Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 307 - 313: Freshman

But soon, everyone understood why Li Zhiyue had become so calm.

”What!? Youʼre saying you want to enter the Boundless Sea, to kill the Water Devil and avenge Li Shiting!?”

”No way!” Seeing Li Zhiyue with a face like frost and emanating an icy aura, Li Shiqing decisively refused, pleading with her: ”You must understand, within the Monohorn Behemoth clan there are fourth-order, and even fifth-order Great Devils; though youʼve broken through to the Golden Core, you would still be like a moth to a flame, seeking your own demise!”

”Moreover, Shiting wouldnʼt want you to be consumed by hatred, and even lose your life over it,” Li Shilian also persuaded from the side.

Li Zhiyue not only hadnʼt accepted Li Shitingʼs death, but it had also become an obsession. She blamed the death of Li Shiting entirely on the Monohorn Behemoth clan.

”Zhiyue begs you, Uncle!” Li Zhiyue knelt down resolutely, with a determined face she said, ”If you donʼt agree, I will kneel here and not rise!”

Receiving the message and rushing over in a hurry, Li Zhirui scolded in a low voice: ”Li Zhiyue, do you think youʼre the only one in the family who wishes to avenge auntie Ting?! The only one who is grieving over auntie Tingʼs demise!?”

”What difference is there between seeking revenge on the Monohorn Behemoth clan with your current strength and seeking death?”

Li Zhiruiʼs tone was very harsh as he coldly said: ”Your death would settle the matter for you, but if we offend the entire Whale Clan, wouldnʼt they take action against our family?”

”Have you considered the lives of the other thousands in our family, the lives of nearly a million mortals on the island?”

Li Zhiyue was at a loss for words, her eyes vacant, like a puppet devoid of any spiritual intelligence.

Li Shilian became anxious in his heart and was about to speak up in comfort but was pulled by Li Shiqing, who shook his head and signaled him not to interrupt Li Zhirui.

Li Zhirui did not let her off the hook and continued, ”Do you think that by leaving the family, you wonʼt implicate the numerous clansmen? How many spiritual objects did you consume over the decades of your cultivation? If you really want to sever ties with the family, shouldnʼt you return these spiritual objects?”

In his urgency, he could think of no other way but to use a mix of benefit and provocation, hoping that maybe it would snap Li Zhiyue out of her grief.

But if she didnʼt come to her senses, Li Zhiyueʼs conviction would likely be destroyed because of this!

As for the outcome? Even Li Zhirui couldnʼt tell, it was up to Li Zhiyue herself.

Fortunately, in the end, the worst did not happen, and Li Zhiyue woke up from her grief, no longer fixated on avenging Li Shiting.

”Jiu is right, with my current strength, I wouldnʼt be able to avenge auntie Ting, and instead would implicate many clan members.” Saying this, Li Zhiyue bowed to the two elders at the head of the room, ”Zhiyue has been offensive today, please forgive me, two family grandfathers.”

Li Shiqing looked into her eyes intently for a few moments, knowing that Li Zhiyue had not let go but had merely buried it deep in her heart, he sighed inwardly and managed a smile: ”Itʼs good that youʼve come to understand, now go back and rest.”

”Zhiyue takes her leave!”

After she left, Li Shiqing said with a wry smile, ”In the end, this is her heartʼs obsession and it wonʼt be easily resolved.”

It seemed like Li Zhiyue was already over it, but they all knew that it was only being temporarily suppressed, and if it erupted again, the situation would be even more serious than now!

Li Zhirui also felt helpless, knowing that achieving this result was already very good; at least it didnʼt let her fall into complete dejection, shattering her conviction.

”Enough, everyone has their own destiny; let her be,” he said. With those words, Li Shiqing became visibly more deflated and slowly turned to enter the inner chamber.

Witnessing a descendant, who should have been outstanding, end up trapped in the mire and henceforth having a bleak future, the blow to him was indeed tremendous.

After bidding farewell to Li Shilian, Li Zhirui returned to his cave dwelling. Faced with Jiang Fengwuʼs questions, he merely said two sentences.

”After our child is born, we must enforce strict discipline and focus on nurturing their temperament.”

But Li Zhirui was also aware that, faced with the death of oneʼs closest kin, it is rare for anyone to keep calm; after all, they werenʼt cultivating the path of heartlessness. Itʼs just that Li Zhiyueʼs reaction was too extreme, too uncomposed.

Meanwhile, the unborn child in Jiang Fengwuʼs belly could hardly imagine that it would experience a ʼmiserableʼ childhood.

Time is the ultimate healer. The sadness the war brought to the Li family had gradually been forgotten by the people, as all clan members kept moving forward.

Especially now that they controlled both Yunping State and Guangqing State, the familyʼs income reached new heights this year, steadily enriching the familyʼs foundation.

The original plan of the Li family to use their Island Moving Divine Ability to fill the sea between Yunping State and Wanxian Island with land came to a halt.

Firstly, because there werenʼt many islands nearby, necessitating transportation from great distances.

Secondly, the sea itself served as a barrier, as seen when Yunping State faced an insect disaster but the Li family remained unaffected, after all, to cultivators, a mere distance of over two hundred li could be easily crossed with the help of a flying artifact, even by Qi cultivators.

Inside the mountain, time passes unnoticed; with spring going and autumn coming, time flew by quickly, and two years had passed!

During these two years, many significant events happened within the Li family, such as the consecutive birth of two dual spiritual root geniuses.

One of them possessed the Wind-Thunder Dual Unique Spiritual Roots, arguably the most talented member in the Li familyʼs history. He was the twelfth generation ʼXueʼ in the family, and Li Shiqing personally named him Li Xuezao.

Beyond that, three clan members with special spiritual bodies were born, whose cultivation speeds were not much inferior to those with dual spiritual roots when combined with corresponding Spiritual Roots.

It can be said that in a few decades, the Li family will see a surge of clan members capable of achieving Core Formation, pushing the familyʼs strength to a higher level.

Another recent event was that Li Zhiruiʼs second spirit beast, Xiaoqing, successfully braved the Thunder Tribulation and advanced to the third order!

With this, the Li family now boasted five Golden Core cultivators—Li Zhirui, Li Shiqing, Li Shilian, Li Zhiyue, Jiang Fengwu—and two third-order spirit beasts, Da Qing and Xiaoqing.

Such power was enough to dominate the eastern part under the rule of Shen Leishan.

After Xiaoqingʼs breakthrough, the mana feedback to Li Zhirui once again saved him five to six years of cultivation time.

However, even so, he was still a long way from reaching the Golden Core Late Stage. After all, in the Golden Core Realm, accumulating enough mana wasnʼt sufficient to break through.

Last but not least, a very important event occurred for Li Zhirui!

That was the child Jiang Fengwu had been carrying for more than two years was about to be born!

Nobody expected Li Zhirui and Jiang Fengwuʼs child to be conceived for such a long time, gestating for as many as twenty months, compared to the ten months of human pregnancy!

If it werenʼt for Jiang Fengwu not feeling too burdened, Li Zhirui would have considered a cesarean delivery to let the baby be born sooner.