Chapter 341

Watching Li Jiman rush out of the hall, Chen Mufeng's gaze swept over the crowd of melon and fruit leftovers, gold cups and jade cups. He took a step forward and stared at the seat in the upper seat.

"Shanyue King, it is just a puppet."

He said this in his mouth, but his footsteps stepped up unknowingly, pressing his slender hands on the long chair carved with many patterns, without saying a word.

The Chen family had always had good talent. Chen Mufeng now had the cultivation of the fifth level of Taixi. Except for a few direct lines of the main family, no one could catch up with him. He was still quite self-respecting in his heart.

"The main family's bloodline is noble, naturally incomparable, but people like Tian Zhongqing and Xu Gongming are just a few years older than me... In terms of talent and background, who can compare to me..."

He was young and at his most ambitious time. Naturally, he had infinite ambition in his heart, only staring at this power position in a daze.

"Crash."

Chen Mufeng stared at this long chair in a daze. A crowd of white-armored cultivators outside suddenly lifted the curtain and walked in. One person said respectfully:

"Young Master, everything is collected and detained. What do you think...?"

Chen Mufeng's hand bounced off the chair like an electric shock. He coughed and replied:

"Let's go."

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Lijing Town.

Li Yuanping was dressed in brocade, pinching a red pen to outline. A stack of bamboo slips on the table was neatly stacked. He raised his head lightly and saw Li Wen walking with big strides, pushing the golden mountain and falling the jade pillar to bow, muffledly:

"Family Head, the Yuting Guard has controlled the various tribes of Shanyue. Li Jiman drove the carriage and galloped all the way, arriving in the town."

"Hmm."

Li Yuanping responded, touching his chin and remaining silent. Li Wen got up and guarded the lower seat. After about half a breath, he heard a burst of noisy footsteps, and a man rushed into the hall.

This person had a light brown complexion and gorgeous clothes. He ran wildly with his clothes in both hands, arrived in front of him in a hurry, knelt down with a thud, and said mournfully:

"Family Head, the Tian family has wolfish ambitions and wants to dominate Shanyue, using this as a reliance... If he gets it, I fear it will cause a great disaster!"

"Jiman?"

Li Yuanping frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:

"The Tian family is the mother family of the uncle branch, loyal and unswerving. How can you say such words!"

His expression was unhappy, and there was a hint of anger. He pushed the mountain-like bamboo slips on the table, which scattered all over the floor with a crackle, rolling to Li Jiman's feet, and said coldly:

"The evidence of the crimes of the various tribes of Shanyue is here, and every item has witnesses and material evidence! What do you have to say!"

This evidence was naturally collected by the Clan Justice Court, and every item was solid, but it was in the name of the Tian family's tribute. Although Li Jiman didn't know the inside story, he understood what kind of goods these nobles were, so he didn't dare to look at it at all, only mourning:

"Family Head! Although the Shanyue tribes are brutal by nature, they are always a good way to check and balance the Tian family. If they are killed cleanly like this, the Tian family will dominate, and the Shanyue country will be manipulated by them, which is also a seed of disaster!"

"Jiman reads history. The Jiang family of Wangyue Lake relied on outsiders, and in the end, they were torn apart and usurped by the Yu family. The lessons of the past are vivid..."

Li Yuanping looked at him quietly, seemingly shaken, and said in a low voice:

"What do you want?"

"I ask the Family Head... to recall the Tian family!"

Li Jiman knelt down, his face flushed. Li Yuanping sighed in a low voice, looked at the people on both sides, and said in a deep voice:

"All go down!"

So the crowd of soldiers and armor went down with a rustle. Only then did Li Yuanping sigh, walked down quickly, helped him up, and said warmly:

"Jiman, what are you doing! You are a member of the Li family, naturally the Tian family cannot compare!"

Li Jiman couldn't react for a while, but saw Li Yuanping say in a low voice:

"The Tian family has a deep foundation in the clan, making you unable to stretch your hands and feet. I have seen it all!"

He looked sincere and said earnestly:

"But the Shanyue tribes are brutal, greedy, and fierce. How can they be good things? If these two are not removed, how can Shanyue fall into the hands of my virtuous brother?"

Li Jiman's expression froze on his face. It took a full three breaths before sparks of surprise burst out, and he blurted out:

"Family Head! This is... Family Head's deep planning, I am far behind!"

"Eh."

Li Yuanping pulled his hand, pulled him up the steps affectionately, and said in a deep voice:

"The Tian family has quite a relationship in the clan, but they are innocent. If it weren't for feeding them with the Shanyue tribes, how could they be transferred away for no reason!"

Li Jiman nodded repeatedly, and saw Li Yuanping smile:

"I have already issued the decree to transfer the Tian family. Once this night passes, the wolves will die, the tigers will move, and Shanyue will be empty. It will all be up to my virtuous brother to implement!"

"Family Head!"

Li Jiman was greatly moved and said in a low voice:

"The Family Head thinks for me at every step, but I didn't realize it at all... Jiman is ashamed..."

Li Yuanping shook his head and instructed:

"I will leave a portion of the noble cultivators for you to drive... You have studied the art of governing the country for more than ten years. Next, promote the poor, equalize the land, protect the spiritual fields, and nurture the scholars... you should not need me to teach you, right?"

"Naturally!"

Li Jiman was full of confidence and excited, replying:

"Using merit is not as good as using crime. In this way, send the crowd of guilty nobles to raise rice, and give me some time to cultivate cultivators. In less than five years, Shanyue's output can increase by more than thirty percent!"

Li Yuanping was waiting for this sentence. He was overjoyed and had some intimate words with him. Li Jiman thanked him repeatedly and retreated. He was dejected when he came, but held his head high when he left.

When he disappeared outside the hall, the smile on Li Yuanping's face slowly disappeared. He leaned back, supported his forehead with his hand, and picked up the red pen to think.

"Li Jiman is a smart man. The Tian family's move is too abrupt. In order to catch the tribes in one net, the family's actions are too decisive. Sooner or later, he will suspect me... It is better to speak out actively, resolve his doubts, and sell a favor..."

He put down the red pen lightly, coughed twice, and saw a person coming up from the lower seat, dressed in jade armor, looking steady and honest. He knelt on one knee and replied in a deep voice:

"Report to Family Head, the thirteen clans of Shanyue, two clans were destroyed according to the charges, nine clans were detained, and the remaining two clans were unharmed."

"Hmm."

The Shanyue clans still knew how to restrain themselves, so two clans survived. Li Yuanping nodded, looked at the large boxes and wooden boxes moved behind, and said softly

"What is the harvest?"

Chen Mufeng reported the names of the various spiritual objects, and only then replied:

"A total value of thirty-five spirit stones, all here."

Li Yuanping let him send the things down, coughed, and thought to himself:

"When the time comes, send a few guests to Guanyun Peak. The family's finances can be relaxed again, and we can buffer for a few more years. That 【Wanling Flower】 might be able to bloom, and it should be able to get better."

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Guanyun Peak Market.

The light, cold wind blew, and the pole standing in front of the door swayed. The black-red flag hanging on it fluttered, and the Li character stretched its posture, quite conspicuous in the air.

There were more than a dozen traces left by stepping on the pitch-black threshold, looking a bit pitted. A middle-aged man bent his waist, hunched his back, sat on the threshold in a daze, dragging his chin and looking.

Until a gray-clothed cultivator stopped, glanced at him, and called out:

"Brother Yun, does your family still have elixirs in stock?"

"Already sold out."

Li Yuanyun raised his head and read a sentence in a tone. The man waved his sleeve and walked away muttering.

Li Yuanyun also knew this person, a Taixi cultivator who often mixed in the market. His cultivation was not high, and he couldn't afford to offend the Li family. Although Li Yuanyun was a mortal, he was also a direct descendant of the aristocratic family, so he dared to give him a look when Li Yuanyun was in a bad mood.

The man flicked his sleeves and left. Li Yuanyun continued to hang his face in front of the steps. He was in his thirties now and was already old. After his father Li Xuanling died, he looked even older.

"A direct descendant of an aristocratic family, yet having to do this work of running errands..."

Li Yuanyun once admired the clan rules that restrained the clan members the most. Now that these rules were personally managed on him, they didn't seem so refreshing. He only stared at the people coming and going, at a loss.

After waiting for a while, a black-robed cultivator finally stopped. The wind chime in front of the door rang. Li Yuanyun knew it was a Qi Refining cultivator, so he hurriedly straightened his body and said respectfully:

"Senior, please come in!"

"Hmm."

The cultivator's voice was hoarse, wearing a bamboo hat, and his face could not be seen hanging down. His voice was dark and astringent, making Li Yuanyun couldn't help but raise his head to look.

"Humph!"

The black-robed cultivator snorted coldly. Li Yuanyun hurriedly lowered his head and followed into the house. Li Qiuyang in the corner hurriedly raised his head, smiled, and said respectfully:

"Senior looks like a stranger. I don't know what business you are doing?"

Li Yuanyun heard Li Qiuyang's tone and knew that it was mostly a righteous cultivator of the late Qi Refining or even the peak of Qi Refining, so he silently retreated one step.

The black-robed cultivator nodded, stared at him for a while, and looked around again, as if estimating the value of the goods in the shop. His face was covered in black gauze, and his dress was strange. He said muffledly:

"Look at this thing."

After speaking, he flicked his fingers and revealed a pitch-black jade bead. Li Qiuyang hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully.

This jade bead was about the size of a fist. Li Qiuyang reached out and took it, only feeling a slight numbness in his hand, a bit heavy. It was pitch-black on top, and nothing could be seen.

Li Qiuyang looked at it for a while, but didn't find any clues. He used his spiritual sense to check for a few breaths and asked suspiciously:

"Senior, this spiritual object is rare. I haven't seen it before. My shop doesn't collect many spiritual objects. Please forgive me, Senior... Is it a Qi Refining-level spiritual object?"

"Hahaha!"

The black-robed cultivator sneered, slapped the long sword in his hand on the table, making a loud noise, startling Li Qiuyang and Li Yuanyun. The cultivator said in a hoarse voice:

"Opening a shop, and even the spiritual objects can't be recognized! Is the Lijing Li family at this level?! Ridiculous?!"

As soon as this was said, Li Qiuyang's face changed suddenly, and he felt a burst of secret anger in his heart, thinking:

"It seems he came to smash the place!"

Although this person was not good, Li Qiuyang still endured it and said in a low voice:

"Please wait a moment, Senior. The villain will go and invite the shopkeeper... He is knowledgeable and will definitely be able to recognize this thing."

As he said this, he handed the treasure bead to him with both hands. The black-robed cultivator seemed to have nothing to fear, took the treasure bead casually, waved his hand and said:

"Get out!"

Li Qiuyang endured his anger and went down. The black-robed cultivator greedily looked around, staring at the furs and spiritual objects in the shop, humming and muttering.

Li Yuanyun in the corner silently shrank into the darkness, not daring to make a sound, until Li Xuanxuan came down from upstairs, smiling and saying:

"I am Li Xuanxuan, the shopkeeper of this small shop. I failed to welcome you from afar, failed to welcome you from afar!"

The black-robed cultivator glanced at him, put the jade bead in his hand on the table, and said arrogantly:

"Do you recognize this thing?"

Li Xuanxuan hurriedly greeted him, took the jade bead, observed it carefully for a while, only felt a sense of familiarity, thoughtful, and secretly said:

"Fist-sized, slightly numb to the touch, heavy, pitch-black, without light or color."

"Seems to have seen a description of this thing..."

He pondered in his mind, shaking like an electric shock, as if thunder exploded. He gritted his teeth in his heart:

"So it is this thing..."

This jade bead had appeared in Li Xuanxuan's dreams countless times, just as if he had read the description of this jade bead countless times. In his dreams, he stopped that Li Pingyi again and again, and finally could only wake up in pain, crushing the bed edge in his hand...

This thing clearly looked harmless, but it blew up his most proud direct eldest son, making his life fall into infinite regret, so much so that he had never seen it, but could recognize it at a glance.

"Shopkeeper!"

The black-robed cultivator's hoarse voice woke him up. Only then did Li Xuanxuan find that he was full of cold sweat, standing in place in a daze, all his sanity returning to his mind, and his whole body was cold.

He lifted his sleeves to wipe his face, restraining the urge to throw this thing out, smiled slightly, and placed it on the table.

The black-robed cultivator seemed to be suspicious. A pair of fierce eyes shot out from the bamboo hat, staring straight at Li Xuanxuan, and said coldly:

"Does the Lord recognize this thing?"

Li Xuanxuan stretched his posture, not daring to speak for a while, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind:

"Why did this person come... It looks like he clearly recognizes this thing, why is it like this?"

"What does this mean? Xiao family market... who dares to smash the place?"

He slowly let out a breath and said warmly:

"To tell you the truth, I am clumsy and really can't recognize it..."

"Humph!"

The black-robed cultivator slapped the table and stood up, about to attack, but saw Li Xuanxuan pause and say hesitantly:

"However..."

"However what?"

The black-robed cultivator's voice was suppressed in his throat, looking at him quite dissatisfied, and roared.

"If I am not mistaken, this thing gathers thunder and fire, has mysterious magic arts inside, and I fear it has great power."

"Oh?"

The black-robed cultivator was slightly surprised, paused for a full breath, seemed to be interested, and said in a deep voice:

"The shopkeeper has good eyesight..."

The black-robed cultivator pinched the edge of the bamboo hat and looked at Li Xuanxuan with interest, making his back feel cold. Li Xuanxuan looked at his small movements, only feeling that every step was frightening, and said in a low voice:

"This is not difficult! My family has a unique secret method! If you learn this technique, you can recognize spiritual objects and ensure safety."

"Tell me about it?"

The black-robed cultivator stared at Li Xuanxuan, revealing a bit of greed. Li Xuanxuan only said:

"Senior, please wait!"

So he got up calmly, covered the main door, looked outside twice, and sure enough, saw cultivators arguing in several shops outside. They were all figures at the peak of late Qi Refining, entangled endlessly, and two families had already started smashing shops.

His heart felt cold, and he turned his head with a smile. The black-robed cultivator was staring at him coldly. Li Xuanxuan hurriedly said in a low voice:

"Senior, you don't know, my family has a method called "Clear Eye Spiritual Pupil", which is a top-notch pupil technique. If you can afford the price, I will secretly teach it to you!"

"So that's it!"

The black-robed cultivator was overjoyed. This cultivation method secret book was the most rare, all in the minds of various families, and was the most difficult to grab. He secretly calculated in his heart:

"No matter how much he asks for, get this cultivation method first. When the time comes, kill and make trouble... These two, one is mixed Qi, one is early Qi Refining, in the end, won't it return to my pocket?"

(End of chapter)