Chapter 679: Chapter 101 Deserving of Him Chapter 679: Chapter 101 Deserving of Him Li Zhikang, now 73 years old from Liuyuan Village, Taibai County, Chencang Prefecture, Longyou Province, accidentally stumbled into the Mysterious Realm within the Qinling and thus embarked on the path of Cultivation.
This old farr from Longyou used to keep a very low profile, to the point that the only highlight of his life was right after his identity was revealed, when he attracted dia interviews because he was an elderly person cultivating immortality — then he appeared on cara, giving off the impression of a lively yet not very sharp old man, just smiling persistently at the reporters.
If Yan Yu didn’t have mories from his past life, he probably would have been fooled by Li Zhikang’s acting too.
Li Zhikang hadn’t even finished his physical examination before the head of the research team called him out.
He strode energetically outside, and before he even entered the waiting room, he heard the conversation between Yan Yu and Ye Jun.
Ye Jun, “So this old man is really hiding his strength?”
Yan Yu, “Just like Doraemon, he seems harmless and naive, but you never know what he might pull out of his four-dinsional pocket.”
Ye Jun, “That’s indeed impressive.”
Li Zhikang felt his heart skip a beat and, with a stiff upper lip, walked into the room only to see all the contestant’s eyes turned towards him.
Gone were the mocking looks of “why is he even competing at such an old age,” replaced with a sort of “so you’ve been pretending to be a pig” vigilance, as if they felt duped, ready to battle.
“You looking for ?” Li Zhikang asked with a simple smile.
Ye Jun looked at him doubtfully, thinking to herself that this man seed just like a healthy but sowhat unsophisticated rural elderly, could Yan Yu really have gotten it wrong?
While she was pondering this, she heard Yan Yu turn to her and say,
“Did you see? He purposely speaks with a bit of a local accent, plus that smile, and being an old person, it makes you biased to think he’s just a lucky farr who doesn’t know much.”
“You truly can’t tell.” Ye Jun gave a wry smile.
“It just goes to show that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t underestimate soone just because they’re old and from the countryside,” Yan Yu said earnestly.
Li Zhikang could feel the cold sweat on his back but still pretended to be utterly befuddled, asking in confusion,
“What you an? I don’t understand.”
“We need you to help us find soone,” Yan Yu said.
“Finding people, I can’t do that, you should get a constable!” Li Zhikang waved his hands dismissively and quickly turned to make a swift exit, only to hear Yan Yu’s voice transmission saying,
“Lao Li, you wouldn’t want the higher-ups to find out about your old fla, would you?”
Li Zhikang paused at those words, then continued without looking back and strode away.
He had been unmarried and childless his whole life, but in his later years, he had t an old widow in the neighboring village. They had been fond of each other for quite so years, and he had even considered moving in with her to spend the rest of their lives together. However, after accidentally entering the Mysterious Realm in the Qinling and starting his Cultivation, upon returning to the village, he decided after much thought to cut off all relations with the widow.
The reason was nothing else but love—fearing that after beginning his cultivation journey, she would beco his weakness and eventually harm both of them.
An unmarried and childless old bachelor is the last person you would want to provoke in this world. But once they have a vulnerability, it becos a tool for others to exploit—this was sothing Lao Li understood very clearly.
Watching him walk away quickly, Ye Jun sent a voice transmission,
“He’s ignoring you.”
“You’re wrong,” Yan Yu replied, “He doesn’t dare agree in this place. Let’s step outside first.”
The two left the research facility, and just outside, they saw Li Zhikang standing at the entrance of an alleyway across the street, waving at them with a grin that showed off his stark white teeth.
“Who are you looking for?”
Ye Jun looked at him in amazent because the old man’s face now lacked all traces of simplicity and naiveté, as if he might as well have written “I’m not pretending anymore” on his forehead.
“The Elixir dicine seller,” Yan Yu led Ye Jun into the alleyway, answering as they went.
“The one selling Elixir dicine among the folk Cultivators?” Li Zhikang apparently knew this person too and nodded, “He’s very cautious, always uses Puppets for transactions, and cuts ties if things go south.”
“That’s exactly why we need your Divine Skills,” Yan Yu said indifferently.
My Divine Skills… Li Zhikang was silent for a mont, ultimately resisting the urge to ask, “How do you know about my skills?” and simply said,
“To divine the person’s location, I at least need to see his Puppet. The more information I gather, the closer the divination will be to accuracy. And of course, this assus he does not have the power to interfere with the Heavenly chanism.”
“We’ll handle the Puppet,” Yan Yu said with a side glance, and Ye Jun imdiately sent out a ssage, signaling their sisters to start their operation.
The matter of luring out the opposing Puppet was left entirely to the two sisters, whose pretext was a change of mind about paying the appraisal fee to reassess the Elixir dicine they had seen before.
The other party was clearly tempted by the Primordial Spirit Replenishing Qi Pill and quickly agreed, providing a eting point.
Yan Yu and Ye Jun, together with Li Zhikang, hurried towards the eting spot. Ye Jun’s voice transmission ca through,
“Are you sure this old man really has the ability to find people? If the target senses the trap and escapes, luring him out again will be nearly impossible.”
“Of course,” Yan Yu answered, “Didn’t you notice he himself never said it was impossible?”
“I’m worried he’s overconfident,” Ye Jun said, “I’m concerned we might have one of those grandfathers who loves to talk big. They start off sounding confident but then get lost when it’s ti to perform.”
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