Azure Clion remained as peaceful as ever. The Li family children, scattered throughout the nd, were all diligently cultivating.
After Li Dalong and Li Yaowe out the letter warning of the impending war, all the Li family desdants felt a sense ency. They khat the day to return home was fast approag.
In front of the s, Li Wei was still dealing with the children who had gotten themselves into trouble: Li Tianqi, who was c death at Bck Tortoise Sect; Li Tianshuang, who was already fighting two Demon Kings in the S Forest; and Li Tianming, who had the absurd idea of assassinating a Golden Core cultivator and almost got himself killed...
These little rascals gave Li Wei more headaches than any of his other desdants.
Fortunately, Yuexian had stewed chi soup today, which gave Li Wei some fort.
Pg the bowl outside the door, Li Wei smiled and looked toward the Jun Prince's Mansion!
He saw, Li Kuangren finally emerging from seclusion within the Mansion!
[Year 100]
[Your desdant, Li Kuangtu, has broken through to the Foundatioablishment stage, purging his Metal spirit root. His aptitude is now a sier spirit root!]
[Your desdant, Li Kuanghua, has broken through to the Foundatioablishment stage, purging her Earth spirit root. Her aptitude is now a dual Water and Fire spirit root!]
[Your desdant, Li Kuangren, has broken through to the Foundatioablishment stage, purging his Earth and Wood spirit roots. His aptitude is now a dual Metal and Water spirit root!]
With the abundant resources provided by the Jun Prince's Mansion, their breakthrough to Foundatioablishment took longer. Li Kuangren even received special attention from the Jun Prince's Mansion.
Feng Qingyang observed them from afar.
He initially wao offer them some praise.
But seeing his daughter excitedly rush over to find Li Kuangren upon learning of his breakthrough, Feng Qingyang's face darkened. He let out a cold snort and turned away, refusing to look at this irritating se. He even wished he could put up a sign at the entrahat read, "Li Kuangren and dogs are not allowed."
Especially that Li gsheng.
Nine years old this year, he already reached Li Kuangren's chest. This boy was extremely handsome and had been clever since childhood. He was exceptionally talented, well-behaved in all aspects, and incredibly thick-skinned. As soon as he saw the three elders emerge, he directly reached out his hand.
He had inally inteo ask the three elders fifts, just like his maternal grandfather had taught him to do whenever he met an elder.
But what good things could Li Kuangren and the others possibly have?
They inally had some det treasures, but after going to the Thunderfire Cave, those damned demon cultivators either tricked them or stole from them, emptying their pockets long ago.
After a difficult search...
Li gsheng looked at his elders in surprise, their expressions troubled. He stared at the three fingernails that had been pced in his hand oer another, stunned for a long time, then burst into tears. "I'm sorry," he sobbed, "I didn't know our elders were so poor. Wait here, I'll go get all the good things I have and bring them to you!"
A moment ter, Li gsheurned with a pile of gifts he had received from others duriivals and gave them to the three elders, who looked embarrassed.
[Your desdants Li Kuangren, Li Kuanghua, and Li Kuangtu have received gifts from their desdant Li gsheng: three mid-grade Spirit artifacts, one high-grade Spirit on, forty 'ninth ah-grade' talismans, and various pills...]
"Father, Uncle, Aunt, just wait!"
Seeing his elders staring at the pile of gifts with bewildered expressions, Li gsheng became even more vihat they were all incredibly poor. No wonder he rarely saw them around. They were probably out robbing houses to support the family, just like his maternal grandfather had said. Thinking of this, his eyes reddened, and he decred through gritted teeth, "I'll go to my grandfather's treasury and bring you all the good stuff inside!"
This made the three elders' expressions ge.
Li Kuanghua quickly stopped Li gsheng. "Little gsheng," she said, "our family elders have told us that we ot steal from our own family."
"I know the Jun Prince's Mansion is wealthy, but we Li family members have high aspiratioe our poverty. We must eal. We only ask for things directly."
"Then... what about these things..." Li Kuangtu looked at the gifts from his younger retive in his hand.
He remembered the elders saying that as long as the in of the items was legitimate and their sce was clear, they could accept anything. Although it was embarrassing to ask for things from younger retives, it... wasirely uable.
Li Kuanghua frowned and hahe items back to Li gsheng. "We'll accept yood iions," she said, "but please keep yifts."
"Oh."
Li gsheng nodded firmly, his gaze resolute. Just as he reached out to take the items back, his aunt had already put them away. His little face sched up in fusion. He felt that something was wrong with what his aunt had said. After a while, he started g and ran to find his mother.
It seemed his childhood had just received a crucial lesson from his elders.
"Kuanghua, you've learned bad habits from those demon cultivators." Li Kuangren's face darkened as he looked at his sister. He missed her innod kindness when they first met. His sister used to be a pushover, but now she was always scheming to take advantage of others.
Li Kuanghua widened her still i eyes and said with a well-behaved smile, "Elder Brother, I heard the elders say that we'll be venturing out into the world with them. We 't go empty-handed, we? We'll just return double the amount to gsheng when we e back."
"Alright."
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