"Eldest Brother." Li Jianning stood up, wiping the sweat from his body, and walked toward Li Jianshu.
Li Jianshu and Li Jianning chatted casually about their recent circumstances.
Subsequently, Li Jianshu informed him of the matters in the Northern Frontier and smiled,
"This time, the elders in the Western Frontier have matters to attend to.
Min Tiange has laid out the grand scheme of the blood moon, and the elders have to fight almighty experts.
We juniors will handle the matters in the Northern Frontier; it wouldn't be good to distract the elders."
"That's fine. Let's go find Father and Grandfather. It's not like we haven't dealt with hidden immortal clans before.
The Qiu Clan in the Northern Frontier is not even as good as the Zhao Clan."
Li Jianning grinned.
He didn't understand the convoluted schemes behind those clans. Now that he had strength, wherever the elders and his Eldest Brother told him to strike, he wasn't afraid to give it a try.
He smiled, "It's nothing more than us standing on the front lines this time. How could we let the elders lose face?"
"Hahaha, good!"
Immediately after, the two brothers informed Ancestor Lan and prepared to leave the Eternal Immortal Sect.
Just as they were walking on the path of the Eternal Immortal Sect, they saw a figure.
This person was handsome, but his return was sorry and disheveled.
He had bloodstains on his body and a pale face.
It was none other than Li Chuyuan.
This rebellious Li Clan genius saw his two elders, a flash of joy passing through his eyes, and hastily bowed.
"Chuyuan greets Grandfather and Great-Uncle."
The Azure Cloud Li Clan had displayed immense might in the Western Frontier, an event that spread throughout the world in a short time. How could Li Chuyuan not know?
It was just that he still found it unbelievable.
The family had existed in the world for over eight hundred years, and at one point had been slandered by the world, saying that the Azure Cloud Li Clan's destiny had come to an end, with two Void Refinement experts losing their lives at the Mountain of Esoteric Stratagems.
This had scammed Li Chuyuan miserably.
Not only were the two Void Refinement Ancestors perfectly fine, but Sword Venerable Li Yaozu had also unleashed a breathtaking sword strike in the Western Frontier.
In a short period, over a dozen Void Refinement cultivators from the Li Clan had popped out in the Western Frontier.
There were even rumors that the Azure Cloud Li Clan was fundamentally a hidden immortal clan that had been developing in secret for tens of thousands of years.
"Why are you so heavily injured?" Li Jianning asked casually.
"The Wu tribe appeared in Westfall Prefecture. Your child followed the immortal sect disciples to kill the enemy. Please rest assured, Grandfather, your child is fine."
Li Chuyuan's face was full of smiles.
"Grandfather, you rarely leave the forbidden grounds. Now..."
"A clan member in the Northern Frontier was injured, so we have to make a trip," Li Jianning smiled.
After a few more words, he and Li Jianshu continued forward.
Upon arriving at the gate of the Eternal Immortal Sect, Li Jianning halted his steps.
Seeing his younger brother's demeanor, Li Jianshu frowned and waited alongside him for a moment.
He saw Li Jianning occasionally glancing back toward the inner sect.
After waiting for half an hour, Li Jianning finally sighed. "Eldest Brother, let's go."
"Mhm."
Li Jianshu shrugged and rode the clouds and mist with his younger brother.
Seeing Li Jianning look back yet again, he comforted him, "Jianning, let it go. We have many other clan members in our family."
"But Eldest Brother, I only have this one grandson."
Li Jianshu narrowed his eyes.
Back then, Li Chuyuan looked down on the family and alienated himself from it, which could be called unfilial.
In recent years, as the family rose to prominence in the Western Frontier and that kid ended up being nothing but ordinary in the Eternal Immortal Sect, he had started trying to curry favor with the family again.
For this kind of person, the only reason Li Jianshu hadn't struck him dead with a bolt of lightning was out of respect for his younger brother.
Unfortunately, Jianning could never let it go.
Even just now, he had still given Li Chuyuan a chance.
With a clan member in the Northern Frontier having an accident, if Li Chuyuan had followed along to avenge his clansman, the family elders would probably have looked upon him more favorably.
It was just a pity... At the very least, Li Jianshu despised this kind of child from the bottom of his heart.
Li Jianshu suddenly smiled.
"You're only at the Golden Core realm right now, so your bloodline isn't that overwhelmingly strong yet.
The family has secret fertility arts. If you want bloodline heirs, I, as your older brother, will find you eighty to a hundred sisters-in-law."
"Eldest Brother, let's drop it," Li Jianning replied, but then suddenly looked stunned.
Li Jianshu said seriously, "I said I'd find sisters-in-law for myself, not wives for you. I'll just adopt the children out to you.
If that really doesn't work, we'll have Father find eighty to a hundred stepmothers for us, two brothers. Once they give birth to grandsons, they can also be adopted to you."
"You're shameless!"
In a flash, Li Jianshu fled at the speed of lightning.
Li Jianning gritted his teeth and chased after his older brother, seeming to return to their childhood days playing and wrestling in Immortal City.
Inside the Eternal Immortal Sect.
Li Chuyuan had long since sat cross-legged in his courtyard. Having healed his injuries for half an hour, he abruptly opened his eyes again, his anger unceasing.
"Why are they still unwilling to invite me back to the family? For me, Li Chuyuan, to be at the Nascent Soul realm at such an age is rare in this world.
This time, I killed a hundred Wu tribesmen and beheaded a Wu tribe priest."
"Where else does the family have an outstanding talent like me? Grandfather and Great-Uncle only have their current abilities because the family's foundation granted them benefits.
If those resources were bestowed upon me, I might already be at the Half-Step Divinity Transformation realm by now."
"One day, you will all know that I am the true Heaven's Pride of the Azure Cloud Li Clan!"
Taking a deep breath, pacing footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.
He saw the Duanmu Clan elder—who had previously brought Li Jianshu into the immortal sect—push open the door to his room.
The elder glanced at Li Chuyuan, whose face was still full of lingering anger, and a seed radiating golden light appeared in his hand.
Li Chuyuan stared fixedly at the seed, his expression struggling.
He heard the Duanmu Clan elder say, "Li Chuyuan, the Azure Cloud Li Clan has eyes but fails to see; they did not recognize your aptitude.
The Eternal Immortal Sect is purely profit-driven, alienating you to curry favor with Li Jianshu. They are all ignorant fools, but we are different."
"Swallow this Dao Seed, and I will lead you on a meteoric rise. You will be just like us, standing above the clouds and looking down upon the people of the world."
After a long time.
Li Chuyuan scrutinized the Duanmu Clan elder and let out a sneer.
"Elder, do you take me for a foolish disciple? I want to see the person behind you. Otherwise, I will go find Ancestor Lan right now."
"You..." The elder was instantly enraged, unleashing his Divinity Transformation pressure.
Under the pressure, Li Chuyuan felt as if he had sunk into a quagmire.
His face, originally pale from his injuries, lost all traces of blood. Yet, he merely stared coldly at the elder, devoid of fear.
"Do you dare to kill me? Although I am not valued, the Li Clan will not let the matter rest. Tell me, if they could investigate so many things in Shadowfell Prefecture, could they not uncover your identity?"
"You have two choices now: one is to take a gamble, and the other is to do as I say."