Chapter 31: Wan Tiancang

Wan Xiaohua sat at the table, his expression unable to hide his exhaustion. A Jade Capital Wheel cultivator had already condensed a spiritual wheel in the Shengyang Mansion. Theoretically, he could be energetic without sleeping for three days and three nights, but there were too many troublesome things recently, and Wan Xiaohua felt that he couldn't support it.

"That letter sent by the Li family, Yuankai, how do you see it?"

Rubbing his temples, Wan Xiaohua looked at the crowd below with exhaustion.

Before Wan Yuankai could speak, a strong man beside him said carelessly:

"How else to see it? This Li family is not strong, but they think beautifully. With just the two of them in the Li family, the clan leader can kill them to the door, and force them to hand over those spiritual fields to my Wan family!"

The man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a pair of tiger eyes stared at Wan Xiaohua in the first seat.

"Idiot!" Wan Xiaohua cursed in his heart, and asked back:

"That Li family has people practicing in the sect. If they blame us, how should we handle ourselves?"

"This..."

Seeing that the strong man couldn't speak for a while, Wan Yuankai stepped forward and said:

"If the Li family wants three percent, we will give them three percent. The family inventory is decreasing year by year, and we are about to fail to pay the tribute. Everything is still based on survival."

Wan Xiaohua nodded and said softly again:

"Three percent should still be negotiable. The Ji clan is powerful. With the lips cold and the teeth cold, the Li family will not force us too much."

Talking about this Ji clan, Wan Xiaohua also had a gloomy expression, put down the letter in his hand, and continued:

"A few years ago, it was still bounded by Yubu Mountain. Now it has retreated to Guli Road. That Ji Dengqi old thief is too bullying. Our strength is insufficient. We have retreated repeatedly over the years, and we haven't even had a chance to breathe."

Wan Yuankai nodded gritting his teeth, and sighed:

"Fortunately, there is a glimmer of life in desperation. The spiritual energy and earth veins at the northern foot of Mount Dali are gradually recovering, giving my Wan family a glimmer of life. It's a pity that it's not in my family's hands."

Wan Xiaohua laughed coldly and said coldly:

"Now it is the best. My Wan family occupies the northern foot of Mount Dali, but we need manpower to guard it. If you are sent away, who will guard this Huaqian Mountain main family? What's more, this matter is huge. If it alarms the Ji clan, can Ji Dengqi watch my Wan family expand?"

"Ji Dengqi secretly sent people to contact the side branches under my family, causing everyone to be two-faced. Contacting the Li family or sending people over must be done secretly. Absolutely must not let that Ji Dengqi know!"

Wan Yuankai nodded heavily and replied:

"I have already let my clan brother fake death, get out, and go to Lidao Mouth. Ji Dengqi's eyes and ears are just mortals, and they can't see anything."

"Tiancang is eloquent, calm and cautious. I am most at ease with this matter being handed over to him."

Wan Xiaohua finished speaking and picked up a pen to hook lightly on the map in front of him, his eyes cold, and said in a low voice:

"A blunt knife cutting meat, but we must also be careful that my Wan family bites back."

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Li Tongya adjusted his breath, feeling the surging magic power in his body, laughed, and sighed:

"Circulating without end, nearly four years, it is considered completed."

"Congratulations to Brother Ya for going further and cultivating the Zhou Xing Wheel!"

Liu Rouxuan beside him smiled and tucked the broken hair down behind her ears, her black pupils staring straight at Li Tongya, congratulating with a smile:

"It's just a small cultivator in the Taixi realm, nothing to congratulate!"

Li Tongya turned his head lightly, avoiding Liu Rouxuan's gaze calmly, and replied with some panic.

"Hee hee."

Watching Liu Rouxuan giggling about something on the side, Li Tongya shook his head helplessly, looked at the sky, and said:

"Closed for a day and a night, I will go to see Xiangping first."

"Yes."

Liu Rouxuan nodded vigorously and smiled.

Li Tongya walked out of the Lijing small courtyard. Just as he reached the front courtyard of the Li family, he heard a sound in the main courtyard, so he stopped.

"Mother! Why does everyone have a father, but I don't!"

Ren was sewing clothes quietly in the courtyard. Li Xuanxuan knelt on the ground with tears, holding Ren Pinger's skirt, and said aggrievedly:

"Everyone has a father! Where did my father go?"

Ren heard this and hurriedly squ

"Father went to a place very, very far away..."

"Mother is lying to me! Mother is lying to me!"

Li Xuanxuan struggled with all his might to break free from Ren Pinger's embrace, crying out:

"How could he go to a faraway place and not send a single letter home! Everyone says Father is dead!"

Ren Pinger was instantly struck dumb, looking at the wailing Li Xuanxuan, somewhat at a loss for what to do.

Li Tongya felt a pang of heartache as he listened. He let out a long sigh, stepped into the main courtyard, and gently picked up Li Xuanxuan.

Upon seeing Li Tongya, Li Xuanxuan immediately wiped his tears and sobbed:

"Second Uncle, where is my father!"

Li Tongya gently patted Li Xuanxuan's back and replied with a touch of bitterness:

"Your father is a good man, a generous elder brother..."

"Woooooo..."

Just as he was comforting Li Xuanxuan, Li Yesheng knocked on the door and entered the front courtyard. Seeing him, the Ren woman hurriedly pulled the weeping Li Xuanxuan away, leaving only the two of them in the courtyard.

"What is it?"

Li Tongya composed his emotions and said in a low voice:

"There is a man dressed like a hunter at the gate asking for an audience, claiming to be the person sent by the Wan family to fulfill the agreement."

"Let him come in."

Li Tongya was momentarily stunned. He rubbed his chin and waved his hand at Li Yesheng.

Li Yesheng brought the man in. The man had an ordinary appearance, wore leather armor, and carried a long bow on his back. His eyes, however, were quite bright. Upon coming up, he looked at Li Tongya and cupped his hands:

"Wan Tiancang of the Wan family, pays respects to the Young Patriarch!"

Li Tongya raised an eyebrow. In his heart, he secretly felt that this person was far superior to that Wan Yuankai and was likely not someone easy to deal with. He smiled and replied:

"I cannot bear the title of Young Patriarch; I am merely managing some trivial matters in the village."

After speaking, he waved his hand and said:

"Please."

Wan Tiancang's eyebrows twitched instantly, and he thought to himself:

"I heard that the old master of the Li family does not show his face often, and that these two brothers govern the Li family together without any distinction of primary or secondary. Now it seems this Li Tongya is cautious in his speech; I wonder what kind of person that Li Xiangping is."

He pondered continuously in his heart, but his mouth smiled:

"You are too polite."

Wan Tiancang entered the main courtyard. The old master was sitting in the seat of honor drinking tea, his eyes lowered as he looked at Wan Tiancang with only a faint nod.

Wan Tiancang looked at Li Mutian, who had an extraordinary bearing and was unusually calm, and sighed in secret admiration:

"This person must be the old master of the Li family. He is worthy of being a predecessor who once reached Foundation Establishment; his demeanor is different from ordinary people."

He hurriedly bowed. When he stood up, his face was already covered in tear tracks, and he choked out:

"Paying respects to the predecessor."

Li Mutian put down the teacup in his hand and said in a low voice:

"Why go to such lengths?"

Wan Tiancang wiped his tears and replied:

"Seeing the predecessor's demeanor, the junior is reminded of my father. That old man fell victim to the poisonous hands of Ji Dengqi, losing nine hundred catties of spirit rice from the clan, and we are almost unable to pay the tribute for the year after next!"

"Nine hundred catties?"

Li Tongya exchanged a glance with Li Mutian in the seat of honor, both of them having a look of realization in their eyes. Li Tongya thought to himself:

"This person wants to move the share of our family's thirty percent harvest!"