Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 899: Chapter 905: 20

Li Chengshuo left Wanxian Island the next day with his Spirit Beast, and no one knew where he was headed.

”I hope this does not become a fixation for Shuo,” Jiang Fengwu murmured with a worried expression.

Having a goal to pursue can be a good thing, but if one becomes overly preoccupied with it, it could spell disaster for cultivators.

Jiang Fengwu did not want Li Chengshuo to end up in such a plight.

”Chengshuo, where are we going?” Moon Flood Dragon asked curiously.

Li Chengshuo’s luck might not have been the best; she had never encountered a suitable Spirit Beast. Mainly because she was too picky, unwilling to settle for any Taiyin Spirit Beasts below the fourth order.

Thus far, Li Chengshuo had only bonded with two Spirit Beasts, the first ones who accompanied her: Moon Flood Dragon and Howling Moon.

”Let’s go to the Central Region, the heart of the Profound Origin Realm,” Li Chengshuo had already planned the destination for her training.

However, she did not meet Li Zhirui, who was on his way back, along the way.

Soon after, Li Zhirui returned to Wanxian Island.

The first thing he did was to summon Jiang Fengwu, Da Qing, and others, distributing copies of cultivation insights he had replicated on the road, one per person.

As for Dao Tong’s insights on Tribulation Transcendence, the Wind Fire Inner Tribulation, and the like, Li Zhirui did not include those.

It wasn’t that there was any restriction; rather, such topics were still too far-off and advanced for them, and it wasn’t good for them to know too soon.

Moreover, Li Zhirui planned to place the complete original Jade Slip into the Scripture Pavilion, letting them look it up when they needed it in the future.

”Jiu, your gains from this trip are so impressive!” Xiaoqing’s eyes sparkled brilliantly, and she remarked with emotion.

”That senior has such a revered status, and he even succeeded in Ascending!”

As he spoke, Li Zhirui took a Memory Stone out of his storage ring and injected some Spiritual Energy to activate it.

”This is...”

”Here’s the recording of Senior Dao Tong’s Ascension,” Li Zhirui interrupted them and added, ”Watch it attentively and focus.”

Although the Memory Stone could only record images and not aspects like the aura of the Thunder Tribulation, it was not completely useless to Jiang Fengwu and the others.

At the very least, it could show them how terrifying the Thunder Tribulation was.

Unfortunately, Li Zhirui’s intention fell through!

Because in the recording, the process of Dao Tong overcoming the tribulation was extremely easy; it seemed very simple and showed no signs of challenge.

This gave Jiang Fengwu and the others a feeling of it being somewhat trivial.

”Jiu, why did the Ascension Tribulation seem so easy?” Xiaoqing asked incredulously.

Li Zhirui massaged his brow with a troubled expression and laughed bitterly, ”That was my miscalculation.”

Then his expression became solemn, as he declared gravely, ”The reason you think it seemed easy is because that senior’s power is so immense, his attainment in the Sword Dao... truly deserves to be named the world’s foremost Sword Cultivator.”

To suffer the torment of Demonic Qi night and day for hundreds of years, yet still comprehend and advance in the Sword Dao – what astonishing willpower!

Unfortunately, they could not witness it with their own eyes and could not possibly understand the shock Li Zhirui felt at that time.

”Never mind, you should forget those scenes just now.”

With that, he carefully stored the Memory Stone and did not plan to bring it out again.

Jiang Fengwu and the others exchanged glances and during their casual conversation, mentioned Li Chengshuo’s training journey.

”What should we do if Shuo becomes obsessed?” Jiang Fengwu still worried about such a possibility.

”Don’t worry, Shuo won’t,” Li Zhirui had great confidence in Li Chengshuo and then asked about Li Chengsheng’s situation.

”I don’t know; he has always been in seclusion in his Cave Mansion and has never come out.”

Li Zhirui, deep in thought, smiled and said, ”Perhaps Sheng has found a way to step through the gate of Divine Transformation.”

But Jiang Fengwu and the others didn’t believe it much, as they had all personally experienced it and knew how difficult it truly was to achieve a breakthrough in Divine Transformation. How could Li Chengsheng have taken this step so quickly?

Everyone was busy with their cultivation, especially after receiving two insights into cultivation, so they didn’t chat for too long and soon dispersed.

——

In the mountains, there are no calendars, and with the cold gone, the years are unknown.

Time passed in a flash, and ten years had gone by.

One day,

the Qilin Egg that had been very active for the past decade suddenly quieted down, causing Shen, who was used to Mu’s stirrings, to panic, fearing something had gone wrong with Mu.

Upon closer inspection, they discovered that it was about to be born!

Shen hurriedly used a secret technique and through his Spiritual Soul, he informed Li Zhirui of the situation.

Li Zhirui, who was refining Purified Essence Pills, immediately abandoned the furnace of precious fifth-order pills and teleported into the space, personally standing by, fearing any complications during Mu’s birth.

Logically, since Mu had been incubating in the Qilin Egg for so long and had been very active a long while ago, there should not be any issues.

But it’s always better to be safe than sorry!

Should any unforeseen problem arise, Li Zhirui would be able to deal with it immediately.

Crack—

It was hard to tell how much time had passed, but with the first sound of the shell breaking, Mu struggled a bit to break through the thick eggshell.

Then, as if speeding up, Mu’s entire body quickly appeared in front of Li Zhirui and Shen.

With antlers, a lion’s head, tiger’s eyes, wolf’s hooves, and an ox’s tail, covered in scales shining with a blue hue, it almost looked no different from the legendary Qilin!

It was just a bit smaller, only about two feet in size.

Li Zhirui didn’t ponder for long; he strode forward and, without any hesitation, cast a spell to bind a contract with Mu.

Moments later, the contract was established.

From then on, Li Zhirui and Mu were closely bound together!

”Eh?”

Da Qing and the others outside immediately sensed something, and then recalled the eighth-grade Qilin Egg in the space.

——

Several more years passed.

Li Mingzi, the excellent female Clan Leader, was transferring the authority in her hands to the next Clan Leader chosen by the clan members—Li Xiansong!

He, too, was from the secular clansmen and not from any particular faction.

It seemed that starting with the previous few Clan Leaders from Li Darong, this had become an implicitly agreed-upon condition for taking on the role of Clan Leader.

However, due to the suppression by Li Zhirui and decades of division and weakening by Li Mingzi, the factions within the Li family were not as powerful as before.

Moreover, Li Xiansong had one major characteristic or advantage—that he was a Nascent Soul Cultivator, the first Nascent Soul Clan Leader of the Li family!

In fact, given the current state of the Li family, the figurehead representing the family image, the Clan Leader, could no longer be filled by a Golden Core Cultivator.

Li Xiansong, who had achieved his Nascent Soul breakthrough a few years prior and had been following Li Mingzi’s teachings as a so-called candidate for Clan Leader.

In the context where his other competitors were still at the Golden Core stage, Li Xiansong becoming the Clan Leader was nearly a predetermined outcome.

Of course, Li Xiansong’s capabilities were recognized; otherwise, the clan members wouldn’t have insisted on pushing him to the position of Clan Leader.