Chapter 536: If There Are Rumor-Mongers, Kill (Second Update, Seeking Everything)

Not only Li Zhangsheng, but Ning Bizhen and the four Clan Elders also had very grim expressions.

The golden giant bird was extremely fast; at this moment, it was only a few hundred meters away from the Li Family Manor, and it looked like it was about to land.

In an instant, Ning Bizhen used Flying Through the Void, a pair of pale cyan wings suddenly extended from her back, and she swiftly flew to meet the golden giant bird.

Li Zhangsheng and the four Clan Elders also sprouted wings on their backs, following closely behind Ning Bizhen, charging toward the golden giant bird carrying the coffin with murderous intent.

Once they were closer, Li Zhangsheng discovered that this was a rare Golden-Eyed Peng; there was no contract brand on its forehead, so it was clearly a wild Spirit Beast.

Seeing the six of them charging over aggressively, the Golden-Eyed Peng was clearly startled, hurriedly circled in the air, and turned to run.

The Golden-Eyed Peng possessed a Concentrated Grade Golden-Winged Peng bloodline; even though it was only at the Elite realm, its speed still exceeded that of ordinary Leader-level flying Spirit Beasts.

Even Ning Bizhen could not close the distance with the Golden-Eyed Peng in a short time.

However, it was precisely because they drove the Golden-Eyed Peng away in advance that it did not land at the Li Family Manor, so naturally, the goal of humiliating the Li Clan was not achieved.

Seeing that he could not catch up to the Golden-Eyed Peng, Ning Bizhen immediately summoned the Three-Legged Fire Crow.

Caw~

The Three-Legged Fire Crow let out a cry, folded its wings, and its entire body erupted with scorching firelight, turning into a rainbow beam that rapidly closed the distance with the Golden-Eyed Peng.

Hundreds of meters away, the moment the Golden-Eyed Peng heard the cry of the Three-Legged Fire Crow, its body trembled subconsciously, and an emotion called fear filled its body and mind.

Before the sound of the Three-Legged Fire Crow could vanish from its ears, the Three-Legged Fire Crow had already appeared above it, and its sharp Bird Beak pecked down.

The Golden-Eyed Peng wanted to dodge, but the Three-Legged Fire Crow was like a maggot on a tarsal bone; its Bird Beak seemed to have locked onto the bird's slender neck, pecking down fiercely.

Pfft~

Blood splattered; like piercing through tofu, the sharp Bird Beak completely pierced through the neck of the Golden-Eyed Peng, protruding from the other side.

The Golden-Eyed Peng wanted to let out a miserable shriek, but because its throat was ruptured and blood blocked its windpipe, it could not make a sound at all; its head tilted to the side, and it breathed its last.

Seeing that its corpse was about to fall from the sky along with the coffin, Li Zhangsheng suddenly appeared below, collected the corpse of the Golden-Eyed Peng, and did not even let the dissipating blood go to waste.

Li Zhangsheng's mood was complicated now, both angry and amused; he was angry that someone had openly delivered a coffin on this joyous occasion, and amused that this person had unintentionally sent him a great gift.

With the corpse of this Golden-Eyed Peng, he was not far from gathering a jar of Golden-Winged Peng Spirit Essence.

The black coffin tied to the back of the Golden-Eyed Peng was now being held in one hand by Li Zhangsheng; he could naturally see that the materials of this coffin were plain and unremarkable, with nothing special about them.

It was not until this moment that the four Clan Elders finally arrived.

Ning Bizhen examined the coffin and asked, "What should we do now?"

The four Clan Elders looked at Li Zhangsheng in unison, waiting for his decision.

In the current Li Family, regardless of prestige, strength, or reputation, Li Zhangsheng was the recognized number one, and they followed his lead.

Li Zhangsheng did not answer, but instead asked a question in return: "How many witnesses are there? Did any distinguished guests see it?"

The Beast Garden Elder answered first: "Distinguished guests should not have seen it; there are probably dozens of witnesses!"

"Go and issue a gag order now, and have people keep an eye on them in secret; if there are any rumor-mongers, kill them!"

Li Zhangsheng immediately issued the order; the family's reputation was very important, and once this matter spread, it would inevitably be detrimental to the Li Clan.

"Yes!"

The four Clan Elders hurriedly acknowledged and began to get busy.

Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen did not return to the Li Family Manor immediately; the two opened the coffin lid, and inside was only a scarecrow with the two large characters for "Li Clan" written on its face.

Li Zhangsheng was expressionless and summoned Heiye immediately.

"Heiye, Trace to the Source!"

Li Zhangsheng pointed at the black coffin; if the opponent's aura still remained on it, then Heiye could extract it.

Meow~

Accompanied by a soft, sweet cat cry, a black light suddenly shot out from Heiye's eyes, instantly landing on the scarecrow and wrapping around the scarecrow's head.

In an instant, a blurry shadow appeared above the scarecrow, and then it suddenly vanished.

"No residual aura!"

After communicating mentally with Heiye, Li Zhangsheng understood the reason.

"Then try other places, or this coffin!"

Under Li Zhangsheng's command, Heiye then performed Trace to the Source several more times, but unfortunately, it did not succeed even once.

Clearly, the opponent was very cautious and had used some means to erase the residual aura.

"Who could this be? Dou Yuanbin or the Langya Liu Clan?"

Li Zhangsheng tried hard to recall; his current enemies seemed to be limited to these three.

"No, if it were them, with their influence, there would seem to be no need to go to such lengths. Taking a step back, if it were them, they should have written Li Zhangsheng's name on the scarecrow instead of the so-called Li Clan; it is possible that it is someone else!"

"Could it be the Huizhou Xiao Clan? But they should be too busy to care about themselves. The Liyang City Cai Clan? That is indeed a possibility, after all, the family has occupied many of their industries. In addition, there are the remnants of the Lin Clan!"

Li Zhangsheng carefully analyzed the enemies in the shadows, but this was also his own imagination; perhaps there was someone else, after all, the Li Clan had offended far more than just these people.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng destroyed the coffin and returned to the entrance of the Li Family Manor with Ning Bizhen to continue receiving distinguished guests who might arrive.

Not long after, the Dragon Horse Hall appeared in view, but the one who came this time was not Principal Xu Wenhua, but Dean Zhang Kaishuo.

Xu Wenhua was still at Li City Fortress working hard to farm contributions; who knew how long it would take for him to gather enough contributions to exchange for the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit.

"As expected, Principal Ning is also here."

Dean Zhang Kaishuo greeted Ning Bizhen with a smile, but when he was about to greet Li Zhangsheng, his eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth opened unconsciously, enough to fit an egg.

"Damn, Changsheng, how did you break through again!"

Even though Li Zhangsheng intended to hide it, Zhang Kaishuo was a veteran Sixth Rank, and his Mental Power strength far exceeded Li Zhangsheng's, so how could he not discover it? He could at most fool Monster Tamers of the Fifth Rank and below.

This was also the reason why Li Zhangsheng did not want to meet with the higher-ups of Yuanling Academy at the beginning; it was simply too easy for them to discover.

Dean Zhang Kaishuo's mood was complicated; Li Zhangsheng's progress was simply too fast. In just over four months, he had advanced to the Fifth Rank again, easily breaking the record for the youngest Fifth Rank held by the Butterfly King Luo Qingning, and raising this record to a point where it was almost impossible for latecomers to break.

However, Zhang Kaishuo felt more ecstatic; the wrinkles on his face were almost smiling into a chrysanthemum. When he was at the Fourth Rank, Li Zhangsheng could kill Liu Xudong across ranks; now that he was at the Fifth Rank, did it mean he could defeat Dou Yuanhua?

As long as he defeated Dou Yuanhua, who in the Royal Academy would be Li Zhangsheng's opponent? Even if the Ninth Prince Dou Yuansheng had also advanced to the Fifth Rank, I fear he would not be able to stop Li Zhangsheng.

Zhang Kaishuo suddenly discovered that happiness had come too fast like a tornado; the top Academy no longer seemed like an extravagant hope!

As long as Yuanling Academy replaced the Royal Academy to become the top Academy, it would represent a massive amount of resources, and a portion of those resources would certainly be used to improve the treatment of students, Instructors, and the upper echelons; he would naturally be a beneficiary as well.

The reason why the Royal Academy produced an Emperor Rank from time to time was mainly related to the resources obtained by being the top Academy.

"Dean, please do not speak of this for the time being!"

Li Zhangsheng had long known that it could not be hidden, because the Elder of the Tiantai Sect had also seen through his strength, but he still gave a word of caution to Dean Zhang Kaishuo.

As for the Tiantai Sect Elder, Li Zhangsheng had already reached a consensus with him in secret; as for what was paid, only the two of them knew.

"Rest assured, this old man is not a loose-lipped person."

Dean Zhang Kaishuo turned his head, and quickly understood the logic behind it.

If a tree stands taller than the forest, the Wind will surely destroy it; if people knew that Li Zhangsheng had advanced to the Fifth Rank at 17, there was no telling how much of a stir it would cause. He feared that he would be instantly envied by countless people, and it would be even easier to invite a backlash from enemies, not giving him time to continue growing.

"Dean Zhang, please, come inside!"

After chatting for a few sentences, Ning Bizhen took the initiative to invite Dean Zhang Kaishuo into the VIP room.

After the representatives from Yuanling Academy arrived, no more VIPs came until the wedding procession returned; the Yuan Prefecture Governor's Office that Li Zhangsheng had imagined never sent anyone, and in the end, he only managed to gather two of the three major powers of Yuan Province.

However, generally speaking, the spectacle this time still far exceeded the time when the family had just advanced to County Gentry.

Li Haoqiong and He Yan both came riding red dragons; when they dealt with the Demon King-level Hei Long Ha Li Ku Qi last time, the few of them had each swindled a red dragon based on their cultivation realms.

He Yan was born into a merchant family, and her parents operated several storefronts in Peng City; due to He Yan's strength and status, no one was stupid enough to bully them.

Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen mainly received He Yan's parents, and under their respectful welcome, the group entered the reception hall where the banquet was held, waiting for the wedding to begin.

At this time, those powers that had come to offer congratulations were already sitting here, chatting and networking with each other.

Besides them, there were a large number of Li Clan members, whose seats were mainly arranged according to their relationship with Li Haoqiong; because there were too many clansmen and the reception hall could not fit them all, Li Wenbo could only arrange for many clansmen to sit outside.

Among these powers, Yuanling Academy and the Tiantai Sect both possessed Pseudo-Kings, so their seats were placed at the head table, and the close relatives of both sides also sat at this table.

Those powers possessing Sixth-Rank Experts were placed at the second table, and the rest could only continue further back.

Soon, the wedding began.

The entire reception hall instantly became lively; after the two newlyweds performed the wedding ceremony, they began to toast continuously, and the details during this time will not be described one by one.

This wedding banquet could only be described as both host and guest having a wonderful time.

By the time the wedding banquet ended, the time had already reached late night.

After seeing off all the guests, Li Haoqiong and He Yan finally returned to the bridal chamber, but they had long since shared an intimate bond, and He Yan was pregnant, so naturally, they did not enter the bridal chamber immediately, but instead entered the gift-opening segment.

(End of this chapter)