Chapter 1121: The Advancement of One's State

Seeing this, Li Yue could not help but offer a word of praise.

Ka Luoer listened, gave a faint smile, and said, "My lord, all of this is what your subordinate ought to do."

Looking at Ka Luoer, Li Yue let out a soft sigh.

"You've done so much for me, yet I can't do anything for you. As a lord, I'm really something of a failure."

Hearing Li Yue's words, Ka Luoer answered with a smile, "My lord, you saved everyone—that alone is already enough. I'm merely making a small contribution on your behalf, my lord; you need not take it too much to heart."

Hearing Ka Luoer's words, Li Yue smiled.

Ka Luoer brought the porridge over, scooped up a spoonful with a ladle, and held it to Li Yue's lips, saying softly, "My lord, please eat quickly, or it'll get cold."

Looking at the scene before him, a warm current rose in Li Yue's heart. He then opened his mouth, let Ka Luoer feed him a bite, and slowly chewed.

Though Ka Luoer's cooking was only passable, she was extremely earnest, feeding Li Yue spoonful after spoonful, afraid that he might be dissatisfied or that the food would be wasted.

After eating a few bites, Li Yue suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "Have you contacted the Death Lord and the others?"

"This…" Ka Luoer began to hem and haw.

Looking at Ka Luoer's hesitant appearance, Li Yue knew she must have run into some trouble, so he frowned and asked, "Ka Luoer, what exactly happened?"

After hesitating for a long time, Ka Luoer slowly said, "My lord, to many people… you are already dead."

Hearing Ka Luoer's words, Li Yue's eyes went wide.

Dead?

Hearing Ka Luoer's words, Li Yue was a little dumbfounded.

Isn't he perfectly fine right now? How could he be dead?

Looking at Li Yue's utterly bewildered expression, Ka Luoer went on, "Actually, the Demon Race issued a bounty. They said that whoever finds you can have the Demon God grant them one wish. So a lot of lords are paying close attention to this matter, and so…"

Hearing Ka Luoer's words, Li Yue fell silent. He hadn't expected that, the moment he had come back to life, the Demon Race would already have set their sights on him—how very interesting.

Looking at Li Yue, Ka Luoer continued, "So I thought, what if some lord got it into his head to take you, my lord, and claim the credit? That would be terrible. And these lords are all top experts within their own territories. Given your current condition, my lord, if you ran into someone like that, you'd definitely have to be very careful. For safety's sake, I could only let the outside world mistakenly believe you really are dead. So I didn't dare tell any of the other lords about this at all."

Hearing Ka Luoer's words, a surge of fury rose in Li Yue's heart.

The Demon Race really are sly enough—using such despicable means to drive a wedge between us. Do they really think I'm a soft persimmon they can squeeze?

Since the Demon Race wants to play, I'll play along with them. Let's see who outplays whom.

At this moment, Ka Luoer suddenly said, "My lord, don't worry. I'll find a way to make those lords believe you're dead."

Li Yue nodded.

"Mm, that's for the best."

Li Yue went on.

"But I think there's no wall in this world without a crack; there's always a fish that slips through the net. You'd best stay on your guard and not let them find you."

"Don't worry, my lord. I know all of this."

Hearing Ka Luoer's words, Li Yue nodded, then went back to eating.

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Yue lay down on the bed to rest.

Ka Luoer, meanwhile, stood to one side. Only after watching Li Yue fall asleep did she quietly withdraw, gently pulling the door to behind her, afraid of waking him.

Li Yue's body was still very weak and needed proper recuperation; otherwise, he wouldn't be in this state, without even the strength to fight.

Li Yue kept his eyes closed, quietly cultivating his art.

He did not know how long had passed before Li Yue opened his eyes and looked at the scenery outside the window.

At this moment, he seemed to have entered a certain state.

The leaves outside the window swayed with the wind, but what Li Yue paid attention to was not the wind, but the patterns on the leaves.

Everything around him fell silent, as if cut off from the rest of the world.

In this state, Li Yue seemed to see his own soul.

The soul is a person's origin; it is something like a person's spiritual power. The stronger the soul, the stronger that person's spiritual power, and the more formidable his combat ability.

In this state, Li Yue felt as if he had become a towering tree, with luxuriant branches and leaves.

Li Yue looked at this stretch of woods and felt very comfortable.

Li Yue's power grew ever stronger; he even had a feeling that he could incarnate into heaven and earth, control all things between heaven and earth, and grasp everything…..

Thinking and thinking, Li Yue fell into a certain wondrous state of realization.

Before he knew it, Li Yue had sunk into a selfless state.

Bang bang bang!

A burst of urgent knocking came through.

Hearing the knocking, Li Yue suddenly snapped awake and said, "Who is it?"

"My lord, it's time to eat." Ka Luoer's voice rang out.

Hearing Ka Luoer's words, Li Yue said with a smile, "Come in."

Hearing Li Yue's words, Ka Luoer opened the door and walked in.

But at that instant, the thing in Ka Luoer's hands dropped to the floor with a thud.

Looking at Ka Luoer's reaction, Li Yue asked in confusion, "Ka Luoer, what's wrong with you?"

Ka Luoer raised her hand and pointed at Li Yue, exclaiming in astonishment, "My lord, you… you stood up?"

Li Yue was stunned and looked down.

"Holy crap, when did I stand up??"