Chapter 2077 Call
Brother Yao!
“Horrifying?” Li Jialing appreciated his perfect body in the mirror with the utmost ecstasy and enjoynt. He said casually, “Every person I killed deserved to be killed. They were all guards of Manjusaka and have done too many evil things as the fiend’s entourage. Too many test subjects died by their hands. It was their karma that they were minced apart by
today.
“As for deceiving Li Lingfeng… Hehe, he was deceiving , too. The Origin Plan? He really thought that I would be stupid enough to believe that cr*p?
“This has always been a dog-eat-dog world of conspiracies and sches, where everybody can only get what they want and control their own fate if they resort to any ans necessary. I only did it to protect myself. Is there anything wrong with that?
“Should I have listened to Li Lingfeng’s bullsh*t obediently to be a slaughter machine of the Li family, just to be harmless and un-horrifying?”
Li Yao was lost for words for a mont. Then he frowned and said, “Fair enough. If I were in your shoes, I probably would have made the sa choice. However, when I was your age, I certainly did not have your strength, intelligence, and acting skills. If I had t such a big shot as Li Lingfeng at that ti, it would’ve been possible that my whole spine was trembling violently, which definitely would’ve given
away.
“Let
think carefully about the source of my unease. Right. It is probably because I’m a little worried about my own safety after ‘appreciating’ your astonishing performance. I fear that you will kill
to keep my mouth shut soday, considering that I have heard too many great secrets about you after all!”
“Kill you to keep your mouth shut?” Li Jialing smiled casually. Touching his marble-like muscles, he said, “First of all, I do not intend to climb upward with the power of the Li family, nor am I interested in becoming ‘the heir of Li Lingfeng’ or ‘the future of the Li family’, which will only get
involved in the chaotic, familial conflict between Li Lingfeng and Li Linghai, the queen of the Imperium. I only want to live a free, unstrained life where absolutely nobody can control .
“Therefore, even if my identity is exactly what the Origin Plan describes, so what? I do not want to make use of any resources of the Li family, so I am not scared of my identity being exposed. Who can threaten
with such an identity? Such a ‘great secret’ actually ans nothing at all!
“Furthermore, the so-called Origin Plan is probably fabricated or at least has many fabricated parts. Hehe. Li Lingfeng thought that he could convince
of my ‘origin’ with a carefully-made jade chip that was filled with all kinds of information? I have to say that he underestimated !
“Therefore, the speculation I told you earlier has been proven correct. From beginning to the end, Li Lingfeng has never taken
seriously. His real enemies are the big shots on the level of Li Linghai, and ninety-nine percent of his computational ability and his energy are dedicated to said ‘real enemies’. As for , I am nothing more than a pawn that he can freely manipulate. He thinks it is already good enough to make a crude, lousy trap to fool .
“Since the Origin Plan contains a lot of false elents, it does not seem to be a big deal that it was overheard by you.
“Thirdly, the Li family is a super family that has existed in the sea of stars for thousands of years. It has been one of the most powerful, influential forces since the Star Ocean Republic. Its shadow has reached every corner of the universe.
“If I really want to get rid of the control of the Li family, even if I can kill Li Lingfeng with unbelievable luck, it doesn’t an that the pursuit of the Li family will be over. Perhaps it will take
a lot of years, during which ti I will have to kill a lot of people, before I finally get rid of the control of the Li family.
“If possible, I’m certainly unwilling to compete with the enormous Li family entirely on my own. If I have an ally of mysterious backgrounds but unparalleled strength, is there any reason for
to ‘kill him to keep his mouth shut’ instead of fighting side by side with him? Wouldn’t I be too stupid if I did that?
“The universe is a vast place, but few experts are bold enough to go against the Li family. Now that I have accidentally run into one, I almost can’t wait to cling to your thigh and ask for your help. Why on earth would I have ill intentions toward you?”
“No. Please don’t,” Li Yao said. “I can vaguely foresee Li Lingfeng’s outco after you cling to his thigh.”
“How can that be the sa?”
Li Jialing chuckled lightly, but his smile this ti was devoid of any sordidness and cunningness. It was a simple and sunny smile of a big boy.
Scratching his head, he said, “Fourthly, well, you may find it hard to believe, because even I don’t believe it very much myself, but I sohow feel that you are a man that is worth being approached and trusted, although I haven’t even see your face or heard your real voice.
“Forget it. Let’s not talk about such childish impressions. Just consider it my imagination.”
“It is… not necessarily your imagination,” Li Yao said carefully. “It is true that you can approach and trust
without any reserve. I guarantee that I am different from Li Lingfeng, or any other Immortal Cultivators that you have t so far!”
The young man was slightly dazed as he sensed Li Yao’s tone. Authentic confusion bead out of his eyes for the first ti.
“We have talked for a long ti, but I don’t know how I should address you yet.”
The young man waved his head hard to throw away the feeble confusion. Putting on the carefully-feigned expression that looked like a mask, he asked, “Should I call you Senior Li, Fellow Cultivator Li, Master Li, Uncle Li, or Uncle Yao?”
“I am not as old as you imagine,” Li Yao replied. “If we calculate it thoroughly, I am no more than twenty years older than you. I am a vigorous young man, too. You can call
‘Brother Yao’.”
The delicate mask on the young man’s face was broken again. He slightly raised his eyebrows, as if he were ant to laugh but did not have the courage to. “Alright, I’ll give you that. You are truly different from all the Immortal Cultivators that I’ve t before… Brother Yao.”
“There is no need to worship . Just consider
your peer. After we get to know each other more, you will realize that, although I am an unparalleled expert with destructive combat ability that can break a world, I am actually very casual, approachable, and simple. All the formalities are unnecessary. You can regard
as a friend.
“Right. I want to know more about the ‘Three Fundantal Laws’ in your head, which you did not seem to tell
at the beginning.”
Staring at his eyes deep inside the mirror, Li Jialing hesitated for a mont before he asked back instead of replying, “Brother Yao, you seem not surprised that a barrier similar to ‘Three Fundantal Laws’ is inside my head, do you?”
“Well, is that so?”
“Yes,” Li Jialing said solemnly. “The Imperium and the Covenant Alliance are sworn enemies, and the Covenant Alliance is best at pouring simulated emotions and wills into the cerebral cortexes of their spies before the spies are sent into the Imperium to instigate riots, raise resistance groups, and steal intelligence.
“After hundreds of years of developnt, the technology for the spies of the Covenant Alliance to simulate the feelings of normal people have reached the peak. Even the most advanced Ring-Tu Test of the Imperium can barely distinguish ‘demi-humans’ from real human beings.
“A normal person’s first reaction after they hear that there is such a weird barrier inside my head should be wariness, alert, or confusion, shouldn’t it?
“But I did not sense any such ripples from your waves. I felt that you had known it since a long ti ago, or you had figured out its reason. Is that true?”
With a smile, Li Yao said, “Perhaps, after you’ve told
everything, I will really be able to offer you a theory for everything. You want to figure out your real origins, too, don’t you?”
Li Jialing’s eyelids bounced again.
What Li Yao said was exactly what the young man wanted most.
Closing his eyes and thinking for a long ti, he said, “Ever since I’ve had consciousness and mories, I’ve always been disturbed by a certain uncanny barrier or fear. It was almost like…
“Like so people are scared of chickens, so are scared of spiders and worms, and so will lose all the strength and collapse after they climb to great heights.
“Studies have shown that it is the result of the primitive mories that have been deeply embedded into the genes and the soul. Perhaps, in the prival age a long, long ti ago, the ancestors of the chicken were certain species among the dinosaurs that posed a great threat to mankind. Or maybe spiders at that ti were behemoths and top predators a hundred ters long.
“The fear and disgust that have been passed on through one’s blood, genes, and soul have significantly increased the odds of mankind’s survival.
“As for what I am scared of, it is not chicken, not spiders, not snakes, but killing. To be more exact, it is attacking other people.
“Brother Yao, you know that the competition within the Li family that I grew up in was very cruel. It was anything but unusual for soone to be accidentally wounded or even killed in the familial training fields.
“But for , even if I only watched other people fight fiercely on the training field until their bones were broken and they were vomiting blood, I would feel my heart thumping, my eyes blurred, shortness of breath, and strong nausea, not to ntion going into the field to fight in person. I could barely stand on my own feet, much less fight.”
Thinking quickly, Li Yao observed, “Of the Three Fundantal Laws of the Covenant Alliance, there is indeed one that dictates human beings must not brutalize each other—not without the command of the Pangu Clan. So, it actually works in such a way?”
“I was too little at that ti to understand what my problem was,” Li Jialing said. “Other people only took
for a piece of garbage and a target to be bullied who was weak in nature. Hehe. Now that I think about it, those days were indeed tough to live through!”
Li Yao was silent.
In the Li family, which worshipped survival of the fittest and wild competition, it was indeed chilling to think how a bottom-level descendant who was ‘too cowardly and weak to fight others’ would be treated.
No wonder Li Jialing’s personality had been shaped into what it was today. Having been growing up in a swamp of darkness irrigated by venom and mucus, could it have turned into a pure and flawless lotus flower?
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