Chapter 340

"Is, is there no other way?" Wang Xiangru, sitting below, said with a pale face.

Her husband beside her, Li Fenghua, had also rushed back from Cangzhou. In the previous great battle guarding Qingzhou, he almost died, and now he was seriously injured and hadn't recovered, looking withered.

Li Xiaoran looked at her coldly, ignored her, and stared at Li Tiangang.

Li Tiangang's face was ugly, never expecting that in just over a month, the Li family would reach such a desperate situation.

"I will go and ask the ancestors to sacrifice blood!"

Li Tiangang bit his back teeth slightly and said, standing up.

He looked at Li Xiaoran, wanting to say something to this Fourth Uncle, but the other party's eyes were extremely cold, looking at him as if looking at a stranger, which made him feel a sting in his heart.

He knew the reason.

When he brought his wife Ji Qingqing back earlier, he had confessed to everyone about Li Hao's news. He hadn't been able to bring Li Hao back, and Li Hao had died because of him.

This news made Li Muqiu, Li Xiaoran, and others stunned. Roars erupted in the Divine General Mansion that day, and several rooms in the Shanhe Courtyard were smashed, only the one where the youth once lived was intact.

After one night, Li Muqiu seemed to have aged more than ten years and never spoke another word to Li Tiangang. Li Xiaoran also looked at Li Tiangang with cold eyes, as if seeing an outsider, which made Li Tiangang feel heartache.

Li Tiangang walked forward, Li Xiaoran just stepped aside, and they didn't speak to each other.

The others were silent, already used to it. Every time Li Xiaoran came to find Li Tiangang, it was only for the Liangzhou war report, and every time it was in a cold tone.

That day, learning of Li Hao's death, the things that erupted in the Shanhe Courtyard were all witnessed by them. That old gentleman with the most explosive temper and the deepest feelings for Li Hao, regardless of the injury from violating the Li family's soul oath, slapped Li Tiangang several times, and he himself coughed up blood.

You know, at that time, demons were still attacking Qingzhou, and they still needed that second uncle to sit in command.

Only then did they know how deep the feelings of this second uncle were for that child, to be able to make him so indignant that he even disregarded the entire situation.

However, it wasn't just this second uncle who was grieving. Many of them were also darkened in heart. Although that child wasn't their own, he was after all the Li family's bloodline, the Li family's glory. But because of some misunderstandings at the beginning, it could never be saved or made up for.

"This time, with the ancestral blood lead, let's see if your precious children will come back!"

He Jianlan looked at Wang Xiangru, her eyes cold.

In the past, she would still care about three parts of face, care about her position as the First Madam, and avoid being bullied by others saying she relied on her status as the eldest daughter-in-law to bully other younger sisters-in-law.

Moreover, the clans behind these younger sisters-in-law were also officials in the imperial court, and there were many people and many mouths.

But since learning of Li Hao's death, plus the Qingzhou matter now, the many angers she had suppressed in her heart could no longer be concealed.

After that matter ended, she often felt heartache and regret in her spare time, and often reviewed it. She felt that rather than blaming Liu Yuerong, the truly hateful one was Wang's indulgence of her children.

Wang Xiangru had never allowed her children to follow others to practice in the martial arts arena since they were young, being dictatorial and doting, which led to her children having no feelings for other peers like Li Hao, Li Yuanzhao, and Li Zhining, and their relationship was strange. It also led to her daughter lacking upbringing, offending Li Hao's mother, and being slapped by Li Hao in anger.

And when the conflict in the courtyard reached its peak, Li Rumeng's tearful accusation was like the final push, completely tearing that father and son apart and pushing them to opposite sides.

In this, there was Li Tiangang's bizarre stubbornness, Liu Yuerong's stupid viciousness, and Wang Xiangru's doting and spoiling of her children. Everything led to the outbreak of that great battle, and the one who finally bore all this was that helpless child.

Every time He Jianlan thought of this, she couldn't help but shed tears, hating herself for not knowing what she was doing at the time and failing to stop all this.

However, the reason was also that everything at that time was too sudden, and things happened one after another. Everyone was caught off guard and no one could predict the result.

At this moment, hearing He Jianlan's cold voice, Wang Xiangru's face changed slightly. Since Li Tiangang brought back the news of Li Hao's death, her status in the Divine General Mansion now seemed to have become the second Liu Yuerong, only Liu Yuerong was imprisoned, while she was still outside, and she had to look at others' faces all the time, which made her heart accumulate a group of anger.

"Eldest sister-in-law, what do you mean by this? If Jiangying and Rumeng sense the ancestral blood response, they will definitely come back, unless there is something holding them back."

Wang Xiangru said angrily.

He Jianlan sneered: "Then let's wait and see!"

Wang Xiangru heard the mockery in her words and said angrily: "Is eldest sister-in-law hoping to see them come back and die together? In this situation, they are not even in the Heavenly Human Realm. Even if they come back, what's the use?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the other wives also changed slightly, looking at her coldly.

Since the Li Hao incident, they were not stupid. Looking back at this big event afterwards, they all realized how much lethality the slander of Wang Xiangru's daughter had in that environment.

Their family could also be considered one of the culprits who pushed Li Hao away, and Wang Xiangru's doting and spoiling of her children had been famous for more than ten years. In the past, they all secretly disliked it, at most ignoring each other, but now it had caused a great disaster. Now, Wang Xiangru's words were even more problematic.

"If everyone thought like you, then all the soldiers could disperse, and you could go too."

He Jianlan looked at her with icy eyes.

"Li family bloodline, live and die together, it has nothing to do with cultivation." Xiao Yujing glanced at Wang Xiangru and said coldly.

"Xian'er is of the royal family, and she is willing to guard the last moment with our Li family. This is not because of cultivation." Gao Qingqing also said, but the tone was relatively implicit.

Jiang Xian'er was Li Junye's fiancée, only having a marriage contract, but she was willing to remain a widow for Li Junye for life. Now that Qingzhou was in a desperate situation, Li Muqiu had previously suggested letting Jiang Xian'er leave. After all, she was of the royal bloodline, not to mention she hadn't even shared a bed with Li Junye, just that marriage contract, but Jiang Xian'er shook her head and refused.

Hearing Gao Qingqing's words, Wang Xiangru's face was ugly, and she also knew she had spoken out of turn.

"I didn't mean that. I just heard eldest sister-in-law's tone, wishing to see my children have an accident. I, Wang Xiangru, married into the Li family, I am a member of the Li family. Even if the city is broken, I will die with everyone. Why do you have to make things difficult for me?"

Wang Xiangru said through gritted teeth.

Everyone glanced at her and didn't bother to pay attention. Words could be said by the lips, and they could be said however one wanted, but whether one truly regarded oneself as a member of the Li family was seen by actions. At least from her doting and spoiling of her children, it wasn't seen.

Her children were not close to their husband's family, but were closer to their mother's family, which was the Wang family. This was all related to Wang Xiangru.

"Marrying the wrong wife brings disaster for three generations."

Li Xiaoran snorted coldly, glancing at Li Fenghua who was silent with his head down, knowing that the other party's situation was also not good.

The wives present were all his sisters-in-law, and he couldn't refute even if the words were ugly. And he couldn't control his own wife. If he defended his wife, it would be unreasonable. If he didn't defend her, it would be not man enough. If he didn't defend his children, he would lose his father's responsibility. It was difficult to do anything everywhere, and he could only keep silent, appearing cowardly.

Hearing Li Xiaoran's words, Wang Xiangru's face changed, extremely ugly. This was an elder, and she didn't dare to top him again.

Li Xiaoran didn't have his soul established in the ancestral temple, and his reputation was extremely high when he was young, and his majesty was even heavier now.

"Unfortunately, that child can never come back... It's good, listening to what you said, the Li family treated him so poorly. Even if he were alive, there would be no reason to come back, and he shouldn't come back."

Li Xiaoran carried his hands on his back, looking at the ancestral temple direction in the back mountain, but his eyes were desolate.

Others heard Li Xiaoran's words and were all silent. Indeed, even if he were alive, he shouldn't come back. After all, the ones calling for battle outside were two Peaceful Dao Realm demons. Whoever came would need to fight a Peaceful Dao Realm alone.

Now using the ancestral blood to lead to gather everyone in the Li family, it was not to entrust that there was an existence capable of rivaling the Dao Realm, but to use everyone's power to condense the military array, and then assist with the many precious resources like the Holy Heart Heavenly Treasure in the Li family's secret treasury, to fight to the death.

After all, these treasures would not be used in battle, and would be cheap for these demons.

Therefore, this battle would be fought until the Li family bled dry, exhausting all the Li family's foundation.

And these foundations added together had hope of being comparable to a Peaceful Dao Realm.

This was the power of a three-thousand-year inheritance! Not long after, at the ancestral temple in the back mountain, a sky-piercing blood array rose, covering half of the Divine General Mansion.

Many people in the mansion with Li family bloodline only felt their blood agitated, and there was a feeling of boiling in their bodies.

At the same time, they felt a kind of guidance and call in their blood. That was an ancestor sacrificing his own soul, calling all the bloodlines of the Li family at the cost of dissipation! The blood-leading array, sacrificing the soul with the ancestor, this was the means used only in a desperate situation.

He Jianlan and other wives were daughters-in-law who married in and couldn't feel it, but they saw that Li Xiaoran's body seemed to be burning with divine flames. Because Li Xiaoran's cultivation was powerful, when the bloodline was called, his aura fluctuated accordingly.

In the hall, the crowd who still had some anger earlier now had a kind of desolation surging from their hearts.

They felt the auras emitted by the Li family bloodlines outside the courtyard, regardless of direct or collateral, like firefly light, lighting up everywhere in the Divine General Mansion.

This was the final light!

"The ancestor is calling..."

In the courtyard, Li Yuanzhao, Li Zhining, and others raised their heads to look, seeing the sky-piercing blood array coming from the ancestral temple.

They felt the call in their blood, reached out to touch their chests, their eyes revealing a desolate look, but soon their eyes became firm again.

Like them, in the martial arts arena and other courtyards, many Li family disciples raised their heads to look. The call in their blood made them understand that the Li family had reached the moment of survival!

Wuliang Mountain, Brahma Heaven Pure Land World.

The rolling mountains, layer upon layer, shrouded in ethereal clouds and mist, as if a human holy land.

At this moment, in several majestic mountain peaks.

"My body..."

"Father said, this is the ancestral blood lead, the ancestor is calling me..."

"Is the family in trouble?"

In the inner disciple mountain peak of Wuliang Mountain, several Li family collateral bloodline disciples also apprenticed to Wuliang Mountain, practicing here.

At this moment, they all felt their bodies hot and feverish, seemingly having a kind of call and guidance. This feeling was hard to describe, without verbal call, but it gave them a kind of urgent and desolate feeling.

"No, I want to go home!"

"Master, I want to go down the mountain!"

These collateral disciples, although not as good as the direct pride, were also considered geniuses among the inner disciples of Wuliang Mountain, and were expected to become Grandmasters.

As for the Three Imperishable Realms, besides comprehension, it also depended on opportunity.

At this moment, they were all rushing to the mountain gate, explaining the reason to their masters, then packed their luggage and rushed down the mountain.

In the Spirit Realm of Wuliang Mountain, where the Buddha Lord lived in cultivation.

On the majestic Lingshan, a youth figure sat cross-legged, wearing a snow-white cassock, looking pious and ethereal.

Suddenly, his eyes opened, looking down, feeling his heart hot.

"This is, bloodline guidance?"

The youth was stunned, his face changed drastically. What's the situation? The family would actually use the ancestral blood lead to call him? He couldn't care about continuing to practice, quickly got up, and rushed to the Buddha Hall on the top of the Lingshan.

After arriving in front of the Buddha Hall, he quickly reported that he wanted to see the Buddha Lord. Before the two protectors could pass the message, the Buddha Lord's voice had already come from inside, letting the youth in.

Li Qianfeng immediately ran into the Buddha Hall, saw the Buddha Lord sitting high on the hall, immediately knelt down and bowed, saying: "Master, my Li family is in trouble, I want to go down the mountain."

The Buddha Lord was compassionate, saying slowly: "Protector Qiankun, don't be anxious. Although you have stepped into the Heavenly Human Realm, in this catastrophe, your cultivation is still too low. Even if you go down the mountain to return, it will only be adding a wisp of dead soul to the Li family."

Li Qianfeng was stunned, his body trembling. How could he not know that the means of the Li family forcing out the ancestral blood lead must be a great disaster? Returning with his cultivation could only contribute a weak bit of strength.

"Master, please make a move to help, to solve the difficulty for my Li family!"

Li Qianfeng knelt and prostrated, saying urgently.

The Buddha Lord said warmly: "Your Li family's energy is not exhausted, and there is still a glimmer of life. Nothing will happen. You can practice in peace here."

Li Qianfeng raised his head to look at him, stunned: "But the family is in great disaster, I, I..."

"If your heart is not quiet, how can you transcend?"

The Buddha Lord said: "You have reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Human Realm at twenty. This achievement is not easy. It is obtained by your hard cultivation day and night. As long as your bloodline remains, the Li family will not be destroyed. This time the Li family is in danger, it is also your opportunity. After the disaster passes, you can return down the mountain, and you will definitely inherit the True Dragon position and lead the Li family to rebuild the ruins."

Li Qianfeng was stunned, a figure flashing in his mind: "But my mother..."

"I will send Bodhisattva Puji to pick up your mother, and by the way, help the Li family resolve this catastrophe."

The Buddha Lord said warmly: "Your mind shouldn't be on this. If your six roots are not clean, you haven't completely cut off the mortal world, how can you reach the Three Imperishables? You should realize your Dao heart in advance, chasing the things you truly want and seek. That can only be one thing. For this, you must discard everything complex."

"Remember, all conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, like dew and like lightning, and should be viewed as such!"

Li Qianfeng was stunned for a moment, feeling the hot blood in his body seemingly gradually settling down. He was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Disciple understands."

(End of chapter)