Chapter 1024: Change in worldview

By the time Li Qi was spinning in the boss's chair at the nightclub, there were about fifty people assembled below.

They were all called back as reinforcements.

Including the boss of the Twin Dragons, almost all the combat personnel were here.

Li Qi even asked why there were only fifty-something people; didn't they usually have hundreds of people when they fought?

Then he learned that they usually paid people to fight, most of whom were just for show and wouldn't really go up and fight, and only those in front truly dared to act.

After hearing the answer, Li Qi patted his forehead.

He couldn't even figure out such a simple thing; was his intelligence really limited?

No, his intelligence was quite good when he was involved in stock trading and finance, but only on this matter did he seem particularly irrational.

Li Qi firmly kept this feeling in his heart; he felt… this might be some kind of power at play in his struggle with the Heart Demon.

But no matter what, these gangsters' days were numbered.

Li Qi did not kill anyone; there was no need. He merely announced that he would become the owner here.

Obviously, the gangsters couldn't accept it, especially the boss of the Twin Dragons. How could he hand over all his assets?

So, Li Qi gave him a knife and told him to stab himself.

The boss was a ruthless man; he said he would stab, and he did.

Then he found he couldn't stab through.

Li Qi crushed the steel knife in front of him.

It wasn't difficult; Li Qi was, after all, an unranked Martial Dao Cultivator, with strength around twenty thousand catties. He certainly couldn't win an arm wrestle against an excavator, but he probably wouldn't lose to an ordinary jack.

With this output of strength, if one's own Physical Body isn't strong enough, just punching would break one's own bones, so the output of strength alone reveals the strength of Li Qi's Physical Body.

He would certainly die if hit by a dump truck, but if it were a Nissan sedan, he might be unharmed.

In terms of a Mortal's output of strength, being impervious to blades and guns was not a problem at all.

Li Qi scared the man.

What happened after that goes without saying: the boss prostrated himself, feeling that he had met some reclusive master, and hoped Li Qi could teach him a cultivation method.

But Li Qi ignored him.

There were so many good people and Sages in the world he hadn't helped, so how could he teach a cultivation method to a gang leader?

He only demanded to be the boss himself. As for the legal entity, the corporate controller, Li Qi didn't care about those.

Even if the Law recognized you as the owner of the property, what good was that?

In this world, violence is the fundamental Law. If your name is on the house deed, do you dare to live there? The judgment ruled that this nightclub belonged to the boss, but Li Qi said it didn't, so who would the gang boss listen to?

Who could reason with such a monster?

Order never restrained monsters.

Li Qi quickly left here, but he didn't go home.

He spent a whole day.

By the next morning, all the 'gang bosses' in the entire city were standing in front of Li Qi.

No one dared to speak.

They were all waiting for Li Qi to speak.

“Alright, brothers.” Li Qi looked at the dozen or so people in front of him and wrote a list by hand: “Take a look, these medicinal materials, and minerals, some of which are even gems. I need quite a large quantity, so I'll give you a bit more time.”

“I'll head back first. You all get along well and don't cause trouble.”

With that, Li Qi stood up and left.

It was a small matter, not even worth Li Qi wasting a day.

However, Li Qi felt… exhilarated.

Something was off.

This shouldn't be Li Qi's attitude; he himself felt a bit off.

Given his temperament, how could he be complacent just because he had swept away the gangs of a city? Yet, the joy surging from the bottom of his heart was undeniable.

Li Qi's rationality floated above his emotions, experiencing this impulse.

He returned to his mother's home and told her that the matter had been resolved.

Thus, everything settled down.

No, it wasn't entirely peaceful. Those gang bosses were still secretly making small moves, such as trying to capture Li Qi for research, or attempting to threaten Li Qi with modern thermal weapons and kidnap Xing Xue.

If one can dodge a knife, can one also dodge a bullet?

They thought so.

Later, they found they were incredibly wrong.

Some monsters… are beyond human imagination. Is this really a person?

However, in the end, these gang bosses collectively chose to confess the existence of the monster.

They couldn't take it anymore.

They could only hope that true violence would punish this monster, even if it meant completely losing all their status, but at least they wouldn't have to suffer anymore.

However, how could anyone believe that?

Through interviews, investigations, and searching for evidence, it was finally discovered that on the day of the incident, according to surveillance footage and witness testimonies, based on Li Qi's location at the time, unless Li Qi could run as fast as an express train and also swim forty kilometers in half an hour while carrying a load, he simply couldn't have reached the crime scene.

Naturally, Li Qi's suspicion was cleared.

So what else could be done? Could they really believe Li Qi was a Superman?

Do you believe it?

The remaining gang bosses lived in constant fear, even hoping to make Li Qi 'impulsive'.

As long as Li Qi became lawless, he would be dead for sure, and then heavy firepower would teach Li Qi a lesson.

However…

Later, they found that Li Qi was Law-abiding and never relied on his strength for anything. He was even sensible and obedient, and he didn't spend money recklessly, ultimately remaining safe and sound.

Then Li Qi gathered them and had a good heart-to-heart talk.

After this, Li Qi finally lived a stable life. The city's public security also improved significantly. Nightclubs and similar establishments also became Law-abiding. They continued to sell alcohol as usual, but they no longer sold drugs or people.

Then, after he turned fifteen, under the abundant irrigation of Spirit Medicine, Li Qi reached the ninth rank.

He naturally ascended to high school.

In high school, he was also repeatedly driven by 'emotions'.

Sometimes, Li Qi would actively cooperate with these emotions to do certain things, doing a lot of punishing bullies and helping classmates, both male and female, acting like a school beauty and a soldier king.

The so-called campus bullies would even find their off-campus thugs to beat Li Qi, performing several Dragon King dramas, and even their boss personally drove to apologize to Li Qi, causing quite a stir.

And sometimes, Li Qi would restrain this emotional impulse, analyzing the differences between the two, but he found that his restraint would quickly lead things to a bad outcome.

For example…

Once, Li Qi merely ate a meal outside, and someone stepped on him. Not only did they not apologize, but they also threatened him.

As a result, after Li Qi dealt with him, the other party started looking for people, and the search grew bigger and bigger, jumping directly to the level of a multinational corporation jointly strangling him.

Although it was finally resolved, Li Qi was greatly surprised by this!

He summarized some patterns, for example, he found that many things always revolved around him, and all these things were in an 'ambiguous' state.

If he chose not to care, things would rapidly develop in a 'bad' direction.

And if he chose to intervene, things would usually escalate. A small incident of stepping on a shoe would quickly involve a large-scale battle among various forces across the entire city. Fortunately, Li Qi was generally able to resolve it on his own.

This was certainly a bit off. It felt like things were constantly happening around Li Qi, with events actively crashing into Li Qi. If he didn't intervene, the situation would spiral out of control, and if he did, the situation would spiral out of control even more severely, though the outcome would be different.

What Li Qi had been paying attention to all along seemed to have been vaguely noticed by him.

He felt as if something was watching him.

He paid attention to these matters and continued his life.

Then one day…

“Today, we have a transfer student joining our class. Everyone, please give a round of applause.” The teacher said.

Then, a girl walked in.

Tall, beautiful, neatly and properly dressed, with her hair falling naturally, she looked like a well-behaved girl.

Next was the self-introduction.

Li Qi was too lazy to listen to her many hobbies and interests; he only remembered that the girl's name was Dong Yao.

“You can sit over there, in the empty seat next to the big guy.” The teacher casually pointed to a spot.

“Hello, classmate.” The girl sat next to Li Qi.

Li Qi nodded in acknowledgment but didn't reply.

Then, the class continued.

They began going over the test papers, after the first few questions were explained.

“Li Qi.” The teacher called his name and said with satisfaction: “In this math exam, you were the only one who got the last question right. Please stand up and explain your thought process to everyone.”

Li Qi stood up, visibly larger than those around him, but he began explaining the math problem in a clear and orderly manner.

Despite having the physique of an athlete, he spoke about math problems with such clarity, indicating a high IQ.

After finishing, Li Qi sat down.

Dong Yao next to him was stunned.

No, she had thought he was an athlete. What was going on?

“Classmate, are your grades very good?” Dong Yao asked.

A nosy person nearby answered for Li Qi: “Li Qi is the top student in the whole school; we all rely on him for our homework!”

“You over there, no talking!” The teacher threw a piece of chalk.

Thus, after that, Li Qi's innocent campus romance comedy began.

Between them and other classmates, there were always some hilarious incidents, just like stereotypes, with bad boys, beautiful girls, and rich Young Masters constantly appearing, leading to all sorts of ridiculous situations.

Many times Li Qi could solve things with his own abilities, but when Xing Xue appeared, he could only hold back, as it wasn't good to involve his mother.

Then, inexplicably, as if by some 'coincidence', amidst various misunderstandings, the beautiful girls launched their attacks on Li Qi, entering a state of 'joke collection'. Li Qi felt like a different story happened to him every day, and each day was inexplicably strange.

For Li Qi himself, this was quite unpleasant.

He was a married man and had no intention of getting entangled with these Mortals or engaging in such nonsense. Once Li Qi used this Physical Body to achieve longevity, they would all just be skeletons.

As for what beautiful appearance, that was truly laughable. If Li Qi wanted, he could now control the changes in his Physical Body, kneading and altering the muscles on his face, and he could also look as beautiful as those celebrities.

It was meaningless; just a red-faced skeleton.

However, ever since the woman Dong Yao appeared, Li Qi's 'emotions' appeared more and more frequently, as if something was urging him to accept them.

According to past experience, if Li Qi didn't accept the emotional impulses, things would quickly develop in a 'bad' direction, eventually reaching an irreversible point, and then end.

After it ended, Li Qi would always feel 'heart-pounding' and a strange sense of danger, but there were almost no consequences.

However, as a Shaman, Li Qi had absolute faith in his sixth sense.

This made Li Qi realize that this might be the challenge.

He began to consciously participate, but he had no intention of engaging in a campus romance light comedy. Instead, he aimed to interfere with various matters without getting trapped himself.

He would help beautiful girls like Dong Yao solve their troubles, but at crucial moments, he would feign ignorance or even withdraw, absolutely not letting emotions affect him in the slightest.

He would also joke around with others, playing along with emotions to act out some humorous stories that were both funny and frustrating, yet he would never get too close to anyone, nor would he engage in any private interactions with them beyond being classmates.

Such days continued for a year, and the events that occurred became increasingly homogenized.

It felt as if God had run out of ideas, and the events started to be largely similar. Li Qi's emotions and reactions were also much the same, essentially starting to perform in a formulaic manner.

Just when Li Qi thought this situation might continue for some time, abruptly… a world war broke out.

It was as if God, having run out of material, had to find a way to create some excitement.

Storm-like routines descended one after another. Initially, the world war was just a backdrop, not causing any special circumstances in daily life, but soon military and combat content entered Li Qi's daily routine.

It turned out that this country had been breached, fallen, and now became a war zone.

This could be considered entering Li Qi's comfort zone.

He made preparations, hid Xing Xue, and then joined the fight.

First, through assassination, he pacified the invading enemy forces in the city, then gathered manpower, began negotiating with the local army, and gained command authority by relying on his superb combat power.

But soon, Li Qi discovered…

The world's combat power began to increase.

Originally, it was just an ordinary humanoid civilization where the world record was only ten seconds.

Now, 'Cultivators' began to appear, various mutated beasts, demon types, and Cultivators living in seclusion in deep mountains suddenly emerged, just like a sudden patch in a game's setting.

The style of the world completely changed!