[Heart Sink Lake]

  It was a vast ke shimmering with glistening waves. But strangely, at the ter of the ke, the water was eerily still, despite appearing the same as the rest. A bird flying over it suddenly plummeted, as if weighed down by an invisible force, sinking rapidly into the depths.

  This was the true nature of Heart Sink Lake.

  And as Heart Sink Lake remained eerily calm,

  "Spsh!"

  Suddenly, a man leaped out from the ke's surface with great effort. Naked, he trolled his flying sword to levitate, his body bent as if carrying a heavy burden. Water dripped from his body, mixed with beads of sweat.

  The aral tablet emerged from his ste ring and floated beside him. He forced a smile towards the tablet.

  "Aor, I saw it! There's a treasure in the Lake of Sinkis!"

  "It's a turtle shell covered in ruhe Diviree was right; the oppressive weight i Sink Lake is caused by that turtle shell."

  "It has noticed me! It seems to be tellihat if I carry it out of the ke, it will aowledge me as its master!"

  "..."

  Looking at the excited young man in the image, Li Wei couldn't muster aement himself. Each use of "Aor's Embrace" costs 100 inse, and it could only heal serious injuries of a Qi Refi cultivator.

  He had already saved this grandson from the brink of death nearly fifty times.

  It seemed Li Tianqi had ied the Li family's most on trait: stubbornness. Once he set his mind on something, he wouldn't give up until he achieved it.

  But it wasn't without its rewards.

  [Your desdant, Li Tianqi, after nearly fifty near-death experiences, has gaihe trait: Death's Apathy.]

  [His ces of esg death have greatly increased. Eaear-death experience grants him a small amount of power, and the probability of obtainiraits slightly increases.]

  [Your desdant has repeatedly escaped death and broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refi.]

  [Gairait: Walking with Death]

  [He has gradually developed a fondness for the feeling of being on the verge of death. When c death, his lucreases.]

  "..."

  Li Wei rubbed his temples.

  Fortunately, this young man had accumuted various traits, so it seemed he wouldn't o be rescued so frequently anymore.

  Sure enough, two days ter, Li Wei saw Li Tianqi, a young man of 1.7 meters tall, emerge from the ke carrying a 1.5-meter turtle shell on his back.

  [Your desdant has obtaihe spirit object - Heavenly Weight Turtle Shell]

  [Synergizes with the turtle shell; he release pressure several times greater than his physical strength and withstand attacks many times strohan his body could normally endure.]

  Li Wei was relieved. With this spirit object, this boy's ces of survival, even when c death, had increased again.

  ...

  During this year, the feion of the Li family, the children who had always been protected by Li Tianyi, were like eaglets finally leaving the , gradually making their mark throughout the Azure Clion, adapting to loneliness and embrag growth.

  The Primordial Blood Tree truly lived up to its reputation as a diviree among the Li family.

  However, the Li family's desdants did faumerous dangers in the pces indicated by the omens. The skill Li Wei used most frequently was "Aor's Embrace."

  The only one who never required Li Wei to use this skill, the one who gave him peaind, was...

  [Azure Clion - Liu Family]

  Atop a high mountain, magnifit buildings stretched out, enveloped in a dense aura of spiritual energy.

  Li Wei had a particurly vivid memory of this pce. It was here that Li Tianming became the live-in son-in-w of the Liu family, killed his wife, and fled to the Thunderfire Demonic Cave to seek refuge with Li Yaoqing.

  It seemed fate had iwihe Liu family and the Li family once again.

  At this moment, in a courtyard, a stunningly beautiful woman with an alluring charm remi of a fox spirit tea, dressed in somewhat revealing attire.

  Beside her stood a very ho and simple young man.

  [Your desdant, Li Tianyue, ehe Liu family as a servant girl under an assumed identity. She uzzled by the diviree's prophecy that she would kill her husband. One day, an elder of the Liu family's main liiced Li Tianyue's beauty and decided to betroth her to his son, Liu Yifeng.]

  [She discovered her father-in-w's malicious iions and hired experts from Dawn to kill him. Afterward, she married Liu Yifeng. Amidst the schemes and struggles within the promi family and the various troubles caused by her beauty, she gaihe trait: Femme Fatale.]

  [Her beauty is her most dangerous on. She always use her beauty and growing wisdom to kill her ehrough means other than brute force. Increased ce of romantiters.]

  "Yue'er, I... I want to..."

  Fag his wife, Liu Yifeng's face flushed red. He hesitated, not daring to speak his mind.

  But just from Liu Yifeng's eyes, filled with desire, Li Tianyue uood what her husband wanted. She covered her mouth and giggled, her voice soft. "Didn't we agree that once you bee the head of the family, I would give you whatever you desire?"

  "Yue'er, how... how I bee the head of the family? My father is gone. I... I'm simply not qualified."

  Li Tianyue's expression turned serious. "I want my husband to be the most capable and respected man iire city. They all say you're not worthy, but I see that my husband has the potential."

  "I will help you!"

  As she spoke, a hundred-mile pigeon arrived from afar. Li Tianyue accepted it under her husband's gaze. Judging by Liu Yifeng's indifferent attitude, he must have witnessed such ses many times.

  Looking at the messy, almost nonsensical words iter, Li Tianyue's red lips parted slightly.

  [Begin the operation. Take your husband and the Liu family's retaio kill the desdants of Xiao Huang'er's branch family.]

  [Location: Skyhaven region, Azurewind Town, Xiao family.]

  "I want to go to Azurewind Town in Skyhaven region. I hear the sery there is beautiful."

  Li Tianyue didn't even look at her husband, instead stroking the aral tablet in her inner robe.

  Having received her husband's affirmation, she gazed into the distance.

  "Liu Yifeng, what color do you think this year's snow will be?"

  Liu Yifeng was taken aback. "Isn't snow always white?"

  Li Tianyue shook her head. She had seen red snow, and she never wao see it again. But she wao go to Azurewind Town and withe blood-soaked earth. It would surely be even more beautiful than the red snow, especially if she could hear Xiao Huang'er's enraged wails from the Azure Cloud Pavilion in the distance.

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