Li Wei had been watg the se of the three children cultivating.
They had already ehe Heavenly Pond of Azure Phoenix Mountain.
It ool of thick liquid, with spiritual energy swirling around like mist. There were about a hundred meditation cushions floating in mid-air.
[Azure Phoenix Heavenly Pond]
[Effects: When Qi Refining cultivators cultivate within, it streheir bones and refiheir meridians, doubling their cultivation speed. There's a ce for their Water spirit root value to increase by 2-6 points. It gathers spiritual energy every thirty years, and the energy sts for a hundred days, allowing for use by a hundred people.]
As soon as the three childreered, they marveled at the wonders of the Heavenly Pond, but they were still chatting about the differeween their Eldest Great-uncle and the legends they had heard.
Perhaps they felt disappointed by their legendary Eldest Great-uncle, but Li Wei felt genuinely relieved!
"As terrifying as ever."
Now, ironically, it was he, the aor watg the puter s, who could dis some of the underlyiails just from the images.
Li Yaozu seemingly acted like an ordinary person all along, using simple moves when peting with the swordsmen from the Sword Pavilion. When approag Azure Phoenix Mountain, he didn't even lift a fio fight.
But iy, above the clouds where Li Yaozu was located, sword shadows stantly flickered. All around him were translut swords. Standing before the gates of Azure Phoenix Mountain, his sword case trembled, its sharp edges fully revealed.
That was... a hint of his sword i.
[Your desdant, Li Yaozu, is honing his sword i. He has collected 5,000 sword teiques, each "hidden sword" representing a teique learned from others. Li Yaozu uses his oppos' sword teiques to enter into the essence of their swords.]
[By colleg ten thousand swords, his 'Thousand Swords Body' break through to the 'Ten Thousand Swords Body.' His Sword Core then match a Heavenly Core, and his body will bee as strong as a mid-grade spirit artifact!]
A body with the strength of a mid-grade Spirit Artifact would be parable to a peak Golden Core cultivator.
Li Yaozu undoubtedly had the most ordinary talent. Unlike his other desdants, he didn't have any special enters or opportunities. His swordsmanship was almost entirely self-taught through his own prehension.
The young Li Yaozu practiced swordsmanship every day. Now, he was like an ascetik, traveling the world with his sword, seeking the true essence of sword i.
A few days quickly passed.
This Azure Phoenix Mountain was once Xuan Tianzi's seow, Li Yaozu had ehe mountain with the three children, but the elders of Azure Phoenix Mountain remained silent. Initially, they eve people to monitor them.
But now, an old woman, frowning, approached Li Yaozu, who was sitting iation before the entrao the cave where the Heavenly Pond was located, a sword resting on his p, his former sharpness now cealed.
She eak Golden Core cultivator, and this was her territory. Morerand Elder Xuan Tianzi had been killed by the Li family. Yet, now, she had something to ask Li Yaozu, but she found it difficult t herself to speak.
"Lord Sword King," she began, "I have a matter to discuss."
Li Yaozu opened his eyes and stood up, speaking politely, "Senior, please speak freely."
The old woman said, "This Heavenly Pond belongs to my Azure Phoenix Mountain. This year is also the time for our disciples' grand petition, and the reward is the opportunity to cultivate in the Heavenly Pond. I wonder..."
"...if..."
Li Yaozu immediately uood her meaning. He sat back down, closed his eyes, and tio sehe ued sword i within his sword case. "Senior, you jest," he said. "Azure Phoenix Mountain is your territory. This junior is merely borrowing it for my family's younger geion. I have no iion of seizing it. Afterward, I will also send a sum of spirit stoo Azure Phoenix Mountain as pensation. It's essentially a transay Li family has its principles; I wouldn't want you to misuand."
"...."
The old woman's lips twitched. Her emotions were plex. She felt that something was amiss, but she couldn't quite articute it. With a forced smile, she simply replied, "Thank you."
After hesitating, she asked again, "Lord Sword King, previously, rand Elder at the Skyveil Sect..."
Before she could finish, Li Yaozu's lips moved.
"Let's not fuse matters," he said. "After many years of cultivating the sword, I've learned ohing: the world is uable. If you're trying to say that Xuan Tianzi's matter has nothing to do with Azure Phoenix Mountain, that's a bit of a stretch. If I were to say that my Li family has fotten about Azure Phoenix Mountain, you wouldn't believe me either. If one day, someone asks Azure Phoenix Mountain to besiege the Li family, what choice will you make? That is the most important question."
Li Yaozu smiled nontly. "I've said what o be said, Senior. There's o ask further."
"Hahaha, Lord Sword King, you are truly open-minded!"
The old woman happily departed, knowing that the Li family was still reasonable.
Watg the old woman's retreating figure, Li Yaozu turned his head and gowards the cave where the Heavenly Pond was located, where the three children were cultivating.
"Twenty years to defeat all the gehat's enough time."
He had already received intelligence from his Fourth Sister that Li Kuangren's growth and gaining the favor of the Jun Prince's Mansion were crucial.
That was also, the key to returning to their homend!
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