Bai Xiashuang's sudden return once again interrupted Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue's intimate moment.
Seeing that Bai Xiashuang was blushing, Lu Li stood up with a guilty conscience. Then he said with a straight face, "Shuang-er, you are not young anymore. Don't play around all day. Learn from your sister and cultivate.
Your forefather is in danger and you are shouldering the responsibility of revitalizing your family. Your aunt and Uncle Leng are watching you. Don't let them down … "
With that said, Lu Li left with a heavy heart. Bai Xiashuang was scolded. She blushed and was ashamed.
For a moment, she forgot about the strange feeling on her butt. After Lu Li left, she said with shame, "Lu Li is right. From today on, I will cultivate. Sister, I will not play around anymore."
Bai Qiuxue didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She said, "Lu Li is right. Shuang-er, you really need to focus."
Bai Xiashuang nodded. She finally remembered the strange feeling. She opened her eyes wide and said with fear, "Sister, I felt someone touching my butt. Is it a sneak attack from the Yellow Goblin Race?
No, it is too dangerous here. Let's go back to the Ling Empress City. "
Bai Qiuxue burst into laughter. She had to comfort Bai Xiashuang. She was afraid that Lu Li would do something reckless but she had some hope.
Lu Li had just confessed his love to her. How could she leave?
The mind of a young girl was like the wind, the mist, and the rain. Nobody could tell …
Bai Xiashuang pondered over the painful experience. She behaved herself and cultivated often.
Bai Qiuxue was too embarrassed to go out. She would only stand on the deck and look at Lu Li when he was cultivating in the tornado.
When Lu Li came back, Bai Qiuxue went back to her room to cultivate.
She would cultivate Xuan Energy and Soul Pond. Every now and then, she would cultivate the Enchantment. Life was fulfilling.
The Northern Desert was peaceful.
At the beginning of the empire, Yu Huashen was killing people everywhere. Madam Yan used both the carrot and the stick. Ming Yu was monitoring the world.
Nobody dared to disobey and nobody dared to act recklessly.
People of the Northern Desert gradually forgot about the Heaven Frigid Kingdom, the Heaven Martial Kingdom, and the Heaven Cold Kingdom.
Madam Yan sent someone to spread the word about Lu Li's achievements, making him a young hero and a legend.
Many young boys and girls of the Northern Desert regarded Lu Li as their idol, a god. Naturally, the Northern Desert became peaceful.
However, peace was only on the surface. Many families were still secretly angry, but they did not dare to show it in public.
Why?
It was all about interests. Lu Li would get 30% of the benefits from the unification of the Northern Desert, the Bai Family, the Yu Family and the Zi Family would get 30%, and the remaining 30% would be shared among all the families of the Northern Desert.
If Qi Tianfan, He Jun and other fifth-rank families were included, how many families were there in the Northern Desert?
How many third and fourth rank families were there?
There were more than 100 Third-rank Families at the Thousand-island Lake. How many were there in the other three Kingdoms?
Lu Li took over all the mines, mountains and farms and gave them to the empire. Only a small amount of resources was given to them.
What did those families rely on to make a living?
What did they rely on to raise and nurture their clan's disciples? What did they rely on to recruit Outer Hall martial artists?
Of course, those families didn't dare to say anything. This was how cruel the Northern Desert was. Fists were the law.
He could only curse secretly to vent his anger. Ming Yu's Dark Guards were everywhere, and he had to be careful when cursing secretly.
There was nothing Lu Li could do!
He came back to the Northern Desert for resources. The empire had just been established and he needed a large amount of Mystical Materials and Xuan Crystals.
Lu Li had to make sure that he had food to eat and Mystical Materials to cultivate before he could worry about the interests of the families of the Northern Desert. Otherwise, what was the point of unifying the Northern Desert?
There were too many families. Lu Li could not guarantee that everyone would have food.
The establishment of an empire meant that many new forces would come to power and the power structure of the continent would be reshuffled. If Lu Li had to take care of the interests of everyone, then he would not be able to be the emperor anymore.
Time flew by. Two months had passed.
Lu Li continued to cultivate in the area of demons. Bai Xiashuang and Bai Qiuxue were in closed-door cultivation as well.
Yu Huashen was busy with the family businesses and Madam Yan was busy with the reorganization of the entire Northern Desert. Ming Yu was busy as well.
He came to see Lu Li once and Lu Li gave him a task — find someone to go into the Ice Abyss.
The Ice Abyss was the most dangerous place of the Northern Desert. Not even Human Sovereign Realm warriors could come out.
Lu Renhuang had been in there for more than 10 years and he couldn't come out. Therefore, the place was dangerous.
Lu Li had to try even though he knew he would die for sure.
He was the emperor of the Northern Desert now and he had too many subordinates.
Also, he didn't have to do it himself. There were many condemned prisoners in the prison. Lu Li could just throw them into the prison.
Ming Yu found many condemned prisoners with different abilities and skills. There were also some special races, such as the Green Dwarfs and the Yellow Goblins.
Ming Yu promised them that as long as they could come out from the Ice Abyss, they would be pardoned and set free.
The condemned prisoners were excited. They were going to die anyway, so they might as well take the risk.
There was an old Beast King at the south of the Ice Abyss, but it didn't mean that there were no more Beast Kings. Ming Yu sent someone to investigate and found there was another Beast King at the north.
But that wasn't a problem. There was only one Beast King that could be lured away.
Beast Kings were comparable to Human Sovereign Realm warriors, but they were Xuan Beasts after all. They weren't intelligent. It was easy to lure them away. As long as the plan was good, there wouldn't be too many deaths.
Lu Li told Ming Yu again and again to keep it a secret. He told others that Ming Yu was trying to get a rare Mystical Materials from the Ice Abyss.
Lu Li didn't even tell Ming Yu that Lu Renhuang was in the Ice Abyss.
Ming Yu was a dull person and he didn't like to ask questions. He would do whatever Lu Li told him.
It was just to send some people down to the Ice Abyss.
It wasn't too difficult. It just required some time and condemned prisoners.
…
"Hoy!"
Above the Lake of Demons, a tornado roared into the sky like an angry dragon coming out of the sea.
There was no thunderstorm today, but the wind was stronger. A man was spinning around in the tornado. He tried to get out but was sucked back in.
"How come I can't get it?"
Lu Li felt every part of his muscles and bones were being torn apart but he didn't mind. He had been cultivating in the tornado for more than two months and he had gotten used to it.
There was a strong feeling in his mind but he just couldn't see through it. He couldn't grasp the meaning contained in it.
This feeling was unbearable and stifling. He had endured the pain of being torn apart countless times and wasted more than two months, yet he hadn't made any progress.
This made Lu Li doubt himself. He wondered if he could understand it or if he was going in the wrong direction.
The two months were not for nothing. Lu Li's body was much stronger than before.
This was similar to when he refined his body under the waterfall.
After being torn apart by the tornado for a long time, his body's defensive strength had been enhanced. Average warriors wouldn't be able to pierce through his body now …
"Waterfall?"
On this thought, Lu Li suddenly thought of something. He remembered when he was young, he would hack at the waterfall with his saber. He remembered the swift and fierce moves. He looked at the howling wind and his eyes glowed, brighter and brighter.
"Speed is the only unbeatable martial art in the world. Is the Profound Meaning in the tornado the speed Profound Meaning?"