Chapter 462: 312, It’s Too Late (Request for Monthly Votes)_2
This orthodox cultivation method can drive people mad.
But the problem is, the orthodox cultivation method is too rare. Where did that young instructor get it from?
At this time, someone remembered that when the instructor named Qing Chen first arrived, someone had investigated him, saying he was a Genetic Warrior from Li Changqing’s side.
Would a person who has the orthodox cultivation method inject himself with a Genetic Potion?!
However, the Secretariat would definitely not make a mistake.
Thus, the origins and identity of Qing Chen became even more mysterious.
After completing his run, Li Ke headed straight for the Zhi Xin Courtyard.
At the door, two chubby boys had been waiting early. Seeing Li Ke, they asked, “Last night when we were kneeling outside, you were in the Autumn Leaf Courtyard, right?”
Li Ke glanced at them and replied, “Hmm.”
One of the chubby boys asked again, “Then why didn’t you persuade the teacher to open the door? Do you know we kneeled for more than two hours!”
Li Ke didn’t retort just for the sake of a quick-witted answer, he simply said calmly, “It’s time for class.”
“Traitor, members of the Li Family should stand together, not help an outsider teacher,” said the chubby boy coldly.
Li Ke looked at him calmly, “Go ask your parents if they dare say such things at the Secretariat.”
Yesterday, Li Ke had suffered a great humiliation at school.
Today, those classmates still looked at him coldly, but for some reason, Li Ke no longer felt upset inside.
Just then, more than ten people came walking toward the school from outside, and it was none other than Li Su and other officers who had returned from the military.
Li Su glanced at the chubby boys and said with a smile, “Remember, anyone who dares to trouble the eight of us who ran together, I’ll personally hang them up on a tree and beat them. Go tell your parents, it’s what I, Li Su, said.”
The chubby boy shivered. Li Su had a notorious reputation in City 18 in previous years and was lawless in school.
The Secretariat had once specifically issued a directive forbidding him from entering the school again.
Uncle Li’s parents were resolute and sent him directly to the Federal Group’s military, starting from the bottom ranks.
Other descendants of the Li Family would study in a military academy for a few years, come out as junior officers, and become senior officers in just a few years.
But Li Su had worked his way up in the military step by step to become a junior officer over the years, restrained his impulsive nature, and had only then returned to the clan’s selection radar, even being transferred to his uncle’s command.
In the financial group, transferring a family member to someone they know well is a clear signal: the clan is preparing to promote you rapidly.
After several years of experience, Li Su was no longer the reckless youngster of the financial group.
But for the chubby boy, a person with a fierce reputation was the most intimidating.
Li Su smiled and patted Li Ke on the shoulder. “From now on, we are all brothers of the same sect. You are actually the eldest brother. If anything comes up, just tell us. We are best at fighting.”
Li Ke was startled. How did he become the eldest brother? Clearly, he was the youngest among them.
However, Li Su and the others didn’t say much more and left after warning the schoolmates.
Zhou Xingwen, the math instructor hiding in the school, had a headache: “How come Li Su, this scoundrel, has returned as well, and it seems he’s even planning to take Qing Chen as his master?!”
In the morning, Qing Chen slowly walked toward Dragon Lake. The old man had been waiting there for a while.
Upon hearing his footsteps, the old man, without turning his head, lamented, “You really don’t plan to let a single Dragon Fish in this lake get away.”
The mournful tone of the old man was as if to say, “You knights really do nothing.”
Qing Chen laughed, “I’m catching them to feed the next generation of the Li Family, I don’t have any selfish intentions!”
The old man asked curiously, “I’ve heard that after eating nine Dragon Fish, your bones thundered like lightning, and after your hair fell out and regrew, it was as if a god descended upon the earth. Is it true?”
Qing Chen was stunned, “Did Li Ke tell you that?”
“Hmm,” the old man indirectly confirmed that he had specially arranged for Li Ke, a descendant of the Li Family, to follow the path of the knights, because only Li Ke had witnessed his hair fall out and regrow: “But you don’t need to worry about anything. When I asked him about this, he struggled for a long time before speaking up, and he told me this is the last time. He can’t betray your trust… favoring outsiders over his own people.”
Qing Chen asked curiously, “Why are you so insistent on having a knight from the Li Family?”
“It’s not just me who is insistent, but generations have been so,” the old man sighed. “Our ancestor was a knight, the father of the founder of the Li Family, Li Yingyun, had such a character. There’s a touch of the romantic in the blood of the Li Family.”
“Romantic?” Qing Chen was puzzled.
“Romance doesn’t mean lovey-dovey stuff,” the old man explained. “True romance is doing something even when you know it’s impossible, it’s valuing all that is natural and good in the world. Compared to these, lovey-dovey stuff is rather superficial.”
Qing Chen sneered, “You’re just talking nonsense.”
The old man glared, “Show some respect, how do you talk with an elder!”
“Please continue,” Qing Chen said with a smile.
The old man continued, “Having a knight in every generation of the Li’s Financial Group almost became a tradition. The relationship between the Li Family and the Knight Leader has always been good. It’s just that later on, becoming a knight became too difficult, and the Li Family even missed several generations. There was a time I had a chance to become a knight, but my father had a short life, and died after having just three children. Later on, the youngest went to teach at school, the second eldest became a painter, and I, as the eldest, could not let the power fall to others, so I had to give up.”