destiny eternal calamity

As soon as Li Wei returned to the Li residence, he saw his second uncle, Li Anshun, with his wife, concubine, two sons, and daughter-in-law—a total of six people—standing in confrontation with Uncle Xu at the door.

These relatives are such a headache.

"Xiao Wei, you're back! That old man wouldn't let us in, look..."

Li Wei's second uncle had children very early, so his eldest son, Li Ji, was older than Li Wei, twenty years old, and already married.

However, the second uncle's second son, Li Lie, is only fourteen years old.

The order of male descendants in this generation of the Li family is as follows: Li Ji is the eldest, Li Wei is the second, Li Ye, the son of the third uncle, is the third, and Li Lie is the fourth.

This second uncle wasn't as aggressive as his third uncle, Li Anxing, perhaps because he was an ordinary person.

However, his son Li Ji is also a Body Tempering Realm martial artist, so he naturally has some psychological advantage over Li Wei, an ordinary person.

On ordinary days and holidays, when my second uncle came over to freeload, he always brought Li Ji with him.

Two years ago, Li Anshun wanted Li Anguo to use his connections to get Li Ji a backdoor job and arrange for him to join the border army as a baizhang (a military officer).

As a result, Li Anguo sternly refused.

Li Wei knew that Li Anguo had feelings and a sense of responsibility towards the Longnan border army and did not want his clansmen to go to the border army to act arrogantly and domineeringly.

He hopes that these members of the Li family will work their way up from the bottom, just like he did back then.

However, it's clear that Li Anguo's second uncle's family wouldn't understand him.

The two families have basically lost contact since then, and have essentially fallen out.

Now that Li Anguo has passed away unexpectedly, this family has come running over.

"Uncle Xu, we're all family, let's take them inside to pay their respects."

Uncle Xu hesitated for a moment, but still obeyed his young master's words and opened the door to lead the way.

It's clear that the second uncle's family upbringing was much better than the third uncle's. There wasn't much nagging or complaining, and the group arrived at the mourning hall.

However, after the worship ceremony, Li Anshun pulled Li Ji to find Li Wei.

"Xiao Wei, did you have a conflict with your third uncle?"

Li Wei remained silent, wanting to see what kind of person his second uncle was.

"Listen to your uncle, what your father left behind is very complicated, and you can't handle it."

"Look at your third uncle's personality, who knows what he might do later."

"Why don't you just acknowledge me, your second uncle, as your father? I'll treat you like my own son. Together, we'll build the Li family into a prominent and prestigious family."

Li Wei smiled.

The things Li Anguo left behind are indeed very complex, but he managed to grasp them!

He doesn't have the habit of casually recognizing people as his father!

"No need, Second Uncle. I can manage."

As he spoke, he patted Li Ji on the shoulder with one hand.

Li Wei knew that his second uncle's confidence came entirely from Li Ji.

His cousin was already at the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm, which would have been impressive in the past, but now, Li Wei could only say that he still needed to practice.

Li Ji was startled and before he could react, Li Wei patted him on the shoulder.

Li Ji instinctively tried to struggle, but unexpectedly, a powerful force came from the hand pressing on his shoulder and held him down firmly.

He felt that if that hand hadn't been holding back, he would have knelt down.

"Meridian Opening! This is definitely the Meridian Opening Realm!"

Li Wei, a universally acknowledged good-for-nothing, actually broke through to the Meridian Opening Realm before he was even twenty.

Li Ji chuckled awkwardly, "Cousin, we just wanted to help you protect the family fortune left by your uncle. Since you have the ability, that's for the best."

"We won't bother you any longer."

"Father, let's go."

Li Anshun was stunned. Had his son been drugged?

However, he dared not question his martial arts son, so he had no choice but to lead his family away from the Li residence.

When they arrived at the inn, Li Jicai explained the reason.

"This little brat has actually opened his meridians!"

Li Anshun was both angry and anxious.

He originally thought that Uncle Xu was difficult to deal with, so he wanted to trick Li Wei into joining forces with him to drive Li Anxing and his son away first.

Unexpectedly, Li Wei is already a martial artist at the Meridian Opening Realm. No wonder Li Anxing has not succeeded yet.

"What should we do now?"

Li Anshun was somewhat unwilling, as the family fortune was truly enormous, and someone had promised him that he could succeed Li Anguo as prime minister in the future.

"Father, let's stay in the capital and observe the situation."

"Even if he is a martial artist who has opened up meridians, he will definitely not be able to keep his family property after being abandoned by the Prime Minister."

"Excellent, my son, you possess great wisdom, hahahaha."

In the courtyard in front of Li Wei's bedroom at the Li residence.

"Aunt Ying, you've really made a fool of yourself."

Li Wei spoke to the air beside him.

As expected, "Aunt Ying" was right beside him, revealing herself upon hearing his words.

"It's nothing special. Isn't Your Highness's situation similar?"

Li Wei was taken aback. Oh right, he and these uncles were only uncle and nephew, while those princes and princesses were half-brothers and sisters.

Even with the emperor suppressing them, they could still fight to the death; how much more so would the current Li family?

Most people in this world prioritize self-interest and are lazy.

Old Deng left such a large fortune to this "good-for-nothing," which, in other people's eyes, is nothing more than a child carrying gold in the bustling city.

With someone pushing them from behind, their two uncles' behavior seemed perfectly normal.

"I just saw your cousin and your uncle's concubine exchanging flirtatious glances, and I secretly gave them a nice gift."

Aunt Ying made a startling statement.

"Huh? How come I didn't notice? Aunt Ying, what did you send?"

Li Wei was completely bewildered. Was this what a woman's thoughtfulness was like?

"The Love-Sickness Gu is an interesting little contraption cultivated by the Five Immortals Sect in the southwest."

"I got these Love-Longing Gu from killing a little poisonous rat. They're only first-tier Gu worms, but your cousin's rudimentary cultivation level wouldn't be able to detect them."

"Once this poison takes effect, the person afflicted will be consumed by unbearable longing and will do anything to have intercourse with their beloved..."

Li Wei found it both funny and frightening.

There are so many strange and bizarre techniques in this world; if you don't have some skills, you might die without even knowing how.

However, it's surprising that Aunt Ying, who appears aloof and literary on the surface, has such a cunning side.

This same Aunt Ying is now his guardian angel, which makes him feel exceptionally safe.

Li Wei had been tense for several days since receiving news of his father's death, and only now did his nerves relax slightly.

However, if you want to live freely in this world, you must become strong.

I still need to improve my martial arts skills as soon as possible.

After swallowing a Meridian Opening Pill sponsored by Princess Yuzhen, Li Wei silently called out and opened the system panel.

[Host: Li Wei]

Age: 18

[Qualification: Average]

[Technique: Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand (Second Tier/Perfect)]

[Learnable Kung Fu Techniques: Five-Step Plum Blossom Stake + (Tier 2), Pulse-Grabbing Technique + (Tier 2), Everlasting Spring Finger + (Tier 2), Six Harmonies Saber Technique + (Tier 2), Carefree Sword Technique + (Tier 2), Eight Steps to Gaze at the Sunset + (Tier 3), Nine Practices on the Cloud Bed + (Tier 3), Great Divine Might Palm + (Tier 3), Exhaling Turbidity and Inhaling Purity Technique + (Tier 3), Taiqing Kung Fu + (Tier 3)]

[Martial Arts Cultivation: Mid-stage Meridian Opening]

[Recharge Points: 583200 (One tael of silver can be exchanged for one recharge point.)]

[Note: Recharge points can be used to learn cultivation techniques, upgrade technique levels, and advance technique stages...]

Li Wei first tried to see if he could directly learn the third-level technique.

[The host's current cultivation level is insufficient to learn this technique.]

It didn't work as expected.

In front of Aunt Ying, Li Wei pretended to take out the photocopy of the Five-Step Plum Blossom Stakes manual.

He turned the pages from time to time, as if he had been carefully studying the martial arts manual for about half an hour.

In reality, he already knew the secret manual that had been included in the system by heart; he was just counting sheep.

After flipping through the manual, he focused his attention on the control panel.

[To learn the second-tier skill "Five Steps Plum Blossom Stakes" to the beginner level, it requires 200 recharge points. Do you wish to learn?]

"yes!"