Chapter 12456

Chapter 12456

To be fair, Yang Qing'er's looks were indeed not as striking as her mother, Lady Qi's, but the mother and daughter shared at least seventy percent of the same appearance.

With her natural beauty, she can't be described as ugly no matter what; on the contrary, she can at least be considered a first-rate beauty.

Yang Qing'er looked flattered, but still shook her head shyly: "Young master, you don't need to comfort me."

Lin Yi: "..."

To be honest, what does this have to do with comforting someone?
Does this person have some kind of misunderstanding about their own appearance?
Lin Yi said seriously, "You'd better find a mirror and look at yourself."

Yang Qing'er was stunned for a moment.

At first glance, this sounds like an insult, but at least it didn't make her take a piss and look at herself in the mirror.

Lin Yi added, "You're really good-looking. Have some confidence in yourself."

"Uh……"

A blush crept onto Yang Qing'er's face.

Given her personality, she originally didn't care much about these things and was wholeheartedly focused on the path of strength and competition. She never thought that she would be so anxious about such things.

In the past, she would have felt ashamed for having such a thought.

From birth, her life was destined to be isolated from such tender and affectionate things, and any factor that affected her self-reliant mindset had to be eliminated immediately.

This is the principle that Yang Qing'er set for herself.

However, at this moment, faced with Lin Yi's honest praise, she inexplicably felt particularly pleased and even secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She herself didn't realize that she was subconsciously worried about such things!
If Lin Yi were to be so inclined, he might continue to tease her a bit more at this moment, and perhaps he would be able to see a completely different, truly feminine side of Yang Qing'er.

Unfortunately, Lin Yi wasn't a playboy and didn't have that kind of awareness at all.

What others see as flirting, he sees as simply speaking the truth honestly.

After a moment, Yang Qing'er finally suppressed the pounding in her heart and returned to her usual capable demeanor.

"This is the Liu family's Meteor Explosion weapon; please accept it, young master."

As she spoke, Yang Qing'er handed over a jade talisman.

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow: "Meteor Explosion?"

Yang Qing'er explained, "As a top-tier family, the Liu family's most important foundation is the Meteor Explosion. Among all the known Dharma Aspect Explosion techniques in Tianjun, even if it is not recognized as the strongest, it is enough to rank in the top tier."

Lin Yi glanced at it briefly.

According to the jade talisman, the Liu family's meteor explosion has two major advantages compared to ordinary Dharma-image explosions.

With the same amount of energy consumed, the coverage area is more than five times larger!
This means an order-of-magnitude increase in overall damage.

Furthermore, its ballistic velocity is three times higher than that of a normal phase explosion.

As a long-range method, the biggest drawback of the Dharma-image blast is that it is easy to miss.

To put it bluntly, it means you can't hit anyone.

The Liu family's meteor explosion has a huge boost in both speed and coverage, so the hit rate will naturally see a visible increase.

Most importantly, this thing doesn't increase any additional costs; it's purely a positive boost.

Compared to it, ordinary Dharma forms are utterly worthless.

It's no exaggeration to say that if the two were evenly matched, the Liu family member could easily crush the other to death with just his Meteor Explosion technique!
This single factor alone can widen the gap to an irreparable degree.

This is the foundation of a top-tier family.

Lin Yi immediately perked up and turned to ask, "Did your mother give it to you?"

Yang Qing'er nodded: "According to her, this was a gift from Liu Aozhi. She didn't need it herself, so she gave it to me."

Lin Yi's first reaction was that something was amiss.

These kinds of secret techniques must be closely guarded secrets passed down within each family.

Even among the second generation of the Liu family, apart from the very core few, probably no one is qualified to cultivate.

How could Liu Aozhi, a powerful and ruthless figure, possibly give something away to a woman?
Isn't this just pure wasteful behavior?
However, when Lin Yi thought of Lady Qi's unparalleled beauty, he immediately understood.

Even the most cunning and ruthless tyrant can have moments when a smaller force controls the larger one. It's understandable that he might act like a sycophant when dealing with a woman like Lady Qi.

Yang Qing'er paused and said, "If you, young master, are to cultivate this thing, you should be careful."

Lin Yi glanced at her: "Do you think there's something wrong with this thing, or do you think your mother would harm you?"

Yang Qing'er's expression was complicated.

She and Lady Qi had relied on each other since childhood. If it weren't for Lady Qi protecting her, she would have died countless times over.

But since she started working independently, the opportunities for the mother and daughter to spend time together have become extremely rare.

Yang Qing'er gradually felt somewhat estranged from her mother.

People will eventually change.

Even mothers and daughters are no exception.

Yang Qing'er gave a bitter smile, trying to suppress her distracting thoughts: "I believe my mother, but I don't believe Liu Aozhi."

Lin Yi nodded: "I'll accept this. I'll study it and then teach you how to use it."

Yang Qing'er said gratefully, "Thank you, young master."

After Yang Qing'er left, Lin Yi immediately began to devote himself to studying meteor explosions.

To be fair, as a top-tier family, they have invested countless human and material resources in this area, spending more than a century just on exploration and experimentation, and even more time on practical improvements afterward.

In the secular world, this would be considered a purely cutting-edge research and development project.

If luck isn't on your side, even if the entire nation's resources are poured in, you might not even make a decent splash.

After careful examination, Lin Yi finally figured out the clue.

"There really is a backdoor?"

Fortunately, he was cautious; otherwise, if he had rashly started cultivating, he might have actually fallen victim to the trap.

That being said, there's nothing new under the sun; such things are nothing new in the secular world.

Lin Yi immediately sought out Jiang Xiaoshang to study the matter together.

Jiang Xiaoshang glanced at it only once, his expression full of disdain: "This thing doesn't even need to be studied? Who designed this stupid backdoor? He looks pretty smug about it, does he think he's some kind of genius?"

Lin Yi stroked his chin: "To be fair, his technique does require some skill, doesn't it?"

If it's just a backdoor in the conventional sense, such as some kind of defect or aftereffect, he can solve it himself, and there's no need to trouble Jiang Xiaoshang.

The key point is that the Liu family had ulterior motives involved.

Once you've practiced Meteor Blast, whether in training or actual combat, every time you use it, you'll be influenced by your own biases and gradually assimilated by its ideology.

Simply put, it's brainwashing.

Once the brainwashing becomes too deep, users will unconsciously lean towards the Liu family and spontaneously become their supporters.

In terms of backdoors alone, this level is quite sophisticated.

The key point is that this kind of personal agenda is not limited to a single aspect, but exists throughout the entire document.

Even if Lin Yi could see through it, he wouldn't be able to figure out a solution immediately.

After all, cracking it would mean completely overturning everything.