Chapter 71

(It's really hard to divide this into chapters.)

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"I'm not going."

Li Youyi refused directly.

If it were the Cangli clan leader Li Songlin, or a personal invitation from the Cangli clan, Li Youyi naturally wouldn't find it easy to decline. After all, these two had taken good care of him in Jiuli City.

Especially Li Songlin, who had not only helped him fight for the qualification to challenge for a spot at the Jiuli Dao Academy but also personally went to intimidate the Zhanglin Gang, and even risked offending the Yang clan to protect his safety for a month.

Li Youyi had always kept this favor in his heart.

But going to meet Li Ling's parents and her whole family—what was that supposed to mean?

"Don't walk away! My father, my mother, and my brother already know about the two of us!" Li Ling chased after him, following closely and refusing to give up.

Li Youyi emphasized, "There is nothing between us! If you keep spreading rumors outside, tarnishing my reputation, or using your family's influence to pressure me, we really won't even be able to be friends."

"I didn't spread any rumors."

Li Ling continued, "A month ago, when you were targeted and hunted down, I left the Jiuli Dao Academy to look for you everywhere as soon as I heard the news. My mother felt I was too concerned about you and grew suspicious, so she talked to me. I said you are my best friend and have saved my life many times. That's all I said; I absolutely didn't say a single word of rumor. I can swear by the God of Jiuli."

Li Youyi responded with silence.

He could imagine what Li Ling's mother thought after hearing her daughter's answer.

Li Ling said, "Do I not even have the right to care about you? Or is it that I can't even consider you my best friend?"

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Yao Guan City had no city walls; it was more like a super-large market town with a population of several hundred thousand.

Most of the houses in the city were built with rammed earth and stone structures, quite low and primitive. A few large clan manors and inns appeared slightly more imposing, with buildings constructed of logs reaching three or four stories high.

The immortal radiance anomaly that erupted in Burial Xianzhen caused too great a stir, shrouding the entire region. Within a month, it shook the entire seven states of the Southern Region, and all sorts of rumors abounded.

Some said Burial Xianzhen was an ancient Realm of Fallen Immortals, where one immortal falling brings life to all things, and many treasures were about to be unearthed.

Others said the underground of Burial Xianzhen was a corner of the Immortal Realm about to open. That thick pillar of light flying out from the ground was the path to the Immortal Realm. Some older powerhouses from Lizhou had followed the light pillar down to the depths and seen scenes that did not belong to the human world. But they dared not go deeper because they felt a terrifying aura, and they returned to the surface after a hurried glance.

Truth and falsehood were mixed, and various rumors flew everywhere, attracting countless cultivators. Naturally, this small city closest to Burial Xianzhen experienced a bustle and prosperity that did not belong to it in such a short time.

Inns and taverns were already packed, and the prices of rooms and food had multiplied several times over.

As the masters of this place, the Beast Li tribe took the opportunity to bring out all kinds of rare resources for sale, including other-realm coffins, precious medicines, exotic beasts, beast eggs, insect eggs, extremely dense metal ores, blood of ancient immortal giant beasts...

As long as you had money, you could buy many resources and secret treasures in the current Yao Guan City that were usually unavailable.

Li Youyi was quite familiar with Yao Guan City; the first night he arrived in this world, he had stayed in this city with Gao Huan. He didn't go to the most prosperous district in the city but headed to the medicinal herb market in the west of the city.

The west of the city was close to the Pang Mountain range. After herb gatherers picked herbs from the mountains, they would bring the freshest ones here to set up stalls and sell them immediately, at prices much cheaper than the shops opened by powerful clans and sects.

Of course, the quality of the herbs here was not high...

They were just seven larvae; why would they need to eat such high-quality herbs?

Of course, the most critical reason was that Li Youyi's pockets were empty, and high-grade herbs were outrageously expensive.

Walking into the west herb market, the exotic fragrance of various herbs hit his nose. Everyone's stalls were very simple; some even just spread out a piece of burlap or a straw mat and started selling.

The entire market was chaotic, filled with shouting and bargaining everywhere.

Li Ling had been following behind him. Walking into the herb market, she couldn't help but say, "If you want to buy herbs, you should go to the Chamber of Commerce; there's nothing good here. The market is a gathering place for all sorts of people, and it's crowded and messy. Even if they pick precious herbs, they sell them secretly to the Chamber of Commerce immediately. The Tianyi Chamber of Commerce has a branch in Yao Guan; if you purchase using the identity of the Cangli tribe, there's a significant discount."

"No money," Li Youyi said.

Li Ling didn't believe it at all: "What about the money the Cangli tribe gave you to buy a house? It was a full 200,000 silver coins!"

Li Youyi didn't know how to explain and could only respond with silence. He came to a stall with a relatively large variety of herbs and pointed to a piece of Cistanche over a meter long on the ground, asking for the price: "How much for this one?"

The stall owner saw Li Youyi's down-and-out, disheveled appearance and originally didn't want to bother with him, but after seeing Li Ling behind him, who was dressed in fine clothes and looked like a little fairy, he immediately squeezed out a smile: "Little brother, good eye! This is an old herb, weighing sixty-three jin. Fifty silver coins per jin. How many jin do you want cut?"

Herbs: ten years to become material, a hundred years to become a treasure, a thousand years to become a spirit.

Only those over ten years old can be called "medicinal herbs."

The price of medicinal herbs was already not cheap; the lowest started at five silver coins.

Those that could be called "old herbs" had to be at least fifty years old.

Those that grew for over a hundred years were called "precious herbs."

Those that grew for over a thousand years almost had consciousness, possessed magic power, and even had the ability to transform; each one was incomparably precious and was called a "thousand-year spirit herb" or "thousand-year demon herb."

The reason Li Youyi took a fancy to this Cistanche was not because it was precious, but because the quantity was large, definitely enough for those seven little guys to eat for a long time.

"Fifty silver coins per jin? That's too expensive, isn't it? A little less."

Li Youyi's brows were tightly furrowed. That nine-leaf Pucao was a three-hundred-year-old precious herb, so it being expensive was one thing. But for just an old herb-level medicinal plant, it was shockingly expensive.

If he bought the whole thing, it would cost 3,150 silver coins.

All the various coins he had on him now added up to only about 12,000 silver coins.

How long would that be enough for those seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors to eat?

The stall owner's face turned much uglier: "Only fifty silver coins, where is it expensive? Herb gathering is very difficult. Do you know how dangerous the Pang Mountain range is? Do you know how hard it is to pick an old herb?"

Li Ling walked to the side of the Cistanche, used her finger to pick off a piece the size of a fingernail, put it to the tip of her nose to sniff, noticed something, and then laughed: "This isn't an old herb, is it? I see it's only thirty-something years old."

The stall owner said, "Little girl, you damaged the quality of my old herb, you have to pay for it."

"Alright, how much?"

Li Ling took out a black metal token and tossed it to the stall owner.

After the stall owner took it and just glanced at it, the token in his hand immediately became scalding hot, as if he couldn't hold it at all. He hurriedly and respectfully returned it, apologizing with trepidation: "So it is a Lord Guide of the Nether Lamp from the Divine Temple. No wonder your eyes are so sharp; how could any herb in this world be hidden from you, my lord?"

"Then is this an old herb?"

"No, no..." the stall owner laughed awkwardly.

After Li Ling took back the Nether Lamp Guide token, she said again: "Then what about the price?"

"Thirty silver coins per jin, no, twenty-five silver coins per jin." The stall owner was all smiles.

Li Ling glanced at Li Youyi triumphantly and said again: "Fine! You are a clansman of the Beast Li tribe, right? We will go to the ancestral temple set up by the Beast Li tribe in the city right now, and you can personally explain to the elders in charge of family law and criminal law how you deceived my friend, disrupted market order, and damaged the reputation of the Beast Li tribe."

In the herb market, the age of herbs was originally something stall owners called out casually; if they could cheat someone, they would. If they met someone who knew their stuff, as long as the price was negotiated, there wouldn't be any disputes.

But who told him to provoke someone he shouldn't have today?

After all, the Jiuli Divine Temple specifically managed the ancestral temples of all tribes and towns.

The stall owner said, "How about you set a price, my lord?"

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In the end, Li Youyi spent 630 silver coins to buy the sixty-three-jin Cistanche.

Being able to buy herbs at a low price, how could Li Youyi let go of this opportunity?

Thus, at the same stall, he picked out six other old herbs, and after rounding off the change, he spent a total of 2,400 silver coins.

Li Youyi didn't feel any guilt; after all, if it weren't for Li Ling, based on his understanding of herbs, he would definitely have been ripped off for a large sum. If the stall owner hadn't cheated first, he would never have allowed Li Ling to use her influence to pressure others.

After strolling around the herb market again, he indeed didn't see a single precious herb.

Spending five silver coins to buy a foot-long insect tube, Li Youyi left the herb market.

If he had sufficient funds, he would of course prefer to buy precious herbs to feed the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors; after all, the more precious the food, the faster they would grow.

How could he not want to feed the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors to a level of combat power comparable to seven Five Seas Realm cultivators as soon as possible?

"It seems I still have to sell magic artifacts."

Li Youyi thought to himself, while playing with the newly bought insect tube in his hand. It was made of a section of red gold bamboo, extremely hard, with ventilation holes and a strap.

The Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor was an emperor-level exotic insect; even Master Stone Coffin and Master Jar couldn't recognize it. Senior Lingwei said that even in their era, there were no more than ten insect tamers in the entire Lingxiao Life Realm who could recognize it.

Therefore, she told Li Youyi not to worry too much about exposure.

Raising the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors in that blood-mud space on the Buddha's relic was of course no problem. But if he encountered a strong enemy and needed to release them for help, he would definitely expose the secret of possessing an other-realm treasure.

Li Youyi suddenly stopped and looked at Li Ling, who had been following by his side the whole time: "Aren't you curious why I bought these things?"

"Even if I were curious, you wouldn't tell me. You're the type who never accepts my kindness. You always feel like I'm trying to harm you," Li Ling said.

Li Youyi thought for a moment: "Shall I treat you to noodles?"

A look of surprise flashed in Li Ling's eyes.

"You helped me save a large sum of money today; I have to thank you."

Li Youyi took Li Ling to a roadside noodle stall and sat down first at a square table by the road: "Shopkeeper, two bowls of noodle soup, with beef."

Li Ling was wearing a gorgeous dress, with her belt, sleeves, and collar all spotlessly white, and combined with her flawless semi-immortal body skin and exquisite facial features, she was truly out of place in this environment.

As she sat in the seat to Li Youyi's right, countless surprised and curious gazes were cast from the stall and the street, naturally including envious ones as well.

Li Ling handed over a silk handkerchief: "Wipe the dust off your face. No one in Yao Guan dares to touch you; there are many powerhouses from the Cangli tribe in the city."

Li Youyi didn't know how to handle his relationship with Li Ling either, because he was not a cold and heartless person; on the contrary, he cherished every emotion immensely. Just like that bowl of fish soup from Cai Yutong, he could remember it for a lifetime.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally took the handkerchief to wipe his face and asked: "The price on my head at the Five Burials Temple should have gone up, right?"

Just now, walking from the herb market to the noodle stall, a distance of only a few hundred meters, Li Youyi had discovered at least three followers, all with hostility and murderous intent in their eyes.

There was no help for it; Yao Guan was too small, and Li Ling was too eye-catching.

It would be strange if he and Li Ling walking together weren't watched and recognized.

Of course, it was precisely because he was walking with Li Ling that no one had dared to make a move yet.

"It went up, several times over. Some Five Seas Realm cultivators are looking for you everywhere."

Li Ling added: "Now do you know why I had to take you to see my parents? Because you are only truly safe when you stay with them. Once you return to Jiuli City, you can go directly into the Dao Academy to cultivate, without having to fear the assassins from the Five Burials Temple or the freelancers outside."

"Oh! Doesn't the spot to enter the Dao Academy have to be fought for?" Li Youyi laughed.

Li Ling laughed: "In that battle a month ago, you killed until a whole street was red, and you dyed the Suihe water red. Who dares to underestimate you now? The top-hundred martial artists Yao Zhengsheng and Lu Can both died at your hands. There is no obstacle to entering the Dao Academy anymore; Fourth Uncle even has the intention of taking you as his successor."

"A person's name is like a tree's shadow. You have some fame among the younger generation now, more or less."

"Only some fame?" Li Youyi said.

Li Ling said: "Without breaking the Ninth Spring Ancestral Field, not being a pure immortal body, and not entering the Five Seas Realm, how much fame do you want? My brother possesses all three, and he still hasn't become famous throughout the world."

Two bowls of noodle soup were served, steaming hot and fragrant.

The beef portion was very generous, with over a dozen slices in each bowl.

Li Youyi had just started eating.

A little fatty of fifteen or sixteen years old rushed into the stall in a flurry, sat down breathlessly at the square table where Li Youyi and Li Ling were, and shouted: "I'm starving! Shopkeeper, ten bowls of noodle soup."

The shopkeeper by the stove paused for a moment: "How many people?"

"Don't you have eyes? One, just me." The little fatty slapped the table and added: "Stop talking nonsense, I won't be short on your money."

Li Ling looked around and didn't see any empty tables, so it wasn't easy to drive him away.

The little fatty stared at the bowl of noodles in front of her that hadn't been eaten yet, rubbed his hands together, and laughed familiarly: "I see this pure immortal body sister who looks like a goddess descending to earth doesn't look like someone who would eat in a place like this. How about you let me have this bowl of noodles first?"

Semi-immortal bodies and pure immortal bodies are very hard to distinguish just by looking at the exterior.

"Your mouth is quite sweet. You eat it first; I'm not hungry," Li Ling said.

"Thank you so much!"

The little fatty hurriedly took the bowl over and asked: "My name is Shi Shishi; what should I call you two?"

Li Ling said: "Cangli tribe, Li Ling."

"Cangli tribe, Xie Tianshu."

Li Youyi secretly sized up this little fatty who had appeared suddenly. He couldn't sense any magic power or thought power fluctuations, and there was no dangerous aura; he was like an ordinary person. But for an ordinary person without cultivation to appear in Yao Guan City now, how could it not be a strange thing?

While the little fatty was wolfing down the noodles, he was actually able to talk, commenting on the crowd passing by on the street: "Brother Tianshu, see that carriage pulled by a fire lizard? That's the seat of the young city lord of Licheng in Zhizhou. The Li family is very glorious; they produced a big figure. In a few decades, I'm afraid they will have a chance to become the second ten-million-level sect in the Southern Region. This young city lord is only seventeen years old and has already broken through to the Five Seas from the Nine Springs. It's a pity he has an ordinary mortal physique; if he were a pure immortal body, that would be incredible!"

"Sister Ling, see those dozen or so young people in green martial robes? The one leading them is the number one person of the younger generation of the Three Chen Academy, Chen Wenwu. He is a top-ten figure under thirty in Lizhou... maybe top five..."

"Xue Zheng, ranked fourth in the Lizhou Seven Springs Hall, is also here! He is also not simple. At less than twenty-five years old, he can have such combat power below the Five Seas Realm; he is enough to sit on equal footing with a pure immortal body. Once he breaks through to the Five Seas, he will be a swimming fish turning into a dragon."

Only then did Li Youyi and Li Ling finally look toward the street.

Sure enough, Xue Zheng's tall and straight figure, with a magic long saber on his back, was approaching from afar, his gaze fixed on the noodle stall. Under the sunlight, his silver skin appeared exceptionally bright and dazzling.

Arriving with Xue Zheng were two other Five Seas Realm powerhouses from the Zhanglin Gang, Xu Zhanglin and Tang Yan.

But in terms of bearing and mental state, the two Five Seas Realm cultivators were actually a notch weaker.

Pedestrians on the entire street all sensed an unusual dangerous aura. Except for martial cultivators confident in their own strength, everyone else retreated far away.

Li Ling naturally knew that the visitors were not coming with good intentions. She stood up abruptly and walked out of the stall: "Your Zhanglin Gang's courage is getting bigger and bigger. This young lady hasn't gone to find trouble with you yet, and you actually delivered yourselves to my door. Wanting to kill in Yao Guan City, can you get past me?"

Xue Zheng cupped his hands and said: "Fourth Miss, you've misunderstood! Xue came here to show concern for Brother Li's injuries and specifically came to offer condolences. If the injuries have already healed, I would like to exchange pointers. After all, everyone says that Li Youyi is the number one person of the younger generation in the Lizhou Gushing Spring Realm. Xue Zheng has never been defeated, yet I'm being suppressed for no reason; my heart is somewhat uncomfortable no matter what."

Xu Zhanglin said: "Young people should exchange pointers and communicate more. They are both top geniuses of the Gushing Spring Realm. It's very fair!"

Li Ling said: "How come I've never heard the saying that he is the number one person of the younger generation in the Lizhou Gushing Spring Realm? The number one person of the younger generation is my brother. Why don't you also find someone from the Sui Sect to challenge him?"

Xue Zheng's gaze fell on Li Youyi: "Xue just wants to exchange pointers; does your excellency not dare? A man who hides behind a woman and lives ignobly is destined not to achieve anything great."

Li Youyi finished the last drop of soup in the bowl: "Shopkeeper, check! I'll pay for his ten bowls of noodles as well."

Li Youyi had already escaped a murderous calamity once because he treated someone to noodles. He couldn't quite see through this little fatty in front of him, so he felt that forming a good connection wasn't a bad thing.

Anyway, ten bowls of noodles weren't expensive.

Walking out of the stall, Li Youyi narrowed his eyes and looked at Xue Zheng, who was standing with his back to the sunset, and said: "Just finished eating, not suitable for intense fighting, let's make an appointment for another day. Besides, I'm not hiding behind her; she is the one who took the initiative to protect me. If you have the ability, you can also find a great thought master to protect you!"

"A beautiful great thought master like a goddess descending to earth," the little fatty's voice corrected from inside the stall.

Li Youyi naturally didn't want to fight Xue Zheng. If he defeated or killed him, the enemies and assassins would re-evaluate his strength, and the pressure he faced then would definitely multiply.

Not fighting, on the contrary, could make the enemies underestimate him even more.

Xue Zheng sized up Li Youyi seriously, as if he wanted to get to know him all over again.

That ruthless character who had killed in all directions by the Suihe was actually not provoked at all.

"Clatter!"

An ox cart slowly approached.

The green ox pulling the cart was even larger than an elephant, its pupils were golden, its skin was shimmering, and its four hooves and horns were like bronze; one look and you could tell it wasn't an ordinary breed.

Seeing the green ox, one knew the person.

Everyone present knew that the Cangli clan leader had arrived, and they bowed or retreated one after another.

The ox cart stopped beside Li Youyi and Li Ling, and Li Songlin's voice came from the cart: "You two, get on!"

Li Youyi naturally knew that this Cangli clan leader was worried he was in danger and had specifically rushed over to back him up; his heart was naturally touched.

After Li Ling got on the cart first, Li Youyi looked at Xue Zheng and Tang Yan opposite him and said: "Earlier outside the city, I saw Murong Xiao!"

After dropping these words, regardless of what expressions the three of them had, Li Youyi stepped directly onto the ox cart and entered the carriage.

Li Songlin sat in the main seat facing the carriage door, his face quite cold and stern, and then he said bitterly: "Sorry, I originally thought I could protect you for a month, but it turns out others didn't give me any face at all. This time, I lost a lot of face, and the key is that I can't get it back."

Li Songlin didn't mention why he couldn't get it back, and Li Youyi naturally wouldn't be tactless enough to ask.

He said: "The junior is already very grateful. If it weren't for the senior's protection for over twenty days, I wouldn't have had any chance of survival that night."

Li Songlin finally revealed a smile: "Broken through to the Eighth Spring Wind Mansion Realm?"

Previously, Li Youyi had told him that his cultivation was at the Seven Springs opening.

Since he survived that night a month ago and killed top-hundred martial artists in succession, it was obviously a breakthrough in realm that had won him a glimmer of survival.

Li Youyi struggled in his heart, considering whether to lie to Li Songlin. He really didn't want to deceive this respectable elder in front of him, but in the end, he nodded: "Fortunately, I broke through to the Wind Mansion Realm; otherwise, I would already be bones and dust."

Li Songlin had guessed it long ago, so he wasn't surprised, but laughed: "You didn't agree to Xue Zheng on impulse; that's right. I was originally a bit worried that your personality was too rigid. Being too rigid is easy to break! Combining rigidity and flexibility is the true Sword Dao."

"Xue Zheng is already a Silver Pure Immortal Body. With his martial arts attainments, there is no one in the entire Lizhou below the Five Seas Realm who is his opponent. Even those Nine Springs martial artists hidden by various forces might not necessarily be able to win against him."

"If you had agreed to him just now, I'm afraid you would have been slashed to death by a single saber strike. And no one could avenge you, because you agreed to it yourself; if you couldn't even take one move, you couldn't blame anyone."

Li Songlin said while observing Li Youyi's expression.

Pure immortal bodies aren't just limited to flawless jade-like skin; there are also those whose bodies transform into silver, gold, glaze... There is no distinction in the combat power of the physique.

There was not a trace of disappointment or desolation on Li Youyi's face, because he didn't think he would lose to Xue Zheng, who had transformed from a semi-immortal body to a pure immortal body. He just asked curiously: "Various forces have hidden Nine Springs martial artists? So the so-called Seven Springs Hall ranking is just something everyone does for fun?"

Li Songlin shook his head: "The Seven Springs Hall ranking still carries a lot of weight. Young martial artists who can open Nine Springs are few and far between, and after opening Nine Springs, they immediately break through to the Five Seas and hide this secret."

"After a pure immortal body opens Nine Springs, it is almost known to the whole world, because geniuses of this level are all recruited by major forces and will be promoted and built up as a signboard; no one dares to kill them easily. Ten-million-level sects and ten-million-level clans call them inheritors."

"But how many people are pure immortal bodies?"

"The base of mortals is thousands and ten thousands of times larger than pure immortal bodies. Even if the cultivation difficulty is greater, there are still some who can open Nine Springs. But they are almost all unknown and have been deliberately hidden."

"According to my understanding, in the last ten years, the Jiuli tribe has had six young martial artists who opened Nine Springs, and Cangli is just the strongest one. The other five: four mortals, one deformed person."

Li Youyi said: "The Jiuli tribe population is more than ten million. Over ten years, only six people opened Nine Springs. This hurdle of the Ancestral Field is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven."

"The Cangli tribe, as a million-level power, in the last thirty years, except for Cangli, has not produced a single genius who opened Nine Springs."

Li Songlin laughed bitterly: "After telling you so much, the old man wants to tell you that you must go and impact the Ninth Spring. Only by opening the Ancestral Field will you have a chance to defeat Xue Zheng and make up for the gap in physique. If you really do it, no matter how high the cultivation of others is, they will look at you with high regard, and your status in the Jiuli tribe will be very different."

Although Li Songlin is already fifty-two years old this year and still calls himself an old man, he looks like he is only in his thirties, with quite a bit of a lazy and unrestrained flavor.

Li Youyi said: "The junior naturally wants to try it; I won't be in a hurry to break through to the Five Seas Realm."

Li Songlin nodded with satisfaction and finally got to the point: "Do you know why Xue Zheng could transform into a pure immortal body in such a short time?"

"Why?"

This sentence was asked by Li Ling.

Li Songlin said: "It was the clan leader of the Xue family who picked an exotic herb stained with immortal mist near Burial Xianzhen and gave it to him to take."

The Sui Sect is composed of seven families.

The Yang clan is the leader, and the Xue clan is at the end.

"That old scoundrel can cultivate a pure immortal body; the old man naturally wants to cultivate a genius who opened Nine Springs to suppress him." Li Songlin looked at Li Youyi with a smile: "Coincidentally, the old man also picked an exotic herb stained with immortal mist a few days ago."

Li Youyi was moved. He originally thought Li Songlin talking about the Nine Springs Ancestral Field was just to encourage him, but he never expected the other party would take out such a rare treasure?

Li Ling acted like a spoiled child: "Fourth Uncle, I am still a semi-immortal body! With such an exotic herb, why do you think of an outsider first?"

Li Songlin said: "Both are stained with immortal mist, but the effects of the herbs are different. The one I picked is more suitable for helping martial artists open the Wind Mansion and Ancestral Field. In the clan, who has hope of opening the Ancestral Field?"

The reason Li Songlin decided to give this exotic herb to Li Youyi was, firstly, because the combat power Li Youyi displayed at the Eight Springs Realm was strong enough, and he was fully qualified to be listed in the top ten of the top-hundred martial artists, and the chance of successfully impacting the Ancestral Field was very high.

Secondly, he heard Cangli recount what happened that night in Jiuli City a month ago; Li Youyi was actually able to go alone to lure away many enemies for the sake of his companions. This courage and character displayed in a desperate situation were too precious, and he really wanted to take him as his successor.

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