The body of the Wu scout plummeted from the sky.

  He was still terrified.

  At this moment, everyone in Green Valley Town raised their heads. Their eyes, initially dazed, widened in astonishment.

  Their hearts pounded in their chests.

  In the distahey could still see the massive figures of the Giant Rock Spirit Tribe. Dust filled the air around Green Valley Town. They even saw the heads of the hundred-meter-tall stone giants, creatures they had never witnessed before.

  But now, they only felt a sense of relief, s that they couldn't help but smile.

  Until it turned into fervor and joy!

  "They... have returned!"

  These simple words came from Huang Xiujin's mouth.

  His voice was faint, inaudible amidst the rumbling sounds of the giants in the distance.

  But these words echoed untrolbly in the minds of all the elders of Green Valley Town!

  Just like that day when they respectfully bid farewell to the Li family in Green Valley Town.

  Back then, the Li family was fleeing for their lives.

  But everyone in Green Valley Town believed that one day, they would break through the darkness aurn in glory uhe sunlight!

  In a fsh, everyone's eyes were drawn to the radiant light.

  They all raised their heads in unison, gazing at the sky above the Li family estate.

  "BOOM!"

  With a resounding boom, the Primordial Blood Tree from Green Valley Vilge returned!

  Just like that day in the depths of winter.

  Red snow fell from the sky!

  The snowfkes gathered, a maion of the Primordial Blood Tree's power.

  A giant character appeared, c the sky, overshadowing all the brilliance of the world—

  Li!

  They reached out their hands, catg the red snow, feeling the warmth spread through their bodies. Then, they all k and bowed towards the figure high in the sky.

  "May the Li family prosper for eternity!"

  "Wele the Li family—"

  "—"

  "—home!"

  ...

  When Li Dalong and Li Yaoweurned home before, the Primordial Blood Tree made a predi.

  It said that on this day, blood would stain Qingyun, and there would be only one word in the sky—

  Li.

  On this day, the children of the Li family would return home!

  At this moment, Green Valley Town was like a lone boat, surrounded by a boundless sea of dust and sand. The oppressive aura of the Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe pressed down upoown.

  The crimson leaves on the enormous of the Primordial Blood Tree were incredibly striking.

  Its size tio grow, reag a hundred meters tall!

  Above Green Valley Town, Li Dalong stood on the coffin with his hands csped behind his back. He heard the cries of the people of Green Valley Town behind him, felt their reverence as they k and bowed. His eyes widened in anger.

  Xu Cuihua also returo Green Valley Town at this moment.

  She held Li Dalong's arm, her beautiful fauzzling his shoulder. Without a word, she expressed the longing she had felt over the years, then turned her enting gaze towards the enemies ahead.

  Li Yaozu, grasping the Heavenly Star Sword, stood some distance away from his parents, his eyes closed, his body turned slightly to the side. He showed nard for the approag enemies. His sword case hummed with anticipation!

  And then there was Li Tianming.

  This fellow had actually mao keep up with the elders and was the first to return to the family estate.

  He held a dagger in his hand, lig the blood off the bde and then his lips. Then, with a disgusted expression, he spat the blood out of his mouth.

  As he tinued spitting out the remaining blood, he cursed, "This is fug disgusting! So those assassins were just pretending to scare people! It's not tasty at all, not o!"

  He stamped his feet in frustration.

  Li Tianming's cursing, however, only emphasized the silence surrounding Green Valley Town!

  It was as if everything had ged siheir arrival!

  The people of Green Valley Town had fiery gazes, their fear dispelled, their hands gripping long swords.

  Some of them might not be cultivators, some might have aged from their prime years into old age, and some might have bee disabled over the years.

  But they still silently took up their ons!

  They remembered the past, when they had fought alongside the Li family in Tailin Town, when they had gone wild within the Silver Iron Forest, and when they had battled alongside the Li family desdants throughout the Sky Jade region.

  Now, they could still wield their ons. Their strength might be insignifit like ants, but their will, their spirit, was still following in the footsteps of the Li family!

  A gust of wind swept past.

  The footsteps of the Giant Rock Spirit Jade tribesmen in front faltered, and the dust clouds slowed their advance.

  At this moment, time seemed to gradually freeze.

  ...

  "Stop!"

  High in the sky, despite only a few figures present, the Wu experts atop the mountain-like stone giants, including... their priests, all ged their expressions!

  The Wu people revered strength above all else. They were more like demonic beasts, their bloodlines and even their shamanic teiques passed down through iance.

  By inscribing shamanic teiques onto their bodies with the blood of beasts, they cast teiques instantaneously, faster than cultivators.

  The priestess of the Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe, named Guan Ming, held a scepter in her hand. She was an old woman.

  As the Li family members appeared, she saw the Primordial Blood Tree instantly grow to a hundred meters tall. Even from ten li (about 5 kilometers) away, it was still incredibly striking.

  She suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of danger and ordered everyoo stop.

  But no one from the Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe stopped her or questioned her order.

  It wasn't because of Guan Ming's authority.

  The moment the Li family members appeared, they sensed boundless killing i!

  Two tortoise shells covered in inscriptions fell into her hands. Guan Ming ted an intation, and as the shells glowed in the air, her fastantly turned pale.

  "Priestess, what's wrong?"

  The chieftain beside Guan Ming, wearing a neckce of spirit beast bones, ged his expression. He had never seen the priestess look like this before. He could sehat the town they just wao destroy harbreat terror!

  Guan Ming took a deep breath. "The divination reveals slight misfortune," she announced, "with heavy casualties."

  "What?!"

  All the chieftains were greatly armed. They had never imagihat merely attag a town would result in a divination of misfortune!

  Guan Ming beed to the chieftain who had just spoken. "e here," she ordered.

  As the chieftain approached, his expression a mix of acceptance of death and a sense of honor, she pierced his throat with a dagger!

  Blood flowed, staining the tortoise shells.

  All the Wu members were aced to this.

  Guan Ming's eyes gzed over. "The divination..." she whispered,

  "...reveals great misfortune!"

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