Chapter 1113: Chapter 1107: Latecomers Like Us
Not long after,
Li Wei followed after him.
He saw Qiu Xundao return to his quarters, bringing Qiu Xunfa along.
Without a word, Qiu Xundao sat down cross-legged and began cultivating.
His profound techniques manifested into spirit birds that scattered in all directions.
Shifting his focus back to Li Xinghuo’s courtyard, Li Wei saw that the Grand Tutor had already arrived.
Li Xinghuo and his wife greeted him with utmost respect.
Lin Jiu had already perceived the 108 demonic runes fully forming within Li Xinghuo’s half-complete Void Refinement domain, and his expression carried even greater approval.
Surprisingly, when facing Li Xinghuo, he was far less taciturn than he had been with Qiu Xundao.
“Xundao came to see me just now.”
With just that single sentence, Li Xinghuo’s brows furrowed deeply.
At his age, he was naturally not naive enough to believe the Grand Tutor would favor the Li Clan.
Lin Jiu continued,
“This matter is simple to resolve. Zhijing was saved by your Li Clan’s Ancestor.
Qiu Xunfa is Xundao’s closest kin, and like you, Xundao holds a high position within the Asura Army.
If matters escalate, a rift between the two of you is inevitable.
Qiu Xunfa is currently within the camp. Whether you seek an apology or demand blood for blood, the decision is yours.”
From Lin Jiu’s lips, such a grave conflict was handled as though it were a trivial matter.
Li Xinghuo quickly bowed. “Yes, Adoptive Father. This child understands.”
After Lin Jiu departed, Li Xinghuo and his wife exchanged puzzled glances.
As for Li Wei, he found the entire situation deeply strange.
Why had Lin Jiu not spoken these words to Qiu Xundao, but instead to Li Xinghuo?
Normally, such a matter would involve summoning both sides to mediate—reducing a major conflict into a minor one, and a minor one into nothing.
Yet when Qiu Xundao came, Lin Jiu said nothing at all—allowing him to spiral into his own interpretations.
As these thoughts lingered…
Li Wei suddenly vanished.
A single line of text remained on the fading system panel:
[Special Event — Your descendant Li Chuyuan has consumed Min Tiange’s Dao Seed…]
[Your descendant Li Xinnian, currently in Shadowfell Prefecture, has encountered Min Tiange’s clone…]
…….
Beneath the blood moon, the tree shadows cast a red hue.
A gentle breeze blew past as Li Xinnian and Min Tiange leaned against the same tree.
Li Xinnian calmly observed the figure dressed in white, his hair bound by a jade crown.
Min Tiange’s hair fell over his eyes, and he exuded not the slightest hint of an imposing aura; he looked exactly like the most ordinary of mortals.
Today, a letter from Min Tiange had arrived at the Golden Toad Divine Palace, requesting a meeting with a member of the Azure Cloud Li Clan.
After some deliberation among the clansmen, Li Xinnian decided he also wanted to meet this existence who was secretly stirring up the winds and clouds.
Li Xinnian had once imagined how majestic and domineering Min Tiange would be, how intensely oppressive his presence.
Yet, seeing him here in this forest, he felt the other party was nothing more than a person like himself—a mere mortal.
“I hear your Azure Cloud Li Clan has been looking for me lately?” Min Tiange’s thin lips parted slightly.
“That’s right.”
Showing no fear, Li Xinnian smiled and said,
“Your Excellency ordered the Wu Tribe to cross the borders.
The Crown Prince was also manipulated by Your Excellency.
And now, this blood moon gathering the spiritual energy and souls of the dead across the world is also your doing.
There are many in this world who wish to find Your Excellency; my Li Clan is merely one among them.”
Min Tiange let out a scoff through his nose, his voice suddenly turning faint and eerie.
“In my view, the people of the world coming to find me are like starving dogs lunging for food, driven by nothing more than greed or the apprehension of sensing danger.
Which kind is your Li Clan?”
Li Xinnian frowned and remained silent.
If he were to speak his true thoughts, it would be nothing more than what the elders at home often said: kill this bastard for revenge, no matter the cost.
“It seems you are neither.”
Min Tiange teased, “In my view, your Li Clan shouldn’t be looking for me. You should be standing on the same side as me. We are the same kind of people.”
“…” Li Xinnian continued to remain silent.
Min Tiange said, “You truly shouldn’t have killed Fei Heng. Fei Heng and I were the same kind of people; we are the innovators of the world.
As a member of the royal bloodline, Fei Heng dared to cultivate the Corpse-Stitching Art of the Mountain of Esoteric Stratagems.
He should have achieved far greater things. What a pity he fell by your hands.”
Li Xinnian didn’t want to elaborate on the story between them and Fei Heng.
Perhaps in Min Tiange’s eyes, he hadn’t even realized that by nearly causing Li Yaotie’s fall and Li Tianyue’s death, the Azure Cloud Li Clan had long since placed Min Tiange at the very top of their kill list.
“Innovators?” Li Xinnian was more focused on this novel term.
“Yes. Your Li Clan has existed for too short a time; you know too little about the affairs of the world,” Min Tiange said.
“There are twenty-four Emperors in the world.
Every single one of them possesses an imperishable physical body; they never truly die, and can even choose to reincarnate independently.
They are gods in the mortal realm. Yet, despite possessing such formidable strength, every single one of them is as timid as a mouse.”
As timid as a mouse… Li Xinnian frowned. He hadn’t expected that Emperor Realm experts would receive such an evaluation from Min Tiange’s mouth.
“They are already incredibly difficult to kill or destroy, so they only have one thought: to live forever.
But at the same time, they have severed the hopes of others achieving immortality.
However, an imperishable physical body does not equate to eternal life. They are afraid. Afraid that latecomers will snatch away their Emperor Thrones.”
Min Tiange grinned, pointing at his own nose. “Latecomers like us.”
“Why are you telling me all this?” Li Xinnian frowned.
“We have never been enemies,” Min Tiange laughed.
“Perhaps you haven’t realized it, but the more potential someone has in this world, the more dangerous they are.
And your Li Clan, established for less than a millennium, has geniuses rising like dazzling new stars.
To the Emperor Realm experts, you are a true threat. Perhaps they are already preparing to eradicate you ‘troublemakers’ as we speak.”
Li Xinnian narrowed his eyes slightly.
He only heard Min Tiange continue, “These people never taint themselves with karma.
They are afraid of being targeted by latecomers, and at the same time, they will silently and stealthily scheme to eliminate all threats.”
“For example, me.” Min Tiange’s face remained calm, but Li Xinnian could sense the madness lurking in his eyes.
“Cooperate with me. Only with the Imperial Dynasty in utter chaos will we have the chance to obtain more opportunities and snatch the Emperor Thrones!
At the same time, forcing the Emperors to exhaust themselves dealing with us… that is our opportunity.”
“Lure the Wu Tribe of the Southern Border across the pass.
Have the cultivators of the Azure Cloud Prefecture launch a surprise attack on the Eastern Border.
Lure Fourth Prince across the pass to kill Dongfang Liancheng.”
“I guarantee, your Li Clan will become a beneficiary!”
Three veins bulged on Li Xinnian’s forehead. Staring into Min Tiange’s eyes… why was he actually feeling a little tempted?
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