[Year 123 of the Li Family]
[Your descendant Li Kuangren and Feng Mi are married!]
[Your descendant Li Kuangtu and Qingyu are married!]
[Congratulations! You have received +30 Incense Value.]
The marriage of their offspring is always what elders most want to see, especially when they approve of the marriage partner.
Qingyu is absolutely the best and most virtuous wife for Li Kuangtu.
Although Feng Mi came from the Prince's Mansion, she is very well-behaved. Despite her noble birth, she hasn't been affected by any of the afflictions of the wealthy. Li Changsheng, that boy, has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, probably taking after his mother's temperament.
"Hahaha, good!"
Li Dalong was just as delighted as Li Wei.
Li Wei watched as the two newlywed couples entered their bridal chambers in the darkness.
Next day.
As soon as the rooster crowed, Li Dalong eagerly gathered the children and brought them to the ancestral hall. Holding a pile of spirit stones inscribed with copies of the "Dual Cultivation Techniques of the Bedchamber Arts," he declared in a solemn voice, "Children, our ancestor manifested himself last time and bestowed upon us this secret manual. From now on, no one can escape this responsibility! You must all diligently produce offspring for our family!"
"Those of you who aren't married, how old are you already?"
"And you few!"
Li Dalong pointed at Li Yunlin, Li Yunbing, Li Tianyi, Li Tianming, Li Tianqi, and the others, and a wave of snickers erupted.
"Do you know what it means to be a real man? A real man has a family."
"Yaozu got that girl pregnant when he was only seventeen!"
Li Yaozu, who had been watching the commotion with a cheerful smile, gradually darkened his face.
Li Yaotie poked his elder brother's arm as if watching a joke. "Big brother," he said, "Father's laughing at you..."
"You need to be as shameless as Yaotie and his children to strengthen the family!"
Li Yaotie's smile gradually disappeared.
Looking at these two young men, Li Wei in front of the screen crossed his arms. "Dalong is absolutely right! We need to make them understand, let them learn, and get them married!"
"Have lots and lots of children, and expand the clan!"
Li Wei was already looking forward to the day when they would diligently produce offspring and make the family flourish.
Li Dalong in the screen snorted coldly. "As a man, you must have a family! I'm speaking from experience in Green Valley Village. Do you know what people in the village used to say when they saw a bachelor? They would say this person is busy all day long, so busy that in the end, he doesn't even have a wife, and the only thing he's tiring is his own hand!"
"You don't even have wives. Don't you feel like something's missing in your lives?"
"..."
"Bang!"
Li Wei's face was expressionless. He clenched his right fist and slammed it hard on the table.
On this day, the Li family children were just like Li Dalong when he first got his hands on this secret manual.
They stared at the serious-looking Li Dalong in disbelief, then glanced at the ancestral tablets. The fourth generation of those wild children suddenly felt that their own lack of seriousness wasn't entirely without reason.
The happiest were those who had wives; they treated the dual cultivation manual like a priceless treasure.
Li Tianniu watched the images projected from the spirit stones, his spirits lifting with each passing moment, his joy soaring.
...
"Whew."
Li Wei let out a long breath and switched the screen. Although he knew Li Dalong wasn't lecturing him directly, he felt the implicit criticism.
He decided to simply watch the family's development instead.
Only a little over a year had passed.
But to the west of the Li family residence, there was a massive cave, with heat and smoke constantly billowing upwards.
[Seventh-Grade Forging Pavilion]
[Established by Li Yaotie, along with a group of artificers gathered from various forces. They dug three thousand meters underground, imitating the Thunderfire Demon Cave, and used techniques to draw out molten lava.
[The Forging Pavilion members come from various major forces, totaling 285 people.]
[Resources possessed...]
This time, Li Wei also carefully examined Li Yaotie's spirit puppet.
[Your descendant, Li Yaotie, has mastered the techniques for crafting Eighth-Grade spirit puppets.]
[Eighth-Grade Spirit Puppet: Composed of a flying corpse and a transformable spiritual tool with spatial storage technology. It can only understand simple commands, instantly transforming into a steel spirit puppet, reaching a towering height of five meters.]
...
[Li Yaotie has become a Seventh-Grade Spirit Puppet Grandmaster!]
[Seventh-Grade Spirit Puppet: Created using Golden Core spiritual power, requiring a large quantity of Seventh-Grade materials... Using demonic cultivation methods, a cultivator's flesh, blood, and soul are forged into the spirit puppet... The cultivator's flesh and blood are integrated with the materials, becoming inseparable...]
Seeing Li Yaotie's method for forging Seventh-Grade spirit puppets, Li Wei suddenly recalled the time on the battlefield.
His Seventh-Grade spirit puppets were already capable of flight. Moreover, their most significant feature was that their entire bodies were weapons, with steel that could extend and contract like liquid. Their moderately good recovery ability also allowed Seventh-Grade spirit puppets to contend with Golden Core cultivators.
[Your descendant, Li Yaotie, is attempting to integrate the power of the Five Elements and the forces of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning into the spirit puppets, in order to grant them spiritual power beyond their physical forms.]
[Hypothetical requirements: Golden Core, spiritual objects containing the power of heaven and earth.]
"Hiss~"
Li Wei gasped. If this were truly possible, Seventh-Grade spirit puppets would be able to wield spiritual power, potentially becoming even more formidable than actual Golden Core cultivators.
Furthermore, Li Yaotie had already begun to impart the techniques for crafting Ninth-Grade spirit puppets to the artificers.
A new method of cultivation was spreading on a small scale within the game world.
Given enough time, the Li family's spirit puppets would be able to sweep aside the entire Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe!
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