Chapter 1232: 1232
While the two parties were at loggerheads, the short old man suddenly took a step forward and stood between Li Yao and the female Immortal Cultivator . He pressed his temples, removing the facial cover and the helmet and revealing a face that was full of wrinkles .
It was quite odd that, while Li Yao's first impression about the old man was cleverness, if not cunningness, when he observed the old man at close distance, gentle brightness seemed to be emanating from every pore on his body at this moment, making him look kind, benevolent, and trustworthy .
His eyes were almost transparent, and his face was warm, caring, and mixed with the delight of running into compatriots in the middle of nowhere as he stared at Li Yao's pupils and seemed to pierce into his brain .
This is an expert of mental warfare!
Li Yao was suddenly alarmed . He immediately realized the old man's identity . The guy's eyes boasted not only hypnotizing but also lie-testing techniques!
"Is my fellow Cultivator from the Flying Star Sector? Are we in the Flying Star Sector right now?" the old man asked in both surprise and joy .
Li Yao gave no answer . The muscles all over his body were still tightened . There was half fear and half alert in his eyes .
He did not want to brag, but in his more than ten years of travelling in the universe, he had never been scared of anybody in terms of acting skills!
The old man rolled his eyes and waved at the two Immortal Cultivators and the Grand Illusionary Soldiers .
The two Immortal Cultivators sniffed and took a few steps back . Even the Grand Illusionary Soldiers also dispersed, withdrawing their chainswords and crystal cannons .
The old man helped Li Yao to his feet pretentiously and apologized, "Fellow Cultivator, do excuse us . We have only just arrived in this foreign land, and we were being a bit paranoid for fear of encountering evil creatures . We didn't know that it was my fellow Cultivator who observed us, and we attacked too heavily . Please do forgive us, fellow Cultivator!"
"Cough! Cough! I—I didn't know that you were human beings, either . You were causing such a fuss . Of course, I had to take a look!"
Li Yao vomited a mouthful of blood and took a deep breath . Fear slowly faded from his face, replaced by curiosity . He eyed the war base far away and then the three Immortal Cultivators, before he clicked his tongue and remarked, "Your crystal suits are different from ours . Those puppets look rather similar to the Grand Illusionary Soldiers of our Flying Star Sector, though . Who are you exactly?"
"Grand Illusionary Soldiers?"
The three Immortal Cultivators exchanged a thoughtful look . The old man's smile was even sunnier as he replied mildly, "May I know your name, my fellow Cultivator? What is this place in the Flying Star Sector, and how far away is it from your mother planet?"
"I am Li Yao, a Cultivator in the Building Foundation Stage . As for exactly what this place is, I don't have the slightest idea!" Li Yao said pitifully . "I ended up in this place after my starship had an accident!"
"Oh?"
The three Immortal Cultivators looked at each other in bewilderment . The old man said in a daze, "Misery truly loves company . We also ran into a storm in the sea of stars when we almost used up the fuel on the starship . We were forced to land in this place, but we didn't expect that we would run into a fellow Cultivator from a different Sector!"
Noticing that Li Yao was distracted by the war base far away, the old man said with a smile, "There's no need to fret, Fellow Cultivator Li . That is our starship, which is now self-recovering and refilling its fuel . As soon as the maintenance is done, we will be able to leave this place, with you, my fellow Cultivator, too!"
Ecstasy immediately beamed out of Li Yao's eyes . He exclaimed in joy and waved his fists .
"However—" The old man frowned . "Such emergency maintenance won't sustain long . If we don't hurry to perform a full maintenance in a dock, it will collapse in space sooner or later!"
"It will be easy if we return to the Flying Star Sector!" Li Yao blurted . "The Flying Star Sector is adept at the maintenance of starships . Your starship is definitely going to be repaired there!"
"How exactly did you end up in this place, Fellow Cultivator Li?"
Colorful brilliance shot out of the old man's eyes, and his thousands of telepathic thoughts crept into Li Yao's head through his pupils, decorating his voice with irresistible charm . "Right now, we are all trapped in this place . It's necessary to work together and get out of here! Fellow Cultivator Li, your experience might help us localize the Flying Star Sector's coordinates . Please do tell us everything without leaving out any detail .
"After we have the starship repaired, Fellow Cultivator Li, you will be able to go home!"
Li Yao sensed that the old man's voice and eyes turned into a weird force that were stimulating his cerebral cortex, especially the brain cells and clusters of nerves that were responsible for memories .
If he were truly a Building Foundation Stage Cultivator, chances were that he really would have been hypnotized after only a few words and confessed everything .
However, Li Yao's brain had suffered the blasts of Ou Yezi, the mental devil, and many other weird forces . His brain cells were even more developed than a regular Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator's . Such petty tricks were naturally not a problem for him .
"My father is an elder of the Swooping Eagle Sect . According to the rules of the Swooping Eagle Sect, every disciple of the sect must train themselves for three to five years or even longer in the real world while concealing their identity . For me, I changed my name and went to the Thousand Sails Space Zone, where I applied to be a guard for a short-distance cargo ship named 'Sparrow' . "
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