The mental devil: "Are you going to use your glib tongue, fabricate lies, and confuse people again? Good. I like it! What are you going to do? "
"It's very simple. Chances are that all the problems that we and even the Federation are faced with can be resolved 'without bloodshed'!"
Li Yao said confidently, "I'm going to convince Queen Li Linghai of the Imperium to awaken the real precious stuff in the Supreme Emperor's legacy, which is to defend the sacred mission of the civilization of mankind in the correct way and transform her into a Cultivator!
"Think about it. If the queen of the Imperium of True Human Beings can be transformed into a Cultivator and annihilate the four Kurfürst families as well as the messy nobles and warlords, is it possible that the Imperium will gradually turn into a country of Cultivators in the hundreds of years to come, or at least a country where the experts and the ordinary people are more harmonious?
"Even if the queen cannot annihilate all the nobles and warlords, as long as the two parties enter a stalemate and reach a certain balance, the theories of the Cultivators will be popularized in the Imperium under the queen's protection. It will be a great help for the military pressure that the Xing Yao Federation is faced with and for our subsequent public activities.
"Everything will be achieved without any cost. I don't even need to move a finger. All I need to do is to convince the queen!"
"Wow!"
The mental devil exclaimed, "So, all you need to do is to talk and persuade the queen who just slaughtered her own brother and is about to slaughter her own son without batting an eye. What a simple task. The trip to the Imperium is truly the most relaxing and enjoyable 'outing' since we began our career. Hehe!"
While the two personalities were arguing, Li Linghai, surrounded by purple air and lightning, was already slowly floating toward the two of them.
The speed at which she floated was not fast, but everything within a thousand meters of her was under the control of her Divine Thought. Bolts of lightning that were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws interweaved into an airtight cage that no one could escape from.
Li Yao had made up his mind to take the risk. He completely abandoned the idea of running away and simply jumped out of the ravine together with Li Jialing. He gritted his teeth and stood in front of the queen!
Seeing the youth without a helmet, Li Linghai's eyes became deep and complicated.
On her flawless and devastatingly beautiful face, the invisible, transparent mask cracked again and again, then healed instantly, cracked again, and healed again.
She slowly extended her hand to Li Jialing, with lightning flashing on her fingertips. There was no telling whether she was trying to touch Li Jialing's head or simply cut off his head.
Li Jialing's face was gloomy because of the storm. His lips were shivering, but he could not say anything.
Li Yao's telepathic thoughts were extremely sharp. He shouted at the young man, "Hey, don't just stand there. Kneel on the ground and cry, beat your chest, and shout 'mother'!"
Swallowing the rainwater and the air, Li Jialing hesitated for a moment, but stubbornness beamed out of his eyes. He clenched his fists hard and craned his neck, unable to say anything.
Violent winds, torrential rain, roaring thunder, and lightning streaked across the pitch-black sky from time to time, illuminating the earth in a ghastly white color.
The three of them in the storm were caught in weird silence, like three black and white silhouettes!
Li Linghai stared at Li Jialing for a long time expressionlessly. Finally, he opened his mouth and said gloomily, "You look more like him … than in the 3D photos. I really hope that you can live on and live on well."
"Not good!"
The mental devil shrieked inside Li Yao's brain. "The queen is determined to kill him. She is really going to kill Li Jialing. If your mouth is useful, just open it now!"
"Don't be hasty. I'm just thinking about what to say. The key is my identity. My identity can't be explained at all!"
Li Yao was more anxious than ever. "The queen is not as idiotic as Li Lingfeng, who has been hiding in secret for decades and deceiving everybody. The intelligence she knows must be a hundred times more abundant than Li Lingfeng's. I am such a great expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage, and I have such a strong Colossus as the 'Tartarean Skeleton'. Where did I get it? How did I train myself? Which force is responsible for the logistics? I can't explain it at all!
"I cannot lie to Li Lingfeng and say that I am a 'dark warrior' that a certain family has raised in secret. The queen must know all the families and forces of the Imperium like the back of her hand. If she asks me to talk about the details of my family casually, I will be exposed at any moment!
"Also, my ultimate goal is to persuade the queen to transform into a Cultivator. Even if I succeed in pretending to be an Immortal Cultivator, we are all Immortal Cultivators, and the only thing we talk about is the true path of immortality.
"Therefore, I have to confess that I am a Cultivator. Only in such a way can I have a 'competition of beliefs' with the queen and transform her without her knowing it!"
"But you cannot admit that you are a Cultivator!"
The mental devil said in a hurry, "If you say that you are a Cultivator, it will mean the exposure of the Xing Yao Federation. Do you think that it is appropriate for the queen to know the existence of the Federation with her current mental appearance and stance? Believe it or not, even if she does not annihilate the Xing Yao Federation immediately, she will certainly come up with all kinds of schemes and tricks to drag the Federation onto her chariot as a bargaining chip in the game against the four Kurfürst families. She will even ask the Federation to die together with the magnates and the nobles so that she can reap all the benefits!"
"Not a Cultivator, not an Immortal Cultivator. Then, who the f * ck am I exactly?"
Li Yao thought hard. Suddenly, his eyes glittered. "Why don't I pretend to be a demonic Cultivator?"
"… Are you serious?" the mental devil asked.
Li Yao said, "It does sound a bit crappy, but it is an unresolvable knot. I, Vulture Li Yao, have never made up such a complicated lie in my hundred years of wandering in the sea of stars!"
Li Linghai did not seem to notice the gloominess on Li Yao's face. Focusing all his attention on Li Jialing, he said gloomily, "However, I know the methods that the two b * stards used to modify you. You have been corrupted by them and turned into a complete monster. I really cannot keep you in such a state.
"Besides …
"Your life in the past ten years must've been very painful, right? Trust me, there are ten thousand kinds of sufferings in the mortal world that are a hundred times more painful than death, but I do not want you to taste any of them.
"With your body right now and your past, how dark and desperate will your life be even if you survive? What I'm walking on is also a path of no return that is surrounded by thorns and flames. I really cannot bring you along with me.
"So, let me set you free. Close your eyes. It will be like sleeping. It will not hurt at all. It will be absolutely different from the inhuman experiments that you've been through in the past …"
Li Linghai raised his arm high. Lightning was dancing and condensing on his fingertips again, turning into the secret sword of true dragons that was burning with purple flames.
There was no telling whether Li Jialing was dumbfounded or heartbroken by his mother's heartlessness, but the young man's face was as pale as death. His teeth bit his lips hard, and he really closed his eyes slowly.
The muscles at the corner of his eyes were cramping violently. However hard he closed his eyelids, he could not stop the translucent drops of water from leaking out of the corners of his eyes.
"Wait!"
Seeing that a tragedy was about to take place, Li Yao had no choice but to bellow and stand before Li Jialing without caring about anything. "You can't kill him!"
"Huh?"
The queen did not expect that Li Yao, a mysterious man who appeared out of nowhere, would go so far for Li Jialing. She had just executed another expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage!
"Brother Yao —"
Even Li Jialing opened his eyes abruptly and looked at Li Yao's back that was as solid as an iron wall in disbelief!
Of course, it was inevitable that the iron wall was slightly shivering at this moment.
"Who are you exactly?"
The queen observed Li Yao's face carefully, with undisguised confusion popping up on her face for the first time. "I don't want to kill you right now. Let me figure out your secrets first. Just back off for now!"
She waved her hands softly, and the purple electric current slashed at Li Yao brutally like a thunderbolt in the sky.
"Success or failure, it all depends on this. Dad, you must bless that my sweet words will work and that I can find your 'kindhearted and innocent' old lover. Even if what I'm going to say next is slightly different from the truth, you won't blame me for it, will you? I'm helping you recover your lost youth!"
Li Yao roared and did not dodge at all. Instead, he spurted out a black light from the Cosmos Ring in his mouth, which condensed into an arc-shaped black shield in front of him.
Huala!
The Purple Lightning Sword slashed onto the black shield, and the shockwave sent Li Yao flying a dozen to twenty meters away. His two legs plowed out two deep trenches, and a small half of his body was buried in the hard rock!
On the surface, Li Yao seemed to be at a disadvantage.
However, the moment the black shield was condensed, Li Linghai seemed to have been hit by thousands of lightning bolts. The mask that covered his face immediately collapsed, and the greatest shock was revealed on his face!
"Shua!"
A long, narrow crack appeared on the black shield because of the lightning, but like thick liquid metal, the wound was healed very soon. It was even wriggling slowly into a charming black ball.
It was exactly "Little Black" that was born in Black Wing, the relic of Li Yao's foster father!
"This is … This is …"
Her face had been as flawless as jade in the beginning, but it was even paler than before. There was not the slightest trace of blood on her lips. She asked in a shivering voice at first, but then her voice became extremely miserable and high-pitched. Flames of spiritual energy surged toward Li Yao like hissing vipers. "Where did you get this? Who gave it to you? Did you steal it? Speak now!"
Li Yao could clearly sense that, although her aura seemed to be ten times sharper than a moment ago, her killing intent was dispersing quickly like ebbing tides.
He was more or less relieved, knowing that he had made the right bet in the first round.
The queen was indeed aware of Little Black. Perhaps she had seen Little Black's own kind in the mysterious world fragment?
"This is my foster father's relic!"
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