"W-What?"
Not only was the tall and strong Li Yingxiong dumbfounded, but the youths of the Li family next to him were also dumbfounded. Even the youths of the other families nearby who heard their conversation all cast strange and inexplicable gazes.
Over the past few days, the young people of quite a few families had been training together. This Li Yingxiong had stolen the limelight and defeated a lot of experts of his age in a row. He was somewhat infamous for his brutality.
Everybody knew that his attacks were heavy and brutal. His every attack was aimed at the critical parts, as if he were not training but risking his life.
Nobody was willing to piss off such a crazy and brutal guy.
But right now, this seemingly plain Li Jialing was bold enough to —
"You clearly heard what I said."
Li Jialing said with a smile, "I don't need to repeat myself, do I?"
"Huh …"
Li Yingxiong's pupils constricted nonstop, emitting crimson colors. Thick veins popped up on his forehead, with hot air popping up.
"By the way, do you know why I was too lazy to fight back when you attacked me before?"
Li Jialing drew a tissue and wiped his mouth. Then he crumpled the tissue into a ball and said casually, "Because your fists are too light, not even as light as the bite of a mosquito. I'm not interested in them at all, stupid bear!"
Li Jialing curled his finger and flicked the tissue at Li Yingxiong's face softly.
"A * shole!"
If he could tolerate such slander, he wouldn't be Li Yingxiong at all. The tall and strong young man roared and bent down, extending his arms that looked like iron rods, trying to pull Li Jialing up from his seat.
He had already grabbed Li Jialing's shoulder and was about to stab his fingers into Li Jialing's flesh, when Li Jialing grabbed his wrist and pulled it back brutally, pulling him over the dining table by brute force and throwing him out. He fell to the ground with dust all over his face.
Everybody was dumbfounded.
There was nothing but silence in the fancy restaurant.
Even the adult Immortal Cultivators who had just returned from the Land of Sins were observing the fight between the two young Immortal Cultivators with great interest.
"How is it possible?"
"Li Jialing, he —"
Although most people could tell that Li Yingxiong didn't use his full strength in the lunge just now, and he didn't even use much spiritual energy.
However, it was still beyond everyone's expectation that Li Jialing could throw him out so easily.
"You!"
Li Yingxiong jumped up, his eyes full of murderous intent.
Li Jialing was caught unprepared, but he was not hurt at all.
However, to make such a fool of himself in front of so many people, the blow to his heart was naturally extremely great.
Li Yingxiong felt that his ears were filled with blood and humming. His eyelids were cramping crazily, and he could see nothing except Li Jialing's face that was full of mockery. His heart was beating like a drum and turned into a voice. Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!
It was not until then that Li Jialing finally glanced at him casually, before he looked down at his waist.
A small vibrating dagger was hanging from Li Yingxiong's waist, which was mainly used as a multi-purpose tool.
He did not intend to draw his saber, but the shivering in Li Jialing's eyes reminded him.
Grinning hideously, he drew out the dagger and lunged at Li Jialing.
To this moment, Li Yingxiong still kept the last bit of his sanity. He knew that it was best to restrain himself in such a public fight, especially in front of so many other family members, and that nobody would get killed for no good reason.
Otherwise, if he disgraced the Li family, it wouldn't end well for him when he returned.
Therefore, he only planned to scare Li Jialing with the dagger and cut a few wounds on his face so that the guy would be scared out of his wits.
But out of his expectation, Li Jialing, who had been so confident and casual a moment ago, panicked when he saw that Li Yingxiong had really drawn his saber. He jumped up from his chair, trying to run away, but his left foot was tripped by the chair, and his neck, especially his carotid artery, hit the dagger.
Li Yingxiong was slightly startled and hesitated for a moment. He didn't know if he should withdraw his saber and cut off the kid's neck in front of so many people. If he really wanted to do such a thing, he would do it in the training field.
However, there was no need for him to hesitate very soon.
It was because the moment his dagger stabbed at Li Jialing's carotid artery, or rather, Li Jialing's neck hit the tip of his dagger, the shivering in Li Jialing's eyes turned into the most delightful sneer.
In the blink of an eye, Li Jialing's carotid artery and the vibration dagger brushed past each other dangerously. Then, Li Yingxiong felt excruciating pain on his wrist. The dagger somehow fell into Li Jialing's hands and passed Li Yingxiong's neck like a bolt of lightning, before it pierced into his chest and minced his heart!
Li Yingxiong bulged his eyes. Blood spurted out of his neck and his chest that had been pierced through. He took two steps back and fell to the ground, cramping.
Li Jialing lowered his head, too lazy to look at the guy at all. He went to the buffet for a second bowl of soup and returned to the corner where he was just now, right next to Li Yingxiong's body that was still cramping, continuing to enjoy the delicious soup unhurriedly.
The clean and neat way of killing shocked everybody.
Even the adult Immortal Cultivators narrowed their eyes and looked at Li Jialing and his seemingly weak hands in disbelief.
Li Yao asked, "Do you have to kill him?"
Li Jialing replied, "Don't you think that this is more in line with my personality? I bet that Li Lingfeng must be observing me in secret through a certain channel right now. Only my performance can satisfy him and dispel his suspicions, can't it?
"What? Look at this guy. Or do you think that this big, stupid bear is an innocent, good guy who doesn't deserve to be killed?"
Li Yao thought for a long time and fell silent.
Noises in Crystal Suit echoed outside of the restaurant. The guards of "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" had arrived.
Although the Immortal Cultivators worshiped the law of the jungle, it did not mean that they could kill each other anytime and anywhere. Without certain restrictions, the whole society would collapse abruptly.
It was one thing to "accidentally" hurt someone in the training field, and it was another thing to intentionally kill someone in a regular fight.
However, many people had seen that it was Li Yingxiong who provoked Li Jialing first, that it was Li Yingxiong who attacked first, that it was Li Yingxiong who drew his saber first, and that he even stabbed Li Jialing's carotid artery in the end. With the power of the vibration saber, it was indeed fatal.
Therefore, Li Jialing's counterattack when his life was threatened was not a violation of the rules.
Although many smart people could tell that Li Jialing's counterattack was definitely not as simple as "self-defense", nobody cared about the details.
Therefore, when Li Jialing was taken away by the guards, it was not strange at all that Li Lingfeng was all smiles when he was brought to Li Lingfeng instead of to a detention room or a temporary prison cell.
"You are truly impatient."
Li Lingfeng smiled. "Haven't you killed enough just now?"
"I only want to have a bowl of soup in peace."
Li Jialing opened his hands. "It was the big bear who pissed me off first. Was I supposed to take the humiliation without doing anything?"
"Well said."
Li Lingfeng said in relief, "From today on, you don't have to be submissive to anybody anymore!"
"But how should I explain it?"
Li Jialing said, "I'm not talking about how to explain when I butchered the big bear, but how to explain my sudden increase in strength after we go back?"
"Keep it in mind."
Li Lingfeng said, "Experts don't need to explain."
Li Jialing was slightly dazed. With brilliant brilliance beaming out of his eyes, he said softly, "Got it. Where are we going now?"
"To the stream center of the 'Heavenly Eye Group'."
Li Lingfeng led the way in the front and said casually, "Like I told you just now, I sincerely raised you as an heir.
"If you want to become a truly all-powerful expert, just relying on martial strength is far from enough. You must also clearly understand the way and logic of how this world operates.
"Only by completely figuring out the logic of the world can you possibly … control the entire world!"
"Control the entire world?"
Li Jialing mumbled, "I don't understand."
"Come with me, and you'll understand."
Li Lingfeng smiled casually and said, "You know that the Imperium of True Human Beings controls the entire universe as a representative of the human civilization. It has always been based on the foundation that 'true human beings' govern 'hominoids'. The 1% of true human beings are the essence and future of the civilization of mankind. They are the winners of the evolutionary competition and human beings who have truly awakened themselves!
"The other 99% of hominoids, on the other hand, are ignorant human-shaped beasts. They are abnormal people who do not have independent thinking abilities and pure feelings. They are the inferior goods who are naturally haunted by the negative elements such as laziness, cowardice, and disdain for work.
"How to make the hominoids understand the meaning of their lives and their great responsibility to burn for the advancement of the civilization of mankind as fuel has been the greatest problem that the Imperium has been faced with in the past thousand years.
"In the past thousand years, true human beings have been governing the hominoids in simple and violent ways. At that time, the Imperium was still in the phase of rapid expansion. Even though the Holy League was a great threat on the central battlefield, new territories were still being discovered in the rear. From the new territories, incessant resources and slaves could be acquired, which brought benefits to the hominoids. Therefore, the contradiction between the two parties was not intensified yet. That was how the world at that time operated.
"However, about three to four hundred years ago, the Imperium had already passed the phase of rapid expansion. It had been a long time since a resourceful and densely populated Sector was discovered. Even if there were some discoveries, the cost of exploration, conquest, and transportation back through space gates far exceeded the benefits that the new worlds could bring.
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