Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

”I-is that so?”

Ding Lingdang pondered in a daze.

Xiaoling, I know it’s hard for you to accept such a cruel fact.

Yang Yi patted her shoulder and said in a sincere tone, ” however, the tragedy has already happened. It’s useless to regret and be upset.

if you really feel guilty about escaping alone, it’s very simple. You can double your efforts in your cultivation in the days to come. One day, you can kill more demon beasts and avenge your comrades who have died in leizhe city!

This sentence ignited the flames in ding Lingdang’s eyes.

that’s right. Mom always says that there’s no medicine for regret in this world. The only thing we can change is not the past, but the future!

The little girl looked at her clenched fists and made an oath, ” from now on, I will give it my all, cultivate like crazy, kill hundreds of millions of demon beasts, and avenge my comrades who have died in leizhe city!

As she spoke, she waved her fist.

The tiny fist created a faint sound of wind and thunder in the underground space.

Yang Yi heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that she had recovered.

”But, uncle yang, now that there are only the two of us left, how should we break out?”

yes, ” ding Lingdang said.  I just ran to the ground and saw that fire was burning everywhere. The howls of demon beasts could be heard everywhere. The city seemed to have been completely occupied by demon beasts.

The story of hyenas

let’s head northwest. There’s a mining and technical school there. There’s a big field on the campus, and it’s the most spacious place in the whole of leizhe city.

Yang Yi dipped his finger in his saliva and drew a simple map on the ground.  the Grand desolate plateau is vast. The nearest city and military base are hundreds of miles away from leizhe city. The Air Force on the crystal warships will be the fastest to arrive.

crystal warships, on the other hand, need a relatively open space whether they are looking for signs on the ground, dropping airborne troops, or landing by force.

therefore, I concluded that the mining technology School was the primary target of the reinforcements.

”However, there’s no need to be in such a hurry.

”It’s still late at night, the time when most nocturnal demonic beasts are at their strongest.

the thunderstorm outside of Thunder Lake City has not subsided yet. The news can not be spread out, and it is difficult for the crystal warships to force their way into the thunderstorm area.

”We were both hungry, wounded, and exhausted.

”We must conserve our energy and wait for dawn!”

Ding Lingdang nodded her head obediently.

The two of them sat together and ate up the whole meal.

Then, they treated each other’s wounds carefully and examined the magical equipment and tools that ding Lingdang had dragged back from the ground.

”Go to sleep, I’ll keep watch.”

Yang Yi said, ” in a few hours, you will experience the longest dawn of your life.

”I can’t sleep.”

Ding Lingdang’s eyes widened as she looked at the cobweb-like cracks on the dark dome.  uncle yang, tell me your story. I want to know more about my Savior.

Yang Yi was slightly stunned.

I don’t have a story. I’m just like the other hunting police, training, waiting, and chasing.  He said perfunctorily.

”This is not fair.”

Ding Lingdang puffed up her cheeks.  I’ve told uncle yang everything about myself, but I still don’t know anything about you. How am I going to introduce you to mom and dad after we escape from Lei Zhe city? ”

”...”

Yang Yi sighed and smiled bitterly.  I’m just an ordinary police Hunter. I don’t have that many soul-stirring stories.

the stories that you kids like to read, such as the fierce battle between the police and the bandits and the unregretful pursuit, are all fake. They were made up by the literary-type cultivators. Do you understand? ”

”Uncle yang, you said you wouldn’t treat me like an ordinary child!”

Ding Lingdang’s cheeks were even more bulging, like a cat whose hair was standing on end. She pressed on, ” then, tell me why you are in Lei Zhe city. You are on a mission, aren’t you? you are catching a very powerful wanted criminal, aren’t you? the wanted criminal must be a very dangerous bad guy, right? ”

The little girl’s eyes lit up, and the image of countless lonely heroes chasing after the murderer for tens of thousands of miles instantly emerged in her mind.

Yang Yi was silent for a long time.

that’s right. I’m indeed on a mission to capture a wanted criminal known as ’hyena’.

He finally sighed and slowly opened his mouth. He even patiently explained to the little girl, ” it’s a ’hyena’, not a’ Hound’. It’s also known as a ’coyote’ or even a ’carrion dog’.

”I know hyenas.”

Ding Lingdang’s face was full of disgust.  in the wilderness around the Grand desolate war institution, there are many scavengers such as hyenas and vultures.

those things are the most annoying. They are dirty, ugly, sneaky, and hiding. The teachers and students of the Grand desolate war institution have organized several large-scale hunting operations, but they can’t kill all of them.

”This wanted criminal is called ’hyena’. He’s not a good person indeed!”

The little girl felt that she had the responsibility to share the same hatred as her Savior and criticize the target of his arrest.

However, Yang Yi shook his head.  that’s not it. The reason why this guy calls himself hyena is mainly because he comes from the artifact tomb. Xiaoling, do you know about the artifact tomb? ”

”I’ve heard my father mention it.”

it seems to be a special garbage dump for the disposal of magical equipment, ” ding Lingdang said.  it is very messy and dangerous.

dad didn’t say much. He only said that the tombs of treasures are a mess. The scavengers living inside are both greedy and brutal. They can fight each other for a broken watch. Good kids shouldn’t go to such a messy place.

”Yingluo is right. The magical equipment graveyard is indeed not a place for a good child like you to go. However, for those who have nowhere to go outside or were simply born in the magical equipment graveyard, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Yang Yi said, ” in order to survive in the magical equipment graveyard, the children there are forced to learn to be brave and ruthless, to learn to deceive and deceive each other, to resort to unscrupulous means, and to live on city garbage and magical equipment corpses. They are no different from scavengers.

”And the most famous and most brutal scavengers, other than hyenas, are vultures.

most of the scavengers are uncultured and can’t think of better names. Therefore, you can find a ’hyena’ and a ’Vulture’ in almost every special garbage disposal plant in the star Glory Federation.

”So it’s like this, Zhenzhen.”

Ding Lingdang felt that her father would not lie to her.

Her Savior, uncle yang, seemed to have no reason to lie to her.

However, the magical equipment graveyard that they spoke of, and even the way they described it, was completely different.

What would the real magical equipment graveyard look like?

Ding Lingdang was full of curiosity.

”Then, what crime did the hyena that uncle yang is chasing commit?” She continued to ask.

”Nothing special. It’s just a robbery,”

Yang Yi said coldly, ” an orphan born in the magical equipment graveyard with one-in-a-hundred talent for cultivation, but without enough resources to fulfill his talent.

after countless struggles and struggles, I’m still beaten by the cold reality.

seeing that his talent was about to disappear, this orphan who was born and raised by the heavens and had no one to rely on chose to take the risk amidst ridicule, disdain, and disregard. He dug out his first bucket of gold through illegal means and proved his talent. From then on, he went out of control and went further and further on the path of crime.

such things happen in every corner of the star Glory Federation every day. There’s nothing special about it.

Ding Lingdang was entranced.

”Uncle yang, you seem to know this hyena very well.” The little girl sighed.

For a moment, Yang Yi’s eyes were filled with ferocity.

The next moment, he let out a sigh that was almost like a moan, and his fierce light scattered.

”I’ve been chasing this hyena for seven years.”

Yang Yi laughed at himself.  how can I not understand? ”

”Seven years?”

Ding Lingdang’s eyes widened.  this guy is really good at escaping!

it’s true that hyena is one of the most cunning criminals of the star Glory Federation. He fled to the Grand desolate plateau from the Inland and has been pretending to be a miner or a construction worker.

yes, ” Yang Yi said.  the Federation’s construction on the Grand desolate plateau is in full swing. Many mining sites, military bases, and industrial cities are springing up like mushrooms after a rain. They are taking up a lot of work at the same time. The identity check of the workers is not strict enough, either.

the hyenas spent two years in the construction sites and mines at the periphery of the Grand desolate plateau and accumulated enough experience and connections. Later, after being introduced, they simply found a job in Xichuan city at the West of the Grand desolate plateau as a ’junior mining engineer’ and settled down.

They even married the daughter of the owner of a local restaurant and established a family. It was obvious that they were going to be reborn and be human beings again!

”It’s a pity. Hehe, on the first day he set foot on this road of no return, this kid should’ve thought that hyenas will always be hyenas. How can it be so easy to be an upright person?

half a year ago, through long-term tracking and investigation, I redetermined the hyena’s identity and whereabouts.

”At that time, his wife was already more than five months pregnant.

it is a pity that, despite the peaceful and comfortable years, the hyenas are still as nervous as birds that are startled by the mere twang of a bow. They actually disappeared again and escaped the day before I contacted the local police and prepared to arrest them.

”It’s a good thing that he left in a hurry this time and left behind too many clues.

it didn’t take me much effort to catch him by the tail. We chased each other all the way and passed by several cities until we reached here, leizhe city.

”So that’s how it is. Uncle yang, did you catch the hyena?”

Ding Lingdang broke into a cold sweat for Yang Yi.

She felt that such a cunning wanted criminal would definitely do something desperate when he was forced into a corner.

”I’ve caught it,”

Yang Yi nodded.  when I really appeared in front of the hyena, things became simple. The hyena didn’t resist much and just let itself be captured.

”Eh?”

why? ” ding Lingdang was surprised.

”Because I told the hyena that his wife gave birth.”

Yang Yi smiled.  I had a daughter.

”This ...”

Ding Lingdang was puzzled.  that simple? ”

”Yes, I am.”

Yang Yi said, ”it’s that simple.

”And then?”

what happened to the hyenas? ”ding Lingdang asked.

after that, there was the beast tide outbreak.

Yang Yi shrugged his shoulders.  the hyena is dead. He was unlucky and was devoured by the beast tide.

”...”

Ding Lingdang was obviously not very satisfied with this ending.

The war between the police and the bandits in real life was indeed different from what the cultivators had fabricated.

There wasn’t any soul-stirring decisive battle, nor was there any satisfying ending.

Moreover, this didn’t seem to be uncle Yang’s story, but a hyena’s story.

The cunning uncle yang had indeed kept the police’s Secret and fooled her!

”The story is over, go to sleep!”

Yang Yi said stiffly.

Perhaps she felt Yang Yi’s inexplicable frustration, the little girl obediently curled up in the corner.

However, ten minutes later, just when Yang Yi thought she had fallen asleep, she suddenly called out again, ” ”Uncle yang, Zhenzhen.”

”What’s wrong now? why aren’t you asleep yet?” he asked. Yang Yi frowned deeply.

I’ve been thinking about the hyena’s wife. I feel so sorry for her!

yes, ” ding Lingdang said.  the hyena asked for it, but what did his wife do wrong? The daughter of the owner of this small restaurant was obviously deceived by the hyena, right?”

Yang Yi was stunned.

He took a deep breath and nodded slowly.  that’s right. She’s a very innocent and kind girl. Of course, she was deceived by the hyenas.

this hyena is too detestable.

you ...  ding Lingdang said angrily, ”you know that you are a wanted criminal, but you still want to harm people like this!

”That’s right.”

Yang Yi stared into the darkness.  the hyena has indeed let his wife down. He shouldn’t have provoked her, and he shouldn’t have lied to her.

”And their children.”

Ding Lingdang said, ”I’m thinking that, when their children grow up and find out that their father is such a bad guy who died in such a miserable way, won’t they feel terrible?”

”You’re right.”

Yang Yi clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth.  I should’ve caught the hyena earlier, or shot him down with my spear!

”If we kill this bastard with a human face and a beast heart earlier, all the tragedies would not have happened!”

”Uncle yang, I didn’t mean it that way.”

Hearing the unforgettable regret in Yang Yi’s words, ding Lingdang was a little flustered. She hurriedly explained, ”you’ve been working very hard and doing very well. It’s all because that hyena is too cunning. It’s not your fault!