Five minutes after Li Yao left, Bai Kaixin walked to Lei Dalu without a sound. His face was even gloomier than before, and there seemed to be a reservoir that was about to collapse between his eyebrows.
"I've just received a piece of confirmed news. Fengyu Zhong has gone mad. He has announced a sky-high bounty on Spider Den, demanding that the Great Horn Exo Society be annihilated. According to his original words, not even a flea on our starship will be spared! Whoever can find his son's murderer will be rewarded with a starship, dead or alive!
"Right now, the entire Spider Den is in chaos. Countless space pirates, assassins, thieves, and spies have set us as their targets."
Lei Dalu scratched his messy beard and said slowly, "It's perfectly normal. If Fengyu Zhong doesn't do anything after his only son is killed, how can he live on Spider Den in the future?
"However, the Exo Societies and the space pirates have been fighting each other for a long time. Which of the top Great Exo Societies of the Flying Star Sector has not been attacked by space pirates? Their fame does not come from bragging but from killing!"
"If Fengyu Zhong wants revenge, just let him. We are all Cultivators, and the competition of whose fists are bigger and whose saber is swifter is bigger!
"This time, we were able to pull in so many sponsors, so many advertisements, so many banks were willing to lend us money, and so many experts from the Dual Ring Sect were arranged to work day and night to strengthen the Gold Horn. You and I are well aware that it was all because the major sects were aware of our situation, so they supported us wholeheartedly and doubled the combat power of the Gold Horn within half a month."
"Fengyu Zhong is a stray dog himself. Too many experts are waiting to take his head. This time, he has set us as his targets. But in my opinion, he is a mantis at best, a mantis that stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
"All in all. Don't be so nervous. You can't stay in the Thousand Sails Space Zone forever because of fear, right? If you run into Fengyu Zhong, just fight him. If you can't beat him, just run. If you can't, then you will be dead! "
Bai Kaixin's lips twitched, and he put on an ugly smile. "Everything becomes so simple when you talk about it."
Lei Dalu plucked out a strand of short beard and flicked it aside. "I don't like to use my brain. I'll just do the simplest way possible."
"However, don't take the Tiger Killer Camp with you on this mission. Let them go to the Bipolar Domain. That place is the headquarters of quite a few Cultivation sects. It is impossible for the space pirates to carry out a large-scale operation there. As for the excuse, I can find a training camp and train those guys for a couple of months so that they will be better trained. We can talk about it when everything is over.
Bai Kaixin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it."
He said. His body did not move, but his eyes were sparkling. He seemed to have something else to say.
Lei Dalu raised his eyebrows. "Anything else?"
After a long silence, Bai Kaixin finally said, "Why didn't you ask him just now?"
"Ask what?"
"You know."
"I forgot."
"You forgot?"
Bai Kaixin gnashed his teeth, his long eyebrows shivering. "Do you not feel that there is something wrong with Li Yao's background? Training with the eccentric people at the edge of the cosmos allowed him to grasp such terrifying arts of refining? "
"Also, his Cultivation level is too high! Later, Uncle Xiong, Bai Ze, and I all analyzed it carefully together. In the Dim Flame Belt, to repair his spiritual shield and escape from the True Fusion and the space swirl, he must have been very lucky. He had to be in the Building Foundation Stage at least!
"I believe that an ordinary person whose spiritual root was awakened turned into a Refinement Stage Cultivator after a series of fortuitous encounters. But advancing into the Building Foundation Stage in one go? But there was no inheritance at all? How is it possible? "
"Alright. Let's assume that everything is true. Then, how do you explain what happened later?"
"You gave him an Eight Arm Crystal Suit. According to the calculation, his synchronization rate was 37%. Soon after that, a mysterious expert named 'Vulture' appeared in the virtual competition platform of the 'World of Crystal Suits'. His synchronization rate was below 40%, too. He defeated a lot of top-tier experts in a row. The Crystal Suit that he was wearing at the beginning was an Eight Arm Suit!"
"So?" Lei Dalu asked.
Wariness beamed out of Bai Kaixin's eyes. "So, don't you think that Li Yao is very likely to be the real expert who killed Fengyu Ming?"
Lei Dalu continued, "So?"
"What else is there to 'so' about?"
Bai Kaixin grew excited. "If he snuck into Ghost Jail without alarming anyone, killed Fengyu Ming on his own, and elicited the location of the most critical jade chip from Fengyu Ming in only several minutes, stole the enormous database of the mainframe crystal processor of Ghost Jail, and blew up half of Ghost Jail while he was at it. He is indeed a dreadful monster!
"Such a monster has been staying on Gold Horn for months. Who is he exactly? What is his purpose? What kind of changes will his existence bring to the Great Horn Exo Society? Shouldn't we find out the answers to these questions?
"When we escaped from the Dim Flame Belt, I told you most of my suspicions. But to this moment, you don't seem to have done any investigation at all!"
Lei Dalu thought carefully for a while and nodded. "I think I did. But you know, I was too busy to deal with such trivial matters. So, I forgot about them!"
"Trivial matters? A monster of unknown origins who can destroy a starship on his own has been staying on Gold Horn for months. You think that is trivial? "Bai Kaixin was almost jumping to his feet.
"When we recruited new recruits, we only had one requirement, which was that they had to endure the surging tides and meteoroid storms together with us until we reached the Thousand Sails Space Zone.
"Li Yao did all that.
"During the months on board, he completed all the missions that were assigned to him perfectly. When we were passing through the Dim Flame Belt, if it weren't for him, all of us on board would've been killed there.
"Since you've studied the spiritual shield carefully, you should know that, even for a refiner in the Building Foundation Stage, the spiritual shield can only be repaired at the risk of their own lives."
Lei Dalu's eyes suddenly became clear. He said calmly but firmly, "Since we fought side by side against the True Fusion and the space swirl, we shared a life and death experience together. Therefore, in my eyes, Li Yao is my brother and a real member of the Great Horn Exo Society.
"As for where he is from, who he is exactly, and how many techniques he has mastered, it's none of my business. What does it matter to me whether he likes to eat rice or steamed buns, whether he likes men or women?
"We are all Cultivators who struggle to survive in the sea of stars. We all have our pasts. If we want to say something, we've already said it. If we don't, we simply don't want to say it. Can't say it. Can't say it. Saying it will hurt our feelings.
"I'm a simple and lazy man. I'm too lazy to ask about Li Yao's past, just like I never did. Why do you have the spiritual tattoo of Spider Den on your body? "
Bai Kaixin was about to burst into fury. But Lei Dalu's last sentence completely stunned him. His long white eyebrows were frozen.
He was rigid for a long time. Then, as if an invisible armor around his body had collapsed, he bent down. His dry lips shivered as he said softly, "You. When did you learn it? "
"I forgot."
"I'm not a space pirate."
"I believe that the tattoo is already blurred and somewhat twisted. It must've been tattooed on you when you were very young. Chances are that you were born."
"I had my own reasons."
"That's why I didn't force you to say it. Hey, hey, hey, don't look at me with such a hurt expression. Or is it that deep down in your heart, you really want to find someone to confide in but are too embarrassed to open your mouth, so I have to ruthlessly force you so that you can go with the flow and talk non-stop? You can't be such a pervert, can you?
Bai Kaixin glared at him. Then he smiled bitterly, somewhat embarrassed. "Why are you telling me today?"
Lei Dalu's clear eyes disappeared, and he put on a mischievous smile again. "I didn't want to mention it, because I thought it would be embarrassing. But your acting skills are so bad. You put on that bitter face every day. It's as if you're saying, 'Actually, I have a big secret in my heart, but I can't tell you. Otherwise, we can't even be brothers anymore. Don't ask me. I've been holding it in for a long time. If you ask, I might really tell you.' To be honest, every time I see your constipated face, I want to punch the tip of your nose and see if I can make this face more vivid."
Bai Kaixin took a deep, deep, deep breath and exhaled slowly. His face became tranquil again, but the vague gloom in his eyes seemed to be much thinner. He nodded his head. "Got it. Let's stop talking about Li Yao now. Let's deal with Storm Prison's revenge now!"
"That's right!"
Lei Dalu plucked one of his whiskers and rubbed it between his fingers. Then, he darted it out. The tiny whisker exploded on the glass window. "Let's see what's coming. My fists the size of pots can't wait any longer!"
…
Half a month later, in the Skyhill Domain …
This was a world fragment with a beautiful environment and pleasant scenery. All kinds of rare minerals that were abundant in the underground world had seeped into the underground water system under the catalysis of thousands of years of high pressure and were brought to the surface, turning the rivers and streams in this place into bright silver. Especially in the mountain streams, the silver streams were densely packed into a net and were known as' Silver Streams', which were extremely beautiful.
Such streams were not suitable for drinking directly, but they were most suitable for forging swords and refining.
Therefore, the Skyhill Domain had become the headquarters of many refining sects and sword forging families.
The magical equipment forged with the silver streams, especially the melee magical equipment of the sabers and swords, was one of the rarest products in the Thousand Sails Space Zone!
The Skyhill Domain was not a large area, but almost a hundred giant floating mountains were floating in the sky. Inside every floating mountain was a zigzagging natural karst cave. Taking advantage of the natural karst caves, people expanded the usable area by dozens of times all of a sudden, forming 'Skyhill Fortresses'. That was how the Skyhill Domain got its name.
After a thousand years of development, the place had become an important production base for melee magical equipment of the Flying Star Sector.
As far as one's eyes could see, it was a world of swords and an ocean of sabers. Among the mountains and rivers, refining furnaces, sword fountains, and countless sword tombs and saber mountains were everywhere. Bizarre, glittering weapons of all shapes and sizes could be seen everywhere.
In the words of the ancient Cultivators, the purpose of establishing sword tombs was to allow the newly-forged weapons to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon so that the essence would be concealed.
According to the theories of the modern Cultivation world, it meant that the weapon should be left untouched for a period of time to eliminate the stress of the internal structure before the next step of forging was carried out. Only after several years of repeated forging could the sword and saber be refined into a real masterpiece!
In the sky, countless travelers were flying freely with silver, shining wings on their backs.
It was a piece of personal magical equipment named 'Flying Wing'. It was more agile and exciting than shuttles. Many people who had a certain foundation in Cultivation preferred to use Flying Wing for transportation among the floating mountains.
On the top of one of the floating mountains, five bold words had been carved: 'Museum of Sabers and Swords'.
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