"The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion investigated the Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe's territory many years ago. They suspect that the formation of the stone beasts is related to an innate spiritual object located beneath the hundred mountains, one that can grant sentience to stone beasts."
"...."
The Li family members stared at Huang Xiujin in silence, their gazes making his scalp tingle. "Wh-what's wrong?" he stammered.
"Why didn't you tell us sooner?!"
Li Dalong let out a long sigh. "Well, it's too late now. The Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe has already been divided up. The opportunity has passed."
"It was Yu Xian who told you to reveal this now, wasn't it?"
Li Yaowen frowned. "Was he afraid that our Li family might cooperate with the Wu Clan?"
Huang Xiujin spread his hands. "Indeed," he said, "but there's no need to worry. Mr. Yu said that although they haven't been able to enter the Hundred Mountains to investigate these past years, if it were that easy to find, someone would have taken it long ago."
"Even though the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is involved, according to his calculations, they won't be able to find it for another three to five years."
As he spoke, Huang Xiujin took out another object. It was a token with the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion symbol on it!
It was a token of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!
But this token was also covered in various inscriptions, seemingly suppressing the spiritual energy within it.
"Mr. Yu has been with the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion for over two hundred years," Huang Xiujin explained. "He said that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's power is immense, and there's not much he can do. But at least he could tamper with their tokens. Presumably, there should be members of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion within the Hundred Mountains now. This object can track their whereabouts."
It had to be said that Yu Xian was truly a talented individual, still scheming even in death.
Undoubtedly, the treasure that could grant sentience even to stones would be another powerful trump card for the Li family, one they could use against the Wu Clan, who had now become their sworn enemies.
But the Li family members were still staring at Huang Xiujin.
It wasn't that they didn't trust Huang Xiujin, but rather that they didn't trust Yu Xian...
Li Wei didn't trust him either. Who knew if this was some kind of trap?
"It's too dangerous," Li Yaowen said.
Li Yaowen shook her head. "It's not worth it," she said. "Let's not discuss this matter any further."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Huang Xiujin also let out a helpless, wry smile.
Even Li Tianqi, who loved taking risks, nodded and said, "Yes, that old Yu Xian tricked our family last time, leading the Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe to attack us. We can't trust him."
Li Tianyi nodded slightly. "The seniors within me also said there's no need for that," he replied.
"Elder Brother is right!"
Li Tianming looked at Li Tianyi with admiration.
...
The next day, a group of Li family members left the estate!
With Guan Tian's arrival, the Li family also felt a sense of urgency.
[Your descendant, Li Yaowen, reports to you that the Beast Division and the Spirit Jade Division are persuading the various Wu tribes to launch another large-scale attack on the Azure Cloud region. Feng Chunlin of the Prince's Mansion is also secretly requesting reinforcements from the Starfall Region and some other close regions, which are near the Azure Cloud region. In the future, this war will become even more chaotic.]
The Li family members all went into secluded cultivation in suitable locations. Many of them had already reached the Fake Core Formation stage and were close to breaking through to the Golden Core stage.
Cultivating in environments suited to their techniques and spirit roots could greatly increase their chances of a breakthrough.
Meanwhile, on the road towards the Endless Forest, Li Tianyi, Li Tianming, and Li Tianqi were traveling together!
"Heeheehee, absolutely right!"
Li Tianqi, carrying the tortoise shell and walking on his sword, laughed loudly. "I want to see just how dangerous these Hundred Mountains are," he declared. "The greater the risk, the stronger I become!"
Li Tianyi was more cautious. "We still need to prioritize our safety," he said, "but we should try to obtain that mysterious spiritual object. Buried deep underground, it can create a million stone beasts. If it falls into our Li family's hands, we could have an army of ten million, or even more! We would have a much better chance against the Wu Clan."
As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Li Tianming, who was closely following him, with a cold light flashing in his sleeve. He rolled his eyes. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"Ahaha."
Li Tianming hid his hands behind his back. With a flick of his fingers, the dagger disappeared. "N-nothing," he replied, "I just agree with what you said. It's just the Hundred Mountains. I dared to kill people in front of Nascent Soul experts even when I was only at the Foundation Establishment stage."
"Damn..."
Li Wei was checking the whereabouts of his descendants. When it came to these three, he cursed under his breath. "No wonder you were so well-behaved last night!"
[Your three descendants, defying the family's arrangements and refusing to give up on this treasure hunt, have used the opportunity of their training expedition to journey together to the Hundred Mountains and seize the treasure for the family!]
"..."
It had to be said, these three were the craziest among the fourth generation.
Li Wei rolled his eyes. One of them loved digging underground, one loved killing, and the other loved courting death. What a perfect combination.
Then, he was about to inform Li Yaowen about this.
"..."
Li Wei stared blankly ahead, then said after a while, "Yaowen, you've changed. Even you are lying now..."
At this moment, Li Yaowen was riding in her wheelchair, propelled by clouds and mist, followed by four Golden Core assassins from Dawn.
She was heading towards the Hundred Mountains.
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