Nearby, Li Kuanghua and Li Kuangren suddenly stared at the composed Grand Elder.
"He's definitely the wealthiest. He even takes our spoils of war in the Azure Cloud Martial Pavilion."
"Yeah, it's definitely the Grand Elder. Not only does he take our spoils of war, but when we eat out, he even makes us juniors pay the bill."
A clamor arose.
The younger members of the Li family all recalled their history of blood and tears.
While the clan members were each displaying their abilities, using formations and spirit artifacts to prevent the aura of the treasures from leaking out, Li Tianyi raised his head and puffed out his chest, stepping forward with an expression of extreme excitement.
This day had finally arrived!
Back then, he had been like a fool, deceived by the elders for who knows how many years. It was only when the family fled that he discovered how wealthy they truly were. At that time, he swore that he would diligently rob tombs, silently accumulate wealth, and shock the family for a hundred years!
"Today's me is not the me of the past. Open your eyes wide and look carefully! My savings have already surpassed yours!"
His heart was roaring.
Li Tianyi waved his hand, and three storage rings on his fingers flashed with light. The spoils he had gathered from years of tomb raiding filled the ancestral hall to the brim!
"What the..."
Li Wei cursed under his breath. A fork, from where it came from no one knew, pierced through his body. The members of the Li family were dumbfounded as they were buried under a pile of junk that belonged to Li Tianyi.
...
Half an hour later.
Even Li Changsheng, who had long known that his family was not ordinary, widened his eyes. Li Kuanghua and Li Kuangren's expressions turned ugly. As expected, the Grand Elder's sword case contained not only swords but also wealth comparable to that of a thousand-year-old major sect.
"..."
Li Changyao touched the 'Shoo-Shoo Pink Bow' on her back, then looked at Li Tianyi, who was squatting in a corner with a depressed expression. She realized that she had been deceived. No... it seemed she hadn't been deceived, her father, Li Kuangren, really was poor.
However, just the savings of her Great-Granduncle, Li Tianyi, were enough to dazzle her. There was even a sealed supreme-grade spirit artifact among them, and all sorts of strange and bizarre things obtained from tomb raiding, too many to take in all at once. But even so, his large pile of valuable treasures was still put away by the elders into storage rings labeled 'Not Needed', ready to be given to the villagers of Green Valley Town.
Then, the savings of each member of the grandfather generation were, at the very least, comparable to Great-Granduncle's.
Especially Grandpa Tianming, who was picked up like a chick, and a large pile of storage rings fell from his person. Just the rare spirit materials alone, three were found.
For the elders.
Only spirit artifacts caught their attention. Natural treasures, elixirs, and medicinal herbs had to be at least seventh-grade to be considered. They even took out the legendary 'Spirit Vein' from them, the kind that now supplies the entire city with spiritual energy beneath the Li family's residence... As for the ancestor Li Dalong, who was said to have not much savings, when his coffin lid was opened, the rich spiritual energy from those treasures almost broke through the protective formations...
"When they say they're poor, don't believe a word they say."
Li Changsheng was still gritting his teeth. He had still underestimated the elders' savings!
He had been to the Feng's Mansion's treasury, and he had seen the Feng's Mansion's Nascent Soul stage experts. He had reached out to ask for things, just as the elders had taught him, but... now it seemed, the Feng's Mansion was utterly poor!
He suspected that the family elders had plundered half of the Azure Cloud region.
Li Changsheng stroked his younger sister's head, seeing her dazed expression. He comforted her, "Sister, I know you've taken a huge blow to your heart. Just get used to it. In the future, if you want anything, just ask them for it..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Changyao burst into tears, "Brother, the Ancestor said he's going to distribute all the savings accumulated over the years and use it all up. Does that mean we'll be poor again in the future? The elders will have to tighten their belts again. It's too miserable."
"..."
Li Changsheng looked at his naive younger sister. He was speechless. His little sister seemed beyond saving. He could even imagine that in the days to come, she would be wielding her bow, just like the elders, scavenging outside, not even sparing the wild grass by the roadside.
And then, just like what he had experienced in his childhood, the savings she had painstakingly accumulated would be swindled away bit by bit by the elders.
He looked at his sister earnestly, "Changyao, you need to be like me. As long as we're poor enough, the elders won't trick us out of our resources."
Li Changyao didn't listen to a word of it.
Her eyes were red as she looked at the resources the elders had stuffed into her arms. She pouted, "Brother, our family is poor again. In the future, I must become stronger and bring back lots and lots of resources."
...
At night.
The resources were finally distributed. Li Wei smiled slightly. Only he knew the true extent of the Li family's wealth. The family had been poor all along, but when it came time to distribute resources, they were not stingy at all.
"Strive hard, children! Use up all the resources, pierce through the Wu Clan, and kill Feng Qingyang!"
Seeing the children begin their cultivation again, Li Wei felt a surge of relief and gratification.
Suddenly.
"Huh?"
Li Wei was stunned. In the pitch-black night, members of the family were, one after another, stealthily flying towards the territory of the Wu Clan.
He even overheard the murmurs of some of the clan members.
Li Tianming: "It really feels strange not having a few full storage rings on me."
Li Tianyi: "I'm going to prove to the clan that I can be richer than them!"
Li Yaozu: "I never want to go back to the hard days of the past."
Li Dalong: "Strike it rich!"
"..."
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