Chapter 429

The sound of Yu Yu Hongxi reached his ears, and it made Li Luo's nose sting slightly. He thought of Dantai Lan, the woman who usually liked to tuck both hands into the pockets of her coat, with an elegant smile on her cheeks. He knew very well how proud the old lady of his house was in her heart.

Many times when House Luolan House received some prominent guests from Da Xia, Dantai Lan would accompany them with elegance in front of others, and once the visitors had left, she would cup her face and sigh, complaining to him, who was still young: "Dealing with these idiots is sure to delay my future prospects."

At that time, Li Luo, who had already begun to understand things, knew that those guests were already considered some of the great figures in the kingdom of Da Xia.

And at this moment Li Taixuan would step forward and embrace Dantai Lan, generously saying: "Wife, don't bother arguing with ordinary folk."

Then Dantai Lan would give him a look: "And where exactly do you think you're any better?"

In the end, Li Taixuan could only put on a mournful face and seek comfort from Li Luo and Jiang Qing, who were brawling with each other in the courtyard.

Yet these two people, who regarded so many great figures of Da Xia as nothing, actually harbored a trace of entreaty toward Yu Yu Hongxi when storing things this time. Especially Dantai Lan — the rivalry between her and Yu Yu Hongxi must have existed for many years, but even so, she was still able to set aside the pride in her heart.

Li Luo understood the meaning within this — it was because these things were left for him.

Given Yu Yu Hongxi's status and temperament, even if they had not made such a request, she would have done her duty conscientiously. But they were still willing to set aside that pride before Yu Yu Hongxi for this unnecessary admonition.

Feeling the warmth flowing in his heart, Li Luo looked at Yu Yu Hongxi and said with a smile: "I love them very much too. Although there has been no news of them over these years, I know that one day they will return."

Yu Yu Hongxi nodded and said no more: "Insert the key you obtained earlier into the wall."

Li Luo obediently took out that black key radiating a chill, then gently brought it into contact with the smooth, mirror-like wall before him.

The instant they touched, the hard wall seemed to turn into liquid at this moment. The black key was inserted within, wrapped by the liquid-like wall, and then black patterns spread outward with the key as their source, finally covering the liquid wall of about a zhang before him like a spiderweb.

"Go ahead. Only you, holding the key, can enter here," Yu Yu Hongxi said.

"Thank you, President Yu," Li Luo said gratefully.

Yu Yu Hongxi waved her hand and said lightly: "Just doing a job I was paid for. Go on in."

Li Luo nodded, then drew a deep breath. Without hesitation, he gripped the black key and stepped toward the wall that had turned into black liquid. The instant they touched, there was no collision at all — the black liquid directly covered Li Luo's body, and at the same time emitted a suction force that forcibly dragged his figure inside.

This pulling force lasted only about a dozen seconds or so, and then the sticky sensation completely departed. The blurriness before Li Luo's eyes began to recede.

He focused his gaze and looked.

Where his gaze reached was a dark, spacious stone chamber. Embedded in the walls of the stone chamber were luminous stones, emitting a faint glow that kept the chamber from being overly dark.

Li Luo's gaze quickly came to rest on the center of the stone chamber. There stood a stone pillar about a zhang tall, and suspended above the stone pillar was a black sphere that seemed to be forged from some kind of metal.

Apart from this, there was nothing else worth noting in the stone chamber, so Li Luo went straight to the stone pillar.

"The thing should be in here, right?"

Li Luo examined the black sphere. He was not entirely unfamiliar with it — at the Golden Dragon Treasure Hall in Nanfeng City, he had encountered something similar — so he directly extended his palm and pressed it on top.

The originally exceptionally hard black sphere, as Li Luo's palm reached over, turned liquid just like the wall had earlier. The liquid covered Li Luo's palm, and at the same time something sharp poked out, pricking his finger and drawing a drop of fresh blood.

After that, light burst forth from within the black sphere.

The light spread, and it could be seen that this stone chamber had actually begun to undergo a change. In its place was a tranquil manor — a manor Li Luo was all too familiar with, because this was precisely House Luolan House's old residence in Nanfeng City.

Li Luo felt a bit dazed, as if he had returned to Nanfeng City at this moment.

He walked along a small path of bluestone, and after a moment, on the steps of the courtyard, he saw two figures standing there, gazing at him with smiling eyes.

A man and a woman.

The man was dressed all in white, exceptionally handsome in appearance, his hands clasped behind his back, his bearing as deep as a still pool and as steady as a towering mountain, impossible to be looked down upon. The woman wore a purple greatcoat, her long hair pinned up, hands tucked into her pockets, and on her dignified, elegant cheeks there was a gentle smile.

Li Taixuan, Dantai Lan.

Gazing at those two figures, Li Luo couldn't help rubbing his nose, yet he did not lose his composure and rush over, because he knew this was merely a recorded image the two of them had left behind.

"Xiao Luo, by the time you arrive here, I imagine you should be not far from the General-Appointing Realm. I think the current you should already be the most outstanding student of this year's Holy Void Star Academy, right?" Li Taixuan said with a beaming smile.

"What nonsense are you spouting? How could a mere Holy Void Star Academy possibly constrain Xiao Luo? He must be the most outstanding among all the Holy Academies in the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou for his cohort." Dantai Lan, at his side, shot Li Taixuan a withering look.

"Wife speaks the truth! My vision was too narrow! After all, with such a stunningly brilliant mother, how could Xiao Luo possibly be ordinary?" Li Taixuan nodded repeatedly, took Dantai Lan's hand, and his gaze was full of deep affection.

"......"

Li Luo, meanwhile, stared at the two of them with a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth. What a familiar scene indeed — this very act had truly played out every single day before, and although his mother was always putting down his father every day, the thick love between the two of them was so overwhelming that watching this scene, he and Jiang Jiang Qinge would get sick to their teeth from the sweetness.

Even now, Li Luo still felt his teeth ache at this. Really now? Every time you leave an image for your son, you have to seize the moment to show off? That's too much.

"Quick, tell Xiao Luo the real business!"

Fortunately, Dantai Lan, as a mother, still cared a bit more about her own son, so she quickly shook off Li Taixuan's hand and urged him on.

"Cough."

Li Taixuan gave a light cough and said, "There isn't really anything too important... Oh, I remember now. Xiao Luo, you're about to start preparing your third Acquired Resonance, right? Tsk tsk, the Three Resonance Palace is finally about to reveal its splendor? Truly looking forward to it."

"To forge the third Acquired Resonance, the most important thing is the 'Minor Formless Divine Wheel.' The Divine Wheel we left for you before should have shattered by now, right? After all, that item is single-use, so what you need most right now is to refine the 'Minor Formless Divine Wheel.'"

"And for that, you'll need the third chapter of the 'Minor Formless Divine Forging Art.'"

Li Taixuan extended a finger and tapped in the air. A ray of light pierced through the void and shot straight into the space between Li Luo's brows. The latter then felt a flood of information surging up in his mind, making his head ache and swell for a moment. He skimmed through it roughly and confirmed that this information was the third chapter of the "Minor Formless Divine Forging Art" he had been dreaming of.

A surge of intense joy rose in his heart. With this third chapter of the "Minor Formless Divine Forging Art," he could finally begin the path of preparing his third resonance.

"Old Man's reliable." Li Luo praised.

"This third chapter of the 'Minor Formless Divine Forging Art' contains the method to refine the 'Minor Formless Divine Wheel,' but here's the catch — only when one's strength reaches the Marquis Realm can one refine the 'Minor Formless Divine Wheel.'" Li Taixuan said, stroking his chin.

The smile on Li Luo's face instantly stiffened at this moment.