Swallowing hard, the young man carefully observed his surroundings. He felt that he was getting further and further away from the 'absolute freedom' that he yearned for day and night. He sighed helplessly and said, "Brother Yao, what should we do now?"
"Calm down, Brother Yao. I have my own ways. Although we seem to be in a harsh environment, everything is under my control!"
Li Yao raised the many Cosmos Rings on his finger confidently and said, "First of all, before I found you, I had collected tremendous debris of starships, especially the 'space jump unit'. Even at the moment of the collision, I released a large cluster of spiritual energy to cover the most precious unit. The internal structure of the unit was still intact and undamaged!
"Secondly, since this is the Sand Primitive Sector in the past with traces of large-scale activities of the civilization of mankind, it will be much easier.
"Although the natives of the Sand Primitive Sector were a brutal and brutal people, their civilization was still highly developed. After they got in touch with the Martial Meritocrats Sector, they received tremendous advanced technology from the Martial Meritocrats Sector and produced a large-scale space fleet. As a result, the resisters of the Martial Meritocrats Sector had to develop a 'global sword network' to resist them, didn't they?"
Pondering for a moment, Li Jialing nodded. "Yes. That's right. The Sand Primitive natives' space cruising ability shouldn't be too bad."
"So!"
Li Yao smiled. "Just like the Land of Sins or the Martial Meritocrats Sector, there must be tremendous debris of starships left by the natives of the Sand Primitive Sector after their resistance. However powerful the destructive weapons were, they couldn't have completely obliterated all the debris of the starships, could they?
"Besides, a lot of units and fuel crystals that I got from 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' are stored in my Cosmos Rings.
"Rest assured. As long as we find enough debris of starships, with Brother Yao's marvelous refining skills, I will certainly be able to maintain and strengthen a starship above average level. Together with the 'space jump unit' that I have, it will be no problem for us to escape from the Sand Primitive Sector!
"As long as we can escape from the Sand Primitive Sector, with our capability, we will be free to do whatever we want. Who can possibly stop us?"
Li Jialing looked at the sky worriedly. His eyebrows were still furrowed. He asked suspiciously, "Is that so?"
"Of course!"
Li Yao patted the young man's shoulder heavily and said resolutely, "Trust me. There won't be any accidents this time!"
Li Jialing pointed at the sky. "But look, Brother Yao. What's that?"
Li Yao looked in the direction of the youth's finger, only to see that the originally turbid and smoky sky seemed to be boiling restlessly.
Ripples spread out, revealing immeasurably deep holes. A few aggressive starships of the Immortal Cultivators were tearing apart the sky and slowly landing like whales that had sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
In front of the Immortal Cultivators' starship, there was a Colossus that was brimming with spiritual energy and killing intent. Who else could it be but Li Lingfeng's "Tempest God"?
"It can't be, right? He actually chased me all the way here?"
Li Yao was dumbfounded. "Has the guy lost his mind? Leaving such a mess in the Martial Meritocrats Sector aside, he has to catch us. How — how is he going to face the overwhelming wrath of the big shots of his family?"
Li Jialing: "… Well, Brother Yao, not that I don't trust you, but shouldn't we run away separately?"
"Cut the crap. Let me think!"
Li Yao tapped his forehead softly and thought hard for a moment. Then, his face suddenly changed, and he snapped his fingers. "Right. It was my negligence. Although I calculated a lot of things, it never occurred to me to consider the big picture from Li Lingfeng's perspective. The target that Li Lingfeng is chasing is not me but you, Li Jialing!"
"Me?"
Blinking, Li Jialing pointed at his own nose and asked, "Am I so important?"
"Absolutely!"
Li Yao said, "I thought that if Li Lingfeng, as an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage, was rational enough, he would certainly stay in the Martial Meritocrats Sector to clean up the mess after weighing the pros and cons and find a way to explain to his family so that he could keep his power and the hope of further progress in the future.
"If I were the only one running away, he might've made such a choice while gnashing his teeth and having no other choice.
"But if I kidnap you, the situation will be completely different. He can let go of me, but he will certainly not let go of you!"
"Why?"
Li Jialing was confused. "Brother Yao, you have destroyed 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' and Li Lingfeng's hope for decades. I, on the other hand, only escaped from his hands because I did not dare to be enslaved and manipulated by him. I did not even cause any damage to him. Why would he not let go of me even if he could let go of you?"
"Because you are a hundred times more valuable to him than I am!"
Staring at the Tempest God and the starships of the Immortal Cultivators in the sky, Li Yao said solemnly, "From Li Lingfeng's perspective, his fiasco has caused irreparable losses. His path to power has almost been completely cut off, and he can barely protect himself after he returns to his family! It is a fact that cannot be changed no matter how he cleans up the mess, how he bends to the big shots in the family, and how he concedes to the competitors of his generation, right? "
Li Jialing immediately nodded his head and analyzed with calmness that far exceeded that of his peers. "Yes. The fiasco this time was too severe. It was the greatest humiliation that the Li family had ever suffered in the past hundreds of years. However Li Lingfeng tried to salvage the situation, I'm afraid that he will not be forgiven by the big shots of the family. Even if he is forgiven, it will be the best weapon for his competitors to attack him. The odds that he can claim the throne of 'family leader' and 'Kurfürst' in the future are slim to none!"
"Therefore, it is impossible for him to clean up the mess that is the Martial Meritocrats Sector."
Li Yao said, "Then, based on your understanding of Li Lingfeng, do you think that he will abandon all his ambitions and be willing to retract his arrogance and sharpness as a common warrior of the Li family? Perhaps, he will retire from the stage of the universe as an 'elder' one day without being noticed?"
"Absolutely not!"
Li Jialing gnashed his teeth. "I know Li Lingfeng very well. Whether he is ambitious, untalented, or ambitious, the bottom line is that he will never give up. No matter what methods are used, and no matter what price he has to pay, he will try his best!"
"That's why he has to catch up with you!"
"It is meaningless to go back and clean up the mess of the Martial Meritocrats Sector right now. There is no turning back the messy game at all. Instead of groveling and begging for mercy, ending up as fish on the chopping block and waiting for the big shots of the family and the competitors of the same generation, we might as well try our best to flip the table and control our fate in our own hands again.
"As the saying goes, the strong will not be punished at all. As long as Li Lingfeng is strong enough, even if he makes the greatest mistake, the big shots in the family and the competitors of his generation will not be able to attack him with the fiasco!"
Li Jialing thought for a moment and asked, "Then, how can he be strong enough instantly?"
Li Yao said, "With Li Lingfeng's own strength, it is naturally impossible for him to have a qualitative leap in only a couple of days. But it is possible that he can add the strength of someone else — namely, Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium of True Human Beings!
"I estimate that Li Lingfeng intended to join hands with Li Linghai, his biological sister and queen of the Imperium, in the first place. Of course, it was only a nominal alliance, but in fact, he was going to fully control the queen's forces and become the leader of the alliance. The brother and sister's forces would be gathered together to compete with the competitors in the family and the seniors.
"For that, he carefully prepared you as a bargaining chip.
"At that time, Li Lingfeng still had the private armed forces and the support of the big shots in the family. He also had the Heavenly Eye Group and 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' as his base. He was not in a hurry to show his cards to the queen. Or rather, he could've prepared carefully for a while longer and revealed his cards when his odds of winning were higher.
"But right now, he has lost everything. The game with Li Linghai has become his only hope. If he can join hands with the queen, there will still be a chance for him to make a comeback in the family. Otherwise, he will really be killed without a burial.
"Naturally, the importance of you as a bargaining chip has been raised to the highest level. It is safe to say that you are his everything!
"That's why he marched to the Sand Primitive Sector without caring about the cost, not to seek revenge from me but to find a way to control you in his hands again!"
Li Jialing was silent for a moment. Instead of questioning Li Yao's complicated, dazzling analysis, he asked an unexpected question. "Tell me, do I really have a special relationship with Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "You are very smart."
With a bitter smile, Li Jialing scratched his head and said, "I don't want to be so smart, but you will never know what kind of painful price I paid for Li Lingfeng and Wuying Lan to modify me into such a smart person!"
Li Yao hesitated for a moment and asked, "If my answer is' yes', what will you do?"
"Nothing," Li Jialing said expressionlessly.
Li Jialing said expressionlessly, "Li Lingfeng, Li Linghai, the other members of the Li family, and the powerful big shots and ambitious nobodies in other Immortal Cultivator families, they are all jackals of the same tribe. I do not want to get involved with any of them, much less live their life.
"I only want to live a free and unrestrained life where nobody can command, enslave, or make use of me. Li Lingfeng cannot make use of me. Li Linghai is the same. No matter what relationship they have with me, and no matter what they have given me, including … my most precious life!"
The sensitive and smart young man had vaguely guessed something from Li Yao's analysis.
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