"Heavenly Secrets Pavilion?"
Outside the room, tremors could be felt. It was unclear how the war was progressing, but Li Wei remained calm, watching the game screen. His mouse hovered over a skill icon, but he made no move to activate it.
Because Li Tianyue was very calm, terrifyingly calm!
At this moment, she was enveloped by complex inscriptions, fixed to the wall of the valley. The appearance of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion masked man did not cause her the slightest panic. She parted her red lips slightly and said, "You should be from the Imperial City on this trip, people from the War Supervision Bureau, right? Those capable of capturing me silently on this trip are no more than five in number. Let me guess who you are."
As soon as these words were spoken, the masked man's killing intent surged instantly.
Li Tianyue simply let out a scoff, "Go ahead and try to kill me! You've only recently arrived in Azure Cloud region, and haven't even established a foothold. If our Li family investigates, and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion holds you accountable, let's see if your death won't be even more miserable than mine!"
"..."
Originally, he was still considering helping Li Tianyue, but the mouse he had just moved froze. At this moment, the masked man had already set Li Tianyue down. Li Wei stared blankly at the event log.
[Your descendant Li Tianyue, through detailed deduction, discovered the true identity of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion mysterious person, and reached a deal with the Heavenly Heavenly Secrets Pavilion person. She has obtained a new identity: Heavenly Secrets Pavilion member.]
Not long after.
Li Wei saw that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion member, from where he had taken Li Tianyue, delivered Li Tianyue back to the same place… As he left, Li Tianyue even tossed him a communication stone.
When that Heavenly Secrets Pavilion mysterious person left, his back view was desolate and lonely, as if he had been humiliated.
Li Tianyue took out an ancestral spirit tablet, "Ancestor, your child has already taken control of the new leader of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and has important matters to report to you. Please help me bring it home!"
...
In the ancestral hall.
Many children of the Li family were summoned by Li Wei to gather together. Li Tianyi and others who were carrying out tasks among the Wu Clan also returned for a visit.
At this moment, upon learning about Li Tianyue's matter from the Raging Sky Flood Dragon, they were all stunned.
Li Tianming was the first to react, "The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion even sought out Tianyue?"
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, everyone looked towards Li Tianming. The kid grinned widely.
In the next moment, the Li family members' faces had already darkened. They saw a red light flash from the storage ring in his hand, and a human head appeared in his palm. A small piece of paper was stuck to it – [Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Member, arrogant type, souvenir]
"..."
Not long after, Li Tianming was tied to a pillar and whimpered. Li Tianyi, with his eyelid twitching rapidly, took away Li Tianming's storage ring. Outside the ancestral hall, alchemic fire flickered, obviously, Li Tianyi was helping Li Tianming destroy the evidence. Hmm… quite a lot of evidence.
The family members collectively decided not to think about what Li Tianming had done again recently.
Their expressions were somewhat solemn now. In truth, whatever the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion intended to do, as long as it didn't concern the Li family, they wouldn't need to care. They could just profit from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's intelligence and focus on developing their own strength. However, one piece of intelligence among them was closely related to the Li family.
[Intelligence: The Azure Dynasty's border war is showing a significant downward trend; the Human Emperor is seriously injured; the Grand Tutor Lin Jiu, who was then in office, is also engaged in a major battle with the Demon Clan in the north; the State Preceptor Min Youguo, worried about the nation, has dispatched the War Supervision Bureau. Yet, after two years, no significant advantage in the war is visible. He intends to cede the Azure Cloud Region, Qi Region, Starfall Region,… and other 14 major Regions to the Wu Clan, in exchange for ten thousand years of peace between the Wu Clan and the Azure Dynasty.]
"Damn it, are we being abandoned?"
Li Yaotie, with his fiery temper, had already burst into curses, "Kuangtu sacrificed himself, and we spent thirty years lying low, finally managing to defeat the Wu Clan! What is Min Youguo? He cedes our Azure Cloud Region with just a word. Our Azure Cloud Region will ultimately still be Wu Clan land. Then what about us? What are we to do?"
The Li family members' expressions were gloomy.
They also didn't know what kind of fate they would face if Azure Cloud Region were ceded to the Wu Clan; everything was still unknown.
Li Yunbing took a deep breath, "Our best option is to evacuate Azure Cloud Region and move towards the interior of the Azure Dynasty. The interior may be more prosperous, but we will also be subject to the exclusion from existing powers. Everything we face in the future will be even more difficult."
Evacuate… evacuate!
These two words, like a shadow, loomed over everyone's heads.
Li Yaotie was right. The family occupied this land, and poured the blood and sweat of generations into it. Generations of meritorious citizens of Merit City are buried in this land. They even established the Hall of Valor in Merit City. They all swore an oath to protect this land of Merit City, generation after generation!
Their hard-earned victory was no match for the mere words of those in high positions, the schemers. Everything they had fought for now seemed so insignificant!
Li Yunbing was always composed.
He looked around at everyone. He could feel the anger and helplessness in his clansmen's hearts. He was always incomparably calm, but at this moment, his expression revealed a hint of madness, "No, we still have hope! The War Supervision Bureau is still there. The War Supervision Bureau is also telling us to continue fighting. This means they haven't started negotiations yet!"
"I speculate that Min Youguo sent the War Supervision Bureau to supervise the battle because they want to achieve a major victory at any cost, to increase their bargaining chips in the negotiations!"
"We still have time——"
"Kill Min Youguo!"
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