"So you were actually your mom's student, and then she adopted you as her goddaughter?"
Li Xingkong had already ignored the matter of those few clowns; it was just too ridiculous. Li Xingkong had to deal with his own family matters first.
"Yes, my name is Tang Huhu. I'm the teacher's top disciple, his favorite student. The teacher likes me very much, so..."
The girl said in a low voice.
Li Xingkong a sigh of relief; it turned out she was his adopted sister, not his biological sister.
That's good, that's good. Li Xingkong couldn't have imagined how to treat a little sister who had only grown this far in her entire life.
It's like Li Jing seeing Nezha, who was just born and full of energy. This kind of thing, which skips the process and directly gets the result, always makes people very confused.
But come to think of it, this kind of thing seems even more mysterious than something done by a relative.
If it really was his mother's idea, then the person standing in front of him right now would be his prospective daughter-in-law; there's no such thing as a "sworn sister."
"So they entrusted this medicinal herb field to you to manage? Where are they?"
Li Xingkong temporarily set aside this issue and focused his attention on the key point.
"Our teachers and the others participated in the Great Expedition and went to the Weitian Galaxy. They've been gone for quite some time now, and I've been taking care of this medicinal field."
" The Great Expedition? What's that?"
Li Xingkong finally heard a new term, and he had a strange premonition that it was definitely related to what he had been experiencing lately.
"I don't know much either. My teacher rarely talks to me about these things; he only teaches me how to farm."
Tang Huhu shook her head. Although she knew the name, she knew very little about the specifics of this Great Expedition.
Judging from this girl's temperament, she is a rather introverted person. She might be able to talk at length about spiritual plants, but when it comes to other things, she can only be described as clueless.
"Hey, hey, Brother Li, I know that."
Ge Baoqi chimed in at the opportune moment.
" The Great Expedition is..."
"It's just exile to Ningguta, what's this Great Expedition?"
Before Ge Baoqi could finish speaking, Ji Qiu started shouting.
"Exile, exile, all you know is exile."
Ge Baoqi gave him a few slaps on the head.
"Alright, alright, you two are talking nonsense. Old Ji, you tell us what's going on."
Li Xingkong to mess around with these two clowns; he looked towards Ji Nanzhi behind him.
"Actually, what they said wasn't wrong. Calling the Great Expedition an exile wouldn't be a problem."
Ji Nanzhi gave a wry smile.
"About 100 years ago, Divine Land's development in the Solar System had gradually stabilized, and the major planets were being explored one after another. With the participation of extraterrestrials, Divine Land's development speed was getting faster and faster."
"Then, after discussion, the top leadership of Divine Land decided to launch an investigation into the surrounding star systems to expand our territory."
"This would normally be a good thing; expanding territory is something everyone likes. But the problem is, interstellar expansion is incredibly costly. We've registered nearly several nearby star sectors in the Pan-Civilization Convention, and developing these sectors will require a huge amount of manpower and resources."
"Therefore, this Great Expedition Plan came into being. The plan was to mobilize 60% of all cultivators in the entire Divine Land to participate in the development of the Great Expedition, and to bring the surrounding star systems into our territory as quickly as possible."
"However, problems arose during implementation. Many cultivators relied heavily on the Hexagram Server for their cultivation. After leaving the Solar System, without the server's support, they couldn't even operate their basic cultivation techniques, let alone explore new areas."
"Therefore, a new policy was later introduced: first, all cultivators who were cultivating independently were mobilized to set out as the first vanguard to develop the star system. Then, the cultivators' dependence on the Hexagram Server was gradually reduced, allowing those who had already Foundation Establishment to rebuild their cultivation and construct their own calculation structures. Once they could cultivate independently, subsequent expeditionary forces would be formed."
Hearing this, Li Xingkong had a pretty good idea of what was going on. He guessed that the two of them also wanted to make some moves and then went to participate in the Great Expedition.
Old Tang and his group have disappeared; they've probably gone to this Weitian Galaxy.
"This is a bit too ambitious, and judging from your expression, the follow-up plans for this Great Expedition aren't going so smoothly?"
If this were the only plan, Ji Nanzhi would definitely not have this expression.
"At first, there were no problems, and cultivators enthusiastically signed up. The first batch of Great Expedition consisted of elites. But the problem is, once the elites leave, what's left of Divine Land are just mediocre people?"
Ji Qiu seized the opportunity and muttered something.
"Pah, who are you calling a crooked bastard? I've been with you for so long, do you think I'm a useless piece of trash?"
Ge Baoqi, standing to the side, didn't hold back at all; his mind never stopped working.
"But Brother Li, what he said isn't wrong. With the Hexagram Server around, who would want to go through the arduous process of cultivation on their own? The second expeditionary force managed to gather some people, but things changed afterward."
"These days, expeditions have become a means of eliminating dissidents, which is why this kid calls it exile to Ningguta."
"The few of us, because of what happened on Earth Star, were just holding nominal positions to begin with. They didn't recruit us for the first expedition, and now we have fewer and fewer acquaintances around us. We're the only ones left who are still on the sidelines."
Although Ge Baoqi spoke with some emotion, a hint of resentment could still be detected in his words.
"Ah, I see. Well, you guys have actually benefited from this misfortune. The expeditionary force specifically said they didn't want you, so they had nowhere to send you away."
Li Xingkong smiled, unable to describe his current mood.
" Huhu, which group did my parents go in?"
Li Xingkong turned to Tang Huhu, who was standing to the side, head down, seemingly lost in thought.
"The teachers and their group were the first to arrive. An uncle surnamed Wu talked to them for a while, and then they left together."
The surname Wu... A figure appeared in Li Xingkong's mind, and he felt much more at ease.
With him around, my parents' safety shouldn't be threatened.
"Alright, Huhu, I'll take you home first. Contact me if you need anything."
Li Xingkong took some materials from his spatial storage and casually conjured up a token.
"Use this to find me. If you're in danger, just crush it, and it will bring you to me."
"Okay, okay, Brother Li..."
Seeing that Tang Huhu had put away the token, Li Xingkong his hand again, sending her back to the herb field as if she had never come out at all.
"Alright, there are other things I need to ask you."
The remaining few people were somewhat familiar with Li Xingkong, and he knew their character well enough to understand Li Xingkong. They weren't bad people; they were just a few pitiful people who lived together in camaraderie.
" Brother Li, we've known each other for a long time. Asking questions is one thing, but please don't kill us."
Ge Baoqi was frightened.
If there were women present, Li Xingkong would never harm them under any circumstances, but now, who knows?