You Are Seeking Your Own Death

"Dongshan? Trying to lure me over?"

Li Yu glanced in the direction of Dongshan and chuckled. He turned and walked back into the small shop, "Even if I have to go, I need to eat first!"

Just as he took a step, a system prompt made Li Yu pause.

"Received 'Supreme Heavenly Book' Host submission of resources, do you want to deposit them into the Resource Library?"

"Huh? That kid Zhou Yi actually found something? Deposit it all into the Resource Library."

He opened the Resource Library and saw several newly appeared monster corpses and some medicinal herbs. Li Yu smiled, "He's already started grinding monsters and leveling up. Looks like he'll grow up quickly. Very good."

Li Yu nodded with satisfaction.

In recent days, Zhou Yi's usefulness hadn't been very apparent, and Li Yu hadn't gained much benefit from him. However, Li Yu knew this was a long-term investment.

In this world, Li Yu could only stay for a year. Even if he scoured everywhere, the things he could obtain within a year were limited. But Zhou Yi was different. As long as he kept growing and moving forward, he could continuously provide various resources.

Although the short-term benefits were not obvious, the future prospects were very promising.

He turned and returned to the small shop.

As soon as he entered, Old Jiang asked Li Yu, "Benefactor, what happened?"

"Nothing, someone was injured, and I just healed him."

Li Yu smiled and sat down at the dining table, saying to Old Jiang, "Old man, stop calling me Benefactor, okay? My name is Li Yu, you can just call me by my name."

"How can I do that..."

"Don't!"

Seeing Old Jiang still hesitating, Li Yu quickly interrupted, "Just call me Yu-ge'er. Everyone else does."

"Yu-ge'er."

Little Tingting smiled and called out to Li Yu, then picked up some food and handed it to him, "Yu-ge'er, eat this."

"Little Tingting is the best."

Li Yu took the food Little Tingting handed him with his bowl, praised her with a smile, and reached out to pat her head. A faint, almost imperceptible spark of spiritual energy entered Little Tingting.

A moment later, the three of them finished their meal.

"Old man, I need to go out for a bit. Don't open for business today. Just close the door, and you can stay home and take good care of Little Tingting."

Li Yu said to Old Jiang, his finger moving slightly, and another spark of spiritual energy landed on Old Jiang.

He stood up and walked out of the shop. Li Yu glanced in the direction of Dongshan, and with a flash of light, his figure shot up into the air.

His escape light was swift and powerful. In a moment, Li Yu landed on the summit of Dongshan.

"This is the place?"

Li Yu turned and looked around. He found it was just an ordinary mountain peak, unremarkable and without any special features.

"What kind of show will the Li Family put on? Ambush people here, and when I arrive, they'll all jump out and take me down?"

Li Yu chuckled and lightly brushed his waist, his fingertip gently flicking the "Soul-Shaking Bell" at his waist.

"Ding!"

A faint bell sound rang out, its crisp and pleasant tone like a softly swaying wind chime.

Invisible waves rippled with the bell sound, like an unseen ripple spreading outwards.

This was a divine ability contained within the "Soul-Shaking Bell" called "Soul Shock."

The sound of Soul Shock could trigger the deepest hidden fears in one's heart, making them terrified to the point of their souls leaving their bodies.

This divine ability targeted the mind. The more complex one's thoughts and the stronger their fear, the greater the effect. Conversely, beasts that acted purely on instinct were not affected.

Li Yu used the sound of Soul Shock to see if anyone was ambushing him.

"There's no ambush?"

The sound of Soul Shock swept through the surroundings, but there was no reaction. This surprised Li Yu. "They're not using such crude methods? It seems I underestimated the Li Family!"

"But... no matter how many tricks they have, they're useless in front of me."

Li Yu smiled and took a few steps on the mountaintop. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him: since there might be Source Ore here, why not look for it? He had nothing else to do anyway.

"System, scan and see if there's any Source Ore nearby."

Since there might be Source Ore, it was worth spending some energy to scan, and he might even profit from it.

"Micro Source Ore detected."

As expected, there was a discovery. The system quickly displayed the location of the Source Ore in Li Yu's mind.

"There really is some!"

Seeing the Source Ore displayed in his mind, Li Yu smiled, "Although it's very little, it should at least cover my expenses."

This patch of Source Ore was very small, distributed within an area of less than five hundred meters, and it was all scattered. Only in one area, about ten meters wide, was the Source Ore more concentrated.

He walked to the concentrated area of Source Ore, activated resource recycling, and waved his hand. The rocks, soil, grass, and trees on the ground, as well as the Source Ore buried underground, were continuously collected by the system into the Resource Library.

A moment later, a large pit, over ten meters in diameter, appeared on the ground. Li Yu had scraped up all the Source Ore along with the rocks and debris.

"Forget about the scattered ones. They're too few and would just waste my time."

He stomped his foot, the immense force collapsing the ground and burying the pit that had just appeared.

"Huh? This stomp actually unearthed some Source Ore? How interesting."

As he stomped down, a fist-sized, amber-colored crystal was revealed on the collapsing ground.

"Is this Source Ore?"

Bending down, Li Yu picked up the Source Stone from the ground. The amber crystal shimmered with a brilliant radiance, and a pure, surging power pulsed within the stone.

"As expected of a crystallization of life essence! Truly extraordinary!"

Li Yu held the Source Stone in his hand, gazing at the crystal, which was more radiant and beautiful than any gemstone, and praised it inwardly.

"You villain, how dare you!"

"You little thief, put down the Source Stone immediately!"

"Damn you, how dare you illegally mine Source Ore?"

"Attack! Kill him!"

A roar of anger erupted from behind him. Immediately, streaks of spiritual light whistled through the air, and various weapons rained down upon Li Yu.

"Hmm? So aggressive and overbearing? They won't even let me speak and are attacking immediately? What nerve!"

Li Yu turned his head and saw several men flying in the air, their weapons flashing with spiritual light as they slashed down at him.

Li Yu frowned, feeling a surge of annoyance.

Were these the Li Family's reinforcements? They were so domineering, not giving anyone a chance to speak and resorting to violence right away. Truly decisive in their actions!

But... what good was that?

"You are all seeking your own demise!"

Li Yu snorted coldly and flicked his finger against the Soul-Shaking Bell at his waist.

"Dong..."

This time, it wasn't a faint chime, but a massive bell toll.

The deep, resonant sound soared into the sky, reaching all directions and shaking the heavens.

A violent shockwave swept outwards.

Flowers and grass were pulverized, trees were pulverized, mountains and rocks were pulverized. Anything in the path of this sonic wave was shattered.

Naturally, this included the few men who had just appeared.

"Mere pawns, daring to be so overbearing. Truly ignorant of their own limits."

Li Yu snorted coldly, flicked his sleeve, and a gust of wind swept away the dust that filled the air in front of him.