Chapter 861: The Source of Pollution

As soon as Li Yi appeared within the Golden Academy, his formidable aura attracted the attention of many people. Although he did not display the majesty of a God, that thunderous power like a surging sea was truly heart-palpitating.

And just exhaling a breath caused wind and thunder to surge, sweeping across the firmament; this was sufficient to prove the greatness of his magic power and the strength of his physique.

"Is this aura Li Yi? He has also come to the Golden Academy."

Someone recognized him immediately. After all, Li Yi's performance on the Earth's defense line a year ago was too stunning, and many people had followed him to repel the three forces of the Xuanxian Continent, the Demon God World, and the Dark World, establishing the peace that followed for over a year.

That batch of experts on the Earth's defense line back then had not left by crossing dimensions, but had chosen to come to the Golden Academy to communicate and cultivate with each other, striving for their own strength to advance further.

"Compared to a year ago, Li Yi's strength has become even stronger." A woman named Su Mu appeared on a floating building. She looked toward the source of the surging wind and thunder, sighing in her heart.

"A year ago, Li Yi was able to kill a Demon King. Now that he possesses such strength, I'm afraid he's going to make some big moves. I don't know what he wants to do coming to the Golden Academy this time." Ye Ye Jingtian, who was in deep cultivation, was disturbed by this thunder. He opened his eyes, feeling vaguely expectant in his heart.

Everyone knew that Li Yi was not a person who could stay idle. He cultivated to protect his home, and becoming stronger and gathering experts was to drive away foreign enemies. Even if he had disappeared by crossing dimensions, no one thought Li Yi would flee; they only thought he had crossed dimensions to seek opportunities.

Therefore, no one felt surprised by Li Yi's appearance.

Li Yi quickly restrained his aura. He stepped on auspicious clouds and took Lin Yue to fly within the Golden Academy, while also observing and paying attention to the changes in the Golden Academy after its reconstruction.

Suddenly.

Li Yi stopped his footsteps, felt something, and looked in one direction.

The next moment, he saw a huge, terrifying Savage exotic beast leap out from a great hall, and immediately after, he saw a familiar figure sitting on top of this exotic beast, heading straight toward this side.

"That Mountain Lord-level exotic beast, Qiongqi, from Red Gold Mountain before." Li Yi recognized this exotic beast at a glance.

And the person who tamed this exotic beast was naturally Jiang Jiang Mingtian.

"Li Yi, long time no see. You've finally returned from the Savage World." Jiang Jiang Mingtian greeted him enthusiastically.

Li Yi laughed: "You actually guessed I was in the Savage World? Why, didn't you go to the Savage World to cultivate? I didn't see you in the last great battle; where did you run off to?"

Jiang Jiang Mingtian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I was also helpless. I took a bunch of relatives and friends to cross dimensions to find a safe place. I wasted quite a bit of time tossing and turning, and in the end, I simply sent them to World 6. I originally wanted to go to the Savage World to look around, but the Golden Academy was rebuilt, and the cultivation environment was good, so I temporarily settled down here."

"However, I have indeed prepared to make a trip to the Savage World after a period of deep cultivation, attempting to tame a second Mountain Lord-level exotic beast. In this way, it will also be a huge improvement to my own strength."

"It's a pity you should have gone earlier. Otherwise, I could have helped you catch a few Mountain Lord-level exotic beasts to tame. I don't know the methods of beast taming, so I could only kill some exotic beasts with great potential." Li Yi shook his head slightly, feeling it was a pity.

Jiang Jiang Mingtian laughed: "It doesn't matter. The Savage World is vast and boundless, with countless exotic beasts. Finding a few Mountain Lord-level exotic beasts is still an easy task."

"You've raised this Qiongqi well. Its strength has improved greatly, and it has begun to cultivate." Li Yi looked at this fierce and dangerous exotic beast, Qiongqi, at this moment.

In just over a year, the strength of this exotic beast had already grown to the 30th Mountain Lord level. One must know that it was only at the 10th Mountain Lord level before.

With such strength now, plus having learned to cultivate and knowing magic, I'm afraid even Immortals wouldn't be its match.

"I've relied on it to turn danger into safety many times. There's no other way; I can only pile resources onto it." Jiang Jiang Mingtian was also somewhat helpless. He originally wanted to follow the path of a Sword Immortal, but ended up becoming a beast-taming stream.

It was really that this Mountain Lord-level Qiongqi was too fragrant. As long as he didn't court death, relying on this exotic beast Qiongqi, he could almost walk sideways.

Therefore, Jiang Jiang Mingtian had also made up his mind to take Qiongqi to the Savage World later to capture other Mountain Lord-level exotic beasts, then tame them, and thoroughly solidify the beast-taming stream.

Li Yi thought for a moment and said: "Right, Jiang Jiang Mingtian, I came to the Golden Academy this time to gather a batch of experts to prepare to attack other worlds to take revenge for what happened before. Are you interested in participating?"

"Cross-dimensional combat?" Jiang Jiang Mingtian's gaze condensed immediately: "Li Yi, isn't this matter a bit too urgent?"

"Could it be that we have to wait until all of us are prepared? Revenge originally has to be quick; otherwise, what's the point?" Li Yi said: "If you want to participate, I suggest you go to Red Gold Mountain in the Savage World now. With my order, I will have a few God-Blood Warriors cooperate with you to capture Mountain Lord-level exotic beasts to help you increase your strength."

Jiang Jiang Mingtian knew that Li Yi was a person who did things with thunderous speed and didn't like to drag things out. Since he had said so, he would do it regardless of whether there were experts following him. After all, everyone knew that he had pulled a large batch of Daoist experts from the End-of-Law World, and he himself could start a cross-dimensional great war.

"Good, I will make a trip to the Savage World right now and strive to return early."

Jiang Jiang Mingtian gritted his teeth and joined this cross-dimensional great war. Moreover, he also realized that this was also an opportunity for himself.

Relying on Li Yi's help, he could obtain a sufficient number of Mountain Lord-level exotic beasts in the shortest possible time.

Li Yi nodded slightly, then pointed with his finger. A thunderbolt mixed with divine power condensed into a token. As long as it was triggered, it could turn into a phantom and pass down his order.

Jiang Jiang Mingtian was not polite either. After taking the token, he set off immediately because he knew Li Yi wouldn't stay in the Golden Academy for long, and the cross-dimensional battle would happen very soon. Li Yi watched him leave, also hoping that his trip would be relatively smooth and that he could tame a powerful 50th Mountain Lord-level exotic beast to contribute to the subsequent battle.

"Li Yi, the Vice Dean of the Golden Academy, Sun Sun Boxiu, has arrived." At this moment, Lin Yue, standing to the side, reminded him in a low voice.

He withdrew his gaze and looked to the other side.

Sure enough, he saw Sun Sun Boxiu bringing a few powerful experts flying toward this side, seemingly specifically to welcome him.

However, Li Yi felt that the current him was worthy of this Vice Dean coming out to welcome him. After all, he had almost single-handedly driven away the powerful enemies on Earth, bringing about this hard-won peaceful time.

As a meritorious official, it was normal to have preferential treatment.

"Haha, Li Yi, I haven't seen you for a long time. You've finally returned. I've been looking forward to reuniting with you. Thanks to you for the matter on the Earth's defense line last year; otherwise, how could Earth be where it is today?" Sun Sun Boxiu appeared very enthusiastic upon meeting.

Li Yi said: "Dean Sun, you are too polite. Even without me, when danger arrived, there would still be experts standing out to turn the tide."

"That's not the same. In that situation at the time, only you could achieve that degree. I heard from Xiao Xiao Jianguo and the others that they had already prepared to flee Earth by crossing dimensions, and even some survival bases had already opened cross-dimensional gates," Sun Sun Boxiu shook his head: "If you hadn't defeated those powerful enemies invading Earth, there wouldn't be any Golden Academy now."

No matter who it was, facing Li Yi, they would affirm his contribution.

Although many people did not join that great battle due to insufficient strength or other reasons, they still had to acknowledge Li Yi's achievements.

"Dean Sun, I came to the Golden Academy this time to gather some high-level officials to discuss the matter of cross-dimensional combat. If you are willing, you can help me take the lead." Li Yi did not exchange pleasantries, but directly stated his thoughts.

"Cross-dimensional combat?" Dean Sun was stunned for a moment, but quickly understood Li Yi's meaning.

This kind of idea actually wasn't just held by Li Yi alone; quite a few people among that batch of experts on the Earth's defense line back then also had such thoughts, but opinions weren't unified, and top-tier combat power wasn't enough, so it had always been just a shadow.

Actually, to put it bluntly, it was just lacking someone to take the lead.

Now that Li Yi had stood out, he believed many people would be willing to respond to his call.

Dean Sun thought for a short moment and said: "Li Yi, it's no problem for me to take the lead, but there is one more matter that must be handled now."

"What matter?" Li Yi asked.

Sun Sun Boxiu lowered his voice at this moment and said: "Someone has found the source of Earth's energy pollution, and the high-level officials are discussing how to handle it."

"The source of cosmic energy pollution?" Li Yi's gaze moved slightly: "Where is the source? When was it discovered?"

"It was discovered a few months ago. As for the location..." Sun Sun Boxiu looked up at the sky at this moment.

Li Yi reacted immediately. He frowned: "The source of pollution is on the Moon?"

"This is classified."

Sun Sun Boxiu lowered his voice, and at the same time, an energy barrier lit up around them, isolating the eavesdropping of other students nearby.

"Finding the source of pollution is a good thing; wouldn't it be fine to handle it immediately? It's just the Moon. If it really doesn't work, I'll make a trip to blow it up, or use magic power to blast it out of Earth's orbit, letting it drift in space as far away from our world as possible." Li Yi immediately thought of a solution.

Sun Sun Boxiu shook his head with a bitter smile: "It's not that simple. The high-level officials also tried using the technology of World 6 to push the Moon away, but failed. There is a natural great array protecting the Moon. As for destroying it... that also failed."

"There is such a thing." Li Yi pondered.

He thought of the words of the remnant soul of Emperor Hua Qing inside the Dao coin. He had said at that time that Earth's pollution was man-made and not naturally formed. Now, as there were more and more experts on Earth and the scope of exploration became larger and larger, discovering the pollution problem on the Moon was only a matter of time.

And the current discovery also confirmed that the words of Emperor Hua Qing's remnant soul were indeed true.

"Li Yi, if you want to fight across dimensions, would you consider handling Earth's pollution problem first? As long as this thing exists for one day, it will seriously affect everyone's cultivation speed, and the pollution will also erode many people whose cultivation is not high," Sun Sun Boxiu said.

"To resist foreign aggression, one must first settle internal affairs. I understand this principle."

Li Yi said: "But the two matters don't conflict. We can solve the pollution problem while preparing for cross-dimensional combat. If we can successfully take down a great Daoist world, then immigrating and transforming it wouldn't be better than staying on Earth?"

"One must know that many worlds are interconnected with Earth. Taking down a great world is equivalent to expanding Earth's area."

"The aura of pollution has already begun to spread to other worlds. The cultivators of the Xuanxian Continent have already been affected. Even if we take down the Xuanxian Continent, we will still have to face the pollution problem in the end," Sun Sun Boxiu said. ===== CHAPTER 862 =====