Chapter 442

She followed Shen Shen Yanqing down and landed on a small mountain peak, where she saw an old man wearing a bamboo hat, with snow-white, slender whiskers, holding a fishing rod, dangling it into the sea of clouds.

Li Li Qinghong slightly averted her gaze. 'Old Man on the Creek' was the first Early Zifu life divine ability the Li family had come into contact with. She had a deep impression of it and felt uncomfortable with the fishing rod, so she did not look at it. The old man in front of her spoke:

"Who comes?"

Shen Shen Yanqing pursed her lips and smiled, only saving face for him in front of outsiders, saying:

"Senior Ling Ling Yanzi, someone from the Li family has come!"

"Oh!"

Ling Ling Yanzi jumped up on the spot, the fishing rod in his hand clattering on the ground. He flipped his hand to put it away and said sullenly:

"The old man thought a disciple had really come to the door."

"Li Li Qinghong of Mount Qingdu greets the senior."

Li Li Qinghong bowed. Ling Ling Yanzi was now at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. He raised his eyebrows and peeked, saying with some regret:

"It's a pity about Fellow Daoist Li Tongya. I was in closed-door cultivation at the time and couldn't go to see him. Later, when I broke through, I could no longer leave the sect at will... It's truly a pity."

Li Li Qinghong did not care whether it was an excuse or sincere words, so she responded warmly first. Shen Shen Yanqing retreated very sensibly. Ling Ling Yanzi led her inside, they sat down together, and he smiled:

"The grace of being saved by your family back then is still vivid in my mind. I never thought that seventy or eighty years would pass in a flash, and even his descendant has reached Foundation Establishment."

Ling Ling Yanzi glanced at her, his expression changed suddenly, and he hurriedly got up to close the door of the cave dwelling. Only then did he say anxiously:

"Fellow Daoist... pfft... is what Li Qinghong is cultivating the 'Purple Thunder Secret Origin Technique'!"

Li Li Qinghong did not understand and replied:

"Indeed."

Ling Ling Yanzi was horrified and asked cautiously:

"Does this technique of yours... say it was obtained from me!"

Li Li Qinghong replied in a low voice:

"Naturally, I wouldn't go around talking about such things... Senior, what is this...?"

"That's good!"

Ling Ling Yanzi let out a long breath and said in a low voice:

"If others mention it, you must never say it came from me! I fear it will harm me!"

Li Li Qinghong stared at him, felt something was wrong, and said in a deep voice:

"What is going on with this technique? Please tell me the truth, Senior!"

Ling Ling Yanzi sighed sorrowfully and said:

"You don't know... back then I was ignorant and didn't know the weight of the 【Lei Yun Temple】."

He recounted:

"Back then I was at the middle stage of Qi Refining, from a commoner background, with no background in the sect. Thinking of seeking an opportunity, I recklessly went to the East Sea, wandered in the sea, and went all the way southeast, actually arriving at the Qunyi Strait."

"At that time, I went deep into an underwater ruin and didn't know what mechanism I triggered, actually falling into a cave heaven!"

"Ah?"

Li Li Qinghong was surprised and looked at him with suspicious eyes. Ling Ling Yanzi said angrily:

"Don't look at me! I don't have a destiny! It was purely accidental."

"That cave heaven was full of thunder. I didn't know it was a cave heaven at the time, and I was as timid as a mouse, not daring to move. I only picked up some junk in a pavilion nearby and hurried out."

He was full of regret and muttered:

"Stupid! Too stupid! I! I have been holding it in my heart for nearly a hundred years, never daring to tell anyone, never daring to tell anyone... not even the True Person."

Li Li Qinghong nodded, having doubts in her heart, and said softly:

"Can Senior deceive the True Person?"

"Just listen to me finish."

Ling Ling Yanzi shook his head and said softly:

"So I came out of Qunyi and flew all the way to the hinterland of Yue State, where I ran into those two silly outsiders from the Senior Chang Xiao Sect who had their eyes on my 【Ziyan Spirit Cover】 and chased me all the way... It really made me run until my legs broke."

"Later, when I killed these two people with your grandfather, killed them and dumped the bodies, and rode the wind back to the sect to ask, it had only been a few months in that cave heaven, but ten years had already passed outside!"

Li Li Qinghong was dumbfounded, and Ling Ling Yanzi smiled bitterly, saying in a low voice:

"What's even more frightening is that no one could calculate me anymore, so the Senior Chang Xiao Sect let it go, and they didn't investigate me."

Li Li Qinghong looked at him intently, thinking about his words, and said in a low voice:

"Senior means... that this 'Purple Thunder Secret Origin Technique' on me, except for you and a few people in my family, actually no one knows where it came from, and no one else has cultivated it."

"Indeed..."

Ling Ling Yanzi revealed his heart, looking much more relaxed, and smiled bitterly:

Li Li Qinghong glanced at him, suddenly thoughtful, swept her eyes over the emptiness in the cave dwelling, was horrified, and said in a low voice:

"Since Senior knows that the True Person values you quite a bit, and since an old friend has come to visit..."

"How do you know if the True Person has traversed the Great Void into this formation, is hiding his figure, and is quietly listening to you and me talking..."

Ling Ling Yanzi's expression stiffened, his old eyes stared at her, and a few chuckles came from his throat. He was stunned:

"Ah?... Ah!"

The old man broke into a cold sweat in an instant, his face fell, and he waved his hand:

"No, no! I'm timid, don't scare me!"

"Something went wrong in the East Sea, and the True Persons have all gone to the East Sea! Otherwise, how would I dare to say it! What's more, if the True Person knew, could you and I still be sitting here now? He would have revealed his figure and caught me long ago."

"What's more, the True Person doesn't value me that much at all... There are other examples like me. Compared to that troublemaker Liu Changdie, it's the difference between a firefly and the moon. In the early years, he valued me quite a bit, but now he has treated me as someone who accidentally met a certain Jin Dan and has gradually forgotten me."

Li Li Tongya had repeatedly emphasized the matter of Liu Changdie. Although the Li family did not know about destiny at that time, they also knew that this person was unusual. At the moment, she did not appear surprised. Li Li Qinghong wiped the sweat from her forehead, her apricot eyes turned, she moved her gaze back from the emptiness of the cave dwelling, and muttered:

"Senior has thrown a big mess to my family... If you have a problem, I fear I will suffer along with you."

The temptation of a thunder technique cave heaven was enough to make the True Person of the Ziyan Sect ignore all the backgrounds behind the Li family. Perhaps he would even communicate with Xiao Xiao Chuting, pull him in, count him as a share, and divide this thunder technique cave heaven together.

As for Li Li Qinghong, who cultivated this secret technique, and Ling Ling Yanzi, who had been to the cave heaven, the best outcome would be to return safely. Perhaps Li Li Qinghong could get a little benefit by relying on Xiao Xiao Chuting, but the risks taken were infinitely great.

This group of Purple Mansions wanted to find a way to open the cave heaven. Li Li Qinghong and Ling Ling Yanzi were in the center of the storm. Thinking about it, they knew how dangerous it was. Both had lingering fears. Ling Ling Yanzi closed his mouth, and Li Li Qinghong was also silent. The two looked at each other and did not dare to speak.

Li Li Qinghong calmed down for a few moments and said in a low voice:

"My thunder technique was obtained inadvertently because my grandfather had destiny on him... Saving Senior back then was just obtaining some spirit stones and this token, which can allow my family's descendants to join the Ziyan Sect."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Ling Ling Yanzi nodded hurriedly, his bowing and scraping appearance looking like a junior:

"Li Qinghong is right!"

(End of chapter)