Chapter 496 - The Cooperation
Chapter 496 The Cooperation
Randeng Temple looked particularly quiet and beautiful after the restoration.
There were a table and chairs made of stone under the big pine tree in the front yard. Li Mu pointed at the table and chairs and said, “Please sit.” Then he chose a chair for himself and sat down.
Fan Zu’ang sat on a chair beside him naturally and said, “Senior Li Mu…”
Li Mu waved his hand and said, “No, don’t call me a senior. I’m younger than you. I just left the earth by coincidence five years ago and received the Cultivation Method. I’m just a nineteen-year-old boy. I’m still a young man while you should be a little over thirty. Just call me Xiaomu.”
He believed that the young officer with high status must have heard about his background from Su Cuo and Song Changlin. So there was no need to hide anything from him.
“Ok, you’re direct and I’ll cut the crap.” Seeing how casual and easy-going Li Mu was, Fan Zu’ang also smiled brightly and said, “Xiaomu, it was a real miracle for you to have bumped into all these opportunities. This time, you took the Vanguard back and made a great contribution to the country. Several leaders are very grateful for you.”
Li Mu said, “I just had the chance. I just did what a Chinese person should do.” He didn’t reveal either his fame or his award.
Fan Zu’ang nodded and said, “You don’t have to be too modest. Vanguard is of vital significance to the country, even the earth. Besides, it let us know that there is such a civilization that exists far away from us on another planet. For us, it’s a reminder and a warning. It’s beyond our expectations. If Soul Sect had succeeded, the earth would have been in great disaster.”
That was the truth.
Not long before, he heard about the existence of a culture of martial arts from outer space from Su Cuo. When he had learned about the scheme of Soul Sect, the military was greatly shaken. Even the top leaders were in a cold sweat.
Although the earth had been in search of outer space culture for a long time, the fact was that the real intellectuals and leaders had always been alarmed and cautious about it. No one had imagined that after decades, it wasn’t the existence of technological culture but the existence of a god training culture, which was beyond anyone’s preparation.
Li Mu said, “Not just Soul Sect, all the forces in Brilliance Immortal Star Region and Ziwei Star Region hold great hostility towards the earth. But there is a mysterious force in the solar system which has blocked them. Even the highest of them can’t break through. Otherwise, the earth would have been in great disaster already.”
“What?” Fan Zu’ang was shocked. “Well… Xiaomu. You can’t be kidding about that. Is it true?”
Su Cuo and Song Changlin had been controlled by Soul Sect’s followers. The intake of memory was unilateral. Soul Sect could know everything about them but they could know nothing about Soul Sect unless Soul Sect let them know on purpose.
So they didn’t know the information about ‘Sinned People’, ‘Sinned Star’ or Star Graveyard. And neither did the high levels in the military like Fan Zu’ang.
Li Mu didn’t mean to hide it. He told Fan Zu’ang all the information he had found.
He hoped that this information could arouse the attention of the high levels and could make the leaders on the earth become aware of the crisis from outer space, so that they could stop the competition on the earth.
Fan Zu’ang was the right person to inform.
So Li Mu would rather say it in the most serious way possible.
Hearing his words, this third in command from the military strategic support department was shocked and sweating. He felt so cold in his back as if he had fallen into an icy hole.
“Eh… Xiaomu, is all that you said true?” Fan Zu’ang felt as if he just had a nightmare. Even taking a breath became difficult for him. He said, “We have been surrounded by enemies… how, how did that happen?”
Li Mu said, “I don’t know it clearly. Our ancestors seemed to have realized something, so they created the Way and thus got out of the earth. As for whether they found a way of redemption, it was difficult to say.”
Fan Zu’ang had only been here to find Li Mu and ask him for help for the military. But it was unimaginable for him to hear such shocking news. He couldn’t say a word for quite a while.
He instinctively turned around and saw Su Cuo, Song Changlin and Su Hanwei standing aside in blankness. They were looking at him and Li Mu. He felt strange and soon realized that the three of them hadn’t heard what was just said. It was obvious that Li Mu blocked the sound from them with his force.
Fan Zu’ang was relieved.
This kind of news was too thrilling and shouldn’t be spread around. There were only a few people on the whole earth who needed to know about this.
Such a thing was like news that the earth would be swallowed by flood in the doomsday movie “2012”. Only the high levels knew and gathered forces to fight against it. If the news was spread worldwide, the civilization which took thousands of years of effort of humans to build would totally collapse. The panic and riots caused by doomsday would destroy the whole world before the flood.
“Xiaomu, can your power be competent with the masters from outer space?” Fan Zu’ang asked.
Li Mu shook his head and said, “When the masters from outer space get trained, there are twelve levels. The second level is Void-breaking Realm and the body can leave the planet, which was just the so-called Worm Realm. In their eyes, I’m just as weak as a worm. What I have achieved by now is not even Void-breaking Realm. There is still a long way before I can be compared with those truly powerful people.
Fan Zu’ang felt heavy inside, not knowing what to say.
“How long can the solar system’s blocking force last?” He asked.
Li Mu shook his head and said, “I don’t know. But from some signs, it is declining… Besides, General Fan, the military has known something about the appearance of Spiritual Qi on the earth, right?”
Fan Zu’ang sighed, saying, “Of course, a mysterious force starts to show up in the air and nurtures everything. Some skills in Wulin which had declined appear in the world again. All forces in Wulin get stronger. This year, the country has started to control Wulin, but those people are special. They break the law with kung fu. Faced with these people with special skills, many agencies haven’t adjusted to it. It happens not only at home, but also abroad. It happens all over the globe. There are masters in Wulin, people with special powers, magicians and other strange creatures…”
Speaking of it, he suddenly realized something. Then he stood up and said in shock, “Xiaomu, you mean these signs are all omens that the mysterious force from the solar system is missing gradually?”
Li Mu nodded.
Fan Zu’ang belonged to the high level of the military and was honored from a young age. But it didn’t depend on the seniors or relationships but on his own awards. Relying on himself to get where he was, he must be more experienced than the others.
But now, he was worried inside.
According to Li Mu’s description, once the solar system’s force disappeared, the masters from outer space would rush in like flying locusts. By then, could the technological power of the earth stop these ruthless enemies?
It was almost impossible.
Li Mu saw how depressed and frustrated he was and said, “You don’t have to be too pessimistic. At least, we still have time… Well, let’s talk about something else. I know the reason why you come here to find me. I can agree to your request, but you have to promise me one thing.”
Fan Zu’ang took a deep breath but the years of being an officer made him calm down quickly. He sat back on the chair and said, “Name it.”
Li Mu said, “I hope the military will search the globe to find a person.”
“Who is it?”
“It’s my grandpa. Everyone calls him Master Li and I call him the old faker,” Li Mu said, “Almost all of my skills are taught by him. If you can find him, it will be beneficial to fight against the masters from outer space.”
Fan Zu’ang suddenly thought a lot and realized that this Master Li who had been missing was of equal value to Li Mu. He had obviously underestimated him.
But when they investigated Li Mu, they also investigated this Master Li. Sometime before, all the people in Wulin tracked him down because of the dragon skeleton and the military force also paid attention to it. But they found nothing special. The conclusion was that he was a master in Feng Shui who was good at cheating. His skills didn’t deserve to be mentioned. But now…
He had to assess the person again.
“No problem. The military force once paid attention to your grandpa. But they didn’t find anything. It is said that the dragon skeleton is in Master Li’s hand.” Fan Zu’ang quickly agreed without hesitation.
Li Mu smiled.
It was really more efficient to communicate with a truly respected man.
Then they communicated about something else. In Wulin at home, the seven masters were the most well-known. They had the longest history and strongest force. Three of them had official backgrounds and Holy Speech Sect was one of them and it had a long history.
Fan Zu’ang was an heir of Holy Speech Sect and worked for the country. He had some knowledge about cultivation and was known to be officially the strongest on the surface in the country.
Li Mu taught him some skills on cultivating and Fan Zu’ang was extremely happy about it.
No matter for Li Mu or for Fan Zu’ang, it was quite a satisfying communication.
When they parted, Li Mu even took out three ‘Red Fruit’ he got from Everlasting Heaven as a gift. He gave them to Fan Zu’ang and then took the officers down the mountain personally.
In less than an hour, a special cellphone that had been safely secured by the military force, a special phone number that looked normal on the surface, a secret passport, and a real ID card were sent to Randeng Temple.
Li Mu signed his name and took them all.
However, right that night, Li Mu’s phone received an email from the military force which detailedly described some of the traces of the old faker and it included much of the information which people in Wulin didn’t know.
It mentioned that the old faker had showed up twice after his disappearance, both of which were in the northwest. One of them was in Qilian Mountain, and the other was in Kunlun Mountain. Then there was no more information about him.
The power of the national mechanism was still far beyond Wulin.
The people from Wulin who had interrogated Li Mu got very limited information. The only conclusion was that the old faker dug out a piece of dragon skeleton from under the Shaoshi Mountain. Then the news somehow got out and was spread all over Jianghu. It was said that there contained great power in the dragon skeleton which could cultivate a supreme master in Wulin. Then everyone started chasing him.
But Li Mu felt that the stuff dug out by the old faker might belong to himself. It wasn’t grown by nature and was a great natural treasure like people in Wulin said. He sensed that the old faker was putting up a big scheme.
On the third day, Li Mu received a call from Fan Zu’ang, who expressed his wish for him to go to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Qilian Mountain. The military force ran into some trouble there.
Li Mu agreed.
Except for helping the military force, Li Mu hoped to take a look at Qilian Mountain where the old faker had shown up. Maybe he could find something there.
But before he left, Li Mu decided to take a look at Wang Shiyu’s parents again.
He decided to teach simple Cultivation Methods to the family so that they could live longer and see Wang Shiyu come back from the other side of star rivers someday.