Hearing Li Lingfeng's narration, Li Jialing was stunned for a long time. His lips shivering for a moment, he opened his fingers and stabbed his hair that had been tangled by blood. Thinking hard for a long time, he raised his head and looked at Li Lingfeng for a while. Swallowing hard, he finally asked, "Why didn't you tell me the whole truth before?"
"Firstly, it is very rare for someone to be polluted by the barriers of the Holy League like you. Neither I nor Wuying Lan, the owner of 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky', knew how to crack it without causing any side effects," Li Lingfeng said frankly.
"Breaking the seals deep inside your brain and even your soul by brute force would likely damage your soul, which would affect your further development in the future and even your normal thinking ability. It was a highly inadvisable plan.
"Imposing a certain degree of stimulation on you so that your brain would be under tremendous pressure so that the seals of the 'Three Fundamental Laws' would be broken from the inside out. That was probably the best solution.
"It seems that our idea was correct. You have indeed defeated the restraint of the 'Three Fundamental Laws' with your own strength. Congratulations!
"Secondly, there is another reason that is more important, which is for your safety.
"It must be noted that the forces inside the family that are against me have always existed. As my position in the family grows higher and higher, naturally, more and more people will be jealous of me, hate me, and try to pull me down by whatever means possible. The tallest tree in the forest will be the first to be destroyed by the wind. Right now, I am everybody's target, and those people can't wait to seize my weakness.
"Think about it. Once they discover your real identity and know that you are still a 'polluter', how will they treat you? Will they strike me with you? If you fall into the hands of those people, you will truly be begging for death!
"Therefore, it is exactly to protect you that I usually turn a blind eye to you and pretend that you will die on your own, fearing that the eyes that are everywhere will discover the real relationship between you and me.
"It was not until today that you completely shattered the shackles deep inside your soul and awakened your real strength that I can tell you everything and make you a super warrior that represents the future of the Li family!"
Li Jialing took a deep breath, as if he were in a trance because of Li Lingfeng's sweet talk. It was not until a long time later that he finally said, "So … So, that's the case. Then, what should I do next?"
Li Lingfeng smiled and patted the young man's shoulder softly. "You have completed the first phase of your training. Now, you can stay by my side and receive my personal tutelage.
"Believe me, there are many worlds waiting for you to conquer, many enemies waiting for you to hunt, and many glories waiting for you to seize. Haha, hahahaha!"
"Right now, we have an epic quest about 'Starlight', the resistance group of the Cultivators. It is certainly worth your time. Why don't we go to the control center together? I'll ask Wuying Lan to introduce it to you in detail."
"I, I …"
Li Jialing was not used to Li Lingfeng's friendliness. He said in a shivering voice, "I don't know. My head is still a mess. I want to be alone for a while. Can … Can I?"
"Of course. Absolutely."
Li Lingfeng opened his hands magnanimously. "I'll ask Wuying Lan to arrange an advanced suite for you. It's true that you should take a good rest and wash off the stink on your body. Are you sure you don't want to have a full examination?"
Li Jialing shuddered and said subconsciously, "Let — let's wait a few days. I feel fine right now. Can I have another examination in a few days?"
Li Lingfeng smiled. "Of course. Then, clean yourself up and come to the control center to see me."
Delight and disbelief beamed out of Li Jialing's eyes. "Can I really go to the control center?"
"Yes. Don't forget —"
Li Lingfeng patted the young man's shoulder heavily again. "Of the hundreds of thousands of descendants of the Li family, you are the one that I think highly of and have devoted the most effort to. One day, you may even have a chance to become my real heir. You can go wherever you want and do whatever you want!"
"Do anything I want …"
Animalistic brilliance suddenly flashed in the young man's eyes, and he couldn't help but put on a hideous smile.
The hideousness made Li Lingfeng's smile even more profound.
"I — I have two last questions."
Li Jialing summoned his courage and asked.
"Ask away. Whatever you want to know."
Li Lingfeng's smile was even more amiable.
"First of all, who are my birth parents exactly?"
Li Jialing said, "They can't be as simple as the pair of low-level warriors that you told me about, can they?"
"Indeed, they are not, but they are not dominating big shots, either."
Li Lingfeng said, "The files about them can be found in the jade chips of the 'Origin Plan'. The combination of life seeds is the most mysterious thing. The tougher the warrior is, the tougher the life seed will be. Also, when two tough life seeds are combined, they might not necessarily produce the strongest fertilized egg. There are too many incalculable factors involved in the process.
"What matters is not the strongest but the most suitable one.
"Your birth parents were indeed top-tier experts in the family. However, they had already sacrificed themselves for the family before the Origin Plan was initiated. I retrieved their life seeds from the frozen seed bank of the family. It was sort of a way to preserve the bloodline of the heroes of the family. What I did was reasonable, wasn't it?
"Their ashes are now sealed in the Hall of Heroes of the family. However, I suggest that you do not pay respects to them in the next two years. After two years, when your Cultivation has improved by a few levels, and my position in the family has been consolidated, it won't be too late to completely disclose your secret."
Pondering for a moment, Li Jialing nodded his head and said, "Fair enough. I'll listen to you and be careful."
Li Lingfeng smiled. "Any other questions?"
"There is one that is of paramount importance."
The fire in the young man's eyes suddenly condensed into sabers and swords. "You said just now that a lot of people in the family have been opposing you and were even bold enough to sabotage the 'Origin Plan' with the help of the Holy League, which almost killed me when I was still a fetus. Do you have any suspects about the mastermind of the whole thing?"
Li Lingfeng was slightly dazed. "Of course, there are a lot of suspects. However, the guy is very mysterious and secretive. I cannot turn on him easily without solid evidence."
"Tell me, who is it?"
Li Jialing asked, one word after another, "Who is the guy who tried to kill me when I was still a fetus?"
Pondering for a moment, Li Lingfeng said, "Well … It's hard to say. It's really hard to say. I don't want to leave any preconceived negative impression on you and affect your judgment. Besides, the guy is one of the influential people in the family, just like me. For you right now, he is a behemoth that you cannot compete with head-on."
"That's alright. Just tell me the name that you are most suspicious of and wary of. I won't act recklessly."
Li Jialing said solemnly, "No matter how much I hated you in the past, at least right now, I am … your man. It is very likely that the guy will find a way to attack you through me. I should know who I should be wary of after I return to the Li family, shouldn't I?"
"… Alright. In that case, just prick up your ears and listen to me."
Lowering his voice, Li Lingfeng said, one word after another, "I am very suspicious that the mastermind who sabotaged the 'Origin Plan' years ago and almost killed you is Li Linghai, the queen of the Imperium of True Human Beings today and my biological sister!"
…
In the VIP suite of the highest level in "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky", inside the steaming bathroom, Li Jialing was enjoying the brief comfort and tranquility in the mist when he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at his almost perfect body in the full-length mirror on his opposite side.
It was like a combination of a cheetah and a tiger. His every muscle was a combination of the specialties of strength and agility. It was an impeccable combination.
Despite the bloody battle just now, there was not the slightest wound on his body at this moment. His translucent skin truly seemed to have been carved out of the purest marrow crystals. Every drop of water that fell on him would raise the most beautiful splashes.
Appreciating his perfect and young body, the young man's eyes were deep and weird. The confusion and panic during the conversation with Li Lingfeng a moment ago were nowhere to be seen.
Condensing his brainwaves, he sent a message to his abdomen calmly.
"Why aren't you talking? I've sensed that there shouldn't be any eavesdropping or snooping devices installed in this advanced suite. It seems that Li Lingfeng believes that he is unwilling to break the trust between me and him so easily after he established it with great difficulty. "
The young man's abdomen was silent for a long time before Li Yao's conflicted waves finally came over. "… I'm a little scared of you."
"Scared of me?"
Li Jialing was slightly dazed. He smiled and said, "What's there to be scared of? I'm far from your match in terms of strength, and you have embedded the most important magical equipment into my critical parts. I'm almost at your mercy now. I should be more scared of you, or you should be more scared of Li Lingfeng."
"No. Although Li Lingfeng is very strong, he is only scary in a general sense. I've seen a lot of 'supervillains' of such a level before, and I've killed a lot of them. Perhaps they are tricky to deal with, but they are far from terrifying."
Li Yao said, "But you are different. You are no more than twenty years old right now, and you have already set up such a huge trap for Li Lingfeng to jump into. If I hadn't known that you had a secret plan, I would've thought that you had completely stepped into his rhythm and been led by him based on your conversation with Li Lingfeng just now.
"Little did they know that it was actually him who made the wrong judgment!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
