Chapter 180 Situation of all parties

When the news of Li Cunliu's breakthrough began to spread widely in Xiangshui County, it was already early September.

Early September was the day when the Li family tested the spiritual roots of children.

On one hand, the Li family had not yet finished testing the spiritual roots of children, and on the other hand, the news was completely spread.

The current Xiangshui County cultivation world is paying special attention to the Li family. Once there is any movement in the Li family, the news will spread very quickly. Unless the Li family cultivators deliberately block the information, the situation will be different. The news that Li Cunliu successfully entered the late stage of foundation building is obviously unnecessary to block.

The spread of this news is generally beneficial to the Li family.

"I have a piece of news for you. The head of the Li family has entered the late stage of foundation building."

"We all know this news without you telling us. After annexing the Jiang family, the Li family has become very powerful. Now that the head of the Li family has entered the late stage of foundation building, the Huang family has no chance to compete with the Li family in the future."

"Even if the head of the Li family has not entered the late stage of foundation building, I think the Huang family has no chance. After all, there is only one foundation building cultivator in their family."

"Okay, okay, if everyone knows this situation, just say less. Anyway, the Li family's strength has no impact on us little people. The prices of the items sold by their family are still the same as before."

The casual cultivators in Xiangshui County are very concerned about the Li family. Any little news about the Li family can become their topic of conversation.

They who pay attention to the Li family actually don't care much about whether the Li family becomes stronger or weaker, which does not affect their interests. The casual cultivators still have a good impression of the Li family. The reason is that the things sold in the Li family store are still similar to those in the past. Some pills have improved in overall quality without changing their prices.

The Li family's further changes made the most happy people, the Li family's affiliated Qi-refining and immortal cultivation forces.

They were protected by the Li family, and the rise and fall of the Li family had a great impact on them.

Originally, as an affiliated force, the robbers in Xiangshui County generally did not dare to provoke them. Now that the head of the Li family, Li Cunliu, has entered the late stage of foundation building, these robbers dare not provoke them even more.

Once they are robbed by robbers, they can seek help from the Li family. In the face of such a situation, the Li family can completely dispatch late stage cultivators to help them solve this trouble if they want.

The efficiency of late stage cultivators is much higher than that of mid-stage cultivators.

After they use the sound transmission talisman, it is possible that the late stage cultivators of the Li family have arrived before the robbers have left.

It is said that in recent years, Li Cunliu has been fully responsible for the safety management of the Li family, and the safety management of the Li family also includes the safety of their affiliated Qi-refining and immortal cultivation forces. Although they are on the edge of the Li family, even if they are on the edge, they are within the scope, and the Li family will fulfill their obligations.

Like the independent cultivators in Xiangshui County, the affiliated forces also have a good impression of the Li family.

The source of their good impression is that the Li family has never broken their promise to them, which makes them more willing to provide resources every year.

"Third Grandpa, do we still want to become an affiliated force of the Li family?"

"Now... Alas, I should have joined earlier. If I join now, I will have to pay more resources every year..."

After Li Cunliu entered the late stage of foundation building, he wanted to be affiliated with the Li family's Qi-refining and immortal cultivation family force, and the conditions changed again.

This will change as the Li family becomes stronger, and the same is true if it weakens.

"Third Grandpa, then we..."

"Forget it. With the current conditions, we will be safe if we become an affiliated force of the Li family, but it will be difficult for the family to develop."

For a family, development is very important. Of course, there are also families that think safety is more important. This is all determined by the different ideas of the core senior management of the family.

Now in Xiangshui County, there are still Qi-refining and immortal-cultivating families who are struggling to become affiliated forces of the Li family. This is all because of the indecisiveness of the family leaders. Most of the Qi-refining and immortal-cultivating families that should become affiliated forces have become so, and those who don't want to become affiliated forces are indifferent to this news.

Only those who are still wavering will regret it.

Generally speaking, Qi-refining and immortal-cultivating families close to the spiritual veins of the Li family are very inclined to become affiliated forces of the Li family, so that they will be positively influenced by the powerful Li family and don't have to worry about when the Li family will annex them.

Keeping them to produce resources every year and then offering them is very cost-effective for the Li family now. If they manage it themselves, the situation of insufficient cultivators will be more serious, and they may have to hire casual cultivators at that time.

After the situation of the Li family changes, there must be a reason to annex them.

As long as they are honest, it is impossible for the Li family to leave any handle.

Moreover, it is far better to erode the enemy forces than to annex their own subordinate forces. The impact caused by the former will make many subordinate forces of the Li family lose confidence in them, and a crisis of trust in the Li family will break out, unless they can accept the reasons given by the Li family. The best reason is that this subordinate force betrayed the Li family.

So they must be honest with the umbrella of protection, so that they can also develop under the big tree of the Li family.

Among the Qi-refining and immortal cultivation forces in Xiangshui County, the most worried and fearful ones are the Qi-refining families that were previously affiliated with the Jiang family.

They are really afraid that the Li family will take action against them.

Facing the behemoth of the Li family, they have no room for resistance at all.

To be safe, they must be more honest and not make any small moves.

They hope that the Li family will maintain their current good image and not just find a reason to attack them. The image of the family affects its reputation and how many cultivators or forces want to do business with them. A family that attacks without reason will definitely have a bad impact in this regard.

The problem now is that the Li family actually has a reason to attack them, although this reason is very reluctant.

In the struggle between the two major forces in the cultivation world, unless the affiliated forces participate in it, after one side is destroyed, the victorious party will not attack their affiliated forces.

They hope that the Li family can maintain this potential rule.

Now the Li family has no intention of attacking them, which is also a place where they feel lucky. Among these Qi-refining and immortal cultivation families, there are still some who are thinking about whether they can become the affiliated forces of the Li family after many years.

The fact that the Li family does not take action does not mean that the current affiliated forces of the Li family will be indifferent to them.

Especially when the Li family and the Jiang family rubbed against each other before, the grudges at that time must be settled.

The Li family also has secret support in this regard.

Some of the Jiang family's affiliated immortal cultivation families that had no grudges before felt very lucky, and now they have no worries in this regard.

The Huang family is the only two foundation-building immortal cultivation families in Xiangshui County.

They no longer have much feeling about Li Cunliu's entry into the late stage of foundation building.

Even if Li Cunliu did not enter the late stage of foundation building, their relationship with the Li family would not be affected. Now that Li Cunliu has entered the late stage of foundation building, their relationship with the Li family has not changed.

Before, it was because of Li Qianqing that the Huang family established a relationship with the Li family. Now as long as Li Qianqing does not fall, the relationship between the Huang family and the Li family will basically not change.

Based on their understanding of Li Qianqing, Li Qianqing will not do such a treacherous thing, at least not so far. In this case, as long as their Huang family does not do anything, the relationship with the Li family will definitely be very stable.

Besides, it was Li Qianqing who facilitated this matter at the beginning. From his perspective, he generally does not want the relationship between the Huang family and the Li family to change. If it is Li Lilong and Li Cunliu, it is not necessarily the case.

Fortunately, the next patriarch of the Li family, according to the information they have waited for, is most likely to be Li Qianqing.

For them, it is better for Li Qianqing of the Li family to become the patriarch than for anyone else.

Now that Li Cunliu has entered the late stage of foundation building, the only impact on their Huang family is that they have to send gifts again, and this gift must not be stingy. It must not only be in line with the identity of their Huang family as a foundation building family, but also fit their current relationship with the Li family.

Without hundreds of low-grade spirit stones, this gift is not easy to send.

And now the Huang family is still accumulating spirit stones, waiting for the opportunity to purchase a foundation building pill for the next talented cultivator in the family.

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Zihua County.

The ancestral land of the Wang family.

The Wang family has a good relationship with the Jiang family of Xiangshui County. If Yan Xuewei, the elder of Qingfeng Valley, had not intervened, their Wang family would basically support the Jiang family.

Qingfeng Valley is their upper sect, and the warning of the senior elders makes them powerless on this issue.

They were able to provide support because in Zihua County, their Wang family was the undisputed number one family. There were two foundation-building cultivators in the family, and both were in the middle stage of foundation-building. The clan leader was at the peak of the middle stage of foundation-building, but he failed to break through and did not enter the late stage of foundation-building.

Give the head of the Wang family another ten years, and he could break through again. If he succeeded, the position of their Wang family in Zihua County would be more solid.

In addition to the foundation-building cultivators, there were 23 cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining among the Qi Refining cultivators, which was higher than the Li family in Xiangshui County before. This year, the number of cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining in the Li family and their Wang family was only equal.

"The latest news is that Li Cunliu of the Li family in Xiangshui County has completed the breakthrough and entered the late stage of foundation-building."

"This old guy Li Cunliu is also lucky." After hearing this news, the head of the Wang family had a bit of sourness in his tone.

He failed to break through the late stage of foundation-building, but Li Cunliu succeeded in breaking through the late stage of foundation-building. He was considered to be surpassed by the latecomer.

"…Patriarch, should we adjust our strategy towards the Li family now?"

Patriarch Wang did not answer this question immediately.

The four counties surrounding Xiangshui County are Wutong County, Taolin County, Qingliu County and their Zihua County.

The foundation-building and immortal cultivation forces that have a good relationship with the Li family are mainly in Taolin County and Qingliu County...