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"There are seven in total."
"Then they're all up there."
Yukinoshita Yukino said, pointing up, and Mei was stunned and said in confusion: "Huh?"
What does it mean?
When Mei and Yukino follow the passage up to the temple above, they will know the answer. Walking down the sci-fi metal corridor to a room full of containers filled with unknown liquids, Yukino felt like complaining.
Outside, it was an ancient pyramid. Inside, it was a modern laboratory. This strange contrast was so strong that an ancient person like Mei didn't feel anything. But a modern person like Yukino wanted to express the subtle feeling in her heart in words.
Especially when this sci-fi laboratory was called a temple, and a group of immortals dressed in silk clothes appeared.
When she saw the celestial beings, Xue Nai wanted to say that if you knew they were celestial beings, it would be fine. If you didn't know, you would think they were gang members from somewhere. The colors of their hair could form the colors of the rainbow. She looked at the "temple" and didn't see Li Mo, so she stood there without moving.
Instead, Mei walked up to them and chatted with everyone.
"Chrysanthemum, peach blossom, osmanthus, and orchid, are you all here?" The fairies who were here were very happy.
Mei lived with the immortals from the time she was created by the Grandmaster to the time she was driven out of Penglai by Lian. At that time, most people practiced the first four of the five cultivation methods, and the art of sex was placed at the end. This was probably because the Grandmaster did not like some of the concepts of the art of sex. The immortals at that time actually lived the same life as ordinary people, but they did not realize it.
Lan said, "Sister, it's not us who came. It's us who were caught."
There was no bitterness on his face. If he lost to the opponent by one move, he would show a bitter and regretful expression. But when the opponent was too strong, he didn't feel that way.
The opponent is a monster.
A real monster.
Even her brother, Lian, was no match for that man. What about me and the others?
Therefore, even if she was caught, Lan could face it with a calm attitude.
Mei smiled and said, "Anyway, it's good that we can all get together."
Lan: "In fact, my brother has always hoped that you could come back. If you no longer oppose the Waidan Method, then it will be fine."
Lian shook her head and said, "This matter has passed. The external alchemy method will come to an end."
With the external alchemy as the introduction, the communication started. Mei was very interested in everyone's reunion, and for a while, both sides had endless topics to talk about. Orchid, hibiscus, and peony all became the objects of communication.
For a moment, the place was bustling with activity, but Yukino stood there as an outsider.
Should I leave?
Li Mo was not here, but just standing here disturbing the conversation between the siblings seemed to be a very troubling thing.
If someone interrupts my conversation with my sister, how will she react? Will she get angry? According to what Li Jun said, my sister loves me, so why can't I see anger on her face?
Is it disguise?
After a pause, Xue Nai prepared to leave. She could go to the library, which was also installed by Li Mo. According to his saying, the contents of the rest books are all in the brain.
After seeing how the other party built the pyramids, she no longer thought it was an exaggeration. Moreover, she had heard that some geniuses on Earth could turn their brains into a library, and they could find any books they had read and any knowledge they had learned at any time, just like finding a book in a library.
"Where is the Minister going?"
Not long after leaving the room, Xue Nai heard Li Mo's voice in her ear. She was no exception to this kind of mysterious situation. After seeing Li Mo disappear in front of her in an instant, she would no longer find it strange.
She responded to Li Mo: "I'm going to the library."
"The library... what a coincidence. I have a mission. Minister, are you willing to help?"
"Hmm? Something to do with the library?"
Li Mo nodded.
Yukinoshita Yukino said: "Okay, I'll help you."
There's nothing to do anyway.
On the other side, Lian walked into the laboratory and saw the people whose conversation had come to an abrupt end. And the familiar person wearing strange clothes. "Long time no see, Mei."
Mei, who looked good in her sailor suit, said, "Long time no see, Lian."
Chapter 667 Black and White
Lotus and Plum, the first two celestial beings.
Compared to Mei, Lian is so perfect. Mei cannot change gender, jump between men and women. But Lian can... Many years ago, I once asked the master why Lian can do what I can't do?
The master's answer was perfunctory, and he just took a nap and passed it off. As a result, I never got the answer. Now I know that if I trace it back to the past, I know the result.
Lian is a celestial being, and so am I. But I am only a celestial being, and Lian is more than just a celestial being.
She is also the Grandmaster's companion.
"Let's talk about business first. First of all, we can abandon our original approach." Lian had no intention of continuing to reminisce about the past and said directly.
Lan asked: "Brother, do you want to give up 'Pangu'?"
"We just gave up the practice of attracting people from outside to cultivate 'Pangu' and chose to cultivate 'Pangu' in other ways instead."
Lian paused and said steadily: "That person said that he would help cultivate 'Pangu'."
"Brother, what's the price? There's no such thing as pie in the sky, right?" Lan said, "Besides, there was a conflict between us and him."
If the two sides were equal in strength, it would most likely be a fight to the death. The current situation was entirely due to the inequality in the strength of the two sides. In his eyes, he and others were like babbling babies, not worth mentioning.
Even though he had lived on the island for his entire life, Ke Lan knew that there was always a price to pay for every gain. This was the case with the cultivation of external elixirs. External elixirs could indeed increase the speed of cultivation, but for everyone, the price to pay was extremely heavy, and they had to abandon everything they had before. Everyone was suppressing some kind of emotion in their hearts, whether it was sadness or pain. Even if they were unwilling, they could only go on numbly.
So, what is the cost of this?
"He asked for two things. The first was knowledge, which I was to provide."
Knowledge, all the knowledge about the celestial beings, all the knowledge handed down by Xu Fu, and all the knowledge you have studied.
Useful or useless, anyway, it is all knowledge.
When I heard such words from him, I heard an incomparable greed. He was wearing a crescent-shaped white Taoist robe, and he really looked like an immortal. His indifferent expression and indifference to everything in the world were beyond the mundane world. He looked more like an immortal than us who called ourselves "celestial immortals." But when he said those words, the greed he revealed showed the shadow of a human being.
"And the second thing..." Lian paused and said, "He wants to be our leader."
He stated his request tactfully.
At that time, Li Mo's original words were, I need your loyalty.
……
……
"Actually, I don't really like the word loyalty. People are multifaceted, just like a coin, with two sides. You can see the front side, but can you see the back side?"
Knowing the face but not the heart.
He did not have the ability to read minds or telepathy. He might be able to find relevant knowledge in 103,000 magic books. But he had never looked for it. What was the point of knowing other people's hearts? Instead of wasting time on it, he should invest his energy into growth.
Many difficulties cannot be solved with words, but fists can solve most of the difficulties. Even the difficulties between people can be solved in the same way as the person who raised the difficulty.
Yukino held the book in her hand and said, "But you still use this kind of rhetoric, don't you?"
Li Mo glanced at the book in Xue Nai's hand. It was his summary of "Qi" during this period. All the words in it were hidden in his mind. He could present all the contents in his mind at any time, so there was no need to write them down in words.
But now that it’s written, what’s the point of saying so much?
"Yeah, this is probably an overreaction. When doing many things, you have to overreact." Li Mo said.
After experiencing so many worlds, Li Mo deeply understood one thing. The world is not a sophisticated machine with gears running in perfect harmony. It is just a rough platform, a crude machine, a program that runs with various bugs.
People are too complicated. A society made up of people becomes complicated. Everyone has their own ideas and interests. Fortunately, I haven't encountered anyone who is difficult to deal with along the way. Most people who are difficult to convince, such as Kotomine Kirei, can be humanely destroyed.
If one really wants to win back Kotomine Kirei and correct his character flaws, that would be very troublesome.
Yukino: "I just think you made a slip of the tongue."
"Hehe, well... it's because the celestial beings and I are using our relationship, which is a transaction. Transactions don't require talking about feelings, so there's no need to think too much."
Yes, a deal.
Xueno heard this word from Li Mo again.
She said, "You seem to be disgusted by this word?"
"I feel disgusted but also like it. How should I put it... The transaction with the immortals is an exploitation. This is my second attempt. Will I change because of this approach?" Li Mo said.
Now it seems that this behavior of cultivating others and harvesting their knowledge is an investment behavior of capitalists. I invest in you in the early stage, so that you have sufficient funds to display your talents, and when you grow up, I will get more money.
The same is true for me. I provide others with what they want, and then wait for time to ferment slowly, so that I can get what I want. The advantage of doing this is that I can invest in others with the waste that I don’t value and don’t need. Isn’t it good to exchange knowledge for it?
Maybe that knowledge is useless to me, but it can expand my horizons and allow the "Pseudo-Simulated Star Creation Map·Mysterious Base" to grow sufficiently.
"We've already taken the first step, so keep going. If you're worried that you will change in the future, just remember your original intention." Yukino said casually.
Li Mo said: "I didn't expect the minister to say such reasonable words. I am not worried anymore."
"Speaking of which, how are you going to help cultivate Pangu?" Xue Nai had learned about the content of the transaction between the two parties. Tianxian used the information accumulated over hundreds of years in exchange for Li Mo's support for them in terms of materials.
The key point is "qi".
The energy required by Pangu is very high, with high requirements for quantity and quality. So much so that Lian is ready to use the entire human population of Japan to cultivate Pangu.
Li Mo said: "The essence of Qi is the combination of spirit and vitality. For me, it is something that is readily available, just like my saliva, which is endless."
"That's disgusting."
"Isn't this metaphor wonderful enough? I haven't even taken the third path yet." Li Mo said, "I'm actually very curious, Miss, after reading the comics and knowing what they did, how do you think you should deal with them?"
“Those things haven’t happened yet.”
"However, many people died because of them in the background of the story. In the eyes of the minister, the world should be black and white, so what does the minister think?"
Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at Li Mo, was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I will give you an explanation in the end."
Chapter 668 "Pangu" and "Grandmaster"
The "end" that Yukino mentioned must be the time when we leave the Hell Paradise, right?
Li Mo was looking forward to Xue Nai's answer. What kind of person would Second Miss become under his influence? Just thinking about this made people look forward to it.
He used to like an unchanging environment, which meant he could live in his comfort zone forever. It's like giving adults the right to choose whether to return to childhood, then most of the time everyone would choose to go back.
Childhood is beautiful. Is it because of the beautification of memory? Or is it really beautiful? Or maybe it is because the drastic changes faced after adulthood make people have no time to care about other things.
Are the things you can't get the most beautiful? No, the things you lose and can never get back are the most beautiful.