Chapter 91: Battle Immortal Li Family, Crisis

Miss, this old servant has finally found you.

Fu Bo bowed slightly, his tone respectful yet unable to hide his excitement as he said, "Old servant Fu Bo, by order of the family head, I have come specially to fetch the young miss back home."

Li Yilan stood frozen on the spot, the hoe in her hand nearly slipping to the ground.

She frowned, staring at the person before her as she spoke.

Me?

You must have mistaken me for someone else, right?

As for the person before her, Li Yilan didn't know him at all, and though he called himself Fu Bo, she had no recollection of him whatsoever.

The most absurd part was that he claimed to be acting on the family head's orders to take her home.

Her home was already in Hundred Flowers Valley; where else would she need to go?

This action naturally drew the attention of Lin Yang and the Hundred Flowers Fairy nearby.

Lin Yang glanced at Fu Bo and saw that the family behind Li the lass had sent someone.

He had originally not intended to tell Li the lass about her origins, but now that the other party had come to the door, he would wait and see.

The Hundred Flowers Fairy likewise observed Lin Yang's actions.

Seeing Lin Yang show no reaction, she too remained a passive observer.

Fu Bo looked at Li Yilan, still in a dazed state, sighed softly, and said, "These years have been hard on you, miss."

His eyes full of pity, he said, "Miss, this old servant has not mistaken you; I am indeed looking for you."

"Miss, you were born into the renowned Li family. Sixteen years ago, enemy masters besieged your father and mother. Because the enemy was too numerous, they could not cope, so to protect you they entrusted your infant self to a couple."

"Over these years, your father has maneuvered and fought back, finally suppressing the enemy's arrogance and making them pay a price, while he and your mother have continually searched for you, yet to no avail."

"If not for the fact that a few days ago a strand of aura unique to the Battle Immortal Clan burst through the heavens here, I would not have traced it to this place and found you."

"Now the family prospers in peace; it is time for you, miss, to return and enjoy wealth and inherit the family business."

Fu Bo's eyes reddened, his posture straight and tense, he spoke respectfully yet excitedly.

Li Yilan frowned; she had no memory whatsoever of what this old man said.

However, she did remember the two words 'Battle Immortal'.

When she was initially trapped in a coffin by the Purple Gloom Shadow, the murderous influx of myriad-thing qi frenziedly surged into her body.

Her reaction was completely unlike that of her parents; their bones offered almost no resistance, smoothly becoming conduits for the myriad-thing qi to fuel the blood sacrifice.

But she was different; within her seemed to exist an extremely powerful aura that resisted and repelled those myriad-thing qi.

Moreover.

Deep in her mind, two characters kept surfacing.

Battle Immortal!

Battle Immortal!

Battle Immortal!

Each time those two characters appeared, a strand of sacred, irresistible majesty would inexplicably arise within her.

It was precisely this mysterious, irresistible force that drove out the murderous myriad-thing qi that had entered her body.

At first.

She thought that power was a divine ability left by her master or predecessors.

But now.

Upon hearing the old man's words, she wondered if she might truly be the eldest daughter of the Li clan of the Battle Immortal Clan.

She glanced at Fu Bo, yet her heart inexplicably raced, for his gaze was so firm, as if he knew all her past, leaving her unable to refute.

But all of this seems utterly absurd, doesn't it?

Li Yilan even wanted to laugh, and a bitter smile rose unbidden in her heart.

Because enemy forces pursued them, my birth parents entrusted me to a couple—likely my foster parents—and now my birth parents, having quelled the family's foes, have sent someone to fetch me home?

This is truly unexpected, and why should I go back with Fu Bo?

Hundred Flowers Valley is my home; my foster parents treat me well, and though I feel nothing for my birth parents, my foster parents love me and I love them.

Even if they have left me, this place remains my home; I will go nowhere else.

Li Yilan immediately made up her mind, raised her head, and slowly said to Fu Bo.

"I'm living just fine here; what gives you the right to say I should just leave?"

"And what makes you claim I am the eldest daughter of the Battle Immortal Clan, and therefore I am?"

Upon hearing this,

Fu Bo was not in a hurry; instead he smiled and said, "Young miss, this matter is indeed rash; it's understandable that you can't accept it at once."

"However, the Battle Immortal aura on you cannot be faked; my Battle Immortal Clan is the strongest family in the world, gifted beyond compare, invincible in cultivation, and known as the Omnipotent Cultivator."

"Furthermore, the Battle Immortal Clan enjoys prosperous fortune and unmatched luck."

"And you possess both omnipotent cultivation and strong fortune—if you are not the eldest daughter of the Battle Immortal Li Clan, then who is?"

Upon hearing this,

Li Yilan froze.

Omnipotent cultivation?

Strong fortune?

Such divine abilities, she had heard mentioned by the predecessors within the Azure Precept, and her master often spoke of them as well.

This left her somewhat speechless.

Seeing Li Yilan remain silent, Fu Bo continued.

"Of course, if you still don't believe, young miss, you need only drop a drop of blood on this stone, and the truth will naturally be known."

A white stone appeared in Fu Bo's palm, and he extended it toward Li Yilan.

Li Yilan did not move; she could sense that this might be true, but she did not want to pierce that truth, and she was not yet ready to accept it.

Seeing Li Yilan hesitate, Fu Bo put away the stone and let out a long sigh; he knew the young lady could not accept it for the moment.

Moreover, she might not yet understand what the War Immortal Li Clan signifies.

He seemed to have prepared beforehand, speaking softly: "Miss, the family has reserved the War Immortal Palace for you, a hundred times more spacious and bright than this house; moreover, the family's resources are vast and abundant, as long as you return to the War Immortal Clan, your cultivation will surely advance by leaps and bounds, rather than remaining merely at the Nascent Soul level as it is now."

Fu Bo's gaze was sharp; he saw through Li Yilan's cultivation at a glance, which also revealed his own extraordinariness.

He continued: "Furthermore, there will be top experts in the family waiting to teach you etiquette, ensuring that your comings and goings are dignified."

Furthermore, the master and mistress are lovesick to the point of illness, each day shedding tears over your childhood portrait, longing for reunion.

Li Yilan bit her lip tightly and remained silent.

Seeing that Li Yilan still had not come to terms with the fact, Fu Bo produced another sandalwood box, opened it, and inside lay a warm, smooth jade pendant and a yellowed letter.

"Young lady, this is what the mistress left for you; the jade pendant is an heirloom, the letter is full of longing, she often mentions it, feeling sorry for letting you suffer outside."

"Moreover, over these years the master has contended alone with our enemies, eventually exhausting himself; he was gravely wounded by the enemy, left with a broken body. Now his condition is beyond medical help, critical at any moment, and his sole lingering thought is for you, the young lady who has not yet returned."

"Please, young lady, come back with this old servant to the War Immortal Li Family."

Fu Bo's genuine emotions showed; his voice was hoarse and broken, the ending trembling.

Li Yilan: "……"