i suddenly called him but swallowed down her words. Lu Li turned back with a frown and asked, "What is it?"

Liu Yi bit her lips and said, "Thank you."

Lu Li only nodded slightly before he swaggered off with Hunchback Tian. The light on Liu Yi’s face died down soon, as if she had lost her soul.

Patriarch Seven could make out what was on Liu Yi’s mind. He said with a sigh, "Family Patriarch, don’t think about him now. You cannot count on developing relations with Lu Li now. Let’s put our mind on a.s.sisting him. He is a man that values friends.h.i.+p. As long as we are loyal to him, we will rise again when he soar up to the sky. If you have too many improper thoughts and angered him, the Liu Family would be thrown into abyss."

"Yes, I know, Grandpa Seven."

Liu Yi nodded and forced a smile. However, the disappointment on her face could not be concealed. She knew clearly that Lu Li was getting further and further away from her. There would come a day when Lu Li could reach for the skies and she could only look at him from down on the ground…

"Hunchback Tian, translate this for me."

Lu Li took out the scroll and threw it to Hunchback Tian after they got back to the Dragon Elephant Mountain. The maids had readied brushes and paper. Hunchback Tian took over the scroll and read it carefully. His eyes glared at once.

"This is nice!"

After reading for a while, Hunchback Tian raised his head and said, "Master, this is Heaven Grade Xuan Skill. How did you get your hands on this?"

"Don’t ask so many questions. Translate it and write it down for me."

Lu Li threw him a cold glance. Hunchback Tian quickly picked up the brush pen and start translating and writing one word after another.

Lu Li didn’t bother to supervising him. Hunchback Tian dared not to disobey his orders nor would he inflict any harm. The translation of the scroll would be accurate.

An hour later, Hunchback Tian handed the translated copy to Lu Li. Then he looked at Lu Li with excitement, "Master, can I practice this Xuan Skill?"

"We will talk about it later."

Said Lu Li without even looking up. He carefully read the translated scroll. A word jumped into his eyes—Apparition.

This was a body art Xuan Skill of the Heaven Grade. Lu Li read for the time for three incense sticks to burn before he looked up and said, "I will cultivate this Xuan Skill. Later if I get body art Xuan Skill of a higher level, I will give it to you."

"Yes!"

A glint of disappointment pa.s.sed through Hunchback Tian’s eyes but he was afraid to say anything. The Xuan Skill was complicated and the explanation alone was done in a few thousand words. Even though he had copied the whole thing, he could not remember it all. Without referring to the cultivation method every now and then, did he dare to cultivate?

What was more, Lu Li was his owner and he had given orders. If Lu Li found out he was secretly cultivating, he would be killed.

Lu Li took Hunchback Tian’s disappointment all in but he was not moved.

People were selfish. Hunchback Tian was just his slave, not his brother. Hunchback Tian would serve Lu Li for 100 years in exchange for the Cyan Phoenix Race helping him cast a Fate Wheel. This was a voluntary and fair trade. Lu Li didn’t feel he had owed Hunchback Tian anything.

No family would sell Heaven Grade cultivation methods. These were regarded as the legacy. If the world was filled with these, then the Xuan Skills would be worthless. Of course, Lu Li wouldn’t want anybody else to cultivate it.

"Take a look at this!"

Lu Li then gave Hunchback Tian the parchment, the one Little White got from the peak of the Mountain of Dragon King. On the parchment was also written seal script, only dozens of words together with some strange lines and symbols. Lu Li couldn’t understand.

Hunchback Tian took it over and read it thoroughly. The more he read, the tighter his eyebrows were knitted together. He also shook his head from time to time. After the time for two incense sticks to burn, he looked up and said, "I cannot understand this thing."

Lu Li was surprised. He asked, "Aren’t there words on it? Why can’t you understand?"

"There are words…"

Hunchback Tian smiled wryly and said, "But there is something missing. There should be four of this kind of parchment. This is one of them. But… judging by the more than a dozen words here, I think this is a map, not even one of the Northern Desert."

"Map?"

Lu Li was disappointed. What would he do with a map? He had thought that this was a Xuan Skill or secret skill booklet. He took it over put it aside after a casual browse. Hunchback Tian at once said, "Master, you must take good care of it. It may be a treasure map or a roadmap of a treasured land."

"Treasure map? Roadmap?"

Lu Li was intrigued. Hunchback Tian explained, "Even though there is something missing, but there is a name of a location here, the Forbidden Land of Ancient G.o.ds. Any place that has the word G.o.d in the name must be no trivial place. Also, the name of Central Plains is on it. So the Forbidden Land of Ancient G.o.ds should be in the Central Plains."

"Central Plains?"

Lu Li rolled his eyes. He even dreamed about going to the Central Plains. The thing was, he couldn’t even leave the Thousand-island Lake. The map was missing pieces, so it was not useful to him just as yet.

"Ah…"

On the thought of Central Plains, Lu Li let out a long sigh.

He had completely provoked the Yu Family by killing Yu Lingxu. The Zi Family would not tolerate his existence, either. He even offended Du Ziling. The Thousand-island Lake killing warriors of the Yu Family was practically a slap on the face of the three Royal Families. It was possible that Lu Li was deprived of a chance to join the three Royal Families.

When could he get to the Central Plains and be back at the Lu Family without a super Teleportation Formation?

Lu Li frowned as he thought about his parents suffering under the Ice Abyss and the unclear nature of Lu Ling’s situation. His eyes were filled with haunting sorrow…