Tens of three-meter-tall stone creatures assaulted Li Mo. He used his speed to his advantage to escape the encirclement, as his palm flickered with lightning and each of them was thunderstruck.
If any from Longhu Mountain’s Celestial Master Abode could see him now they’d be slackjawed. Their Lightning Palm could only be released one at a time. It was impossible to pull off Li Mo’s feat of striking dozens at a time.
Struck by lightning, the stone golems crumbled to pieces.
Li Mo search through a pile and found a jade.
Low grade earth qi jade.
It was this item that imbued these stones with awareness and turned them into elementals.
But these stones had no intelligence, not capable of differentiating good and bad. They only knew how to kill. So when Li Mo Transferred here, they surrounded him.
“It seems they are the ruling class of this planet.”
Li Mo looked around and as far as the eye could see there were stone golems in every direction.
‘I’ve yet to reach the Spirit Stage. Using magical arts now would damage my vitality.’
‘But the earth qi jades are rarities on Earth. It would be such a waste not to bring some back.’
Li Mo thought as he searched the other stone piles and ended with a dozen jades.
Each stone creature had an earth qi jade, but they all were low grade.
“A king has to be on this planet. And just maybe, his earth qi jade is a sacred grade!”
Li Mo formed an array with all of the low grade earth qi jades, but he could only complete one tenth.
Tens of stone creatures came and Li Mo dealt with them with his Lightning Palm.
Then he resumed setting up the array.
Batches of stone creatures came here and then, and Li Mo used these two days to finish the array.
It took the shape of a star anise, filled with complicated lines. They weren’t painted over but carved with the spiritual qi within the earth qi jades.
The Stellar Orientation Array was not used for offense but as a focus for the Transfer ability.
Li Mo could freely use this array to come and go to this planet as he pleased.
To make sure the Stellar Orientation Array would remain intact, Li Mo killed hundreds of stone creatures and used their remains to protect the array.
With that done, Li Mo looked thin as he lay on the array. He slept for a full day and night but only recovered a little bit of his vitality.
Next, Li Mo began to make trips to and fro his new camp. He was careful to not make too many waves and ending the battles with his fists instead of magical arts.
Li Mo used two days to gather all the needed earth qi jades for another array.
To use the Stellar Orientation Array, one wasn’t enough. Only by placing two, one on Earth, and the other here, could he shuttle between them.
The Staff of Origin shined slightly and a blue ray shot from it to draw a door in space.
Li Mo went through the door and arrived without any deviation, right in his garden.
“Brother Mo, you’re back!”
Su Qingyi ran on one leg next to the dalmatian plushie, who was more charging instead, ready to maul his leg.
Li Mo flicked his leg and the dalmatian plushie flew again.
Li Mo entered the living room to see the panda reading the Thick Black Theory(T/N: a philosophical treatise written by Li Zongwu. It describes the ruthless and hypocritical means one must use to obtain and hold power.)
“It can read?” Li Mo was amazed.
Su Qingyi smiled, “Yep. It’s so smart it not only reads but can also write.”
Li Mo nodded and went on the roof.
The next three days were spent on setting the second Stellar Orientation Array.
“Brother Mo, what’s this?”
“Stellar Orientation Array. I can use it to go to other planets.”
“Ah? That amazing?”
Li Mo called Du Fei, who was still faking being hurt in the hospital.
“Ok, I’ll be right there!” Du Fei jumped out of bed.
“Brother Fei, you’re leaving?” Zheng Lichun smiled.
“Yeah, brother Chun. I faked so many days, that this ought to be enough. When my bro calls, I’ll definitely go.”
“Alright. Do you have my number? Call me whenever you feel like it.”
“I will.”
“Brother Chun, be more careful.”
“En, I know what to do.”
“Brother Fei.” Zheng Lichun called him as he reached the door.
“What is it, brother Chun?”
Zheng Lichun took out a key and a credit card, “I have bought a house in the wealthy district of Feng City. It was supposed to be for my retirement after the operation, but I meet such a great man instead, saving my life without asking for anything in return.”
Du Fei wanted to say something but Zheng Lichun stopped him, “If my legs were gone, my career would’ve ended. To someone like me, when my career is over, so is my life.”
“I am giving you the house and this credit card. Don’t refuse, brother Fei. We’ve become sworn brothers, so please take it.”
“Then I shall accept.”
“Ha-ha, good. Also, it’s enough for only us to know we are sworn brothers. Outside…”
“Outside, you are just clerk Zheng and I am Du Fei that barely know each other. “
“Ha-ha.”
Getting to know Du Fei these few days, Zheng Lichun found him extremely likable, smart, polite, and ethical – simply perfect.
After Du Fei left, Zheng Lichun smiled, “Such a pity, if you chose a career, you’d have been successful in twenty years. A pity you do not care for such things.
“Li Mo? For brother Fei to constantly mention this man, then he must be extraordinary also.”
Hum~
The Stellar Orientation Array flickered and Li Mo, Du Fei, Su Qingyi, the panda, and their mascot, the dalmatian plushie, transferred to the stone golem planet.
“I-i-is this an alien planet?” Du Fei was dumbstruck.
Su Qingyi looked at the ground, “It seems no different from Earth.”
The panda scratched its head and kept to its book. But this time the book was Three Hundred Tang Poems(T/N: anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu.). It was something Li Mo found a much better read than the other.
The dalmatian plushie resumed its onslaught on Li Mo. Li Mo paused a bit, then stuck it under a rock.
It was better to leave her here.
The dalmatian plushie struggled with all her power, protesting in silence since her voice was robbed.
Walking out of the Stellar Orientation Array, a dozen stone golems were already charging.
Du Fei blanched.
Su Qingyi flew out of her body and ran inside the array.
“Brother Mo, I better stay behind to protect sister Lu.”
Du Fei raised his hand with a trembling lip, “I-I will also protect sister Lu. Where is she?”
Du Fei ran into the Stellar Orientation Array as he wailed.
Whoosh~
The panda threw the Three Hundred Tang Poems at a stone golem and bolted.
Li Mo’s mood darkened.
