Read Novel Full Chapter 1157: Chapter 1151: The Future Belongs To You
Chapter 1157: Chapter 1151: The Future Belongs To You
Another winter arrived.
Li Wei appeared all over the Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Throughout the twenty-four Regions of the Azure Cloud Prefecture, family descendants from the Northern Frontier, the Imperial Capital… as long as they were from the northern lands, all the descendants converged toward the Azure Cloud Prefecture.
The major Grotto-Heavens guarded strategic locations, capable of advancing to attack or retreating to defend.
If enemies dared to enter the Azure Cloud Prefecture, they would find themselves trapped in a twenty-four-point encirclement.
[Family Descendants: 12,083]
Inside the Immortal Martial Grotto-Heaven.
At this time, the clansmen were collecting the family resources.
These were all cultivation products that could be refined under the family’s current production chains.
The most eye-catching among them were several large bamboo baskets of medicinal pills, exuding a mouth-watering aura of vital blood energy, mostly a vibrant, bloody red.
[Divine Blood Pill: Developed over many years by Li Yaoqing, primarily made from diluted blood of the Three Corpses of Ling Tian, supplemented by various heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Consumers will experience an enhanced physique and form a surge of vital blood energy within their bodies. Refining it grants 2 to 5 years of spiritual energy cultivation.]
[Nether Blood Pill: Refined over many years by Li Yaoqing, crafted from Nether Dragon Blood combined with heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Consumers will experience an enhanced physique and have an extremely low probability of acquiring a Darkness spiritual root.]
[Shaman Human Pill: Using the Wu Tribe as the catalyst, their flesh and blood are refined into pills.
Consumption can increase cultivation by 1 to 3 years. It can be taken once every five years; otherwise, there is a high probability of falling into the demonic path.]
[Beast Blood…]
Additionally, various other spiritual pills were refined entirely from mass-produced heavenly materials and earthly treasures, making them pills that the family could produce in bulk.
The major Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands also had their own specialties, refined internally by their respective members.
The same was true for Dharma Artifacts, spiritual array compasses, and talismans.
Aside from the standard-issue Ancestral Spirit Tablets, Demon Suppression Talismans, and Hidden Edge Swords, a few new standard items had been added.
[Sarira Spirit Compass: Blessed by Li Kuanghua’s Buddhist Dharma, this array is constructed using the bones of various elemental living beings as its foundation.
It possesses multi-elemental spiritual power. Cultivating within the compass increases the absorption rate of worldly spiritual energy and can also be used for self-defense.]
[Visualization Talisman: This talisman incorporates the souls of demonic beasts, Wu Tribe members, and humans, recording the enlightenment they gained during their lifetimes to enhance the user’s comprehension.
Combined with the Buddhist Heart-Clearing Mantra, it maintains the clarity of the Spirit Soul.]
[Sacred Heart Spirit-Gathering Pendant: Centered around the ‘Silence Maw Bloodstone’ from the Underworld, it has been nurtured for years inside Li Yunlin’s ‘Skyveil Hall’ and Li Zhiheng’s ‘Sacred Heart Domain’, imbued with the power of myriad laws.
Wearing it constantly enhances one’s personal comprehension.]
The clansmen who had previously ventured into the rear of the Wu Tribe emanated powerful auras.
Having experienced numerous great battles behind enemy lines, they brimmed with killing intent.
On the other side were the children who had cultivated obediently within the major Grotto-Heavens for years.
Only the Demon Suppression Lineage and the Silver Moon Lineage, due to their complex environments, possessed a bit more of a murderous edge.
This time, they had all returned to the Azure Cloud Prefecture.
[Due to the incident of the ‘Ten Deadly Sins’ and the Empress’s apprehension, your family has altered its strategy in response to the covetous gazes of numerous cultivators outside the Azure Cloud Prefecture.]
[The major branch lineages will retain their industries, and experts will be dispatched at regular intervals to protect these branches.
This also serves as a tempering experience, and guarding the branch families rewards merit points.
The family’s children can select clan missions to earn merit, which can be exchanged for stronger cultivation resources.]
[The family’s descendants will develop with the Azure Cloud Prefecture as their foundation.]
Within the long queue.
An elderly couple could be seen leading two pairs of men and women—one middle-aged and one young—along with six children ranging in age from three to twelve.
Li Wei’s expression shifted slightly.
The old man was named Li Qiuheng. He bore a scar on his face, and his sparse vital blood energy made his steps falter.
Li Wei remembered him; on the spirit boat returning from the Northern Frontier, he was among the clansmen whose lifespans were nearing their end.
“What a grand occasion, what a grand occasion.” Li Qiuheng’s voice was hoarse.
Unable to suppress the joy on his wrinkled, kindly face, his cloudy eyes shimmered with unshed tears.
Seeing his father’s agitation, the son beside him hurriedly moved to support him, but Li Qiuheng pushed him away.
The old man gazed at the clansmen in all directions, at the old comrades who had once ventured with him to the rear of the Wu Tribe and still retained their vigor, and at the young people gathered from the major branch families.
He laughed heartily and said, “Years ago, when the family established branches all over the world, each of our lineages cultivated its own abilities. We had places for tempering everywhere; those were territories under our control.”
“In the future, no matter what happens to the Azure Cloud Prefecture, our descendants will be able to go elsewhere to temper themselves.
Using the territories we’ve occupied over the past two hundred years as a foundation to acquire an endless stream of resources, our Li Clan will prosper and flourish forever.”
Speaking these words consumed too much of his energy, leaving him breathless and panting endlessly.
The middle-aged man beside him urged anxiously, “Father, you should go back and rest. I can collect the resource provisions.”
However, Li Qiuheng ignored him. Smoothing his breath, he smiled radiantly and gathered all the children of his household around him, caressing their heads with his aged hands.
A toddler wearing a dudou, intimidated by the old man’s wrinkles and sensing he looked different from the others, shrank back slightly.
Li Qiuheng didn’t mind. Babbling to the younger generation of his household, his gaze suddenly grew distant.
“This old man’s spiritual root was poor, but back then, I simply refused to accept my fate.
Following the family’s spirit boats, I went to the Western Frontier, and I went to the Imperial Capital. Yet, I couldn’t even reach the seventh layer of Qi Condensation.”
“Later, a letter from the Family Head instructed us to go to the Western Frontier.
This old man lacked strength, and there were many in our generation with poor cultivation.
Seven or eight of us brothers discussed it for half a day, concluding that, ultimately, we couldn’t go to such a dangerous place. Guess what happened?”
“The next day, only one person didn’t board the spirit boat.”
A naive seven or eight-year-old child blinked and asked, “Great-Grandpa, was he a coward?”
The old man affectionately stroked the child’s face, shaking his head with a smile.
“Our generations accomplished two things, both of which were monumental for our family.
One group of us opened up new lands and secured new resources, but lost the freedom to travel elsewhere.
The other group, like this old man, went to many places and brought back a body full of scars, but we saw many, many different things on your behalf.”
“This old man is old. The future belongs to you.”
After finishing his words, Li Qiuheng and the children gradually merged into the crowd.
The predecessors plant the trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade.
The older generation will vanish into the torrents of history, remaining only on the genealogy records, while the descendants will continue walking the paths paved by their predecessors, treading much easier.
Li Wei smiled faintly as he looked at the long queue of his clan, before disappearing from where he stood.
When he reappeared, he had already arrived in the northern part of the Azure Cloud Prefecture.
There stood the highest mountain range in the entire Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Now, starting from the mountainside, this mountain was gradually freezing into a massive iceberg.
At this time, the father-daughter pair, Li Xinri and Li Zhijing, were staring blankly ahead at Li Xinjue, who was training the descendants of the Silver Moon Lineage.
“Who would dare provoke them?”
Li Xinri muttered.
He saw the children of the Silver Moon Lineage ahead, bare-chested, sprinting madly in the freezing environment.
They were dodging the ‘Silver Needle Trees’, a hazard unique to harsh winters.
These trees were covered in sharp thorns. In the forest, one had to keep running; otherwise, standing for too long would cause agonizing pain in the feet from the cold.
But the more they ran, the more the thorns on the trees would slash their bodies.
This kind of cultivation scene was a top-tier tempering of human will and mental fortitude.
After these children finished running, they were sent back to soak in the spiritual pool to recover their bodies, which also enhanced their physiques to a certain extent.
Li Xinri couldn’t imagine just how powerful these children would become when they grew up.
[The descendants of the Silver Moon Lineage, having undergone secret and cruel cultivation since childhood, have acquired the Group Trait: Leaving the Novice Village in Tears.]
[For those who undergo the Silver Moon Lineage’s cultivation, combat power increases by 30%, mental fortitude by 20%, and physique by 10%.
The probability of acquiring a negative trait increases by 10%. Not a single child can leave the Silver Moon Lineage smiling.]
“The Silver Moon Lineage is almost entirely made up of such ruthless people,” Li Zhijing exclaimed in admiration.
“They cultivate like this from childhood, growing up crying all the way, and ultimately becoming assassins.
I heard that the thing they want to do most when they grow up is to beat up their elders.”
“So they suffered this much since childhood. No wonder they eat so ravenously when they visit our Demon Suppression Lineage.”
Li Xinri suddenly realized the truth, but then he jumped in fright.
Li Xinjue had silently turned into a shadow and appeared right beside him, scaring him half to death.
“Are you trying to get yourself killed?!”
Nowadays, he neither visited brothels nor gambled. Cursing Li Xinjue upon meeting him had become Li Xinri’s new habit.
Li Xinjue ignored his older brother’s foul mouth and asked expressionlessly, “Brother Ri, have the clansmen from Northern Frontier City been settled properly?”
Hearing this, Li Xinri waved his hand. “A little over three hundred came.”
“A little over three hundred?” Li Xinjue frowned.
The clansmen in Northern Frontier City numbered over a thousand.
Beside them, Li Zhijing grinned.
“When we moved from Northern Frontier City, not many were willing to come with us.
Grandpa’s concubines didn’t want to leave; their home is in Northern Frontier City.
From now on, you all will cultivate on the mountain, and we will tame beasts at the foot of the mountain.”
“That is for the best,” Li Xinjue nodded slightly.
Among those who stayed in Northern Frontier City were his and Li Xinri’s respective mothers and brothers.
But when the matter of the Ten Deadly Sins emerged, the first reaction of those relatives was to seize power.
Leaving them in Northern Frontier City granted their wishes, and having them watch over the family’s properties along the way was the best possible outcome.
“Where is Father?” Li Xinjue asked again.
Li Xinri frowned.
He originally thought that by breaking through to such a high realm, his father would look at him in a new light.
This was indeed the case in Northern Frontier City, but upon arriving in the Azure Cloud Prefecture, his father had returned to his cold, distant demeanor.
He said casually,
“Dad can’t stay idle. You know him, he fought in the Northern Frontier for so long.
Suddenly having no battles to fight, he went to the Eternal Immortal Sect to wait for the people from the major factions of the Department of Immortal Suppression to arrive, just so he can join the fun.”
“Speaking of which, we aren’t used to it either. The clansmen will probably need a few years to adapt.”
Li Zhijing shrugged, pointing at the iceberg.
“Fortunately, the Qiu Clan had quite a few good treasures, so now we have an iceberg in the Azure Cloud Prefecture too.
I really don’t know what the Qiu Clan was thinking back then. Being used to staying in the snowy mountains, how could they possibly get used to the South?”
Hearing this, Li Wei looked toward the entire iceberg.
Last year’s assault on the Qiu Clan Immortal Mountain—a major faction that had existed in the Northern Frontier for tens of thousands of years—had truly granted the family considerable benefits.
In the core of this iceberg was a massive, twenty-plus-meter-tall rhombohedral crystal.
It was also the treasure that maintained the entire iceberg’s environment to perfectly mimic the Northern Frontier.
[Tier-4 Natural Crystal Vein]
[Formed over millions of years from the underground spiritual veins of the Northern Frontier under freezing conditions, the spiritual vein has turned into ice crystals.
It can imbue an area with ice and snow spiritual energy, and over time, generate Ice Demons.]
Aside from this.
Inside the iceberg, there was also a giant nest, which was the true secret treasure of the entire Qiu Clan Immortal Mountain.
The nest was structured like a beehive, emitting a bone-chilling cold.
The environment was intricate and complex; an ordinary person entering would inevitably lose their way.
Li Wei had a deep impression of this particular item.
[Supreme-Grade Dharma Treasure: Ancient Ice Demon Nest]
[Corpses can be placed inside the nest, and over the years, they will transform into Ice Demons.
In one year, a corpse can transform into a Demonic Beast; in ten years, an Ice Spirit Demonic Beast; in a hundred years, an Ice Demon King… Killing them yields ‘Ice Demon Beast Cores’.
Maintaining the nest requires a massive amount of Spirit Stones and spiritual energy.]
[Through the Qiu Clan’s secret alchemy arts, Ice Spirit secret arts, and Ice Spirit arrays, consuming Ice Demon Cores can consolidate meridians and increase cultivation.
There is a minute probability of acquiring an ‘Ice Spiritual Root’.]
Now, this item was managed by Li Zhijing.
Li Zhijing was a Beast Tamer and possessed the ‘Heavenly Demon Rune Seed’.
Now that she had the ‘Ancient Ice Demon Nest’, if the demonic beasts she controlled died, placing them inside the nest would turn them into Ice Demons.
Corpses from the Wu Tribe battlefield sent into the nest could also become Ice Demons.
When the Ice Demons died, their cores would be dug out and given to the clansmen for cultivation, creating a perfect, virtuous cycle.
Li Wei took an extra look at Li Zhijing, his expression filled with gratification.
It was foreseeable that Li Zhijing would become the absolute best candidate to manage the family’s ‘Ice Spiritual Root’ cultivation base.
The Qiu Immortal Clan possessed many Dharma Treasures and cultivation methods, but Azure Cloud Prefecture was located in the Southern Frontier.
The family surprisingly couldn’t find a single person possessing a mutated Ice Spiritual Root, nor had anyone ever come into contact with such techniques.
Their corpses were either sent to Li Dalong or left for Dabao’s breakthrough.
However, Li Xinjue gained quite a few benefits from cultivators like Qiu Xunfa, who specialized in ‘Shadow’ techniques.
[Your descendant Li Xinjue has obtained the Earth-Tier cultivation method “Absolute Shadow Art” practiced by Qiu Xunfa.
He can physically enter shadows, appearing and disappearing unpredictably.]
[Obtained Mid-Grade Dharma Treasure: Turbid Jade Pendant]
[Where there is darkness, there is turbidity. Blending into it makes one virtually undetectable by gods or ghosts.
Can teleport short distances to instantly appear in the opponent’s shadow.]
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