The young man shouted with all his strength. Two purple flames burst out from his open palms. The flames condensed into two purple dragons, which circled around his arms and seeped into his skin and blood vessels. They followed the blood vessels all the way up, through the carotid arteries to his brain, and became blue veins on his temples like a crown.
For a moment, an illusionary shadow seemed to be floating around the young man, as if he were a combination of the Blood God, Wuying Qi, and Li Jialing. It was impossible to tell who he was exactly.
But in the next second, he turned back into himself, the little lion that Li Yao was familiar with. No, perhaps not so familiar anymore …
"You're very dangerous, Jialing."
Scorched by the young man's aura, Li Yao couldn't help but say, "It's great that you want to do something with your strength, but I'm worried that you'll be lost in the power. Do you know who you looked like just now? Like another Wuying Qi! It's too dangerous. The power is too dangerous. I can't tell if you're still possessed by Wuying Qi. "
"Yes, the power is indeed dangerous. Every time I sensed the purple electric arcs and the golden flames flowing among my cells, I felt that a voice that sounded like Wuying Qi 2.0 was whispering in my ears. I didn't know if I was 100% Li Jialing or something else."
The young man smiled and stared at the flames and electric arcs in his palms for a long time before he finally retracted them. Then, he looked at Li Yao with his dark gold eyes. "Then, what about you, Brother Yao? Are you not in danger right now? Are you not in danger after absorbing all the power of Wuying Qi 3.0 and becoming the controller of the Gold Crystal Pyramid? Are you not worried that you will not get lost, go crazy, or turn into another Wuying Qi, an evil dragon with black scales and bloody wings, while you sit on the throne made of thorns day after day as the only deterrent and balancer between the Imperium and the federation? If you've realized the danger, why are you still doing it? "
"Because I had no other choice!"
Li Yao said solemnly, "Nobody else can be the master of the Gold Crystal Pyramid except me. I don't want anybody else to suffer the pain and risk becoming a vicious dragon, especially you!"
"You're right. That's also my answer. Like you, I have no other choice."
Li Jialing spoke very fast, but the gap between his words was very clear, like nails that were being shot out one after another. "First of all, the relationship between the Imperium and the Federation, as well as between the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators, is very subtle. You said it yourself that every candidate for the new emperor absolutely trusts the Cultivators and the Federation from the bottom of their hearts, and they can't wait to swallow you. Even General Lei Chenghu, can he really drop all the grudges and cooperate with you all the time?
"No, we have a tacit understanding right now. Putting aside our differences, we're focused on resisting the four families and the Holy League. But one day, our common enemy will be destroyed. Will the Imperium and the Federation really start a war at that time?
"No emperor can restrain their disgust for the Cultivators and their wariness for the federation. I am the only one who can do that. I am the only one who can treat all the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators equally. I am the only one who can suppress the advocates of war who have ill intentions toward the federation and bring real peace to the Imperium and the federation!
"Also, haven't you been trying to reform the Imperium according to the ideas of the Cultivators? I know what you're going to do. You're going to change the Imperium from the bottom up step by step.
"But that's impossible. The Imperium is so enormous and chaotic, and it has been soaked in the true path of immortality for a thousand years. It's almost impossible to change the customs! Your reform from the bottom up is bound to be met with all kinds of troubles. It will take a lot of time. One moment of carelessness, and new chaos may be raised, which will provide an excuse for the friction between the Imperium and the Federation!
"The Imperium today cannot afford a bottom-up reform. It can only be changed from the top down, starting from the top down, breaking the old framework with new authority, and infiltrating to the bottom level step by step. That's the only way!
"Her Grace and General Lei Chenghu are naturally the real reformists, but on one hand, they are too old to lead the reformists for many more years and accomplish the cause of reform. On the other hand, the old people are too rigid and limited to the small circle of the Immortal Cultivators. The so-called reform is nothing more than tinkering. It is impossible for them to go to war.
"If even they are like that, it's already difficult for the 'crooks' in your mouth to be good puppets. How can they accomplish the great cause of the Imperium's reform?
"I'm not thinking too highly of myself. I'm not thinking that I'm better than the queen, General Lei, you, or Sister Long. No, of course I'm not as good as any of you right now, but none of you can become the emperor of the Imperium! Compared to the members of the Wuying Clan who are qualified to be the emperor of the Imperium, I'm a hundred times better than any of them!
"If one of those pieces of trash really ascends to the supreme throne and becomes the emperor of the empire, what do you think they will do? How will they treat the Cultivators and the federation? How will they treat you, the deterrent in the Gold Crystal Pyramid? Will they carry out their cause of reforming the Imperium to the end instead of being swallowed by the sudden expansion of their position and ambition, turning into fearless dragons?
"No, they won't. You know the disastrous consequences if those people become the emperor of the Imperium. That's why you and General Lei haven't been able to choose a puppet yet. Even if there's one that you like, you would've promoted him to the throne a long time ago!
"So, how can I watch such a pile of … mud become the emperor of the Imperium and then destroy the Imperium, the federation, and everything that I've worked so hard to own?
"Lastly, there's a small but not unimportant reason. The queen was controlled by Wuying Qi and almost caused an uncontrollable tragedy in the Next Sun Plan. Although Brother Yao stopped it in time, it still caused a lot of losses, including the precious lives of countless people.
"The queen's crimes cannot be cleared however she is punished. Even if she is minced into pieces, the people who died because of her can't be resurrected.
"Then, as her son, I will shoulder all of her sins. I will use the rest of my life to slowly pay for her sins and atone for them!"
Looking at the blushing, impassioned young man, Li Yao was once again absent-minded.
Or rather, he was about to be melted by the young man's passion.
"Have you really thought it through?"
Li Yao asked, "Is this your final decision?"
"Yes."
Li Jialing declared resolutely, one word after another, "I've made up my mind. Who else can do it but me?"
"Then, it seems that —"
Li Yao smiled. "Can't I not support you?"
Li Jialing smiled too. "If Brother Yao doesn't support me, I can only cling to your thigh and beg you to support me. There are a lot of thighs behind me right now, but what I need most is your golden thigh!
"Do you remember what you said to me in the Great Iron Plants? You said that you were not necessarily strong, but even a tiny butterfly could raise an overwhelming tornado when it flapped its wings. Think about it carefully. I was created by you. Perhaps it was you who raised the tornado because of the butterfly. Now that you've raised a storm, how is it possible that you want the storm to die down instantly? "
"It sounds very reasonable."
Li Yao thought for a moment and jumped out of the medical cabin. Looking at Li Jialing, he asked solemnly, "Then, answer my last question. What are you exactly right now? A Cultivator or an Immortal Cultivator?"
"I don't know. I've been bullied by the Immortal Cultivators since I was born, and I was modified into a monster by Li Lingfeng and Wuying Lan. I probably never had any good feelings about the true path of immortality, did I?"
Li Jialing said, "However, when it comes to the path of the Cultivators, no matter how passionate and fancy your description is, I always feel that something is missing. It's too idealistic and unworkable, and it requires too many coincidences to be realized.
"I remember that we talked about it in the Emperor's Mausoleum. If the two things could be combined, 'the Cultivators are the skin, and the Immortal Cultivators are the bones', that would be more or less the case. Of course, my ideas at that time were still very naïve. As for exactly what was the skin and what was the bones, I still had to study it carefully and figure it out in practice. If I was lucky enough to be an emperor for dozens of years, I would've found the answer, wouldn't I?"
"I remember that there was an expert named 'Lu Qingchen' in the Federation who thought of combining the true path of the Cultivators and the true path of immortality and called it the 'true path of immortality'."
Li Yao said, "Your idea seems to be quite similar to his."
"Is that so?"
Li Jialing said in delight, "I didn't know that there was such an expert in the Federation who had such a profound insight as the true path of immortality. Where is the expert right now? What's his position in the Federation? It is very necessary that we bring him to the Imperium for the reform!"
"I'm afraid that it will be rather difficult."
Li Yao scratched his nose and said, "This' Master Lu 'has been killed by me. Although I didn't kill all of them, and part of his soul escaped. There's no telling where it is right now. I don't think that it will be possible for him to join the great cause of the Imperium."
Li Jialing and Li Yao looked at each other for a long time before they burst into laughter at the same time.
"What a shame."
Li Jialing said, "The true path of immortality might be the right path!"
"It is indeed a shame."
Li Yao sighed and said, "In retrospect, those people's ideas, including Lu Qingchen's, were not necessarily without their brilliance. But why couldn't we sit down and discuss the truth peacefully and find the best solution when we had to fight each other all the time? Why did they have to jump at me and be killed by my saber one after another, which made me feel quite distressed and guilty? Why bother? "
"Aren't we discussing the truth peacefully right now?"
Li Jialing said, "I only hope that we can all learn from the experience of our predecessors and not make the same mistakes. Let's find the most suitable path in the sea of stars through all the obstacles!"
Li Yao stared at the young man for a long time.
"Something suddenly occurred to me."
Li Yao said, "If you really become the emperor, you can't use the name 'Li Jialing' anymore, can you?"
He was expressing his support for Li Jialing.
"I am Li Jialing, and I will always be Li Linghai's son and Li Yao's brother."
The young man was not delighted at all after receiving Li Yao's support. Instead, there was a hint of hesitation on his face.
It seemed that he was about to completely cut off from his life in the past and embark on an unknown journey.
However, after struggling for a moment deep inside his eyes, the golden fire of war was ignited, burning all the hesitation and hesitation.
"However, on the surface, it is true that I should change my name and acknowledge my ancestors."
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