Chapter 278

280. Chapter 280: The Continuing Nightmare

"Is this the Gang Qi mastered by a Meridian Cultivation Realm martial artist?"

On the top floor of the Heping Financial Building, Li Yi looked calmly at the intangible aura coiling in his hand. This aura surged from within his body, nurtured with Qi and blood as the foundation. It looked weak and could be extinguished with a pinch, but in reality, it was endless and the Gang Qi was tough. If refined further with a certain method, this Gang Qi would be tempered into steel and become indestructible.

Li Yi gripped with one hand, as if catching a breeze, and waved his hand.

An intangible aura flew out like a sharp blade, severing a piece of furniture ten meters away. The cut was smooth, and the sharpness was evident.

"However, my Qi and blood are too vast. It will take a long time of refining to transform this Qi and blood into Gang Qi. Moreover, the Meridian Cultivation methods of the Four Great Families each have their own strengths and weaknesses. The Fan family's Zhou Tian Gang Qi focuses on defense, strangling enemies at close range; the Zhao family's Hundred-Refined Gang Qi focuses on attack, condensing Gang Qi into blade Gang and sword light to kill instantly; the Qi family's Innate Fist Gang emphasizes attacking without defending, breaking enemies with fists; while the Meng family's Ten Directions Gang Qi takes a different path, manipulating Gang Qi to kill from a hundred paces away, with the longest attack range."

Li Yi recalled the four Meridian Cultivation methods in his mind.

The essence was actually about the same, just the direction of Gang Qi cultivation was different.

The reason for this was that the Qi and blood of a Meridian Cultivation Realm expert were limited, and the Gang Qi that could be condensed was also limited. Under these circumstances, one's own Gang Qi had to make trade-offs. By focusing on one aspect, one was destined to give up some things.

If your Gang Qi's killing power was strong, your defense would be weak; if your defense was powerful, you were destined to be inferior to others in long-range killing.

"The people of the Four Seas and Bazhou have not evolved, their quality is relatively poor, and their Qi and blood are not full enough, which is why their Meridian Cultivation methods have drawbacks. But I am different. My Qi and blood far exceed those of ordinary Meridian Cultivation Realm martial artists. Others cultivate one type of Gang Qi, I can cultivate four. By taking the strengths and making up for the weaknesses, my Gang Qi will be stronger than any of theirs."

Li Yi lowered his head slightly and pondered at this moment: "But this will also take more time."

With plenty of time, he could naturally do this, but besides refining Gang Qi, he also had to evolve his body, so time was becoming insufficient.

Therefore, he had to make trade-offs.

Finally, Li Yi decided on two types of Gang Qi, only cultivating Zhou Tian Gang Qi and Hundred-Refined Gang Qi.

The former's protective Gang Qi had amazing defense and could protect himself—after all, life was the most important thing. The latter's sword light and blade Gang could be condensed to kill from a distance, and from then on, he would have long-range attack means. If there was time later, he would cultivate the remaining two.

"Li Yi, are you in the room?"

Suddenly, at this moment, Zheng Lan's voice came from outside the room. She knocked on the door: "Lin Yue is here, saying she has something to find you for."

Hearing the voice, Li Yi immediately came back to his senses. He stopped pondering cultivation matters and immediately opened the door: "Lin Jie is looking for me? Where is she?"

"Just downstairs," Zheng Lan said.

"Perfect, I also have some things to find Lin Jie for."

Li Yi said, while thinking in his mind about his experience in World No. 36 and the characters he carved on his arm. After returning from the Four Seas and Bazhou this time and obtaining the Meridian Cultivation and Spirit Perception methods, he needed to find a way to deal with these hidden dangers.

Zheng Lan suddenly said at this time: "By the way, Li Yi, before when you weren't here, Lin Yue earned a sum of money for me. Now that you're back, it's just right to return it to you."

"No need for now, I have something else to trouble you with. Zheng Lan, do me a favor. There is a letter in my room, which was left by a practitioner named Qin Bing during the last cross-dimensional trip. This Qin Bing is a field combatant for the Investigation Bureau in another city. Help me ask Zheng Gong for Qin Bing's home address and send that letter over. I hate delivering letters; I get a headache when I see them."

Then Li Yi suddenly remembered something and said immediately.

"Okay, I know. Don't worry, I'll ask Zheng Gong right away," Zheng Lan said with a smile.

"Then I'll go see Lin Jie first," Li Yi said, then took the elevator to the first floor.

On the sofa in the lobby on the first floor, Lin Yue was sitting there drinking tea, but her gaze occasionally looked toward a room not far away, appearing to have a bit of vigilance.

"Lin Jie," Li Yi greeted immediately.

Lin Yue put down her teacup and said with a smile: "How was it, was this trip to Ghost Street smooth?"

"Quite smooth. Before, when I went to Ghost Street, I was timid, but now I strike with heavy fists. I am now in the Spirit Perception Realm, and I can deal with many dangers," Li Yi said: "After I went to Ghost Street this time, I obtained the follow-up inheritance of fist techniques, and it is very complete. It can no longer be called a technique, but a whole new set of cultivation methods."

"I was just planning to share a bit with you, Lin Jie, to see if you are interested in this."

He had obtained the martial arts inheritance of the Four Great Families this time. If he only cultivated it by himself, it would be too wasteful. Now he should slowly share it out to cultivate trustworthy people around him. Moreover, after the incident with Yang Yi Long last time, his fist techniques had already spread. If he brought out the martial arts inheritance now, it would just happen to eliminate the influence.

After all, with something better, who would want to continue cultivating incomplete fist techniques?

"A cultivation method from another world?" Lin Yue was very shocked, then said: "You actually obtained this thing on Ghost Street? In that case, isn't that Ghost Street a boundary point?"

"Boundary point?" Li Yi revealed a little doubt.

Lin Yue immediately explained: "You have been a cross-dimensional traveler, so you should understand the principles of cross-dimensional travel. However, the world is magical. Sometimes there is no need to open a cross-dimensional door at all. Two worlds will collide and connect under certain coincidences, just like two cities. We can travel between them through the highways between cities, and a boundary point is the road leading to two worlds."

"However, boundary points are very dangerous, because boundary points are not only discovered by us, but also by the opposite world. If things go wrong, experts from both worlds will break out into a battle. I heard that a battle has already broken out at the Golden Academy. It seems that experts from another world have invaded, so you should go to Ghost Street less. We cannot control the risks involved."

She was very worried that Li Yi would go to Ghost Street too often and attract the hostility of experts from other worlds.

"Now that the world has become like this, Lin Jie is still worried about these things? I actually think the existence of a boundary point is a good thing. If the Heaven-Tilting Event comes and we haven't found a suitable world to cross over to and leave, it would be better to follow this boundary point to another world, which is better than dying here," Li Yi said.

"Hearing you say that, it seems to make sense," Lin Yue thought for a moment, and her train of thought was suddenly opened up.

The existence of a boundary point was both a danger and an opportunity.

Li Yi continued: "From today on, I will guide you in new cultivation, Lin Jie. In the future, no matter what happens, only if we are strong ourselves can we deal with all crises. By the way, I have one more thing I need to ask you, Lin Jie. Do you know about this?"

At this moment, he pulled up his sleeve calmly, revealing his arm.

There were several scars on his arm, but now the scars were very faint and would even disappear after some time, but one could still see that the scars formed four characters: "Beware of my mother."

Seeing these four characters, Lin Yue's pupils shrank suddenly. She realized instantly that Li Yi already knew about the existence of his mother, but she couldn't say anything about this matter, because if she said it, she would be targeted by Li Yi's mother, and she might even be killed by Li Yi's mother. Moreover, she was not the only one who knew about this now.

Zhao Lingfu, Zhang Lei, Li Shaoqing, Daoist Priest Peter, Gu Mengping... all the famous experts in Tianchang City knew, but they were all tight-lipped and dared not discuss this topic.

Of course, there was another reason: Li Yi's mother had nothing to do with them, so they might as well keep their distance. After all, most of the time, everyone rarely interacted.

But Lin Yue couldn't do that. She couldn't watch Li Yi being entangled by that unknown thing.

It was just that she couldn't point this out proactively; it had to be after Li Yi noticed the clues.

And now, it seemed the timing was ripe.

Lin Yue glanced at the room not far away again, then took a deep breath and said: "Li Yi, there are some things I cannot say. If I say them, there will be great danger. However, I believe you should have already noticed something. Your judgment is correct... and this problem did not start now. I discovered it the first time I went to your house."

"Li Yi, sometimes I even suspect that your memory has some problems, and you have directly ignored some things."

Li Yi's expression changed suddenly upon hearing this.

His memory had problems?

Reminded of this, he reacted immediately. It seemed to be true. If his memory hadn't had problems, how could he not remember when the scar on his arm was left?

What exactly happened in World No. 36?

If there was a problem with his mother, then what exactly was the problem?

Or perhaps the mother in his memory didn't exist at all, and his actual mother might be...

Just as Li Yi was thinking constantly.

Suddenly.

The lights in the lobby on the first floor began to flicker, as if suffering from the interference of some unknown force. At this moment, a hair-raising feeling surged from the bottom of Lin Yue and Li Yi's hearts. This feeling made both of them smell a huge crisis at the same time.

Even though both were in the Spirit Perception Realm and could be considered experts in Tianchang City, under this sense of crisis, they felt that they could be killed at any time.

And as time passed, it was no longer just the lights flickering in the lobby now.

Drip, drip!

At this moment, blood was actually dripping down from the ceiling.

This was not an illusion.

Because a pungent smell of blood filled the surroundings, constantly stimulating the senses of the two.

"Li Yi," Lin Yue shouted hurriedly. She understood that this was Li Yi's mother appearing again.

It was just that last time Li Yi's mother appeared and helped them kill that eerie woman named Liu Yan, but this time she appeared—could it be to kill them?

If that were the case, it would be very terrifying.

It seemed that even Li Yi could not restrain his mother. If some taboo were violated, he would also be treated as an enemy.

"This feeling... is like the ghosts in World No. 36," Li Yi's expression changed, and he recalled the fear of being dominated by the Ghost Post Office again.

He had thought that after crossing back, that nightmarish experience had ended, but he never expected that the nightmare was still continuing.