Just as Li Xudou and Lady Zhui were discussing how to play with the flying machine.
Not far from the pair, on Zhenhe Peak, Lord Tingyao was weakly lamenting that his "spy" had once again betrayed him.
"Who exactly is that kid? What’s his background?"
"You’ve left him with me for a month, do you know how much of a headache that was for me?"
Shot an exasperated glance at Li Jingshu sitting right in front of him, Lord Tingyao truly felt a bit of a headache.
"In this short span of less than a month, he’s already beaten up countless gods and disturbed numerous villages."
"If it weren’t for me suppressing them, those gods would have gone to complain to Xiluo by now."
Upon hearing this, Li Jingshu calmly replied.
"Aren’t they just some troublemakers? Haven’t they been beaten up enough?"
"In my opinion, Hou Yi should beat them up a few more times, otherwise, those arrogant guys won’t know what suffering is all about."
"Moreover, the Mountain God’s grandmother has been very busy lately and hasn’t the time to deal with a few little troublemakers."
Listening to Li Jingshu’s words, Lord Tingyao pulled out a gigantic Eight Trigrams Compass at some point and said.
"Still trying to fool me with Hou Yi, Hou Yi?"
"Do you think I don’t know what that title refers to?"
With a gentle flick of the needle on the compass, Lord Tingyao’s voice became much deeper.
Ever since perfecting the divine power of {Future Knowledge}, Lord Tingyao’s approach had increasingly leaned towards that of a prophet or mystic.
Consulting divination on matters from time to time had now become Lord Tingyao’s instinct.
"I don’t know where you got hold of such a descendant of Hou Yi..."
"But the ’ominous signs’ on him are becoming increasingly clear, and even I am struggling to suppress them."
As he said this, Lord Tingyao’s pupils suddenly divided into two, transforming into a double-pupil form.
"And his ’Dream Arrow Training’ experience is also incredibly bizarre."
"On him, I seem to see something trying to traverse the river of time, affecting the present from the past."
At this moment, Lord Tingyao seemed to have completely jumped out of the river of time, witnessing the temporal ripple stirred by Li Xudou.
"It’s Dayi!"
Seeing the increasingly serious expression of Lord Tingyao, Li Jingshu this time chose not to conceal anything.
"In the dream, the one teaching Hou Yi archery was the Sun-shooting Hero who ended the catastrophe of ten suns a myriad of years ago."
"Or more precisely, it is the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow that killed the Great Golden Crow, which is teaching Hou Yi how to shoot the sun."
Upon hearing Li Jingshu’s words, Lord Tingyao was instantly stunned, his eyes widened with surprise.
"Is this what the Celestial Being told you?"
Receiving a confirming nod from Li Jingshu, the astonishment on Lord Tingyao’s face became even more apparent.
Fortunately, Lord Tingyao was smart enough to quickly come to a realization.
"Is it related to last month’s Emperor’s Liquid?"
With the emergence of the Emperor’s Liquid, Li Xudou also appeared.
From Lord Tingyao’s perspective, it was hard not to link the two.
Yet the response to Lord Tingyao this time was a slightly bewildered shake of the head from Li Jingshu.
She clearly had no idea whether there was a connection between the two.
According to common sense, Shocking God Valley was a place Li Jingshu intended to visit herself, and didn’t have an obvious causal relationship with the Emperor’s Liquid occurring last month.
However, the layout and chess game among Pathfinders crossed both timelines and causality.
Except for the parties involved, even someone as powerful as Li Boyang would find it difficult to unravel the inside story.
In fact, this was also the real reason why Li Jingshu had left Li Xudou here for a month.
Without knowing when the "bomb" on Li Xudou’s body would explode, she didn’t dare to take him back.
"What else did the Celestial Being say?"
Furrowing his brows for a moment, only then did Lord Tingyao speak again.
Lord Tingyao knew where Li Boyang stood.
When the other party abandoned the Creation Jade Disc, it basically indicated that he wouldn’t stop others from becoming Pathfinders.
On the contrary, based on his understanding of Li Boyang, if someone genuinely desired to become a Pathfinder, he might even assist them.
However, compared to Li Boyang, Lord Tingyao understood human nature better.
No one among the strong entities above all beings would believe that Li Boyang would unconditionally assist them to become a Pathfinder.
Especially when they came from a different time and space, without having ever directly interacted with Li Boyang.
These Great Celestial Gods wouldn’t hesitate to use the most malicious and extreme thoughts to speculate on what this Tao Ancestor had done.
"My little brother also told me some stories about Dayi..."
Gently rubbing her chin, Li Jingshu now appeared indeed quite mature.
Li Jingshu couldn’t remain a child forever.
Li Boyang couldn’t be a babysitter for those around him forever either.
So from early on, Li Boyang intentionally or unintentionally fostered the independence of those around him, rather than interfering with their choices every step of the way.
After all, Li Boyang could accept that his progress was so great that those around him couldn’t temporarily keep up with him.
But he didn’t want those around him to stand still, eventually choosing to abandon themselves to despair and decay due to the vast gap between them.
Consider Shocking God Valley and Li Xudou as examples.
Li Boyang could offer Li Jingshu some necessary support, but ultimately the decision was still hers to make.
Just like Li Jingshu didn’t want to bring Li Xudou back to Yunmeng Marsh, Li Boyang also didn’t force it.
Even though everyone knew Li Boyang would certainly have a way to handle the situation properly.
"Stories about Dayi?"
Lord Tingyao’s trust in Li Boyang was second to none, just like Li Jingshu.
Therefore, upon learning the information Li Boyang provided, he was certain there must be useful information hidden within.
"Hearing what you say, I really don’t quite understand that legendary Dayi?"
Lord Tingyao’s impression of Dayi was still stuck on the myth and legend of him ending the catastrophe of the ten suns.
This was primarily due to Li Boyang popularizing education, beginning to sort through the millennia of myth using clear words, and making it part of the mandatory history curriculum at the Hundred Lands School.
However, due to the time being so long, coupled with the involvement of the Great Celestial Gods’ battle, the history became vague.
"In the first half of Dayi’s life, he was a pillar minister of the Celestial Emperor, the sharpest blade in his hand."
"Slaying rebels and maintaining order, it can be said that Dayi’s presence deterred the gods, pressing down on their restless ambitions."
Accompanied by Li Jingshu’s calm tone, the story of Dayi’s latter years began to gradually unfold.
"Even though there was nothing like overshadowing in the Celestial Emperor’s eyes, he still had to learn how to compromise."
"Especially when Dayi made a fatal mistake..."
"Even if the Celestial Emperor cherished this blade, he wouldn’t hesitate to abandon it."
"In fact, not breaking this blade on the spot was already the Celestial Emperor’s final act of mercy."
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