Chapter 334: Master and Disciple Dispute

As soon as Yuan Tuan's voice fell, Li Li Ximing stepped forward, dressed in loose white clothes, looking quite elegant, but his voice was still a bit childish, and he bowed:

"Junior Li Li Ximing greets Senior!"

Yuan Tuan looked at him carefully, the long silk at her waist fluttering lightly, and smiled:

"I heard from my senior brother that there was an alchemist with peaceful breath and water and fire combined. Now that I see him, he really is a good seedling!"

After speaking, she took Li Li Ximing's hand and said warmly:

"Ming'er, do you have a handy pill furnace?"

Li Li Ximing froze for a moment, looked at Li Li Yuanjiao on the side who nodded slightly, and then said:

"Returning to Senior, I already have one!"

The Li family's pill furnace was obtained from someone else when the market was destroyed back then. It was a Qi Condensation level artifact. The Li family was weak at that time, and Li Li Tongya was afraid of being guilty of a crime, so he sealed it for many years.

Now that the Li family's foundation was stable and they had an alchemist, they dared to take it out, and only a few direct descendants knew about it.

Once these words were spoken, Yuan Tuan froze, stroked the storage bag at her waist, and felt the green pill furnace inside. She couldn't help but cry and laugh in her heart, secretly saying:

"Bad, this is a waste of favor to Yundan Peak..."

After all, the Li family had been established for less than a hundred years. Yuan Tuan couldn't imagine that even a pill furnace had been prepared. She pondered for a breath, untied a green jade bead from her wrist, tied it with a red string, hung it on Li Li Ximing's wrist, and smiled:

"Take it as a meeting gift from me to Ming'er!"

Li Li Yuanjiao saw that the jade bead was radiant and looked like no ordinary object, and was secretly happy. He was polite on the surface:

"Peak Master! How can this be!"

"Eh!"

Yuan Tuan looked at Li Li Ximing with a smile, seeing his serious little face, and liked him more and more, smiling:

"This object is a protective treasure from when I was practicing Qi, called 【Qingxuan】. It has been tempered by my cultivation method for many years and has some miraculousness. It can turn into eagles, dogs, tigers, and deer, and is quite spiritual. It is a good magic artifact for both Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment."

"Now that I have cultivated the immortal foundation and used the 'Qingxuan Peak' to nurture it for two years, it is even more miraculous. The ability of 'Qingxuan Peak' overlaps with this object, and I no longer need it, so I give it to Ming'er!"

Li Li Yuanjiao could naturally see that Yuan Tuan originally wanted to give a pill furnace to repay the favor, but now changed it to this jade bead. Thinking about it, it was also an object of equal value. Pill furnace-type magic artifacts were priceless. This jade bead could be used as a pill furnace, which was quite extraordinary. He immediately said:

"Hurry and thank the Immortal Master."

"Many thanks, Senior!"

Li Li Ximing responded seriously. Yuan Tuan nodded, her slender hand stretched out, releasing a pale white light, covering everything above and below, isolating the inside and outside, and then said seriously:

"Does your clan know about the Demon Disaster?"

Li Li Yuanjiao immediately became spirited, and Li Brother Yuanping, Li Li Xicheng, and others on the side also pricked up their ears. Li Li Yuanjiao replied:

"Our family is located in the north of Yue, and we have heard about it. It is said that Jiang Yan is doing all kinds of evil, spreading the Demon Dao lineage everywhere, circulating among loose cultivators and even the common people, causing countless demon chaos, and the south is particularly tragic..."

"Not bad."

Yuan Tuan nodded and whispered:

"Although Jiang Yan is against Qing... my sect, he cultivates the Witch Dao lineage, definitely not the Demon Dao in the rumors. Moreover, this person has disappeared for many years. The demon disaster should have other mysteries."

"Senior means..."

Li Li Yuanjiao frowned slightly and replied:

"The demon disaster in the Yue country is spread by someone else on purpose... Does the sect have anyone sent to suppress and destroy it?"

Yuan Tuan's expression was strange, and she said softly:

"No. However, there are voices of worry among the peaks, fearing that if the demon disaster is left unchecked, the tragedy of Pingming Ferry will eventually reappear."

The Immortal-Demon War back then was the great battle at Pingming Ferry, which shook heaven and earth, destroyed mountains and rivers, sank the Divine Continent, and lost the north to the Immortal Dao, leading to the southward migration of the Huhu Jie and the prevalence of the Release Sect, leading to the current situation.

Li Li Yuanjiao nodded silently, knowing what was going on. Yuan Tuan exhorted:

"My sect has repeatedly found traces of demon cultivators in Xunlin Plain these past few years, and even lost two Qi Condensation cultivators. It seems to be getting worse and worse, moving toward the north. I hope your clan will pay attention."

"Many thanks, Senior, for the reminder!"

Watching Li Li Yuanjiao's respectful answer, it seemed he had taken this matter to heart. Yuan Tuan's tender white fingers released a wisp of green light, which turned into two white deer upon landing, blinking their eyes and bowing their heads without moving.

Yuan Tuan said softly:

"Good disciple, follow me back to the peak!"

Li Li Xizhi hurriedly bid farewell to his parents and brothers one by one, then mounted the white deer and rose on the clouds.

Yuan Tuan also landed lightly on the deer's back and said softly:

"If you want to send a letter to the sect, send it to the Yuan family. The legacy of the predecessors will eventually run out. I hope you will cultivate diligently."

The voice lingered, and the two white deer stepped on the clouds and left, disappearing without a trace in a moment. The group of Li family members looked up and watched, and Li Brother Yuanping finally said:

"The 'Qingxuan Peak' really has the atmosphere of an immortal family, and I don't know which path's immortal foundation it is!"

The two looked at each other, both happy for the smoothness and harvest of this matter. Li Li Xijun on the side leaned over to Li Li Ximing, curious:

"Brother! Let me see your good magic artifact!"

Li Li Ximing nodded hurriedly, having been looking forward to it for a long time. Just to show the family's demeanor, he didn't dare to show joy in front of Yuan Tuan. At this moment, his eyes were bright, and he urged his magic power. The jade bead shone slightly, and then sprayed out a green light, falling toward the ground.

This green light turned into a white deer with bent knees upon landing, the size of a small cat, very agile, staring at people with wide eyes. Li Li Xijun laughed, turned over and rode on it, wanting to ride.

This spiritual deer wouldn't allow it, rushing left and right, hiding behind Li Li Ximing. Li Li Xijun laughed and played with the deer's horns, while Li Li Ximing held the bead and smiled with pursed lips.

"First level of Qi Condensation."

Li Li Yuanjiao, in black, swept his spiritual sense over the spiritual deer and muttered. Li Brother Yuanping nodded and replied:

"It should be related to the cultivation of the person holding the bead."

"Ming'er!"

Li Brother Yuanping called out, and Li Li Ximing hurriedly handed over the magic bead, handing it to Li Li Yuanjiao with reluctance. Li Li Yuanjiao took the magic treasure 【Qingxuan】 and urged his magic power. After a few breaths, he said:

"It has some spirituality and has recognized its master."

So he handed the jade bead back to Li Li Ximing. Li Li Ximing had long had his eyes glued to the treasure bead, and seeing this, he was overjoyed and tied it back to his wrist.

Sending away the children of the Li Ximing generation, a few clan soldiers entered the hall to guard. The two sat around the small desk, and Li Brother Yuanping whispered:

"Good."

Li Li Yuanjiao responded, and Li Brother Yuanping said:

"There are six Qi Condensation cultivators in the clan now. Brother is at the sixth level of Qi Condensation, Eldest Sister is at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, Uncle-in-law is away, and there is Father at the third level of Qi Condensation, Sister-in-law Guilan and Mother Dou at the first level of Qi Condensation."

"Besides the direct branch, there is also a Qi Condensation cultivator in the branch, called Li Wen, who has just broken through. He is from the Mount Yuting Guards and specializes in protection."

He paused and said to the clan soldiers below:

"Call the Battalion Commander in."

The person below responded and retreated. Li Brother Yuanping continued:

"The treatment of the Mount Yuting Guards is equivalent to a Battalion Commander, so Li Wen's cultivation resources are still sufficient, and he practices the fast-acting 'Kouting Suwei Jue.' Now he is only in his thirties."

Li Brother Yuanping hurriedly asked him to get up and explained to his brother:

"This person has been in seclusion to break through these years, so Brother feels unfamiliar."

Li Li Yuanjiao nodded and asked:

"Which branch are you from?"

Li Wen said in a muffled voice:

"This little one's great-great-grandfather was the younger brother of Li Mutian ancestor, the youngest son of Genzhui Tianzu, the uncle of the fourth branch..."

Seeing this honest man full of pride, quite familiar, and chanting in a muffled voice, Li Li Yuanjiao was both amused and had a headache, hurriedly interrupting:

"I know. So it is the branch of Tianzu's youngest son."

Li Wen nodded proudly. That string of names he recited fluently was clearly something he often had on his lips. Li Li Yuanjiao took a bottle of pills from his storage bag, threw it into his hand, and said softly:

"Take this as a meeting gift from your clan uncle."

"Many thanks, Clan Uncle!"

Li Wen bowed again, chanted a sentence in a muffled voice, and retreated.

"Looks like he is also honest."

Li Li Yuanjiao looked at his back and said lightly. Li Brother Yuanping nodded with a pale face and said with a hint of meaning:

"Although there are many people in the branch, their talent is not satisfactory. Among so many people, only he emerged, and even the miscellaneous Qi cultivators only have Uncle Ye Qiuyang."

"Hmm."

Li Li Yuanjiao nodded, put the jade cup on the desk, and replied:

"It is a bit too few, I fear it will reveal flaws."

After all, the main branch of the Li family produces spiritual aperture children generation after generation, and their talent is better than the next. Although the Zhong and branch lineages have many descendants and many mortals, the terrible ratio is pulled down, but the branch lineage is too withered and has not produced any decent geniuses for so many years, which has not yet attracted the suspicion of those with intentions.

"What does Brother Ping mean?"

Li Brother Yuanping had already calculated this in his heart, but still looked at his brother Li Li Yuanjiao. Seeing him ask, Li Brother Yuanping nodded slowly and replied:

"Start from both ends. Reduce the household registration of the branch lineage with crimes, encourage cultivators to marry into the family and change their surnames, while the main branch should branch out and fill the population... I have been tossing these things around for these years."

Li Brother Yuanping paused, his expression somewhat gloomy, and explained:

"After all, abolishing the ancestral temple is a big deal, and it hits the pain point of the branch lineage. Compared to changing Li to Ye and abolishing the branch lineage, nothing is more painful than death, so we have to take it slowly."

Li Li Yuanjiao nodded, stared into Li Brother Yuanping's eyes, and whispered:

"I have a good way."

"I would like to hear the details."

Li Brother Yuanping looked up, and Li Li Yuanjiao said:

"Nowadays, there are more and more dandies and rascals in the branch lineage. Although the Clan Justice Court has many cultivators, they cannot spend their cultivation time every day managing the clan members. They are gradually feeling powerless, and several fools have been played around by the Wang surnames."

His voice was low, drifting in the air:

"If there could be a great battle, according to the practice, allocate clan disciples as soldiers and generals, remove the withered and keep the good, it will definitely make our family clean and reduce the burden."

Hearing this now, he realized why his father Li Li Xuanxuan always muttered that Li Li Yuanjiao's killing nature was too heavy. He silently took a breath and asked:

"A great battle with whom?"

"It may not be a great battle, just an idea."

Li Li Yuanjiao chuckled, staring at the letter from East East Shanyue on the table, and said warmly:

"East East Shanyue is now also occupied by noble families, bloated and swollen. Back then, these noble families were needed to restrict Sha Sha Moli. Now that the Tian family has succeeded, keeping them is just embezzling spiritual objects and occupying spiritual fields."

He sipped his tea and whispered:

"One is the moths in the clan, the other is the East Shanyue noble families. Before the demon disaster comes, these two things must be handled cleanly to prevent the family from being weak later and letting the two moths steal their lives and grow."

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Xiao family, Xiao Xianyou Peak.

The cold water of the clear pool rippled slightly, and the spiritual grass on the shore grew crookedly. Xiao Xiao Chuting broke through the Great Void with colorful light and sat on the bluestone at the highest peak.

"Witch Lotus Blood Three-Nine Nature, truly spectacular."

Xiao Xiao Chuting stroked his beard, full of emotion. The golden light flashed in the Great Void for a full dozen breaths, and all the Purple Palaces in Wu and Yue were alarmed, sighing at the sight of the golden nature volatilizing, which was rare in a hundred years.

"Qing Qing Jifang is young after all, measuring others by himself, really thinking that these Purple Palaces, no matter what stage they reach, are greedy for life and afraid of death, and will submit to his Changhuai Mountain."

Thinking of Qing Qing Jifang's shock and loss, and being hit solidly by the Witch Golden Nature, Xiao Xiao Chuting felt quite comfortable in his heart.

"Jiang Jiang Boqing... since Senior Duanmu Kui fell and the 'Answer to the Beggar Under the Mulberry Tree' lost its tracks, he knew he didn't have many days to live... It's just that he was unwilling, always wanting to break through and bump into things before he was willing to die..."

Back then, Jiang Jiang Boqing stood in the Great Void of Li Xia County, his aura comparable to the peak of the Purple Palace, scaring the Purple Palaces of the Mount Qingchi Sect until they were at a loss, watching Jiang Jiang Boqing manipulate the crowd like a puppet, and no one dared to speak.

"It's also bad luck. It happened that he died of old age when Senior Duanmu Kui fell, so he became the target of everyone, and lost the chance of reincarnation..."

He took out a white jade fishing rod and placed it on the bluestone. Just as he was about to operate his divine ability to see if there was anything good recently, a gentle voice sounded in his ear:

"Respectfully welcome the ancestor back to the mountain, Xiao Yuansi comes to pay respects!"

Xiao Xiao Chuting showed a look of helplessness on his face, dodging back and forth, but still was waited for by Xiao Xiao Yuansi and others, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Come up!"

Not long after, Xiao Xiao Yuansi, in white, flew up with a medicinal fragrance all over his body. It seemed he had just finished a furnace of pills. He landed in front of Xiao Xiao Chuting and bowed:

"Xiao Yuansi greets the ancestor, congratulating the ancestor on the success of his divine ability!"

Xiao Xiao Chuting looked at his stiff and polite appearance and couldn't help but chuckle, asking:

"Is it for the matter of Li Li Tongya?"

"The ancestor is quick-witted, Xiao Yuansi admires!"

Xiao Xiao Yuansi stood respectfully. Xiao Xiao Chuting had no choice but to put down the white jade fishing rod in his hand and persuade him in a bad mood:

"I have done my best! Li Li Tongya's life number is set. The Purple Palaces pushed him to that place, it is not something I can change alone."

So he told the whole story of the Angry Jinlian Mohe, and only then did Xiao Xiao Chuting say:

"I have already tried my best to move the life number. Since Li Li Tongya's life number cannot be changed, I can only plot some benefits from him... My Xiao family is somewhat close to his family, but not to the point of offending a group of Purple Palaces for him and destroying the plans that everyone has had for many years."

"Why is it Li Li Tongya!"

Xiao Xiao Yuansi listened to the ins and outs, his chest felt stuffy, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Why is it Li Li Tongya?"

Xiao Xiao Chuting sneered and whispered:

"Perhaps his life number is fragrant and beautiful, perhaps his position is at the intersection of north and south, convenient for manipulation, perhaps he was originally the resource prepared by Jinlian Mohe many years ago..."

He paused slightly, as if thinking about something, the scene in the Great Void that day appeared in his mind, and he silently added a sentence in his heart:

"Perhaps it was not to fish for the Angry Jinlian Mohe with Li Li Tongya... but to test some other existence..."

Xiao Xiao Chuting looked at Xiao Xiao Yuansi's silent appearance, shook his head, and sighed:

"It's just a pity that that fool Liu Changdie ran east and west, from east to west, and from west to south, wishing to step on every inch of the Yue country's land, mixing these life numbers into a mess, making it impossible to calculate anything."

"Calculate... there are already two digits of Purple Palaces in Jiangnan who want to slap him to death. They complain to the east, scold the west, and are all holding their breath and trying their best to restrain themselves."

Xiao Xiao Chuting chuckled, as if thinking of something funny, making Xiao Xiao Yuansi confused, only hearing the words Liu Changdie, not knowing why.

I got off work early today and wrote 600 more (ω), so I sent it early.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 335 =====

Xiao Xiao Chuting looked at Xiao Xiao Yuansi's silent appearance, shook his head, and sighed:

"It's just a pity that the idiot Liu Liu Zhangdie runs east and west, running from the east to the west, and from the west to the south, wishing he could tread every inch of the State of Yue's land, mixing these threads of fate into a complete mess, stirring everything up so that nothing can be calculated clearly."

"Let's calculate... there are already two digits of Early Zifu cultivators in Jiangnan who want to slap him to death with one palm. He goes to the east to complain, and to the west to curse in the streets; everyone is suppressing their anger and trying their best to restrain themselves."

Xiao Xiao Chuting chuckled, as if thinking of something funny, which left Xiao Xiao Yuansi in a daze; hearing only the name Liu Liu Zhangdie, he was completely bewildered.

Got off work early today, wrote 600 more (ω), so I'm posting early.

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