Watching as his descendants emerged from their seclusion, skillfully hiding their Ancestral Spirit Tablets on various parts of their bodies, Li Wei also returned from the Ancestor Space to the real world.
He, too, had his own things to do!
"Infuse the power of Rules into the husk."
Li Wei looked at this key point of the shortcut method, stretched his muscles and bones, left a spirit puppet in his place, and walked out the door again.
"Master." Yuexian saw Li Wei going out, her big eyes blinking. Master had rarely left the house these days.
"Master, your academy was already blown up during the Mystic Civilization's invasion. If you want to go to the academy now, it's a bit late."
"Listen to you."
Li Wei rolled his eyes. "Knowledge is power. Can't I just go out and catch up on some lessons?"
With a chuckle, Li Wei walked the familiar path to Grandma Ling's cave-dwelling and knocked on her door.
He hadn't expected a mechanical voice to reply from within: "Master is currently in a fierce battle with the Mystic Civilization. If you wish to request Master's artifact refining services, please deposit your payment into the 'Artifact Refining Fund' slot. No refunds."
"That's Grandma Ling for you, always so passionate about 'world peace'."
Learning that Grandma Ling was fighting a bloody battle on the front lines, Li Wei furrowed his brow.
He then went on another trip to Fifth Maiden's place, but Fifth Maiden was also out. It seemed the Star-Domain War Zone had urgent business with her.
When he telegraphed Boss Qi, there wasn't the slightest response. Li Wei figured Boss Qi was probably in the middle of fleeing.
"The world outside is in great chaos. Who else can I ask to take me on a trip?"
Looking around the entire villa area, to be honest, there weren't many people he trusted. Otherwise, he wouldn't have hidden his cultivation realm all this time.
Before, at Golden Core, it was still fine. Now, he was already at peak Divinity Transformation. Progressing so rapidly in such a short time would inevitably attract suspicion.
One must always be on guard.
As for Old Man Chen, the guard, he'd still be watching the gate even if the sky fell.
After thinking for a moment, Li Wei took a deep breath and instantly vanished from the villa area.
This California really was a small place. In just 20 minutes, he appeared on the still-bustling streets.
That sudden invasion by the Mystic Civilization hadn't caused too much of an impact. Those who had to ride flying swords to work still went to work.
The world now was more like "cyber-cultivation." The streets were filled with a mechanical feel, yet there were cultivators riding swords in flight—their flying swords even had tail flames.
Soon, Li Wei arrived at a dark corner.
He saw that from inside a shop filled with a sense of age, the singing of some unknown fiend was drifting out.
To the left, behind a half-man-high counter, stood a doorman. Further up was a glittering sign—[Glittering KTV].
"Singing? What room number?"
The doorman was dressed in a suit and leather shoes and didn't seem inclined to pay much attention to anyone.
Li Wei hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, instantly straightened his back, and performed the Salvation Army's standard pose.
His face flushed red as he shouted the passphrase, "Struggle for the glorious future of the Human Race!"
"One of us?!!"
The Salvation Army member instantly perked up and said furtively, "Follow me."
"I want to use your telegraph to speak with the leader. You can reply to headquarters that I am... I am the student who doesn't go to school."
"The student who doesn't go to school?"
The doorman was stunned for a moment but dared not be negligent.
He led Li Wei to a darkroom to tap out the telegraph message.
After a dozen or so rounds of confirmations that made Li Wei impatient, the Salvation Army member finally took out a secret treasure and crushed it.
Instantly, a holographic image of Teacher Xiao Qingluo appeared in the darkroom.
The first thing he saw was the sci-fi-like room setup behind Teacher Xiao and her long black robe.
"Hahaha, good kid! I knew one day you would understand me and join me."
Xiao Qingluo laughed heartily, looking gratified.
Li Wei rolled his eyes, but seeing that his teacher was still alive, he still felt a bit of relief.
After the doorman left, Li Wei got straight to the point. "Teacher, I know your influence is great. I have a small matter I'd like to trouble you with."
"Oh?" As Li Wei stated his request, Xiao Qingluo's brow furrowed tightly.
"You want the power of Rules that meets the minimum standard for Void Refining—and you need it in physical form?"
Seeing the difficult look in Teacher Xiao's expression, Li Wei frowned. "Is it a problem with Spirit Stones?"
"No. Things are tight outside recently. As you know, I was captured once, and everyone in the Salvation Army is wanted. I'll try to figure something out for what you need, but if it's the power of Rules you want, you can actually get it yourself."
Hearing this, Li Wei's eyebrow twitched slightly. "As expected of Teacher Xiao. I knew being your student wouldn't be a loss. The Salvation Army truly is an army of justice."
"You can stop flattering me." Xiao Qingluo smiled. "You can go off-planet, look for those planets that haven't been occupied by experts for cultivation. Some of those planets possess the power of the Rules. You just need to follow my method and install a device loaded with anti-matter into the planet's core."
"Off-planet?"
Li Wei raised an eyebrow slightly. He also needed to break through to Void Refining in the real world, and that kind of aura leakage would cause too big of a commotion.
He would have to go out for it anyway. "Thank you, Teacher."
Just as Li Wei was about to turn off the holographic image, Xiao Qingluo called out to stop him.
Xiao Qingluo said in a deep voice, "You stinky brat, you still haven't told me what you're going to use it for. Things haven't been peaceful recently, and Earth isn't very peaceful either. You'd better not mess around. The slightest misstep and you'll be arrested."
"What do I have to be afraid of?" Li Wei rolled his eyes. "I had an argument with the doorman. I'm preparing to use it to blow him up."
Hearing this, Xiao Qingluo's eyes lit up brightly. "Good! I'll support you completely. You just wait, I'll have someone send you a few anti-matter bombs!"
"Thank you, Teacher!"
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