Finally, according to Li Yao's experience from Ou Yezi's memory pieces, the Cultivators of the barbarian race who came from the desolate lands at the edge of the civilization were often extreme and ruthless. They had all kinds of weird hobbies, and they were not bound by the noble sects. Therefore, other people were reluctant to mess with them.
Playing such a character who kept strangers away would save him a lot of effort in disguise.
Li Yao was an expert in disguise in the first place. For the exploration, he had also brought all kinds of tools and drugs that could directly change his appearance and body shape on the cellular level. It was not difficult for him to disguise himself as a marginal person who had disappeared fifty years ago.
Before he figured out the guy's background, Li Yao was unwilling to disguise himself as Master Spiritual Vulture, either.
If the guy was a 'public enemy' of the Cultivators and had pissed off someone in the Divinity Transformation Stage, it would be a disaster.
Therefore, Li Yao had other plans in his mind.
…
At night …
The top of the long and narrow valley was covered by luxuriant trees. Outside, it was bright and sunny, but inside the valley, it was dark and gloomy.
What was strange was that at night, when the two moons, one green and the other white, were glittering outside, the gentle light seeped through the leaves like smoke, soaking the canyon in silver smoke.
Li Yao sat cross-legged in midair.
The Hundred Ghosts Command seemed to be pulled by an invisible thread, floating up and down in front of him.
Like Master Spiritual Vulture, Li Yao released two streaks of brightness from his nostrils and tied up the surface of the Hundred Ghosts Badge. He rubbed it softly and released the souls of the children caged inside, allowing them to absorb the essence of the moonlight and strengthen themselves.
Before, every time Master Spiritual Vulture summoned them and asked them to absorb the essence of the moonlight, he would torture and savage them brutally to trigger their brutality and aggression.
Naturally, Li Yao would not do that. Instead, he was washing away their brutality and aggression with his own gentle spiritual energy and the bright moonlight.
This was a painstaking effort that could not be interrupted every day. It was also extremely taxing on one's mind and time. It was not beneficial to Li Yao's own cultivation.
However, both his belief and the spirit of the Xing Yao Federation, which was their greatest reliance against the Imperium of True Human Beings. Naturally, Li Yao would not turn a blind eye to the souls of the children turning into ferocious devils.
Hundreds of tiny souls carefully crawled out of the Hundred Ghosts Command. They thought that they were going to suffer inhuman pain again, but they clung to the Hundred Ghosts Command and looked around. No matter what, they were unwilling to crawl out.
Li Yao smiled. Spiritual energy that was as warm as water carried them out one after another, soaking them in the warm spring of spiritual energy.
The souls of the children were all blank pieces of paper. Their emotions changed very quickly. Sensing Li Yao's kindness, they immediately cheered and turned into greenish, ghostly fire, jumping up and down around him, waving their hands and feet.
They were all the descendants of the locals of the forest. They were naturally lively and active, like hundreds of monkeys the size of fingers. Sensing that Li Yao was not malicious at all, they were even bolder and gradually approached Li Yao. In the end, they even jumped to Li Yao's body.
Some of them clung to Li Yao's arms, some grabbed Li Yao's hair, and some even climbed onto Li Yao's ears. Some of them even tried to open Li Yao's mouth and crawl into Li Yao's body, but they considered Li Yao's body to be a great playground.
Children were all forgetful people. Their innocent and carefree appearance meant that they had forgotten all the inhumane sufferings they had suffered in the past.
Sensing the relief and joy from the souls of the children, Li Yao felt that something was happening in his heart again.
The three thousand Sectors may have different societies, countries, laws, and civilizations. In many cases, it is hard to tell who is right and who is wrong.
However, the children who have just been born and haven't been baptized by society and civilization may be the same!
The ancient Cultivators of this Sector may be very different from the modern Cultivators of the Xing Yao Federation. They may even be at loggerheads with each other.
But is there any essential difference between the barbarian children born in the forests and the children born in the modern hospitals of the Federation?
Perhaps, they are all the same. They are all the future of the civilization of mankind!
Under the moonlight that was as clear as water, on the surging river, while a hundred kids were playing and playing, Li Yao was meditating, perceiving, and training.
…
In the ten days that followed, he had been lurking in Master Spiritual Vulture's residence, analyzing the Cultivation arts that Master Spiritual Vulture left behind and simulating the sound and visual effects when the techniques were performed.
In the meantime, he reviewed the many classical techniques in the Heavenly Refining Tower in Ou Yezi's memory again.
Then, he refined the magical equipment that Master Spiritual Vulture left behind again, as well as a few brand-new pieces of ancient magical equipment.
Li Yao reflected on his battle with Master Spiritual Vulture and felt that he had revealed too many traces of moves that did not belong to this era. If somebody else saw through them, they would inevitably find loopholes.
For example, the worst-case scenario was that the scouts of the expedition army of the Imperium of True Human Beings might have seen through his identity if they were lurking in this Sector.
Therefore, Li Yao decided that he would not expose the moves and magical equipment that he had brought from the Federation unless it was absolutely necessary in the exploration later. He would only fight the enemy with the classical techniques and magical equipment dutifully.
In the exploration, it was very likely that he would run into experts above the high-level Yuanying level. Therefore, the disguise had to be done in an unusual way. He had to change his appearance slowly from the cellular level.
It took Li Yao half a month to finish the delicate embroidery.
During the half month, he naturally would not let go of the traces of the army of the Appeasing Ambassador. He sent Neltharion to search for the traces that the enemy had crushed in the forest and tailed them neither too far away nor too close.
After the bloody battle half a month ago, especially after an expert in the Core Formation Stage was slain, the local barbarians seemed to be deeply wary of the army of the Appeasing Ambassador. Since then, they had never had a head-on clash but hid themselves in the forest in small groups and ambushed the enemy when they were unprepared. They would take down one or two barbarians and run away after a couple of them were killed.
Such a way of fighting was extremely tricky. Together with the natural venomous fog in the forests of the Southland of Sorcerers, the army of the Appeasing Ambassador suffered a lot. The previously strong and healthy top warriors were all emaciated and lethargic now.
However, not all the barbarians in the forests were hostile to the emperor's army.
After half a month of observation, Li Yao gradually discovered that the barbarians in this area could be roughly divided into two categories. One of them was a group of barbarians who were completely uncivilized and wore nose rings full of bone spurs all over their bodies. They lived in caves and tree nests deep in the forests and made a living by hunting.
Such barbarians were the most hostile to the emperor's army.
The other kind of barbarians, on the other hand, lived in places with a slightly better environment, such as next to rivers and valleys. They would cultivate farmlands and grow crops, too, living a relatively stable life.
Such barbarians, on the other hand, were more civilized. Their daily utensils were relatively delicate, and they knew how to cover their body with clothes. They even had the concept of 'towns'. In the towns, the 'people from central plateaus' who looked no different from the emperor's army lived. They were engaged in work such as forging and business. In a village that was relatively large in scale, Li Yao even saw a white-haired old scholar who looked like a 'teacher' reading books with more than ten barbarian children.
It appeared that the concept of 'new barbarians' and 'familiar barbarians' existed in this place, too. Some of them were disobedient barbarians who resisted the emperor's army, and some of them were obedient people who admired the culture of central plateaus and obeyed the rule of the central dynasty.
As he expected, Li Yao discovered that the marching route of the army of the Appeasing Ambassador seemed to be targeting the villages of the 'familiar barbarians' in the mountains.
In every village, although the locals could not say that they were 'welcoming the emperor's army', their attitude was rather respectful on the surface.
It was especially so when the Appeasing Ambassador surnamed Ling picked up the head of 'Black Nose', a Core Formation Stage Cultivator of the barbarians who had been executed more than half a month ago. After he walked around the village, the locals of every village were all dumbfounded, their faces pale, and they did not dare to rebel anymore.
They left the heavily-wounded soldiers in the army of the Appeasing Ambassadors to rest and prepared sufficient food, water, and medicine that were indispensable in forests for the army. Many barbarians even volunteered to join the army of the Appeasing Ambassadors. All kinds of fancy flags were flying in the sky, making the army even more intimidating than before.
The Appeasing Ambassador surnamed Ling lived up to the 'expectations' of the locals, too. Wherever he went, as long as the locals behaved respectfully on the surface, he would bring out something from the tents … In Li Yao's eyes, it seemed to be a 'decree'. All in all, it was the order of the court to confer the local barbarian kings.
The barbarian kings who were conferred positions were all overjoyed and worked even harder to prepare assets and soldiers for the emperor's army.
It was also a common approach for the central dynasty to deal with the barbarians in many worlds of ancient Cultivators.
Appeasing Ambassador. What was the meaning of 'appeasing'? The barbarians who were obedient to the court would be 'summoned' and included into the bureaucratic system of the court. They would be conferred an official position, and they would 'suppress' the barbarians who were not obedient together with them.
Taking advantage of the internal conflicts of the barbarians to suppress the barbarians was the best move. Otherwise, how could the insignificant army of the central plateaus completely pacify the barbarians in the remote mountains and rivers?
Li Yao did not care much about the regular barbarians joining the 'emperor's army'.
However, other than the regular barbarian soldiers, as the news that the army of the Appeasing Ambassador entered the forest spread out, a lot of barbarians who were enshrouded in spiritual energy came to join the army in every village.
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