Chapter 176

"Report!"

A clan soldier walked into the courtyard in a hurry, entered the rear hall, reported in front of the door, and knelt down in a hurry.

"Come in."

A youth's voice came from the hall, clear and with an upward tone, carrying the relaxed feeling unique to this age.

The clan soldier entered the rear hall, offered the small letter in his hand to Li Pingyi, who was greeting him, and said in a deep voice:

"Jingyang Town reports."

Li Yuanxiu read the small letter and muttered:

"The fourth son of the Tian clan and the male descendant of the Liu clan had a dispute on the street of Jingyang Town, fought, and knocked out three teeth of the Liu clan's male descendant... The Liu clan was indignant after learning about it and wrote to the aunt overnight to seek justice."

Li Yuanxiu pinched this small letter, a bit dumbfounded. Uncle Li Tongya's wife is from the Liu clan, so the Liu clan also has status among the towns. Although the Tian clan said they lost their backing, several Tian family members hold real power. The dispute between the two families has been endless, and they actually sued to Liu Rouxuan.

"Sure enough, it's someone who doesn't know the weight. Even such a small matter can't be handled, and they went to report it."

"Should I intercept that person?"

Li Pingyi asked. Li Yuanxiu waved his hand and said softly:

"No need."

In his heart, he looked down on the person in charge of the Liu family. Li Yuanxiu could have intercepted the person reporting, but out of respect for the elder, he did not make a move.

Not long after, another clan soldier entered the courtyard. Li Yuanxiu did not raise his head and asked:

"How did aunt react?"

The clan soldier was stunned. He did not expect Li Yuanxiu to already know what he was going to report. He swallowed the long speech that had reached his mouth and said concisely:

"That Liu clan person handed the letter up, and the lord suppressed the letter without saying a word..."

Li Yuanxiu nodded slightly, pondered for a few breaths while looking at the letter in front of him, raised the brush, wrote the word "read", pressed it heavily, and continued to write:

"Tian clan son transferred to the Qingwu mineral vein, for a term of three years."

Liu Rouxuan's reaction to receiving the letter was not to sternly reprimand the clansmen for provoking trouble, but to silently suppress it. Li Yuanxiu knew that the aunt was a little dissatisfied with the Tian clan's move, and was just unwilling to make a move because of the old feelings for the third aunt, Tian Yun. At this moment, knowing the elder's attitude, he punished the Tian clan a little, and then said to Li Pingyi below:

"Call a clansman of a younger generation to beat and beat that Liu family person in charge. How can such a shameful small matter be reported to the elder? Don't know the weight!"

"Yes!"

Li Pingyi responded in a low voice and suddenly pricked up his ears. Li Yuanxiu also noticed something wrong and raised his head to look outside the courtyard.

"Clang clang..."

A sound of weapons touching the ground came. All the clan soldiers outside the courtyard lowered their heads and knelt on one knee, placing the weapons in their hands on the ground. A robust figure emerged from the open courtyard gate like wind. His eyes were calm, and his long brows entered the sky warehouse, adding a bit of uninhibited color out of thin air.

The man carried a golden long bow engraved with patterns on his back and held a sharp-mouthed canine creature that was surprisingly large in one hand, still squeaking. The man walked into the courtyard on his own, looking at Li Yuanxiu at the head with a smile.

The clan soldiers in the rear hall were all old people who looked after the house, so they naturally recognized this person. They immediately knelt down with a clatter, placing their weapons flat to show respect.

Although Li Pingyi did not recognize this person, he was terrified in his heart when he saw the iconic golden bow. He followed and knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and said respectfully:

"Welcome, Clan Uncle!"

Li Yuanxiu put down the brush in his hand, hurried down, bowed respectfully, and lowered his head:

"Yuanxiu has seen the uncle from..."

"Hahahaha."

Li Xuanfeng threw the two demonic creatures down with a thump, laughed loudly, looked at Li Yuanxiu's appearance carefully, and smiled:

"Haven't seen you for a few years, you've already grown up. Xuanling told me that you are an internally talented person, but I see that you have a dignified appearance, both talented and intelligent. Not bad, not bad!"

Li Yuanxiu smiled lightly and answered:

"The family still relies on several elders to support it. Xiuer's little cleverness can't be brought to the table, just managing these branches for the family."

Li Xuanfeng waved his hand, pointed to the two hyenas on the ground, and explained:

"The sacrifice is approaching. These two demonic creatures were caught by me. Their cultivation has been sealed. You should prepare for the sacrifice. Second uncle and your father are in seclusion for cultivation and probably cannot show up. You should arrange the positions. The family affairs are handed over to you."

"The child understands."

Li Yuanxiu nodded solemnly. Li Xuanfeng smiled, asked about his progress in cultivation, saw that he had no doubts about cultivation, drove the wind out of the door, and left.

Li Pingyi stared at the departing Li Xuanfeng with envy and whispered:

"Clan uncle came out of seclusion, the family sacrifice matter has a place to fall."

"Not bad."

Li Yuanxiu had joy on his face and said softly:

"Invite several clan elders in the family. For the sacrifice matter, I still need to ask the elders. It can be sacrificed at the end of this year."

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Winter snow arrived on time. The ice on the lake shore was frozen solid. Every household at the foot of the mountain lit lamps according to the old precedent. Little children worshipped under the moon and played in front of the lamps. The sound of laughter drifted far away.

Li Yuanxiu consulted the clan elders in the family and finished the sacrifice matter. The market on the street was crowded with people. Everyone craned their necks to look at the two huge hyena demonic creatures locked on the stone altar, whispering.

Lu Jiangxian's spiritual sense emerged from the mirror, looking at the noisy scenery below the mountain. Pale golden incense flowed out, flying and circling like strands of golden silk, all falling on his mirror surface.

"Time flies like an arrow, three or five years are like a flick of a finger... This is the long-lived species."

Lu Jiangxian had been on the mountain for nearly fifty years, watching Li Tongya cultivate from a mortal to Qi Refining, watching Li Xuanxuan grow from a childish child to the head of a family, watching the old die and the children be born, which can be said to be full of feelings.

There is nothing unusual about the flow of time in the mirror. Lu Jiangxian has been studying witchcraft in the mirror for more than ten years, and his research on this path has become deeper and deeper. The curses and magic he has pinched can easily kill Qi Refining cultivators.

"Here."

Everyone worshipped on the stone platform built of blue stone in the center of Lijing Town. The sacrificial stone knife pierced into the brains of the two hyena demonic creatures. The abundant blood essence and essence rose, combined with the permeating incense, and flowed out, injecting into the mirror surface.

"Here is the Li clan of Lijing, respectfully preparing clear wine and common dishes, cold food and sacrificial instruments, incense never broken year after year... Sacrificing with smoke, offering with blood, serving gods to bring blessings."

Lu Jiangxian stood on the top of the mountain in the mirror world, strands of gray register Qi appeared in his hand, carefully observing the changes in the appearance of the register Qi. After pondering for a moment, he picked up the jade pot on the table with his right hand, separated half of the register Qi, and left it for careful study in the future.

Spiritual sense circled around several Yuanqing generation members of the Li family below. Lu Jiangxian secretly thought:

"This register Qi is precious, but for me, it is a thing without a root. If it is bestowed too frequently, it will appear to have no value and not be solemn enough."

Looking at the crowd below, Lu Jiangxian calculated:

"From now on, only one or two register Qi will be bestowed on each generation. It is best to win by quality. The extra register Qi will be condensed into register pills or stored."

"As for this sacrifice today... each person can only be bestowed with one register Qi. If the register is bestowed now, it is only the gray register of Qi Refining, and it is not bad for these few years. Wait until Li Tongya becomes Foundation Establishment, take the demonic creatures of Foundation Establishment, and then bestow the Foundation Establishment white register to the Li family members of the Yuanqing generation."

Having made up his mind, Lu Jiangxian urged the magic mirror, condensed half of the register Qi in his hand into a register pill. The blue-gray mirror in the stone chamber on the mountain was bright white, floating up quietly, spitting out six register pills with complicated patterns.

(End of chapter)