Li Wei felt that these children had finally grown up, catg up to the footsteps of their elders.

  Just as he was thinking this.

  The three children on the s were currently at the entrance of Li Yaotie's cave. After experieng his harshness and even his angry roar st time, this was the first time they dared to linger outside his cave for aended period.

  Before, it seemed like their great-grandfather would get annoyed whenever he saw them and would casually throw in an insult...

  On this day, the g g g of hammering finally ceased withihunderfire Cave. The demon cultivators outside, who had been tormented by the noise for who knows how many years, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

  "Great-grandfather."

  Even Li Kuangren, who had been scolded before, felt ment towards his great-grandfather, who was f ihe cave. Instead, he felt boundless admiration.

  The other two childrehe same. They stood behind Li Kuaheir heads lowered, peeking at their great-grandfather.

  The reason they didn't have any pints, and the reason they were able to persevere throughout this year, was because Li Yaotie had also bee their role model!

  This bald, muscur ma almost every day hammering and f, never resting. He put all his strength into every strike!

  They seemed to uand their great-grandfather's interaining now. It was because Great-grandfather himself was this kind of person, someone who never gave up.

  But today...

  "Yreat-grandfather is about to have a breakthrough."

  Li Yunbing stared excitedly at Li Yaotie, who was f ihe cave. He could sehat his Third Uncle had already started to ma rudimentary spiritual power!

  They saw, Li Yaotie still wielding his massive hammer, rger than himself. Through Li Yaotie's f, this hammer had long since reached the level of a mid-grade spirit artifact, even being his Natal Artifact, growing stronger alongside him.

  But this time, Li Yaotie didn't bring the heavy hammer down.

  The heavy hammer remained raised behind him, frozen iion of striking the f ptform. His eyes were tightly closed, his muscles bulging with promiendons. He seemed to have fallen into a state of sudden enlighte!

  ...

  "Third Uncle is too busy to care about you," Li Yunbing said. "Or you could take a break; I won't tell on you."

  Li Yunbing g the three children, who dared to sck off, with a teasing look in his eyes. His tone was gentle, as if he would actually let them get away with it.

  Li Kuangren shook his head, gritting his teeth. "No, Grandpa Yunbing," he said. "Mi'er is waiting for me, my child is waiting for me, and so are all the elders in the family..."

  His words seemed to be a way to ence himself. After speaking, he trudged forward with difficulty, as if the end of his path held his most precious treasure.

  "Ah! Elder Brother, I'm not a coward! I want to prove it to the Diviree!"

  Li Kuangtu was clearly still brooding over this matter. He had lost t of how many times he had used these words to motivate himself. It was like his own personal stimunt.

  Then... after just a few steps, he colpsed.

  Watg her elder brother walk ahead, Li Kuanghua helped her useless younger brother to his feet. She then gave Li Yunbing a sweet smile. "Grandpa Yunbing," she said, "you must be lying. If we dared to sck off, you would immediately sell us off."

  Li Yunbing maintained his benevolent smile. "Kuanghua," he asked, "your elder brother perseveres because he wants t back his beloved and see his child. Your younger brother perseveres because he doesn't want to be a coward who runs away from battle. What about you? What is your reason?"

  Li Kuanghua wrinkled her nose.

  She helped Li Kuangtu tinue walking forward, leaving behind only her slightly stubborn voice.

  "Grandpa Yunbing," she said, "I never want to be bullied again. I want to fight back. Only when I grow up and bee stronger will I have the right to resist."

  The three children tinued forward.

  Li Yunbing watched their retreating figures, a smile finally spreading across his face. Then, looking at his Third Uncle, who was undergoing his breakthrough inside, he sighed. "Ah, Third Uncle," he said, "you're so old now, there's o be angry."

  "Sed Aunt sacrificed her lifespan, not for them, but for..."

  "...the family."

  ...

  Li Wei was also staring at Li Yaotie ihe cave.

  He also witnessed Li Yaotie's relentless dedication throughout this year, even more intehan when he was obsessed with f ba Green Valley Vilge.

  [Your desdant, Li Yaotie, after years of f and tinuous practice with the hammer, through relentless hammering this past year, has gradually prehended a new hammer teique — the Thirty-Six Instantaneous Hammers!]

  [Thirty-Six Instantaneous Hammers]

  [Grade: Yellow Rank]

  [Description: This hammer teique has two levels. First level: Thirty-six secutive hammer strikes, with power accumuting with each strike. When all strikes are unleashed, the power multiplies. After use, the body bees exhausted, and strength is depleted! Sed level: Instantly unleash all of the body's power trated in a single hammer strike. After use, exhaustion and strength depletion occur!]

  During this year of cultivation, not only were the three children growing, but Li Yaotie was also on the verge of a breakthrough!

  [Your desdant is currently inscribing the Thirty-Six Instantaneous Hammers into his fake Core!]

  Ohe inscription was plete, he would break through to the Golden Core stage. Although a Yellow Rank teique seemed weak, Li Yaotie's strength wasn't in bat, but in f. He had long uood how te Mid-Grade Spirit ons, but cked the power to do so. He even had blueprints for f Golden Core level spirit puppets!

  Li Wei's basic uppets had all been modified by Li Yaotie, equipped with various Spirit ons, and now possessed the strength of early-stage Golden Core cultivators.

  In the se on the s, Li Yaotie, in the midst of his breakthrough, was still murmuring.

  "Sed Sister..."

  No one knew how guilty Li Yaotie felt. In truth, he wasn't really angry at the three children.

  It was because he khat his elder sister was doing this for the sake of the family.

  Sed Sister was giving her all, trying to help the family seize this opportunity to form an alliah the Jun Prince's Mansion, so they could have a powerful ally.

  That way, the family would have a better ce of fag the tless enemies lurking in the shadows!

  Therefore...

  "BOOM!"

  Li Yaotie opened his eyes, and with a mighty swing, his heavy hammer struck the uneven ironstone!

  "It's my fault," he decred. "If I could fe more spirit puppets for the family, puppets even strohan Golden Core cultivators, then we wouldn't he Jun Prince's Mansion!"

  "Our Li family would have enough strength on our own!"

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