Chapter 352

The pig demon stumbled out of the Li family's territory, wiped the wound on its face, and flew into the depths of Great Lishan without a word before daring to curse loudly.

"Dead dog... what kind of rotten idea did you come up with! You made me eat this sword for nothing! It's lucky it wasn't Li Li Tongya in person... Fortunately, fortunately."

It didn't dare to hold a grudge against the Li family, but in its heart, it had already hated the hyena that came up with the idea in the demon cave. It cursed all the way.

It flew with the wind and stopped in the demon cave. A gray-haired hyena hurriedly greeted it, its eyes darting around, and said shrilly:

"Pig Er! What did the Li family say?"

Pig Er wanted to find trouble with it. This demon creature had bumped into it itself. Although it was shrinking back in front of the Li family, it still had some status in this cave. Now its eyes were bulging, and it cursed irritably:

"Dead dog! Stinking dog! Get lost!"

Having said this, it kicked out. This hyena was only at the beginning of Qi Refining and was kicked into a scream, rolling away weakly. Pig Er entered the cave aggressively. Sitting on top was a burly man with a bushy beard.

The big man was swallowing something, holding a piece of flesh in his hand. Blood dripped down his brown-red beard, making it wet and sticky. His eyes were blood-red, staring at Pig Er, and he hissed:

"What did Li Li Tongya say?"

Pig Er suddenly withered, stuttering through the ins and outs. The demon general was furious, cursing:

"How bold!"

His eyes were blood-red, his demon energy was surging, and he cursed:

"Pulling what demonic gate flag! Pretending to be what dog-fart noble family! When I was king in the mountain, Li Er was just a child watering the garden! A small cultivator of a few layers of Tai-Xi! If it weren't for Si Si Yuanbai, where would the Li family have the chance to jump around!"

"Now I sent a messenger over, and Li Li Tongya dared not even see him! Bullying demons too much! Ah!! Bullying demons too much!"

The Foundation Establishment pig demon roared wildly. The demon soldiers below all knew his temper and silently shrank into a ball until he kicked the tables and chairs to pieces, smashing the ground full of blood, and rested slightly.

The gray-haired hyena had only entered the cave not long ago and was the demon creature that proposed testing the Li family. Thinking itself clever, it sneaked forward and said in a low voice:

"Great King! The Li family is arrogant, why not send..."

The burly man showed a fierce look. Without waiting for it to finish, he slapped it back, sending it flying, scattering teeth all over the ground, dripping with blood, screaming miserably.

"Don't mention the Li family again!"

The demon general roared. The group of demon soldiers felt as if they had been granted amnesty. They looked at each other, rejoicing:

"At least we don't have to face the sharpness of the immortal sword..."

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Li family.

The spring breeze brushed the earth again, and the lake water turned back into a gentle light green. Perhaps it was the solar term, and with sufficient spiritual energy irrigation, the Li family's 【Wanling Flower】 finally sprouted.

The tender green buds were delicate and looked weak, but after all, it was a Foundation Establishment spirit root. The Li family members held it like a treasure, watering it with spirit springs, carving magic formations, and burying it in soil with spirit stones, fearing the spirit root would break.

Fortunately, there was the old monkey carefully taking care of it, adjusting the soil quality and combing the spiritual energy of the earth veins. Although the spirit root didn't look spirited, it grew day by day, making the Li family members breathe a sigh of relief.

Mount Lijing Mountain.

"The spirit rice is growing quite well this year."

Li Li Xuanfeng walked on the mountain road with his hands behind his back. Since the marketplace was destroyed and he returned home, Li Li Xuanfeng had suddenly become idle. The clan now had a radish for every hole, and no one dared to order him around, letting him be idle.

"It's funny to say... When there were few cultivators in the family back then, this spirit rice was as hard as iron. At first, mortals used axes and added Golden Light Spell to chop it..."

Li Li Yuanjiao listened to his muttering and nodded lightly. Li Li Xuanfeng was his biological father, but he had grown up following his brother Li Yuanshu, and had little actual contact with Li Li Xuanfeng.

And because of his life experience, Li Li Xuanfeng was not very close to him, secretly feeling guilty. Now he was chattering about idle things, and Li Li Yuanjiao actually saw a few points of nervousness in him, pursing his lips and saying nothing.

This time, through the life-and-death crisis, Li Li Xuanfeng finally broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, which he had been thinking about. His cultivation was like a turtle's speed again. He was fifty-nine years old now, and he saw that after sixty, his cultivation speed would drop again, so he muttered:

"With my aptitude, I'm afraid it will take more than ten years to break through one layer after sixty. I'll just take the Talisman Pill and break through to the fifth layer first... so as not to be troublesome after sixty..."

Just as he was thinking this, a smiling call came from behind:

"Grandfather! Clan Uncle!"

Li Li Xuanfeng turned his head and saw two young men walking on the mountain road, both looking twelve or thirteen years old. The leader was at the third layer of Tai-Xi, full of smiles, making people feel like a spring breeze. He wore brocade robes, and a green jade bead was tied to his wrist, swaying.

The one behind had a tall and straight figure, handsome and handsome, with a sword on his back, looking much more restrained, smiling and opening his lips:

"Li Xijun greets Uncle and Clan Uncle."

"Good, good, good."

Li Li Xuanfeng happily pulled the hands of the two juniors, asked about them warmly, and asked in detail about their cultivation progress. Li Li Yuanjiao just watched with a smile. The group of people talked and laughed until they reached the small courtyard on the mountain.

Li Brother Yuanping was sitting in the upper seat, silently opening the letter in his hand.

The Li family received two letters this month. One was from Chen Donghe in the west, saying that demonic cultivators had also appeared in the territory of the Jin Yu Sect. Two of the mixed-Qi East Shanyue who followed died and one was injured.

The Li family now had many mixed-Qi East Shanyue. Li Brother Yuanping made a decision and sent two loyal ones over. If it weren't for the fact that this matter shouldn't be made public, Li Brother Yuanping would have liked to send a few more.

There was also a letter sent back by Li Li Xizhi in the sect, saying that things were going very smoothly in the sect, and vaguely mentioning that the situation in the Guanyun Peak marketplace was complex, saying not to explore or investigate it to avoid trouble.

It also mentioned that the Fei family had joined the Tang Yuanwu Peak sect two years ago. That Fei family member was called Fei Fei Qingyi, a female cultivator. Although she had no ability to refine weapons, her talent for cultivating immortals was quite good, and she was valued by Yu Yu Muxian.

"Two years ago..."

Li Brother Yuanping sighed softly. The Fei family had been silent for seven or eight years, and their joining the sect had been covered up tightly. If it weren't for the letter from the sect, there wouldn't have been a whisper on the lake. It looked like they were afraid that the family would interfere, so they sealed the news tightly.

"Ping'er!"

Seeing Li Li Xuanfeng's old face appear in front of the courtyard, with the two youths standing to the side, Li Brother Yuanping hurriedly welcomed him in and handed the letter in his hand over.

Li Li Yuanjiao read it, folded the letter, and pondered silently. Li Brother Yuanping said:

"The Fei family has been silent in recent years and doesn't communicate much with our family. The disciple only cultivates on the peak."

Li Li Yuanjiao nodded and only replied:

"How could our family block the matter of accepting disciples? Just display it openly. Being sneaky makes their own family look guilty. It looks like Fei Fei Tongyu's handiwork—cherishing himself and pitying himself, looking ahead and behind, like a white shrew busy through the winter."

Saying this, he handed the letter back to Li Brother Yuanping and replied:

"No need to worry about him!"

Li Brother Yuanping nodded, put it away, and smiled:

"Brother's description is quite apt."

Li Li Xuanfeng on the side looked at Chen Donghe's letter and frowned:

"Donghe is troublesome to handle alone. I'd better go and help him."

Li Brother Yuanping shook his head and said:

"Although that pass is large, three people harvesting Qi is already the limit."

Speaking of harvesting Qi, Li Brother Yuanping had thought about sending people into the mountain to collect spiritual energy. It took seven or eight years to obtain a strand of 【Small Clear Spirit Qi】. Small Clear Spirit Qi required a vast mountain area. The Li family happened to have this Great Lishan Mountain behind them. Although they couldn't go deep, they could accommodate three or four people harvesting Qi at the same time.

And 【Small Clear Spirit Qi】 was not only for advancing to righteous cultivators, but also useful for pill refining, weapon refining, and talisman drawing. Therefore, one strand was worth about 30 spirit stones. It was just a pity that although this Qi was common, it was troublesome, requiring seven full years of jumping in the mountains and forests, delaying cultivation.

"When there are more mixed-Qi cultivators, send them into the mountain, and we can have more income every year."

Li Brother Yuanping was calculating how much profit there would be after deducting the stipends and subsidies given to these cultivators when someone hurriedly came up from below and said respectfully:

"Clan Head! Xiao Li's wife has returned to visit her relatives... but..."

"Li Qingxiao?! Hurry and welcome her up."

Li Li Xuanfeng called out repeatedly, then stopped abruptly. Looking at the clan soldier's hesitant expression, he asked in confusion:

"But what?"

The clan soldier didn't dare to hide it and replied:

"The Madam is wearing mourning clothes..."

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked. Li Brother Yuanping was stunned for a breath and exclaimed:

"Wearing mourning clothes?!"

Li Li Yuanjiao also changed color and said urgently:

"Xiao Xiao Xian? Or Xiao Xiao Jiuqing?"

The clan soldier hurried down. Everyone's expression was grim. Li Li Xuanfeng struck the armrest and said in a deep voice:

"It must be the harm of the demonic disaster!"

After waiting for a while, Li Li Qingxiao really came up wearing mourning clothes.

Li Li Qingxiao was still a charming young girl when she left, but in less than ten years, she had returned as a pitiful woman. Her face was pale, her eyes were slightly red, and she knelt down as soon as she entered the courtyard, crying:

"I beg the two clan brothers to save my family!"

She was pale, and tears flowed down like broken beads. Li Brother Yuanping couldn't bear to watch and hurriedly came down to help her up, but Li Li Qingxiao insisted on kneeling.

"What happened!"

Li Li Xuanfeng asked with heartache. Li Li Qingxiao's voice was like a cuckoo crying blood, melodious and desolate, and she said sorrowfully:

"My Yushan is located at the northernmost end of the Xiao family, bordering the Ziyan Sect. It suffered heavy losses in that demonic disaster. My husband's clan uncles and brothers all died in battle, and those who were injured or had their Dao paths cut off were not few..."

"Later, the demonic cultivators went north to the Ziyan Sect, and it was from my Yushan road. My husband didn't know and was cleaning up the aftermath with his father-in-law when they happened to run into the demonic cultivators going north..."

She cried bitterly, her slender fingers pressing on the stone bricks on the ground, and she closed her eyes in pain:

"When the clan went to look for them, the old father-in-law and husband both died, along with more than ten relatives, and there was no corpse left!"

"This!"

All the Li family members mourned, helped Li Li Qingxiao up, and comforted her with tea, but how could Li Li Qingxiao drink it? She said urgently:

"The Xiao Jiuqing lineage of Yushan is cut off, leaving only me and my husband's two boys, still in swaddling clothes... But the male cultivators of this lineage are all dead. According to the rules of the Xiao family's branch lineages, the main seat of Yushan must be handed over to several clan brothers!"

She said with tears:

"But Xiao Xiao Xian was always thinking about how vicious these clan brothers were before he died. If I hand over this position, how can I face my husband! What will happen to the two babies in the future!"

Li Brother Yuanping heard this and vaguely had a premonition. His face turned slightly pale, he took a step back, and said warmly:

"What the elder sister means is..."

Li Li Qingxiao knelt down again, her face as white as snow, her lips trembling, finding it hard to speak, and said in a low voice:

"Only hope... only hope that the family can send a few loyal people to follow me to Yushan... as long as they have the strength to suppress the various branch lineages of Yushan..."

"You..."

Li Li Xuanfeng didn't speak either, staggering back, caught in a dilemma. Li Li Qingxiao wandered among the expressions of the crowd and said sorrowfully:

"Li Qingxiao understands the family's difficulties. I have never troubled the family in these years... It's just... it's just... I really can't watch the main seat of Yushan fall into the hands of others!"

Li Li Yuanjiao's face was grim. He stared at Li Li Qingxiao for a long time and finally said in a muffled voice:

"This is the Xiao family's family business! Sister! The Xiao family is a Purple Mansion immortal clan. How can you let our family, a noble family, intervene!"

"Li Qingxiao understands!"

Li Li Qingxiao knelt down, crying in a muffled voice, and finally didn't speak. Li Li Yuanjiao's face changed, and he asked:

"Is Senior Xiao Yuansi in the clan?"

"He has already received orders and gone to the East Sea!"

How could Li Li Qingxiao not have thought of Xiao Xiao Yuansi? She had long ago sent someone to the clan to look for him. She replied softly and weakly. Li Li Yuanjiao sighed low, helped her up, wiped away her tears, and said in a deep voice:

"Don't worry for now, there will always be a way."

After Li Li Qingxiao sat down peacefully, Li Li Yuanjiao waved his sleeves and ordered:

"Invite the Xiao family and Li Qinghong over."

When Xiao Xiao Guiluan and Li Li Qinghong arrived on the wind and heard this, Li Li Qinghong held her spear and said nothing, her eyes lowered, unable to speak for a while. Xiao Xiao Guiluan was outside the situation and was much clearer. After thinking for a while, she said softly:

"Madam, the Yushan lineage has suffered heavy losses and should be a time for recuperation. Why would they suddenly come out in full force? Xiao Xiao Jiuqing is a smart person and would never do such a thing. Was it a task assigned by the family?"

Li Li Qingxiao shook her head and said in a low voice:

"It wasn't my family coming out in full force, but... but Yushan's formation was already more than half ruined after the previous demonic disaster. There were not many complete ones, so it was easily slaughtered..."

"The old father-in-law had foresight and found an excuse to transport supplies to send the women and children to Xiao Xianyou Peak, which allowed me to escape a disaster."

Xiao Xiao Guiluan nodded silently. The Xiao family was now recuperating. The first formations to be repaired were naturally Xiao Xianyou Peak and the main lineage. It was normal for the many and messy formations of the Yushan branch to be dragged on.

She paused, her expression solemn, and said in a deep voice:

"Were those demonic cultivators finally wiped out by the Xiao family?"

Li Li Qingxiao had suffered a great disaster and was overwhelmed by sorrow, but she wasn't in a rush to come over. Instead, she had arranged many affairs and sought help from many parties before having to return home. She immediately said:

"These demonic cultivators came abruptly, entered the Yushan road from the pass, killed people, and left, fleeing north without a trace. Although the family came to rescue, it was already too late!"

(End of chapter)