Chapter 475

Yuan Fuyao heard this, felt a burst of panic in his heart, sighed, and opened his mouth: "This is one thing, and sitting here day after day is not a solution. I don't know any of the hundred arts of cultivation, so how can I just stay in the cave dwelling day after day after coming to the door? I still have to find something to do."

The attendant on the side hurriedly spoke:

"Young Master was once arranged by the ancestor to manage the farming affairs of several towns at home, and has rich experience. The Li family happens to be good at raising the people, so why not go and ask for a position, which can also make people look up to you."

"Not bad!"

Yuan Fuyao's expression moved greatly. He hurriedly put on his shoes, took the two attendants, and rushed out of the cave dwelling. After walking on the road for a while, he soon found the middle hall of the Li family.

After waiting for a while in the lower side of the hall, he saw a lively group of people coming out, seemingly surrounding a child dressed in white-gold gorgeous clothes in the middle.

Although Yuan Fuyao was very curious in his heart, out of politeness, he did not use his spiritual sense to probe, only tilted his eyes slightly and asked the attendant beside him in a low voice: "Who is that?"

How could these two Yuan family attendants know so much? They had to pull over a guard nearby. This person was on duty in the hall and originally didn't want to talk much with him, but since Yuan Fuyao asked like this, he had to pause and say in a low voice: "That is our family's heir."

'Heir?'

Yuan Fuyao chewed on this word twice, feeling it had a lot of ancient meaning, and just took him as the core direct descendant. He took two steps forward, crossed the steps, stepped on the road the heir was coming from, and suddenly moved his nostrils.

"What is this smell?"

He only felt a faint floral fragrance permeating the tip of his nose. After thinking for a while, the Yuan family attendant beside him said in a low voice:

"The little one seems to recognize this smell... Overbearing and intense, demonic without rank, this is peony."

"Oh!"

Yuan Fuyao just thought it was left behind by one of Li Chengliao's wives or concubines and didn't care. He soon threw it to the back of his mind, stepped up the stairs quickly, and cupped his hands: "I have met the Young Family Master!"

It was rare for Li Chengliao to meet with the child, and he was originally reading to him in a low voice. Yuan Fuyao's visit was not the right time. Hearing that he was waiting outside his hall, he had to let Li Zhouwei go down and then summon him in.

Seeing this person, he was still polite and asked:

"I don't know what important matter the Young Master has?"

"I wouldn't dare call it an important matter, I just don't want to be an idle person."

He smiled: "I have always been in charge of farming affairs at home, and I can't be considered any young master. Now that I have arrived at your noble family, I have become a master instead. I hope the Young Family Master can assign me some tasks, so I won't be eating and drinking for nothing here."

Li Chengliao was surprised, thinking he was just being polite, and shirked it two or three times. He didn't expect it to be sincere, so he had to look for a while on the documents and said in a low voice: "My family negotiated with the Foundation Establishment of Shanyue and gained new territory in Shanyue. It had always been smooth, but because of heavy rain in recent years, many things have been delayed, and several towns have collapsed."

"Since the Young Master has the heart, then go to Shanyue to govern the three towns, and try your hand first, how about that?"

Yuan Fuyao nodded hurriedly and happily took the appointment, soon taking people down. Li Chengliao looked at him strangely and murmured: "I don't know how this Yuan family cultivates people, this person is strange... busy going to govern farming affairs!"

Liu Zhangdie wept for a while, but was eventually persuaded down by Li Xuanxuan. This person had rushed back from the East Sea without a moment's rest, his magic power had long been exhausted, so he first found a cave dwelling to recuperate.

Li Xuanxuan walked quickly into the main hall and sure enough saw Li Xizhi and Li Yuexiang chatting.

Li Yuanyuan and his wife were both smart people, and Xiao Guiluan taught her son well. The two talked to each other, and there was actually a feeling of being soulmates. The family affection that had not been seen for many years also slowly emerged.

Yang Xiaoer was holding Li Chenghuai. The boy was already fourteen years old, his brow bone was slightly high, and his expression was very focused. Perhaps loneliness and pain make people mature easily. Seeing his father, his expression was still calm.

He held a small book in his hand, watched his father beckon, stepped forward quickly, and bowed properly: "Father!"

Li Xizhi nodded and watched, feeling somewhat complicated. Li Xuanxuan was old and liked to calculate seniority, only saying: "In the Cheng generation, it should count Chengliao, Chenghuai, and Cheng, Minggong, etc., who have all reached Qi Refining. By the time Ximing's offspring are born, it will be considered complete."

"Hmm."

Li Xizhi let him come over, saw him reading history books, and only nodded: "Read more, it can increase strategy, but you still have to manage things more, otherwise it's just empty talk."

He looked at his eldest son, flipped a page casually, and explained warmly: "Look at this sentence 'In the sixth month, the Tian family and the Liu family were at odds and fought in the street. The Young Master punished them to supervise the mining of veins, which led to the East Tian branch today...'"

"The book doesn't write it in detail, but after reading it, you have to think about it. Who did the Liu family rely on at that time? What was the status of the Tian family? Why punish them like this... Read it carefully tonight, and I will examine you personally tomorrow."

Li Chenghuai nodded hurriedly, retreated behind his mother, and showed a thoughtful expression. Li Xuanxuan praised: "Zhier is quite good at teaching his son..."

"Eh!"

Li Xizhi waved his hand and answered in a low voice:

"I dare not take the credit, it's just that when I was young, my mother held the book, line by line of text, examining us one by one, which is why my sister and I are here today. I am just imitating."

Li Yuexiang nodded with a smile. The few talked for a few sentences. Li Yuexiang was worried about her elder brother and mother closing their doors one by one to break through the life-and-death barrier. The celestial phenomena had not returned for many years, and she didn't know if it would affect the two.

As the crowd was chatting, a person came noisily outside the courtyard, wearing a light gray robe with three diamond patterns drawn on the back, and five runes inside and outside on the chest, which looked like the current attire of a formation master at a glance.

"Fellow Daoist Zhangdie!"

Li Xuanxuan bowed in salute. Liu Zhangdie's face was slightly pale, and he said in a low voice: "I vaguely remember that your noble family once wanted to build a Foundation Establishment formation, but my cultivation was too shallow at that time to set up such a large formation, so it was finished hastily. I don't know today...?"

Liu Zhangdie's words showed that he had made progress in the East Sea over the years. Back then, it was clearly that the Li family was short of money and just made the words sound good. Li Xuanxuan paused and looked at Li Xizhi.

Liu Zhangdie understood, sized up the young man in feather clothes before him, and saw him say harmoniously:

"I am Li Xizhi."

Li Xizhi...

Liu Zhangdie felt a sudden realization in his heart. He had seen him in his previous life, but at that time Li Xizhi was cultivating the "River One Qi Technique," and his temperament was completely different from now, so he couldn't recognize him for a moment.

He cupped his hands and replied: "Liu Zhangdie, a loose cultivator from Yue State, I have met Fellow Daoist."

Liu Zhangdie originally associated with his father as peers, but Li Xizhi had the status of an Immortal Sect disciple. Who knew if his master was some great cultivator, so it was not easy to be arrogant, so he took a compromise and called him Fellow Daoist.

Li Xizhi asked in a low voice:

"I don't know if the Master has any ideas about the formation?"

Liu Zhangdie seemed to have a good strategy in his belly and answered:

"I passed by this mountain a few years ago and was invited by your noble family. The 【Green Bull Leaning on the River Formation】 on this mountain was set up by me. I already know this mountain very well and have been prepared for a long time."

Li Xizhi smiled and answered: "Master should still take a look. Over the years, the earth veins have changed, and several side peaks have emerged, and the earth veins are different."

Liu Zhangdie stroked his beard and nodded, opening his mouth:

"I already know, it's no big deal!"

"Good!"

Li Xizhi immediately looked at him with high regard. He didn't ask about the power of this formation or the means of setting it up, but came up and said:

"I don't know how many spirit stones and spirit objects the Master needs to prepare?"

Liu Zhangdie estimated and answered:

"Your noble family is very different now. I won't use ordinary formations to perfunctory. I want to use spirit water to arrange it, using a total of five spirit waters as the main veins, combined with the water veins on the mountain peaks to build a Foundation Establishment formation. All in all, four hundred spirit stones are enough!"

"Oh?"

Li Xizhi laughed and shook his head. He was very knowledgeable. How could a Foundation Establishment formation be taken down with four hundred spirit stones, not to mention that one must first take five spirit waters. Just five spirit waters of better quality would cost more than four hundred spirit stones. Liu Zhangdie was going to pay for it himself.

But Li Xizhi didn't give him the chance and answered:

"Master is joking, how can I be embarrassed to let you pay for this expense? My family will collect the spirit water and spirit objects. As for the spirit stones, my family will supplement Fellow Daoist with one hundred. If it's not enough, Fellow Daoist can just speak up."

"This!"

Liu Zhangdie's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "This? What does this mean... my friendship with your noble family..."

Li Xizhi waved his hand, his expression solemn, staring at him with calm eyes, and said in a low voice: "Uncle himself doesn't have an easy time. Now that my family can afford it, it's not that we are powerless. It still has to be paid by my family. I heard that my father and Uncle have a deep friendship, so I think Uncle wouldn't want to be like this."

Liu Zhangdie had prepared for Li Xizhi not to loosen his mouth no matter what, but hearing his earnest words, and being shocked by that 'Uncle' familiar from his previous life, he couldn't speak.

Liu Zhangdie nodded in a daze, remained silent for a while, cupped his hands lightly, and clearly faced forward, but it didn't look like he was bowing to Li Xizhi before him. His attitude was respectful, like a guest minister who had been loyal for many years.

"I will go to survey the earth veins now!"

He said in a low voice.

After Liu Zhangdie finished speaking, he bowed slightly and slowly retreated.

Li Xizhi watched him leave, always feeling a strangeness, but couldn't explain it clearly. He felt a familiarity in his behavior and demeanor, like something that could only be felt in old ministers like Chen Donghe and An Jiyan.

This feeling was too absurd, so he quickly threw it out of his mind. After waiting for a moment, Li Qinghong drove the wind into the hall.

Except for Li Xuanxuan, everyone in the hall hurriedly stood up. Li Qinghong looked around and waved for everyone to sit down, asking:

"How is it?"

Li Xizhi hurriedly told the story just now. Li Qinghong nodded, her willow eyebrows raised lightly, and she flipped two gray-black stone bottles from her storage bag.

These two items were obtained from her demon-slaying, so they were not packed in jade bottles like ordinary items in the sea, but in roughly carved stone bottles. She said softly: "There are two kinds of spirit water here, which are 【Far Sea Hui Flow】 in the combined water and 【Water in Stone】 in the female water. Five have two."

As soon as her voice fell, Li Xuanxuan, who had been pondering without speaking, spoke, his voice old and thick: "There is also a kind of spirit water in the family, which was obtained by Brother Jun and me when we went out to the He Lin mountain range, called 【Mu Lin Cold Water】, but the book didn't write what kind of water it was."

He took out a jade bottle from his bosom. Li Xizhi took a slight look and handed the jade bottle back: "Combined water."

Li Xuanxuan said with some regret: "Originally, we also obtained a 【Clear Yuan Spirit Water】 in that mountain range, but it's a pity that it was used for pupil technique cultivation, and half of it has already been used, which is not enough for a portion."

Three of the five spirit waters were gathered. Yang Xiaoer beside her stepped forward lightly and finally spoke, saying softly:

"This concubine also has a kind of spirit water here, which was rewarded from within the peak. Because it is very special, it has not been used for a long time, so I have been carrying it with me."

She took out an item from the jade ring on her feather clothes, which turned out to be a silver-white jade bottle, handed it over, and said softly:

"This is 【White Feather Does Not Fall】. It belongs to the government water among the five waters. Government water was called weak water in ancient times, and now it is rare among the five waters... its uses are also rarely recorded, so it has been left in my hands."

Li Xizhi paused, took this white bottle from her hand, handed it to Li Xuanxuan, and opened his mouth:

"I will supplement Xiao'er after returning to the sect, the family should just keep it."

Li Xuanxuan had to thank him and accept it, understanding that the couple didn't divide things so finely, but it was just words to comfort him. Calculating left and right, one kind of spirit water was still missing.

Li Qinghong handed all these things to Li Xuanxuan and opened her mouth:

"Just wait, I will go to the market and buy a spirit water back."

She was a person who acted decisively, leaving as soon as she said so, without stopping, driving the wind and rising, quickly heading south.

As the crowd was chatting, letting Li Chengliao go down to prepare for the sacrifice, Li Yuexiang raised her eyebrows and listened for a while, and a person came up from the lower seat.

This person was in a black robe, with a gloomy expression, and was at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. He floated and drifted along the ground, and when he reached her, he knelt on one knee.

"Young Lady... the family has collected news and asked me to send it up."

Li Wushao offered a jade slip with both hands. Li Yuexiang took it lightly and read it carefully.

"Yuan Fuyao, twenty-nine years old, early stage of Qi Refining, cultivates the 'Qing Xuan' path, don't know what kind of cultivation method it is..."

She flipped through it casually, skipped most of it, just smiled, and asked:

"Still have a childhood sweetheart?"

Li Wushao lowered his head and answered:

"I only heard from the people below that this person once had dealings with the Song family woman. At that time, the Song family still had Foundation Establishment cultivators... In recent years, the Song family declined, so the dealings were broken."

"I know."

Li Yuexiang responded casually, and Li Wushao said again:

"Listening to the people below, this Yuan Fuyao inquired about the betrothal gifts everywhere, but they all bumped into our people, and he didn't get any news,"

"Oh?"

Li Xuanxuan and Li Yuexiang looked at each other. The old man stroked his beard, having a sense of understanding for the younger generation after seeing the world. He said in an old voice: "It's no wonder he was moved. Such great wealth, if he could get it all by himself, it could be said to be a blessing for three generations."

Li Xuanxuan looked left and right, then continued: "Lacking guidance since childhood, not knowing the changes in the situation, his character is still upright, he is just an ordinary person after all. Such behavior is not strange."

Although he said so, his disappointment was already overflowing. Li Xizhi looked at it with surprise and asked:

"What? The Yuan family wants to marry my sister? Which young talent?"

Li Yuexiang started talking and told the whole story. Li Xizhi listened carefully for a while, one hand resting on the armrest, the other hand casually pinching the rainbow light, and said playfully: "I will go and meet him."

Li Xuanxuan understood that he would say this, sighed and nodded, but looking at Li Yuexiang smiling on the side, he couldn't help but laugh.

He was the oldest person in terms of seniority and had experienced so many things. How could he not see the coincidence of Li Wushao's arrival? He only thought:

"This doll has a good mind, testing it casually, but Zhier loves her and won't let her down."