The Unparalleled Sword Emperor-Chapter 2554 - 2529: Li Ge’s Miserable Life

Lin Bai, clad in the Blood God Robe, emanated murderous intent that soared to the heavens. The demonic sword in his hand gleamed with a cold light. Looking around, the peak of Tianshan was a scene of bloodshed, with more than thirty corpses lying on the ground, frozen into ice sculptures. Yet, from the lingering aura on these corpses, it could still be discerned that these people were once rare strong ones under heaven!

Lin Bai, a lone warrior with a sword, stood proudly amidst the wind and snow, his eyes sharp, like a sword god.

Apart from Lin Bai and the corpses scattered everywhere, only the utterly terrified Li Ge remained alive.

At this moment, Lin Bai slowly shifted his gaze to the frightened Li Ge, a cold smile flashing at the corner of his mouth. Immediately, Lin Bai lifted the demonic sword and walked towards Li Ge.

"Now you know how I survived the Northern Forest."

Lin Bai chuckled lightly as he looked at Li Ge.

"You... you... you..." Li Ge was completely frightened, staring blankly at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai reached Li Ge, without a word, he raised his palm and struck fiercely at Li Ge’s head. A vast suction force cleaved open Li Ge’s memories as if by a heavenly saber.

"Soul Searching!"

After many years, Lin Bai used the Soul Searching Skill on a warrior again!

The soul searching unfolded, and Li Ge’s memories, from childhood to now, surfaced one after another in Lin Bai’s mind.

But Lin Bai did not find any information about Su Bai.

As Li Ge said, the names Su Bai and Lin Duo were taboo within the Li Family. Though he occasionally overheard some elders mentioning them briefly, each time it abruptly ceased.

Currently, within the Li Family, hardly anyone knows information about Lin Duo and Su Bai.

Just like Li Ge said, the reason he mentioned Su Bai’s name in front of Lin Bai was entirely because he overheard Lin Bai in the Realm Cultivation Valley inquiring about Su Bai and thus used this to entice Lin Bai to go to the Northern Forest!

"He... truly knows nothing."

Having searched through Li Ge’s memories, Lin Bai felt a sudden sense of loss.

This was Lin Bai’s last sliver of hope within Kunxu. If Li Ge knew nothing, then within Kunxu, the only ones who knew about events from twenty years ago were Li Zhengyi and the Grand Elder.

But the Grand Elder was inherently rigid, and even if Lin Bai offered treasures to tempt him, the Grand Elder would not reveal matters from over twenty years ago to Lin Bai.

As for Li Zhengyi, he was an old fox. Lin Bai had once tried to lure Li Zhengyi, but Li Zhengyi remained tight-lipped, only placating Lin Bai with vague excuses!

Gaining insights into twenty-plus years ago from their mouths is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

"However, it’s not a complete loss... at least I’ve seen Li Ge’s entire life..."

"His life wasn’t much better than mine in terms of age..."

Lin Bai looked at the lifeless Li Ge in his hands.

In Li Ge’s memories, Lin Bai saw that Li Ge’s recollections began only after he turned five.

Since he began remembering things, his Kunxu playmates sneered at him, saying he was an orphan without parents, a jinx that none of his peers wanted to play with.

In reality, Li Ge’s parents died shortly after he was born. As for the cause of their death, no one knew, and despite Li Ge’s years of investigation, he still had no results.

In his childhood, Li Ge was alone. His playmates and family elders all sneered at him.

He spent his childhood as an outsider, without companionship.

Eventually, even the disciples of the collateral lines almost forgot about Li Ge.

Even after awakening his Martial Soul, Li Ge still wasn’t valued much.

Being increasingly ignored left Li Ge feeling no sense of belonging to the Li Family!

At this time, Li Ge discovered that his Martial Soul had a heaven-defying power. He could instantly mimic any cultivation skills or martial techniques he saw, albeit with diminished power, but it was visually identical!

Later, after Li Ge awakened his Martial Soul, he had to contribute to the Li Family to earn Contribution Points for exchanging cultivation resources.

However, within the Li Family, Li Ge was almost always ignored.

No one was willing to team up with him for tasks outside the family, grow alongside him, or go out to hunt monsters with him!

Over time, the tasks Li Ge received were insignificant ones, such as courtyard cleaning and trail maintenance. These trivial tasks barely brought any rewards.

As time passed, the cultivation states of his peers far exceeded his, leaving him increasingly behind.

The stronger the warriors, the more they looked down on Li Ge, whose cultivation progress was slow. After coming of age, Li Ge was even bullied by the collateral disciples day and night, living in utter misery.

Until one day, an accidental opportunity led Li Ge to meet the tribal warrior.

The tribal warrior was Crow!

Crow approached Li Ge, instructing him to steal a cultivation technique manual from the Kunxu Divine Tower. If Li Ge managed to steal one, Crow would reward him with precious cultivation resources!

Li Ge possessed a Martial Soul that could instantly mimic the cultivation skills and martial techniques of others.

Thus, Li Ge started trading with Crow, handing over mimicked cultivation skills and martial techniques!

Though lacking the mental method, Crow was still very interested.

For this reason, Li Ge earned many rewards, which tasted sweet to him.

Subsequently, Li Ge, through Crow, met many tribal warriors.

As long as they offered a good price, Li Ge could get them the cultivation skills and martial techniques they desired.

As Li Ge’s resources from the tribe grew, his sense of belonging to the Li Family diminished, and his ambitions soared. He began selling information about the Li Family’s medicine gardens and marching routes to tribal warriors to obtain abundant cultivation resources.

The previous Battle of Dragon Mountain, instigated by Li Ge informing the Heavenly Saber Tribe about a maturing medicine garden within Dragon Mountain, led to that tragic Battle of Dragon Mountain!

Consequently, Li Ge traded with the tribal warriors to acquire considerable cultivation resources, allowing his cultivation and state to improve continuously.

Until the Battle of the Ten Children, when he aimed to prove himself to the Kunxu Warriors.

Ultimately, he achieved surprising success, becoming one of the Kunxu Ten Sons!

Yet due to Lin Bai, he had to flee the Li Family and live a life on the run!

The Soul Searching Skill ended, and Lin Bai tossed the frothing, convulsing Li Ge to the ground.

Li Ge, despite his weak will, was still alive.

Lin Bai looked at Li Ge, shaking his head and saying: "Should I pity you? Or consider you despicable?"

"In youth, cursed by the world, you walked a path full of hardships, scorned by others! You deserve pity!"

"But after reaching adulthood, you betrayed the Li Family for personal gain, using its information to exchange cultivation resources with the Kunxu Tribe, resulting in the untimely deaths of so many of Li Family’s martial artists, not to mention the countless casualties during the Battle of Dragon Mountain!"

Lin Bai shook his head at Li Ge, feeling no sympathy for him anymore.

Had he not promised the Grand Elder, Lin Bai might have crippled Li Ge’s cultivation right then!