[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-age-seventeen-i-became-the-head-of-the-long":3,"chapter-from-age-seventeen-i-became-the-head-of-the-long-from-age-seventeen-i-became-the-head-of-the-long-chapter-59":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","From Age Seventeen, I Became the Head of the Longevity Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1566348,2031,"Chapter 59 : Chapter 59","from-age-seventeen-i-became-the-head-of-the-long-chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>Chapter 59: The Li Clan’s Seventh Elder\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodfiend True Art + Heavenly Demon Saint Body + one mad little girl = ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image was far too beautiful. Li Xingge no longer quite dared imagine it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still testing the waters, he asked, “Little girl, how about choosing another one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Wuyou shook her head. She herself did not know why, but the instant she entered the Clan Martial Pavilion, it was as though some unseen voice in the dark had guided her toward this copy of Bloodfiend True Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the little girl refused to change her mind, Li Xingge had no choice but to give up. After choosing the cultivation art, Li Xingge brought her out of the Clan Martial Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they walked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wuyou,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge suddenly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Wuyou tilted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How would you like to move into my courtyard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing those words, the little girl first froze, then understood. She nodded with all her strength, and her eyes curved into little crescents with happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge also let out a sigh of relief in his heart. If he kept this potential disaster, one that might erupt at any moment, right beneath his own eyes, he could at least feel somewhat more at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, another two months passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During those two months, all of Baihe County remained entirely peaceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Qingfeng Valley, within the Family Head’s residence, Li Xingge was teaching Li Wuyou how to cultivate when the Grand Elder came striding over, overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Family Head, I have good news to tell you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge looked at him curiously. “What good news?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Elder stroked his beard and smiled. “The spirit rice from the back mountain has been successfully cultivated. After testing, it can slightly increase cultivation speed. From this day on, our Li Clan has a spirit planter of its own!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, Li Xingge clapped his hands and burst into laughter, saying “Good” three times in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Immediately summon the elders and the clan stewards. In half a quarter of an hour, we will discuss matters in the council hall!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a quarter of an hour later, Li Xingge arrived at the council hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than forty Li Clan stewards and the six elders were already waiting there for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge took his seat at the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd immediately rose and cupped their fists in salute. “We greet the Family Head!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need for ceremony. Sit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge said with a light smile, and everyone resumed their seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reason I have gathered the clan’s upper ranks today is that there is a major matter I wish to announce to all of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from the elders, who already knew, all the other stewards immediately pricked up their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today, the spirit rice that my Li Clan has secretly cultivated has successfully passed testing. After consumption, it can slightly increase cultivation speed. My Li Clan has given birth to a first-tier spirit planter!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, the council hall fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a tide of applause erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short while, Li Xingge raised a hand, and the hall instantly quieted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he said, “Before this, I once promised that if this clansman succeeded in cultivating spirit rice, I would promote him to become the family’s Seventh Elder and establish a Spirit Medicine Hall for him to oversee. Now, the time has come for me to fulfill that promise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept toward a certain corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where is Li Yanxiu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Li Xingge’s words fell, a middle-aged man with fair features, a thin frame, and a composed bearing rose to his feet and stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He respectfully bowed toward Li Xingge. “Family Head!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge smiled and nodded. Then his face turned solemn as he said in a deep voice, “Li Yanxiu is my Li Clan’s first spirit planter, and he has rendered great service through the cultivation of spirit plants. Therefore, I, the Family Head, now formally announce...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the hall rose to their feet once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Yanxiu is hereby promoted to become the family’s Seventh Elder. In addition, the Spirit Medicine Hall is hereby established, to be administered by Li Yanxiu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Li Clan stewards bowed toward Li Yanxiu and said in unison, “We greet the Seventh Elder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yanxiu’s face was full of emotion. He bowed deeply toward Li Xingge and the elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Yanxiu thanks the Family Head, and thanks all the elders! From this day on, I will certainly fulfill my duties with all devotion, giving everything for the family until death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge nodded with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Li Clan cultivators carried in a new seat and placed it behind the Sixth Elder’s seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seventh Elder, take your seat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yanxiu took his seat among the elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that moment on, Li Yanxiu had formally stepped into the Li Clan’s core circle of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In addition, there is one more matter. I intend to establish a Hall of Retainers, to recruit powerful rogue cultivators from the outside world to serve the Li Clan. The Hall of Retainers will not take part in clan decision-making. It will answer only to the Family Head and the Council of Elders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xingge had already spoken privately with the elders about this matter, and all of them had expressed their approval, so they immediately voiced their support one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Family Head and the elders had already reached a consensus, none of the clan stewards had the courage to object. The resolution passed without the slightest difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was the discussion of further increasing the clan members’ cultivation resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li Clan had destroyed the four great families, and the cultivation resources seized from them had already piled up so high they filled the entire treasury. Li Xingge had no intention of letting them sit there growing moldy. Turning them into the family’s strength as quickly as possible was the true path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.........\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, the meeting came to a successful conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, news that the Li Clan had produced a spirit planter and that it had begun recruiting retainers spread across the whole of Baihe County like a sudden wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, every force big and small in Baihe County was shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single clan with three Qi-Blood Realm cultivators was already shocking enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the Li Clan had produced yet another spirit planter. That made everyone feel as though a great mountain had been laid across their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>........\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Baihe County City, at a small roadside tea stall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was now midday. The blazing sun hung high overhead, and the heat made sweat pour from everyone’s bodies. Quite a few passing merchants had stopped at the tea stall to drink tea and rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you heard? The Qingfeng Li Clan has produced a first-tier spirit planter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One somewhat older gossipmonger opened the conversation, instantly drawing the interest of the others around him, who crowded closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really? The Li Clan already has three Qi-Blood Realm cultivators in one family, and now it has gained a spirit planter on top of that. Doesn’t that make the Li Clan the sole dominant force in Baihe County?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone said in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing his doubt, the older gossipmonger looked displeased. “Why would I lie to you? It’s absolutely true. I have a distant relative working in one of the Li Clan’s marketplaces. He heard it directly from the mouth of one of the Li Clan’s direct-line descendants.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk, tsk. Even the great families of the prefectural city would treat a first-tier spirit planter as an honored guest. Add to that the Li Clan Family Head, that youthful prodigy... the future of the Li Clan is likely immeasurable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. Of Baihe County’s Nine Great Families, the Li Clan has already destroyed five. As for the three that remain, either they are on good terms with the Li Clan, or they have become the Li Clan’s vassals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lowered his voice. “To say something gravely disrespectful, I fear even the emperor’s decrees are not as effective in Baihe County as the words of the Li Clan’s Family Head.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mustn’t say that aloud. It’s enough to understand it in your heart.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others hurriedly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I also heard that the Li Clan has built a Hall of Extraordinary Talents in the county city, preparing to recruit all kinds of extraordinary men and strange talents for its own use.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Li Clan already has three Qi-Blood Realm cultivators in one family, and it is still recruiting worthies and taking in men of talent. What exactly is it trying to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone said with wide eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You fool. That Li Clan Family Head is still so young. His ambitions surely will not stop at a mere Baihe County. Recruiting retainers now is his way of preparing for the day the Li Clan steps beyond Baihe County.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With Family Head Li, that youthful prodigy, in its midst, the Li Clan’s ancestral graves must truly be smoking with blessed fortune.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One burly man said with an envious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk, tsk. He entered the Qi-Blood Realm at seventeen, then took charge of such an enormous family, holding the power of life and death over the millions of people in Baihe County. And look at me—in my seventeenth year, I was still fooling around in brothels. Comparing man to man really is enough to drive someone mad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged man said with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, please. A nobody like you dares compare yourself to someone like Family Head Li, a dragon among men?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others all burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the middle-aged man turned red-faced and awkwardly scratched the back of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>",1630,"2026-06-06T08:04:24.247Z",1,"novelbin.me","0d7a401ddcce3067f5697c26d02dc602e58f3024803990ac1ea3fe23d3d00e06","from-age-seventeen-i-became-the-head-of-the-long-chapter-60","from-age-seventeen-i-became-the-head-of-the-long-chapter-58",73,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-age-seventeen-i-became-the-head-of-the-long-cover.jpg"]