For some reason, Li Yao suddenly felt guilty. He didn't dare to look at her in the eyes, fearing that she might see through the unusualness in his eyes. ...
"Why do I feel that you are acting so sneakily? Haven't you recovered from your long stay in the Thunderous Sound Mountain?"
Ding Ling Dong tiptoed to Li Yao and lay down beside him. She slapped his back hard and said, "Good boy. You've been staying in the Thunderous Sound Mountain all by yourself for ten days without being eaten by demon beasts. You truly deserve to be my good brother!"
"Have you rested enough? If so, let's go down and have some practice."
"I've been training in the Billowing Star Sea all by myself during the three months you were away. I couldn't find anybody to practice with. I was bored to death. Every bone in my body was itchy. I couldn't even eat or sleep well. Hahahaha. If you had come back a few days later, I might have gone to the Dark Desolate Domain to look for you!"
Ding Ling Dong declared casually. She didn't look like a girl who had cried in front of the principal at all.
Li Yao blinked and hesitated for a long time.
After a while, he said, "Sister Ling, why don't we not go to the Billowing Star Sea tonight? It's not a bad idea to watch the stars, enjoy the breeze, and have a chat here."
"Huh?"
Ding Lingdang bulged her eyes and eyed him up and down for half a minute, before she said in surprise, "That doesn't sound like something that 'Vulture Li Yao' would say. I remember that we used to seize every minute and every second to train ourselves when we were together. Why has everything changed after we were away for three months?"
Li Yao scratched his head and smiled.
"I just feel that we've known each other for such a long time, but we haven't sat down to talk and get to know each other for no reason …"
Ding Lingdang pursed her lips.
"Where do we get the time to talk? If we want to get to know each other, we can do it with our fists. My fists know your body very well! "
She immediately refused, but when she saw the slight disappointment in Li Yao's eyes, she didn't know why, but she felt as if her chest had been twisted, and she blurted out. "Forget it, forget it. Seeing how absent-minded you are, there's no point in beating you up. Then I'll accompany you and chat. Tell me, what do you want to talk about? Martial techniques or artifacts?"
Li Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Can we talk about something else? For example, your parents? I was very curious. One of them is a refiner in the military, and the other is a teacher in the Combat Department in the university. How could they fall in love with each other? "
As soon as the words left his mouth, he wished he could bite off his own tongue.
Wasn't this a sore spot? Where did the computing power that he was so proud of go to?!
However, since he had already said it, Li Yao did not intend to give up. He stared at Ding Ling Dong.
His parents met with an accident. It was very pitiful, but there was some psychological trauma. Frankly speaking, tearing apart the shadow was better than burying it in the heart for a lifetime.
Ding Ling Dong's smile froze for half a minute.
But under Li Yao's fiery gaze, it melted once again.
She heaved a long sigh of relief as she fell into a distant memory. It was unknown what she was thinking of. The corner of her mouth curved into a crescent moon.
After a long time, she smiled and said,
"The two of them met during a joint operation between the Grand Desolate War Institution and the military. My mother's temper was exactly the same as mine. She was a straightforward person. She also liked to wander in the depths of the Wasteland and fight demon beasts.
"The men around her couldn't stand her.
"My father, on the other hand, was a very gentle, even somewhat mediocre man. He was a standard refiner who was obsessed with the world of magical equipment all day long. He didn't have the slightest bit of combat ability.
"At the beginning of that joint operation, they encountered an extremely powerful Demonic Beast. Because my father's strength was too weak, he almost died. It was my mother who saved him from the claws of the Demonic Beast several times. But because of this, the mission was delayed."
"My mother later said that she was so angry that she went crazy. Whenever she saw my father's silly look, she hated him so much that her teeth itched."
"Therefore, during the intervals between missions, she went to my father whenever she was free and taught him some basic self-defense skills so that he wouldn't be a burden to the joint squad.
"However, according to my father, my mother was deliberately picking on him because she didn't like him.
"Anyway, that was how the two of them met. After the mission was over, whenever there was a holiday, my father would come to the Grand Desolate War Institution to find my mother. He claimed that the self-defense skills my mother taught him were too useful and that he needed to learn more.
"My mother was ignorant. She thought that he really wanted to learn from her, so she taught him without any vigilance. Who would've thought that she would invite a wolf into her house? Later, my father even applied to the military to study martial arts in the Grand Desolate War Institution for half a year!
"Just like that, he kept on learning. Before I knew it, my mother was already in his hands. Haha!
"The two of them were really close. You saw the two beast puppets in my house. They were very delicate, right?
"They were my father's creations.
"As for my father, he was born in the Grand Desolate Plateau and served in the military. He was more of a grassroots guy. He couldn't have produced such delicate magical equipment before.
"He spent ten years polishing crystal by crystal and refining component by component. He spent almost all of his spare time to create these two ingenious puppet beasts. It's just nice to give them to him as a gift for his tenth wedding anniversary."
"He said that my mother was a seven-colored parrot, and he was willing to be a little snake and protect her forever."
"But my mother laughed at him and said that he was too weak to do anything and that he'd better stay at home and let his wife protect him."
No one had ever dared to ask Ding Lingdang about the topic of her parents.
Ding Ling Dong had never opened her heart to anyone before, either.
Now that she had opened her mouth, she couldn't stop talking.
At first, she rested her head on her hands and looked at the shining stars. Then she started talking nonstop.
She talked about the embarrassing things when her parents were in love. She talked about the joy of her family in her childhood after she was born. Then she turned around and talked about how her father taught her refining when she was little.
Before she knew it, the distance between her and Li Yao was getting closer and closer.
Ding Ling Dong, who was immersed in her beautiful memories, didn't notice that Li Yao's eyes were getting weirder and weirder.
After talking for a long time and almost sticking to Li Yao's body, Ding Ling Dong finally stopped. She licked her dry lips and said,
"Hey, I've talked so much. Don't just smile and say nothing. Tell me your story too. Let me think. Just tell me why you want to be a refiner. "
Li Yao was dazed. His eyes were somewhat unfocused. A moment later, they were focused again. He put on a child-like smile and murmured,
"When I was about four or five years old, I was still struggling in the magical equipment graveyard. I hid in the garbage all day long.
"One day, I accidentally found a Flying Music Box in the trash."
"You know what a Flying Music Box is, don't you? It's like a small bamboo dragonfly. You can float in the air and play some nice music. "
"A more advanced Flying Music Box can even release a 3D light screen with some animations."
"To this day, I remember very clearly that the Flying Music Box can play four pieces of music. It can also release four different light beams, each of which is a tranquil forest. Different scenes in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
"Every night, I listened to the music. Watching the changes of the four seasons in the forest was my greatest enjoyment.
"At that time, I really thought that there were gods in this world. Who else could make such amazing magical equipment except gods?
"Later, when I learned that the magical equipment was made by a refiner, I immediately became determined. I made up my mind to become a refiner and craft the most awesome 'Flying Music Box'.
Li Yao smiled self-mockingly. "I didn't expect that I would really become a refiner. But I've never crafted civil magical equipment such as a Flying Music Box. What I've crafted are all weapons for fighting.
"I did craft a Flying Music Box under my dad's guidance, but it was too ugly. Besides, the two wings were not balanced. It fell down after flying for a while."
Ding Ling Dong moved closer. She rolled her eyes and said, "Why didn't I realize it before? It's quite interesting to chat aimlessly. Let me think. What other questions should I ask you?"
The two of them laughed and talked until the stars died out one after another.
At some point, they both fell asleep on the roof.
Li Yao slept soundly and peacefully.
After all, he was not made of iron. The three months of overload training in the Thunder Training Camp and the ten days and nights on the run in the Thunderous Sound Mountain had drained him to the limit.
In the days after he was discovered, for some reason, his body was very sleepy, but his brain was very excited. Even the deep sleep cabin didn't help.
It was not until this moment that Li Yao finally fell into a deep sleep as he smelled Ding Ling Dong's faint perspiration that he finally felt relieved.
He slept all the way until dawn. The warm autumn sun shone on his body, making him feel very comfortable.
The night was as cold as water, but it had no effect on Cultivators. Li Yao felt refreshed and energetic. The whole world seemed to be more beautiful than ever.
His left hand was a bit numb. He turned around and saw that Ding Ling Dong was still sleeping on his arm.
Her defenseless face made Li Yao's heart race.
He swallowed and moved his arm slightly.
Ding Lingdang sensed it immediately. Frowning, she wriggled into Li Yao's arms like a cat crawling into a warm bed because of the cold.
She let out a groan and mumbled something.
Li Yao's heart raced. He listened carefully. His earlobe almost touched Ding Ling Dong's burning lips.
Ding Ling Dong repeated it again. This time, Li Yao heard it clearly.
She said, "You spineless sissies. Hurry up. Run faster!"
Li Yao was immediately frozen.
Ding Ling Dong's eyelashes trembled. She woke up.
There was a dull expression on her face. Her body was lazy and motionless. It seemed that she was still in the warm embrace and didn't want to break free.
Half a minute later, her eyes became clear again. She jumped up, stretched her body, and spread her fingers to make her messy hair even messier.
"Ah!"
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