A week later, in a residential area in Dragon City.
Li Xingkong was taking a walk with his mother in the courtyard downstairs.
After leaving the countryside, Li Xingkong contacted his parents, found out where they lived in Dragon City, and then came over.
This is considered one of the more prosperous neighborhoods in Dragon City, basically located in the Dragon City center.
The reason for Li Xingkong's parents moving was quite simple: after Li Xingkong went into seclusion, Divine Land sent many people to ensure the safety of Li Xingkong's parents.
If they were ordinary people, they would probably just be protected secretly without anyone noticing. But ever since they started cultivating, their sense of the environment has become more acute, and they noticed people watching them several times. It was only after Father Li went to their door that he learned that these people were there specifically to protect them.
The protection went from being clandestine to being overt, which inevitably meant dealing with Father Li Mother Li. Over time, the soldiers who were specifically protecting them became familiar with them. When Li Xingkong wasn't around, the old couple even treated these young men who protected them like their godson.
The reason they moved to Dragon City was because the hometowns of several soldiers who were responsible for protecting them were here. They couldn't let others come to protect them and not even have time to go home.
Anyway, Dragon City is the provincial capital in Hedong, and it's close to their hometown, so the old couple decided to move here after discussing it.
It didn't cost much money; we moved directly into the family compound, and the houses were allocated as soon as they were opened.
Putting everything else aside, this place is definitely much safer than the village, and life here is also much more convenient. It's just that the change in lifestyle took the elderly couple some time to adjust to.
After Li Xingkong arrived here, he only needed to use his Divine Sense to scan the area and he was able to sense that there were quite a few cultivators with decent cultivation levels scattered around the community. This should be the security team specifically protecting the entire community.
Li Xingkong had a very relaxing week at home, spending time with his parents and entertaining himself whenever he had free time. He treated these days as a period of complete relaxation.
With Tang Cheng handling things in Zhang Family Village, Li Xingkong didn't need to worry much. Even if Tang Cheng and his team couldn't manage it, Li Xingkong could simply send them a flying sword from anywhere with a single phone call.
Li Xingkong time, and he had played quite a few different kinds of games, but now these games no longer bring him any fun.
Many existing games test skill and reaction speed, but for Li Xingkong, his reaction speed depends on how many frames the computer game can run. At his level, as soon as a person appears in the first frame, he can already perform an action before the second frame even begins.
In this situation, the game becomes completely meaningless; he's like he's using cheat codes, and no one on the opposing team can beat him.
Another point is that the average person's visual frame rate is about 24 frames per second, which is 24 frames per second to make it look smooth and become an animation effect. However, for Li Xingkong, this frame rate is too slow. Movies and videos that used to look smooth now look like a PowerPoint presentation to him, and the sense of discontinuity is very uncomfortable.
This has led to Li Xingkong having far fewer entertainment options now. If games or photography technology don't develop rapidly, these forms of entertainment will gradually fall out of favor after cultivation gains popularity. On the contrary, live performances might see a resurgence due to the influence of cultivation.
No wonder cultivators talk about entertainment like playing musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, and painting; there are simply too few forms of entertainment suitable for them.
" Xingkong, look, everyone's starting their spiritual practice now. When are you going to find a partner?"
When taking a walk with my mom, this kind of question is inevitable. Although my mom has become almost the same as she was when she was young after practicing Buddhism, there are still some quirks that haven't changed with her physical condition, such as her love of Eight Trigrams.
"No rush, we've only just begun our cultivation; there's still plenty of time ahead."
Li Xingkong wasn't in a hurry at all. Matters between men and women should be left to fate. When the time is right, the right person will come naturally. If you force it, you'll get tired of it sooner or later, especially in this era of cultivation where everyone's age has increased several times over.
Originally, they only had a lifespan of a hundred years. After getting married for a decade or so, they might have lost their feelings for each other and thought that this was pretty much it, so they might just make do and get by. But now, decades of marriage have passed, and they still have a lot of years left, so their thoughts are naturally different.
In short, in this era, lasting relationships only exist between truly compatible people. Those who were just making do before will have very few who stay together in the end.
How can you not be anxious? I'm so worried!
My mom was nagging on and on. Maybe it's because she doesn't have as much work to do in the city anymore, and she can't seem to release her energy.
"Mom, if you're too energetic and have nowhere to move around, why don't you go do some square dancing with the old ladies?"
"I look like a young girl now. What young girl would dance in the square during the day? If I went there, people would gossip about me. I'm not going."
My mom's thinking is quite traditional; she still holds the idea that young people need to have something to do during the day.
After walking around the neighborhood a few more times, Li Xingkong's phone rang.
There won't be any phone number issues this time. These numbers are directly approved by Divine Land, so there's no chance of them being suspended. You can use this thing for as many years as you want.
"Hey? Brother Li, our plans are all set. Would you like to come and take a look? This is our Inspection Department's first large-scale operation in the area."
The caller was Tang Cheng; he had already finalized the relevant battle plans.
"Sure, I don't have anything else to do anyway, and it'll be a good opportunity to see how strong you guys are now."
"Okay, Brother Li, I'll send you the address."
Tang Cheng sent a location coordinate and then hung up the phone.
"Mom..."
Just as Li Xingkong was about to greet her, he noticed that his mother was already staring at him.
"Go ahead, go ahead, it sounds like you're here to get things done."
"I'll be back soon."
Li Xingkong, and a white light flew out of his window—it was Swift Lightning.
"You should meet more girls while you're working, otherwise how will you bring me a wife?"
Li Xingkong stepped onto his flying sword, his mother still giving him instructions.
"Okay, okay."
Li Xingkong gave two responses and immediately took off.
"Girl? Have I seen any girls at work?"
Although he wasn't really interested in matters of the heart, Li Xingkong was interrupted by his mother and couldn't help but think that despite cultivating for so long, he hadn't actually spoken more than a few words to any girl.
Hey, who cares? Will this affect my cultivation? It won't.
After thinking about it for a moment, Li Xingkong put the matter out of his mind.