Chapter 00255: Just Don't Forget Your Original Intentions
# Just Don't Forget Your Original Intentions
Chapter 255
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 255: Just Don't Forget Your Original Intentions
The calm situation was crumbling bit by bit in unseen places, and those with keen sources of information had already sensed a problem.
Also gazing at the setting sun was Yang Yiyi.
She stood before the window of her guest room in the Heavenly Absolute Palace and said with a bit of fear:
“Brother Li, are we really going to be okay staying here? Why don't we just run for it tonight?”
Yang Yiyi was in a complete panic.
Not only had her biggest secret been discovered, but the Palace Master of the Heavenly Absolute Palace was far too great a figure for her to handle.
She clearly hadn't realized that from the moment she picked up the jade tablet, she had already been drawn into the game.
The character stirring up storms across the world was, unexpectedly, an obscure little nobody.
“Running away would only make us look more suspicious. Besides, if she truly meant you harm, do you think you could escape even if you ran?”
The Heavenly Absolute Palace was far more powerful than the Liu Family.
Unless Yang Yiyi could run all the way past the border passes, there was absolutely no getting away.
“Don't worry, I don't think Shen Qingluo will make a move.”
This judgment wasn't exactly accurate; it could only be considered simple psychological comfort.
Li Chengxi couldn't figure it out either.
Shen Qingluo had only asked for a promise from him and then gifted the secret manual for the Ultimate Intent Vajra Technique.
No matter how unimportant it was, it wasn't something she'd just give to anyone who asked, right?
It was precisely because he couldn't grasp her true intentions that Li Chengxi didn't ask about the Sky-Upholding Stone at all.
He had already discovered in the secret chamber of the Green Robe Sect that the Sky-Upholding Stone might not be a secret among masters.
Leaving aside how they utilized the Sky-Upholding Stone, they definitely knew that thing was very important.
That being the case, if Li Chengxi were to ask about the Sky-Upholding Stone in his capacity as the Heaven-Holding Immortal, he felt he might expose himself.
If people found out that Li Chengxi, this Heaven-Holding Immortal, was actually just a paper tiger, a big red 'Danger' sign would light up above Yang Yiyi's head.
Lacking strength, he would set the matter aside for now.
This was not the time for Yang Yiyi to get involved.
“However, this is indeed not a place to linger. Let's set off for Peace and Prosperity City first thing tomorrow morning. You can stay at Li Yingluo's home for a few days and focus on mastering everything you've learned so far.”
“Mm.”
Yang Yiyi nodded lightly.
Seeing the disciples of the Heavenly Absolute Palace pass by outside the window, she suddenly felt a little envious.
“Brother Li, do you think I can still become a great hero?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“I thought I had made a name for myself during this time, and I even became a little complacent. But while searching for a way out underground at Thunder Mountain, I seemed to suddenly realize that I am still weak and insignificant, like a frog in a well, unaware that there are heavens beyond the sky and people beyond people.”
It wasn't that she hadn't lost fights before, but Yang Yiyi had never really taken it to heart.
Perhaps it was in that dark, confined underground environment that Yang Yiyi, for a rare moment, began to contemplate life.
After a moment of silence, Li Chengxi said:
“Let me ask you, why do people like to climb mountains? Why do they enjoy roughing it, traveling through mountains and rivers?”
“Uh….. because they want to get to the other side of the mountain?”
“No. Because the mountain is there.”
Hearing this, Yang Yiyi seemed to have an epiphany.
“A high mountain isn't scary; what's scary is stagnating, refusing to move forward. Humans are creatures who always like to find meaning in their actions. In reality, you don't need meaning. It just depends on whether you dare to do it and want to do it.”
“I understand now.”
“It would be great if you truly understood.”
“...”
“To put it simply, there's no point in getting hung up on this. Are you having an eighth-grader syndrome attack? With this much time, you'd be better off practicing your punches.”
“Brother Li, what kind of illness is eighth-grader syndrome?”
“Don't worry about such details.”
Li Chengxi continued:
“Besides, a great hero doesn't necessarily have to be invincible. To have ability without virtue is, on the contrary, a menace. Just don't forget your original intentions.”
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Yang Yiyi had a naive and kind nature; she usually didn't think about overly complicated things.
But it was precisely this personality that made her prone to getting stuck on a single point.
If no one guided her, she could easily give up on herself.
However, Yang Yiyi's willingness to listen to advice was indeed a good trait.
After mulling it over for a while, she stopped thinking about the problem.
After staying at the Heavenly Absolute Palace for a night, Yang Yiyi followed Li Chengxi's advice and went to find Ning Xian'er to bid her farewell.
Ning Xian'er originally wanted to spend more time with Yang Yiyi, but seeing that Yang Yiyi was determined to leave and that she herself had missions to attend to, there was truly nothing she could do.
Afterward, Yang Yiyi left the Heavenly Absolute Palace, found a nearby post station, and rode for a day and a night back to Peace and Prosperity City.
Perhaps because she had been suppressed for so long at the Green Robe Sect, Yang Yiyi was actually very restless now.
She especially wanted to wander the Jianghu with her sword.
But he couldn't let her continue to wander about now.
Before venturing into the Jianghu, she had to master her martial arts first.
Since leaving Peach Blossom Valley, not to mention fleeing from pursuers the whole way, she then had to break with her sect in Qi Prefecture, and upon reaching Peace and Prosperity City in Liu Prefecture, she couldn't resist checking out the matter of the Thunder Mountain Treasury.
Yang Yiyi had never settled down to practice her cultivation properly.
She had only been in Peach Blossom Valley for half a month.
To this day, the martial arts she had been taught could only be considered barely proficient.
Forget about reaching perfection; she hadn't even achieved a basic level of mastery.
After the trip to the Thunder Mountain Treasury, she obtained several new martial arts, plus the Ultimate Intent Vajra Technique which was very suitable for her.
Not only did she need to practice her old skills, but she couldn't neglect the new ones either.
This would obviously take a lot of time.
Li Chengxi told the restless Yang Yiyi clearly that she was to stay at Li Yingluo's home for a few months and could only go out after her skills were up to par.
If it were before, Yang Yiyi definitely wouldn't have been able to endure it.
But after the experience of being trapped underground, Yang Yiyi deeply felt her own powerlessness.
Before learning martial arts, she lacked confidence.
After learning, she became too arrogant.
Now was the perfect time to temper her edge and have her settle down to practice.
Because of the trip to Thunder Mountain, Yang Yiyi settled down.
Li Chengxi's life, on the other hand, continued as usual.
Just like every other day, Li Chengxi repeated the routine of opening and closing his shop.
And since Yang Yiyi wasn't going out to travel for the time being and was just practicing every day, Li Chengxi started to become idle.
Viola was planning a counterattack over on her side, but this wasn't something that could be settled in a short amount of time.
Both scripts simultaneously had no parts that required Li Chengxi's input.
If only the Sci-fi Script could open now.
At least he wouldn't be idle every day.
Right now, Li Chengxi just had two laptops open, glancing at them from time to time to see if there were any new developments.
Most of the time, he was playing mobile games or binge-watching TV series.
Life suddenly settled down, and he felt a bit unaccustomed to it.
Li Chengxi even thought that perhaps he had been too reckless recently, which led to him having such a strange thought.
The National Day holiday was long over, followed immediately by seven straight days of school.
Every morning, observing the expressions on the faces of the students who came to buy bread and milk, faces that wished they could turn back time, was one of his few pleasures.
Today, however, the situation changed a little.
Li Chengxi finished ringing up the students and had just sat down when he heard his phone ring with a jingle.
The caller ID was, as expected, Qian Sen again.
“Hello? What is it now?”
“Are you free today?”
“When am I ever not free... You need my help again?”
“This time it's personal business, not official business.”
“What do you mean?”
“Like I told you before, the person buying the Potion of Remove Disease has arrived. They're currently resting at a hotel. If you're free, let's find a place to talk.”
This phone call could be summarized in one sentence.
The God of Wealth has arrived.
(End of this chapter)