Chapter 358 Settlement

"Yu Xiaogui passed away."

Li Yuanjiao had heard many rumors and experienced the death of his family ancestor. With a glance, he immediately understood the situation in front of him.

The two families were feuding, so Li Yuanjiao naturally had nothing to feel sad about. Instead, he finally felt that the dust had settled and he silently breathed a sigh of relief:

"Fei Wangbai died of an unknown sword cultivator, with just one sword. Yu Xiaogui died of his uncle, with a flower cup fruit and a green ruler sword. It was just a sword... The three foundations on the lake are all dead now."

The Qingchi Sect will not let go of the fat sheep under its control just because the foundation of the family has fallen. The tributes that should be paid must still be paid. The euphemistic name is: the legacy of the predecessors, the family will still be in the name of the family for fifty years, and it will be done in a few decades. The foundation was eaten clean and kicked away again.

However, one day the Li family built several more foundations and expanded its territory, so they probably had to add a few more offerings. For example, the Yuan family's offerings each time were several times more than the Li family's.

The scene of Yu Xiaogui's death was quite magnificent, with jade stones rolling all over the ground. Li Yuanjiao admired it, then walked out of the cave and hovered on the boundary of the Yu family for a while.

The Yu family is much better off now than it was many years ago. At least it can be said that they can live a life of survival. Although Yu Mugao is sinister and vicious, he is still willing to kill. He has drastically reformed the Yu family's clan system and promoted people. I got a few people with surnames from civilian backgrounds, and things were getting better.

With an idea in his mind, he put away the magic book and saw the stone wall of his cave reappearing in front of his eyes. Li Yuanjiao whispered:

"Chi Buzi's trip has really made my family restless, and I don't know what the consequences will be."

After a thrilling day, with a sigh of relief in his chest, Li Yuanjiao took down the [Green Ruler Sword] from the stand and started practicing his sword skills.

Li Yuanjiao drew his sword and danced, practicing his sword skills for most of the day. Only then did he feel that the mountain-like pressure on his body had been relieved a lot, and he was faintly improving again.

Then he sat cross-legged and wiped the green blade, and saw a person coming up, dressed in brown clothes, with a jade crown on his head, with a smile on his face, and said respectfully:

"Brother of the clan! Brother of the clan! Brother of the clan! What a good thing, brother of the clan!"

This person was naturally Suo Moli. He came up to him with joy. He was older than Li Yuanjiao, but now he had learned to be worldly, and he was a clan brother. He was very close to him and said with a smile:

"Brother! Li Jing came to report that Master Chuting appeared in Yushan and killed dozens of demonic cultivators hiding in Yushan. He has returned to Youyou Peak and the demonic cultivators in the Xiao family's territory have fled in all directions!"

‘Xiao Chuting is back! ’

Li Yuanjiao breathed a sigh of relief silently, and couldn't help but smile on his face:

"With Xiao Chuting in charge, the Xiao family's predicament will be solved, and there is no need to be embarrassed. In this way, my family will be safer." ’

Thinking about it in his mind, he patted Mori on the shoulder and replied:

"It's a good thing. You should keep an eye on it while I go into seclusion to practice."

Mori nodded and silently retreated.

…

The monks on the mountain heaved a sigh of relief. The news spread, and everyone at the bottom of the mountain was also happy. They didn't understand the struggle. They just felt that the Xiao family was the backer of the Li family. Now that the real person is back, it is naturally a good thing.

A group of clan members from the Yuanqing generation were even more delighted. This generation held important positions in various mountains and towns. They had the opportunity to return to Lijing to report on their duties, so they came to Li Yuanping's middle hall to congratulate him.

There are more than ten people in the Yuanqing generation, and there are still nine alive today. Excluding Yuanjiao and Qinghong on the mountain, and Yuanping who manages the family, Li Xuanxuan's concubine has the most children, with a total of four sons and two daughters, and the eldest is thirty. Years old, the youngest is only more than ten years old, each serving in one party.

There are also two spiritual masters among them, but their talents are not as good as those of Li Yuanping, and they are almost no different from ordinary people.

"I've met the head of the family!"

As soon as everyone gathered in the middle hall, nearly half of the Li family's worldly power was held in this middle hall. Li Yuanping came down with a smile and helped all the brothers and sisters to their feet.

Compared with the unruly manner of the brothers when Li Yuanxiu was running the family, now this one smiles eagerly and focuses on his family.

It's not that Li Yuanping's methods are better than Li Yuanxiu's, but that all the brothers have wives and children and have families.

After all, there is a world of difference between a spiritual orifice and a mortal. These days, even if a spiritual orifice is not born, they still have to hold back their energy. The baby under their knees is no worse than their father Li Xuanxuan.

According to the rules of the Li family, these children of common people can go up the mountain to practice as soon as they have their spiritual orifices detected at the age of six. The precious children are still practicing on the mountain. What does some worldly wealth mean to them! Nature changed the door and became the loyal support of the main line,

Li Yuanping knew the key to this, and now he boldly re-emphasised it. He promoted several important positions, which made it easier for him. In the past few years, he had been actively interacting with his brothers, and his friendship had grown rapidly. He now smiled and said:

"This is a good thing, so I won't bother you brothers to make such a grand trip."

Several people confessed, and the oldest man came forward. He had a slightly broad and round face. He was the eldest among the eldest sons of Li Xuanxuan. He rambled for a while and said with a smile:

"It's just that there are still good talents in the family, but they haven't been reused in the clan for a long time. I'll recommend them to the head of the family!"

"oh?"

Li Yuanping raised his head with interest and saw him saying:

"These two brothers are the sons of An Keqing, and they are also of the blood of my Li family."

He waved and invited two young men of thirteen or fourteen years old to come up. Their hair was tied up and they were wearing gold rings on their hands. They had round faces and black eyes. They were quite reserved. They bowed and said:

"An Siwei/An Siming has met the head of the family."

An Junyan and Li Feiruo are just two brothers. Not only are they both possessing spiritual acupoints, but they have also cultivated to the fourth level of fetal breath at the age of thirteen or fourteen!

Although both of them were auras floating, and it seemed that they had just broken through, their jaws still dropped. Li Yuanping stared at the two of them carefully, and said in surprise:

"This...have you mastered the "Knocking Court Suiwei Jue"?!"

Seeing both brothers nodding, Li Yuanping secretly breathed a sigh of relief:

'No wonder it's so fast. This "Knocking Court Suwei Jue" is a quick success method that uses rapid fetal breathing and slows down the qi, which is quite impressive. ’

'The speed of Qi training is still incomparable to An Jingming's Fourteenth...but it is far better than all the foreign surnames in my family, not to mention the Chen family. Even my family who received the talisman seed can only reach this speed! ’

So he shook his head and said in a deep voice;

"With your current cultivation progress, there is no need to reuse it."

As soon as these words came out, the An family brothers were embarrassed, and all the brothers were also suffocated, but Li Yuanping replied:

"I will write a letter right now to find a cave in Huazhong Mountain for you two to concentrate on your cultivation, and to quickly break through and practice your qi. The clan has a heavy responsibility for you!"

"yes!"

The two brothers were immediately overjoyed. When Li Yuanping wrote the souvenir, they took it and left respectfully.

…

Xiao family.

Xiao Chuting broke through Taixu and landed gently on the top of Xianyou Peak. The water in the cold pool was as clear and cold as ever. He sat down slowly and looked at the rocks on the other side in trance.

After battling wits and courage, exhausted, Xiao Chuting sat down on the rock. Suddenly he remembered that his brother Xiao Chuchou was dead.

His brother, who sat by the pool every year and talked about current events and changes, had been eaten by Xiao Chuting and turned into his half-finished magical power.

Xiao Chuting knew in his heart that even if he didn't eat Xiao Chucho, he would be too old to live for a few days. Xiao Qianyou arranged everything so well and made the best use of everything.

'It's just...there's no way out...'

The demonic cultivators were raging, and Xiao Chuting made the death of the demonic cultivators practicing Qi and Fetal Breath in Yushan extremely miserable and embarrassing, but he still could not pursue revenge on the demonic cultivators who fled to the Ziyan Gate, so he could only vent his anger. Kill a few of them.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is the most nurturing, with deep veins. If you put a few seedlings on the ground, you can have a good harvest next year. Tens of thousands of people died in Yushan, and it only takes a few generations for it to grow like a crop. The Xiao family's losses are actually not big.

But the old man's face was still gloomy. He had made countless small and generous designs in his life, but he could never make his heart perfect. He just picked up a white jade fishing rod and started fishing without saying a word.

After a long while, someone came up to send a message, saying that the head of the family, Xiao Guitu, had come to pay homage to the ancestor.

Xiao Chuting responded slowly. Xiao Guitu, dressed in plain clothes and with a face full of joy, hurried up from the mountain road and said respectfully:

"The younger generation returns to Tutu and pays homage to the real person!"

"Um."

Xiao Chuting glanced at him and said warmly:

"Chi Buzi has been looking for you."

Xiao Guitu bowed and replied:

"With the magic weapon left by the ancestor to protect him, Gui Tu will not collapse in front of the real person Qingchi, but... he was still affected by the magical power and asked Gui Luan and the Li Family Zi Mansion."

Xiao Chuting shook his head and said softly:

"It doesn't matter. Chi Buzi has been to Wangyue Lake and returned to the Qingchi Sect honestly. I don't know if he was injured or not. He must have been warned by the Zifu behind the Li family and retreated quickly."

Xiao Guitu nodded thoughtfully and said doubtfully:

"But the Demon Cave in Dali Mountain?"

Xiao Chuting was silent for a while, but finally did not speak. Then he changed the subject and replied:

"Send someone to Nanhai to bring Xiao Yuansi back, so that you don't have to wait in Guiluan."

"yes!"

Xiao Guitu understood this and stepped back.

Under the title of Worry Peak.

Xiao Guiluan stayed at Xiao's house for less than half a month and asked his old friends to inquire about Yu Shan.

When his father heard that it was the Xiao Li family, he was determined not to see Li Qingxiao, but after placing dozens of spiritual stones, he immediately knocked on the door and opened the door to a girl, quite eagerly.

Xiao Guiluan was not surprised. His father was a greedy and mean person, and he was in harmony with his brother Xiao Guitu. This door was able to be knocked open, not only because the gift was valuable, but also because Xiao Guitu had acquiesced.

After bribing the connections within the peak and secretly supporting Xiao Guitu, Yu Shan's affairs were naturally settled. Xianyou Peak also sent several guests to stabilize the situation.

Good news also came one after another. Xiao Yuansi had been away from Lianyou Peak. Xiao Guiluan was still wondering when to wait, but suddenly heard the news of Xiao Yuansi's return.

Perhaps when Xiao Chuting returns, the manpower of Youfeng can be mobilized, and Xiao Yuansi is also transferred back from Nanhai.

Xiao Guiluan hurriedly came to ask for an audience, and Xiao Yuansi readily agreed, so Xiao Guiluan handed the alchemy furnace to Li Ximing and asked him to stay at Xiao's house before saying goodbye and going back.

When I returned to the Li family, I saw that the two main pillars, Li Yuanjiao and Li Qinghong, had closed their doors. I understood that the family should have stabilized and there was nothing major, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

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Two years passed by in a hurry. Li Yuanjiao waited for two years, but he didn't hear any news about Qingchi Sect, nor did Qingchi Sect's Zifu come out of the sky. He waited day and night, thinking that the immortal official had hidden the truth from Qingchi Sect. , and then I relaxed a little.

The Demonic Disaster Rebellion no longer had the appearance of a collective mass movement, destroying several counties. The scurrying Demonic Cultivators spread their Demonic Arts to the entire Yue Kingdom and even Wu Xu, becoming a more frequent and steady stream of minor disasters.

During this period, demonic powers were also spread to the Li family. Under the rule of the Li family, the household registration was complete and strict. The demonic cultivators were often discovered after eating only one or two people and were killed easily. The fetal breath demonic cultivators were not strong and were easy to deal with.

The Li family's once-in-five-year sacrifice ceremony has come again, and there is Chi Buzi's blood bead. This time the preparations for the sacrifice are extra grand, but Dali Mountain cannot be entered and exited at will. Li Qinghong left the seclusion and broke through the sixth level of Qi training, preparing to start. This time the sacrifice comes.

The Li family has no shortage of qi-training monks now, but the sacrifices are kept secret. If they want help from someone, they have to make many excuses, so they have to do it themselves and search in Wangyue Lake.

Watching the moon at the bottom of the lake.

The water at the bottom of the lake was sparkling, and the dark water flow was surging, bringing up streams of gray turbidity. The two of them stood in the water, the Dharma light on their bodies deliberately dimmed, and they waited patiently.

Li Qinghong's jade armor was an heirloom of the An family back then. It had its own water-avoiding spell and was quite comfortable in the water. Li Yuanjiao practiced the "River Qi Jue" and was even more at ease with it.

Wangyue Lake is very deep, and there is no shortage of monsters that have built foundations. The two of them carefully searched for two months before they found a catfish monster with no background.

"Gulu gulu..."

The distant water rushed towards their faces. Li Yuanjiao and Li Qinghong looked at each other and nodded lightly.

Then I saw a beast swimming very fast in the dark water bottom. It was as big as a house, its long fish whiskers were swinging around, and its big mouth was swallowing in the water. After swallowing a few times, it spit out a few broken bones.

‘The forehead is flat, the face is low, and the saliva is sticky and slippery. It is indeed a catfish monster. ’

This catfish demon is only at the fourth level of Qi training. His bloodline is too poor, and he has no inheritance or sanity. However, he is good at water control and swims very fast. If he is frightened, he will immediately run away. Naturally, the two of them cannot catch up in the water.

Besides, this monster is not very sane and wanders around randomly, and there is a foundation-building monster at the bottom of Wangyue Lake. If it enters the territory of some monster general, the two of them will be in trouble.

Li Yuanjiao was worried about this for a while, so he went to Yuan's house to rent a middle-grade Qi-training water element array [Muddy Water Talisman Flow Formation]. While the catfish demon was out looking for food, he set it up in the cave and waited. This monster.

Seeing the catfish monster moving forward stupidly, Li Yuanjiao squeezed it in his hand, and a blue light rippled out. A blue light mask instantly rose from the bottom of the lake, integrating it with the lake water, isolating the inside and outside.

The catfish jumped up as if frightened, turned around nimbly, and swam out like an arrow. It hit the [Muddy Water Talisman Formation] with a bang, causing the entire formation to shake slightly.

The catfish demon had rough skin and thick flesh, but he didn't react at all. He stayed for a moment, changed direction, and tried to escape again.

"It's done!"

This monster obviously had no experience in fighting monks and didn't even know the formation. Li Yuanjiao was troubled by his water-bending technique. He let out a soft cry and immediately drew his sword and stepped forward.

"Buzzing..."

The lake water was broken open by the bright white sword energy, leaving two long waves. The catfish demon spat out his mouth, and the water waves condensed and turned into layers of large shields.

This spell is very crude. At first glance, it looks like a wild monster. It has no magic power. The arc of the Yue Que sword comes in force, breaking through the layers of water shields and making a small hole in the body of the catfish monster.

This catfish monster is huge, has hard scales, and is protected by mucus. However, the sword arc still hurts the monster's scales and bones, causing it to roll on the ground in pain. Li Yuanjiao swung his sword again, and Li Qinghong on the side couldn't bear it. , said loudly:

"Brother, my sword energy is so strong that I'm afraid I'm going to kill this monster. My thunder method is good at defeating and capturing it alive. Why don't you let me do it?"

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