Chapter 179

"Xiuer!"

The person who came was smiling triumphantly. Who else could it be but Li Xuanxuan? Having broken through to Qi Refining, he became the fourth Qi Refining cultivator of the Li family, with a lifespan of two hundred years, driving Qi and riding the wind, roaming between heaven and earth. Naturally, he was full of spring breeze, and his face looked several years younger.

"Father has come out of seclusion!"

Li Yuanxiu walked down in surprise, only to see his father Li Xuanxuan flick his sleeves and say triumphantly:

"Father swallowed the Cave Spring Clear Qi and refined the Cave Spring True Essence. My vitality is long, and I am good at adjusting Qi and drawing talismans. I am now a Qi Refining cultivator!"

"Not just me, your uncle has also broken out of seclusion, and with the help of the register pill, he has broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining."

"This is very good!"

Li Yuanxiu nodded repeatedly, saw Li Xuanxuan flip his palm and reveal a trace of dark blue true essence, which really had a clear and flexible spirit. Li Yuanxiu looked at it with envy, bowed seriously, and said:

"Since father has returned, this matter of managing the family belongs to father."

So he took a step back, lifted his clothes and bowed, to show that he was handing over the power of managing affairs to Li Xuanxuan.

It would have been better not to mention this. Li Xuanxuan was very embarrassed when he heard this. He had managed the family for more than ten years and had done quite well. Before going into seclusion, he was still thinking about whether Li Yuanxiu could hold the situation. Who would have thought that as soon as he came out of seclusion, he heard Li Xuanling full of praise. Looking around, the family was even more orderly than before he went into seclusion. Several clan elders shook their heads and sighed when they saw him, making him dumbfounded.

"Xiuer, you are making father ashamed!"

Li Xuanxuan shook his head and said seriously:

"Since father has achieved Qi Refining, naturally I want to go into seclusion for intensive cultivation, work harder on the talisman path, and add a bit of foundation to the family. Where is the reason for being reluctant to give up power after achieving Qi Refining... Perhaps a hundred years later, my Li family will flourish, and it will be the turn of Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion cultivators to be the ancestors, and Qi Refining cultivators will emerge one after another. Only then will Qi Refining cultivators manage the family! Now you should continue to manage the family!"

"What's more, Xuanling has already told me about your achievements in managing the family these few years. It really made me proud, so I came down the mountain to see you!"

Li Yuanxiu smiled. He was just being polite. He also knew in his heart that Li Xuanxuan would never want the power back, and said softly:

"When father was in seclusion, there was a riot in Shanyue, and the heir Brother Shamoli fled east. Now he is in seclusion to break through to Qi Refining..."

He explained the arrangements for Shanyue in these few years one by one. Li Xuanxuan had already heard it once from Li Xuanling, but still listened to Li Yuanxiu finish, and then said:

"Brother Shamoli swallowed miscellaneous Qi, which is much easier than pure heaven and earth spiritual Qi. Now that a year has passed, he will probably come out of seclusion soon."

The father and son sat at the head, waved away the clan soldiers and servants, and Li Yuanxiu explained the countermeasures for the contradictions in the family one by one. Li Xuanling listened and nodded repeatedly, full of praise, and said with a smile:

"Xuanling said that you are better than us, it seems that he still left me face. This is more than just a little bit better!"

These words made Li Yuanxiu ashamed, and he apologized repeatedly. The father and son chatted happily until dusk, had dinner together, and Li Xuanxuan went back up the mountain.

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Li Tongya walked out of the cave dwelling, his true essence shining brightly. His cultivation at the ninth level of Qi Refining is already one of the best on the Wangyue Lake. Except for a few Foundation Establishment cultivators, no one can rival him, but he is not very happy, even a little worried.

"My cultivation speed is just average. Even with that precious register pill, it took three full years to break through. Now that I am sixty, I am at the door. How can I catch up!"

Feeling a bit irritable in his heart, Li Tongya exhaled slowly, looked at Li Xuanxuan's empty stone chamber, and finally felt a bit relaxed, secretly thinking:

"Fortunately, Xuan'er successfully broke through to Qi Refining, and the family has one more Qi Refining cultivator. This child's cultivation method is better at drawing talismans than mine, which is also an accumulation of inheritance for the family..."

Li Tongya's talisman technique comes from the "Spirit Talisman Method" brought back by Li Chijing. It contains the production methods of twelve Embryonic Breath stage magic talismans and three Qi Refining stage magic talismans, but it is not profound, and they are all general things.

Li Tongya really has no talent in this path. For more than ten years, he has only learned those Embryonic Breath stage talismans. He hasn't succeeded in a Qi Refining stage talisman once until now, so he simply abandoned this path and concentrated on practicing sword techniques. Xuanxuan is much more talented than him, and his cultivation method is suitable for drawing talismans, so the talisman path in the family is handed over to him.

Thinking that he was quite stupid in the talisman path, yet he had spent more than ten years creating income for the family, Li Tongya was suddenly shocked in his heart, and by analogy, understood that his current cultivation mentality was quite undesirable.

"I only care about breaking through to Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty, but I am in the game, ignoring that such an eager mentality is the taboo of cultivation! Fortunately, I have accumulated deep cultivation for decades and can stabilize my foundation, and with the help of the register pill, otherwise it would not be strange to be trapped at the eighth level of Qi Refining for more than ten years... It will delay major events!"

Feeling very lucky in his heart, Li Tongya cast aside the obsession of breaking through to Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty, and secretly comforted himself:

"Accumulating cultivation step by step, even if the age of sixty passes, it doesn't matter. I have experienced so many things in cultivation until now. If I don't break through to Foundation Establishment, I don't break through. I am a peasant child from the fields, now soaring between heaven and earth, holding a sword and roaming freely. Does this heaven and earth owe me anything?"

Li Tongya exhaled a long breath of turbid Qi. He relied entirely on his own efforts on the road of cultivation, without a teacher, without guidance. Now that he has gone astray, he can save himself in time, but it is all based on his own caution and repeated consideration.

After adjusting his breath in the main hall of the cave dwelling, Li Tongya saw his only son Li Xuanling walk up. He is now a vigorous youth and said respectfully:

"Congratulations to father for coming out of seclusion!"

"Hmm."

Li Tongya nodded, swept his gaze lightly over him, and smiled:

"You have also broken through to the sixth level of Embryonic Breath. You can break through to Qi Refining after accumulating for a few years."

"Yes."

Li Xuanling sat on the side of his father, brewed the wording for a while, and whispered:

"Father, Qinghong likes spear techniques, but there are no spear masters in the family. I want to choose a good teacher for her..."

"Spear technique..."

When Li Tongya heard this, his brows arched, and he suddenly remembered the Foundation Establishment level long spear with lightning flashing in the storage bag. His heart moved, pondered for a few breaths, remembered the brocade-clothed man Seeing Fei Wangbai who was invited by the Yu family, and this person is also famous for his spear technique, so he answered:

"I heard that there is a person in the Fei family on the north bank who is good at spear technique and can be considered the top strength on the lake. The head of the Fei family once made an appointment for me to sit at his house. Why not take this opportunity to talk about this matter and make a good relationship between the two families."

"That would be too good!"

Li Xuanling was overjoyed. That Seeing Fei Wangbai of the Fei family is a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Although he has only broken through for a few years, he is a real Foundation Establishment immortal cultivator. If he can get his guidance, even if the Fei family doesn't pass down the bottom-of-the-box skills, it is better than any Qi Refining cultivator.

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Lijing Town secret room.

Brother Shamoli formed a seal with both hands, holding a small jade bottle, and spat out strands of pale purple Qi from the tip of his nose. With his swallowing and breathing, it rhythmically fluctuated eighty-one times, finally slowly fading and disappearing.

Brother Shamoli suddenly opened his eyes, and a trace of purple electricity flashed, but it was a bit impure and seemed to be half a beat slow. A look of ecstasy appeared on his face. He clenched his hands, and a magic power with lightning flashing had flowed between his palms.

"Purple Thunder Secret Origin Technique! Secret Thunder True Essence... it is truly tyrannical. This trace of thunder can seriously injure ordinary Embryonic Breath cultivators. No wonder everyone envies the path of thunder. It is truly amazing."

Brother Shamoli paused, felt the magic power in his body, smacked his lips, and said with some regret:

"I don't know why, but the magic power in this body is even worse than the ordinary cultivators described in the book. It seems that it is only good at quick battles and cannot last long."

Rising into the air, Brother Shamoli pushed open the stone door with one palm, raised his head and looked outside the courtyard. The sunlight sprinkled slightly, just warm, just like the throne and life he was about to welcome.

(End of chapter)