The clan members watched Zhou Chengli leave.
A warmth that hadn't been seen for who knows how many years appeared on everyone's faces.
After a long while, Li Tianqi slapped his thigh.
"Oh no! Elder Zhou helped us so much, yet we forgot to offer him a grand gift!"
After saying this, he was about to chase after him.
Li Changsheng's face darkened, and he hurriedly pulled Li Tianqi back.
"Ouch, my granduncle! Elder Zhou clearly came here in secret; Ba Siyu definitely doesn't know about this.
If you give Elder Zhou a grand gift and Ba Siyu finds out, you'll really have screwed him over!"
"Right, right, right." Li Tianqi thought about it carefully and scratched his head.
Li Changsheng sat down.
Li Yunbing and Li Xinnian had taken the Void-Breaking Pills and were in secluded seated comprehension, so Li Changsheng was the one with the sharpest mind.
With a little thought, he had already guessed most of it.
"Yun Manlou and Bi Shihu invited Elder Zhou over because they had heard of his outward reputation.
But in a place like Highsun City, what can hide from Ba Siyu's eyes? Elder Zhou must have reported to Ba Siyu."
"In this Highsun City, the one truly most adept at weighing pros and cons is actually Ba Siyu.
And you can't blame Ba Siyu; with a Body Integration expert under his command, he could instantly become the most powerful of the three Body Integration mighty figures in the Imperial Protectors Guard."
After pondering for a moment.
Li Changsheng said, "Elder Zhou told us to leave. If we really left, given their secret talks, the only person who could have leaked the secret would be Elder Zhou."
The crowd frowned slightly. Those surnamed Yun and Bi were not without friends on the outside.
These two factions were waiting for an opportunity, preparing to catch the Li Clan all in one net. What would happen when the time came was entirely unknown.
At this moment, the most correct choice was to temporarily avoid their sharp edge and make plans only after truly investigating the backgrounds of the two families.
But if they really did that, Zhou Chengli would suffer, and if the Yun Clan's Old Ancestor truly reached Body Integration...
Without the foolproof preparations they had back in the Immortal Domain, the clan truly wouldn't have the confidence to take him down.
Especially a Body Integration expert who had no intention of fighting to the death but constantly kept his eyes on the Li Clan members—just a slight thought about it could make one's scalp tingle with numbness.
Similarly.
At this moment, Li Wei's scalp was also tingling with numbness.
Just imagine, if a Body Integration realm cultivator continuously attacked the clan's descendants, he might as well do nothing else and just guard his descendants.
"Changsheng, Changyao."
Li Yunlin waved his hand.
"Send word to the Heavenly Principle Hall to closely monitor which cultivators with close ties to the Yun Clan and Bi Shihu have come to Deston Prefecture.
Since someone has helped us, how could we possibly harm them? That one surnamed Yun is a Half-step Body Integration expert.
Bi Shihu's three great generals, plus himself, make a total of four Void Refinement experts."
"However many experts they invite, Old Cat and I will take them on!"
As Li Yunlin's words fell, a black cat leaped onto Li Yunlin's shoulder.
At the mention of war, Old Cat was surprisingly excited, its eyes as bright as stars, proudly lifting its head. "Meow!"
"That surnamed Ba likes to weigh pros and cons, so let him calculate!"
Li Yunlin flicked his Brush. Ba Siyu was a mighty figure, indeed, but Li Yunlin's eyes were still full of disdain.
"Send word to the Sword Pavilion, invite my father here!"
"Send word back home, invite Second Aunt here!"
"Send word to the Immortal Suppression Department, the Heavenly Monarch Dao Sanctuary, the Zhangsun Clan, and the Eternal Immortal Sect.
They have been working with my Li Clan for many years, and under the leadership of my Li Clan, they went to the rear of the Auric Empire and the Cultivator Alliance and made a fortune. It's time they helped my Li Clan with a small favor."
"I'll let Ba Siyu weigh his pros and cons, and let's see where he gets the nerve to harm the lives of my Li Clan's people!"
Li Changsheng slightly raised an eyebrow. "Yes!"
Li Changsheng and Li Changyao went to draft the letters.
Dark crows soared into the cloudy sky.
Li Yunlin looked at Li Tianqi. "Tianqi, Tianyi left two items for you. Later, you will come with me to the Golden Toad Divine Palace and cultivate alongside your Second Uncle."
Upon Li Changsheng and Changyao's return.
Li Yunlin smiled.
"Your Ancestor Yaoqing has now broken through to become a Grade 4 Alchemist and Apothecary. Spending two years, she concocted three Grade 4 Void-Breaking Pills.
Combined with the clan's Void Refinement Space, it is enough to forge three true Void Refinement experts.
Following this, there will be various other pills to elevate your cultivation bases!"
"The fathers and ancestors above me will not make a move. Back then, we fought in all directions.
Now, our cultivation realms have reached the next level, and we have seen a broader world. The people of this new world have never looked our Azure Cloud Li Clan straight in the eye."
"Here in Deston Prefecture, I want you to show your strength and tell them that from now on, if they want to play any petty tricks, they must think it through clearly—whether they actually have the qualifications!"
As he spoke.
Li Yunlin slowly walked out the door, looking at the dark, oppressive sky of Deston Prefecture caused by the Spiritual battles of cultivators.
"Let them make their move. Even if it's Body Integration, we'll take it on."
Hundreds of years had passed.
Li Yunlin had constantly been cultivating. He once again recalled that time in the Tian Xing Grotto-Heaven, when they were trapped by Nangong Yazhi, the Old Ancestor had said that he was the oldest here, he was the reliance of the clan members.
"The people of the world only remember a beating. So this time, let's beat those scoundrels until they are completely honest and obedient."