Li Dalong's perseverance was truly rare.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to lead the family from a rural village, amidst a great drought, to such prosperity with only a "Qi Refining Cultivation Manual" to guide him.
If it were anyone else, Li Wei reckoned he would have to unleash the "Ancestor's Wrath" every day.
[Trait: Destined for Greatness]
[Late bloomer, cultivation speed increased by 20%. Due to overcoming inner demons and achieving a broader mind, comprehension is enhanced, making it easier to successfully cultivate techniques and martial arts!]
After returning from Listening Wind Town, Li Dalong immediately burned incense and paid his respects.
Li Wei glanced at the amount of incense he currently had— 27650.
"Still a long way to go."
Li Wei raised an eyebrow. As the Li family's descendants increased, he basically received 3000 incense every year, and even more during special events.
He had been coveting the Profound grade technique "Phantom Shadow Steps" from the Skyveil Secret Manual for a long time.
Currently, even Li Yaozu, who had been practicing it the longest and most diligently, had only progressed to 28%.
"By the time Yaozu truly masters this technique, it'll probably take 100,000 incense points to replicate it."
Li Wei pondered how to utilize these incense points.
[Your family has constructed a large training room, named the Three-Story Martial Arts Tower!]
Following the prompt in the event bar, he looked over.
He saw that, In the center of Green Valley Village, a three-story spire stood tall. After inquiring, Li Wei understood that under the construction of a master craftsman hired at a high price by the Li family, this Martial Arts Tower had become a large-scale spiritual artifact in its own right. As long as no one excavated the Martial Arts Tower, the existence of the Martial Arts Spirit Orb within would remain undiscovered.
The Martial Arts Tower can manifest projections of skilled martial artists. As long as there are enough spirit stones, these projections will demonstrate techniques and martial arts day and night, also increasing the spiritual energy within the tower.
The Li family members immediately channeled their insights from thirty-six techniques and martial arts, including the "Wang Family Body Tempering Technique," "Wandering Dragon Footwork," and "Clear Wind Technique," which they had collected over the years, into the Martial Arts Tower using their spiritual power.
As for the Li family members themselves, they now place greater importance on cultivating the "Skyveil Secret Manual."
After handling the matters of the Martial Arts Tower, the Li family members gathered together. For them, eradicating the Listening Wind Martial Pavilion was just the beginning!
Li Yaowen addressed Li Dalong, who was seated in the main seat of the house, "Father, the matter of the Listening Wind Martial Pavilion was handled cleanly, no one suspects us. You used the Skyveil Sect's Thunder Summoning Scripture, so the Black Tortoise Sect
now suspects the Skyveil Sect is behind it."
"Mm."
Li Dalong nodded slightly. The past was like the wind, and now he was as steady as an ancient tree in the wind. "Let's put this matter to rest and never mention it again. Our Li family is just a small family, and that's our best disguise."
"Understood, Father."
Li Yaowen took a sip of tea and said in a deep voice, "Our previous plan to go to the Clear Pavilion River Valley needs to be canceled."
As soon as these words were spoken before Li Dalong could respond, Li Yaoqing became anxious, "Why? Is there some change in circumstances? What about the Heavenly Heart Grass?"
During these days, the Li family's plans were not just as simple as taking over the Listening Wind Martial Pavilion.
As the family expanded and conducted business in various places, they made friends, but also enemies.
Now was the time for settling accounts.
The Clear Pavilion River Valley that Li Yaowen mentioned was one such place. Their sect's base had a large quantity of Heavenly Heart Grass.
This was also the main herb that Li Yaoqing lacked for refining the new medicine she wanted to create!
"Demon Cultivators."
Li Yaowen's simple two words caused the Li family members' expressions to change.
In this world, there are demon cultivators. They are often different from ordinary cultivators. In pursuit of rapid cultivation, their practices often go against the natural order.
They might use human blood sacrifices or even use people as cauldrons for their cultivation.
It's like cannibalism, but even worse, like eating a raw brain without any refinement. Cultivating in this way, just like how Li Wei knows that cannibalism can lead to diseases, will make them become insane, violent, bloodthirsty, and greedy.
You can think of them as cultivators who are constantly high on drugs.
"I got the news from the Su family. The small sect we had our eyes on has been snatched away by someone else."
Li Yaowen continued, "The scene retained the unique aura of demonic cultivators, and their methods were unorthodox. They were extremely cunning, taking advantage of the two sects' war to act unnoticed. After achieving their goal, they vanished without a trace."
"My Heavenly Heart Herb!"
Li Yaoqing knew deep down that once the Heavenly Heart Herb fell into the hands of demonic cultivators, it would be nearly impossible to retrieve. She instantly became dispirited.
Just at that moment, A guard from the Black Blood Hall hurried over to report. In particular, he held a token in his hands, which made the Li family members' expressions turn serious.
It was a token from the Skyveil Sect!
Li Dalong took the token, and a beam of white light entered his mind.
It was a message left within the token by a master of the Skyveil Sect using their spiritual power.
After a moment, Li Dalong narrowed his eyes.
"There's news about the Heavenly Heart Herb."