Li Jialing looked like a fish that was struggling to surface of the water from a dream. His lips were cramping uncontrollably, and he could not keep up with Li Yao at all.
He rose abruptly, with fury all over his face, as if he were going to accuse Li Yao of bragging again.
But the moment he stood up, he remembered what he said just now. Besides, even if Li Yao meant to fool him, he wouldn't have made up such unbelievable lies like "father of the nation", "execution of the Pangu people", and "Pangu universe, magic universe, and multiverse", right?
The young man sat down heavily again and scratched his hair in a daze.
His soul and mind seemed to have been crushed by a hundred high-speed crystal trains, and he completely lost the ability to think.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!"
The corner of Li Yao's mouth pulled up high. His two cheeks puffed up as he glared at the young man. "You can't possibly be suspecting me, right? You clearly promised just now that you would believe every word I said!"
Li Jialing: "Well …"
"See? You are indeed suspicious of me. Every pore on your body is suspicious of every word I said just now. I knew it! I knew it! So, this is the reason why I've never told you the truth. Because to you ordinary people, everything that happened to me is too complicated, bizarre, and inconceivable. If I were to tell you the truth, I would only be treated as the worst liar! "
Li Yao held the juice bottle and blew it sadly.
"No — no. I am not suspicious of you, Brother Yao!"
Li Jialing was back to himself. His face blushed, and his head was in a mess. He stammered, "I — I just can't imagine it. I can't accept it yet …"
"Can't imagine what?"
Li Yao glared at Li Jialing with the juice bottle in his mouth.
"I can't imagine that there is a country in this universe where Brother Yao is the 'father of the nation'."
Li Jialing clicked his tongue, as if he had just eaten a large piece of moldy cake. He grimaced and said, "A country where Brother Yao is the 'father of the nation'? What will it be like exactly?"
"Hmm …"
Li Yao tilted his head and thought for a long time. "What do you mean? What do you mean exactly? Are you saying that I'm not qualified to be the 'Father of the Nation'?"
"Perhaps it's because I've spent too much time in the world of the Immortal Cultivators, and the leaders that I can imagine are all people like Blackstar the Great, the queen, General Lei Chenghu, or the four Kurfürsten. It's really hard for me to understand the thoughts of the Cultivators, isn't it? Maybe, in the world of Cultivators, only people like Brother Yao are qualified to be leaders? "
Taking a deep breath, Li Jialing opened a bottle of bubble juice and drank it up, too. Calming himself down, he said, "Although it's a bit … weird to the point of nonsense, my intuition tells me that I'm willing to believe you, Brother Yao. I didn't know that the truth was that Brother Yao was carrying such an important mission and secret. I-I really understand why Brother Yao couldn't talk about it. Crap. Now that I've learned it, if Blackstar the Great somehow learns it, too, wouldn't the Xing Yao Federation be in great danger?"
"In the past seven hundred years since its birth, the Xing Yao Federation has been in great danger every second, but we have survived every seemingly unstoppable catastrophe. I believe that it will be the same this time."
Li Yao said solemnly, "Considering the size of the Imperium and the Holy League, the competition between them is like a competition between two ferocious primeval beasts. The insignificant Xing Yao Federation shouldn't have been able to shake it, but the drastic changes inside the Imperium have pushed the situation to a delicate moment. A rarely-seen opportunity has presented itself for the Cultivators to change the entire Imperium!
"If we can become the biggest winner in the battle of Seven Seas, we will have the right to speak about the future of the civilization of mankind. On the other hand, if we continue to hide and preserve our strength, we will not be able to defeat them either after the four Kurfürsten defeat the reformists, or after the reformists defeat the four Kurfürsten and Blackstar the Great usurps the fruits of the reform. I have left so many traces at the center of the cosmos. As time goes by, the Immortal Cultivators will definitely see through them. Even if the Xing Yao Federation hides at the edge of the cosmos, how long can it last?
"This is exactly what I said just now. When two enemies meet on a narrow path, the braver one will win. Hiding is not our purpose. When it's time to fight with our lives, we must fight boldly!
"That's why I confessed my identity as' Black Wind King 'in front of all the Immortal Cultivators, and why I'm confessing everything to you right now. It's unreasonable that even my enemy, Blackstar the Great, has guessed everything while my brother is still kept in the dark, isn't it?"
This time, Li Yao's eyes were truly as clear as water and as hard as marrow crystals that contained high-intensity energy.
Li Jialing was so moved that he did not know what to say. He only felt that he was soaked in the ocean named "trust", which was filled with a warm feeling.
"Well …"
Recalling what Li Yao said just now, he asked again, "Brother Yao, you talked a lot just now. I managed to understand the parts about the Cultivators, demons, and Pangu. But what are 'entirely different virtual lives'? What are 'Pangu universes, magic universes, and multiverses'?"
"It's a very, very long story, but I'm still willing to tell it to you."
Li Yao explained everything in the simplest and clearest language.
In the end, he said, "Now, you know everything, don't you? Dongfang Wang, the former prime minister of the Imperium, had a very good point. He said that our enemy was not a specific person or force but the entire universe, the boundless sea of stars.
"Dongfang Wang truly deserved to be the prime minister of the Imperium for decades. He grasped the key after only one glance. However, he did not know about the 'wizardly civilization', and it was impossible for him to imagine the boundless multiverses beyond the Pangu universe.
"Now, you have learned everything. How about it? Faced with an enemy that may exceed the limits of human imagination, are you still willing to continue fighting?"
Li Jialing was stunned again.
However, he was back to himself after only three seconds. Taking a long breath in relief, he said with a smile, "I didn't know that such a wonderful thing as the multiverses could exist in the world. As it turns out, we are just a few frogs in a tiny pond. No, we are not even frogs. Compared to the brilliant ancient civilizations and alien civilizations, we are nothing more than undeveloped tadpoles at best, aren't we?"
"Huh?"
Li Yao was somewhat surprised. "You are rather calm when faced with such an incredible and unimaginable picture as the multiverses. You seem to have accepted it without any doubt."
"There's nothing to doubt," Li Jialing said calmly.
Li Jialing said calmly, "Since Brother Yao can be the 'father of the nation', is there anything that is impossible in this universe? Yes, I'm still willing to continue fighting because you — Brother Yao, Sister Long, Boss Bai, A Boxing Champion, Coloured Glaze, Xiaoming, Wenwen, and even Han Te — are all fighting. I can't be worse than Han Te, can I? "
Li Jialing's reaction made Li Yao take a long breath in relief.
The conversation was much less difficult than he thought. As expected of the child of Li Linghai, Queen of the Imperium. The little monster who had been refined in "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" for twenty years truly had a strong mind.
"Brother Yao, I've been hesitating whether or not I should do something. I was going to discuss it with you today."
Li Jialing said solemnly, "But I didn't expect that you would trust me so much. So, I'm definitely going to do the thing!"
Li Yao raised his eyebrow. "What is it?"
Li Jialing explained his plan in full detail.
Li Yao raised his eyebrow even higher. Staring at Li Jialing for a long time, he said, "It's certainly technically feasible, but the risks are unimaginably high. Are you sure that you want to do it?"
"Yes, I'm certain that it's the best solution."
Li Jialing clenched his fists and said, "It's also the only way that I can fight Blackstar the Great to the end!"
"But you didn't have to take part in the battle in the first place."
Li Yao said, "Boss Bai, A Boxing Champion, Long Yangjun, and I will figure out a way to take care of Blackstar the Great. All you need to do is find a safe place to hide and prevent him from finding you."
"Didn't you say just now that hiding and cowering is useless, Brother Yao?"
Li Jialing's voice was somewhat hoarse as he said, "I'm not as selfless as Brother Yao. It's not my place to care about the people in the world and the structure of the universe. However, Blackstar the Great happened to occupy the queen's body.
"In any case, the queen is my biological mother. I have to face her and Blackstar the Great and ask her why she gave birth to me years ago. Did … Did she intend to use me as a 'container' to carry Wuying Qi's soul from the very beginning, or did she have other reasons?
"If she only wanted a soulless container from the very beginning, I … I can drop all the hilarious thoughts and die knowing the reason.
"But if, like Brother Yao said before, she had her own reasons, and she was even forced by Blackstar the Great, I will certainly rescue her.
"Li Linghai is my mother. So, this is my war. How can I watch you charge in the front while I hide in some 'absolutely safe' corner?"
While talking, Li Jialing's eyes turned red. There was no telling whether it was out of fury, hatred, or longing.
"Fine, you've said a lot. This is indeed your war. Besides, there can't be any 'absolutely safe' corner at all. If we have to talk about it, I'm afraid that the safest place is next to me, Long Yangjun, Boss Bai, A Boxing Champion, Xiaoming, and Wenwen."
Li Yao rubbed his fists. "Then, let's discuss the technology and the details!"
While they were talking, their wrist crystal processors shivered at the same time.
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