Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 959: Lu Qibin's Past - Extra : Li Ming's Idol
The Earth and Stars say!
This is a theory forbidden by the sect, but Li Ming doesn't care. Especially the way of secretly agreeing with it without the knowledge of the people in the sect brings her an incomparable excitement in her heart.

Moreover, this questionnaire was obtained from the area underground of the Xingluo Auction Site. Everyone’s identity was hidden and they could speak freely.

"Huh~ The situation outside the clan's territory is indeed much more relaxed. But I didn't expect that someone outside has figured out the theory of the earth and stars. It's really amazing." Li Ming did not think that the person behind the questionnaire was the person her grandfather wanted to arrest.

Even if she thought of it, she would keep it secret.

After all, after seeing the prosperity of Xingluo City and all kinds of people, Li Ming did not want to return to the Xingguan Sect where even free stargazing was prohibited.

"Li Ming."

Lu Qibin took a book about chess from the bookshelf, wanting to see if it could give him some inspiration on how to use his martial spirit. However, just as he sat down, he saw Li Ming who was answering other people's questionnaires.

"what?"

Li Ming was concentrating on his work, but was startled by the sudden call and quickly covered the questionnaire.

Turning back, he saw that it was Lu Qibin, and frowned, "Don't be so startled, okay? You almost scared me to death!"

"Sorry, sorry!"

The young Lu Qibin was a little embarrassed. He glanced at the document in Li Ming's hand and saw the words "fingers and piercing". He changed the subject and asked, "Your martial spirit is a pair of Zhenxing knuckles, right? To be honest, the best way for you to practice is to practice boxing and participate in fighting spirits, rather than learning these theories."

"I want you to take care of it?"

Li Ming rolled his eyes, holding the questionnaire, left the desk and went to another deserted place.

Seeing this, Lu Qibin was a little helpless - the teacher asked him to take care of Li Ming and wanted to bring them together, but the other party had no interest in him at all, and since the experience of Li Yang, he had more or less kept a distance from cute and beautiful girls...

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"It was because I just treated the teacher's words as a task, instead of really taking them seriously, that the tragedy happened later."

Lu Qibin sighed and said to Zhou Qing, "If I had the chance to go back to the past——"

"You can't change your fate."

Zhou Qing took a sip of tea and expressed his opinion, "She is very smart, but the thinking of people around her can't keep up with her. Her personality is natural, and you can't always watch her."

"I don't know if you can comfort people."

Hearing this, Lu Qibin was quite speechless, but he had no choice but to continue telling the story...
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After Li Ming answered all the questionnaires, he put them into his waist bag and walked towards the Xingluo Auction House, preparing to stick the paper with the answers back under the questions.

at dusk.

Li Yang and Huo Xing also put on their cloaks and masks again, went to the basement of the auction site, found the room, and happened to see someone nailing papers.

"Looking at his figure, he seems to be the same person who took our questionnaire?" Huo Xing guessed.

"That's not necessarily true... However, it's surprising that someone answered so quickly. That person is either very interested in stargazing, or he has all kinds of observation records at home. But no matter which one it is, this guy is definitely restless." Li Yang expressed his judgment.

"why?"

Huo Xing didn't understand why Li Yang could judge a person based on such fragmentary information.

"It's very simple. To answer the question I asked about the movement of the sun and the moon, you can't answer it without a lot of information at home." Li Yang said as a matter of course, "Besides, can anyone who dares to come to this place be law-abiding? There must be some idea in their heart that goes beyond the rules!"

"Miss, you are so smart."

Huo Xing suddenly realized and asked, "But what if that person gave a random answer?"

"... Indeed, there are such people." Li Yang was silent for a while, then nodded slightly, "Come on, let's go and take a look."

After that, Li Yang walked forward and looked at the answer that the black-robed man had pinned under her questionnaire. He found that she actually agreed with the earth and stars theory, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Very impressive!"

"Ouch!"

The man was startled, but when he saw that the person was about the same size as him and heard the voice was also a woman, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when he saw a tall and strong man in a cloak and mask following behind him, he became nervous again and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Excuse me, I want to ask, did you write this answer?" Li Yang didn't want to waste any more time, so he asked the other party straight to the point.

"Yes or no."

After the other party blurted out this, he immediately shook his head and didn't want to have anything to do with Li Yang and Huo Xing. After all, the people in this place all hide their identities and cannot be trusted!
"Who is that?"

Li Yang was a bit aggressive. He dared to do so because the environment under the Xingluo Auction Site was special. Even if they were discovered, it would be impossible for a fight to break out in this place. They could leave safely. "To be honest, we came up with this questionnaire in the hope of finding some like-minded people to study it together. If you know, can you take us to meet the person who answered this question?"

"Are you serious?"

The man looked at Li Yang twice, but because he was wearing a mask that covered his entire face except for the eye sockets, he could not see his expression at all, so he could only test him.

"Of course!"

Li Yang's eyes were burning, "We can gain fame, status, and power by researching together and publishing the results.

Understanding the movement of stars is extremely important for soul masters who can practice by absorbing the light of stars!
If we can achieve results, maybe we can establish a sect that can compete with the Xingguan Sect!

On the mainland, those who are interested in studying the orbits of stars are either nobles who are interested in this area, or their own martial arts spirits can be cultivated by absorbing the light of stars. No matter which one it is, it is the best choice to cooperate with people who are interested in this area. "

"Well, I'll think about it... I mean, I'll go back and ask my master." The man thought for a while and felt a little tempted. "I'll come back and give you an answer tomorrow, how about that?"

"no problem."

Li Yang agreed and asked, "But, what's your name?"

"I?"

She thought about it for a moment and felt that it was no big deal to say a name, so she said, "Li Ming."

"Okay, let's meet here at 3 pm tomorrow." Li Yang gave a time, "What do you think?"

"can."

Li Ming thought for a while and nodded. In this place, she was not worried that these two people would suddenly take action, otherwise it would affect the reputation of the Xingluo Royal Family. But it would not be a conflict between them.

After Li Ming left, Huo Xing sighed, "Although I don't know what she looks like, her master must be an excellent nobleman to be able to teach such a generous, brave, and independent girl."

"Ah? What are you talking about? It's obviously her! How could a host be so careless as to allow a maid to come to a place like this alone?" Li Yang rolled his eyes.

"It's her?" Huo Xing was shocked. She couldn't imagine that a young girl could have such courage, but then she remembered that Li Yang was only fourteen years old, so she fell silent.

"Also, how do you know that she is generous, brave and independent-minded?" Li Yang continued to ask.

"I'm just imitating your way of thinking... Judging from her voice, her age is about the same as yours. It must take courage for someone to dare to come to this place." Huo Xing whispered his analysis.

Li Yang was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Huo Xing to learn so fast. He was a little surprised, but he also began to seriously think about Huo Xing's idea of ​​returning to his hometown to start an academic column.

If he could go back to his hometown, maybe it would work!

Huo Xing is a sixth-level soul warrior, much stronger than ordinary people, but he will take the initiative to work hard to learn to read, and even think about issues that he should not think about with his identity... It's incredible!

[Why is this happening? He is not even a spirit master! He is just a servant, a commoner...]

Thinking of the word "commoner", Li Yang was suddenly stunned and murmured, "Did I overlook something? That's right! Before awakening my martial soul and joining the Xingguan Sect, I was also a commoner, and now, I am still a commoner!"

She suddenly realized that a person's intelligence had no direct connection with the level of soul power, the strength of martial soul, or the status of a person, but depended on whether a person had access to knowledge. Noble status and soul master families/sects made it easier for people to access knowledge.

Knowledge has a price!
And most civilians can't even afford the value of literacy!

Take Huo Xing for example. His talent for cultivation is extremely poor. He is nearly forty years old and his soul power has only reached level six. He is also illiterate, but his brain is no worse than that of a soul master. He is willing to take the initiative to find ways to learn to read. After learning to read, he begins to think. He may even be much smarter than most soul masters who can only use their limbs to solve problems.

"Miss, what are you talking about? Do you want to buy some civilian slaves?" Huo Xing didn't hear Li Yang's muttering clearly, and asked in confusion. "No."

Li Yang came back to his senses and looked at Huo Xing deeply. "I don't even have enough money to support you, why would I buy other slaves?"

"sorry."

Huo Xing lowered his head, suspecting that he usually ate too much, which caused Li Yang to have an opinion...

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After returning to the Xingguan Sect’s headquarters, Li Ming locked himself in the room, wondering whether he should meet the two people again tomorrow.

Although I have already promised the girl, everyone is wearing masks and cloaks, so it doesn't matter even if I don't go.

In that kind of place, almost anything can be done as long as the price is paid, but there is also an unspoken rule, which is that the real identity must never be exposed to the public.

Once it is exposed and spread out, who knows how many people will follow the clues and cause trouble for her -

[But those two people’s research is related to stargazing...]

In the end, Li Ming decided to step in on time at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. She had a feeling that a whole new world might be slowly opening up to her.

Moreover, her grandfather is Li Gong, the elder of Xingguan Sect in Xingluo City! Even if her identity is exposed, with her grandfather's ability, he can still deal with it!
the next day.

Li Ming arrived on time.

Li Yang and Huo Xing arrived later.

After the meeting, the two sides went to the center of the underground hall and asked the relevant person in charge for a separate room.

"Have a great time!"

The mask worn by the person in charge was different from that of most people. It only showed the upper half of his face, so Li Yang, Li Ming, and Huo Xing could all see his obscene smile.

“It’s not what you think…”

Huo Xing wanted to explain, but Li Yang stopped him and said, "Don't say too much nonsense. The more you explain, the less clear it will be. Let's go to the room and talk."

But Li Ming was really a little worried and asked, "Are you guys using the earth and stars as a cover to deceive my body? Let me tell you, my strength is not bad!"

"Don't worry, we are not interested in your body."

Li Yang was speechless, but in order to comfort her, he still said, "Actually, in order to achieve the purpose of my research, I don't mind having my body toyed with."

Li Ming: “…”

This guy is crazy!
But why do I feel inexplicably excited?

"Miss, this is not good."

Huo Xing felt a little bit uncomfortable when he heard that Li Yang could go to such lengths for research.

"I am just joking."

Li Yang glanced at Huo Xing who seemed to be too kind, and suddenly felt a headache...
After entering the room, Li Yang locked the door, and without waiting for Li Ming's reaction, he took off the mask on his face and pulled back the hood on his head, revealing a face with a scar on the left cheek.

"Li Yang!?"

Li Ming exclaimed.

As the granddaughter of Mr. Li, she did not need to go to the same school as Li Yang and other children who were gathered from rural villages. However, as the most outstanding young generation of outsiders in the sect in the first two classes, and she was born with full soul power, she naturally had some memories, especially the content related to the other party's speech on "Theory of Earth and Stars" in front of the sect master, which was still fresh in her memory!
Even though Li Yang now has a scar on his face, she can recognize him immediately!
"know me?"

Li Yang smiled, "That's easy. The only people who know me, besides the villagers in my current village, are the villagers in my hometown and the people of Xingguan Sect.

But the people of Xingguan Sect actually believed what the Earth and Stars said—

This violates the orders of the Xingguan Sect’s high-level officials.”

The implication is that if the other party dares to tell others, then as long as she is caught, she will give him away.

But Li Ming couldn't hear the hidden meaning in Li Yang's words. He just thought she was teasing him, so he took off his mask and asked expectantly, "Do you know me?"

The problem came to Li Yang.

"do not know."

Li Yang looked for a long time, and told the truth under Li Ming's expectant eyes.

Li Ming staggered and said speechlessly: "We have met before! When you gave a speech outside the main hall of the sect!"

Now it was Li Yang's turn to be speechless. She thought the other person was a girl from the same hall, but unexpectedly she was from another class - they had only met once in that occasion, how could she possibly remember her?
But it was not appropriate to say that at this time, so he said: "The process of my fake death and escape was not easy. The blood did not flow through the brain for a period of time, so the brain was damaged and some of my memories were lost."

"So that's how it is. Have you recovered now?" Li Ming asked with concern.

"Memory? I don't have any, but losing some of my memory doesn't affect my IQ." Li Yang didn't want to waste any more time talking nonsense and went straight to the point. "I'm glad you showed up. Can you lend me your research materials? Plus, this guy has good eyesight and can better determine the positions of the stars in the sky after they move, which will greatly facilitate my research!"

"no problem!"

Li Ming admired Li Yang, not because of the other party's strength, but because of the other party's courage to express the truth in his heart in front of everyone in the sect. He also admired the other party's fearless spirit of getting involved in the game and faking his death to escape.

After all, the poison that Li Yang drank was also prepared by the sect’s top leaders in the past two years and given to captured people from the sect’s hostile forces. It was found that it could indeed cause a person to die painlessly, and there was no antidote!

But Li Yang survived!
But she also doubted Huo Xing's identity——

"Is he your father?"

"no!"

Li Yang was very upset and asked Huo Xing to take off his mask, but he did not reveal his identity immediately because he wanted to see Li Ming's reaction.

But Li Ming obviously had no impression of Huo Xing's ordinary face——

Who would deliberately remember the appearance of a slave?
Huo Xing was not stupid. He knew that Li Ming was a member of the Xingguan Sect, and he did not say that he was a servant of Elder Xu Ming. He just said, "I am the young lady's servant. She gave me a bite to eat."

"He can help me solve some unnecessary troubles." Li Yang said, "My identity as a soul master should not be exposed in public. Although he only has level six soul power, he has a good physique. As long as he develops some courage, he will be able to deal with some soul masters."

"Miss, I don't have that confidence..."

"We don't really intend to let you fight against soul masters. This is just the worst case scenario. Theoretically, as long as you are not exposed, you don't need to fight at all, but just in case, you still have to 'train' on the battlefield." Li Yang emphasized the word "training".

Huo Xing had no choice but to nod.

Li Ming was a little curious about this master and servant pair, but he didn't ask too many questions.

Then, she heard Li Yang say, "In order to prevent our relationship from being exposed and discovered by the other Xingguan Sect disciples, Huo Xing will pick you up from now on. He will send the information you brought out to me. After I have copied the content I need, he will help send it back."

"no problem."

Li Ming knew that this was the best way, but she also wanted to join in, so she suggested, "How about we spend one or two days every month to get together here? After all, I am also doing research in secret, and the information is in the library of the sect master's residence. It won't take me much time to study it myself."

Li Yang thought for a moment and agreed, saying, "That's fine. After all, I'm doing this alone, so there might be things I don't notice. With your help, maybe we can find out what I'm missing."

"Then it's settled!"

Li Ming was extremely excited. Is there anything more interesting than being able to conduct research with her idol who had “resurrected from the dead”?
It's really great!

"As for the time, let's set it on the fifteenth of every month!" Li Yang thought for a moment and decided on a time.

(End of this chapter)