Yao shook his head.
"What should we do if that is the case?"
Su Zhang asked the most critical question.
"If that is the case, we will have to find a way to intensify the contradictions and change the peaceful state."
Li Yao said calmly, "The most common and most effective approach is to lure out the experts of the Sector with fake 'treasures' or 'relics'!
"The explorers can prepare a batch of vivid 'fake treasures' in advance. They can even mix the scraps of the real treasures from the Star Ocean Imperium or even the primeval age into them and bury them somewhere in the target world. Then, they will release the news everywhere, claiming that a priceless, immeasurable relic is in that particular place.
"In the relics, not only are there treasures that can rival a country's wealth, there are also techniques, pills, and magical equipment that cultivators can only dream of. Whoever can open the treasures and get the heritage will immediately become the master of the entire Sector!"
"Where there are people, there are contradictions. Even the experts who are not interested in the treasures and relics will not watch their opponents get the treasures without doing anything. Therefore, all the experts will swarm to the Sector and search for the treasures. They will not be able to help themselves and will only get more and more involved!
"The explorers will observe coldly in the treasure hunting teams. On one hand, they will be able to consume the high-level warriors of the Sector. Even if they fail to exhaust them, they will still be able to see the real trump cards of the Sector and decide on the subsequent action plans."
Su Zhang listened quietly. Finally, he nodded his head and smiled. "Very good. Very good. Li Yao, even by the standard of the Imperium of True Human Beings, you are now a fully qualified adventurer in space!"
11: 20 p.m.
Outside of Kunlun, deep inside the crab nebula, in the space zone close to the critical range of the pulsar's gravity …
So far, the three-month special training was over. Li Yao had finished all the preparations for the exploration deep inside the dark nebula.
In ten days, he would set off for the furthest, longest, and perhaps most soul-stirring interstellar travel in the history of the three Sectors!
Right now, there was only one last thing left to do.
Li Yao looked at the pulsar not far away.
Through the observation of his spiritual root, he indeed saw the tides of light made of a hundred million colors blossoming like lotuses, burning like an ocean of fire, a storm, a surging tide, and thousands of ferocious beasts from the primeval era that swept across the sky and charged at the endless future!
The birth and death of the entire universe seemed to be unfolding in front of him.
Indescribable horror, solitude, and tranquility flowed into Li Yao's body without a sound.
Li Yao silently summoned the spiritual energy inside his body and flowed into his brain incessantly, stimulating his soul and forming his own small universe that echoed and resonated with the universe of the outside world. He was interacting with the universe of the outside world.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally comprehended a trace of the great harmony of the universe.
Li Yao focused on his abdomen and concentrated his breath in his abdomen. He entangled the great harmony with his soul and imprinted all the essence of his life and his understanding of everything in the universe into the great harmony. Then, down, down, he pushed the orifices three inches below his abdomen.
In the meantime, the air dynamic simulation system that he condensed with his spiritual energy stimulated the most sensitive nerve endings, too.
Finally!
When the most intense essence of his life and the most mysterious understanding of the universe were imprinted into the great harmony, the nerve endings were stimulated to the maximum. Li Yao bellowed and summoned all his strength to release the great harmony!
In the weightlessness, the great harmony immediately turned into a translucent ball that was emitting bright golden brilliance.
Li Yao closed the ball from both sides with a special container and stored the great harmony properly.
Sensing that the great harmony was still brimming with vitality inside the container, as if it were about to break out of the container, Li Yao smiled.
Both he and Ding Ling Dong were in the rising phase of their careers. They had been busy with training and research in recent years and did not have the time and energy to consider the problem of having children.
In the next few decades, the two of them were destined to travel in different Sectors. It was unlikely that they would have children or raise offspring.
However, exploring the universe was a very risky thing after all. Li Yao was not certain that he would be able to retreat in one piece.
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