"???"

  In front of the s, Li Wei was also dumbfouwenty years had passed, and this was the first time he had truly seeent of the Li family's accumuted wealth and resources.

  After all, the Li family desdants were always ing and going, and he couldn't leave the family estate. Most of the time, he was focused on his cultivation.

  He opehe game history log again.

  [Year 72nd: Your desdant, Li Yaoqing, received a reward from the Demon Lord, obtaining the supreme-grade spirit artifact, the Godsyer Needle, which she sent back to the family as an to the aors.]

  [Year 76th: Your desdant, Li Yaowen, dispatched Dawn assassins to assassinate a Golden Core expert, obtaining the high top-grade spirit artifact, the Skyfire Rotating Wheel, which she sent back to the family as an to the aors.]

  [Year 77 of the Li family: Your desdant, Li Yaowe assassins bae to gather millions of spirit stones and purchased three seventh-grade spirit elixirs at an au house...]

  [...]

  Quietly and without fahey had already been enrig the family's foundation through various means.

  Moreover, with the current era of turmoil, acquiring resources has bee easier. It was no wohey said war was the best way to get rich.

  Li Wei let out a long sigh.

  He watched the family members. They had emptied the house of all valuables. The only thing remaining in Green Valley Vilge and the Li family residence was the still-abundant spiritual energy.

  Then, they moved to a secluded area within the Li family estate.

  The Gu family, the Lantier Han family, and the friends the Li family had made over the years all arrived.

  Standing before them were Li family children, all uhe age of twelve.

  Li Dalong gave each child a spatial ring.

  He looked at the Li family's friends with a solemn expression, cupped his hands towards them, and said gratefully, "Everyohese children will be under your care. For this, Dalong and the entire family are eternally grateful. Iure, the Li family will repay you handsomely."

  "Hahaha!"

  Gu Kaiming, the head of the Qingping Gu family, was sidered the Li family's closest friend and was eveed to them by marriage. He cealed his worry and ughed heartily. "Although I don't know what the Li family is fag, Brother Dalong, rest assured, our two families have long been as close as brothers!"

  "Moreover, over the years, the secrets our two families share, secrets we ot tell outsiders, are tless."

  "Even just for these, I, Gu Kaiming, would never betray the Li family's children!"

  Upon hearing these words, the leaders of the other fas all expressed their agreement.

  "Yes, it's clear that the Li family is about to embark on a perilous uaking that will defy the world. If you have any requests, don't hesitate to ask!"

  "Let me make this clear: my Lantier Han family owes its current standing to the Li family. Today's events are a secret, and the Li family's children are our family's greatest secret. Anyone who dares to reveal this will be an enemy of the Han family!"

  "Amitabha, it seems my temple will have another meat-eating monk. May Buddha five me."

  "..."

  With everyone expressing their support, Li Dalong, along with the Li family members, bowed deeply. "We, the Li , will remember this kindness."

  Soon, the childreaken away. Some of the younger oill didn't uand why and tio cry, but Li Dalong believed that when they grew up, they would uand everything.

  Some of the older children, who already uood the reason for their departure, showed a stubborermination on their faces. As they left, they reassured their elders not to worry, to go and avenge Old Pig without any s, and promised that when they grew up, they would also tribute to the family.

  Bidding farewell to the children, Li Dalong and his wife felt a pang of reluce. Due to their age, they had rarely paid attention to the fourth and fifth geions of the Li family. Xu Cuihua, in particur, had often been bewildered by these children whose names she could barely remember.

  But now, they were filled with a sense of gratification. The children of the Li family were, after all, still Li family children. They were meant to flourish everywhere, leaving their eversting mark on this nd.

  As the childreed, everyohered in the ter of Green Valley Vilge, where the wives and sons-in-w of two geions of the Li family had assembled.

  Tears streamed down their faces.

  Half a month ago, when Old Pig died, their husbands and wives had resolutely left home.

  And today, the family was scattered.

  The Li family residence was no longer filled with ughter and chatter. No one would gather and argue about whose child was whose anymore. The familiar pet pig would no longer e from the Silver Iron Forest to help them take care of the children. The spirit beasts of the Li family had also disappeared.

  The sound of Li Yaotie tirelessly hammering away at his fe, day and night, would no longer echo from the F Hall. Sword lights would no longer fsh through the sky from the dire of the Silver Iron Forest. Strange foxes would no longer sneak into the family estate. And their etric grandfather and great-grandfather would no longer emerge from the coffin, carrying foul-smelling corpses bato it.

  "What's there to cry about?"

  Xu Cuihua, for the first time, showed anger in front of the younger geion. "We have important matters to attend to, it's not like we're dying. We will meet again someday."

  Lin, Li Yundou's wife, was quite fierce. She gritted her teeth and said, "Grandpa, Grandma, where are you going? I... I go too. I'm at the Foundatioablishment stage, after all."

  "Go bae. The family is doing well now."

  Li Dalong smiled at his granddaughter-in-w. "This time, our Li family is not fighting against a single family or sect. We are fighting against the very memories of Azure Clion."

  "Yes."

  Li Yaotie and his wife held a stack of aral tablets and hahem to the spouses of the younger geion. "Remember, our aors will alrotect you. We don't know when we'll return. If..."

  Li Yaotie hesitated, u himself to say the words.

  Bai Rourou spoke frankly, "If you ot wait, you are free to seek new retionships. When the childre, they left divorce papers. You are still young, and the Li family will not bme you for any choiake."

  "Our Li family will always sider you as our children. We remember your kindness and tributions to the family. If you ot bear the loneliness and wish to remarry, I will make the decision on behalf of the children and send you betrothal and wedding gifts at the appropriate time."

  "Mother!"

  "Grandma!"

  "We won't leave!"

  Upon hearing these words, everyone's eyes reddehey uood that the family was truly going to risk their lives.

  "Get out! Stay here and wait to die? Remember, the moment you step out of the Li family residence, if anyone asks, tell them you are no longer part of the Li family!"

  Li Yaozu narrowed his eyes and swept his sword outwards.

  Uhe pressure of his sharp sword energy, everyone boarded their carriages aed, looking back repeatedly.

  The carriages left.

  Within Green Valley Vilge, nearly ten thousand vilgers k and watched the Li family. Seeing them send their family members away, how could they not uand the Li family's decision?

  Although Li Dalong tried to persuade them, the vilge head and the vilgers remained kneeling, their eyes red with tears.

  In Green Valley Vilge, feions, the Li family, who could have acted as aloof and superior cultivators, never oppressed the vilgers. If there were occasional instahe Li family would punish the offenders. Uhe Li family's grace, the vilgers learned cultivation teiques. When the young masters and mistresses of the Li family had delicious food, they would even share it with the vilgers they knew oreets.

  Many vilgers had even helped raise the Li family's children.

  "After the Li family leaves, the people from Cloudsea Pavilion will take Green Valley Vilge uheir prote. If anyone dares treen Valley Vilge, they will face a sword at the vilge entrance."

  Li Yunbing helped the vilge head to his feet. Seeing the old man's tear-streaked face, he smiled. "Vilge Head Grandpa, we entrust Green Valley Vilge to you. I hope that wheurn, I will see that Green Valley Vilge has its own spirit vein, that our F Hall is filled with talented artisans, and that we have a Spirit Herb Garden, an Alchemy Room, a Library..."

  "The Li family's ambition is to trol Tailin Town, aually, the entire Sky Jade City!"

  The vilge head gritted his teeth. "I uand. All these years, we have been a burden to you. Please rest assured, when you return, the children of Green Valley Vilge will not disappoint the Li family. The Li family's goal is reen Valley Vilge's goal!"

  "Yes!"

  "Master Dalong, just you wait! My child will go work in the F Hall year!"

  "Once my son reaches the Foundatioablishment stage, no matter what Master Yunbing o do, I'll have my son stand at the forefront!"

  "All members of the Bck Blood Hall, along with all the vilgers of Green Valley Vilge, respectfully send off the masters and madams of the Li family—"

  "May the Li family prosper for ten thousand geions!"

  A thousand giant eagles soared into the sky, and the cultivators of the Bck Blood Hall circled above the vilge entrance.

  The vilgers of Green Valley Vilge k and bowed in unison towards the departing Li family members.

  In their eyes, these familiar figures of the Li family, s through the air on their swords, were just as fearless as they had been when Green Valley Vilge faced threats in the past, rushing out to protect them.

  They could pierce through the clouds and break through the darkness.

  And one day iure, they would return in the same manner, uhe sunlight, bringing with them endless glory!

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