Whether or not the mysterious young man had discovered him, Li Yao decided to take the risk and get in touch with him.
Since an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage on the Immortal Cultivators' side was paying attention to the young man, it was evident that he must be a key to a certain project or plan.
The mysterious young man, on the other hand, did not seem to be particularly fond of the master of "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" after he was savaged just now and had a strong desire to survive. He did not seem to be attached to this place at all.
The mysterious young man and Li Yao were natural allies.
Li Yao's time was limited. Right now, the Immortal Cultivators' 'epic quests' were unfolding step by step. If the Star Organization was really going to walk into the trap, it would only take a couple of days.
"Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" was a super enormous space fortress that was as complicated as a maze. Li Yao could not guarantee that he could find and destroy its fatal weakness in only a couple of days.
Maybe the mysterious young man could tell him more valuable intelligence.
Also, he was deeply connected to Li Yao's foster father …
Leaving aside the deep feelings between him and his foster father, who had asked him to come to the Imperium of True Human Beings to find Li Linghai, there was no reason that his foster father, as a member of the Holy League, would know too many people from the Imperium. So, was it possible that the mysterious young man was related to Li Linghai, too? Or was it possible that she was pregnant with him, just like what the mental devil said?
Li Yao had snuck into the Imperium on his own, but he was not, and could not, completely destroy the Imperium. Whatever his intentions were, the Federation and the Imperium would live together for a long time. They would even have to face the threats of the Alliance of the Holy Covenant, the Pangu civilization, and even the extraterrestrial devils together.
It was an objective fact. The Cultivators valued practicality more than anything else!
Whether they were fighting or making peace, if they could find a way to meet Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium, Li Yao would certainly be able to create a broader space for the Federation to make a choice in the future.
Is the mysterious young man related to Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium, or not?
"If it's related, why would the queen allow him to fall to this place and become an inhumane 'test subject'?
"Or is it because the Immortal Cultivators are all inhuman guys who will exploit anything of value, even their own flesh and blood?"
With his head full of questions, Li Yao controlled Neltharion to sink to the top of the young man's head at a speed that was almost stationary. Then, he sent extremely feeble spiritual waves to his brain, which equaled to the 'secret talk' of the highest level.
Li Yao said, "Shh, don't talk and don't move."
The young man twitched slightly, and the bright and violent flame in the depths of his eyes appeared again and flashed away.
Li Yao had never seen such a flame in his foster father's eyes.
He often saw his eyes burning like this in the mirror.
Perhaps the youth was the same type of person as him.
At the very least, the young man was definitely not as soft and weak as he looked on the surface!
"Sense the vibration of my spiritual energy and make your soul vibrate at the same frequency. Then, we will be able to communicate with each other through brainwaves."
Li Yao said, "Judging from your performance just now, your soul is rather strong. Such a simple skill of brainwave manipulation won't be a problem for you, will it?"
The young man blinked his eyes and mumbled vaguely before turning around.
There was no telling whether it was because he did not hear Li Yao's words or because he was unwilling to respond, but he did not send out any soul waves for a long time.
"Who are you? Why are you locked in this place? What kind of studies did those people run on you?"
Li Yao asked again patiently.
The young man was still looking at the ceiling in a daze. His eyes were completely frozen. The flame that disappeared in a flash just now seemed to be Li Yao's illusion.
Li Yao smiled. What an interesting young man with a strong personality. However, he was still too inexperienced to compete with an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage like him!
"It seems that you are very satisfied with your current situation and do not want to make any changes. So be it."
Li Yao said unhurriedly, "In three seconds, I will be gone and never show up again. You know how heavily guarded this place is, and how difficult it is to sneak in once. There won't be a second chance."
"Three … Two … One!"
"Who are you?"
When Li Yao prolonged the count of 'one', the ice in the young man's eyes was finally broken. The brilliance of extreme desire spurted out like magma again, and he sent out a brainwave somewhat clumsily.
Li Yao smiled. "Why were you silent just now? Were you suspicious of me?"
The young man hesitated for a moment and replied dutifully, "Yes. I suspect that you are Li Lingfeng's man and are testing me in such a way."
Li Lingfeng?
Li Yao was slightly dazed. Naturally, he knew that Li Lingfeng was also one of the most popular magnates in the Imperium of True Human Beings right now. He was the brother of the current queen, Li Linghai, and was very likely to be the next leader of the Li family and one of the four Kurfürsten!
Li Lingfeng, Li Linghai, the mysterious young man, and his foster father. What were the four of them up to exactly?
Thinking quickly, Li Yao asked, "Then, why have you dropped your suspicions now?"
"I haven't dropped my suspicions, but I don't seem to have a choice other than to take the risk."
The magma flowing blatantly on the surface of the young man's eyeballs was frozen again, turning him into the appearance of a walking corpse. However, a feeble fighting will was hidden inside his brainwaves, as if he were a gambler who had put all his eggs in one basket. "If you are not Li Lingfeng's man, you must be from 'Starlight'. I didn't know that there was such an expert in Starlight who could control magical equipment to sneak into Li Lingfeng's place without being discovered by him!"
Li Yao was greatly alarmed. It was not until then that he realized that the unparalleled life energy just now belonged to one of the four Kurfürsten in the future of the Imperium. No wonder he was so scared that he did not even dare fart.
The thoughtfulness and calmness of the mysterious young man's mind were beyond his expectation, too.
"Who are you?"
Li Yao asked for the second time. "Why are you locked in this place and speculating that I am from Starlight?"
"I can tell you," the young man said emotionlessly, "but shouldn't you tell me some intelligence, too? If you are truly from Starlight, we can absolutely cooperate. Or to put it more simply, we can save each other's lives. "
Li Yao scanned the tiniest changes on the young man's face and pupils carefully, denying the possibility that it was a trap. Pondering for a moment, he said, "Alright. Tell me your identity and your background first, and then we'll see how we can cooperate."
The young man blinked. Perhaps because he realized that the environment he was in was even worse than the mysterious Neltharion, he did not bargain with Li Yao on the issue but simply said dutifully, "My name is Li Jialing. I am a common descendant of the Li family —"
"Wait."
Li Yao interrupted him and confirmed again. "The Li family, one of the four Kurfürst families?"
"Yes," Li Jialing replied.
Li Yao said, "You mentioned Li Lingfeng just now. He is a big shot of the Li family. What's your relationship with him? Are you his descendant?"
Li Jialing shook his head and said, "No. The Li family has developed for a thousand years and has a lot of secondary branches. There are at least hundreds of thousands of descendants. My parents were just common low-level warriors of the Li family. After they died in a battle for the family, I became an orphan and was adopted by a big shot of the family according to the tradition. Since then, I have been living under someone else's roof. Later, I was sent to the secret school of the family for training, where I lived the most miserable life."
Pausing for a moment, vague mockery flashed in his eyes as he continued, "However, that was just my identity on the surface. In fact, I don't even know if the pair of low-level warriors were my birth parents. After all, it was just what other people said!
"As for Li Lingfeng, he must've been observing and monitoring me in secret all the time. Every year, he would bring me to this place in secret for all kinds of strengthening and modification, turning me into … what you saw just now, who could not be killed no matter how the green-haired gorillas beat me up.
"Perhaps, I am really Li Lingfeng's descendant. I'm told that many big shots of the Imperium run all kinds of strengthening and modification experiments with their own blood descendants and apply them to themselves after the results are more stable. They choose their own blood descendants because they can be closer to their genes and the form of their soul. The experiment data will be of higher reference value."
The young man casually recounted his appalling past.
Li Yao, however, felt that things were not so simple. After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, he asked straightforwardly, "Have you ever met Li Linghai?"
"Li Linghai?"
Li Jialing turned around again and lay on the ground. "She is the queen. Naturally, she spends most of her time in the royal palace in the capital planet. She has no connection with a small fry like me at all. Naturally, I never had a chance to meet her in person.
"However, why are you suddenly asking about Li Linghai? Who are you exactly? What's your purpose for sneaking into Manjusaka?"
Li Yao really did not know how he should explain it. It was not like he could simply say to the keen brat, "Young brother, you look a lot like my father who died more than a hundred years ago, and he probably had a thing with your queen Li Linghai, didn't he?"
Thinking for a long time, he decided to change the topic. "What did you mean by saving each other's lives in our cooperation just now?"
"So, are you a member of Starlight or not?"
Li Jialing asked back instead of answering. "If you are, I will have leverage to make a deal with you. If you are not, I can only consider myself unlucky and die in peace."
Li Yao was amused by the young man's mature tone.
He recalled the times when he competed with the cunning old monsters such as "Bai Xinghe" when he was young.
At that time, his heart was clearly in turmoil and he was scared to death, but he still forced himself to maintain a calm and collected appearance, fearing that the old freaks would see through his disguise.
He did not expect that he would be playing the role of an "old monster" now.
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