After the Skyfall

Chapter 868 The Source of Pollution

As soon as Li Yi appeared in the Golden Academy, his powerful aura attracted the attention of many people. Although he did not display the majesty of a god, the thunderous power like a raging storm was truly terrifying.

Moreover, the mere exhalation of his breath caused wind and thunder to surge and sweep across the sky, which is enough to prove the immense power of his magic and the strength of his physique.

"Is that Li Yi? He's come to the Golden Academy too."

People immediately recognized him, after all, Li Yi's performance on the Earth's defense line a year ago was too amazing, and many people followed him to repel the three forces of Xuanxian Continent, Demon God Realm and Dark World, laying the foundation for more than a year of peace.

The group of experts who were on Earth's defense line did not leave but chose to come to the Golden Academy to exchange cultivation techniques and strive to further improve their own strength.

“Compared to a year ago, Li Yi’s strength has increased again.” A woman named Su Mu appeared on a suspended building, gazing at the source of the raging wind and thunder, and exclaimed in amazement.

"A year ago, Li Yi was able to kill the Demon King. Now that he has such strength, he's probably going to make some big moves. I wonder what he wants to do at the Golden Academy this time." Ye Jingtian, who was in seclusion, was disturbed by the thunder. He opened his eyes and felt a little expectant.

Everyone knows that Li Yi is not a peaceful person. He cultivates to protect his homeland, and becomes stronger and gathers experts to drive away foreign enemies. Even if he disappears across realms, no one thinks that Li Yi would run away. They would only think that he went to seek opportunities in other realms.

Therefore, no one was surprised by Li Yi's appearance.

Li Yi quickly concealed his aura. He rode on auspicious clouds, carrying Lin Yue as they flew within the Golden Academy, while simultaneously observing and paying attention to the changes that had occurred after the academy's reconstruction.

suddenly.

Li Yi stopped in his tracks, sensing something, and looked in one direction.

The next moment, a huge, terrifying savage beast leaped out of a large hall. Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure sat on the beast and headed straight for them.

“The Qiongqi, a beast of the same rank as the mountain lord on Crimson Gold Mountain.” Li Yi recognized the beast at a glance.

The one who tamed this strange beast was naturally Jiang Mingtian.

"Li Yi, it's been a long time! You're finally back from the desolate world," Jiang Mingtian greeted him warmly.

Li Yi laughed, "You actually guessed I was in the Savage World? What, aren't you going there to cultivate? I didn't see you during the last great battle, where did you go?"

Jiang Mingtian shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I had no choice but to take a bunch of relatives and friends across realms to find a safe place. We wasted a lot of time going around in circles, and in the end, we simply sent them to World Six. I originally wanted to go to the Wilderness World for a visit, but the Golden Academy has been rebuilt, and the cultivation environment is good, so I've settled down here for the time being."

"However, I am indeed planning to go to the Savage World after a period of seclusion to try to tame a second Mountain Lord-level beast. This will greatly enhance my own strength."

"It's a pity you should have gone earlier, otherwise I could have helped you capture and tame a few mountain lord-level beasts. I don't know how to control beasts, so I could only kill some of the beasts with great potential." Li Yi shook his head slightly, feeling a little regretful.

Jiang Mingtian laughed and said, "It's alright. The Wilderness World is vast and boundless, with countless strange beasts. Finding a few mountain lord-level beasts is a piece of cake."

“You’ve raised this Qiongqi quite well. Its strength has improved a lot, and it has even started cultivating.” Li Yi glanced at the fierce and dangerous beast Qiongqi.

In just over a year, this strange beast has grown to the level of a 30th Mountain Lord, whereas it was only at the level of a 10th Mountain Lord before.

With his current strength, coupled with his mastery of cultivation and magic, even immortals would likely be no match for him.

"I've relied on it to escape danger many times. I have no choice but to pile all my resources on it." Jiang Mingtian was also somewhat helpless. He originally wanted to follow the path of a sword immortal, but ended up becoming a beast tamer.

This Qiongqi, a beast of the mountain lord level, is just too tempting. As long as he doesn't do anything reckless, he can practically do whatever he wants with this strange beast.

So Jiang Mingtian had already decided that he would take Qiongqi to the Savage World to capture other mountain lord-level beasts, tame them, and thus solidify his mastery of the beast taming style.

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "By the way, Jiang Mingtian, the reason I came to Golden Academy this time is to gather a group of experts to prepare for attacking other worlds and avenge what happened before. Are you interested in joining?"

"Cross-border operations?" Jiang Mingtian's gaze immediately sharpened: "Li Yi, isn't this a bit too hasty?"

“Are we supposed to wait until we’re all ready? Revenge has to be quick, otherwise what’s the point?” Li Yi said. “If you want to participate, I suggest you go to Crimson Gold Mountain in the Savage World now, with my orders. I will have several Divine Blood Warriors assist you in capturing a Mountain Lord-level beast to help you increase your strength.”

Jiang Mingtian knew that Li Yi was a decisive person who didn't like to drag things out. Since he had said it, he would do it whether or not there were experts following him. After all, everyone knew that he had gathered a large number of cultivation experts in the Dharma-ending World and could start an interdimensional war on his own.

"Alright, I'll go to the Wilderness World now and try to come back as soon as possible."

Jiang Mingtian gritted his teeth and joined the cross-industry battle, realizing that this was also an opportunity for him.

With Li Yi's help, he was able to acquire a sufficient number of mountain lord-level beasts in the shortest amount of time.

Li Yi nodded slightly, then pointed his finger, and a bolt of lightning, carrying divine power, condensed into a token. Once activated, it could transform into a phantom and transmit his commands.

Jiang Mingtian accepted the token without ceremony and immediately set off, knowing that Li Yi wouldn't stay at the Golden Academy for long and that the cross-realm battle would soon take place. Li Yi watched him leave, hoping his trip would be successful and that he could tame the powerful beasts at the level of fifty mountain lords, thus contributing to the subsequent battles.

"Li Yi, Sun Boxiu, the vice dean of Golden Academy, has arrived," Lin Yue whispered a reminder.

He withdrew his gaze and looked in the other direction.

Sure enough, Sun Boxiu was seen flying towards them with several powerful experts, seemingly to welcome them.

However, Li Yi felt that he deserved to be greeted by the vice dean, after all, he had almost single-handedly driven away the powerful enemies on Earth and brought about this rare period of peace.

It is normal for meritorious individuals to receive preferential treatment.

"Haha, Li Yi, it's been so long since I've seen you. You're finally back! I've been looking forward to seeing you again. Thanks to you for what happened to the Earth's defenses last year, otherwise Earth wouldn't be where it is today." Sun Boxiu was very enthusiastic as soon as they met.

Li Yi said, "Dean Sun, you're too kind. Even without me, there will be experts who will step forward and turn the tide when danger strikes."

“That’s different. In that situation, only you could have done that. I heard from Xiao Jianguo and the others that they had already made preparations to cross over and escape from Earth. Some of their survival bases had even opened the gates to cross over.” Sun Boxiu shook his head: “If you hadn’t defeated those powerful enemies that invaded Earth, there wouldn’t be any Golden Academy now.”

Anyone would acknowledge Li Yi's contribution.

Although many people did not join the great battle due to insufficient strength or other reasons, they still had to acknowledge Li Yi's achievements.

"Dean Sun, I came to Golden Academy this time to convene some high-level officials to discuss cross-disciplinary operations. If you'd like, could you help me make the initial contact?" Li Yi didn't stand on ceremony and directly stated his thoughts.

"Cross-border operations?" Sun Yuanzi was taken aback for a moment, but quickly understood what Li Yi meant.

This idea wasn't just shared by Li Yi; many of the experts from the Earth Defense Line had similar thoughts, but they lacked consensus and top-tier combat power, which is why it remained unresolved for so long.

To put it bluntly, it means there's one less person taking the lead.

Now that Li Yi has stepped forward, I believe many people are willing to respond to his call.

After a brief moment of thought, Dean Sun said, "Li Yi, I have no problem taking the lead, but there is one more thing that must be dealt with."

"What is it?" Li Yi asked.

Sun Boxiu said in a low voice, "Someone has found the source of Earth's energy pollution, and the higher-ups are discussing how to deal with it."

"The source of cosmic energy pollution?" Li Yi's eyes flickered slightly. "Where is the source? When was it discovered?"

“It was discovered a few months ago. As for its location…” Sun Boxiu looked up at the sky.

Li Yi immediately realized what was going on and frowned: "The source of the pollution is on the moon?"

"It's confidential."

Sun Boxiu lowered his voice and said, while an energy barrier lit up around him, preventing other students nearby from eavesdropping.

"Finding the source of the pollution is a good thing. We can deal with it immediately. It's just the moon. If all else fails, I can go there and blow it up, or use magic to blast it out of Earth's orbit and let it drift in space as far away from our world as possible." Li Yi immediately thought of a solution.

Sun Boxiu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's not that simple. The higher-ups also tried to use the technology of World Six to push the moon away, but they failed. The moon is protected by a natural array. As for destroying it, that also failed."

"Such a thing exists?" Li Yi pondered.

He recalled the words of the remnant soul of Hua Qing within the knife coin. Back then, he had said that the pollution on Earth was man-made, not naturally occurring. Now, with more and more powerful individuals on Earth and the scope of exploration expanding, discovering the pollution problem on the moon is only a matter of time.

The current discovery confirms that Hua Qing's remnant soul's words were indeed true.

“Li Yi, if you want to engage in cross-dimensional combat, shouldn’t you consider dealing with Earth’s pollution problem first? As long as this thing exists, it will seriously affect everyone’s cultivation speed, and the pollution will also erode the cultivation of many people with low cultivation levels,” Sun Boxiu said.

"I understand the principle that pacifying the internal is the prerequisite for resisting external aggression."

Li Yi said, "But the two things don't conflict. We can solve the pollution problem on one hand and prepare for cross-border operations on the other. If we can successfully conquer a cultivation world, we can then relocate people to it and transform it. Wouldn't that be better than staying on Earth?"

"You should know that many worlds are connected to Earth. Conquering a great world is equivalent to expanding the area of ​​Earth."

"The pollution has already begun to spread to other worlds. Cultivators on the Xuanxian Continent have been affected. Even if they conquer the Xuanxian Continent, they will still have to face the pollution problem in the end," Sun Boxiu said.

(End of this chapter)