At the same time, in the First Military Hospital of the Imperium in the Empyreal Terminus Sector at the center of the cosmos …
When Li Yao met Li Linghai again, he could never have dreamt that the queen of the Imperium, who used to be the dominating queen of the Imperium, would be sitting in the garden by herself, basking in the sun while drawing butterflies next to the pond.
Judging from her lifelike and lifelike strokes, she actually had a good foundation in painting and was not inferior to the average professional painter.
Although the body couldn't have been more feeble, it did not look haggard at all. Instead, it was warmed by the sunlight. Even the waterfall-like white hair and the translucent skin were emitting ivory brilliance instead of the coldness they used to be.
"Well …"
Li Yao stood behind Li Linghai for a long time. Watching her paint the wings of a butterfly with glamorous colors unhurriedly, he felt rather embarrassed and did not know what to say. Thinking for a long time, he said, "Your Grace, have you decided to get rid of this body and turn into a spectral Cultivator? If you have made up your mind, I can craft an artificial body for you in person. After all, I'm still your personal refiner. Hahahaha! "
"Thank you."
After finishing the last stroke, Li Linghai said with a brilliant smile, "For everything."
"Everything …"
Li Yao was even more embarrassed. He felt that his head was itching.
Although he did not feel that anything was wrong when he fought Wuying Qi for three hundred rounds, his brain was functioning at a high speed, and his blood was almost vaporizing, after a few months of calmness, he could not help but feel ashamed when he played Wuying Qi's videos to the whole world and sang "Mom is the Best in the World" later.
Vulture Li Yao was a man who valued his reputation too. The battle was the greatest stain in his glorious life. Faced with Li Linghai, he really did not have the courage to accept the "thank you" calmly.
Li Linghai seemed to have seen through his embarrassment. Smiling, she continued, "Believe it or not, and whatever feelings I have for the emperor and the four Kurfürsten, this place … is my motherland after all. I never intended to destroy the Imperium after a thousand years. Thank you for stopping me and Wuying Qi, and thank you for saving the Imperium!"
"That's not a big deal. As long as you insist on renewing the Imperium and do what you promised me in the beginning, I will do the same even if I am faced with an enemy a hundred times stronger than Wuying Qi."
Li Yao paused for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "I've always been curious about one thing. Were you threatened by Wuying Qi, tempted by the lust for power, or deceived by the so-called 'blueprint for the future' that Wuying Qi described? When I said to Li Jialing in a hurry that day that Wuying Qi threatened you with your other children, I was more or less right, wasn't I? "
"Threat or deception? Temptation or deception? Who can tell for sure?"
Li Linghai smiled and continued watching the butterflies dancing among the flowers. She mumbled, "The worship and superstition for Wuying Qi, the hatred for the family and the emperor, the motherly love for her own flesh and blood, the passion for power, and the curiosity about the universe beyond this universe that can drive one crazy … A little bit of everything."
"Fine."
Although Li Yao was not completely satisfied with the answer, it was probably the truth. Taking a long breath in relief, Li Yao only wanted to know something else. "Your Grace, there's another question that is rather sensitive. It's fine if you are unwilling to answer it. Have you ever loved my foster father? Or rather, what was the reason that made you wake up a man of the Holy League who had no desires and turn him into a normal person?
"Don't get me wrong. I just feel that the answer to the question will be very helpful for us to deal with the attack of the Holy League later."
"… I did."
Li Linghai was silent for a long time, so long that Li Yao thought that she would not answer. Finally, she said gloomily, "Also, you've misunderstood me. Humans are not plants. How can they be emotionless? Even the people of the Holy League have feelings and desires, except that they have been suppressed and erased by force. However, feelings and desires are the nature of human beings. How can they be erased?
"On the contrary, if the feelings and desires of the people of the Holy League are triggered in a suitable way, they can unleash feelings that are ten times more intense than those of ordinary people. It's like a starving person who has encountered delicious food, a dam that has blocked a flood for three days has collapsed, or a desert that has been dry for decades finally has its first rain. The feeling is unforgettable. Even the will of Blackstar the Great cannot erase it from my brain!"
"So, that's how it is. It's probably 'when things reach an extreme, they will move in the opposite direction'. Like a spring, the harder it is pressed, the higher it will bounce?"
Li Yao mumbled to himself, "So, as long as we grasp the trick, it is possible to solve the problem of the Holy League without any cost. In a certain ingenious way, we can awaken the natural-born feelings and selfless love of the people of the Holy League …"
"How can it be so simple?"
Li Linghai was amused. "If it were so simple, the Imperium wouldn't have been troubled by the problem of the Holy League for a thousand years. Back in the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum, your foster father was woken up by a lot of coincidences. Blackstar the Great even had other reasons. It's hard to replicate."
"That does make sense."
Seeing that Li Linghai was in a good mood, Li Yao asked with a smile, "Your Grace, can you tell me my foster father's real name now and the details of your time in the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum?"
"No."
Li Linghai shook his head and touched the gentle sunlight. Allowing the light to gather into a transparent butterfly on the back of his hand, he said with a smile, "It's a memory that only belongs to me. It's the only thing that I have. I won't tell anybody, especially you."
"Fine, don't tell me!"
Li Yao said in embarrassment, "What do you mean by 'especially me'?"
"Although I don't want to tell you my privacy, I can tell you something else as compensation."
Li Linghai said with a smile, "About the coordinates of the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum and the secrets it contains, although you've learned a thing or two from Wuying Qi 3.0, don't you want to know more details?"
"Well, of course!"
The Supreme Emperor's mausoleum was the focus of Li Yao's strategy in the next phase. Naturally, he pricked his ears and said with glowing eyes, "Please go ahead, Your Grace. I'm all ears!"
"In the past ten thousand years, the Supreme Emperor's tomb could be said to be a top secret in the cultivation world. Powerhouses from all over the world have been trying to find it at all costs. However, until a thousand years ago, no one had found anything and returned empty-handed."
Li Linghai went on, "The reason is very simple. It's because the entrance to the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum is not fixed at all. It's unpredictable like a 'tidal island'.
"We can simply assume that the world fragment where the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum is located does not completely coincide with the three-dimensional universe that we're in. Instead, it's … how should I put it, 'deflected'. It's like it's floating between the three-dimensional and the four-dimensional, on a 3.5-dimensional sea of stars.
"If we can break the void perfectly and stop ourselves between the three-dimensional and the four-dimensional, we may be able to see the relative position and trajectory of the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum clearly. However, from the perspective of the three-dimensional world, it seems to be changing irregularly all the time, and the entrance is wandering among dozens of Sectors without any pattern at all.
"At that time, your foster father and I were blown to the entrance of the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum by a cosmic storm by accident, but Wuying Qi received the Blood God's heritage. The Blood God and the Supreme Emperor were one in the first place. Naturally, he knew part of the information about the mausoleum and could infer the location of the entrance of the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum with a special formula.
"Later, the Blood God taught the formula to Wuying Qi, and Wuying Qi taught it to me. Today, I'm going to teach you everything. Then, you will be able to find the entrance of the mausoleum and enter the mysterious world fragment at a few special times of the year!"
"So amazing?"
Li Yao was greatly amazed. No wonder nobody could find the mysterious Empyrean Transcendence Sector in the past ten thousand years. The entrance of the Empyrean Transcendence Sector was unpredictable!
"However, even if you find the entrance and enter the world fragment, it will be useless."
Li Linghai suddenly changed the topic and said, "It's because most of the things that can be excavated in the Empyrean Transcendence Sector have been excavated by me in the past decades as resources for the reformists. You've seen almost all the valuable items. There can't be better treasures in the Empyrean Transcendence Sector."
"What?"
Li Yao was rather surprised. He immediately understood what she meant. "Are you suggesting that we have to open the core of the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum and find the Supreme Emperor's remains in order to find the real secrets, Your Grace?
"Right. The key that is divided into two halves is the key to open the core!"
"Yes, and no."
Li Linghai said, "The key is indeed the key to open the core, but it is not a simple mausoleum that will be opened. It is very likely to be another world fragment. The Supreme Emperor's mausoleum is divided into two worlds. The world fragment at the outer level is just a platform for the development of the world fragment at the inner level, and the world fragment at the inner level is the real 'mausoleum'."
"Mausoleum?"
Li Yao keenly grasped Li Linghai's subtle choice of words. "What do you mean? Isn't it the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum?"
"It is both the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum and the 'mausoleum'."
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