Chapter 203: Li Brother Yuanping

Lu Jiangxian withdrew his gaze from the myriad states of life at the foot of the mountain. His spiritual sense fell back into the mirror, landing beside the white jade-like stone table. A light breeze brushed against his robes; he sat down slowly and sighed softly, a touch of sorrow appearing in his expression.

"Four pairs of fathers and sons, three families plotting harm, generational entanglements... The world is like this: you fear me, I fear you, forcing people to harm others, ending in a mutual slaughter, with every household wearing mourning clothes..."

"Immortals fighting for their lives, upper sects slaughtering, human elixirs, blood sacrifices, cannibalism; great clans trampling on each other, while the common people stretch out their necks to be slaughtered."

Lu Jiangxian's heart was full of doubts. He said quietly:

"What exactly was the result of the Immortal-Demonic War back then... to make this world become like this?"

Lu Jiangxian collected his thoughts and shifted his attention to a more serious problem.

"The seven emotions and six desires are becoming increasingly faint..."

Lu Jiangxian had lost his physical body. The first dozen years were fine; there was still a kind of inertia pushing him, giving him emotional fluctuations. Those dozen years were spent in a half-asleep, half-awake state, so these problems were not yet very serious.

If one were to really analyze it, Lu Jiangxian could actually have taken action to save Li Yuanxiu, but he did not do so due to considerations in many aspects.

"The Dharma Mirror has a grand origin, and there is a past life of unknown realm, yet it has fallen to this state today. The enemy's strength must be even more terrifying... The talisman Qi can be used for deduction, so the enemy must not be any worse. I cannot have even the slightest bit of exposure..."

A pale silver soft light lit up in Lu Jiangxian's hand, circling in his palm. This was a portion of deduction power he had obtained from Liu Zhangdie back then. Lu Jiangxian spent three years using this to calculate the risk of his own exposure and finally obtained some information.

"The essence of the Taiyin Profound Light is extremely pure moonlight, originating from the Taiyin. If I use Taiyin Profound Light to kill enemies, there is almost no risk of being deduced. If I use witchcraft to fight, it is much more dangerous; the greater the power, the easier it is to attract prying eyes."

"If I were to personally appear outside the Dharma Mirror, the heavens and earth would change color, thunder would roar, and it would alarm the immortals of the ten directions..."

Lu Jiangxian pondered in his heart. The best method was still to stay silently in the Dharma Mirror, waiting for the Li family's rise and fall generation after generation. Only when the power accumulated by the talisman seeds became increasingly strong would it be the safest method.

"I originally thought that a sect would accumulate talisman seeds faster than a family... After seeing the Qingchi Sect and the Tangjin Gate, I realized that they are no better; they are just families wearing a layer of skin..."

Spiritual apertures are associated with lineage, almost destined for intermarriage within the sect, eventually leading to bloodline entanglements and becoming the one-man show of one or several families. Although the initial accumulation is faster, it lacks the stability brought by the fact that all bloodlines in a family originate from one person. When the great trend collapses, it is easy to split into several surnames and leak the news.

Lu Jiangxian's lifespan was almost endless, so he naturally preferred to choose a safe method. Even if he suffered a small loss in speed, he was unwilling to have even the slightest risk of exposure.

"Thinking about it now, a few decades ago I didn't know the origin of the Dharma Mirror and exposed too much in front of the Li family... Li Mutian stared at me for more than a dozen years, and I'm afraid he saw some clues. Fortunately, the old man has already passed away."

Lu Jiangxian stretched out his translucent hand and brushed it lightly in the air, revealing three round white pills. They emitted a faint light in the air and looked quite miraculous.

"Wait until Li Tongya breaks through to Foundation Establishment, then I will manifest these three talisman seeds. Li Tongya is cautious and good at thinking; without needing much explanation, he will naturally link the breakthrough of his cultivation base with the increase of talisman seeds, which can also reduce some suspicion."

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Lijing Town.

"Where is Xiu'er?"

Under layers of curtains, calming incense was burning. The gorgeously dressed woman slowly raised her eyebrows, her graceful and dignified brow slightly furrowed, staring straight at the person below.

"I am asking you, where is Xiu'er?"

The person below was in a gray robe, wearing a horse-girdle jacket, trembling slightly. He raised his eyebrows to look, then quickly lowered his head, answering tremblingly:

The woman straightened up, her lower abdomen protruding; it was clear she was about to give birth. She lowered her eyes to look at the person crawling below, smiled coldly, and said in a low voice:

"Do you take me for a blind and deaf person? I haven't managed affairs for these few months, and you really think I'm easy to deceive? No matter where Xiu'er wants to go, he would at least report it to me... How can there be a reason to leave without saying goodbye!"

This woman had a graceful and noble bearing; she was Li Xuanxuan's legal wife and Li Yuanxiu's mother. She was still pregnant and never left the backyard. Everyone thought about hiding it from her, but the crying sounds all around and Li Yuanxiu, who hadn't come to pay his respects for dozens of days, could not be hidden no matter what.

Seeing the servant remain silent, she already had a bad premonition in her heart. Being able to raise a child like Li Yuanxiu, the woman herself was smart and clever. Just by looking at the expressions of the servants and relatives, she guessed seven or eight out of ten. She immediately became anxious and said coldly:

"Speak."

That person was forced to sweat profusely, his legs trembling, and finally answered:

"The young family head was assassinated... and passed away."

The woman choked slightly. She had thought that something might have happened, but she didn't expect it to be so decisive. She groaned, and under the emotional agitation, a pain surged in her abdomen. She gritted her teeth and said:

"Ugh... Where is Li Xuanxuan! How is he being a father... I handed such a child to him, and this happened... Li Xuanxuan! Li Xuanxuan!"

"The family head, he..."

The servant lowered his head, but saw the woman in front of him fall down softly. He panicked and shouted:

"Mistress! Mistress..."

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"Wah—"

The Li family's white gauze had been hanging for months, still fluttering on the eaves. A cry finally sounded in the courtyard. Li Xuanxuan held his wife's hand, using his magic power to stabilize her breath. The midwife carried out a thin and weak child and congratulated him:

"Congratulations, Master, it's a boy."

Li Xuanxuan took him to look, but saw that this child was thin and small, frowning dryly, crying weakly, closing his mouth low, and not moving at all. If it weren't for the slight fluttering of his nostrils and the fact that his spiritual sense could also feel the child's breath, Li Xuanxuan would almost have felt that the child in front of him had no breath.

"You have suffered,"

Li Xuanxuan comforted his wife in a low voice. He had lost his eldest son and now gained another. For a time, old tears flowed down his face. His heart was full of emotions, hard to put into words. He held the child and looked for a while. Thousands of words turned into a low sigh, and he said in a low voice:

"I have lived a mediocre life for most of my life, and only now do I know that there is nothing else to ask for in this world, only peace!"

He reached out and smoothed the child's wet fetal hair, showed the child to his wife, and Li Xuanxuan said warmly:

"Let's call him Brother Yuanping, Li Brother Yuanping."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 204 =====