After sending away the uninvited guests, the Redflower Pavilion reopened. Soon, a few customers walked in from outside.
From the moment Li Dong returned, Hu Yue `e had left by herself. Li Dong pushed open the door to the lounge on the second floor and saw Sister Yue` e sitting in front of the window in a daze, lost in thought.
"Sis, are you…alright?" Li Dong asked worriedly. From the day he met her, there would be a group of people with ulterior motives gathering around her from time to time. Even if her sworn brother was powerful and reliable, he still could not completely eliminate the uneasiness in her heart.
Hu Yue `e gently shook her head and did not turn back to look at him. She only asked in a low voice,""Xiaodong, are you still willing to stay by my side?”
"Sister, if I wasn't willing, why would I come back?”Li Dong leaned against the wall and crossed his arms as he smiled at her.""Sister, although you and I are not related by blood, we have been together for five years. Even if we are not family, we are already family. We really shouldn't shake the relationship between us just because of a few words from outsiders.”
" I…" Hu Yue `e stood up excitedly and looked at him, but the words she wanted to say were stuck in her mouth. She pursed her lips tightly and fell silent for a long time."Little brother is right. Big sister is really stupid. She shouldn't have listened to his nonsense. People like him don't know anything at all.”
Seeing that his sister had regained her usual cheerfulness, Li Dong's heart calmed down slightly. He said,"" Sister Yue'e, I need to talk to you about work in the future…"
"I'm sorry! Can we talk about this another day? " I want to be alone for a while. Xiaodong, you should go back first…" Hu Yue `e's voice suddenly trembled and even sounded like she was about to cry.
Li Dong knew that after today's farce, he had to give his sister a certain amount of time and space. Only when she thought things through would their relationship truly return to normal.
"I understand. Sister Yue'e, you must take good care of yourself, especially when I'm not by your side.”After saying that, Li Dong turned around and left the room.
Hu Yue `e stretched out her hand, wanting to persuade him to stay, but she stopped in mid-air. There were thousands of words in her mind, but she could not say a single word. She silently watched Li Dong leave, and her stubborn tears finally flowed uncontrollably. In the empty room, she cried alone, repeating a sentence to the air in a low voice,""I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…"
After leaving the Hongying Pavilion, Li Dong returned home. In his bedroom, he looked at the medical arts and array books and began to think about his future direction." There's hope for Lan 'er's injuries. With the Headmaster's medical skills, she will definitely be fine for a short period of time. During this period, I can focus on studying the medical arts. When I succeed, I will be able to cure her injuries.”
As for cultivation bases, they could only let nature take its course. The primordial qi of heaven and earth in the human world was thin, and cultivation speed was far inferior to that of the Mountain and Sea Realm. Without the aid of medicinal pills, it would take at least two years to reach the late Foundation Establishment stage. If they stayed in the Mountain and Sea Realm, they would only need a month at most. If it weren't for the fact that the Mountain and Sea Realm was so dangerous, many cultivators would choose to stay there for long periods of time.
In addition to his increased magical cultivation base, he had also gained a deeper understanding of the Dao of spell formations. After seeing the two teleportation portals in the Helan Mountain Valley and the Mountain and Sea Realm, he had begun to gain a basic understanding of how spell formations worked.
What was even more fortunate was that His Highness the Spiritual Venerable had released the Tomes of Arcane from his body and even gifted him with a Great Dao law that was not restricted by cultivation. This gave him a special idea in the understanding of arrays.
"Heavenly Book, appear!" Li Dong shouted out softly. A desk appeared out of thin air, and the surrounding space suddenly seemed to be in the universe. Countless stars shone and sat in the void. As the blank desk emitted a golden light, Li Dong's fingertips gently flicked a screen of light.
Just as Li Dong was reading the Tomes of Arcane, the little fox Su Qiaoqiao jumped out of the Universal Bag in her sleeve. However, when she saw the starry sky under her feet, she was so frightened that she danced in the air and pounced towards Li Dong. She landed solidly on his head.
Before Li Dong could flare up, he heard this dumbass shout in panic again,"Waaaah, I'm going to fall, I'm going to fall. What about Li Dong?”
The little fox messed up Li Dong's short hair, making him speechless. Seeing that Su Qiaoqiao was still unable to calm down, he shouted,"Qiaoqiao, calm down. This isn't the real void. You won't fall.”
"Wuuu?" Su Qiaoqiao quieted down after being yelled at by Li Dong. However, she continued to lie on his head in fear and refused to come down.
"Li Dong, what is this place?”Su Qiaoqiao's entire body trembled as she looked around. Upon careful observation, she realized that there was a mirror below, and Li Dong was sitting on this 'mirror', separating the celestial river and the starry sky into two worlds. However, the starry void was never as stable as the dark yellow earth.
"The legendary page of the Heavenly Book is a world owned by the laws of the Great Dao. Every galaxy represents a natural law.”
"The laws of nature?"
Su Qiaoqiao looked at the huge light screen in confusion, but she couldn't see anything clearly.
" The sun rises from the east, and the moon has its ups and downs. These are the definition of the natural universe that people interpret. However, there are also some laws that exist objectively before people have subjective consciousness, such as the passage of time, the change of space, the internal movement of things…The ancients discovered the five elements and created all kinds of spells through the interpretation of these laws.”
"Oh, I don't quite understand." Su Qiaoqiao tried her best to understand Li Dong's words. Even though she had transmitted some concepts of the Great Dao laws through the symbiotic contract, Su Qiaoqiao found that it was still unfamiliar and difficult to understand.
This was the difference in perception. It had nothing to do with one's talent or wisdom. Since ancient times, there had been no shortage of top talents, but there were only a few who could find the truth and create the good news for mankind. Moreover, there was no lack of people who were often regarded as mentally retarded teenagers when they were children.
What was comprehension? It could be said to be a flash of inspiration, or a thought that arose spontaneously when one saw something. It was very short and fleeting, but it seemed to grasp a certain underlying law, and this was Dao!
The Great Dao exists in a single thought. The ancients said: If you learn the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening!
" Wudao Wufa follows order, but it's not bound by order. It's the short form of all invisible laws. To describe it in an easy-to-understand term, it's metaphysics.”
At this moment, Li Dong took out Universe Creator and threw it into the distance under the little fox's puzzled gaze. At the same time, he shouted,"Heaven and Earth Open!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the surrounding space distorted rapidly. The Universe Creator seemed to have a black hole-like attraction force that swallowed all the stars. All light was lost in an instant, but the darkness did not last long. There was a sudden light in front of her eyes. The little fox slowly opened her eyes and saw the vast blue sky and the thick yellow earth. A man and a fox stood under this vast world, as insignificant as a speck of dust.
There was almost nothing here, only yellow soil, blue sky, and a simple and shabby thatched cottage. Li Dong carried the little fox in his arms and walked in. What did not match the size of the outside was that the space inside was very large, at least 500 square meters. He knew that this was the rule set by the person who made this magic treasure.
At this moment, the little fox jumped out of his arms and onto a wooden board. She quickly rushed to a wooden cabinet and rummaged through it. She took out many jade bottles and wooden boxes and immediately exclaimed in surprise,"Isn't this the storage space of your qiankun pouch?”
"Not bad."
"The spatial structure here has actually changed!”
"It didn't change. I just removed the restrictions here.”
"How is this possible!"
"Nothing is impossible. This place was originally made from a piece of heaven and earth. After being refined into a magic treasure, it will be greatly restricted. This restriction is not only on the magic treasure but also on the user himself. With the help of the Daoless Law, I avoided these restrictions. This is the magical part of the Heavenly Book.”
Li Dong smiled and walked to the center of the room. He condensed his spiritual sense and spread it out. Soon, a virtual 3D map of the manor appeared in front of him. This was his initial idea of the Universal World. Although this place was not like a virtual game where one could create everything with a thought, if it was managed properly, it was equivalent to a new world that belonged to one's own.
"Although I don't know who the person who made this magic treasure is, from the fact that he tore off a piece of heaven and earth as the core material of the magic treasure, it's not difficult to see that he must be a top figure in the world of self-cultivation. Unfortunately, he didn't plan to cultivate the Universal World, but only used it as a storage space.”
"And what I admire the most is that the space here has no boundary. The distant Dark Space Split seems to be the end of the space, but it can never reach there. This is not an illusion, but it is not a complete independent world.”Li Dong said.
" It's said that saints can create a new world by refining the art of earth, water, fire, and wind." Su Qiaoqiao exclaimed." A cultivator who can refine such a growth-type magic treasure must be at least infinitely close to a saint, right?"”
"Perhaps, but now that I've become its master, I naturally can't let this place continue to be abandoned. However, how should I use such a huge space?”Looking at the vast and boundless world, Li Dong was at a loss. In the end, he could only give up and say," Forget it, we'll talk about the rest later. Let's try planting something first…"
Su Qiaoqiao looked at him with black lines all over her face." It's the Huaxia branch of the human race after all. Their ancestral farming ideology…"
"Yes, I have it! I plan to first open up a field outside the house, then plant a forest around it.”Once he had an idea, he put it into action. Li Dong had taken a lot of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the Headmaster's Greenwood Residence. Their fallen leaves and fruits were naturally excellent seeds." But where can I get farm tools?" There was only a small hoe for tending to the flowers and plants at home, and there didn't seem to be any place in Canghai City that specialized in selling farming tools. Should he go back to his hometown and borrow his grandfather's hoe?”
"Li Dong, the Heaven Earth Origin Qi here is very thin. Are you sure these immortal flowers and spiritual herbs can survive here?”Su Qiaoqiao asked suspiciously when she saw Li Dong squatting on the ground and digging the ground with a small hoe before burying leaves, fruits, flower seeds, and other things into the small pit.
However, after carefully observing it for a while, it suddenly widened its eyes in surprise. When Li Dong buried those seeds in the pit, they actually carried an extremely pure spiritual qi. As the number of plants increased, the originally desolate and barren land gradually became fertile, and the yellow sand-like land became red soil.
" Therefore, I don't plan to use the Primordial Qi from the outside world to cultivate flowers and plants. Instead, I will use my own Spiritual Qi to transform them. Once the seed of Primordial Qi is planted, the World of Heaven and Earth will be filled with Spiritual Qi of the same origin as me. Others can only absorb the Primordial Qi produced by the World of Heaven and Earth at most, but they will not be able to use it to cast spells.”
" But that requires a lot of primordial qi, more than ten times the water of the Bohai Sea…"
"Yes, I know that this is not something that can be completed in a day or two. This is a huge project that will take a long time, but it doesn't matter because once it is completed, it will be a huge change for the entire cultivation world.”
At this point, Li Dong's mind moved, and the space slowly descended like a curtain of water. The furnishings of the apartment were displayed in front of him again. Suddenly, a ball of light flew into Li Dong's glabella. At this moment, Universe Creator had truly recognized him as its master.
Li Dong extended his right hand and opened a jade box that appeared out of thin air in his palm. Then, with a flip of his palm, the jade box disappeared again. It was extremely similar to the magic tricks on the streets.
" Yes, I can't store items that are more than five cubic meters in one go. I can store them ten centimeters away from my body through my spiritual sense, but the storage speed will be delayed by five to ten seconds due to the distance…It feels like a magic trick.”
After trying out all the furniture items in the house, Li Dong finally grasped some of the functions of Universe Creator.
The Cosmic Sleeve Bag was a spatial magic treasure. The appearance of the bag was just an appearance. It could change its shape according to the owner's wishes.
Looking at the simple and unadorned cloth bag on his waist, Li Dong willed it to become a fashionable one-shoulder bag. A chain connected to Li Dong's waist like a belt, firmly securing the bag to one side of his thigh.
Li Dong looked at the mirror and realized that it didn't seem to match the ancient costume. He thought about it and aimed his right sleeve at it. Then, the satchel disappeared with a puff.
"Yes, the sleeve can also become the medium of the World in the Sleeve. As expected of the World in the Sleeve. With such a magic treasure, the storage bag and even the magic treasure to collect people can be saved.”
At this point, Li Dong shouted at the little fox,""Speaking of which, it's your first time in the human world. How about I take you out for a walk?”
"Alright!" Su Qiaoqiao jumped up and down excitedly.
Suddenly, the doorbell of the apartment rang. After Li Dong put Little Fox into Universe Creator, he came to the door and looked out through the mirror. It was a police officer in a police uniform. He frowned and felt that it was a little strange, but he did not think too much about it. Hence, he opened the door. The police officer did not say anything and rushed in with a serious expression. He pushed Li Dong, who was blocking the door, away.
"Officer, what's the matter?”
"Oh, it's just a routine household survey to see if there are any illegal residents.”The police officer walked in by himself, ignoring Li Dong's reaction.
After a thorough search inside and outside the room, the serious expression on the police officer's face gradually eased. He casually said,""Alright, thank you for your cooperation."
After saying that, he quickly left. Seeing this, Li Dong's expression became even more solemn as he muttered to himself,"Looks like we can't stay here for the time being.”
The police officer's words and actions did not reveal any flaws at first. If it were anyone else, they would definitely not have any doubts about him. However, Li Dong was different. He had dealt with the police and the underworld for many years and had extremely strong observational skills. He could judge a person's occupation, living environment, personality, and even thinking mode from the minute details such as their speech, clothes, appearance, age, and even their eyes.
For example, the uninvited guest just now had a strange smell of alcohol, tobacco, and perfume on his body. It was obvious that he frequented bars, KTV, and other places with fireworks all year round. Moreover, there was something strange about his police uniform. There were traces of stitching and modification on his epaulet and badge, and the number of the police number did not belong to the district of Canghai City.
In such a sensitive period, pretending to be a police officer and going door-to-door to look for people was definitely not the behavior of the three major gangs in Cang Hai City. This was because the three major gangs were mostly related to the officials in Cang Hai City. If they really wanted to find someone, there was no need to use the risky trick of pretending to be a police officer.
Therefore, only the Hongwu Sect, a new force with a shallow foundation in Canghai City, was left.
Thinking of this, Li Dong felt a chill run down his spine. Who exactly was this Vast Martial Sect? They were actually able to quickly establish themselves in Cang Hai City in such a short period of time and even organize such a large-scale operation twice in a row.
"The background of this Vast Martial Sect is really terrifying.”Li Dong faintly felt that the dark forces he was facing this time were definitely not on the same level as the ones he had encountered in the past. It was likely that even the three gangs and nine sects combined could not compare to them.
"I'm afraid that even Uncle Qin won't be able to take down the Hong Martial School and the forces behind it, so I can only…"
Li Dong walked into the house and packed a few clothes and some scattered items. He locked the doors and windows and left the apartment. As soon as he walked out of the neighborhood, he vaguely felt six or seven gazes on him.
As expected! He had been targeted, but his pace did not change. He walked unhurriedly on the street as usual, appearing a little nonchalant. Soon, those stalkers slowly followed Li Dong in a fan-shaped formation.
There were many people on the street, and the person following them was hidden in the crowd. Li Dong relied on turning corners and entering the shops on the street to naturally observe the crowd behind him. In just an instant, he had a rough judgment.
These trackers were very professional. They did not have the lousy tracking skills of those third-rate hooligans. It was difficult to see any flaws in their clothing and behavior. Even if they passed by Li Dong, they would not stop. However, they would never let their target leave their sight for too long. At least one of them would keep an eye on Li Dong's movements and would not lose track of their target because of an unexpected situation.
Therefore, even though Li Dong had made many unexpected movements, the formation of the pursuers did not fall into disarray.
"Impressive. These people are top-notch even among the plainclothes policemen in the Criminal Investigation Department.”Li Dong secretly praised. He took out his phone and looked at the time. It was 16:26 p. m. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. Then, he quickened his pace and turned into the Garden Mall in the city center.
Li Dong knew very well that if these people were from the Vast Martial School, then they only had one real goal, and that was Sister Violet Orchid. They wanted to track me down to find Violet Orchid's hiding place.
"Ha, it's not that easy." Li Dong sneered in disdain and led them to the supermarket area on the first floor of the mall. He looked up and saw that it was exactly 16.30 pm. It was the discount time for the supermarket in Garden Mall.
As the iron gate of the supermarket opened, the people in front of them and behind them rushed forward, making a mess. It was especially hard to imagine how many aunties could burst out with such terrifying strength when they were not very strong. Seven or eight burly men could not enter, and they were all pushed to the side.
After disrupting the formation of the stalkers, it would be difficult to form a comprehensive tracking in a short period of time. Li Dong took the opportunity to take the elevator and went straight to the clothing city on the fifth floor. There were clothes for both boys and girls, and it was bustling with people. He casually walked into a popular adult clothing store. While the waiter was busy greeting other customers, he slipped into one of the six changing rooms without being noticed.
A few minutes later, a tall and thin woman in a white dress, a sun hat, and a white mask walked out of the changing room.
The 'woman' left the clothing store elegantly. Even the waiter at the door did not notice anything strange.
However, he didn't go directly through the main entrance of the mall. Instead, he took the elevator to the underground parking lot of the mall and prepared to leave through the second exit of the mall.
At this moment, an unfamiliar man dressed in black called out to him from behind,""Madam, please wait a moment…"
"What's the matter?" The white-robed 'woman' turned around and asked in a clear and melodious voice.
"Ah, no... I'm sorry, I got the wrong person.”The man smiled awkwardly and watched the woman in white leave.
Then, his companions surrounded him and asked curiously,""What's wrong? Is there anything suspicious?"
"No, it's nothing. I just feel that the woman's figure is very similar to the person our superiors want us to keep an eye on.”The person who stopped the white-clothed 'woman' said thoughtfully.
"It can't be, right? Ten minutes ago, the brothers of the Azure Dragon Hall reported the whereabouts of that kid. Logically speaking, it is impossible for him to escape so quickly. According to the information we have, that kid is just a freelance youth who dropped out of high school. He has no records of professional disguise training.”One of them denied.
The man nodded and dispelled his doubts. He agreed," It seems that I'm overthinking things. But then again, that woman's voice was so pleasant and pure. She must have a beautiful face. It's a pity that I didn't see her face clearly..."
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