[Your descendant, Li Yaowen's, heavenly tribulation is imminent. She has unleashed the power of all four seasons, an act that usurps the natural order of heaven and earth. The heavens are enraged!]
"Whew~ Thankfully, those elders of the Azure Cloud Pavilion all value their lives."
Watching the scene on the screen, as the area around Azure Cloud Mountain shifted from winter to spring, and everyone in the Azure Cloud Pavilion, from top to bottom, hesitated to intervene due to the threat of the heavenly tribulation, Li Wei's worries finally subsided.
He and Li Yaowen had been planning this for seven years!
This coordinated operation had been premeditated; they had calculated every aspect in advance.
One of their objectives was to utterly ruin the Azure Cloud Pavilion's reputation. What is "memory of Azure Cloud region"? A rotten memory, a memory of cowards, does that even count as a memory?
This is the price the Azure Cloud Pavilion must pay now!
Li Yaowen, alone, using her own heavenly tribulation as a threat, had intimidated the entire Azure Cloud Pavilion; their Golden Core elders dared not take half a step out of their mountain gates!
"Ancestor, there are more Golden Core auras within the Azure Cloud Pavilion."
Li Yaowen continued to stare at the Azure Cloud Pavilion with an impassive expression, gently stroking the ancestral tablet as she whispered softly.
At this moment, the cultivators who had been soaring on their swords outside the Azure Cloud Pavilion, under Pavilion Master Gu Cangsheng's orders, had retreated back inside and were vigilantly watching Li Yaowen. Judging from their posture, if Li Yaowen took a single step forward, the disciples and elders of the Azure Cloud Pavilion would scatter in all directions.
[Be careful]
"Yes, Ancestor. If they truly act impulsively, this child is not foolish. I will simply flee."
Li Yaowen merely smiled faintly.
[Ancestor's Warm Embrace x2]
...
This day, in the 90th year of the Li family, was truly like a harsh winter blizzard for the entire Azure Cloud region.
At the foot of Azure Cloud Mountain lay Azure Cloud Town, a prosperous land where the people were skilled in martial arts. Countless talented youths from all over the Azure Cloud region gathered there, hoping to gain the favor of the legendary Azure Cloud Pavilion and become its disciples.
[Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion]
Braving the swirling snow, talented youths from all twenty-four districts of Azure Cloud region, none older than fifty, had gathered here. It was time for the young martial artists' competition. The champion would become a personal disciple of an Azure Cloud Pavilion elder. Even those within the top ten could directly "leap over the dragon gate" and become inner disciples of the Azure Cloud Pavilion.
After several rounds of competition, it was finally time for the final showdown on the arena.
It was the most exciting moment of the competition.
Suddenly...
"Bang!"
After shaving his beard, Li Tianyi, still disheveled, descended from the sky. Dust and smoke billowed within the arena, attracting the attention of the thousands gathered there.
Li Tianyi glanced around at the crowd. After spending seven years digging graves, he wasn't quite used to seeing so many people upon emerging.
"Ten breaths," he declared. "Those unrelated to the Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion, leave immediately. You won't find a future with the Azure Cloud Pavilion, because the Azure Cloud Pavilion itself has no future."
His words were like hot oil, causing an uproar within the Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion.
Some hurled insults, some sensed something amiss and left, while others immediately moved to surround Li Tianyi.
Li Tianyi remained unfazed. He calmly took out his Cloud Tide Zither, and the spirit weapon, the Great River Dragon General Picture, materialized behind him.
Even more people fled from the Martial Pavilion.
He calmly observed the surrounding crowd, the clamor no longer reaching his ears. He silently set up the altar and lit the incense.
When the people of the Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion saw the character "Li" on the ancestral tablet, along with the name of the Pig Demon King, their expressions finally changed!
Li Tianyi remained unmoved, simply bowing respectfully.
Many years ago, when he was still a child, his maternal great-grandfather told him that one day, with his talent, he would surely stand out amongst his peers. His great-grandfather would watch from below as he became the most outstanding genius in all of Sky Jade region.
Back then, he didn't take those words to heart at all. Compared to that, he was more concerned about whether his younger siblings would be accidentally killed while playing with his great-grandfather and the spirit beasts of the Silver Iron Forest.
Whether he became a genius or not truly didn't matter to him; the safety of his younger siblings was the most important thing.
But now...
"Ten breaths have passed."
In an instant, cries of anguish filled the air!
From the image of the Great River Dragon General, the techniques once used by the ancestor of the Su family emerged. Dragons rampaged, and shrimp soldiers and crab generals swarmed forth!
The twenty-three old men materialized behind Li Tianyi. They then entered the bodies of the dragons, shrimp soldiers, and crab generals, assisting Li Tianyi in the slaughter.
Even though they were only fragmented souls, those old men were once beings above the Nascent Soul stage. The Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion, located in a mere rural town, was hailed as a cultivation sanctuary, but it only had a few False Core Formation experts. None were a match for them.
Li Tianyi sat and played his zither.
The zither's sound resonated, and the strings burst forth from the instrument, slicing across the necks of those so-called geniuses!
Floating clouds descended from the sky, encasing the entire Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion.
This was a technique from the Earth-grade cultivation method "Azure Cloud Unfallen": using the azure clouds to trap the enemy!
After half an hour, aside from Li Tianyi, there was no one left alive in the entire Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion. The zither strings returned to the Cloud Tide Zither, and Li Tianyi played the final note.
He then withdrew the image of the Great River Dragon General, held his zither, and placed the altar back on the martial arts stage. In this place littered with corpses, he once again lit incense and knelt in worship.
"Great-grandfather, did you see that?"
"Your child truly is a genius, not just in Sky Jade region, but the most formidable genius in the entire Azure Cloud region!"
"From today onwards, everyone will know about your child, and they will know that I am your great-grandson."
Li Tianyi kowtowed so forcefully that he cracked the fighting platform.
It was as if he wanted to knock all his regrets back into the world.
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