Chapter 508

Li Chengliao went down on orders, and the two brothers Li Ximing looked around the mountain. Milin Mountain was originally the Jiang family's mountain gate, with deep earth veins. Although there were no fire veins, it was superior in its solid earth veins. Li Ximing calculated with his fingers for a while and praised:

"This place has the appearance of a famous river and great mountain. Although the spiritual energy is a bit lacking, the foundation I fear is comparable to an ordinary Zifu mountain gate, and it can even barely arrange a Zifu formation."

Li Xijun nodded. Although his family had many immortal mountains, they really did not have any that could be considered great mountains; they were all isolated peaks or strange peaks.

Even Lijing Mountain, the Li family's place of rise, benefited from being close to Lijing Town. If one were to calculate carefully, it really could not be considered an immortal mountain; it was just that when the family rose, they chose it nearby.

As for Qingdu in the lake, arranging the current Foundation Establishment formation had already reached the limit, and it was only because Liu Zhangdie's formation techniques were superb. If it were someone else, I fear it would be very difficult to build.

About ten cave dwellings were opened on Milin Mountain, and only one or two had higher spiritual energy concentrations, comparable to Qingdu Mountain, but worse than their own best Wushan cave dwelling.

The Jiang family passed down the Yu Zhen Daoist lineage for generations, and the Yu family also practiced the Yu Zhen Dao. Although the mountain had been trampled repeatedly and was broken everywhere, one could still see broken jade all over the ground, and several jade artifacts lay scattered on the ground.

Li Xijun picked up one with magic power, looked at it for two glances, and said softly:

"I heard that the ancestor of this Jiang family was a disciple of the Immortal Mansion, practicing the Yu Zhen Dao, and was of the same lineage as that True Person of the Xiuyue Sect."

Li Ximing sighed, "I fear there is not much time left before True Person Shangyuan breaks through. Uncle Gong wrote a letter back saying that he will soon go to the North Sea with True Person Yuansu to observe the ceremony... Yuansu does not have much lifespan left either..."

Both of them smelled the atmosphere of a coming storm. Not to mention the Zifu immortal clans, even families like theirs felt a sense of sorrow and were uneasy. The Xiao family had long since avoided the world, and by then, I fear they could not be counted on.

And Yuansu, who could barely be considered one of their own backers, did not have much lifespan left. In this world, as long as there was no Zifu behind one, one would unknowingly become a bargaining chip for others' calculations.

Li Ximing's voice was slightly heavy, and he said softly, "My savings are enough. After this, I can go into seclusion to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage... The family still has to be handed over to my younger brother."

Li Xijun's expression was inexplicable. He suddenly brought up some things and worried, "The Chengming generation's minds are not mediocre, but their cultivation is too shallow. Relying on our family's savings, they can practice Qi, but Foundation Establishment is too difficult. Chengliao is not bad, but Chenghuai's talent is actually worse. The brothers and sisters-in-law are all extraordinary, but his luck is too bad..."

The higher the cultivation of a practitioner, the greater the probability of their offspring having spiritual apertures, and their aptitude might also be better. But this rule was not always effective. Li Xizhi was still good, but Li Ximing's eldest son did not even have spiritual apertures, which made him regret it endlessly.

"Just look at the next generation."

Although the two were full of confidence in Li Zhouwei, a single tree could not support a building. They often hoped for one or two outstanding children to have more confidence in the future.

The two were silent for a moment, but a dark haze surrounded their hearts. The Li family was accustomed to aristocratic families. Yu, Fei, Yuan, Xiao, and even the Chi family of the Qingchi Sect were all different postures of aristocratic families.

The Li family had always been famous for its talents, which was why they could rise rapidly by the lake. Their predecessors could even gain the favor of Foundation Establishment and Zifu cultivators during the Embryonic Breath stage, and they could have their own edge when facing these old-school aristocratic families.

But seeing that their own family had gradually gained extraordinary foundations, the younger generation was slowly finding it difficult to have outstanding talents. Although the family education was strict and they would not be easily deceived when sent out, there was a feeling of slowly following in the footsteps of others.

Stepping on the Yu family's mountain gate, this feeling became particularly intense. Li Xijun was silent for a moment and could only say:

"Just look at the younger generation."

After all, it was a day worth celebrating. The two quickly wiped away this atmosphere. Li Chengliao happened to come up, followed by a woman, middle-aged, with neat robes, lowering her eyebrows and following behind.

Li Chengliao bowed with her, and then explained:

"Reporting to the two clan uncles, this is Daoist friend Yu Xianghua. She was originally a direct descendant of the Yu family, and later married an outsider... When the Yu family split, they slaughtered each other everywhere. She was hidden by a guest and survived."

After Li Chengliao finished explaining, he turned to look at the woman and said softly:

"Please report to the two ancestors."

Yu Xianghua bowed respectfully and replied:

"Reporting to the two ancestors, this secret chamber is not set up in an ordinary way. Although this concubine is a direct descendant, I have not received the matching opening method... My elder brother is a direct descendant of the Yu family, he should know."

Her expression was slightly terrified, and she only muttered:

"I beg the two ancestors to spare our bloodline a way to live... There are one hundred and sixty men and women in the Yu family, trapped in the dungeons of various mountains... My elder brother is willing to offer the magic techniques, only asking..."

Li Xijun understood and asked:

"Do you underestimate Foundation Establishment methods? You do not need to offer techniques; there are also methods to obtain what is in your elder brother's hands."

Yu Xianghua's tears flowed endlessly, and she bowed, "Things have come to this, my family has no other way. The events of the past hundred years were all the work of Yu Mugao and his son. Since the death of his father and son, everyone in the family has hated and spat upon them, and even those Yu family members who had secret dealings with your clan have now been wiped out. It is truly retribution, I beg for a way to live!"

She kept kowtowing, and the jade bricks were covered in bloodstains. Li Xijun watched quietly for a while and said softly, "The seven families will go to the Shanyue lands to fill the shamanic sites. That place still lacks people to watch over it."

"You remaining bloodlines, men marry in and women marry out, combine with our branch, take some clan soldier positions, and go over to watch them!"

Yu Xianghua's face was covered in tears, and she mourned, "Thank you, ancestor."

She was quickly taken away. Li Chengliao was thoughtful and nodded, "This plan of yours... is deeply versed in the way of driving and urging."

Li Xijun nodded casually. The Yu family did not say it, but it was hard to say how much hatred they had in their hearts. There were already many Yu family members who relied on betraying their own interests to join the Li family, so adding a hundred more was not a problem.

"Just use these people to supervise the seven families, let their hatred be vented completely, and their children will have the surname Li. In name, it is not our family that destroyed their family, so there is an excuse for comfort."

Although Li Xijun said this, he was secretly on guard in his heart and only said softly to Li Chengliao, "Those among these seven families and remnants who have aptitude, match them one by one with our own children. Just wait thirty years, and you can completely transfer the conflict and hatred into the enmity between the Easterners and the Shanyue and the seven families."

Li Chengliao responded, but Li Ximing on the side listened in a daze, looking at his younger brother with a brand new gaze. Terrified by certain qualities he revealed, he secretly thought, "I always thought that younger brother Jun was the kindest among the brothers, but in the end, he is still a member of my Li family."

Li Xijun reacted extremely quickly, but this slight daze was immediately noticed by him, and he asked, "What?"

Li Ximing shook his head and smiled, "It's fortunate you are not Chi Zhiyun!"

Li Xijun was slightly startled, laughed and shook his head, and said softly:

"The Qingchi Sect's calculations are not necessarily worse, it is just that they make better use of everything, appearing a bit dirtier."

During the conversation, that Yu family member had already come up, his body covered in traces of torture, and there were still marks left by shackles on his legs. He was silent, first bowing to the two.

He stood up, bit his finger, cast a spell, and printed a jade-white light in the air, shining it on the stone wall for a quarter of an hour, and gradually a door crack was revealed.

A miserable smile appeared on this Yu family member's face, and he bowed respectfully:

"Reporting to the lords, the secret storehouse is right here."

Following his words, the door of the secret storehouse in front of him slowly opened, revealing the flowing, colorful brilliance of treasures.

Li Xijun did not enter but smiled and looked at him, saying, "Chengliao, call a few people up to enter the storehouse and take the items."

After all, it was someone else's secret storehouse, and he knew nothing about it. Li Xijun naturally did not feel at ease entering himself, fearing there might be some great formation or secret technique inside, getting injured for no reason, or even having something serious happen.

He also did not let this Yu family member in front of him go in to take them, fearing he might have left some Zifu talisman and let this person take the talisman to perish together. He only watched his own Yuting Guards approach.

Soon, a treasure box was taken out, embroidered with bright silver-white patterns, and the base was blue-gray, with a dull color, looking like it had been there for some years.

He had someone open it to look, and inside, a token was placed squarely.

This token was dim and lusterless, presenting a color interwoven with silver-white and iron, engraved with several mysterious patterns. It was only the size of a palm, barely able to be held in the hand, ice-cold to the bone, and very handy.

Li Xijun looked at this Yu family direct descendant and saw this man's face turn pale as he said:

"This is the 【Six Xin Qi Jin Token】."

Li Xijun heard this, and his expression changed instantly, becoming serious in an instant. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "【Six Xin Qi Jin Token】?"

He almost thought of that gray fire that Guo Hongyao held back then at the first opportunity, which later fell into the hands of Tu Longjian, named: 【Six Ding Bing Huo Token】! That was a Zifu magic treasure! He immediately had doubts. The Jiang family had been destroyed for so many years, and there had been at least eight Zifu cultivators who had secretly visited this mountain. How could a Zifu magic treasure still be left? He only asked at the moment: "Oh? Is there any record of its origin?"

This middle-aged man nodded slightly, sighed, and explained:

"This token was originally in the hands of the Jiang family ancestor. It was his effective magic tool. I heard it was a Zifu magic treasure!"

He said this, clearly not believing it himself. He paused slightly and continued: "It is just a pity that after he died, no one in the Jiang family could use this magic treasure, and it was stored for decades until one day, someone came from the north."

"This person called himself surnamed Wang, known as True Person Jinglue."

The two were shocked and looked at each other, both having an idea in their hearts, secretly saying: "Yinghua Wang family!"

The Li family had also encountered such things and had also benefited from them. It was that Sword Immortal Wang Xun who came to seek sword intent! He even left behind a Foundation Establishment spiritual root, which was still a major foundation of the Li family to this day.

"It is the Golden Core immortal family of that little Sword Immortal Wang! Perhaps it was his predecessor!"

This Yu family direct descendant spoke of this matter, his lips becoming paler and paler, as if he had not had enough rest for too long and could faint at any time. He muttered: "This True Person traveled all the way here without saying anything, just asking the Jiang family for that magic treasure. The Jiang family was unable to resist and handed it over obediently."

"So this True Person displayed divine powers and took out the 【Six Xin Qi Jin】 from this 【Six Xin Qi Jin Token】 magic treasure."

Several people listened carefully and saw him say in a low voice:

"This True Person did not take it for nothing. He made a promise that no matter how the Jiang family rose and fell, as long as this True Person was still alive, he would protect the Jiang family's bloodline."

He hesitated for a moment before continuing: "That True Person also left a sentence... saying that if you see the sky full of golden flowers in the north, whistling endlessly, with cloud-Qi dragons and tigers rising and falling in the clouds, the sun losing its brilliance, and the stars dimming, you can toast a glass of wine for him."

These words truly stunned all three of them, and a thought flashed through their hearts at the same time: "Breaking through to Golden Core!"

Several people were secretly immersed in these ancient legends, somewhat unsatisfied, and carefully caught this person to ask a few more questions, but he knew nothing else, only saying that there were these legends in the clan and some records in the library, and he had only heard of it by chance.

The Yuting Guards were still moving things out—gold, silver, jade treasures, precious medicines, and magic tools—which were all quite rare things in ordinary times, but several people were somewhat uneasy and distracted.

It was this Yu family member who looked paler and paler, his legs trembling, extremely painful, his expression changing several times. Watching these treasures being moved out one by one, he covered his Shengyang Mansion between his brows and muttered: "Sigh! I have no face to see my ancestors."

So magic power burst out. Shengyang Mansion was where spiritual sense resided, so how could it withstand such a blow? In an instant, he lost his breath, fell to the ground, and made a hard, clattering sound.

Li Xijun withdrew the hand that was blocking Li Ximing, fulfilling this person's wish. He did not say a word but looked at Li Chengliao: "Handle this corpse."

Xuanyue Sect.

Li Xizhi sat before the jade table, explaining the events before and after. Kong Tingyun sipped tea and listened, frowning in surprise:

"At this point, the Chi family's situation is probably not very good, right? How can they still have the heart to do these things? What is Chi Zhiyun thinking!"

Li Xizhi added tea for her and said softly:

"It is hard to say. I fear it was the Chi family acting privately... Chi Zhiyan is narrow-minded, and Ning Hejing is selfish; both are capable of doing such things."

Kong Tingyun did not know much about these people and just nodded along, smiling:

"Xizhi, rest assured. Since you have come for this small matter, given the friendship between me and your father, it is not a problem."

She first agreed and replied:

"We still need to find a pretext. Whether Chi Zhiyun believes it or not, treat it as giving him a step down. If it is for no reason, it will appear too suspicious."

"That is exactly the reason!"

Li Xizhi heard this sentence, and his heart immediately relaxed, secretly thinking:

'After all, she is my father's good friend, so her mind and methods will naturally not be weak... One sentence connected, saving me from having to beg again.'

Kong Tingyun pondered for a moment and said softly:

"My family's True Person ordered some things some time ago, among which there is an immortal mission to go to a place in the East Sea called Duan Mountain to capture colorful clouds. The clouds there fall extremely fast, and ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot do anything about it."

Li Xizhi understood immediately and nodded, "Good, then let's go together."

Kong Tingyun stood up smiling and said:

"Then I will send someone to your clan and Qingsui Peak to give an answer."

Li Xizhi nodded repeatedly, looked back at Li Qinghong, and said in a low voice: "As for the Han family, I will leave it to you, Aunt."

Li Qinghong nodded slightly, said goodbye to Kong Tingyun, drove the wind out of the formation, and went all the way to the East Sea.