Chapter 75

Seeing Li Xuanxuan lower his head, Li Tongya's tone softened, and he said softly:

"Fortunately, this is your first time managing the family, and you haven't made any mistakes."

Pondering for a few breaths, Li Tongya looked at him and said gently:

"Go to the Meichi Mountain cave and think it over well. Don't come out until you break through to the fourth layer of Qi Condensation, the Green Origin Wheel."

"Thank you, Second Uncle!"

Li Xuanxuan cupped his hands and respectfully withdrew, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Tongya went to the backyard to change his clothes, sat in the main seat, and flipped through the matters recorded by Li Xuanxuan. He frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Call Yesheng in."

Naturally, there were clan soldiers outside to call him. Li Yesheng hurried into the main courtyard, bowing, but saw Li Tongya looking at a bamboo slip with his head lowered, not looking at him.

Li Yesheng's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought:

"Bad, it backfired."

Although Li Xiangping and Li Tongya had raised Li Xuanxuan as the family head since childhood, that was before Li Xuanfeng and Li Xuanling were born. Who knew what those two brothers were thinking now? Li Yesheng had watched Li Xuanxuan make mistakes and do nothing, trying to test the attitudes of the two.

Seeing Li Tongya silent, he understood that his little schemes had been seen through, so he hurriedly knelt to confess his guilt.

Li Tongya frowned and waved his hand to interrupt him, saying in a low voice:

"When the Family Head returns, explain it to him yourself."

After saying this, he put away the bamboo slip and said in a deep voice:

"Beat the drums and mobilize the troops."

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Li Xiangping walked staggeringly for a while, found a large tree to lean against, and adjusted his breath. After his magic power recovered by two or three percent, he stood up, slapped a God-Speed Technique on his legs, and continued to walk south, bearing the fatigue.

After walking for an hour and a half, Li Xiangping dared to relax. He climbed a large banyan tree and lay half-asleep for several hours before feeling his physical strength had improved slightly.

This was a desolate wilderness with no signs of human habitation. Li Xiangping caught a wild rabbit to roast and eat, spent several days breathing and gathering spiritual energy to comb through his Qi meridians, and then headed south again.

His external injuries were mostly healed, but his internal injuries were not so easy to treat. His internal organs were still aching faintly, and his strength had only recovered by seventy or eighty percent. Li Xiangping was afraid of encountering any monsters, so he walked cautiously. It was over a month later when he returned to his own territory.

As soon as he entered his own territory, Li Xiangping saw several teams of clan soldiers patrolling the forest, and he secretly thought:

"It seems the family is still stable; the Ji family hasn't moved west."

Although those teams of clan soldiers wore his family's uniforms, Li Xiangping bypassed them out of caution and walked quietly to Lijing Village. Seeing everything as usual and no signs of chaos after a disturbance, he felt relieved and went up the mountain.

Li Tongya was frowning and wiping his sword when he heard footsteps. He looked up, stunned, and saw Li Xiangping standing at the door, looking disheveled but smiling. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly and laugh:

"I knew you were cunning and wouldn't die."

Li Xiangping pouted, sat at the table, picked up the tea bowl, and gulped down a bowl. Only then did he call out:

"What kind of thing is this! I was chased by a Qi Condensation cultivator for a day and two nights, almost beaten to death by a palm."

"Take a look?"

Li Tongya nodded, his spiritual sense probed into the storage bag, and he poured out a small pile of items with a clatter.

Excluding a pile of clothes, sundries, and gold and silver, the old man's storage bag also contained twenty-five spirit stones, several types of healing elixirs for the Qi Condensation stage, a jade bottle carefully packaged and labeled "Jade Bud Elixir," a stack of yellowing talismans, and the jade pendant emitting white light.

Finally, with a clink, a grey-white long sword fell out.

Just as Li Xiangping picked up the jade pendant, Lu Jiangxian, who was half-asleep in the mirror, perked up. Seeing the jade pendant only an inch away from him, he followed the connection between the two and pulled lightly.

The jade pendant leaped up like a happy bird, hitting the mirror surface head-on. Waves of white Qi surged out, entering the mirror like tired birds returning to the forest.

The twelve seal characters on the edge of the mirror body lit up one by one. Lu Jiangxian only felt a sense of total comfort. His spiritual sense expanded continuously, and streams of information flowed out, so he focused his mind to organize them.

Li Xiangping and the other were taken by surprise and couldn't pull the jade pendant back. They just watched the jade pendant leap up suddenly, press lightly against the mirror surface, and white Qi surged out, entering the mirror.

The twelve seal characters on the edge of the mirror body lit up one by one. Lu Jiangxian only felt a sense of total comfort. His spiritual sense expanded continuously, and streams of information flowed out, so he focused his mind to organize them.

Li Xiangping and the other saw the white light on the jade pendant slowly recede, and it fell back onto the table with a plop. They looked at each other, invited the magic mirror back onto the stone table, and waited for another incense stick's time. Seeing no anomalies, they returned to the main courtyard to continue counting the items.

The old man had lived a hard life, and his healing elixirs were only at the Qi Condensation stage. Li Xiangping carefully put away the healing elixirs and the twenty-five spirit stones. He gently opened the Jade Bud Elixir, and a refreshing fragrance of elixir emerged. Just by smelling it, the two felt their magic power surging.

"The medicinal power of this elixir is even better than the remaining two Snake Origin Elixirs at home. It is said that the Snake Origin Elixir is already an elixir suitable for both Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment. This Jade Bud Elixir must be a Qi Condensation stage elixir."

Hurriedly packaging the Jade Bud Elixir, Li Xiangping saw Li Tongya had already picked up the long sword and was studying it carefully, and he laughed:

"How is this sword?"

Li Tongya shook his head with a smile and said:

"It should be a weapon used by that person at the Qi Condensation stage. It looks like it's only worth three or five spirit stones, but it's much better than ordinary iron."

Saying this, Li Xiangping suddenly remembered his Green Crow Bow. Li Tongya had spent two and a half spirit stones to buy it, but it wasn't light.

Previously, he had thought about releasing a Taiyin Mysterious Light and then retreating, so he left the bow at home because it was inconvenient to move with it. Who knew he would encounter that old man, and he had no handy weapon during the fight.

"You can't say it like that. Perhaps if I had carried the bow, I would have been caught by the old man long ago."

Li Xiangping was lost in thought about this escape, while Li Tongya silently opened the stack of talismans and carefully compared them with the key points in the "Spirit-Middle Talisman Method."

"It should be a Qi Condensation stage talisman that summons a magic shield."

Li Tongya compared them for a while and said in a deep voice, counting the quantity. There were twenty-four sheets, worth about eight spirit stones.

"It can be left for Xuanxuan and Xuanfeng for self-defense, especially Feng'er—that child has his own ideas and just likes to run outside."

Li Xiangping remembered the large shield summoned by the old man with twelve talismans, cursed in a low voice, and laughed:

"That old guy's trump card and precious techniques were tricked by me twice in a row. No wonder he was so angry."

Li Tongya picked up the pale green metal block and looked at it, unable to recognize what it was, so he looked at Li Xiangping and frowned:

"Are you still injured? Take the medicine and rest for a while first." ===== CHAPTER 76 =====