flstandardbreds Chapter 165: Another Phase of Getting Back Home
Chapter 165: Another Phase of Getting Back Home
It's that familiar ceiling again, that familiar "fragrance," that familiar toilet.
Unfortunately, even after spending four or five years in Demon Slayer, Li Muyang had no interest in reminiscing about his school days and turned to find his father.
After rushing home, Li Muyang called out to his bewildered father, Li Yunfei, and eagerly explained:
"Dad! I got my hands on a few dragon vein eggs!"
Well, I promised my dad that if I got anything interesting, I'd show it to him. This dragon vein egg should be something he'd be interested in, right?
Li Yunfei's expression gradually changed from bewilderment to even greater bewilderment, and then he suddenly slapped himself hard across the face... Truly, father and son are alike; they reacted exactly the same way!
Stunned, Li Yunfei touched his aching face and asked mechanically, still somewhat dazed, "What did you say you got your hands on?"
Li Muyang didn't bother with any nonsense and showed his father a dragon vein egg.
Li Yunfei stared at the dragon vein egg in front of him, his eyes widening as he fell silent once again.
After a long while, he slapped himself hard across the other side of his face, and it felt even harder than the first slap!
Looking at his son grinning foolishly, Li Yunfei didn't know what to say. After taking several deep breaths, he earnestly admonished, "Next time... you'd better take it easy. I feel like you're going to scare my little heart out!"
This kid really trusts him!
Without further ado, he pulled Li Muyang through the portal to his laboratory. This was one of the few times Li Muyang had entered Li Yunfei's laboratory, and he felt that there were many changes since the last time he came in.
Li Muyang obediently followed his father, resolutely daring not to touch any items, for he dared not make any careless mistakes!
The two arrived at a room that appeared to be testing equipment.
After Li Yunfei's antics, the shock in Li's father's eyes intensified.
Holy crap! Where on earth did you go, buddy, digging up the dragon vein of Mount Tai in the world?!
Even if this is just an unborn embryo compared to the Taishan Dragon Vein of their own world, it doesn't change the fact that it is the Taishan Dragon Vein!
"...Are you planning to integrate into your little world?" Li Yunfei turned his head and asked, "This thing can only contain one Taishan dragon vein in a world; it's a unique destiny."
Li Muyang nodded obediently. Li Yunfei took a deep breath. He had learned a lot from his son.
He immediately grabbed Li Muyang and tried to get into the spirit beast gourd...
Not knowing what he had done, Li Yunfei stood there dumbfounded, and Li Muyang also looked puzzled. What was going on?
Li Yunfei scratched his head awkwardly, muttering to himself in confusion, "How come I didn't notice last time that the low-level backdoor I set up in your gourd had been erased..."
Li Muyang (???): Huh?! What did you say?
Realizing he had misspoke, the father looked embarrassed and ingratiating as he leaned closer to his son and explained, "Ahem! Don't misunderstand, your dad was just afraid you'd be fooled. The only purpose of this backup plan is to allow me to enter the gourd directly when I'm near it."
"I never expected it to be erased..." Li Yunfei complained, somewhat annoyed. This was a basic, hidden function, which shouldn't be able to be erased. Such unreasonable methods must be beyond the rules!
Li Muyang just pursed his lips and didn't say anything when his father "explained" to him. Goose hadn't told him this either. Both of them were keeping it from him. His father wasn't the type to keep secrets. Now, this muttering was just a reminder to Li Muyang: Your dad may have lied to you, but the one who modified the gourd for you probably didn't tell you this either.
Never mind, that's not important right now!
Li Muyang led his father into the gourd and took him directly to a spiritual vein, where he placed a dragon vein egg inside.
In an instant, the power of the spiritual vein was rapidly absorbed! Even the concentration of spiritual energy in the gourd decreased significantly.
But soon, the dragon vein egg began to feed back, and a rich spiritual energy surged out, even the originally light blue spiritual vein began to have a golden aura.
Supreme Gold Edition! It's just amazing!
Although it's still some distance from replenishing the spiritual energy it absorbed, judging by this efficiency, it should soon be back in balance! After that, it will slowly promote the formation of the dragon vein!
Seeing that there were no problems, Li Yunfei breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't say anything more, just silently recorded some data, and then left Li Muyang to go back to the lab.
Yes, Father Li still remembers that his son said there were several dragon vein eggs, not just one!
The dragon vein egg was indeed very precious, a treasure enough to enable an evolution in a small world, but Li Yunfei had no intention of taking it from his son. He simply instructed him to hide it well and never show it to anyone!
This was the first time Li Yunfei had ever seen a dragon vein merge into a spiritual vein. In his memory, he had only ever seen a spiritual vein evolve into a dragon vein, a process that was extremely slow. This direct fusion of a dragon vein with another was truly rare! After all, how could a dragon vein be fused with another?
This kind of development doesn't usually happen!
Even in Li Yunfei's imagination, he didn't dare ask Li Muyang where he got the item! Whether someone gave it to him or Li Muyang stole it himself, the reason was no longer important now that the item was here! What mattered was whether his son could protect it!
How can one easily let go of a treasure that has been obtained?
It can only be said that Li Yunfei probably couldn't have imagined that in another world's Ming Dynasty, there was such a powerful person who actually wanted to kill all the dragon veins and gather power to form a divine dynasty.
After Li Yunfei left, Li Muyang quickly integrated the remaining dragon vein eggs into other spiritual veins. These were all carefully selected locations, and the six dragon vein eggs basically covered the entire small world.
For a moment, looking out at the distant view of the small world, one could feel that the whole thing was radiating a faint golden light!
After finishing with the Dragon Vein Egg, Li Muyang returned to his home in Heian-kyo and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then asked Goose, "You must know about the backup plan my dad left for the gourd, right?"
Goose: "Nonsense! It's such a big back door, anyone can see it!"
Li Muyang's lips twitched. Hmm, was he even human?
He had done some research beforehand and still didn't sense anything wrong!
Goose continued to explain, "Don't blame me for not telling you. No matter what your father's reasons were for setting up this backdoor, I don't think I should be the one to tell you. Otherwise, it would be seen as trying to sow discord between you and your father. As an AI that understands human relationships, I would never do something so thankless and foolish!"
Li Muyang scratched his head, both amused and exasperated: "That's not what I meant..."
"Then what else could you mean?" Goose rolled his eyes and complained, "I know, young people, they're in their rebellious phase, they all want to break free from their parents' control. Sigh! Don't explain, it's common knowledge that explanations are just cover-ups, and cover-ups are the truth!"
Li Muyang still wanted to deny it...
"No need to explain. Let me tell you what explanation is. Explanation is explaining the reasons for changes in things, the connections between things, or the laws governing the development of things through observation and thinking. Your explanation is just to cover up, and what you are covering up is the truth. The truth is the beginning of evil. Humanity's love of covering up is the greatest tragedy of mankind."
Goose's relentless吐槽 (tu cao, a form of online criticism) continued.
Li Muyang, embarrassed and angry, turned around and went to Bai Yuxiu and Feng Ling'er to whine and act cute... 555, Yuxiu~ Ling'er~ That wretched capitalist penguin, Goose Boss, bullied me~
Bai Yuxiu (=°w°)ノ: Pat pat, sweetie~
Wind Chime (?｀w′?): Hey~ Old Li, are you being cute or just being cheeky?! Where are you touching?! Can't you tell Old Li is faking it, Xiu Xiu? Fine… I'm jealous! I need Xiu Xiu to comfort me too! 555~
The girl shouldered a responsibility she shouldn't have had to bear!
Yes, I'm referring to Bai Yuxiu.
The Shennong Beast and Xiaobai on the side gave each other disdainful looks, and Ma Ge snorted and sneezed, the contempt in his eyes was self-evident!
After playing around for a while, the Shennong Beast walked over, kicked Li Muyang in the waist, and said, "Old Li, I've activated a new function here, want to try it out?"
"WTF! Don't kick me here! What if you break it? Can you afford to pay for it?" Clutching his aching back, Li Muyang shouted in a mix of grief and indignation. This guy's strength is getting stronger and stronger! His six-dimensional data is improving much faster than his own!
Hmm... After thinking about it carefully, Li Muyang felt that he might not be able to beat the stay-at-home dad at home.
Moreover, it used to be called Muyang, Muyang. The obedient Shennong beast of yesteryear has turned into a silly husky! Is it because the temperature of its living environment is too high, affecting its intelligence?
Shennong Beast narrowed its eyes: "I have a feeling that you're thinking something very impolite, Lao Li!"
Li Muyang's lips twitched: "How could that be? We're friends~ Family~"
The Shennong Beast curled its lip. Fine, this divine beast won't stoop to your level! Instead, let me show you my new feature! It'll blow your mind! You'll be begging for it like crazy!
Then, Shennong Beast closed its eyes, and a round bead radiating a strong aura of life and soul gradually condensed between its brows. Soon after, the bead burst out with light, enveloping Bai Yuxiu and Feng Ling'er.
The moment the two women were exposed to the light, they suddenly felt a stuffy heat in their bodies, as if something was about to burst out of them.
This premonition grew stronger and stronger until, actually, a phantom image gradually emerged from the two of them!
Upon closer inspection, the phantoms bore a striking resemblance to the real people. As the Shennong Beast's light intensified, the phantoms gradually solidified! At least from Li Muyang's perspective, they had indeed become more tangible! They were products of reality!