Unlike the children of Li Kuangtu's lineage in this small fishing village, within the Azure Cloud region, the great war raged without ceasing!
More than ten years passed; the border was still embroiled in battle.
That fellow Li Yunbing now possessed the bearing of a great commander. At this moment, he sat in the main seat of the border city, appearing with white hair yet a youthful face, clad in imposing black armor that leaked a domineering aura, directing affairs.
On this day, another great battle began outside the border city. Li Tianyue led the Azure Cloud region 'Azure Cloud Region Army' in pursuing the Wu Clan outside the city, even seizing the territory of one Wu Clan Division. Right now, many cultivators are scouring the Wu Clan territory for resources.
After just one glance, Li Wei felt relieved.
[Your descendant Li Tianyue possesses the bearing of a heroine general. Leading the Azure Cloud Region Army against the Wu Clan on the border between the Wu Clan territory and the Azure Cloud region, she remains undefeated. Upon hearing her name, the Wu Clan invariably lose their courage. Furthermore, the Wu Clan members inquired about her past experiences and learned about Li Tianyue's past concerning the Liu family in Azure Cloud region City. People call her the 'The Red Widow'.]
[Due to indiscriminately slaughtering the Wu Clan in every battle, acquired trait: Wu Slaughterer]
[When facing the Wu Clan, Pressure increased by 100%. Can receive the protection of Azure Cloud region's Heaven and Earth destiny. For every 10,000 Wu Clan members slaughtered, Golden Core breakthrough progress increases by 1%. Current progress: 12%]
"Kill!"
At this moment, Li Tianyue flew forward on her sword, wielding twin swords. Her red lips were wide open [in a roar], her expression ferocious, her twin swords pointed straight at a small Wu Clan tribe. Following her furious roar, tens of thousands of Azure Cloud Region Army cultivators behind her formed a sword formation on their flying swords. The spiritual energy they generated almost blotted out the sky and sun, an unstoppable force!
Seeing the battle here, Li Wei was stunned for a moment. "It seems the effect of Yaowen borrowing Heaven and Earth destiny from the Wu Clan is growing stronger and stronger. Tianyue only needs to kill another 880,000 Wu Clan members, and she can break through to the Nascent Soul stage..."
However, with Li Yunbing and Li Tianyue present, Li Wei also felt at ease about the border. The current Azure Cloud Region Army was getting stronger and stronger.
Now, Li Wei had begun to get used to living like a ghost in the Azure Cloud region.
[Year 185]
[Congratulations! After many years of comprehending beside Daoist Shanchen, you have thoroughly grasped the laws of mountain peak heaviness. The powerful force of these laws will cause your Nascent Soul to break out of its embryo and transform into a Spirit!]
There is a bottleneck between the Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation stages. Not only must one absorb vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi, but one must also cultivate the method of laws. Only this way can the Nascent Soul mature and transform the body to reach Divinity Transformation. He could even now perceive the various free-roaming laws between heaven and earth, such as the Five Elements, wind and thunder, and the like.
"Fortunately, with these laws, the Nascent Soul has matured a bit."
Li Wei felt a little delighted. The Li family had given him offerings twice over these years, but unfortunately, the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy those offerings could provide him was too little. According to his calculations, if he received such natural treasures only every ten years, he would need at least ten thousand years to reach the peak of Nascent Soul... And a Nascent Soul stage cultivator only has a two-thousand-year lifespan...
"But fortunately..."
Li Wei murmured, then instantly disappeared from his spot.
At this moment, he appeared at the Li family residence. The current Li family base was even more prosperous, and the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy was extremely dense. The spirit vein underground was about to break through to Rank 7, and many formations and spiritual items capable of gathering Heaven and Earth's spiritual energy were buried there.
The Primordial Blood Tree had returned to its original place and recovered its main form. Having reached its current realm, it could already obtain Heaven and Earth's spiritual energy from the world. Every few years, when it was in a particularly good mood, the Primordial Blood Tree would scatter red snow. All cultivators in Merit City benefited from this; lucky Qi Refining stage cultivators could even break through their bottlenecks on the spot.
Moreover, tree demons like it possessed exceedingly long lifespans, at least several hundred thousand years.
Now, among the 230,000 people in Merit City, after several bestowals from the Primordial Blood Tree, eighty percent were cultivators.
Merit City has also become the most sacred place in all of the Azure Cloud region.
Just as he arrived at the residence, Li Wei raised his eyebrows.
In the main hall, the Li family members were discussing something. The reason was...
"When did our family become so poor?"
Li Yaotie, the bald tough guy, was currently sitting on the ground throwing a tantrum, hugging Li Dalong's thigh and wailing, "Dad, I beg you! Give me some materials! I'm almost there! As soon as I forge Rank 6 spirit puppets, I can break through to the Nascent Soul stage! I'm almost two hundred years old, my hair has all turned white! If I don't break through soon, I'm going to die!"
"..."
The younger generation members of the Li family looked up at the sky. Do you even have hair, old sir?
Just as Li Yaotie's voice fell, Li Yaoqing started counting on her fingers, murmuring, "Three hundred years... five hundred years... hold on another two thousand years, and my Rank 6 spirit herbs will mature in the northern secret realm. Then I'll be able to refine my Rank 6 pills."
"There really aren't any left."
Li Dalong's face darkened. Although he had been cultivating in the Heaven-Piercing Coffin these past years, he had also heard that these two children were desperate for materials. They had already visited all the major powers in the Azure Cloud region, but the materials they needed were at least Rank 7 or above. Now, the major powers were afraid whenever they saw them.
Let alone the Azure Cloud region, they had gone through the Starfall Region, Qi Region, and the Wu Clan lands on the Azure Cloud region border; all high-rank materials had been taken by them, yet they were like bottomless pits. Especially Li Yaoqing—the natural treasures she used were rare items to begin with, and she even used them for experiments...
He simply tossed the storage ring to the two children. "Our family is really poor; you'll know once you take a look."
Upon opening it, both their expressions turned unpleasant.
Well then, the storage ring was so poor that besides spirit stones and a large amount of spirit artifacts, there was nothing else left.
Seeing the elders' predicament, those youngsters outside thought nothing of it; they had been to the family's treasure vault, after all. As long as they completed missions or did something outstanding, they could obtain the things they needed from the treasure vault via the Azure Green Flood Dragon.
Every time they entered the treasure vault, they would find that the items inside were ever-increasing. Formation disks, techniques and martial arts, medicinal pills, spirit puppets, talismans... it had everything one could possibly need.
Just as the family was struggling with this issue.
Li Yunlin, who hadn't spoken the whole time, his expression somber, said, "Grandfather, Aunts, Uncles, we still have Eternal Sun Prefecture behind us."
At the mention of Eternal Sun Prefecture, the members of the Li family fell silent, and it seemed as if anger surged throughout the main hall.
Li Wei also slightly narrowed his eyes.
During the Li family's development over these ten years, quite a few grievances had accumulated with Eternal Sun Prefecture.
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