Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

“Thank you for your compliment.”

Li Yao replied solemnly, “I couldn’t have thought of such a sordid and despicable method if it weren’t for my determination to stop Wuying Qi’s evil scheme. It’s all his fault!”

Li Jialing looked at Li Yao and Long Yangjun. Hearing the female moans in the video that was gradually replaced by the deep, profound, awe-inspiring voice of an emperor but still had the same content, mixed with “please don’t” and everything, Li Jialing seemed to have been hit by a flying starship in the front. His worldview and his values had been completely shattered.

“Are you kidding me?”

Covering his chest, Li Jialing held back the urge of vomiting blood. With his face pale, he asked feebly, “Is… Is this going to work out?”

“I don’t know. We can only take our chances. After all, I cannot think of a better way to deconstruct the image of an invincible expert.”

As a super refiner, Li Yao had always needed to fix his problems with all kinds of image modules. He was quite familiar with the methodology where the parts of different types of magical equipment were combined to create a piece of a new device. Such a simple job of ‘head replacement’ could’ve been done with his eyes closed, and he had already finished dozens of videos as he explained the mechanism to Li Jialing and Long Yangjun.

“Hu—”

Li Yao took a deep breath and wiped the sweat on his forehead. The dozens of videos whose main characters had been changed were activated and played around the three of them at the same time holographically.

Immediately, the pictures where Blackstar the Great flirted in short skirts, or cried in ragged clothes, or were insulted by all kinds of demon beasts despite the fury on his face, spread out.

Li Yao did not simply change the heads of the actors; with his massive computational ability, he also melted Wuying Qi’s standard facial expression with the expressions of the female actors. Therefore, vivid countenances such as confusion, excitement, humiliation, pain, desire, and others appeared on Wuying Qi’s face as the plot went forward.

“Finally nailed it!”

Looking at the dozens of holographs in satisfaction, Li Yao smiled delightfully. “What are you waiting for? Hurry to sit down and watch!”

He took a deep breath and sat cross-legged, summoning the spiritual energy while he watched the primitive, tantalizing pictures. His face was as solemn as that of a meditating monk, filled with profundity and mysteries, as he turned the pictures into shocking soul marks that he imprinted into his head.

After he watched for a moment, he noticed the trance of the young man next to him. He frowned. “What are you doing? Do you not know that we are faced with the most arduous battle in history and that we have to try our best? Don’t stand there like an idiot. Watch it closely and don’t leave out any detail!”

“I-I can’t do it!”

Li Jialing’s face was almost on fire. He complained, “How can I watch such things with you two perverts?”

“Young man, do not keep so many filthy thoughts in your head.”

Li Yao said in an enlightened manner, “We are not doing anything clandestine. This is a very brilliant strategy of mental defense. It must be noted that the result of this battle is likely to change the destiny of the Imperium of True Human Beings, the civilization of mankind, and even the whole Pangu universe. Above our shoulders are the people in the universe, the peace of the world, and the future of mankind! The outcome of this battle, on the other hand, is highly dependent on whether or not you can stamp those pictures in your eyes, your brain, and your soul!

“For the people and peace of the universe, for the most beautiful and brilliant future of mankind, can you not overcome such a tiny mental obstacle? Can’t you just stop yelling and sit down to appreciate the great movies with Brother Yao?”

Li Jialing was rendered speechless by Li Yao’s righteous and determined face.

He accidentally saw Long Yangjun who was next to him, only to discover that she was enjoying it.

Li Jialing was dumbfounded. “Sister Long, you-you are actually watching this?”

“They are well shot. Why can’t I watch them?”

Long Yangjun combed her hair and gave Li Jialing a meaningful smile. “Did you know that Sister Long used to be a powerful eunuch for decades? Do you know what the most important job for such powerful eunuchs is? That is to distract the emperor and make the emperor have fun every day and ignore the national affairs so that they can take over the power.

“Therefore, Sister Long has learned a lot about the tricks of ultimate euphoria. I even know a thing or two about how to train those soul-stirring girls.

“Li Yao was not wrong. With Wuying Qi’s wisdom, he must’ve blocked all the loopholes possible, making it impossible to resolve his scheme. If we are going to crack his brainwashing technique, this… decadent way may be the only solution.

“Come on, don’t be shy. Those videos were found from your portable magical equipment in the first place. There’s no need to pretend to be innocent, right?”

Li Yao and Long Yangjun, each from one side, dragged Li Jialing to the ground. They all sat down in their most comfortable postures.

The super experts of their level were mostly in possession of self-hypnotization and self-purification techniques.

Li Yao had the assistance of the mental devil, and Long Yangjun had the primeval heritages. They were adept at mental attacks in the first place. Although Li Jialing was not as good as them, he was able to accept the inculcation of the two seasoned experts, allowing him to transform the morally unacceptable pictures into seeds that were injected into the deepest part of his brain.

Li Jialing was more or less resistant at first. However, as Li Yao and Long Yangjun’s brainwaves and vitality fields spread out incessantly, he finally couldn’t resist it anymore and stepped into a new world led by the two seniors. His face was in a trance, but his eyes became focused.

The dozens of holograms seemed to have turned into brooks of light that flowed into their brains.

As he watched, Li Jialing suddenly grunted, with red blood flowing out of the corners of his mouth.

However, he felt none of it but was still attracted by Blackstar the Great who was playing with water in a swimsuit in the holograms.

“The kid can’t deal with it any longer. He is already on the verge of mental derangement.”

Narrowing her eyes, Long Yangjun gritted her teeth and struggled to say, “Li Yao, don’t cross the line, in case the pictures are stamped on his brain and result in qualitative changes. In that case, those pictures will haunt him for the rest of his life. There’s no way that he can forget them!”

“I-I know that.”

Li Yao’s facial muscles were twitching violently. Sweat that was almost crimson leaked out of his forehead, and his eyes were bloodshot as if they were going to explode in the next second. He managed to say, “To be honest, not just him, even a tough, iron-made man like me can’t deal with it any longer either. The mission this time is truly troublesome. Even if Wuying Qi is indeed taken down, I’m afraid that we will not recover without a couple of years of rest.

“However, the ‘mental shield’ that we have forged at such a cost should be solid enough. Cancel! Let’s cancel them!”

Focusing his determination, Li Yao turned off the dozens of pictures, allowing the three of them to regain their consciousness.

The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment. They were all soaked in sweat and exhausted.

Their brains, on the other hand, seemed to be heavily armored, with certain additional stuff.

“I…”

Li Jialing touched his head and said, “My head is rather dizzy. I don’t feel very comfortable. Those holographic pictures seemed to have entered the deepest part of my soul. Is it necessary to bury the scenes so deeply?”

“It certainly is. Just now, Long Yangjun and I intentionally hypnotized each other and gave you a hint. Those scenes were essentially compressed and encapsulated into a ‘secret weapon’ that was buried deeply.”

Li Yao explained, “We cannot think about it all the time. Otherwise, it will affect our combat ability. Also, those pictures are simply too absurd and contradict with reality. If you think about it all the time, you will realize subconsciously that it is false.”

“Yes, this is a secret weapon that can only be used once. We cannot stimulate our brains with it all the time. It can only be used at the most critical moment to catch Wuying Qi unprepared.”

Long Yangjun added, “In order to cover the secret weapon, we have implanted another scene on the external level of the brain, which is the idea that ‘Wuying Qi is vicious and unpardonable’ like you said just now. It is a ‘fake defense’ that is designed to be discovered and cracked by Wuying Qi. Let’s hope that he will think that we have been completely hypnotized and controlled by him after he cracks the defense so that he will be less vigilant of us.”

“Unless it is absolutely necessary, we must not let Wuying Qi know that we have done such a thing with his standard image.”

Li Yao said solemnly, “Otherwise, I’m pretty sure that he will be so infuriated that his combat ability will soar by twenty times, allowing him to burn each and every one of our brain cells into ashes. In that case, we will be the victims of our own scheme.

“All in all, I have set up a psychological hint for myself. Whenever I sincerely adore and submit to Wuying Qi, shouting ‘long live Wuying Qi, long live Blackstar the Great, and long live the Imperium of True Human Beings’, a certain area in the deepest part of my brain will be automatically activated and play the pictures just now to my entire brain. I hope such intense stimulation can disrupt Wuying Qi’s brainwashing.

“Alright, you must be getting back to yourselves now. Are you cool now? Especially you, Jialing, considering your rigorousness, is everything alright?”