Chapter 226
Even now, Li Yao could clearly remember that, when they first met, Ding Lingdang looked at the refining profession with contempt .
How could he have ever thought that her father was actually a refiner? And if those two lifelike puppet warbeasts came from her father's hand, then he would have been a refiner of at least the expert-level; he would've been at almost the same level as Yuan Manqiu .
So, how could she dislike the refining profession?
With countless doubts circling around his head, Li Yao continued to watch the video .
The video was very long, spanning for a couple hours . It was a mixture of hundreds of videos, recording the scenes of the life of the three over a span of a few years .
While watching the video, Li Yao gradually came to know of another Ding Lingdang, one that was sometimes lively and sometimes quiet; a girl who would become extremely cute when she burst into laughter, a powerless, and always crying, little girl .
This little girl, under the guidance of her father, could rig up some common civilian magical equipment and become so happy that she would grin from ear to ear and dimples would appear on her chubby little face .
Li Yao took a glance at his surroundings and discovered that a lot of the magical equipment that appeared in the video were piled around, laden with dust .
The video came to an abrupt stop at Ding Lingdang's thirteen birthday .
'After she turned thirteen, why did she completely change into another person? Not only did her temper became fiery, she aspired to become a powerful body practitioner rather than a refiner . '
Li Yao's brain was suddenly struck by a flash as he recalled the words once spoken by Fiend Blade Peng Hai, "I've met another person just like you . At the age of thirteen, she was a super cultivation genius who had a Spiritual Root Development Quotient of 85%, but all of a sudden, her Spiritual Root Development Quotient fell to 11% . She could barely even stand up; she was reduced to a cripple . Everyone believed that she could no longer cultivate and would spend the rest of her life in bed!
"But this person, not only did she stand up again by putting in a hundred times more effort, an amount that no one could imagine . She once again stepped onto the road of cultivation . At the age of twenty-two, she reached the Pinnacle Refinement Stage!
"If I'm not wrong, after a year and a half at most, she will successfully build her foundation and become one of the youngest Building Foundation Stage Cultivator in the Federation . And If you give her thirty to fifty years . . . she will become the youngest Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator in the Federation!"
The person that Fiend Blade Peng Hai spoke of was none other than Ding Lingdang .
"What happened to you when you were thirteen?"
Lowering his head, Li Yao carefully observed the sleeping face of Ding Lingdang .
Her face was the epitome of overflowing heroic spirit and also had a bit of stubbornness to it . When compared to the chubby, round face from the video, it was almost completely unrecognizable to Li Yao .
Suddenly, God knows what nightmare she was dreaming, a slight frown crept over Ding Lingdang's face and the corner of her lips started quivering; revealing a sliver of panic .
'Don't be afraid, I will protect you,' said Li Yao gently in his heart before he suddenly became muddleheaded .
"Am I going crazy! Protect her? Protect Ding Lingdang? Protect this T-rex in human skin?
"How could I have such weird thoughts?
"I must have been too exhausted from the past two days; my mind must be so tired that I can't put my brain cells to good enough use . That must be it!"
The night went by very slowly . And everything that happened that night was far from normal . Having been hugged by Ding Lingdang, Li Yao's eyes went wide as thousands upon thousands of thoughts frantically circled in his mind yet none of them were related to refining . He kept forcing himself to think about various academic problems or complex and profound blueprints, and yet, after a moment, all of these thoughts would turn into the ever smiling and twinkling face of Ding Lingdang .
As dawn approached, Ding Lingdang's grip loosened a bit; Li Yao, on the other hand, was unable to hold on . His head fell down as he sank into his dreams .
He slept like a log, without a care in the world . Inevitably, he dreamt of innumerable wild fantasies which made him flushed red to his ears .
When he woke up, he found himself alone, lying with his hands and legs crossed on Ding Lingdang's bed .
Li Yao felt lost, nevertheless, "BANG BANG BANG BANG" sounds of something hitting came ringing next to his ears .
He turned his head to take a look, and found Ding Lingdang, dressed in gym shorts and a vest, hitting a sandbag that was crafted from Gray Dragon Crocodile skin which was several inches thick with full force . Each of her punches sank deep into the sandbag .
Her face was glowing with health and radiating vigor, not even the slightest trace of last night's weakness could be found; it was as if it was just a dream .
Shaking his head, Li Yao sat up before forcefully rubbing his face . "Maybe I was too tired and have been dreaming last night!? This is the Ding Lingdang that I know, how could she be weak-looking like last night?"
Just then, a gust of wind brushed his face as Ding Lingdang fiercely rushed onto the bed . Spreading his hands and legs apart, and holding him, she said ruthlessly, with eyes filled with hostility, looking from above, "Don't even think of talking about me crying last night, or I will kill you!"
Li Yao was shaken to the core; it wasn't a dream, she was indeed crying .
Suddenly, Li Yao's eyes were filled with curiosity and complex emotions which even he himself could not understand .
Feeling nervous from his look, Ding Lingdang smacked his forehead . "Don't look at me like that . I drank too much last night and was in a bad state, that's all . Who would have known that you, smelly brat, would silently slip in!"
Li Yao explained himself in a hurry, "I noticed the intense smell of Intoxicating Immortal Vine coming from your house, and I recalled that you never drink, more so getting dead drunk, I was afraid something happened to you, that's why I rushed inside!"
"I know, otherwise you would have already been beaten to a pulp!"
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