Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 191 Lee Sang-in Returns

"Since everyone has different opinions, let's discuss it again tomorrow."

Li Qianxiong waved his hand, indicating that today's meeting was over.

Everyone knew that such an important matter could not be decided in a day, so they all took their leave.

Li Xiangming walked the slowest and, as expected, received Li Qianxiong's instructions.

"Xiangming, wait a moment, come with me to pick up two people."

Pick someone up?

Li Xiangming was somewhat surprised. He thought Li Qianxiong wanted to keep him behind for a talk, but it turned out he was going to pick someone up.

I wonder who this person is that warrants Li Qianxiong personally going to receive them?
After pondering for a moment, Li Xiangming had no ideas, so he stopped thinking about it and stood there waiting.

Before long, Changlin House became empty.

Li Qianxiong smiled and said, "What you just said was very good."

Knowing that the patriarch was referring to his opposition to sending troops to Daishan, Li Xiangming quickly asked, "So, the patriarch also doesn't agree with getting involved in the Daishan conflict?"

Li Qianxiong chuckled: "My wishes are not the key. As the head of the family, the most important thing is to weigh the opinions of all parties and make the choice that is most beneficial to the family, rather than insisting on one's own opinion."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangming seemed to be deep in thought.

"Let's go."

Li Qianxiong patted Li Xiangming on the shoulder, summoned his flying shuttle, and the two disappeared into the horizon.
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Beside the ancient road, a sizable village lies quietly, with lush green fields surrounding simple wooden houses and wisps of smoke rising from their chimneys.

"How does it compare to Changtai Township, which you used to govern?"

Li Qianxiong pointed to the village and asked with a smile.

After gazing around for a while, Li Xiangming shook his head and replied, "Changtai Township is better."

Under the careful management of Shangjifang, Changtai Township has been urbanized. Thanks to the establishment of the market, there is frequent exchange of goods between townships, between townships and villages, and between villages, resulting in significant economic development.

The village in front of us is still clearly in a self-sufficient small-scale farming economy.

Although the two are indistinguishable in the eyes of cultivators, Li Xiangming would never admit that Changtai Township is inferior to this place.

However, this place is on the outskirts of Baolong Valley, and the village is under the jurisdiction of the Chen family. He still gave the Chen family face and said, "Looking at its layout, there is a reasonable point. The people live in peace and work happily, with smiles on their faces, which shows that the Chen family is a kind and benevolent family."

But Li Xiangming wasn't interested in the Chen family's village, and asked, "Patriarch, weren't we here to pick someone up? How did we end up in Baolong Valley?"

Li Qianxiong turned around and explained, "I have important matters to discuss with Chen Zhonghe, and I came here to wait for someone."

"Oh."

Seeing that Li Qianxiong was still unwilling to reveal who the visitor was, Li Xiangming simply responded.

After an unknown amount of time, a cultivator flew towards them.

It must be a member of the Chen family!
Li Xiangming thought to himself.

Sure enough, the visitor was Chen Gongchang, who had met Li Xiangming several times before.

Upon seeing Li Qianxiong, Chen Gongchang immediately bowed deeply: "Junior Gongchang greets Patriarch Li."

He then said to Li Xiangming, "It's been a long time since I last saw you, Manager Li, you still have the same charm as before."

"Public understanding is important, the Chen family is fortunate," Li Qianxiong said with a smile.

"Not at all, not at all. The Li family has both the 'Renyu' twin prodigies and such a brilliant and outstanding talent as Steward Li, which is truly enviable."

Just then, several more people arrived, led by Chen Zhonghe, the head of the Chen family.

"Patriarch Chen, you flatter me. Please forgive me for disturbing Baolong Valley this time."

Li Qianxiong replied politely.

"To be able to host the renowned Li family's 'Renma' is an honor for Baolong Valley. What an intrusion!" "Renma?"

Li Xiangming was taken aback and couldn't help but look at the person behind Chen Zhonghe.

As far as he knew, Li Xiangren had once been stationed with his family on the south bank of the Pu River—at that time, Pu County had not yet been established and was located on the border between the human race and the Nanbin demon race, which was quite turbulent.

Demonic cultivators repeatedly attacked the cultivator camp established by Hengyue Sect in Puxian County, during which time Li Xiangren accumulated many merits.

In particular, during a counterattack, Li Xiangren nearly killed a demon cultivator in the Bone Fusion stage with a talisman, making him famous throughout the two prefectures.

It should be noted that Li Xiangren was only 15 years old at the time. When the elders of the Wuliang Sword Sect heard about this, they praised Li Xiangren as a promising talent in the Li family.

It just so happened that at that time, Huangfu Fei, a young genius from Hengyue Sect, was only 14 years old. He won first place in the inner sect, causing a sensation. The cultivators of Zhangning Prefecture called him "Flying Goose," a talent that appears only once in a century.

People in Pu County and even Shun'an Prefecture called Li Xiangren "Renma," indicating that Li Xiangren's talent was in no way inferior to Huangfu Fei's.

"Xiangming, it's been a long time."

Under Li Xiangming's gaze, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man stepped forward. With a wave of his hand, his appearance returned to normal; he was none other than Li Xiangren. The man beside him also removed his disguise, transforming into a beautiful woman.

Li Xiangming was both surprised and delighted, and quickly stepped forward to greet his elder brother and sister-in-law: "Brother greets elder brother and sister-in-law."

Ye Yun smiled and said, "I knew it would be you accompanying the family head, but your older brother didn't believe me."

Li Xiangren laughed heartily: "I thought Xiangming was still on Puyin Mountain."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangming's heart stirred. Listening to their conversation, he realized they knew quite a bit about his family and might have been living in Baolong Valley for some time.

I just don't know why I didn't go home right away.
After thinking for a moment, Li Xiangming asked in a low voice, "Has the matter at your sister-in-law's house been settled?"

Li Xiangren had been away from home for many days because of a mishap in Ye Yun's family.

Li Xiangming didn't know much about the specific details, only that it was a dirty affair.

It is said that Ye Yun's second uncle, dissatisfied with not being able to take the position of family head, secretly colluded with external enemies, intending to seize the position of family head of the Ye family.

The head of the Ye family was Ye Yun's great-grandfather, who was over ninety years old and had no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. He should have been enjoying his old age in peace, but unexpectedly, trouble broke out within the family.

The Ye family was just a small family in Luo County, Zhangning Prefecture. They did not have any Foundation Establishment cultivators, but thanks to the glory of their ancestors, they still had considerable wealth.

Ye Yun's second uncle exchanged part of his family fortune for the support of a large sect in the area called the Golden Light Sect.

However, his actions were tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house; the Golden Light Sect wanted the entire Ye family.

Therefore, even though Ye Yun's great-grandfather was forced to abdicate and Ye Yun's second uncle became the head of the family as he wished, the Golden Light Sect was still unwilling to leave.

With her family facing imminent danger, Ye Yun had no choice but to seek help from Li Xiangren.

Li Xiangren was unwilling to let his wife suffer any injustice, so he decided to stay in Luo County and deal with the Jin Guangjiao.

"It's almost done."

Li Xiangren nodded, then looked at Ye Yun: "If nothing unexpected happens, Yun'er and I will stay in Danggui Mountain from now on."

This is fantastic news!
Even during his Qi Refining stage, Li Xiangren displayed an extremely strong sense of pressure.

Now that he has reached the foundation stage, his strength will definitely experience a qualitative leap.

With him overseeing Danggui Mountain, the Li family's capital has become much stronger.

However, Li Xiangming couldn't help but glance at Li Qianxiong, recalling their earlier conversation at Changlinfang.

At that time, Li Qianxiong had praised his dissenting opinions, which led him to mistakenly believe that the head of the family did not fully support intervention in Daishan affairs.
But now it seems that I was thinking the wrong way.

Li Qianxiong's decision to bring Li Xiangren home at this critical juncture was undoubtedly a preparation for the upcoming battle for the Maojing Mine.

Even if Lee Kyeon-woong didn't have this idea, Lee Sang-in's return still inevitably sent a strong signal to Lee Sung-ji and others.

Li Xiangming knew without a doubt that tomorrow's meeting would see even more people supporting the advance on Daishan, and even Li Chengdian and others might waver.

Is this good or bad?
(End of this chapter)