The quietest ones in the distance were the "Kuang" geion and Li gsheng.

  They were truly arrogant at the Azure artial Pavilion, arrogant even towards the younger geion under fifty. But now...

  "Amitabha."

  Hearing their elders talking about the past, reting their transgressions against Buddhist precepts, Li Kuangshi and Li Kuangcai began ting scriptures loudly.

  They had been cultivating both the demonid Buddhist paths ihunderfire Cave for so long, and only now did they learn about some of their elders' past deeds. Buddha would certainly not five them, and even demon cultivators... probably wouldn't accept them either.

  The other four also sat up straight, listening attentively.

  They listeo their elders whispering amongst themselves.

  "We're not leaving this time after we return," one said.

  "Won't that be b? But there's no other way. It's all Wu territory now. We occasionally go out and py with the Wu ."

  "What do you mean, b? Don't we still have the younger geion? Remember how the eion tormented us? It's time to get our revenge on the youngsters!"

  "Hehehe."

  "..."

  Cold sweat trickled down their foreheads as memories of those years spent adventuring with their elders flooded their minds. These elders truly risked their lives for fun... and very few of them were normal.

  Then, everyone's gaze fell upon Li gsheng, who was holding an infant with disabilities.

  At this moment, the child was still i and ignorant of the world.

  "Kuangren, what are you doing?" Feng Mi looked at Li Kuangren, who had abruptly stood up, with a puzzled expression. At this time, the two were not yet married.

  Li Kuangren gave Feng Mi a reassuring smile.

  Then, with a determined expression, he announced, "Elders, I have something important to say."

  "Hmm?"

  Everyone looked towards the children of the fifth geion.

  Li Kuangren poi Li gsheng and decred, "I think this boy has been in the Jun Prince's Mansion for too long. He's bee a spoiled noble brat, his temperament is undisciplined, and he's incapable of being educated."

  "Ah?"

  Li gsheng looked at his father with a dumbfounded expression. Just the day before yesterday, his father had praised him for his excellent aptitude and good nature, calling him a first-rate boy.

  Under everyone's gaze, Li Kuanghua also stood up, her expression serious. "Yes, I heard he's been bullying men and women iy. We have a responsibility to properly discipline him."

  "I..." Li gsheng's eyes grew wider and wider.

  He had never done such a thing!

  "Agreed!"

  Li Kuangtu sat up straight and raised his hand.

  Li Kuangming, who had rushed back from the Gu family with his people after today's battle, also said in a deep voice, "We've already discussed it. We really 't do anything with him, so we have no choice but to hand him over to you elders."

  "???"

  Li gsheng looked at this uncle in disbelief. He had met Li Kuangming for the first time today.

  Then, looking at the elders who seemed to be eyeing him like prey, and then at his parents who sat down with a sigh of relief, Li gsheng's face turned into a mask of despair.

  At this moment, he uood.

  'Spoiled noble brat' was their lie. He guessed that his parents didn't want to be taken away for cultivation by the eion like they had been for the past twenty years, so they threw him out as a shield.

  "Ahem, I'm going to the bathroom."

  Li gsheng couldn't stand the gazes of the elders any longer. He stood up, hahe baby in his arms to his mother, and figured expnations were useless now; the elders seemed quite ied in this situation.

  Farewell, my family. Today, I, Li gsheng, will embark on a long journey...

  "Where are you going?"

  Suddenly, the entire dining hall fell silent. Li gsheng, who was about to run away from home, froze. A haed on his shoulder.

  He slowly turned his head and caught sight of the hand on his shoulder, which was emitting bck mist.

  Looking back at the elders, he saw that everyone was momentarily stuhen their eyes widened in disbelief, until finally, they were overe with untainable joy and fervor.

  "Aor!"

  "Your desdant greets you, Aor!"

  "Aor has appeared again! You have desded from the Upper Realm once more!"

  ...

  [Aor Time]

  [tdown...]

  Ba the game world again!

  Li Wei looked at the eyes of his members. He had been watg them talk and ugh; this was the se he had dreamed of for many years!

  The desdants of the Li family were all gathered together.

  He could have a meal with his members, watch them ugh and chat happily, ahem with his own eyes.

  For this, he was willing to spend a lot of "inse value," just like someone who works hard all year round and is willing to spend their hard-earned savings to go home for the New Year.

  No matter how far the journey or how much it costs, they want to see the ges in their family with their own eyes, return to a true safe haven, ahe warmth of family and the ck of deception that they don't have iside world.

  Li Wei felt it; he was even a little teary-eyed.

  Li Dalong and his wife, Li Yaozu, Li Yaotie, Li Yaoqing, Li Yaowen... they were all so real. They were looking at him with excitement, just like the excitement he felt in his heart.

  And the silly Seven Ironcd, along with the Yun brothers, Yunlin and Yunbing, who have weathered the storms of time.

  The feion kids, who were like a bunadcaps, and only survived to this day because of his careful prote, always loved to stir up trouble.

  And these six fifth-geion children who have worked so hard to grow up.

  And Li gsheng, this little fool who had a tough time being aowledged by the family, yet seems wise beyond his years.

  He gently released Li Tianyi and Li Tianming, and seeing their speechless excitement, he pulled them back to their seats.

  Then he walked over to Li Dalong's table and found a seat.

  He had just sat dowhese children, whom he had watched grow up little by little, suddenly stood up.

  Li Wei widened his eyes and said with a chuckle, "Why are you all standing? Sit down! You've all been out in the world for so long, and now that we're finally together, don't bother with all this formality and hierarchy with your old aor."

  "e o's eat, drink, and chat."

  "Your old aor is happy today."

  Hearing this, While the elders remained motionless, Li gsheng's eyes lit up, as if he had seen a lifeline. He ran over and hugged Li Wei's leg, g, "Aor! You must have seen it, right? My father and the others are wrongly acg me! Please, elder, you have to stand up for me!"

  He cried with snot and tears.

  Li Wei rolled his eyes and kicked Li gsheng away, just like how the Li family members would treat their juniors. "Dalong," he said, "Tomorrow, throw him into the Heaven-Pierg Coffin."

  "Yes, Aor! He won't be getting out for a whole year!"

  "I..."

  Li gsheng stared in disbelief.

  "Yes, he's just making excuses!"

  Li Kuangren quickly agreed, having just seen the elders' suspicious gnces.

  Just as he finished speaking.

  Li Wei narrowed his eyes. "Throw these little bastards ioo."

  "Hahaha!"

  Uhe moonlight, the Li family members, looking at the despair in the eyes of the youwo geions of children, burst into ughter together.

  They resumed eating and drinking, chatting and ughing in front of their aor.

  Li Wei gazed at the night se.

  He smiled sincerely. He hoped that he could stay in this world forever, able to occasionally hear the echoes of the children's ughter in his ears...

  Ihe s, their family, uhe night sky, with the crimson leaves of the Primordial Blood Tree fluttering down around them, gathered together, sitting in scattered groups, whispering to each other. Li Wei's bck mist seemed so out of pce, yet it blended into this breathtakingly beautiful se.

  Perhaps this was the most beautiful sery in the world, the most beautiful sery in Li Wei's heart.

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