Chapter 189

The Li family members watched in the sky for a while, then saw several streaks of light coming from the north, stopping one after another on the territory of East Shanyue. Li Tongya and Li Xuanfeng looked at each other and muttered:

"With such a great commotion, I am afraid there is no family on the lake that won't notice. It's going to be lively now."

Sure enough, the leading streak of light stopped slowly, revealing a middle-aged man in black, standing with his hands behind his back. His aura was magnificent, his hands were like jade, and his gaze swept over Li Tongya, saying softly:

"Little friend Tongya, we haven't seen each other for several years, and your cultivation has greatly improved!"

"Li Tongya greets the senior!"

Li Tongya rode the wind to meet him and cupped his hands. The person who came was the Ancestor of the Yu family, the father of Yu Mugao, the Foundation Establishment immortal cultivator Yu Xiaogui.

Yu Xiaogui nodded, his eyes sweeping over him. Another streak of light followed and landed. A middle-aged man in brocade robes and white robes landed in front of them with a smile. His bearing was graceful and elegant. It was the Ancestor of the second-largest Foundation Establishment family on the lake, Fei Wangbai.

"It has been many years since we parted, and Brother Tongya's bearing is as before!"

Fei Wangbai's tone was intimate, a world of difference from Yu Xiaogui. Li Tongya also cupped his hands in return, feeling helpless in his heart, and answered:

"Greetings, senior!"

Li Tongya glanced to the side and sure enough saw Yu Xiaogui snort coldly. Seeing Fei Wangbai's intimacy and the way the Fei and Li families were exchanging glances, he was quite irritable and said coldly:

"Family Head Fei has a good temperament."

Fei Wangbai chuckled. Subsequently, several streaks of light arrived one after another. Leading them was the head of the An family, An Jiyan, wearing a large fur hat, following behind the head of the Yu family, Yu Mugao, with a thick face.

Before long, all the families on the lake with Qi Refining cultivators had arrived. An Jiyan raised his head to look at the expressions of the two Foundation Establishment cultivators and cupped his hands:

"I wonder if the two seniors know the reason for this phenomenon?"

Yu Xiaogui glanced at An Jiyan without speaking. Yu Mugao flicked his sleeves and stepped forward. Everyone's eyes turned to him. Yu Mugao then said in a deep voice:

"I received news from my younger brother that the Shanyue Early Zifu cultivator is breaking through to Golden Core, hence this phenomenon."

"Your family is indeed well-informed."

An Jiyan praised loudly. Yu Mugao shook his head with an ugly expression. Seeing the Li family members below, he finally realized and thought bitterly:

"I was wondering why the Li family was acting so uncharacteristically. It turns out they had received the news long ago and took the opportunity to move west. It is hateful... We don't have a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the sect to support us, and Muxian has been in seclusion in recent years, yet we found out too late, letting the Li family easily obtain this territory."

Yu Mugao's gaze swept over Li Tongya and Li Xuanfeng, and he became increasingly uneasy. He thought again:

Thus, Yu Mugao snorted coldly, followed An Jiyan's lead, and answered:

"How can we compare to the Li family? I am afraid Senior Tongya had already received the news and planned it long ago!"

The crowd of cultivators immediately focused their attention on Li Tongya. Li Tongya knew he couldn't avoid it, so he had to step forward and answer:

"We also just received the news from the sect..."

An Jiyan sneered upon hearing this and asked:

"How come I heard that your family obtained the Shanyue heir many years ago, cultivated him carefully, and rushed to let him take the throne when the Shanyue Early Zifu cultivator was breaking through, thereby controlling East Shanyue... If you hadn't received the news early and made preparations, how could it be such a coincidence?"

Li Tongya glanced at An Jiyan. Seeing him speaking sarcastically, he shook his head lightly and answered:

"It was just a coincidence, and we just took advantage of it. We cannot compare to your family, which plays both sides and sows discord."

"You...!"

An Jiyan did not expect Li Tongya to choke him so directly. His expression changed, and just as he was about to speak, a figure flew over from the west, immediately attracting everyone's attention. An Jiyan took the opportunity to shut his mouth, looking over with an ugly expression.

Only then did they see the person coming from the east wearing magnificent clothes, with a storage bag tied around his waist. He was dressed in the attire of an immortal cultivator, but his face was that of a Shanyue person. His cultivation was at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. He stopped not far from the crowd and looked at them cautiously.

"People of Mount Wushan..."

Yu Xiaogui and Fei Wangbai's expressions turned solemn. They did not know if the Shanyue Early Zifu cultivator had succeeded or not. They confronted the person for a moment, and then they saw the Shanyue Foundation Establishment cultivator speak:

"Are you people of Qingchi in front?"

Qingchi and Qingchi had the same pronunciation. The Shanyue Qi Refining cultivator just shouted, and the crowd did not feel anything was wrong. Yu Xiaogui, as the one with the highest cultivation, and the Yu family being the hegemon on the lake, said in a deep voice:

"Exactly... Are you of the Mount Wushan crowd?"

Unexpectedly, the Shanyue Foundation Establishment cultivator sneered and shouted:

"There is no more Mount Wushan. Duanmu Kui failed his breakthrough and died. The treasures and techniques on Mount Wushan have been divided by the various Early Zifu cultivators. We have already defected to the Qingchi Sect. From now on, we are colleagues with you all. Please give us more guidance."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yu Xiaogui paused, and his expression turned ugly.

The cultivation of the Mount Wushan crowd ranged from early to peak Foundation Establishment, and they practiced witchcraft, making them even harder to deal with than ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. If they defected to the Qingchi Sect and one or two of them stayed behind to branch out, they would be several Foundation Establishment families.

And the Yu family had maintained stability on the lake for many years, establishing a system of tribute from various families. If there were several more Foundation Establishment families on the lake, the stability maintained might be broken. Yu Xiaogui naturally had an ugly expression. Seeing that the crowd below still had doubts, he explained:

"The Shanyue Early Zifu cultivator was called Duanmu Kui."

"The Early Zifu cultivator has fallen..."

The crowd all paused. Seeing the high-and-mighty Early Zifu cultivator die in front of them, they all felt a bit emotional. Someone muttered:

"It's good that he died... How many years has it been since the Yue Kingdom had a Golden Core? If he had attained Golden Core... we wouldn't need to call ourselves under the rule of Qingchi anymore, and together with the Three Sects and Seven Gates, we would all have to let our hair down and become Shanyue."

Although these words were direct and even made the corners of the crowd's mouths curl up slightly, they truly expressed everyone's inner thoughts. Yu Xiaogui flicked his sleeves and cupped his hands:

"If you fellow Daoists live here for a long time, we will be neighbors from now on. When you establish an immortal mountain and spread your family lineage, we will come to observe the ceremony."

"Naturally."

The Shanyue Foundation Establishment cultivator was still cautious and did not understand the situation, so he just said politely. Yu Xiaogui nodded and took Yu Mugao to ride the wind and leave.

Only after Yu Xiaogui left did the atmosphere become lively. Many people rode the wind up to congratulate Li Tongya. Li Tongya thanked them one by one, then cupped his hands toward the Shanyue Foundation Establishment cultivator and said in a deep voice:

"I wonder what your name is, senior? I am Li Tongya of the Li family. From now on, our two families will be neighbors. Please give us more guidance, senior."

"Feiluoya."

The Shanyue Foundation Establishment cultivator muttered in a deep voice. Although he looked down on him as a Qi Refining cultivator, he did not know if the Li family had a Foundation Establishment cultivator sitting in charge, so he nodded politely and looked at the Shanyue Palace beneath his feet, raising his eyebrows:

"Although I did not leave Mount Wushan, I also know that the boundary between the Qingchi Sect and Mount Wushan was drawn at Dayu Creek. You all came east, what does that mean?"

Feiluoya stared coldly at Li Tongya. After speaking, the might of a Foundation Establishment cultivator had already pressed down. Li Tongya, however, was not afraid at all and smiled:

"Senior is joking. Since Mount Wushan no longer exists, this place is ownerless land. It is only natural for my family to expand west."

Feiluoya saw that he had no trace of fear, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said softly:

"When my fellow disciples drew the boundary, they counted the west of Dayu Creek as my territory. I cannot suffer this loss for no reason. Your cultivation is low, call your elders out to speak!"

Happy New Year's Eve!

(End of chapter)