Trembling At A High Altitude

"Yingying, don't cry, Yingying, don't cry, mom said if Yingying cries, she's not a good child. If Yingying behaves, mom will come back, Yingying mustn't cry..." Seeing that Li Teng didn't speak, Yingying thought he was angry and quickly reached out to vigorously wipe her tears, forcefully stopping her crying.

Li Teng looked at Yingying in front of him and knew that she was Liu Yin's daughter, and an answer formed in his mind to a question.

That was why, even though he had been in a coma after the car accident for five whole years, his body was still intact.

It must have been that, after his coma, Liu Yin had stayed by his side without leaving, guarding him for five years!

"Yingying, do you know where your mom is now?" Li Teng asked Yingying.

The memory and expression capabilities of a little girl over four years old are limited. It would be difficult for her to clearly articulate what had happened in these five years. He needed to find Liu Yin to understand everything clearly.

"Yingying was naughty and not behaving, mom doesn't want Yingying anymore." When Li Teng brought up this question, tears started swirling in Yingying's eyes again, but she held them back and didn't let them fall.

"When did mom leave? How long has it been since she last stayed with Yingying?" Li Teng asked again.

"Mom left... how long...?" Yingying began counting on her fingers, but it appeared that she couldn't keep track.

"Ten... ten days ago." Yingying finally gave Li Teng an answer.

Li Teng guessed that Yingying's concept of time and numbers was not very clear. Ten days probably just meant a long time, right?

With a daughter over four years old and a coma patient at home, Liu Yin couldn't have been gone for too long, probably just out for some business.

"Daddy! Daddy! You won't sleep again, will you? You've already been asleep for a very long time! If you wake up, you can take Yingying out to play, right?" Yingying, holding Li Teng's hand, looked at him with an expectant expression.

Li Teng was still pondering and didn't respond.

"Yingying has been very good, mom doesn't want Yingying anymore, Daddy, please don't you abandon Yingying..." Yingying looked at Li Teng, her expression gradually becoming uneasy.

"Daddy didn't say he doesn't want Yingying. Daddy slept too long and is all numb. Wait a bit, and once Daddy gets up, he will take you to find mom," Li Teng decided to get up and go out to learn about the current state on the Blue Planet.

Not just Liu Yin, his family was still here!

"Yes! Yes! Daddy, you must bring mom back! Yingying misses mom so much!" Hearing Li Teng's words, Yingying cheered up again.

Li Teng felt his original body, which indeed had grown very weak after lying down for five years.

Harnessing Soul Power for internal inspection, Li Teng found over a dozen old fractures and internal injuries in his body, including some damage to the brain.

But these were not an issue for Li Teng, who had reached the Saint Realm of the Soul.

As long as he had enough Soul Power, he could repair all this.

Li Teng utilized Soul Power, trying to repair his frail body, infusing it with life energy...

Traveling between planes had exhausted much of his Soul Power, and now there wasn't much left in his Soul.

After a few minutes, as Li Teng's Soul Power was depleted, he couldn't continue the repairs, but fortunately, his body was now able to move freely.

"Daddy, are you alright?" Yingying, seeing Li Teng's pale face and profuse sweating, became a bit worried again.

"Daddy is fine." Li Teng slowly sat up, moved his legs to the edge of the bed, but didn't find any shoes.

That was normal; who would prepare shoes for someone who had been in a coma for five years?

"Daddy! I know where there are some shoes!" Yingying ran out quickly.

A few minutes later, Yingying ran back in.

In her hands, she carried a pair of dirty slippers that seemed to have been picked from a trash heap and placed them in front of Li Teng.

Li Teng frowned, but still stretched his feet into them and put them on.

"Daddy, can we go find mom now?"

Yingying looked at Li Teng with anticipation.

"Yes, Daddy will take you to find mom right now."

Li Teng smiled and reached out to hold Yingying's small hand.

As they stepped out of the room and he looked back, he realized their dwelling was a makeshift shack in an urban village.

The alley was littered with garbage, indicating a very poor living environment.

"Oh? Yingying, who is this?" an old lady in tattered clothes, picking up garbage, asked Yingying upon seeing Li Teng.

"He's my daddy!" Yingying proudly answered the old lady.

"Yingying's daddy?" The old lady looked at Li Teng again, visibly confused as she had not seen Li Teng in his vegetative state before.

"Yes, he had been sleeping all this time and just woke up today," Yingying explained to the old lady.

"Hello, grandma, do you know where Yingying's mom has gone?" Li Teng tried asking the old lady, knowing that finding Liu Yin was the only way to completely understand what had transpired over these five years.

Moreover, she had loyally stayed by his side in a vegetative state for five whole years, a kindness he must repay.

"She... you mean Yin Yin? It's been many days since I've seen her," the old lady recalled.

"Many days? About how many days?" Li Teng pressed further.

"Maybe half a month? I'm old and don't remember very clearly," the old lady said with a smile before continuing to pick up garbage.

Li Teng furrowed his brows again.

If Liu Yin had left half a month ago, how had four-year-old Yingying managed to survive on her own during this time?

Too many situations didn't make sense.

Just then, Li Teng's stomach suddenly grumbled.

Although he had reached the Saint Realm on Dream Star, his current body, not yet repaired and forged with Soul Power, was still that of an ordinary human and of course required food and water just like any other person would.

"Daddy, are you hungry?" Yingying heard Li Teng's stomach rumble.

"Mm…" Li Teng struggled to remember everything about the Blue planet, pondering over how he could obtain food.

"Follow me, Daddy!" Yingying took Li Teng by the hand and led him through the dirty alleyway until they reached the main street outside.

There were many restaurants and shops along the street.

Everything seemed very run-down, quite different from the Blue planet Li Teng remembered.

It was now dinner time, and many people were seated inside the restaurants.

"Daddy, stay here, and don't wander off, okay!" Yingying stopped in front of a restaurant and instructed Li Teng.

"Oh, okay." Li Teng was still somewhat uncomfortable with the role of a father.

He had never been a dad during his more than twenty years on the Blue planet.

During the fifty thousand years on Dream Star, without a physical body, family, or kinship, only his soul existed in a pure energy state, his life revolving solely around cultivation.

Occasionally, deep in his memory, he seemed to recall being a father, but that could have just been an illusion.

This was indeed the first time in clear memory that someone had called him dad, so it was no wonder he felt uneasy.

Li Teng did not know what Yingying was planning to do, but since she asked him to stand there, he just stood, taking the opportunity to stretch and breathe the long-missed air of the Blue planet.

Soul Power was slowly recovering, and Li Teng planned to gather more before he proceeded to repair his body.

After quickly scanning his surroundings, Li Teng looked towards Yingying, who had run into the small restaurant.

He saw Yingying standing beside a diner who was eating, her eyes fixated longing on the diner's plate until the diner waved impatiently at her. She then moved next to another diner and stared longingly at the food on that diner's table.

"What is she doing?" Li Teng frowned.

A moment later, the diner reached into his food bag, pulled out a small bun, and handed it to Yingying.

Yingying bowed to the diner, excitedly grabbed the small bun, and rushed out of the restaurant to return to Li Teng's side. She handed him the small bun with a look full of anticipation.

"Daddy, eat! Daddy won't be hungry after eating!"

As Yingying handed the small bun to Li Teng, she constantly swallowed her saliva.

Clearly, she was also very hungry and wanted to eat the bun, but she wanted her daddy to eat it even more at that moment.

"My daughter,

"The daughter of a mighty Saint Realm warrior,

"actually begging on the Blue planet!?"

Li Teng's mind was momentarily absent, and after a moment, he squatted down to look at his daughter Yingying, tears uncontrollably streaming down his face.

"Daddy's good, don't cry daddy, if you're still hungry, Yingying will go find more!" Seeing Li Teng suddenly cry, Yingying panicked a bit and quickly reached out her small hand to wipe his tears.

"Thank you, Yingying. Daddy's not hungry, you eat." Li Teng forcefully suppressed his emotions and picked up Yingying in his arms.

"No! Daddy is hungry! Daddy eat!" Yingying stubbornly pushed the small bun towards Li Teng's mouth.

"Alright, alright, daddy will eat." With tears mixed in, Li Teng ate the small bun Yingying handed him, bite by bite.

Only flesh and blood would stand by you during hard times without deserting you.

No matter how much they suffer or hunger, they would leave the last bite to you even if it's the last they have.

As Li Teng ate the small bun fed by Yingying, he silently swore in his heart:

Since I, Li Teng, have returned, I will not let you and your mother go hungry again!

The debt of guardianship for these five years, the owed family affection, I will repay a hundredfold, a thousandfold!

With his Soul Power recovering slowly, Li Teng decided not to heal his body for the time being, and thought about solving the food issue for both father and daughter first.

Now that his Soul Power was too weak, he could only perform some very minor Soul Techniques.

Soul thoughts concentrated on the palm, Soul Power gathering...

"Appear!"

With a commanding shout in his mind, moments later, a One Hundred Yuan Banknote appeared in Li Teng's hand.

It seemed that the Blue planet had already become an era of mobile payments, but the little Soul Power left in Li Teng was not enough to condense a smartphone; he could only condense small things like paper money for now.

As long as it could be used.

"Daddy, are you still hungry? Yingying will go find more food," Yingying said to Li Teng.

Being held by her father, held so high, a height she had never experienced before, she was very happy, extremely happy, her face full of joyful smiles.

She always used to envy other kids who were held by their fathers, while her own father always lay in bed unawakening.

No matter how loud she called, he wouldn't wake up.

Now she could finally be held by her father too.

"No, daddy has woken up. From now on, it should be daddy who finds food for you."

Li Teng looked around and took Yingying to a nicely decorated restaurant on the street, asked a waiter for the menu, and prepared to order a few dishes to share a meal with Yingying.

"Daddy, mommy said we don't have money, we can't come to this place..." Yingying looked quite anxious and uneasy.

"It's okay, daddy has money."

Their clothing and appearance indeed did not match the setting here.

When the waiter came over with the menu, he frowned slightly.

Li Teng knew what the waiter was worried about, so he placed one hundred yuan on the table.

The waiter didn't say anything else and handed the menu to Li Teng.

"This is great! We have money now!" Yingying exclaimed happily with a smile.

"What would you like to eat? Daddy will order for you! Just choose whatever you want!" Li Teng handed the menu to Yingying.

"I... I want to eat eggs, Yingying hasn't had eggs for a very long time," Yingying said without looking at the menu, drooling as she spoke to Li Teng.

"Waiter, boil ten eggs first."

...

With one hundred yuan, the father and daughter had a full meal.

Yingying's expression was very content and happy, laughing nonstop in Li Teng's arms.

After a satisfying meal, Li Teng's Soul Power recovery rate significantly increased, and the life energy within his body became more and more abundant.

Then, he changed a few more one hundred yuan banknotes and bought clothes and shoes for himself and Yingying on the street.

While busy with these things, Li Teng kept asking people, asking if they recognized Yingying's mother.

The sky gradually darkened.

Finally, two shopkeepers mentioned they had seen Yingying's mother, but it seemed like half a month had passed since they last saw her.

It appeared that Liu Yin had indeed left half a month ago.

Why did she leave?

Could she not hold on any longer?

If that were the case, Li Teng wouldn't be surprised at all, nor would he blame her.

A woman, who had given up a life of wealth for her four-year-old daughter, tending to a man who might never awake again, these five years must have been unimaginably difficult.

But now that he had returned, he would do everything possible to compensate her.

To find her and reunite mother and daughter.

Yingying could not be without her mother.

There were not many on the street who noticed Yingying and her mother, making it unlikely to gather more information about Liu Yin from them.

However, Li Teng had other means.

On Dream Star, he was a Dream Master who had stepped into the Saint Realm.

He could freely invade other people's dreams, probing those deep memories that the dreamers themselves might not even remember.

If it came down to it, he would explore Yingying's dreams after she fell asleep at night to find clues from her memories to pinpoint Liu Yin's whereabouts.

After dinner, while being carried by Li Teng and resting on his shoulder, Yingying fell asleep as they walked around.

Li Teng returned to the shack and carefully placed Yingying on the bed.

"Mommy! Mommy, don't go! Yingying won't be naughty anymore..." Yingying suddenly cried out as she was laid on the bed, kicking her arms and legs.

"Mommy hasn't left..." Li Teng caressed Yingying's cheek, soothing her with his Soul Power.

After a moment, Yingying calmed down.

Li Teng wandered around the shack for a while.

The shack was too small, with just two beds... his simple bed and a floor bedding, leaving hardly any space to stand.