Chapter 762 762 Answering Questions
"Mrs. Ye, why haven't we seen your three sons?" a prominent hero respectfully asked.
"The three brothers have not been feeling well these past few days, so they've been keeping quiet," Li Zangfeng suddenly replied on behalf of Ye Feifei.
"Oh, sick, are they?" The big man looked at Ye Feifei skeptically. He nodded and said to her, "If the three are ill, I wouldn't bully them by coming here again. But I couldn't resist dropping by—I hope you don't mind my visit."
Li Zangfeng cast a profound gaze at Ye Feifei, feeling somewhat guilty, and immediately held his tongue. Ye Feifei was a formidable woman, deft in managing Li Fu. Her prestige and methods could clearly be seen by all.
"Mrs. Ye, is there some hidden meaning here?" Seeing Ye Feifei remain silent, Baidu Chang Feng asked curiously.
"How could there be? It's merely the healer's advice to maintain a peaceful environment. As their condition improves, it's best they don't interact with the outside world, so…"
Although Li Qingyu had always been famous in his youth, that was all.
Ye Feifei glanced at Li Qingyu briefly and said with some surprise, "The healer said you need rest, yet here you are running around again?"
A healer? What kind of teacher in medicine?
After a brief hesitation, Li Qingyu quickly understood and replied with grievance, "Mom, staying home all alone is boring, so I sneaked out for a walk."
"Nonsense! When will you recover from your sickly appearance? Hurry back home now!"
Baidu Chang Feng almost rolled his eyes completely back, thinking he was being played for a fool. But he ultimately said nothing, instead giving a piercing glance at Feifei's teacup.
Li Qingyu suddenly relaxed upon realizing the tension dissipated. Earlier, a young beast had flown into the courtyard, scratching the wall with its claws while snatching sugar-coated hawthorn sticks.
Li Qing's face darkened immediately at the time. She scolded them, saying wild beasts should disappear before the situation escalated. She was planning to find a solution herself. But brother, you've made an entrance so lethal it's hard to resolve!
The beast blinked its large eyes and frowned towards the people below once before flying over to Li Zangfeng directly. It cared nothing for the odd glances of others and simply dreamed of devouring the sugar hawthorn.
Li Zangfeng: ?
For a moment, everyone was mesmerized by Li Zangfeng. Suddenly, a creature had jumped into the scene. His charisma was evidently so great—even beasts wouldn't disobey him.
Others were astonished. Li Qingyu breathed another sigh of relief. Fortunately, the clever little beast caught his signal. If not, explaining the incident now might have been impossible.
Seizing the moment while everyone's attention was diverted to the beast, Li Qingyu quietly slipped back into the room, shut the door, and quickly laid down to sleep, diving into his spiritual sea.
This time, God entered the palace of mind-reading technique.
The palace was slightly dark and eerily silent, with only a single chair engraved with a golden dragon placed secretly at the top of the chamber.
Li Qingyu used to sit on this seat often. Once, the deafening roar of a dragon had exploded in his ears. The next moment, a radiant violet light suddenly shattered the chains of darkness, illuminating everything like the echo of the dragon's roar.
The dragon's chatter continued, unknown to him. The violet light grew increasingly bright, its radiance breaking the palace's obscuring darkness entirely, revealing hidden stars in the sky. Among them, one star stood out dazzlingly—it was the star itself.
"Yes… the Violet Star?"
Li Qingyu had somewhat guessed that all of this was connected to his practicing of the starry realm. However, he never imagined he was summoning this extraordinary violet star! Li Qingyu couldn't contain his laughter—he finally understood why the Empire was shaken by his cultivation.
This left Li Qingyu puzzled, as Elder Wu had once told him that stars entering one's life would only appear after reaching a focused state of mind. Yet, somehow, he had bypassed this phase entirely, achieving the realm of star integration without even searching for the stars—a phenomenon unheard of.
"Such luck… unreal!"
Returning from the sea of consciousness, Li Qingyu stood again, slightly frustrated. He wanted to focus on cultivating, but his thoughts were scattered. How could cultivation feel this uninspired?
His efforts and experience failed to solve any real problems. Quietly, Li Qingyu resolved not to waste his fantasy completely.
Besides attaining a connection with the stars, this time's biggest achievement was ascending within the martial arts world to the peak of third-level organ cultivation.
The lungs, liver, kidney, heart, and spleen were saturated, particularly with purity. However, the drastic increase in cultivation power had resulted in significant aftereffects—the control of the five essences had become peculiar.
Apart from the naturally awakened fire essence, which could be barely controlled, the other four were as wild as unbroken steeds, entirely untamed. Li Qingyu spent half an hour sweating to rein them in but to no avail.
"It seems I'll need to reach the Dan Yuan realm to achieve balance in essence control. Hah, mastering true martial virtue will take more time indeed."
Li Qingyu felt a renewed sense of melancholy. He couldn't help but contemplate a philosophical question again: Why was cultivation so difficult? Really… why?
In truth, shortcuts in cultivation were few. Step by step progress was slow but rooted strongly in principle.
Li Qingyu's current level was equivalent to high school within the Ming Dynasty, and jumping repeatedly from lower to higher grades proved challenging—his progress spoke for itself.
However, fortunately, the Kingdom wouldn't tolerate deception in combat, which offered him some comfort.
"Wow!"
"Come here!"
The door opened abruptly, and Li Qingyu was immediately summoned, "Mom."
Ye Feifei cast a sharp glance at Li Qingyu. At this moment, he no longer concealed his realm. Sure enough, the aura of his hidden third-level cultivation leaked out. This surprised him slightly, yet also proved...
Though Li Qingyu refused to acknowledge the phenomena earlier, Ye Feifei could clearly affirm that the one stirring natural anomalies must have been her youngest son, as one could infer from Li Qingyu's cultivation level.
Hence, Ye Feifei refrained from reprimanding Li Fu—her reasoning in this was clear.
Ye Feifei felt both anger and satisfaction.
She was angry because Li Qingyu wouldn't tell his biological mother the truth. Could her own child really not trust her? Even feral tigers wouldn't harm their cubs!
But she was comforted by Li Qingyu's cautiousness. Her greatest fear was that youthful recklessness might spark public indiscretions one after another, putting her son in danger.
Yet Ye Feifei clearly thought too much. Li Xiaosheng proved far shrewder than she could've imagined. His careful crafting of words showed emotional maturity far beyond his mere 15 years.
Ye Feifei gazed deeply into Li Qingyu's earnest yet regretful eyes, helplessly rubbed her temples, and proclaimed, "Alright, let's leave today's matter here. Remember the promise I just made!"
Li Qingyu hurriedly nodded, his reply sincere, if nothing else.
"Oh, by the way, I've heard you brought Li Yanran back recently?"
Li Qingyu was startled by the question. Has Li Yanran come back again? Mother, are you truly incapable of backing off?
"No…"
"I know you're growing up. In the wake of this year, you've become a man. It's time to start thinking about marriage!"
"No…"
Li Qingyu immediately rushed to respond. He wasn't old enough yet! How could anyone discuss marriage at this phase? He was barely at Earth's junior high level—the thought of marriage at 18 was simply absurd!
Unfortunately, Ye Feifei didn't give Li Qingyu an opportunity to explain. "In two days, your father will return. We'll discuss the matter with him then!"
Ye Feifei left delighted, leaving Li Qingyu alone in a room full of chaos.