Chapter 362: Chapter 361: Couple’s Whisper, God Kingdom’s Message

As to what exactly happened, Li Jing certainly wasn’t going to spill the beans.

Even as a married couple, a little privacy is still needed.

And as a man, no matter how bad things are, he still needs to save face.

How can he admit being wrestled to the ground by Yulian?

Given Liu Sisi’s burning desire for gossip, Li Jing vaguely explained the ins and outs of the situation.

He avoided the part about the Heavenly Path Qi.

There are some things that knowing doesn’t do you any good.

Even if he wanted to, he couldn’t fully explain it, it would only fuel Liu Sisi’s curiosity.

Meanwhile.

Liu Sisi’s face was peculiar after listening to Li Jing’s account.

Although she hasn’t reached the stage where her Primordial Spirit can leave her body, she understands the "basic knowledge" that the spirit can confront others on a spiritual level.

But what she didn’t know was.

In the state of Primordial Spirit leaving body, one could "play" like that...

She learnt some useless knowledge.

Hearing that Yulian talked one way but acted another, not only did she take down this blockhead Li Jing, but she also left him hanging by using seclusion as an excuse to get away. Essentially, the two didn’t have a physical relation but just "fought" on a spiritual level, which made Liu Sisi deep in thought.

She too is an A.

Yulian is full of tricks.

Meanwhile, isn’t she herself a bit of a naive sweetheart?

A hundred-year-old fox demon really is different...

Then there’s a key question.

Yulian and Li Jing had their moment, but Yulian ran away to immerse herself in seclusion.

Doesn’t it seem like it didn’t make any difference to her?

The added sister, she couldn’t see for now.

For the next few months, it was still her, facing it all alone...

Glancing at Li Jing, who looked a bit doubtful about life after his confession, Liu Sisi couldn’t resist anymore.

"When Yulian was about to leave, why didn’t you stop her? It’s just seclusion, there’s no need to rush, right? You two have come this far, at least you could’ve closed the deal?"

"..."

Li Jing.

He held the words "Wife, Can you speak normally for once" at the tip of his tongue, but didn’t dare to say.

Seeing the look on his face, somewhere between speechless and exasperated, Liu Sisi laughed and pulled his arm into a cuddle.

"Alright, I won’t bulge you anymore. Anyway, I accept this sister Yulian. But as we agreed before our marriage, she’s the last."

Hearing this, Li Jing blinked and quietly nodded.

The sound of Liu Sisi’s clicking tongue came, saying...

"Don’t just nod along, be more careful."

She then grumbled.

"Up to now, I think I’ve finally understood. I don’t need to worry about whether you, this blockhead, will mess around outside. What I need to worry about is you’re always giving people opportunities. In this day and age, women are no longer prey, they are fully matured hunters disguised as prey. Otherwise, why would there be a saying that boys should learn to protect themselves in the outside world?"

"..."

Li Jing was lost for words.

He had no idea how to respond to that.

But he did understand what Liu Sisi was trying to express.

In a way, he was indeed too naive.

When it comes to a woman’s heart, it’s as hard to fathom as the ocean’s depths.

He had no idea what Yulian was thinking.

But one thing was clear.

The element that could cause development between him and Yulian, was that kiss right before they parted.

Initially, Yulian was just simply testing the waters.

The sudden change in course was due to him choosing to accept it.

No matter if she was tricking or not, the root of the problem was him.

To his introspection, Liu Sisis spoke seriously.

"Given your talents and capabilities, there will certainly be many women out there who will set their sights on you. I can’t limit you if you want to succeed outside. I don’t ask for much, but you should at least know how to be self-aware."

"We already have ’reserves’ like Yuran and Yulian in our family, if you bring in a few more, once we have children we might become a big family."

"Maybe we can ensure harmony in our generation, but we can’t control the next. Having a lot of people is not necessarily a good thing, as someone from the Liu family, I know this all too well."

After a long ramble, Liu Sisi didn’t let the conversation stick to the topic and asked.

"Do you have any more business in the God’s capital?"

To Liu Sisi’s lecture, Li Jing was somewhat taken aback.

Her considerations, as a big family member, were indeed much more than ordinary people.

But the problem is not about how many women he has, but rather, what would become of the Li family in the future.

Quite strong flavors of a legal wife...

Despite how amusing it was, Li Jing had to admit.

Liu Sisi’s worries were not unreasonable.

Seeing that she took the initiative to change the topic, Li Jing didn’t bring it up again.

There’s no point in continuing this conversation.

What’s done is done, no use crying over spilt milk.

Right now, even if he wanted to apologize to Liu Sisi, it wouldn’t mean much.

"Not anymore, but I’m not ready to go back to Jianghai yet, I need to stay in the God’s Capital for a while."

"Hmm."

Liu Sisi responded.

"I made plans with Xiaoya to go shopping later. She should be on her way. Find something to do in the meantime."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing looked puzzled.

"You don’t need me to go with you?"

"No."

Liu Sisi shook her head.

"There’s no fun in shopping with you. Besides, what’s the point of you following us around? To be our human ATM? Even if you’re there, you’re just tagging along, and I’ll have to ’take care’ of you. Xiaoya will inevitably be force-fed some dog food. We’re just going to have a good time. There’s no need."

"..."

Li Jing.

Liu Sisi’s words were full of twisted logic.

And rife with distaste.

He couldn’t help but wonder, was he that dull?

Seems like ...

Yes, indeed?

But it wasn’t his fault, right?

Like when he used to go to amusement parks with Liu Sisi, it was okay.

But simply going shopping...

What man really enjoys aimlessly wandering the streets, browsing women’s clothing, cosmetics, and various jewelry stores?

If there is, he must be a bit off.

Quietly conceding, Li Jing said,

"When you leave later, I’ll just go back to the hotel. If you need anything, call me."

"Okay."

Liu Sisi nodded.

She had no objections to that.

Although she also wanted Li Jing by her side.

But she’s currently living with her mother, and it’s inappropriate for Li Jing to stay.

Moreover, her maternal home is a bit special.

If Li Jing stays at the Liu’s for extended periods, it may cause some issues.

...

After some discussion, Li Jing casually chatted and snuggled with Liu Sisi a while before Xiaoya arrived.

Recently, living with her mother, Liu Shi, has been quite comfortable.

However, as she has still has not mastered many magic skills, despite her high cultivation, she inevitably had to do a lot of studying at her mother’s request.

When Liu Shi is home, she must complete the chores assigned to her before she is allowed to go out.

Now that Liu Shi is busy, she’s finally obtained some "freedom".

As soon as her younger sister arrives, her and Xiaoya are too excited to bid goodbye to Li Jing and cheerfully head to the streets.

After the two women left, Li Jing didn’t stay long at the Liu’s. He departed quietly using his Silent Shadow without causing any alarm, heading back to his previous hotel.

He had just arrived at the hotel and hadn’t even had the chance to sit down when his phone buzzed in his pocket.

Sensing the vibration, Li Jing instinctively pulled out his phone.

On his phone screen was a notification from Immortal Message, a stranger number had sent him a friend request.

Who it is, is immediately clear.

The profile picture was of Yuliya’s sweet selfie.

But this photo of Yuliya, isn’t really suitable..

The sudden friend request was from none other than Yuliya, the Guardian God of Northern God Country.

A dignified Guardian God.

A woman over a hundred years old.

A selfie of herself with a smile as sweet as honey, is definitely not suitable.

But that does prove it’s Yuliya’s personal number and it also indicates that privately she has a rather young mentality.

Without giving it much thought, Li Jing accepted the request.

He came to God’s Capital to receive messages more conveniently in all aspects.

Now that Yuliya was actively seeking him out, all the better for him.

He was interested in the aftermath of the Northern God Country.

She likely must have gotten his number from Orville.

Yuliya sent a friend request, presumably she was waiting for Li Jing to accept.

The moment he accepted and logged into the friend list, she immediately sent him a message.

"I took charge and issued a gag order on those who knew the situation, covering for you. Upon learning about the incident, Longyu expressed a high degree of concern. Covering for you wasn’t cheap. Next time we meet, remember to treat me a big meal."

Reading the message, Li Jing raised an eyebrow.

Yuliya didn’t disappoint.

Just as expected, Longyu showed interest in the event.

Moving to sit on the sofa, Li Jing began typing.

"Thanks for your help. I’ll definitely do what I promised."

"Those were your words. If you back down, I won’t be happy."

Yuliya quickly responded, then sent another message.

"Thanks to you, we’ve obtained quite a bit of information about those two God Teachings Countries. They’re quite aware of their situation; they explained things clearly without hesitation. As for the details about the God Teachings Country, you’re likely not very interested, but there’s something you need to know."

"What do you mean?"

Li Jing replied.

"There is a secret biological laboratory belonging to White Hawk hidden beneath God’s Capital, where they conduct biochemical modification experiments on monsters. It involves numerous strategic collaborations between God Church Country and White Hawk. These experiments started as soon as God’s Capital was established, and it’s been over fifty years now."

Yuliya sent a message.

Upon seeing the content of the message, Li Jing frowned.

White Hawk again?

Why are they everywhere?

But if he thinks about it, it’s not that surprising.

Even though God Church Country claims to be the best in the world and doesn’t get along with anyone.

That’s just on the surface.

They not only maintain basic international relations, but also have numerous collaborations behind the scenes with the West.

White Hawk’s strategies span across the globe.

They are always messing around with various things.

Given their previous involvement with Artificial Humans and now a biochemical laboratory, Li Jing wasn’t surprised at all.

What does intrigue him, however, is the fact that this biological lab specializes in modifying monsters.

Knowing White Hawk’s strategy,

It’s undoubtedly not just this place.

Just like the previous Desert Fortress.

Only one of them had a mishap, but anyone with common sense knows that there must be similar labs elsewhere.

What the biochemically modified beasts look like, Li Jing wasn’t too interested in.

How many similar labs there might be however, intrigued him greatly.

Unfortunately, this was information Yuliya wouldn’t know.

Reining in his thoughts, Li Jing typed a reply.

"So the reason God Church Country is upset is that I accidentally blew up their biological lab?"

"Basically, yes."

Yuliya replied, then sent another message.

"According to those two from God Church Country, their experimental work made significant breakthroughs recently. People from God Church Country and God’s Capital forcibly took credit for these results. They are currently negotiating with White Hawk on the price. White Hawk is furious, but helpless. Your explosion has directly destroyed a business deal worth hundreds of millions of Spirit Crystals, and any subsequent cooperation with White Hawk is now out of the question."

After getting this information, Li Jing looked even more puzzled.

Previously when Yuliya mentioned White Hawk’s involvement, he began to doubt exactly what the group of monsters led by the Fox Master truly represented.

But he hadn’t considered White Hawk was behind them.

If White Hawk was really backing them, the Fox Master and his group didn’t need to establish a relationship with the Demon Beast Union and use them as a springboard.

One must say,

The people from God’s Capital and God Church Country are really crafty.

Even though White Hawk was part of the biological lab, they seized the research results once the experiments showed progress, and then started bargaining with White Hawk?

Do they have no respect for the basic principles of a contract?

But the eccentricities of God Church Country are not new, and the group of monsters led by the Fox Master aren’t good creatures either, so such behavior is not surprising.

What was unexpected, was that they were hustling White Hawk.

White Hawk wouldn’t let them off easily.

Despite their audacity, White Hawk calmly started negotiating the price with them, which speaks to the importance of the significant breakthrough in the biological experiments.

Considering the hundreds of millions of Spirit Crystals and future cooperation at stake, it’s no wonder God Church Country would be livid.

Hundreds of millions of Spirit Crystals, though not an astronomical figure to the current Li Jing,

His dark web Spirit Crystal account has long exceeded ten million and is making a big stride towards twenty million.

For him, hundreds of millions are not an outrageous figure.

But it is a substantial sum, no doubt about it.

Li Jing has so many Spirit Crystals in his pocket

Mainly because of Xiao Ai’s operations and because he "extorted" a White Hawk Guardian God.

If it were anyone else, it would not be so easy to have so many Spirit Crystals.

Even some small countries’ annual tax revenue might not reach this amount.

After understanding the information, Li Jing typed a reply.

"If the matter is related to White Hawk, they haven’t been calm since yesterday?"

"When has White Hawk ever been calm?"

Yuliya replied, then sent another message.

"But it’s not a big problem, there won’t be much pressure here in our God Kingdom, White Hawk has no face to openly approach us. What’s left is their issue with God Church Country, there’s no need to worry about those."

Without waiting for Li Jing to reply, Yuliya sent another message.

"It’s good that you know about this, but what you really need to pay attention to are the problems within Longyu. Even if I help cover up for you, it’s a nailed-on fact that Longyu is highly focused on this. It won’t take them long to trace it back to you. Others might not be able to investigate, but once it’s in Longyu’s hands, it’s just a matter of time before they find out you went from Longyu to the territory of the Northern God Country. They’ll easily deduce that the matter has something to do with you."

"Hmm, I’ll handle that part."

Li Jing replied.

He was mentally prepared for Longyu to trace this back to him.

Among other things, he needed to use the certification of the Management Bureau to control the sky within Longyu’s territory.

Once they check the location record,

It’ll be clear when he went to the Northern God Country.

With Yuliya covering for him, Li Jing isn’t worried about his true strength being exposed.

Firing a Forbidden Skill in God Church Country, he doesn’t mind admitting to it.

He was investigating a case, right?

The case involved the sacrifice of three inspectors from the national capital, so what’s wrong with him investigating and causing an explosion in God Church Country?

Is that outrageous?

Okay!

It is a bit outrageous.

But nobody in the God Church Country knew he was involved, and at most, Longyu would just grumble a bit, maybe even suspend him for a while.

As long as there was no significant upheaval, everything would be fine.

Just as he was about to send back a message to thank Yuliya for the news, another message from her arrived.

"A messenger from the God Church Country is going to come to the God Kingdom to negotiate later today. I’ll be busy in a while so I won’t chat with you. I can’t assist you with your situation in Longyu, but I can tell you this. We detected unusual space fluctuations in a polar region of our God Kingdom recently. It’s not yet confirmed if it’s a Secret Realm Passage about to open, but observations are ongoing. We estimate that we will have a definite answer within a week. If things get really tough for you, you can use this news to shut the top brass of Longyu up."

Caught off guard by this news, Li Jing froze.

The Northern God Country had detected unusual space fluctuations?

This...

That is to say, he might have another secret realm to explore soon?

Li Jing was thrilled.

This news was fantastic.

With this information at hand, he was no longer worried about being discriminated against by a few people in Longyu.

He had prepared responses for that possibility.

But prejudice was inevitable.

Because of his relationship with Chen Jing, who was so influential.

It must be said that, even with Li Jing’s current strength, the three Guardian Gods of Longyu couldn’t do anything to him.

But they could still wreak havoc in other ways, which was rather troublesome.

Besides, he was a Longyu citizen and depended on his job at the Patrol Bureau and the Management Bureau for his "bread and butter". He couldn’t just go ahead and kill anyone.

Obeying the law was fundamental.

"Thank you for the information."

After a brief reply to Yuliya, Li Jing took a deep breath, put his phone away.

Now that he had news about a secret realm, he was no longer dwelling on anything else.

What could possibly be more attractive than a secret realm?

He checked his Panel Status Bar, and noticed that Qingfeng and Linglong’s nurturing process had increased by one percent each.

Calculating the time.

It had been about twelve hours since his raid on God Church Country yesterday.

That is to say...

At the current nurturing rate, it could increase by 2% per day.

Though it was nowhere near the previous rates, at least it was showing some progress.

He was hoping another secret realm would be available soon.

With a flick of his hand, he drew the nurturing Linglong out from his dantian and put her on his lap.

Linglong could read Li Jing’s mind.

Upon being drawn out, she immediately sensed Li Jing’s intentions.

Sitting on Li Jing’s lap, Linglong appeared obedient and amiable.

Seeing this, Li Jing smiled and playfully pinched her surprisingly soft face, then swiftly took out the four heavenly treasures from the Little Universe without any hesitation.

Linglong had been yearning for these four heavenly treasures for a long time.

If it were not for Li Jing’s perpetual busyness, she would have mentioned it long ago.

Now that she finally saw them, the little one was overexcited. She quickly grabbed the treasures and, with a wide-open mouth, chewed them clean.

Li Jing witnessed the phenomenal spectacle of Linglong devouring the heavenly treasures and was amazed by her teeth strength.

With Linglong’s teeth, probably even others’ Spirit weapons could be swallowed whole.

Li Jing didn’t pay much attention to these four heavenly treasures.

After all, they were to be fed to Linglong, focusing on them wouldn’t be very productive.

However, he was certain.

All four heavenly treasures were spiritual materials, specifically hard rock-type materials.

Being referred to as heavenly treasures, they were naturally exceptional.

Given that they were spiritual materials and rock-like, their toughness couldn’t be much less than that of ordinary spirit weapons.

Looking at Linglong, who had just devoured the four heavenly treasures and was now sitting on his lap turning to him with a silly smile trying to look cute, Li Jing felt a pang of fear.

Don’t be fooled by his casual delivery.

If these four heavenly treasures were to be converted into money, they could easily equate to his entire fortune...

Of course, he didn’t intend to turn them into money.

With a thought, Li Jing quietly put Linglong back into his dantian, then picked up his phone again to send a message to Xia Ai.

"Xia Ai, search the internet for common cultivation methods and compile a list of cultivation methods that highly rely on the thunder element spiritual energy."

As an Artificial Intelligence, Xia Ai didn’t need to rest and was online twenty-four hours a day.

Currently, while she was alone in Jianghai house-sitting, she didn’t have much to do.

Upon receiving Li Jing’s message, she immediately responded.

"Received, it will take approximately ten minutes."

After receiving her reply, Li Jing patiently waited.

Cultivation methods are the foundation of the Orthodox Immortality Path.

Unlike magic skills that need to be purchased, most cultivation methods are free.

Also, the number and types of cultivation methods are vast.

There are common grounds in cultivation methods, and they are much easier to modify compared to magic skills.

In today’s age of advanced internet, many people enjoy editing cultivation methods to achieve diverse purposes.

Some popular cultivation methods might even have thousands of different versions.

Some of these versions are significant, while others are not.

And cultivation methods could not only be found on Immortal Learning websites, but they were everywhere on the internet.

To properly compile them, even with Xia Ai’s superior calculation comparison abilities, it would take some time.