"We will."
Feeble ripples spread out in the core databases of the two little fellows. The ripples quickly turned into precise 'expressions' that popped up on their faces. Both of their eyes were slightly red. Touched and determined, they said, "We certainly will!"
"Well …"
Although everybody was having a good chat, and Xu Zhicheng's words sounded reasonable, and the sincere communication had worked out well, Li Yao suddenly felt that it was too good to be true!
Come to think of it, the two little fellows were rather … Well … Their initial data came from the extraterrestrial devil Mo Xuan. Then, they came to the Imperium of True Human Beings and witnessed the cruelest and darkest side of the civilization of mankind. Then, they found a father such as Li Yao and an aunt such as Long Yangjun, and listened to the persuasion of Xu Zhicheng, the representative of the ordinary people.
What if they met their 'mother' Ding Ling Dong again in two years and received the 'careful tutelage' of Ding Ling Dong?
Li Yao felt that he was not confident enough again.
"Right —"
Xu Zhicheng's slightly fanatical face was back to normal. With indescribable warmth spreading out of his face, he said, somewhat in embarrassment, "This is the first time we've met, and you've helped us so much. Grandpa Xu really doesn't know how to thank you. I have a few scrap toys that I polished carefully in my house. I-I can also make very beautiful slingshots with rails and scopes. I can give each of you one as a gift, okay?"
"Great!"
Naturally, the two little fellows did not care about toys, but the kindness and acceptance of ordinary human beings made them jump in joy.
"Grand Guardian Xu …"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. Knowing the significance of the toys for Xu Zhicheng, he was about to turn it down.
"It's fine."
Xu Zhicheng waved his hands and said, "Toys are only meaningful for children. What's the point of hanging them on the wall and eating dust? If I give it to these two little guys, I'll be happy when I think of them having fun.
"Fellow Daoist Li, you don't have to worry too much about children. Parents are all like that. They always think that children are too naughty and will mess everything up. They always want to help their children take care of everything. When I was young, my father was not like that either. He sighed all day long and said things like 'each generation is worse than the last. What if it goes on like this?' He disliked everything I did.
"As a matter of fact, after generations of parents grow old, and generations of children grow up, it's not a big deal at all. I'm still better than my father. I've been an excellent employee of the Black Iron Group for years. Hahahaha!
"Therefore, relax. Your children and grandchildren have their own blessings. The present is yours, but the future is theirs after all. Just let them create a more beautiful, marvelous, and unbelievable future!
"What's more, they're already so good at helping people now. With such a great father like you, I believe they won't go astray."
"I'm not exactly a good father."
After hearing Xu Zhicheng's words, the last wrinkle in Li Yao's heart was unfolded. He smiled and said, "But you're right. They are all very, very good children. I'll ask them to take good care of your toys. Then, let's look forward to the most beautiful future that those children will create together!"
…
"Hiss … Hiss … It hurts. It hurts so much!"
Li Jialing felt that he had been soaked in a boundless pool of blood. Somebody had poured ten thousand nightmares into his head. They were all hellish battlefields of blades. He couldn't get out of them however hard he tried.
The nightmare was even more real and painful than all the nightmares that he had experienced in the past ten years.
It was so painful that every cell in his body was about to explode every day.
Right, he was fighting. He was fighting in the Great Iron Plants, facing the overwhelming Immortal Cultivators, fighting, and fighting to the end!
No. Wasn't he an Immortal Cultivator himself?
For some reason, he instinctively felt resistant when he thought of the identity of an Immortal Cultivator.
No, he was not an Immortal Cultivator, at least not "that kind of" Immortal Cultivator.
Then, here came the question. What kind of Immortal Cultivator should he be?
The golden-haired young man was confused and tormented in pain. He was mired in bloody nightmares. His fleshly body, his soul, and his belief were torn apart, shattered, and reborn again and again.
Now and then, he could hear the voices of a man and a woman that he was very familiar with. They were exactly Li Yao and Long Yangjun.
But now and then, he could also hear two voices that were even younger, as if they were whispering right next to his ears.
"Uncle Li's body is truly unbelievably tough. In terms of congenital physical fitness, you are even stronger than Dad!"
"Yes. Dad has an apocalyptic body, which is already one of the toughest bodies among the Cultivators. But Uncle Li's body is even better. It has infinite potential to be developed. It's too perfect!"
"I remember that when I snuck into the database of a certain biochemical research institute of the Imperium last time, I discovered a secret technique to stimulate the secretion of adrenaline, which can significantly improve one's combat ability. But it is too dangerous, and the side effects are too severe. Normal people can't bear it, even after our optimization. But judging from Uncle Li's strong body, it seems that he can practice it!"
"Is that so? Then, let's give it a try. Dad and Aunt Long both said that it was an unusual time right now. In order to deal with the serial hunts of the Immortal Cultivators, we must try our best to trigger the maximum combat ability of the entire team as quickly as possible!"
Li Jialing listened to them in a daze and pondered in his dizziness. Who's' Uncle Li '? He sounds like a very tough body fundamentalist. I didn't know that there was such an expert in the Li family! And 'Aunt Long'? What's that? Where's Brother Yao? Where's Sister Long? Why did they leave me to … two brats? Ahhhhhhhh!
Before he figured out what was going on, he felt that all the cells in his body had been squeezed by a burning iron hand. The excruciating pain made him pass out again.
Such a nightmare seemed to have lasted several days, but it also seemed to have been a whole year. Even though Li Jialing's nerves had been as tough as iron after more than ten years of torture, he still felt scared. When he exclaimed that he could not take it anymore, he finally got rid of the nightmare under the summon of a voice and woke up.
Li Jialing discovered that he was soaked in greasy and cold medical drugs. Every acupoint on his body was pierced with a very thin needle. When he focused his eyes to the maximum, he could even see the dense runes on the needles that looked like dust.
Under the control of the weird brainwaves, every needle was trembling in a different rhythm and frequency. They were like keys that opened the door to the treasury of potential in his body.
He felt an unprecedented power, like a flood, rampaging through his body and surging to his heart's content.
The strength of the Imperial Fire Pearl that he swallowed earlier had been completely digested and melted into his internal organs and his internal organs!
Li Jialing couldn't help but moan in the most gratifying way. Even his every toe was tightened.
"Brother Yao!"
Seeing the both familiar and strange figure standing in front of the medical cabin, he couldn't help but exclaim, "You're really back! I knew that you wouldn't leave us behind! What is this … Huh? Wait, Brother Yao, you look so weird now. Although your appearance hasn't changed much, your vibe and the level behind your vibe seem to be completely different from before! "
"Is that so?"
Li Yao scratched his chin. "How different?"
"I can't tell exactly how different, but it seems that …"
Sticking his nose to the tempered glass, Li Jialing stared at Li Yao carefully for a while before he said, "You look like my mother Li Linghai when we met her for the first time. It's not the appearance, but the vibe, the vibe, the vibe, the feeling that you are surrounded by an invisible aura that can burn everything around you into ashes, but it is also indescribably dangerous. You know what I mean!"
"That's probably because I've just broken through an iron wall and found a completely new direction on my journey towards the Supreme Grand Dao!"
Li Yao smiled. "Let's talk later. You were heavily wounded in the battle of the Great Iron Plants and almost lost your life. You only managed to wake up after lying on the bed for three days and three nights. You still need to be treated and strengthened. Let's talk about it after you finish the strengthening!"
"Strengthening?"
Li Jialing couldn't help but shudder. "What strengthening? I seem to have heard the voices of two brats. Am I hallucinating?"
"Your wounds are too heavy. According to the conventional treatments, you won't be able to jump around for a year and a half. Right now, Blackstar the Great is coming at you at any moment. Do you have the time to take it easy? Therefore, I have to adopt a more radical and extreme approach to treat you and stimulate your potential. "
Li Yao paused for a moment and said again, "Besides, you are a man with an important mission. Of course, you have to excavate your potentials so that you can fight in the future!"
"Huh?"
After a long daze, Li Jialing bulged his eyes and said, "I understand the first half of your sentence, Brother Yao, but I don't understand the second half. What do you mean by 'important mission'?"
"It's a 'safety valve'. In the near future, a handsome, kindhearted, selfless, charismatic supervillain who has broken away from vulgar interests and is dedicated to the welfare of the people and the future of the civilization of mankind may show up in the sea of stars."
Li Yao explained patiently, "When the supervillain expands beyond control, chances are that a brave young man like you will have to defeat him. So, how can you not be stronger?"
Li Jialing: "… I still don't understand. What kind of supervillain can be handsome? Are you referring to Blackstar the Great, Brother Yao? "
"Of course not."
Li Yao said, "How can Wuying Qi, a shameless, selfish scoundrel whose combat ability is as weak as that of a chicken be compared to such a magnificent superfiend? Wuying Qi is like a firefly to the scorching sun, or a needle to a rod. There's no comparison at all. "
"So unbelievable?"
Li Jialing found it hard to believe. "Then … Then, it's the Mad Armageddon, right?"
"Yes. The Mad Armageddon, the supervillain who destroyed the Star Ocean Imperium with a telepathic thought, is somewhat influential."
Li Yao said, "However, compared to what the supervillain did, even the destruction of a hundred Star Ocean Imperiums is nothing. Therefore, it is possible that the Mad Armageddon is not qualified to be on par with the supervillain."
"Huh?"
Li Jialing was dumbfounded. "What are you talking about, Brother Yao? How can there be such a guy who is even stronger than the Mad Armageddon? Also, why is it my 'mission' to deal with such a terrifying supervillain? I … I haven't woken up yet. What does it have to do with me? "
"It doesn't have anything to do with you, but you are my dear brother after all. You'll understand it later. "
Li Yao smiled. "All in all, starting from this second, you must train yourself ten times harder than before. I'll teach you a lot of things. You are the future, and they are the future too. As for what the future will be like, it will be up to you, the masters of the future, to decide for yourselves."
Li Jialing asked, "Who are 'they'? Are they … the two brats? I vaguely remember that they stabbed me with needles! "
"Exactly."
Li Yao nodded. "They are my biological son and my biological daughter. Naturally, they are your nephew and niece. I'll introduce them to you later. By the way, congratulations on becoming an uncle, Uncle Li."
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