Xuanjian Immortal Clan

After hearing this, Li Chenghuai just put the letter in his hand away, put it into his sleeve, and replied:

"I understand. When will fellow Taoist Yudang return to reply?"

Quan Yudan hesitated and said:

"Junior brother is still in the north. There should be a short period of time. During this period, I will be practicing on the shore. You can think about it carefully... If you have news, just call me to the wilderness..."

Li Chenghuai nodded slightly, and Quan Yudan retreated all the way. The eldest son Li Zhouluo's voice greeted Quan Yudan with a smile from the opened palace door, and then closed tightly with a creak, blocking out all the noise.

Li Chenghuai stood there, covering his sleeves, motionless, his eyes stagnant until the light and shadow changed. Li Zhouluo, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, finally knocked on the door and came in.

"Father……"

Li Zhouluo called in a low voice. Li Chenghuai still held the letter in his sleeve and moved his lips. He did not mention this but asked:

"You are going to the South China Sea with Quan Yudan."

In his heart, Li Zhouluo wished that the days would pass in one breath. The past three to five years had been miserable and hectic, and he had long been tired of it. When he mentioned this, he was filled with joy and nodded:

"Exactly, just waiting for someone to come back!"

Li Chenghuai just listened to his tone and understood that this child was waiting to follow Quan Yudan to the South China Sea to enjoy the blessings and meet the fairies from various sects, and his heart was filled with hope.

This is also human nature. If Li Chenghuai had been hit on the head by such a good thing when he was young, he would have been restless and anxious. He poured the tea and replied:

"Okay, you have to prepare well and don't waste the opportunity."

Li Zhouluo saw that he was restless and hesitated to speak, fearing that he wanted to ask about the content of the letter. Li Chenghuai waved him down before he could ask, and the eldest son had to go down reluctantly.

When no one was around, he finally took out the letter, turned the back side up, and placed it gently on the table.

Of course Li Chenghuai knew the weight of this letter. To put it bluntly, any choice in this letter could make the monks in Jiangnan cry with joy. It was obviously a joyful thing, but he couldn't laugh at all.

He stood alone in the hall for most of the night, and finally heard a noise in front of the hall. An old man in blue and gray robes opened the door and came in. Li Chenghuai bowed in a low voice and replied:

"I've met Mr. Boss."

Only then did he send the letter in his hand. Li Xuanxuan sat down to pour tea and read it carefully. Li Chenghuai shook his head slightly and said:

"What does he owe me... What is there to owe? Those miserable days of being dependent on others and having no father or mother, are these things to be used to make up for it..."

Li Xuanxuan was staring at the letter with deep eyes. Li Chenghuai's expression was quite free and easy, and he said softly:

"I might as well tell you that if it had been twenty years earlier, I would have thrown this letter back into Quan Yudang's hands and told him clearly that I didn't want to choose between the two."

He laughed and sighed:

"But it's too late. I, Li Chenghuai, am already a father and an elder in the clan. I have too much to think about, so how can I be willing to throw it away? The days of being young and young are over. To put it bluntly, I once His resentment could be called hypocritical, so I accepted the letter."

Li Xuanxuan nodded solemnly and replied:

"I see…"

The old man filled the cup with tea, shook his head and said:

"Family Si Xi... each had his or her own responsibilities. Not to mention you, Xi Ming and Cheng Hao were the same. Cheng Hao was respectful and respectful, but I knew that he couldn't get close to Xi Ming in his heart. This matter... was very difficult to do. Don’t say he doesn’t understand you, but you don’t understand your father either.”

"There were too many compromises at that time..."

The old man raised his hand, touched his cheek, found a small bump, pointed it out to Li Chenghuai, and said with a smile:

"You see, my inner demons were at work at that time, and I begged for help all the way to Hengzhu. Five golden elixirs were stuffed into my flesh, and I can still touch them. Although my injuries have healed, my face is not so glorious..."

"It's the same thing with you. Back then, the clan swallowed their grudges and suffered hardships, which led to this end. Now they are feeling rough and aggrieved. It's natural for them to talk about it and ask... Your father If you are a sensible person, you should reply with a letter and explain it clearly. There is no need to pretend that you can't touch it. "

Li Chenghuai was silent for a moment. Li Xuanxuan had already pulled him to the main seat. The old man put the pen into his hand, studied the ink, and urged:

"Come on, write."

…

Li Zhouluo came out of the palace. Quan Yudan in red robe was still on the island admiring the scenery. Although Li Zhouluo was very curious about his eldest father's letter, he did not ask. He exchanged a few polite words with Quan Yudan and replied along the way. to the main hall.

After sitting on the main seat, Di Liguang came over to hold the lamp. Li Zhouluo smiled and asked:

"What are the arrangements for the future?"

Li Zhouluo didn't say much. Di Liguang was very clever. Such a person was born with a sense of smell and could naturally sense that Li Zhouluo's time in power was running out.

He also understood what Li Zhouluo was asking and said respectfully:

"Whatever the master of the family arranges...the subordinates will arrange it. If they can follow the master of the family, it will be a blessing..."

Naturally, only a few direct descendants knew that Li Zhouluo was going to the South China Sea, but Di Liguang in front of him estimated that following him would be beneficial, and he looked very sincere, making Li Zhouluo nod repeatedly.

He was reading the file in the palace when he saw a report coming from outside and Cui Jueyin came up to report.

Li Zhouluo has been running the family for so many years, and Cui Jueyin has always dealt with the matter of [Zigen Guanggu Mountain Mysterious Nail] in an orderly manner. He always reports on it in March, but now it comes suddenly. There must be something going on in the Zifu formation. He He quickly stood up and said:

"Invite Protector Cui in quickly!"

Di Liguang hurriedly went down to invite Cui Jueyin in person. When Cui Jueyin entered the hall, he drove the left and right people out, closed the door of the hall himself, and guarded the outside.

Cui Jueyin has not changed much from three years ago. This direct descendant of the Cui family bowed humbly and said:

"Reporting to the family leader, the main body of the first twelve of the thirty-two mysterious needles has been completed more than half, but the Ziyan Sect has begun to pack their luggage. Now the monks in the continent are about to return to the sect, and another group is coming. According to Lord Wen, , to prevent the array pattern from being exposed too much.”

Wen Wu was eloquent and could talk about life and death. He was really not sure whether it was because he was afraid of exposing his formation pattern or because it was time for rotation. Li Zhouluo just listened, while Cui Jueyin said:

"He was transferred back overnight. He didn't have time to visit the head of the family, so he asked me to apologize... and asked me to bring a message... saying that Que Xi was ready to break through Qi training, and all the elixirs and purple smoke were ready."

It is not surprising that Li Quexi made a breakthrough in Qi training early. Li Zhouluo guessed that it was still late, but whether the other party needed it or not, the family had to give it to him. He nodded and said:

"I will send someone to Ziyan urgently and give her a supply of breakthrough materials."

Cui Jueyin replied respectfully:

"Besides this matter, there is another important matter... A monk from the Purple Smoke Sect was traveling around and said that he pointed out the child of a small family on the lake. At first, he just thought he was cute... but after three or five years, he fell in love and couldn't bear to leave. , I want to take him back to the sect this time... and accept him as a disciple, let me ask the family leader first."

This was an incredible thing. Li Zhouluo was suddenly shocked and asked:

"Which family? Which surname?"

Cui Jueyin smiled bitterly and replied:

"Ding's family... Ding's family dispersed to a small family in Huzhou... Orphaned and widowed, the mother has a little bit of cultivation, but from what I can see, this matter is not very glorious..."

‘Ding! ’

Li Zhouluo became suspicious and asked:

"Although this matter is a bit abrupt, why is it considered disgraceful?"

Cui Jueyin sighed in a low voice:

"The Ding family died in the hands of Fuyun Cave, and Wei and Zhen all knew their names, so the orphans and widows did not have a hard time. I think that the Ziyan monk... had some... some interest in the widow... He once stayed overnight, and I heard that it was windy in the middle of the night. The shouts made the neighbors laugh, but fortunately no one recognized them, and the child didn’t resist even looking at him..."

"This... is also a dignified foundation-building monk, and he doesn't set up a formation? He's so romantic..."

Li Zhouluo looked a little weird. It was absolutely impossible for the dignified monk of the Purple Smoke Sect to hide this movement. He could only sigh for the hobby of the monk of the Purple Smoke Sect. He finally understood and hesitated for a while. , said awkwardly:

"It would be a good thing to notify Ding Weizuo about this matter... It can be considered a good thing. What is the situation with the monk from the Purple Smoke Sect? Is he a lustful person? I am only afraid that he will take him away for a few years and then abandon him cruelly. It will not look good on our end. "

Cui Jueyin replied:

"The boy's name is Ding Mu. He belongs to the Purple Smoke Sect and is the master of [Xi Ling Peak]. His name is Cao Chu and his Taoist name is Hu Xizi. I haven't heard that he has a reputation for being a playboy, but he already has one wife and two concubines in the peak. , I will take her back as my concubine.”

Li Zhouluo had no choice but to feel a little ashamed and replied:

"If the two parties are willing, they have to wait for the person in charge of Ziyan Sect to come and ask. After all, I think they will still suffer a loss. This matter needs to be handled well..."

"Exactly!"

Ding Mu is not a direct descendant of the Li family, nor does he have a well-known surname. He and Ding Wei are also related to each other by eight poles. They are not very sensitive, but they are the Li family after all. This matter naturally requires the two Zifu forces to pass the gas. Yes, Cui Jueyin replied:

"Fellow Taoist Cao Chu has reported it to the sect. Someone should come over to negotiate these matters."

"good!"

Li Zhouluo breathed a sigh of relief, watched Cui Jueyin go on, and pondered in his mind:

"This Dingmu will definitely be weak in the sect in the future. It's a time of crisis. If we can handle it well and grow up in the Ziyan Sect, we will also have a stable network of people in the future. It will be a huge benefit." A harmless thing.”

Now that Li Jiangqian is out of seclusion, Li Zhouluo is relieved. There are only two things to deal with now: publishing the list and offering sacrifices.

"Go and ask Jiang Qian to come over."

He gave instructions, and after a short while, Li Jiangqian came in from outside the palace. Li Zhouluo greeted him with a smile and said:

"Now that the day of the clan's sacrifice is approaching, the regulations from previous years remain unchanged. This monster has to be caught again. This year, we will use a foundation-building monster? It's hard to find this monster now..."

The Li family's sacrifice of monsters is usually decided by a group of foundation builders. Now that Li Ming Palace is in retreat, it should be Li Chenghuai and Li Jiangqian's decision. Li Zhouluo first spoke out and said tactfully:

"Nowadays, the clan is in a tight situation, and you have just broken through the Foundation Establishment... I think... it would be better to keep everything simple."

After all, the Li Ming Palace of the Li family is in retreat. The two of them usually don't go out to look for monsters at the same time in the early stages of foundation building. They usually send Li Chenghuai, who has a higher level of cultivation, to go out to fight or provoke. The situation is unclear now, so it is obviously dangerous. things.

In Li Zhouluo's eyes, the sacrifice was nothing more than a solemn ceremony. It was a critical moment and there was no need to be so high-profile.

Li Jiangqian understood his concerns, and he still had some desire to gain Qi, so he thought to himself:

'If I go to Donghai and Helin, I don't know if I can make it in time...'

He was not afraid that he would not be able to catch the monsters. Not to mention Li Chenghuai, Li Jiangqian was also very accurate in dealing with those wild monsters. He was afraid that his family was different from the past. It was once a small foundation-building clan and no one cared about it. Now that the Zi Mansion has been established, the real person is not on the lake, and there are many eyes around, so he may be suspected of starting a war.

If Li Ximing was here, he would catch Taixu when he came back and put it on the mountain for sacrifice. Naturally, no one would know about it. Even if they knew, they would only think of making elixirs. But Li Ximing was not here, and it would seem a little uncomfortable for him to carry such a big monster back. That’s it.

He frowned and had to answer:

"What the head of the family said makes sense, but this matter still needs to be discussed. I will ask the elder first before making a decision."

Li Zhouluo nodded and handed over the directory on the case. These names had been recorded on the scroll with a golden edge. He said softly:

"This is a hidden list, Jiang Qian, just take a look."

Li Jiangqian smiled and did not touch the scroll. Instead, he bowed and replied:

"No need, just go ahead and arrange it, head of the family. I'll go for a walk on the island and take a look."

…

In the continent.

The morning light had just risen over the lake, and the house was bustling with excitement. The two majestic green tiger stone statues in front of the house were hung with red silk. The people on both sides were also dressed in red and said with a smile:

"congratulations…"

The plaque in front of the main entrance was shining brightly, and the two characters "Dongxu" inlaid with gold were shining. Li Xiyuan, who was fair and fat, was standing in front of the house, wearing a festive red dress. People on both sides called him "Master".

[Dongxu] The first residence is Yuan Wanmai’s ancestral house. It used to be very spacious. Later, there were more descendants. One courtyard was divided into four rooms, and each room was divided into four rooms. It was beautiful outside but surprisingly crowded inside. Li Xiyuan Every time I stand in front of this gate, I sigh, but now I finally stop sighing and my face is radiant.

Waiting inside was Li Minggong's younger brother, with a bright face and a colorful scarf. The guests who came and went all respected him. As a group of guests entered, a man in short clothes came up and said happily:

"My eldest brother and his nephews have all fallen into the trap. Do you want a good house to live in now? I have a good location..."

The middle-aged man in the colorful scarf was feeling proud, and when he was in a good mood, he became polite to the prostitutes who came up to him, and just smiled and said:

"Wait for a while and you will earn something!"

He laughed loudly, pulled people in, and passed the gate. The courtyard had been made very small and crowded with guests celebrating the occasion. He held his head high and his chest high, with his chest hunched in front of him, and his eyes glanced around suspiciously. In sharp contrast, the deceased father Li Xixi said loudly:

"This time the family members were affected, five people in my Yuanwandong residence were affected, totaling four lines. Everyone..."

He raised his glass and said with a smile:

"The chief protects the clan members, and all the families are warm. Congratulations to the lake! Congratulations to the continent! Congratulations to the clan!"

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Li Xuanxuan [Nine Levels of Qi Training] [Direct Lineage of Bomai]

Li Zhouming [Third Level of Qi Training] [Direct Lineage of Zifu]

Li Zhouluo [Eighth Level of Qi Training] [Head of the Family]

Li Jiangqian's "Da Li Shu" [early stage of foundation building]

Li Chenghuai "Don't Check Me" [Early Stage of Foundation Building]

Cui Jueyin's "Changming Stage" [late stage of foundation building]

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The graduation ceremony has been quite stressful these two days, but luckily I caught up with it.