Super Soldier in the City

Chapter 1857 - 1919: The Tumultuous Fate of Su Lio

Has it reached a point where it can’t be suppressed anymore? Li Yifei nodded lightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "If it’s with this method, I can promise you, but if... if it requires the method I mentioned, I might have to think about it."Ma Han looked uncomfortable and said, "Mr. Li, I’m a blunt person, if I’ve offended you with my words, please forgive me."

"Please, go ahead." Li Yifei replied.

Ma Han said, "Actually, Ali is really good natured, but in recent years, without parental guidance, and with us spoiling her, she’s become a bit spoiled. But I assure you, her nature is not bad at all. In our backyard, she often feeds the animals when she’s free. Even the wild beasts like to be close to her, so... don’t think of her as having a bad temper..."

Ma Han was worried that after interacting these two days, Li Yifei might find Su Lio to be a difficult person and refuse to accept this matter.

Li Yifei smiled and said, "Brother Ma, no need to explain this, I can judge people too. Besides, which pretty girl nowadays doesn’t have a bit of a temper."

"That’s good, that’s good." Ma Han nodded repeatedly, grinning broadly, and added, "So if you two really fancy each other, we absolutely won’t object. Including her father, he hopes to see Ali get married and have children, to live a normal life instead of... like now, living in constant fear that her life might end at any moment."

Li Yifei was nodding at the beginning, but was taken aback towards the end, and with a somewhat awkward smile, he said, "I understand your feelings, so I’ll take on this matter. Elder Su, I don’t make promises easily, but once I do, I’ll do my best to fulfill them. If one day you pass away, I’ll take care of Ali’s affairs, but of course, I’ll always respect her, you can rest assured on this."

"Haha, good, good." Elder Su clapped and laughed, nodding repeatedly, then said, "I’ve long known about your character, so I trust you. Not for anything else but because your military experiences alone are enough to make one believe, and in these few years, you’ve rapidly risen without doing anything to harm the country, which reassures me even more."

"There’s no need for praise. As they say, a man should know what to do and not to do, it’s just what I ought to do." Li Yifei felt a bit embarrassed from the compliments, sipped his drink, and continued, "How exactly do we treat the Sky Yin Absolute Vein?"

"I only know that to completely alter Ali’s meridian issues and make her a normal person, one must reach an unspeakable realm." Elder Su replied.

Regarding that unspeakable realm, Li Yifei knew a bit—it was a mysterious and profound realm, one that no one has reached for at least a few hundred years. Coupled with the wars of the past centuries, the relevant texts have long been lost. Even the name of that realm is today unknown to cultivators. Generally speaking, that unspeakable realm is incredibly difficult to reach. Human life is too short, failing to reach it before dying, how could one ascend there.

In ancient legends, Li Yifei knew of a cultivator named Chen Tun who reached that realm. He is the most recent great powers figure before modern times. Chen Tun slept for a hundred years, becoming skeletal, with everyone thinking he was dead, only for him to yawn awake and soon return to flesh and blood.

Because of this, Chen Tun was also called Elder Chen Tun. Further down, Wudang’s Zhang Sanfeng Master was also one of the closest, but ultimately just a mortal, failing to reach that realm. Although there are legends that Master Sanfeng ascended in broad daylight, further research showed it was fabrication by descendants, not very credible.

Of course, these might not be true; records might be fabricated by later generations, but that realm is genuinely believed by Murong Yuanqing and others.

Yet, in the last hundred to two hundred years globally, no one is known to have reached that realm, hence calling it unspeakable—not because it can’t be said but because there’s no way to describe someone in that realm.

This treatment method was suggested by Elder Su, naturally after research, or he wouldn’t have mentioned it lightly. But... it’s too difficult. Li Yifei just nodded slightly, not delving further. Perhaps, a person truly at that realm would know how to change a person’s constitution, also referred to as their root bone.

This is actually Li Yifei’s target. He can, through cultivation, live long, even past one hundred fifty years, and remain very healthy. But what about the women in his family?

Even someone as naturally beautiful as Su Mengxin, who looks like she’s in her twenties despite being in her thirties, frequently worries about wrinkles at the corners of her eyes or loose skin on her face. The other women, too, are concerned, except for Jiang Ningxiang and Xu Shanshan who are not so worried. Both have innate vital energy and might look the same even at fifty or sixty.

So, there’s not much time left for Li Yifei. He must find a way to delay the women’s aging, and the dual cultivation given by Yao Lingfu is one method. But if the Worm isn’t removed, he can’t continue with dual cultivation, and this method’s effects are slow. Could he really spend every day clinging to a woman’s belly?

With this realization, Li Yifei felt troubled thinking about these things.

Elder Su thought he was distressed for Su Lio and didn’t disturb him. After a while, Elder Su said, "Suppressing it once used to last a quarter, but after eighteen, it only lasts a month. In the last two years, the outbreaks have become more frequent. Starting last month, it needs suppressing weekly or else it might..."

"Weekly now?" Li Yifei repeated. For someone like Elder Su, with his physical condition, to forcibly mobilize true qi to help his granddaughter suppress the cold yin energy, it’s really not easy, making Li Yifei admire him even more.

Although if this happened to him, he would definitely risk his life to save his woman or child.

"I’ll take on this task, but Elder Su, to be honest, after my last injury, I suffered a serious internal injury and still can’t mobilize my true qi, and I’m not sure when I’ll recover."

"You saved me before, now let me take a look at you. While I can’t cure my granddaughter, my medical skills are decent." Elder Su said, reaching out, and without hesitation, Li Yifei extended his wrist for Elder Su to examine.

Three minutes later, Elder Su let go and said, "Your condition is fine. It’s just normal true qi overdraft, exacerbated by some special external force. That energy is too overwhelming, causing serious overdraft, but I feel your body is self-repairing constantly, so the issue isn’t major." Elder Su said with a frown.

Li Yifei nodded and said, "Yes, if it weren’t for certain fortuitous encounters, I might have lost."

"So it seems, that Satan is indeed formidable." Elder Su nodded, smiled, and added, "But it’s not hard to treat; I have a medicinal herb at home that can help. When the time comes, come home with me, eating a few will more or less fix it."

"Alright, I’ll come for the medicine later!" Li Yifei nodded happily and said, "Thank you, Elder Su."

"You saved me once, I’ll help you once, no need to thank me. Besides, Ali will rely on you from now on, the one who should thank you is me!"

"Then let’s not say thanks. Though I’m young, I always keep my promises. What I agree to, I will work hard to do. Rest assured, Elder Su. Right now, the most important thing is that you take care of yourself and live longer to spend more time with Su Lio and the family."

"I will, I’ll strive to live!" Elder Su said, taking a sip of wine, but soon coughed, and when he moved his hand away, there was a hint of red in his palm, though he quickly hid it under the table, Li Yifei saw it.

This... Li Yifei frowned slightly.

Once they finished talking, Elder Su recovered for a while and then comfortably said, "Yifei, actually there’s some connection between us!"

"Oh? I don’t quite understand. Please tell me, Elder Su!"

"You have a wife named Su Mengxin, right?" Elder Su said.

Li Yifei’s eyes lit up. He straightened up and asked, "Elder Su, do you know my wife?"

"I don’t exactly know her, but her third grandfather, also known as Third Su, I do know." Elder Su said.

"How so? You aren’t brothers by any chance, are you?" Li Yifei asked in surprise.

Elder Su shook his head, "Not brothers, but if we were to connect, Third Su would have to call me Uncle."

"What?" This was far beyond Li Yifei’s expectations. Even though he faintly speculated there was a connection between Elder Su and Su Mengxin’s grandfather when he first heard of Elder Su a few days ago, he never imagined Elder Su in front of him was Su Mengxin’s grandfather’s eldest uncle... that seniority... "This... the generations are so wide, age fits, but... I’ve never heard grandfather mention it."

Elder Su shook his head, saying, "Mention for what? The families haven’t been in touch since liberation, and though there was contact before then, it stopped afterwards. There hasn’t been movement these years, I’m not even sure if that kid knows about me, his Uncle!"

"He should know, since you’re the north of the Southeast Northwest Center, Elder Su... I’m sure Mengxin’s grandfather would know, you might’ve even met!"

"Actually, no. Unlike Murong Yuanqing and the others, I’m not often in the public eye. After the nation was founded, I secluded myself in Changbai Mountain, rarely emerging. This time I came out... because I heard someone had a medicinal herb effective for Ali’s illness, so I came seeking it. Then this happened, almost costing me my life. If I died, Ali wouldn’t last long either!" Elder Su said with a heavy heart, "Come to think of it, I must thank you. If you hadn’t intervened then, neither of us would have survived."

"It was just fate, I was invited to a meal that day and happened to come across it, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to help even if I wanted to."