Chapter 273: Sitting peacefully by the river, seeing the sun and dying

By the Qinhua River.

Under the deep night, the river made a splashing sound.

An old man sat alone on a blue stone, his eyes vicissitudes, looking at the rolling river flowing east.

Behind him, a middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the old man's back full of longing.

The night wind whistled, hitting the wrinkled face.

In the past, he only felt the breeze blowing on his face, but now Li Jinhuang felt a bit cold, and his body actually trembled.

Li Yingzhang looked concerned, "Ancestor, the wind is strong here, let's go back!"

Li Jinhuang raised his hand, refusing this proposal.

The raised hand did not put down, but stretched out towards the front, as if to touch the rolling river water beneath him.

"Yingzhang, my lifespan is nearing its end, and I deeply feel the difficulty of life."

"Just like this endless long river, although it has the ambition to go east to the sea, the flow is long, and the future is full of difficulties."

"However, the river flowing east always has a time to enter the sea, but my ambition to revitalize the family is difficult to realize, which makes me regret for life."

The hoarse voice entered his ears, but it seemed to enter his lungs.

Ancestor Li Jinhuang spent all his thoughts on revitalizing the Qinhua Li family in this life.

Until he was old and dying, he was still running around, contacting allies, just afraid that after he left, the Li family would be rained and wind-blown like the Fu family.

It can be said that he gave his all, until his heart stopped.

In this life, he looked glorious to outsiders.

But only those close to him knew what kind of unwillingness Li Jinhuang had in his heart under that glory.

Lifespan did not give him!

Li Yingzhang only felt that his heart was grabbed by someone, making it difficult for him to breathe.

He choked, "Ancestor's heart, grandson can understand one or two. Ancestor is smart and wise, eyes like torches, eager to revitalize the family, this is indeed our generation's ambition."

"However, the trickle of water converges into rivers, which is already not easy. When flowing forward and merging into the sea, one will feel one's own insignificance."

"Like you, like me, we are all mayflies in the world."

"The revitalization and growth of the family are not in the one or two generations of you and me, but in the long-lasting, incense not extinguished."

The morning wind blew, water birds took off, and water splashes bloomed countless times.

"Long-lasting, incense not extinguished..."

Li Jinhuang muttered these words, and suddenly laughed heartily!

"Hahaha..."

The laughter was rumbling, spreading for dozens of miles.

On the Qinhua River, fish turned over, water birds were startled, and the humble loose cultivators living on both sides were awakened from their dreams in astonishment.

About seven breaths later.

The laughter gradually ceased.

Li Jinhuang said gratifiedly: "It seems that cultivating 'Nine-Fold Return to Origin' has indeed tempered your temperament."

"It is the ancestor's teaching!"

Li Jinhuang smiled, and with a wave of his hand, a sheathed long sword appeared in his hand.

The sword was three feet seven inches long, and the scabbard was engraved with layers of ripples, made of the skin of a fierce shark.

At this moment, the sword was not drawn, but it exuded a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation.

"Since this is the case, you have the qualifications to inherit this Chi Dragon Sword."

Li Yingzhang was shocked, "This is your personal dharma treasure, ancestor, how can grandson inherit it as a Qi Refining stage?"

He could see that this sword had not undergone blood sacrifice.

He could not inherit this sword with the same bloodline.

However, under Li Jinhuang's burning gaze, he finally gathered his courage and took the long sword.

"Grandson will definitely successfully establish Foundation and not fall the prestige of the Chi Dragon Sword!"

"Very good, from now on, you are the patriarch of the Qinhua Li family!"

Li Jinhuang nodded gratifiedly.

He turned sideways, his vicissitudes eyes looking towards the east.

Deep darkness shrouded the boundless river, and the rolling river water kept flowing east.

Suddenly!

A touch of pale golden light slowly rose from the vast sky.

Darkness passed, light bloomed.

Ten thousand hectares of blue waves, morning wind blowing.

In this beautiful scenery, Li Yingzhang had a moment of loss of consciousness.

When he came back to his senses, the person in front had no sound.

A sorrow lingered in his heart.

"Grandson Li Yingzhang, respectfully send off the ancestor!"

On Danxia Peak.

In the Luo Tian Hall, Luo Chen played with the yellowed jade slip in his hand, with an inexplicable heaviness in his heart.

"Old guy, is it necessary to be so decisive?"

He could understand, but he couldn't empathize with Li Jinhuang's choice.

Sighing, Luo Chen carefully put the yellowed jade slip into his arms.

Crisp footsteps came from outside the door.

Before long, Zhou Yuanli entered the hall.

"Report to the President, the Qinhua River Li family sent a sad report that the patriarch Li Jinhuang sat down this morning due to the end of his lifespan."

"At that time, he sat peacefully by the river and died when he saw the first sun."

"His own grandson Li Yingzhang saw him off, and many loose cultivators on both sides witnessed it."

"Finally dead?" Luo Chen whispered.

The voice was very light.

But Yuan Dongsheng, as a Qi Refining 9th-level expert, heard it very clearly in this empty hall.

He was a bit stunned.

What is "finally dead"?

Could it be that the President was hoping for that person to die?

He gritted his teeth, threw away those thoughts that shouldn't be there, and asked respectfully: "Does the President want to go there personally?"

Many people know that Luo Chen has a good relationship with Li Jinhuang.

Since the marriage was determined, they have walked around a lot.

So, he asked this question.

Unexpectedly, Luo Chen shook his head.

"I won't go. Old friend just left, soul flying outside the sky, going there is just adding sorrow."

"The custom here is to stop the spirit for seven days, right?"

Zhou Yuanli nodded, "It is indeed so. Cultivators believe that people who die of old age will return their souls seven days after death. Therefore, the body will be stopped for seven days to wait for the soul to return."

"This custom is most prevalent in immortal cultivation families."

Yes!

We true cultivators, either follow the heaven, or rise against the heaven.

Life is full of glory and shame, and after death, we bury our bones in the green mountains.

Who would care about the aftermath.

Only immortal cultivation families would believe in this.

Luo Chen said lightly: "Then I will go to send him off on the seventh day!"

"However, you can pass this news down, let Yuan Dongsheng and his wife return to their mother's house to fulfill their filial piety."

"Obey!"

Zhou Yuanli took the order and left.

During the year Luo Chen was in closed-door cultivation, the marriage between the Luo Tian Society and the Li family had been implemented.

Yuan Dongsheng of the Medicine Hall and Li Jinhuang's granddaughter Li Yingjun formed a marriage and became dao companions.

When this news reached Li Yingjun's ears, she burst into tears on the spot.

After Yuan Dongsheng explained the trivial matters of the Medicine Hall, he accompanied her back to the Qinhua River Li family clan land.

Not only that.

Under Murong Qinglian's arrangement, the Luo Tian Society also sent a heavy gift that should be given.

To show the intimacy of the relationship between the two families!

The death of a mere mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator could not cause any waves in Tianlan Immortal City.

But for those with relationships, this news still spread at the speed of wind.

In the Danyuan Sect!

Sect Master Danyuanzi learned this news from the person who reported the funeral.

At that moment, he was ecstatic!

"I have cultivated for more than 150 years, and now I am only at the 4th level of Foundation Establishment, all because of insufficient financial resources and insufficient resources."

"If I can seize those medicine fields of the Li family, the cost of Yangyuan Elixir can be controlled. By then, I might be able to sweep away the decline and surpass the Luo Tian Society and the Zheng family!"

Danyuanzi's expression was extremely excited.

He is not a fool.

The competition between the Luo Tian Society and the Zheng family was initially fierce, but after fighting for so long, the two families not only didn't hurt their bones, but earned more and more.

And those of them who watched the tiger fight from the mountain were about to starve to death.

This is very obvious, it is the two families playing a tacit fight.

"Damn it!"

But he didn't dare to provoke these two forces, one is powerful, the other is backed by the Ice Fortress, neither of which he can afford to offend.

If he can control the cost and let Yangyuan Elixir regain a place in the Tianlan low-grade elixir market, he can make a lot of money.

You know, the competitors that those two families abolished are not just the Danyuan Sect.

The market has been cleared.

Thinking that the Luo Tian Society earns hundreds of thousands a year, and the Zheng family is also the same, Danyuanzi's eyes were red with envy.

"If I can earn so much, maybe I still have a chance to peek at the Jin Dan stage in this life."

He immediately summoned the sect members!

But after the sect members gathered one after another, he hesitated again.

"This old fellow Li Jinhuang has always been thorough in his dealings, how could he not make any preparations before he passed away?"

"If he is not dead of old age, but faked his death, deliberately inducing me to take action in advance?"

Thinking of this point.

Cold sweat uncontrollably soaked his back.

"Yes, yes!"

"This old fellow is extremely insidious, it is very likely that he wants to achieve his goal in one battle before his lifespan ends!"

"Completely solve the hidden dangers for the family."

"I must not fall for it!"

"This matter must be discussed from a long-term perspective."

With a thought, he dismissed the sect members, leaving only a few confidants.

"Go and inquire about the specific situation on the day Li Jinhuang sat down!"

"Go and contact the Tanqiu Hu family, they have a life-and-death feud with the Li family, they will definitely be unable to hold back."

"Right!"

"The Luo Tian Society cannot be ignored either, I heard they are married."

Danyuanzi paced back and forth in the hall, every matter emerged from his mind, like a storm.

Every major event has a calm spirit!

This time, it might be the most important decision that changes his path of the Great Dao.

No mistakes are allowed!

Tanqiu is called a hill, but it is not small at all.

In the past, Tanqiu was full of sandalwood trees, the scenery was beautiful and extremely beautiful.

But as the Hu family successively appeared three Foundation Establishments, the atmosphere of Tanqiu not only did not become more prosperous, but gradually declined.

Nowadays, Tanqiu is full of jagged rocks and layers of withered trees.

Some seemingly magnificent palaces stand on it, very discordant, and even a bit shocking.

Those sandalwood trees that once covered the mountains were all cut down to exchange for resources in order to establish Foundation for the fourth child.

Now, the three Hu brothers gather together.

Even the eldest brother Hu Changxi, who was in closed-door cultivation, broke out of the pass.

Everything is for the Qinhua Li family!

"Father and third brother died at the hands of Li Jinhuang, I must avenge this feud!" The second brother Hu Changnu is as his name suggests, with great anger in his words, as if any small thing would make him furious.

The fourth child Hu Changle shook his head, "Second brother, the feud of a gentleman can be avenged in nine generations, this matter does not need to be rushed."

Hu Changnu glared at him, "You are not in a hurry, of course you are not in a hurry! At that time you were still young, you didn't know what kind of grievances our two families had. I only know that I, Hu Lao Er, avenge my feud from morning to night!"

Hu Changle curled his lips and didn't argue with him.

Instead, he said to himself:

"The matter of revenge needs to be very thorough before it can be done."

"First of all, we must consider the possibility of Li Jinhuang faking his death. Back then, the Jin Dan ancestor of the Tiandao Dock faked his death, dragging the enemy sect's new Jin Dan to die together, and finally the Tiandao Dock, whose energy was exhausted, was revived. I don't want this kind of thing to happen to our Hu family."

Hu Changnu was stunned.

The old past of Tiandao Dock and Haniya Pool has been circulating in the Yuding Domain for a long time.

He is naturally also very clear about it.

Today, Tiandao Dock has produced another Jin Dan ancestor, and the sect's atmosphere is second only to the Yuding Seven Sects.

And that arrogant Haniya Pool, the mountain gate was destroyed long ago, the magpies flew south, and it did not return to its past glory.

The fourth child Hu Changle glanced at him and continued:

"Secondly, we must pay attention to the movements and attitudes of the Li family's allies. Qingdan Valley has old ties with the Li family and will be in charge of the immortal city for the next ten years. If we still want to mix in the immortal city, we must consider the attitude of Qingdan Valley."

Hu Changnu couldn't help asking: "How can we guess the attitude of a major sect?"

"Very simple, just see if Qingdan Valley will send people to attend the funeral for a small family without Foundation Establishment true cultivators."

Hu Changle said confidently.

Hu Changnu realized suddenly after listening.

Major sects usually don't lower their status to associate.

Unless the relationship is particularly good, they will send people to observe the ceremony when the forces below hold grand ceremonies, weddings, or funerals.

"There are also Luo Tian Society, Danyuan Sect, Geng family. These three families have a very good relationship with the Li family, either married, or cooperative, and have also worked together."

"Especially that Luo Tian Society! Li Jinhuang has spent his heart crazily flattering this new force in the past few years."

"We must pay attention to their movements!"

Hu Changnu frowned, puzzled: "But a mere upstart, why pay so much attention?"

Hu Changle was helpless, "People have four Foundation Establishments, you say whether to pay attention?"

Hu Changnu opened his mouth, speechless for a while.

He just wanted to avenge his feud, how could it be so troublesome!

"Is there any last one?"

"Of course there is!"

Hu Changle sneered, "The Li family is not a family of good deeds, and there are quite a few enemies besides us. If we can contact these enemies, and then attack together, even if allies like Luo Tian Society, Danyuan Sect, and Geng family help with all their strength, they are just clay chickens and pottery dogs!"

"Ah! Yes, yes, yes!" Hu Changnu finally heard the news that made him happy, "When the time comes, we will kill in together, kill the Li family without leaving a piece of armor, and dye the Qinhua River with blood!"

Sigh...

Hu Changle sighed, he didn't know if his father really calculated their personalities when he named their four brothers "Joy, Anger, Sorrow, Joy."

The second brother is really impulsive and irritable, without any brains.

But he lived well.

And the third brother Hu Chang'ai, who calculated everything and considered defeat before victory, died tragically at the hands of Li Jinhuang.

If the third brother was still there, how could the vast Hu family decline to this point!

Not to mention letting him, the youngest, do various analyses and various calculations.

Nowadays, the Tanqiu Hu family, seemingly one family with three Foundation Establishments, is just flowers on brocade, cooking oil on fire!

Empty superstructure, but no foundation.

The name of the immortal cultivation family is about to exist in name only.

With depression in his heart, Hu Changle looked at Hu Changxi who had been silent.

"Eldest brother, what do you think?"

Hu Changxi's face was cold, not showing any joy.

Since his father and third brother were beheaded by Li Jinhuang back then, he has never been happy again.

His gaze fell on Hu Changle's face, not lacking the pride that could not be hidden.

The youngest is very smart.

But the personality is...

He said slowly, "I think you are wrong in some places."