Li Yao opened his hands and said, "As you can see, I am a refiner, too. It was quite a coincidence that I ran into Tang Xiaoxing in the magical equipment store. I didn't know who she was at that time and merely discussed the arts of refining with her. Knowing that you had a batch of rare materials on sale, I went back to your magical equipment warehouse with her to check the goods, only to be ambushed on the way.
"I am a Cultivator. Naturally, there is no reason for me to turn a blind eye to the situation. Saving her was the same as saving you. It was an accident. However, after I saved her, she told me more inside information about Firefly. She also said that her father was the captain of Firefly.
"At that moment, I couldn't help but think of something.
"Right now, we were short of a legal identity to enter the Federation. But if we could rescue the captain of Firefly from the bad guys and help the 'bridge faction' completely crush the 'parliament faction', wouldn't he be able to give us such an identity? Chances were that we would be appointed as the special envoys of Firefly and walk the red carpet to the Federation openly!
"After all, our experiences were quite similar to Firefly's. We were all in the same boat. If we had saved his life, I believed that Captain Tang would certainly help us.
"Therefore, after careful preparations, I snuck in first and infiltrated Professor Luo De, Tang Xiaoxing's teacher, pretending to be Professor Luo De.
"My original intention was to deliver the metal tube that stored the blood-red ball to the culprit behind the curtain. Naturally, there were traps inside that could help us scan the terrain, eavesdrop on secrets, and determine Captain Tang's secret prison. Then, my friends would be able to sneak in precisely and rescue Captain Tang.
"In the whole plan, I should've been sitting comfortably in Professor Luo De's refining workshop. But as it turned out, I was summoned to your side by accident. As it turned out, I rescued you before I could rescue Captain Tang."
Staring at Li Yao, Cui Lingfeng asked, "You didn't hurt Professor Luo De, did you?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. He shook his head hard. "Of course not. Professor Luo De was tricked. He didn't know anything. I am a Cultivator. How could I possibly harm his life?
"Anyway, that's the whole story. Although it sounds like I'm telling a story, I guarantee that 95% of what I say is true."
Li Yao calculated seriously.
It was the latest identity that he and Long Yangjun made up after a long time of careful deduction. It was indeed 95% true from the beginning to the end. Unless one was omniscient and omnipotent, it was barely possible to find any loopholes.
Cui Lingfeng gradually regained the calmness and shrewdness that Li Yao had shown when they first met. He did not dwell on whether or not Li Yao was telling the truth. Instead, he asked another question, "How many people do you have outside? What are their strengths?"
"Apart from me, there are twelve others. They're all between Core Formation and Yuanying!"
Although he could choose not to answer, Li Yao still answered straightforwardly.
"So strong!"
Although he was mentally prepared, Cui Lingfeng was still stunned.
"There's nothing we can do. We've been fighting with the Imperial Army on the mother planet for so many years. Those who weren't strong enough either died or surrendered."
Li Yao said. "Only those who were strong enough could escape to this place across the sea of stars.
"However, although our Cultivation is not low, we are short of training resources. We can barely make ends meet. It is also why we were in a hurry to cooperate with Captain Tang."
Cui Lingfeng's eyes suddenly shone. "So, your companions have gone to rescue Captain Tang?"
"I don't know."
Li Yao tapped his ears and said, "I've installed some one-line communication magical equipment on the starship, but we have been traveling in the vacuum tube for a long time. This is an unknown area, and the signal is intermittent. I can't reach out to them at all.
"According to the analysis of the pieces of telepathic thoughts that I received, they have snuck in. However, the situation on the starship seems to be quite chaotic. We do not want to hurt the innocent, so we are keeping a low profile. I don't think that we can rescue Captain Tang so quickly, can we?"
Cui Lingfeng nodded slowly and pondered for a moment. "Alright. Assuming that what you said is true, how should I address you, fellow Cultivator from the Red Lotus Sector?"
Li Yao blinked. "Lin Jiu."
Cui Lingfeng did not care whether it was a real name or a fake one. He said solemnly, "Thank you for saving my life, Fellow Cultivator Lin! According to you, it was just a coincidence that you saved me. What are your plans right now? "
Li Yao scratched the back of his head and said, "Of course, we will continue our plan to rescue Captain Tang and win his trust. Then, we will help the 'bridge faction' crush the 'parliament faction' and oust the Speaker!"
"I'm sorry, Speaker Cui, but this is not a personal grudge. After all, we are more inclined to join the Xing Yao Federation. We just want to observe the situation first so that our own interests can be protected as much as possible. Our thoughts seem to be the same as Captain Tang's.
"As for you …"
"Forget it. There's no need to talk about that. Although we have different ideas, judging from the series of experiences just now, you are indeed a real Cultivator. If you want to save someone, let's see to the end. Where are you going? I can give you a ride. Are you going to the 'No. 1 Fortress'? Or do you have a secret troop that is more loyal than Cheng Xuansu that you can count on? I'll take you there! "
Li Yao looked at Cui Lingfeng sincerely.
But Cui Lingfeng's face dimmed again. Pondering for a long time, he said gloomily, "Fellow Cultivator Lin, the bodyguard locked in the Crystal Suit can't hear our conversation just now, can he?"
"Of course."
Li Yao smiled. "I'm not a virgin. When I sabotaged the Crystal Suit, I naturally blocked the crystal cameras and the soundwave perception rune arrays of the Crystal Suit. He can't see or hear anything."
"Alright. Can you do me one more favor?"
Cui Lingfeng said. "Open his facial cover and wait for me for five minutes. I will give you a … satisfactory answer."
Li Yao's smile was even more brilliant. "Of course. You are very smart. No wonder you are elected as the Speaker."
The bodyguard locked in the Crystal Suit, unable to move at all, was the leader of the 'Vermillion Bird Squad', which was responsible for the safety of the Speaker.
It was also the Yuanying that Li Yao spared his life. From the positions of the four bodyguards and the body language when they lunged at him one after another, Li Yao had already inferred that he was the leader of the four.
When the facial cover was opened, his face, which had been drowned in darkness for a long time, was pale, and he was almost drowned by his own sweat.
"Cheng Bin."
Emotionlessly, Cui Lingfeng said casually, "You see everything now, don't you? Everything was arranged by me. I knew that something was wrong with you a long time ago, and I intentionally set up such a trap just to bait all of you out.
"Everything is under my control. Cheng Xuansu has committed suicide to avoid punishment. Ding Zhengyang has been surrounded by my people on the bridge and is about to be captured. Are you going to follow their footsteps, or are you going to seize the last opportunity and join the light?"
The bodyguard 'Cheng Bin' had his neck unlocked by Li Yao. The moment he turned around, he saw Cheng Xuansu's headless body lying on the ground. His face was even paler, and his sweat was as thick as blood. He stammered, "Speaker, I — I —"
"Alright. Cut the crap. Now that you are willing to repent, I will certainly give you a chance to turn over a new leaf," Cui Lingfeng said calmly.
"How many people are there in total? Other than Cheng Xuansu and Ding Zhengyang, which other leaders on the starship have joined you? Speak now. The more names you give, the less guilty you will be! "
"I — I don't know!"
His face pale, Cheng Bin shook his head and said, "We have always been in touch with each other. Captain Cheng is the one who commands us. I only met some other fellow Cultivators during the 'Immortals' Seminar '."
"Immortals' Seminar?"
Cui Lingfeng frowned. "Tell me more about it."
"It was a secret seminar for us to explore the true path of immortality," Cheng Bin said quickly.
"At first, it was Captain Cheng who gave us some brochures about the true path of immortality. She said that the stuff on the starship had been very popular recently and asked us to find out who was behind it and not allow the bewildering, evil ideas to spread and spread on the starship.
"That was the job of the secret police of the Internal Affairs Division in the first place. At that time, we were not too suspicious but simply read the brochures critically.
"But as it turned out, after I studied what was said on the brochures, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it did make sense. 'Bewilderment' was not the only word to describe it. I was very troubled.
"During that time, Captain Cheng often came to us to communicate with us. One day, I couldn't hold it back anymore and told her my troubles.
"Later, she often came to talk to me. After a few conversations, she took me to the 'Immortals' Seminar ', where I got in touch with the true path of immortality that Master Lu explained in person. As a result, I —"
"Wait. Master Lu? Lu Qingchen! "
Cui Lingfeng narrowed his eyes. "Lu Qingchen, the president of the CFIA, the most wanted criminal of the Federation, the grandson of Lu Zui, the former head of the Patriots Partnership, and the leader of the local Immortal Cultivators of the Federation, was hiding on our starship? Have you met him? "
"No." Cheng Bin shook his head.
Cheng Bin shook his head and said, "We only saw the video. We were communicating the Great Path in the form of a remote meeting. Even so, Perfected Cultivator Lu, oh, no, Lu Qingchen, talked so much that we were bewitched before we knew it."
Cui Lingfeng sniffed. "What beliefs did he talk about that fascinated and bewildered all of you?"
"Too many."
Cheng Bin sighed. "Speaker, I really did not mean to betray the ideology of the Cultivators and degenerate into an Immortal Cultivator. However, Master Lu said — he said that there was in fact no distinction between Cultivators and Immortal Cultivators at all. Inside a Cultivator, there were always two parts, 'Cultivator' and 'Immortal Cultivator'. It was just that there were sometimes more Cultivators than Immortal Cultivators.
"He also said that both the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators could be changed freely and should be viewed objectively according to local conditions.
"For example, on Firefly, some of the policies in the 'unusual period' hundreds of years ago did not seem to be the work of the Cultivators at all, but they eventually led us through the difficulties and walked out of the darkness!
"Then, were the leadership who made the decisions at that time Cultivators or Immortal Cultivators?
"Master Lu also said that the entire civilization of mankind is now in an 'unusual period', just like Firefly hundreds of years ago. We have to address the problems with the system of the Immortal Cultivators. It is not exploitation of the ordinary people but sharing the difficulties together."
"As long as the Alliance of the Holy Covenant was defeated and the entire sea of stars was united, the technology and materials would be greatly enriched, and there would be no more wars, the ordinary people would naturally be freed and granted more rights.
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