Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
Drops of water were dripping from the broken condensation tubes nonstop, making the quiet warehouse even weirder.
Li Yao spent ten minutes describing everything and the general situation to Jin Yuyan. Then, he clenched his fists and looked at him innocently, before he said in the most sincere voice, "Trust me, Old Jin, every word I said is true. Right now, the two of us are the last hope for the reformists, the Imperium, and the real true path of immortality! However frustrated and frustrated you are, do not give up hope. Summon your courage and fight for the true path of immortality with me to the end! "
It took Jin Yuyan another five minutes to digest everything Li Yao said.
He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. When he opened his eyes again, there was nothing but profoundness and wisdom in his eyes.
Jin Yuyan extended his first finger. "Let me confirm it again. You are saying that Blackstar the Great, the ancestor of the Immortal Cultivators, has been resurrected and is now possessing Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium. He is in fact manipulating everything behind the curtain for the purpose of reclaiming the throne from the four families?"
Li Yao nodded quickly. "Exactly!"
Jin Yuyan extended his second finger. "Then, because he was alone after his rebirth, and he was scared that he would be killed by the four families if his identity was exposed, he borrowed the power of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and the reformists. Even I was just a chess piece that he took advantage of?"
Li Yao continued nodding. "Correct. You are truly a good reader!"
Jin Yuyan extended his third finger. "Blackstar the Great was merely taking advantage of me, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, and the reformists. Although we had a common enemy in the 'four Kurfürst families', he was in fact a 'royalist' who was more conservative and dictatorial than the four families. If he did usurp the fruits of the reformists, he would've certainly attacked the reformists ruthlessly and destroyed the free coin and the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, right?"
"That's right!"
Li Yao said in delight, "Wuying Qi's beliefs are absolutely incompatible with yours and mine. He cannot be a reformist but a royalist who is a hundred times more conservative than the four Kurfürsten because he is the greatest embodiment of the royal power himself! The chaos in the Seven Seas Grand Market obviously had something to do with him. Is this not enough to prove the problem? "
Jin Yuyan extended his fourth finger. "Therefore, I can only cooperate with you right now. With my wealth, my operations in the capital market, my connections at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium, and your invincible strength, can we compete with Blackstar the Great and the four Kurfürst families and implement the ideology of 'renew the Imperium' to the entire universe?"
"Your understanding is absolutely correct!"
Li Yao almost burst into tears. He slapped his thigh and said, "That's absolutely right. That's exactly it. Right now, only we are the saviors of the reformists. We are the real reformists. We are the dominators of the Imperium in the future. You have wealth, and I have invincible strength. We are almost the best allies! I have high hopes for you, Old Jin. Normal people would've been stunned for a long time after hearing such shocking news. I didn't expect that you would figure out the key so quickly. With your calmness and brainpower alone, I definitely have high hopes for you. After everything is done, not just the finance minister of the Imperium, you will be more than qualified to be the prime minister of the Imperium. "
Jin Yuyan said, "Okay."
Li Yao asked, "What's the meaning of 'okay'?"
Jin Yuyan said casually, "'Okay' means' hehe '."
Li Yao asked, "What's the meaning of 'hehe'?"
Jin Yuyan said coldly, "'Hehe' means that I don't believe you."
"With everything coming to this point, you still don't believe me?"
Li Yao bulged his eyes with grievances and shock written all over his face. He smashed his fists hard and said, "Old Jin, think carefully. Even if I were to lie to you, I wouldn't have made up such an unbelievable lie like 'Blackstar the Great has been resurrected', would I? I even have a video of my battle with Wuying Qi. It's true! "
"Yes, it's true. I don't think that you can make up such an absurd lie either."
Jin Yuyan said, "However, the most brilliant lies are always mixed with ninety percent truth and one percent falsehood. You didn't lie about that, but it doesn't mean that everything you said is true."
Li Yao said, "… Fine. As for the statement 'you have wealth, and I have invincible strength', it's true that I'm not strong enough to kill Blackstar the Great instantly. You have seen through that too. You truly have sharp eyes!"
Jin Yuyan said, "The level of your strength is not the key either. I know very well how much real strength you, 'Vulture Li Yao', have. Although you are not 'invincible in the sea of stars', you are more or less qualified. However, there's something that has been bothering me for a long time. I hope that you can help me solve my confusion.
"If you can give me a perfect answer, I can cooperate with you however you want. After all, I'm a dying man, and I can't lose more miserably than I do."
While talking, Jin Yuyan's eyes were full of brutality, as if he were a gambler who had lost all his belongings and was about to recoup his losses with his life and even his soul.
Li Yao said resolutely, "Feel free to ask, Director Jin. I'll tell you everything I know!"
"Alright. Since we are going to cooperate sincerely and fight the reformists to the end, we certainly should not keep anything to ourselves. At the very least, we should figure out each other's backgrounds."
Jin Yuyan said, "Everybody outside knows the history of my family. I'll give you an explanation as to why I was trapped in a woman's body later. However, can you tell me your background, your master, and your background, Fellow Cultivator Li?
"You are in the Divinity Transformation Stage, and not just any Divinity Transformation Stage. Even Qi Yuanbao, a seasoned Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator who was adept at assassination, did not dare to fight you head-on after only one attack but chose to run away immediately. It is obvious that he is deeply scared of you. How strong is your combat ability exactly?
"Such an experienced Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator with remarkable combat ability obviously wouldn't appear out of nowhere. You must be supported by a powerful force behind you.
"In the past hundred years, in order to expand the strength of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, I've traveled to almost every Sector at the edge of the Imperium. I've learned a thing or two about the magnates and the hidden families everywhere. There was absolutely no such person as you.
"In order to deal with the four Kurfürst families, I also paid great attention to the intelligence at the center of the cosmos, especially about the experts among the nobles. There was absolutely no such person as you.
"Therefore, I've never been able to figure out how you suddenly appeared out of nowhere."
Faced with Jin Yuyan's interrogation, Li Yao smiled at ease. "Didn't I tell the reformists the question a long time ago? I'm a dark warrior that the queen carefully raised to carry out the most clandestine, dangerous, and clandestine missions for her. Is it strange that nobody outside has ever heard of my name?"
Jin Yuyan nodded and said, "That's right. That was indeed your explanation in the past. At that time, although I was rather suspicious, I didn't think much of it. But now that I think about it, there is a big problem. If you are really a dark warrior that the queen carefully raised, you must've followed her for more than fifty years to advance into the Divinity Transformation Stage, right? Why did you betray her and flee the capital?"
"Because our beliefs are different!"
Li Yao said without any hesitation, "Although the queen did raise me, I was still deeply influenced by the ideas of the reformists and grew into a real reformist! When I discovered that the queen was merely using the idea of 'renewing the Imperium' as a disguise and realizing her own ambitions with the reformists, and that the terrifying Blackstar the Great was even living inside her body, I naturally had to part ways with them and even confront them!
"Old Jin, we are all people with beliefs. We are real Immortal Cultivators, not the cowardly fake Immortal Cultivators of the four families who only care about their own interests. Even you are willing to die for your cause. Why can't I?"
"That's the key that baffles me."
Jin Yuyan said, "According to what you said just now, you have followed Li Linghai for at least fifty years. You are her most trusted subordinate that she has raised. She has invested astronomical resources in you, and you have lived up to her expectations as the toughest dark warrior under her command and made countless contributions for her.
"On the other hand, the remaining soul of Blackstar the Great has been living inside Li Linghai for at least fifty years, if not longer. It was Wuying Qi who raised Li Linghai's ambitions first. Then, Li Linghai recruited subordinates, expanded his forces, and raised dark warriors like you.
"Then, from the very beginning, Li Linghai shouldn't have been the only one who raised you but also Wuying Qi. Even if it was inconvenient for Wuying Qi to show up himself, he should've inculcated the idea of 'royal power' into your head through Li Linghai. How could he have really turned you into a reformist?
"Forget the bulls * it that you are untainted by the mud and have your own reformist ideas. You should've been inculcated by Wuying Qi and Li Linghai when you were the weakest. Can't the almighty Blackstar the Great produce a most loyal lackey?
"If such a lackey can develop its own beliefs casually and even escape beyond the control of its master, I'm really suspicious of whether or not 'Blackstar the Great' is a fake.
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