Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 968 Lu Qibin's Past - Extra Chapter 29: Escape
"The first skill is to have unwavering self-belief."

Edward raised the first finger and said the content of the first skill: "No matter what you do, you must not be swayed by the opinions of others. You must firmly believe in yourself, and even if others do not understand, do not change your mind."

"But what if I'm wrong?" Li Zhao felt that this wasn't a skill at all, but his attention was indeed drawn in, and his clever little brain started to work.

"A mistake does not mean it is meaningless."

Edward chuckled and held up his second finger, saying, "And the second skill I'm going to teach you is thinking."

"But to truly master this skill, you need to learn to read and write. However, the fundamental purpose is not to make you knowledgeable, but to learn how to think critically."

"Once you master this skill, you can understand the behavior of most people in the world."

Then, Edward raised his third finger. "And the last skill is belief. When you truly master the first two, then this third one will naturally follow. With belief, even if there are many difficulties ahead, you will have the courage to face them!"

Li Zhao also completely stopped crying, but she didn't quite understand these things, and she didn't know many words at the moment.

"You don't need to figure it out right away, just remember what I said."

Edward retained some of the basic enlightenment knowledge left by Li Jiang, and felt that teaching Li Zhao to recognize characters and read books would not have a great impact on her future. After all, if Li Zhao really wanted to live a life of her own, recognizing characters and reading books should be the most basic condition, right?

In short, he was prepared to do this, otherwise the little girl would cry every day, and he, a grown man, really couldn't stand it.

Then, Li Zhao suddenly asked Edward a question: "Uncle, what is your belief?"

"I?"

Edward was taken aback, but then began to think seriously. He stroked his thick beard and chuckled, "Live! Live by any means necessary! For this, I'm even willing to give up everything, including my beliefs!"

"Your belief is to live by abandoning your beliefs?" Although Li Zhao was young, he had good logical ability, and he was naturally full of questions about this illogical statement.

“Well, a person’s beliefs aren’t necessarily singular. I have many beliefs, but living is the most important one. For this one, I can give up everything else.” Edward said, and seeing that Li Zhao didn’t understand, he didn’t say more. He just led her towards the village and said, “Don’t think too much about it now. You’ll understand later. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you to read.”

As Li Zhao walked, he kept his eyes on the fifty blood-stained gold soul coins in his hands, and he began to think:
Why did Mom and Dad leave this money?
I feel very uneasy...
Money can buy everything!
So, is enough money enough to put my mind at ease?

Yes!

I must get money! Lots of money!

Despite his young age, Li Zhao already possesses the potential to become a business tycoon...

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Upon being brought back to the Star Crown Sect, Li Yang was immediately imprisoned and guarded by two direct disciples at the Soul King level.

The sect leader and elders of Xingguan Sect personally interrogated Li Yang, but they got nothing out of her. After all, she had burned all the relevant information, and the secrets were all stored in her brain.

As long as the Star Crown Sect still wants her research results, they will have to continue to support her.

Just as the interrogation reached a stalemate, the relevant sect leader received news from the sect's headquarters—Elder Li Gong's granddaughter seemed to have a long-term relationship with Li Yang.

This greatly pleased the Star Crown Sect Master, who temporarily set aside Li Yang. However, considering the existence of Li Gong, he first ordered someone to send him away, and then secretly brought Li Ming back to the sect for a secret interrogation.

After all, Li Yang's research achievement, the Star Meditation Method, is so powerful that it can only be controlled by his direct superiors!
A member of a different family?

Don't even think about it! Even if Li Yang was the one who developed this technique, for the sake of the Star Crown disciples' status and interests, only they should be allowed to cultivate it!
What was Li Ming doing at this time? While Li Gong and Lu Qibin were going back to their sect with the elders, he secretly carried Huo Xing, whose injuries had improved considerably, away from the sect's residence at night.

Although Li Ming was somewhat puzzled by the deserted state of the sect's residence that night, he didn't have time to think about it too much. He quickly climbed over the wall and left, taking Huo Xing with him through a small path away from Xingluo City and heading towards Lanke Village.

Traveling a hundred miles overnight was exhausting for Li Ming, but he still managed to arrive at Lanke Village before dawn.

"you are?"

Near the village entrance, Li Zhao and Edward happened to be returning from digging for wild vegetables in the distance. When they saw Li Ming, the latter was speechless—he knew that this was Li Zhao's older sister!
"Hello." Li Ming put Huo Xing down and asked Edward, "Can we leave him in the village?"

"Sure, but you'll have to pay."

Edward was still hesitating, but Li Zhao spoke up.

"I didn't realize you were such a money-grubber."

Li Ming looked closely and remembered that this was the little girl she had teased at the village entrance. She couldn't help but smile, took out a palm-sized bag from her pocket, and handed it over. "There are two hundred gold soul coins inside. Keep fifty for him and give the remaining one hundred and fifty to you. But his expenses during his recovery period will be deducted from your one hundred and fifty coins."

"He's not dead, is he?" Edward asked.

“He’s not dead, and after seven days of rest, he’s almost fully recovered. In another three to five days, he’ll be able to walk again.” After saying that, Li Ming stuffed a letter inside Huo Xing’s clothes and said, “Once he recovers, you don’t need to worry about him. He’ll leave on his own.”

"What a strange older sister."

Li Zhao had just taken the wallet and hadn't even reacted when he saw the other person had already run far away, looking completely bewildered.

“It is indeed strange.” Edward was also puzzled as to why Li Ming trusted them so much.

But this was also a helpless move by Li Ming.

After learning from Lu Qibin that her grandfather had sent a message to the sect's higher-ups, she knew that Li Yang was definitely not going to escape, and that she herself might even be held accountable.

Of course, based on her understanding of the Star Crown Sect, she and Li Yang were safe, but Huo Xing would certainly not survive if he stayed at the sect's headquarters.

Staying in Xingluo City is not safe either. Only by going to the countryside outside the city can there be a glimmer of hope... People from the sect will not deliberately come to this "refugee village" to search.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, the backup plan I impulsively prepared might actually come in handy.

Huo Xing!

You are the key to the future!

"Goodbye."

After saying his final goodbye to Huo Xing, who was still unconscious, Li Ming quickly headed towards a nearby town!

Looking back now, the sect's headquarters seemed quieter than usual; the sect's higher-ups had probably already contacted her, and the recall of her grandfather and Lu Qibin to the sect was likely a preemptive measure to send them away...
Although she wouldn't be in mortal danger if she went back, she would lose her freedom, so she didn't plan to go back.

As for grandfather—

As an elder of the Star Crown Sect's Punishment Hall, and also a Soul Emperor, even though he was not of the same surname, the sect's higher-ups would certainly not make things difficult for him...
(End of this chapter)