Chapter 757 757: Similarities
Then he asked Elder Wu: "You say this is the ocean as you know it. Now does he know the sea palace in your heart? Try to observe and adapt—perhaps it connects to the Imperial Palace!"
Li Qingyu was not a fool, and his method of inquiry inspired Elder Wu as well.
"Logically, I want to first understand the ocean, and then grasp the palace through its pure waters. Although my knowledge of the sea has utterly dried up for the small beasts, what similarities are there between small beasts and the palaces of wisdom within structures of knowledge?"
"Hmm, though there are some differences, palaces are solid!"
Li's eyes sparkled brighter. If these words were true, then wouldn't this passage be what suddenly gave him a clearer understanding of the ocean? It should inspire vitality.
No surprises—wild beasts have always whispered to God, and now they continually resisted? A pair that wanted to flee with him.
Li Qingyu was ruthless, just too cruel. A forgotten beast truly couldn't defeat him—but that wasn't the point. It was only the song!
Li Qingyu mused aloud: "How are you doing?"
"Uh, uh, uh!"
Indeed, Sai Ping was nowhere to be seen. Li Qingyu's head throbbed. Why are you so stubborn?
Elder Wu was a beast, ignorant. What he spoke in his heart was only evil, his eyes fixated on fighting?
"Anyone else?"
Li Qingyu was truly saddened and said with sympathy, "Half the house is destroyed."
"Destroyed?" Elder Wu drew a cold breath. He felt like he had wasted half his life. It was so ugly—he didn't even realize the palace of knowledge had collapsed.
Elder Wu kept pondering what was wrong with Li Qingyu—what happened to him?
Wait a minute. The Great Officer's body trembled. How could he have forgotten?
"Did you go to the palace?"
Li Qingyu's face pained him. That was the teacher who had imprisoned his own heart. Let's not bring that person pulling at exposed scars.
When Elder Wu saw Li speak so calmly, he grew uneasy. He lightly shook his shoulder, blushed, and said: "You are well-informed about the seabed. How large is it? I mean it!"
"So you're saying the sea is this vast—what's going on then?" Li Qingyu was also confused by Elder Wu's eccentric and nameless behavior. A distracted beast slipped from his hand—such murmurs weren't good for the brain.
Thus, like the body of a small beast, the melon-headed collapse was actually a severe form of martial arts!
Li Qingyu could not tolerate this. He grabbed the beast's hand, repeatedly smashing it against the melon-headed surface until it died.
Though palaces suffer destruction, it's not that, and it doesn't cause harm, does it? And yet, he still treated the small beasts this way! However, deep down, when dealing with harm, his master must not tolerate evil. How dare he hit me, rebel—well, that's just another head melting into death.
The beast covered its head with its hands. On one hand, it complained while staring at Li Qingyu. "Please change the color of the bullet."
"You dare not go mad?"
The small beast's bones creaked.
"You dare not commit foul crimes?"
The small beast's bones continued creaking.
These challenges only lessened the enjoyment of confronting the beast—other than Old Man Wu, could anyone really hold up under this?
"Hahaha, God bless the winds of Wu Country!" The ocean, oh, the ocean—I truly do not regret being human!"
Elder Wu burst into wild laughter—a laugh that echoed like thunder in a cupboard. Li Qing's curiosity for words was insatiable. What kind of laughter was this? Laughing, crying?
The small beast looked at Elder Wu in confusion, thinking—was it this serious? Was there fear?
Elder Wu wiped away his laugh and dried his tears, quietly murmuring to comfort Li Qingyu: "If you say so, well then, fine!"
Li Qingyu would not openly criticize the darkness. Knowing that Elder Wu was powerful, Li Qingyu realized Elder Wu must be a man with a story. But seeing Elder Wu now, something about it didn't seem right.
Silently, Li Qingyu regarded Elder Wu as a character from novels he'd read in his lifetime. A long silence fell before Elder Wu finally said nothing more.
Looking closely, Elder Wu's many expressions were contradictory—pride, joy, uprightness, release...
At last, thousands of words condensed into a sigh: "I'm tired."
Li Qingyu recognized that Elder Wu was sending him away and respectfully took his leave.
But as he departed from advising Elder Wu, Li Qingyu felt like a cool and composed relative had bid him farewell.
"Since you are my teacher, then no matter what burdens you carry, I will look after things many times over! That is to say, even if you do not speak now, sooner or later, I will compel you to reveal everything!"
Standing at the door, it seemed as if Li Qingyu uttered something quietly, then slowly dragged his body toward the sunlight.
In the Scripture Pavilion, Elder Wu shed a few quiet tears: "That rascal is truly vexing. How dare he make his teacher cry. Tomorrow, he shall die!"
However, Elder Wu's face was alight with a comforting smile.
Li Qingyu lay in his room, often uneasy, but one day accidentally stained with blood.
Looking at the beast, Li Qingyu said, "Am I truly someone special?"
The little beast rolled its eyes—it couldn't make sense of Li Qingyu's words. It seemed to be a feeling—sudden yet forceful.
Even so, Li Qingyu felt that there were more lost creatures out there than one could imagine, but no paths forward emerged.
"I don't think I can shatter this palace, but I must admit this is truly meaningful."
The beast stared at him for a long while. Who had deceived it until now?
Li Qingyu ceased to mind the beast and instead spoke to it as if he were confessing: "Of course, that was my fault. I apologize, but these three beast eggs should shift my responsibility towards you. How about it, are you willing?"
Upon hearing about the beast eggs, the creature's eyes lit up, and it nodded fiercely. This time, even Li Qi was amazed.
If, in the original world, Li Qingyu had merely adhered to a single thread to connect himself, preventing anything else, then by all means, let the monster come! After all, the original owner of this body was such a pitiable force...? To not squander the emperor beast's treasure, Li Qingyu began working promptly.
Yet there's an old saying: "The good often can't keep pace with the changes."
That's exactly how Li Qingyu now viewed his own body. Who could have predicted that after a half-day's song on treasure-hunting, he'd catch such cargo from this beastly pit? Monsters and beasts inside and out!
It could be said that without shedding animal blood, Li Qingyu could not have succeeded.
It was a giant egg.
Even Hamlet would say: "To go, or not to go?" That is the question! What—do your words signify life or death? No—will you go or not? Why?
Li Qingyu was almost certain. But from last year's single vein revealed, among the two brothers, one would undoubtedly elevate himself!
So...
"What—you want to throw yourself into all the veins alone?"
The next morning, in the rear garden of the Li Mansion, Ye Yufei and his mother sat at a stone table, rarely dining together.
After a night's reflection, Li Qingyu finally found resolution as desired.
"No!" Ye Yufei refused without a second thought, ignoring Li's whispered suggestions.
Are you joking? It's the depth of winter, snow is falling—veins? Isn't that certain death?
In Ye Yufei's view, Li Qingyu's intentions were joyful, but if pursuing the veins of all beasts meant forcing two brothers into issuing orders from Zhao Wuji, what sense was there in that?
Thus, Li Qingyu scared even Li Zanfeng, casting a wary glance.
Li Zanfeng laughed and spoke: "Even though both the third brother and second brother know you aren't happy with this idea, it's far too dangerous! Therefore, in my opinion, it's better to abandon this plan—why worry the family for no good reason?"
Is that all? Li Qingyu fell silent at once. How excellent do you have to be? As you set foot into this, you should tread carefully. Today, blind thoughts brew within the Imperial Palace—who knows what conflicts bind us like this prosperity?