Read Novel Full Chapter 1213: Chapter 1207: The Wanted Poster
Chapter 1213: Chapter 1207: The Wanted Poster
The clansmen gathered together.
Li Yaoqing guarded Uncle Rain’s jade cup, continuously distributing spiritual liquid to the descendants.
The spiritual liquid in the cup flowed endlessly; even Li Yaoqing was unsure when this liquid, accumulated over tens of thousands of years, would finally be exhausted.
In just a short day, the information on the interface dazzled Li Wei’s eyes.
[Your descendant Li Chuhong’s internal spiritual qi has reached the limit of Foundation Establishment; he is entering secluded cultivation to prepare for the breakthrough to the Golden Core realm.]
[Your descendant Li Jianning, utilizing a massive amount of spiritual qi, has forged three hundred Golden Cores. The spiritual power of his remaining Golden Cores has reached completion, breaking through to the mid Nascent Soul realm!]
[Your descendant…]
Even if this spiritual qi could not be digested immediately, it could be accumulated in the dantian, sparing them the effort of absorbing heaven and earth spiritual qi.
Now, after so many years had passed for the family, three more generations had emerged: the ‘Gong’, ‘Ming’, and ‘Feng’ generations.
The ‘Feng’ generation in particular consisted entirely of young toddlers.
For them to obtain so much spiritual liquid at such a tender age, as long as their aptitude was decent, they could enter secluded cultivation early, spending vast amounts of time altering their aptitudes and spiritual roots.
Thirty years old was the best time for Foundation Establishment; just imagine a nine-year-old child spending twenty-one years in secluded cultivation to build their foundation.
“This is the foundation of tens of thousands of years.”
Li Wei glanced at his excited descendants, a smile surfacing on his face.
He also gradually began his secluded cultivation.
…
Li Jianning consumed the spiritual liquid. Feeling the majestic spiritual qi within his body, his eyes lit up.
“Master and the Divine Tree are both amazing. The method they taught really works. I now have four hundred Golden Cores.
Now that I’ve reached the Nascent Soul realm, my cultivation speed truly has become faster and faster.
With the family’s spiritual liquid on top of that, it won’t be many years before I can break through to the Divinity Transformation realm.”
“There’s also the matter the Old Ancestor asked me to inquire about…”
After pondering for a moment, Li Jianning immediately went to the rear mountain to request an audience with his Master.
The rear mountain remained tranquil. A gentle breeze blew past, and Ancestor Lan suddenly appeared before Li Jianning.
Sensing the majestic spiritual qi currently residing in Li Jianning’s body, along with the numerous Golden Cores, the old man’s eyes instantly widened.
For the past few years, Li Jianning had been cultivating at the Azure Cloud Li Clan, yet upon returning, he had already broken through to the Nascent Soul realm!
This caused Ancestor Lan to feel deep anxiety.
He tightly grabbed Li Jianning’s shoulders, continuously probing him while muttering,
“Impossible, how could someone be better at teaching disciples than me? Speak! Who taught you to cultivate like this?”
Li Jianning was startled. However, recalling that the Old Ancestor had told him not to expose the secret of the Divine Tree, and knowing he couldn’t lie to his Master, he thought for a moment and said, “It was my family’s Old Ancestor.”
“…” Ancestor Lan fell into deep thought.
Judging by the bizarre phenomena on Li Jianning’s body and this level of disciple-teaching ability, he figured the Li Clan’s Old Ancestor could finally somewhat catch a glimpse of his back.
He figured that the Li Clan’s ability to develop to this point in less than a millennium, producing so many geniuses, was entirely due to the existence of the Li Clan’s Old Ancestor.
However, the Li Clan’s Old Ancestor had mastered spatial rules and was completely elusive.
Not even Ancestor Lan could deduce his whereabouts, so he abandoned the thought of having a profound exchange with him.
Li Jianning casually chatted with Ancestor Lan for a bit before asking directly,
“Master, the family elders feel that the matter of Uncle Rain attacking Azure Cloud Prefecture was bizarre.
They suspect it has something to do with the Empress, so they sent this disciple to inform you of a thing or two.”
“What else did your family elders say?” Ancestor Lan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Li Jianning said solemnly,
“The elders speculate that the one the Empress is trying to deal with should be you.
They stationed troops in Grandhaven Prefecture, and the family investigated their preparations; this was a move to turn the Southern Frontier into a death trap.
Once our Li Clan perishes, the pact with the Wu Tribe becomes void, leaving all factions in the Southern Frontier with only one path—a fight to the death against the Wu Tribe.”
“The family elders deduced that the Empress’s actions must have a goal, and that goal lies with the Body Integration mighty figures in the Southern Frontier.”
Ancestor Lan frowned, “Why did they deduce that it was me?”
“Because you are the oldest.”
Ancestor Lan’s breath hitched. That made sense. He then waved his hand,
“Tell your Li Clan elders to rest easy; a mere Empress cannot stir up any massive waves.
The Li Clan suffering this time shares some karmic connection with me. I will resolve it myself and make that little girl in the imperial court behave.”
“Yes, Master.” Li Jianning’s expression turned odd.
His Master loved to brag, and it wasn’t good to expose him. However, he also saw that the Old Ancestor’s guess was right. Yet, his Master seemed to have some misgivings and failed to disclose the reason.
Just as he was about to leave, he was abruptly pulled back by Ancestor Lan.
Before he could ask anything, he saw his Master’s solemn face, along with a book placed in front of him.
“This Ancestor thought it over again and again, and over the years, I’ve created a method for you called the Yin-Yang Reversal Art. Try it out.”
“What is its effect?”
“It dissipates Yang qi and transforms it into Yin softness, allowing your seven hundred and twenty dantians to merge into one.
You should have heard of the eunuchs in the imperial palace; if one wishes to practice a divine art, a certain price must inevitably be paid.”
“Master, this disciple wishes to be an upright and proper man. You can have the Sect Master practice it.”
Li Jianning fled the rear mountain as if his life depended on it.
He wandered around the sect but suddenly stopped.
Looking toward the sect disciples’ affairs noticeboard, he saw a wanted poster.
[Inner Sect Disciple Li Chuyuan: Colluded with the Peerless Hall without authorization and secretly practiced the demonic art ‘Corpse-Stitching Art’.]
[Reward for his death: One Supreme-Grade Spiritual Artifact.]
Li Jianning stood in a daze for a long time.
Once the murderous crisis of the rainy night in Azure Cloud Prefecture had passed, the matter regarding Han Ju couldn’t be hidden at all.
The Sect’s investigative methods were extraordinary; they ferreted out a total of twenty-seven people harboring Dao Seeds from the Peerless Hall.
One must know that the sect’s disciples and elders combined numbered no more than three thousand, meaning spies accounted for nearly one percent of them.
Following the trail of clues, they tracked it down to Li Chuyuan.
However, seeing that the situation in Azure Cloud Prefecture had turned unfavorable, Li Chuyuan had already fled to parts unknown.
Grandhaven Prefecture, Main City.
On the bustling street, within an immortal pavilion where only cultivators could enter, the fragrance of tea permeated the air.
These cultivators were no different from ordinary people, mostly engaged in lively conversation.
“The Azure Cloud Prefecture’s Li Clan has produced a Body Integration mighty figure!”
“I heard even Uncle Rain died by their hands! The ancient rain-dispensing Uncle Rain, tsk tsk.”
“Rumor has it the Azure Cloud Li Clan has the protection of an ancient mighty figure, which allowed them to survive until now.
Their top Void Refining experts aren’t afraid of Body Integration experts in the Western Frontier.
Who would have thought their local defense force in Azure Cloud Prefecture was even stronger than what they have in the Western Frontier? Uncle Rain really met his match.”
“Right now, many hidden factions in the Imperial Dynasty have gone to Azure Cloud Prefecture to congratulate the Fire Ancestor. What a grand occasion.”
“Look, that’s the spirit boat of the legendary Giant Spirit Immortal Clan! They’ve also gone to congratulate the Azure Cloud Li Clan. The Giant Spirit Immortal Clan has existed even longer than the Imperial Dynasty.”
“…”
In a corner, a handsome man drank his tea in silence, the lingering sorrow on his face impossible to shake off.
It was none other than Li Chuyuan, who had fled from the Eternal Immortal Sect.
He watched the massive spirit boat fly across the cloudy sky. Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from it, the gloom in his eyes deepened.
“Was I wrong? How could the clan be so powerful?”
Even after nearly two years, Li Chuyuan still couldn’t forget that rainy night.
He had originally acted together with Han Ju, leading Han Ju and over a hundred powerful cultivators to one of the family’s Grotto-Heavens, precisely the one belonging to the Martial branch.
He originally hailed from the Martial branch and occasionally returned under the guise of a Li Clan descendant, so he believed he knew the Martial branch like the back of his hand.
It was clearly meant to be a guaranteed kill. Once the numerous cultivators broke in, they would just leave some young blood alive in the family, and in the future, he would be able to lead the clan forward.
But who would have known that he had never truly understood his immortal clan at all.
It was a trap. The Immortal Martial Grotto-Heaven was filled with Spirit Puppets, and waiting in ambush outside were the Azure Cloud Sun Clan, Fairy Hongxiu, and Supreme Elder Pu Ci.
Following the self-destruction of the Spirit Puppets, amidst the blazing firelight, he only saw Han Ju besieged by two great Void Refining experts, while countless cultivators charged in.
Knowing there was no hope left, he fled without hesitation.
With this flight, he could never return to Azure Cloud Prefecture, and even the Eternal Immortal Sect had issued a wanted poster for him.
As news of Azure Cloud Prefecture trickled in, he realized the world was completely ignorant of Azure Cloud Prefecture’s true strength.
No one knew that when he heard this news, it felt as though a hand was strangling his heart, leaving him breathless.
The Fire Ancestor breaking through to become a Body Integration mighty figure;
The Qing Ancestor, with her Nature spirit having no equal within the Void Refining realm;
The number one person below the Body Integration realm, Banshu Ao, suspected to have died at the hands of Supreme Elder Yunlin;
The Dao Domain Bodhisattva riding a dragon and battling fiercely in all directions; Daoist Heavenly Heart Li Zhiheng…
“How could Uncle Rain lose? How could we lose? How could the family be this powerful?!!”
Li Chuyuan muttered to himself. Even today, it all felt like a dream.
Then there was his grandfather Li Jianning and his granduncle Li Jianshu—these two elders, who had once been relegated to the bottom of the barrel, had now climbed onto the Imperial Dynasty’s ‘Nascent Divinity Rankings’.
As the family grew ever more prosperous, those two pieces of trash, Li Qiuming and Li Chuxiu, were inheriting a family rising like the midday sun.
“All of this should have been mine. Fate has never favored me. Never.”
Li Chuyuan took a fierce gulp of wine and slammed his cup down.
A trace of ruthlessness flashed across his face as he clutched his dantian.
“But fate has always been in my hands. What originally belonged to me will all return to my hands!”
A white dove landed on the windowsill of the teahouse, and Li Chuyuan slowly left his seat.
Grandhaven City harbored a secret place.
Li Chuyuan passed through an array formation and arrived at the underground area beneath Grandhaven City.
He saw countless cultivators—a rough estimate put the number at four thousand—which mildly shocked his heart.
“What a massive force the Peerless Hall has. Do they all have Dao Seeds just like me?”
Since fleeing Azure Cloud Prefecture nearly two years ago, he increasingly felt the terror of the Peerless Hall.
They were omnipresent, their members potentially cultivators from any major family.
Li Chuyuan could faintly sense that they were controlling the entire Imperial Dynasty.
Today, more and more members were arriving in Grandhaven Prefecture, which quite puzzled Li Chuyuan.
He then heard they were to prepare for battle.
“Battle?”
Li Chuyuan was quite perplexed. Then, he saw the cultivator who had just been speaking with great momentum on the stage approach him.
The Peerless Hall was divided into Ordinary Members, Commanders, Envoy Commanders, Elders, and finally, the two Lords of the Peerless Hall.
The higher the rank, the more secrets one knew.
The cultivator approaching was the Envoy Commander for this operation.
The Envoy Commander, an old man with a kindly appearance radiating a powerful, icy demonic aura, looked at Li Chuyuan with considerable appreciation.
“Chuyuan, you have been in Grandhaven Prefecture for two years, and your cultivation is quite good.
You’ve also solved many troublesome matters for me over these two years. Are you willing to become a Commander?”
“This subordinate is willing!” Li Chuyuan was overjoyed.
After working for the Peerless Hall and obtaining the Corpse-Stitching Art, he had already gained immense benefits. By becoming a Commander, he would only gain even more.
After discussing for a moment, Li Chuyuan asked in confusion, “Lord Envoy Commander, you mentioned preparing for battle. Why is that?”
“Do you know of the Western Frontier?” the Envoy Commander smiled faintly.
“This subordinate has heard a little.”
“Sooner or later, the entire Western Frontier will be ours.” The Envoy Commander’s expression was calm, as if speaking of the easiest thing in the world.
“From Deston Prefecture to Grandhaven Prefecture, past Grandhaven Prefecture to Clearpeak Prefecture and Westfall Prefecture, all the way to your Azure Cloud Prefecture. All of it will fall into our hands.”
“What we need to do is prepare for battle and welcome our Lord.”
“Azure Cloud Prefecture…” Hearing that familiar place, a bright light flashed in Li Chuyuan’s eyes.
Puzzled, he asked the Envoy Commander,
“Lord Envoy Commander, this subordinate fled from Azure Cloud Prefecture and is still a wanted man.
With so many experts here in Grandhaven Prefecture, why has Your Lordship entrusted me with such a heavy responsibility?”
A trace of nostalgia flashed across the Envoy Commander’s aged face. “I have some history with your Azure Cloud Li Clan.”
“Lord Envoy Commander is…”
“You may call me… the Fox Saint.”
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