Li Jialing was stunned again.
Li Yao's words made him think hard for a long time. His reflection in the mirror was enshrouded in a hazy mist, too.
"You seem to have a point."
Li Jialing's eyes suddenly became sharper than ever, tearing apart the mist and staring at himself in the mirror. "Who are you exactly? Why do I feel that you seem to know everything? Or rather, did you not show up by accident but have been targeting me all the time? "
"Well, not exactly. My target in the beginning was really not you but Li Lingfeng, Wuying Lan, or 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'."
Li Yao said frankly, "However, there is indeed something that interests me very much in you. That's why I took the risk to approach you. As for what it is exactly, let's talk about it after you have a chance to escape from Li Lingfeng's control and I can destroy 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'. It's redundant to talk about it right now!"
The young man raised his eyebrow again. "Are you really going to destroy 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'?"
"What? Do you have a different opinion?" Li Yao asked.
"No."
The young man smiled. "That's exactly what I want."
Li Yao smiled, too. "That's good. Speaking of which, we've been talking about schemes for a long time. It's rather annoying. Can we change the topic so that we can better communicate with each other?"
The young man frowned. "For example?"
"For example," Li Yao said, "we can talk about your journey from childhood to adulthood and discuss your outlook on life, your worldview, and your values. Well, I'm beginning to understand where your extreme and ruthless personality came from.
"He was a lonely child who lost the protection of his parents when he was young and was thrown into the Li family, where the strong preyed on the weak. He was bullied and humiliated, and he was sent to the laboratories for the cruelest refinements every now and then. As it happened, after he was refined into unparalleled strength, he was bound by a weird barrier and could not unleash the anger and hatred in his heart to his heart.
"You wanted to get rid of such a dark fate, but it was an unparalleled expert such as Li Lingfeng who was manipulating you with strings from above. You wanted to live a free and unrestrained life, but you were faced with the omnipresent shadow of the 'Li family' … As time went by, you were twisted into what you are today. What a pity!"
Curling his lips, Li Jialing said, "What do you mean by 'what I am'? I feel that I am fine right now. What are you trying to say exactly?"
Li Yao said sincerely, "What I'm trying to say is that, although fate is rather unfair to you, we should not completely give up hope. We must believe in the existence of brightness and justice. Try to be as sunny as possible. It is not bad to help the weak and help the strong. Especially, do not pour the darkness that other people poured on you onto the innocent …"
"Wait, Brother Yao."
Li Jialing interrupted Li Yao without any hesitation. "Are you … out of your mind?"
Li Yao: "Why are you behaving like this, kid?"
Li Jialing turned off the nozzle and wiped his wet hair. "If this is not a trap of fancy words and you are not out of your mind, are you really a legendary Cultivator?"
Li Yao pondered for a moment. If Starlight was really about to attack on a large scale, it was impossible for him to turn a blind eye to it. Then, his identity as a "Cultivator" would certainly be exposed.
At the very least, it was impossible to hide it in front of Li Jialing.
Besides, he did not want to hide it. It was not like he could watch the little guy who was suspected to be the son of his foster father become the "most perfect Immortal Cultivator", could he?
"Yes."
Li Yao admitted frankly.
"Huh?"
Li Jialing blinked. "Are you really a Cultivator? Then, why do you not know anything about Starlight?"
Li Yao said, "Just consider me a wild Cultivator. Why are you so surprised? Have you never seen a Cultivator before?"
"Indeed, I haven't."
Li Jialing said dutifully, "The Cultivators are such idiotic and childish things that they were almost wiped out from the entire territory of the Imperium hundreds of years ago. Occasionally, a couple of kittens would jump out and scream, but they could not raise any trouble.
"To be honest, I don't find it strange that a few Cultivators show up occasionally, but I didn't expect that there would be such an expert as Brother Yao among the Cultivators. This is really surprising. With your childish and idiotic ideas, how did you reach such a level?"
"It seems that you still have some misunderstandings about the Cultivators."
Li Yao smiled and tried to transform the waves that he released into the spring breeze. "It's alright. We will have plenty of time later. I will discuss the path of the Cultivators with you. I believe that you will certainly perceive a lot of things, such as' the greatest heroes serve the country and the people ',' with great power comes great responsibility ', and so on. Trust me, you will certainly be refreshed and reborn!"
Li Jialing: "… Can I not listen to you?"
"Of course you can," Li Yao said. "I am a very reasonable man. As long as you have a way to stop me from sending messages to your brain incessantly, you are free to refuse. Come on. Try to resist my overwhelming waves!"
Li Jialing: "…"
Li Yao: "However, first of all, let's go to the control center of Li Lingfeng and Wuying Lan and see what those two bad guys are up to!"
Li Jialing took a long breath in relief. Putting on a loose robe, he rubbed his belly and said, "Okay, but before that —"
Li Yao asked, "What do you think?"
Li Jialing smiled. "I'm hungry."
…
"Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" was a fancy restaurant that was specially prepared for the honorable guests who were here for trials and sightseeing.
When Li Jialing stepped into the restaurant, he happened to run into a batch of Immortal Cultivators who had been to the Land of Sins for sightseeing or trials.
Those people still carried the stink of dust and blood in the Land of Sins, and they hadn't gotten rid of the extreme stimulation of the battlefield yet. They were all holding their heads high, gesticulating, and spitting saliva everywhere. The hall was filled with their laughter.
"Eight. I killed eight of them in a row. Awesome!"
"You didn't see it. Those sinners in the Land of Sins were truly smart. They were like rats hiding in the gutter. It was not easy to grab their tails. In the end, we could only burn them with fire. Hahahaha!"
"Not satisfying enough. I haven't killed enough yet, and I've already been summoned!"
"Aren't we preparing for the upcoming epic quest 'Dying Light'? You're going to have a good time by then! "
The Immortal Cultivators were in high spirits. They knocked their bowls, plates, and plates into each other nonstop.
A lot of Li Jialing's peers were not qualified to take part in the real trial quests in the Land of Sins yet. They could only stay in Manjusaka to take part in the simulation training and experience the Land of Sins again after the epic quest was over in a few days.
At this moment, they were all gathered around the adult Immortal Cultivators, listening to the vivid stories of slaughter that their brothers and sisters told enviously.
Li Jialing passed everybody like a moving ice block. He picked up a few of the simplest dishes from the buffet window and sat in a corner, chewing them slowly.
She slowly drank the soup, and her clear eyes looked around before she turned her gaze to the bustling crowd.
In many ways, this kind of aggressive gaze was a provocation.
"You are not hungry," Li Yao said. "You want trouble, don't you?"
Li Jialing tore the bun into pieces and tossed them into his mouth casually. "How do you know?"
"Nonsense, a trash youngster who was bullied by his fellow clansmen suddenly possesses absolute strength, and 'accidentally' encounters his fellow clansmen who look down on him — even a pig knows what's going to happen next!"
Li Yao sighed. "Those people are truly unlucky to have run into you."
Li Jialing smiled and deliberately tasted the soup.
As he expected, someone soon noticed him sitting in a corner by himself.
"Hey, you!"
A few tall and brawny young men of the Li family, as Li Jialing had expected, swaggered to him with hideous grins.
The young man in the lead was 1.5 times taller than Li Jialing. His neck was thicker than his waist, and his short hair was as hard as iron needles. His energy and agitation that had nowhere to be vented seemed to be flowing out of his every pore, making him look sleek and glossy.
The man was named "Li Yingxiong". He was one of the top people in Li Jialing's "account book".
"Why haven't I seen you in the past few days? We've been having the simulation training of the highest level. Where have you been? "
Li Yingxiong knocked on Li Jialing's table so hard that his pot of soup was spluttering. "Is it because you were scared by what we said that day and thought that we would really kill you in the simulation training? Is that why you're hiding? Hahahaha. We were just kidding. In any case, there are so many people from other families here. If we really wanted to kill you, we would've done it after we returned to the Li family. Why would we stay here and let other people laugh at the Li family?
"However —"
Li Yingxiong suddenly became gloomy, and his voice was filled with fury as he bellowed, "The brothers in the family have just returned from the trial in the Land of Sins. Everybody is greeting them. Why are you the only one who is bold enough to sit here and drink the soup leisurely? Are your eyes blinded by sh * t? Can't you see that they are back? Where are the rules?
"Hehe. Even if your eyes are really covered, are your ears blocked too? Do you hear me talking to you?"
Holding the bowl with both hands, Li Jialing had another mouthful of soup in great enjoyment. After savoring the taste for a moment, he said slowly without raising his head, "The soup is very good. You are very lucky."
Li Yingxiong was slightly dazed. Looking at the few young men of his family who often bullied Li Jialing, he frowned. "What did you say?"
"I said —"
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