Chapter 677: Congratulations from Various Families

Si Si Boxiu stood firm in the clouds. After finishing his words, Li Li Ximing immediately bowed in return and said softly:

"My family has cultivated for a hundred years, protected by the Upper Sect, and your family has helped a lot. The kindness is still there, and my elder brother is still working in the sect. Please continue to look after us in the future!" Si Si Boxiu's eyes were still very complex, but his expression softened a lot. Li Li Ximing's breakthrough to the Early Zifu was a done deal, so what could he say? He could only sigh and say harmoniously:

"During the turmoil of the Chi family in the past, there was much harsh treatment. The old man apologizes!"

Li Li Ximing was noncommittal, his tone very respectful: "Senior, what are you saying... the junior cannot accept it!"

After the two finished speaking, a bright red departure light rune pierced out from the Grand Void, manifesting into shape in the sky. The light vibrated, condensing into streaks of floating light, and a thick-browed man appeared.

This man wore a large-lapel, narrow-sleeved robe, with departure light runes embroidered on the hem, and dense, bright red small runes dotted on it. His face was bright, his brows thick and eyes large. He cupped his hands slightly and said loudly: "Hengli of the Hengzhu Immortal Dao, I congratulate the fellow Daoist on behalf of my Dao, wishing the fellow Daoist success in the Five Arts, easy Golden Lotus, passing through the Purple, and successful completion of the Leap."

The man in front of him was True Person Hengli of the Hengzhu Dao, and also one of the top-tier artifact refiners in the south of the river. With him coming to congratulate in person, the sincerity of the Hengzhu Dao was evident. Li Li Ximing had long heard of his reputation and did not dare to be careless, returning the salute: "I have long heard of Senior's great name, and it is indeed well-deserved."

Hengli laughed muffledly and nodded:

"The 【Nine-Colored Profound Mercury】 that the fellow Daoist deposited with my Hengzhu has always been well-preserved by my family. Now that the fellow Daoist has achieved the Early Zifu, I have already sent someone to deliver it, and it is on the way."

Li Li Ximing understood that the 【Nine-Colored Profound Mercury】 he mentioned was the Early Zifu spiritual object obtained from Wang Fu. He responded harmoniously. A golden light appeared in the west, revealing a broad-shouldered, sturdy man. That pair of eyes coldly glared at Hengli and turned to Li Li Ximing: "I am Tian Que of the Jin Yu Immortal Sect, congratulating True Person Can Zhaojing on behalf of my Jin Yu Sect, wishing the fellow Daoist a hundred refinements of divine abilities, unchanging true laws, light shining on the universe, and attaining true nature!"

These two True Persons were both good at fighting, but they were quite incompatible. Li Li Ximing hurriedly changed the subject and said softly:

"The Immortal Sect has been on good terms with my ancestors, and your presence makes the humble dwelling shine."

After waiting for True Person Tian Que to nod, he saw a tall, thin man standing in the clouds, wearing a witch robe, his eyes calm, bowing casually:

"Great Qiu Great Kui Guan, Daoist Daoist Houfu, congratulates the True Person!"

Although the Great Qiu Great Kui Guan could still be considered a righteous path, its orthodoxy was quite evil. It did not move around often on weekdays. Daoist Daoist Houfu being able to come was already out of respect for the Li family's upright conduct. Li Li Ximing responded, and he transformed into black smoke and disappeared on the spot.

A middle-aged man with a sword on his back on the other side immediately bowed as well, his tone still gentle, saying in a low voice: "I am Cheng Jiuwen, congratulating you on behalf of the Jianmen. If the fellow Daoist has the opportunity, you can come to my Jianmen to sit for a while."

The Jianmen and Qiu Kui were famous for being aloof. This middle-aged man from the Jianmen seemed to disdain this kind of situation. Li Li Ximing responded, and he returned the salute and flew into the Grand Void.

After the middle-aged man from the Jianmen left, a Daoist man appeared, with a kind and gentle face, a pair of willow-leaf eyes, and a smile: "I am Senior Chang Xiao, congratulating True Person Can Zhaojing!"

Li Li Ximing raised his eyebrows to look at him. This man had no hostility on his face and looked at him with a smile. Li Li Ximing naturally couldn't believe him, not to mention that this person was famous for being difficult to deal with, and the Mingfang Heavenly Stone that his family broke through with was obtained from the hands of the Senior Chang Xiao Gate!

'Although the various cultivators played games in the past, the Senior Chang Xiao Gate bled a little, and in the situation where Cheng Yan could not leave the sect, Senior Chang Xiao used the Mingfang Heavenly Stone as bait, and even countered the Hengzhu, preventing Tu Long from leaning to one side... My family just picked up the bargain... but who knows what this old thing is thinking?'

He was on guard in his heart, but he was still polite on the surface, responding harmoniously. Senior Chang Xiao's voice was thick, saying: "True Person Zimu of the Ziyan Gate is in seclusion, and the other one is of your generation, out looking for the reincarnation of Senior Zipei, so he cannot come to see you. Don't take offense."

He spoke as if he was very close to the Ziyan Gate, which stunned Li Li Ximing for a moment. He returned the salute politely, and the remaining few in the Grand Void did not appear. Xiao Xiao Chuting did not arrive either. Several True Persons returned their salutes one by one and disappeared.

Si Si Boxiu stayed until the end, his eyes always staring at the heavenly gate in the sky, his hands behind his back, as if he was gradually sorting out his thoughts. He smiled slightly at Li Li Ximing and finally left.

Li Li Ximing's heavenly light behind him retracted into the center of his brows, and the colorful clouds in the sky dimmed. The bright heavenly gate in the clouds also gradually disappeared. He landed on the lake, and hundreds of thousands of eyes looked up at him.

"Greetings, True Person!"

Li Cheng was the first to come up. This young man was extremely excited and happy, to the point that his eyes were a little red. He bowed respectfully in front of him. An Siwei and the others all lowered their heads, not daring to look at him. The followers who were holding Zai Zai Xingzi waited on the side.

Li Li Ximing first stopped Li Cheng, joined his two fingers, placed them an inch in front of his lips, his pale golden eyes flashing, and blew gently.

"Hu...!"

Instantly, bright light fell like rain. The purple flames that had been burning endlessly on Wushan were finally suppressed, twisting like living things, one by one drilling into the mountain along the earth veins.

That earth-evil spring eye was filled with purple flames, emitting a faint purple evil aura, occasionally spraying one or two mouthfuls of purple fire, clearly having new changes.

Li Li Ximing suppressed the flames on Wushan and then smiled:

"I broke through to the Early Zifu, but I didn't know the situation, and I didn't want others to know. I was afraid that if I told you, it would be heard by others' divine abilities, so I went to see True Person Xiao Chuting first, and only then rushed back."

"Although it can't be counted as luring the snake out of the hole, I caught these one or two."

Li Cheng responded respectfully. The excitement in the young man's heart was difficult to calm down, and even now there was a sense of dizziness:

'My family also has a Early Zifu? My family is also a Early Zifu Immortal Clan?!'

Everyone looked at him with excitement they couldn't control. Li Li Ximing's gaze stayed on the people from the Three Sects of Mifan at Little Chamber Mountain. These people were already pale with fright and had fainted several times. They didn't dare to look at him, for fear of being looked to death by him.

That jade box was still floating in the air. Li Li Ximing sneered: "Cheng, take the congratulatory gift from the Three Sects of Mifan and take a look."

Li Cheng immediately understood, gently opened the jade box, and inside was a round, white-lacquered spiritual object that looked like an eyeball, emitting waves of cold air.

Li Cheng's voice was not loud, but powerful and cold:

"Floating Cloud Cave of the Three Sects of Mifan, presents the Yin spiritual object 【Falcon Yin Pearl】 as a congratulatory gift."

With this, these few people softened again, lifted by the Foundation Establishment magic power. The gazes on the entire lake were like swords, all stopping on their faces.

'A Bright Yang cultivator breaks through to the Early Zifu, refines divine abilities, and becomes a True Person. Daring to use a Yin spiritual object as a congratulatory gift, the meaning is too obvious. Zai Zai Xingzi did not die unjustly!'

The anger in An Siwei's heart had not yet dissipated, and he secretly cheered. Li Li Ximing smiled gently and said quietly:

"Cheng, return the things to them and let them go back."

He turned his face toward the few people, scaring these Qi Refining cultivators into lowering their eyes, their souls flying away and spirits scattering. They only vaguely felt the heavenly light from the center of Li Li Ximing's brows shining on them, as if in the scorching sun, sweat pouring out like pulp.

"Within three days, Floating Cloud Cave—or the Three Sects of Mifan, give me, Can Zhaojing, an explanation."

An Siwei released the few people. These few Qi Refining cultivators had never thought they would still have a life. While wailing and kowtowing, they were glared at by Chen Yang, and they swayed and drove the magic wind to fly toward the sect.

"The True Person is kind-hearted, it's really cheap for them!"

Li Cheng looked coldly at the backs of the three.

Li Cheng was right. Li Li Ximing's move was already extremely magnanimous. You must know that he was a Early Zifu True Person. To be offended by a Foundation Establishment cultivator like this, even if Zai Zai Xingzi was a cultivator of the Three Immortal Sects of the Yue State, if he wasn't a true direct descendant, he wouldn't be able to save his life, and there would have to be a True Person coming to apologize.

Even if Li Li Ximing broke through the Grand Void at this moment, appeared in the sky of the Three Sects of Mifan, descended with fierce heavenly light and endless purple flames, and illuminated the entire Floating Cloud Cave until the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, burning it into a piece of white land, it would all be reasonable! At most, someone would say he didn't cherish living things...

It was just that Li Li Ximing didn't know these Three Sects of Mifan and didn't act rashly. He had just broken through to the Early Zifu, and his divine abilities were not yet thoroughly familiar. He was afraid of falling into a scheme, and it was not appropriate to be too cruel, so he let the few people go and let Floating Cloud Cave come to apologize itself.

Landing down, Li Cheng immediately responded in a low voice:

"True Person, the Three Sects of Mifan are backed by the Tangjin Gate... it's just a bit tricky."

Li Li Ximing understood the meaning of this nephew. The Tangjin Gate was now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, unable to protect itself. The internal fighting in the sect had not stopped for a hundred years, and the surrounding sects were not simple goods.

Since the fall of the Situ family cultivator at the middle stage of the Early Zifu, the only Early Zifu Situ Huo had to wander in the South Sea all day, not daring to return to the sea. It was heard that he was seriously injured by the elements a few years ago, and I don't know how he is now.

"Situ Huo doesn't dare to return to the sea, which is why he can protect the Tangjin Gate, so that this sect has been lingering on the north bank, until Situ Mo rose strongly in recent years, and the spiritual energy on the north bank flourished, and it slowly improved..."

"The spiritual energy on the north bank was filled with the lives of the north and south cultivators in the past..."

Just as Li Cheng was speaking, a pale red escape light flickered in the north, rushing extremely fast. Flames surged, revealing its figure on the lake, transforming into a bright and generous woman.

"Li Minggong!"

The person who came was Li Li Minggong. She wore a red dress, held a sword in her hand, and the joy on her face was mixed with disbelief, shocked beyond measure. She stopped the wind in front of the two, hurriedly bowed, and said respectfully: "Junior... pays respects to the True Person!"

The woman said this, her eyes already moist. She choked for a moment, and then said: "Congratulations to Seventh Uncle for refining the divine ability. Junior pays respects... Junior... has already passed the life-and-death barrier and cultivated the immortal foundation 'Pheasant Departure Walk'!"

"'Pheasant Departure Walk' drives the Pheasant Departure True Fire, internally refining the five viscera, externally refining all metals, mouth containing Pheasant Departure, spraying evil and spitting flames, body transforming into a bird, galloping in flames and stepping on fire..."

The family's fourth-grade *Pheasant Fire Long-Walking Art* had always been a quite good true fire orthodoxy. Li Li Minggong was the first person to cast a true fire foundation, which was actually a bit unexpected. Li Li Ximing was quite gratified and said harmoniously:

"Good!"

Among the Foundation Establishment cultivators, Li Li Minggong actually had the closest relationship with Li Li Ximing. She was Li Li Xuanxuan's own great-granddaughter. Li Li Ximing helped her up with a smile and nodded:

"True fire is good at refining artifacts. You can look at these things more. Heng Jiumen's lifespan is not long, and no one in the family can garrison the artifact-refining peak, Jiumen Mountain."

He raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Where are Li Chengliao and Li Chenghuai?"

Li Li Minggong cupped her hands and bowed, answering in a low voice:

"Reporting to the True Person, Eldest Brother... failed his breakthrough a few years ago..."

"Oh..."

Li Li Ximing paused, showing some regret. Li Li Minggong and Li Li Chengliao had similar talents, but Li Li Chengliao had the best temperament. He thought he could successfully break through, but he didn't expect him to go into seclusion earliest, yet die.

'Thinking about it now, governing the family took up too much of his time... always having to take care of every brother and sister, too little thought spent on his own cultivation... Although his cultivation was good, how could it compare to the brothers and sisters who polished themselves thousands of times a day...'

Li Li Ximing was silent for a while. This matter had passed for five or six years, and the family had already recovered a lot. He just sighed in his heart and didn't want to mention sad things again, only asking: "How is Li Chenghuai?"

Li Li Chenghuai was the most talented of the Chengming generation. By reason, Foundation Establishment shouldn't be a problem, but cultivation depends on opportunity, and sometimes even luck, so it's really hard to estimate.

Li Li Minggong accompanied him, bowing respectfully: "Still breaking through."

Between a few sentences, Li Li Ximing and the others had already landed on the island. More than 100,000 people looked up at this brilliant bright light. Li Li Ximing pinched his fingers to calculate and frowned:

"Late."

Li Cheng on the side said respectfully:

"According to the cultivation speed of the 29th brother, he should have gone into seclusion long ago, but Uncle Li Xizhi spent a great price in the sect to find him a fourth-grade same-Qi cultivation method, *Secret Concealment Profound Law*. It is said to be quite miraculous, so he went into seclusion to transform his cultivation and used this method to break through to Foundation Establishment, which delayed him for five or six years."

Li Li Ximing then laughed heartily and nodded:

"Good! Fourth-grade cultivation methods are indeed different."

He listened to Li Cheng's narration and walked all the way to the island. The sun was bright, and the sky was full of colorful clouds.

Li Li Xuanxuan was full of tears, greeting him with a smile. The old man's lips trembled, and his two hands welcomed him tremblingly. He looked at him for a long time before spitting out two words: "Ming'er!"

Li Li Ximing was originally infinitely refreshed in his heart, but just upon hitting these two words, an unspeakable sourness rushed up, and he closed his eyes. He paused for several breaths before choking:

"Grandfather! Ming'er did not fail the commission!"

In infinite fantasy, tiger beasts devouring, mountains of knives and seas of fire, chest pierced and stomach rotten, sour and bitter, Li Li Ximing didn't groan once, but he was almost called to tears by his words.

He just turned his head and said softly:

"Cheng, in three months, all the families of the Three Sects and Seven Gates will send people to come. You should prepare quickly."

Li Cheng and the other understood, stepped back two steps, and closed the hall door by the way. The great hall was suddenly empty, leaving only the grandfather and grandson.

Li Li Xuanxuan's turbid old eyes were full of tears. He stood blankly on the spot, looking repeatedly at Li Li Ximing's brilliant heavenly light between his brows. After a full half-quarter of an hour, he closed his eyes and squeezed out two tear stains.

The old man smiled:

"If the old man dies at this moment, it is enough to see Zhongfu and Uncle... Li Ximing, you have fought for your breath! If Brother Yuanping and Li Yuanjiao know in the underworld, they should be overjoyed..." ===== CHAPTER 678 =====