In front of the s, Li Wei calmly sipped his tea.

  Outside the Azure Cloud Pavilion, the Li family children had already achieved victory in this battle. They had lived up to the years of cultivatioowed upon them by their elders, shining brightly in their fight against the geniuses!

  Li Wei's expression was one of te.

  [Among your fifth-geion desdants, five of them have dominated numerous geniuses in the grand battle at the Azure artial Pavilion. Acquired trait: A Geion ies!]

  [Their reputation has increased, and their presence when fag their peers is enhanced by 10%.]

  At this moment, Li Dalong had already ehe Azure Cloud Pavilion.

  Notifiessages appeared oer another in the event log on the s!

  [Your desdant-in-w, Xu Cuihua, has emerged from seclusion!]

  [Your desdant, Li Tianshuang, has emerged from the S Forest!]

  [Your desdant...]

  He could evehat throughout the Azure Clion, towns were closing their gates.

  One by ohe forces of the Azure Clion were mobilizing, advang step by step from the edges of the region.

  But he...

  "Let's have some milk tea."

  Li Wei grinned. As the straw touched his lips and he swallowed, his gaze turned cold. "Let's see who the real chess pyer is!" he thought.

  As soon as he finished speaking, Li Wei switched the s.

  It was the Jun Prince's Mansion!

  Li Kuangren had been brought back to the Jun Prince's Mansion. He had reunited with his wife and child.

  Li gsheng had already grown into a young man. He was bowing to his parents, inquiring about the astonishis Li Kuangren had aplished at the Azure artial Pavilion.

  But Li Kuangren seemed absent-minded and said casually, "Nothing special."

  "What do you mean, 'nothing special'?" Li gsheng asked with anticipation. "Father, tell me more! I heard that legendary figure, Yan Xiao, was there. I've also heard that he's very strong, with no equal." He loved hearing stories about cultivators from the outside world. Unlike in the Jun Prince's Mansion, where he could only be a pampered young master, here he could hear tales of adventure aement.

  He also had to be stantly wary of his eldest uncle's lineage, as they seemed to be involved in some troublesome power struggle for succession.

  Before Li Kuangren could speak, Feng Mi spped Li gsheng on the head and scolded him angrily, "You brat! What legendary figure? Do you want your mother to marry someone else?"

  "...I'm sorry, Mother!"

  Li gsheng also realized he had said something wrong. Rubbing his head, he said with aggrieved tone, "I just didn't think Father could possibly lose."

  Li Kuangren was also amused. "Yan Xiao?" he said. "I vaguely remember him. After a few exges, he became a ghost under your Sixth Uncle's spear."

  "What???"

  Li gsheng's eyes widened. He even had a servant bring fruits and tea. "Tell me more," he urged.

  The family of three enjoyed a happy and harmonious time together.

  From time to time, Li Kuangren furrowed his brow. He could sehat the petition he and his siblings had participated in at the Azure artial Pavilion was just the first move in a rger game. His elders were pying a game in a realm he couldn't prehend.

  Meanwhile, under a rge tree in the Jun Prince's Mansion, Feng Qingyang ying a game of Go with Li Yaowen!

  Beside them was Feng Qingyang's only son, Feng lin, and a python, its body shrunk to about two meters long, staring at Feng lin with drool dripping from its mouth.

  "Why are you staring at me?" Feng lin asked, feeling unfortable us gaze.

  "Love at first sight," the python replied.

  "..."

  The two pyers, fag each other across the Go board, had serious expressions.

  Feng Qingyang pced his stone on the board with difficulty. "As expected of the Lord of Dawn," he said, "your moves are truly ing. I never know when I might fall into your trap, just like how it took me so long to uhe spies you had hidden within my Mansion. You wouldn't be pnning to secretly kill my son so that Mi'er take trol of the Jun Prince's Mansion iure, would you?"

  "..."

  Feng lin, listening ily from the side, was instantly armed a like cursing.

  "Father-in-w, you jest," Li Yaowen said with a smile. "We have family rules; I wouldn't do such a thing. Besides, once my family returns home, I have no i in your position as Jun Prince."

  Li Yaowen effortlessly pced her stone on the Go board, and seeing that he was losing the game pletely, Feng Qingyang's lips twitched.

  Feng lin, atg, just breathed a sigh of relief when Li Yaowen tinued, "However, I've heard that someone has been deliberately targeting my gsheng. If this matter escates, there's no telling what might happen, wouldn't you agree?"

  "Father," Feng lin interjected, "this child has urgent matters to attend to. I'll take my leave now."

  Feng lin's face darkened. He hurriedly bowed to Feng Qingyang and, uhe relut gaze of the Thunder Fme Fury Python, headed outside, his pace quiing with each step.

  Upon leaving the hall, he summoned a servant and barked, "Where are those useless children of mine? Find them and bring them here! I'll break their legs!"

  Feng Qingyang g his son and rolled his eyes.

  He then had someone serve tea and said, "I've heard that your Li family has been preparing all these years. Your family estate holds a vast amount of natural treasures, protected by a powerful formation, I presume?"

  "If that's the case, and if the Li family enlist the help of Daoist Jiuyou and Daoist Tiangui, along with you and that mysterious person you summoned before, and that hidden on, I wonder if you withstand the bined forces of the nine major fas?"

  "My Jun Prince's Mansion provide a mid-stage Soul cultivator."

  With that said, Feng Qingyang's expression grew agitated. He saw that Li Yaowen remained unfazed, calmly sippiea. "Li Yaowen," he said, "you should have received the news by now. It's time for you to lead your family bae a. I will have my grandfather apany you."

  Li Yaowen suddenly smiled.

  Her eyes, like a vast starry sea, stared ily at Feng Qingyang, sending shivers down his spine.

  "Lord Feng," she said, "you don't really believe that my Li family would willingly bee a mere tool for your Jun Prince's Mansion, do you?"

  "What do you mean?"

  Feng Qingyang narrowed his eyes slightly.

  "What I mean is, our two families are actually a perfect match, Lord Feng."

  Li Yaowen spoke calmly and fidently. "Lord Feng, you sider my Li family as pawns, as firewood for the fire, as mere tools."

  "But in truth, my Li family also wants to experience what it's like to be a chess pyer."

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