destiny eternal calamity

"This is outrageous!"

Looking at his son Li Ye, who was lying weak and pale on the hospital bed, Li Anxing was immediately filled with anger.

Li Wei was Li Ye's cousin, yet he treated his own cousin so cruelly.

To lay a hand on one's own family is utterly morally depraved!

While Li Anxing was still rambling on and cursing Li Wei.

Li Ye, whose dislocated bones had just been set by the doctor, weakly opened his eyes, slowly raised his hand with difficulty and took Li Anxing's large hand, and said weakly, "Father, Li Wei... he lied to us."

cheat?

Upon hearing this, Li Anxing was taken aback, and then Li Ye continued, "Father, I suspect that Li Wei has already 'tempered his body'."

Li Ye originally wanted to say that Li Wei's cultivation in the 'Body Tempering' realm was much higher than his, but out of consideration for face, after hesitating for a while, he changed to what he just said.

"Body training." Li Anxing frowned.

Because Li Ye was injured, he, who had always regarded Li Ye as the future hope of the Li family, had been focusing his attention on Li Ye during this period.

He didn't have time to think about how Li Wei, an ordinary person who hadn't even broken through the 'body tempering' stage, could possibly withstand Li Ye's full-force attack and even break Li Ye's arm with a counter-punch.

Upon careful consideration, there is only one reason that can explain it.

That is, Li Wei deliberately concealed his true abilities!

Upon realizing this, Li Anxing suddenly understood, and his already unpleasant expression turned even more gloomy.

Well, he truly is a good nephew; even his third uncle was kept in the dark.

only.

Even if Li Wei is not an ordinary person, but a martial artist who has broken through the 'Body Tempering' stage, he has already been abandoned by the people behind the Li family.

But he himself received a promise from an even more illustrious person.

Only Li Anxing's lineage can truly lead the Li family to prosperity and make it possible for the Li family to join the ranks of the great Li families!

Therefore, for the sake of the Li family's future, he must inherit the family fortune left by his elder brother.

……

After driving Li Anxing and his family away, Li Wei felt that the air around him was much better, and he felt much more relaxed and happy.

Xu Quan stared at Li Wei for a long time without saying a word, his intense gaze making Li Wei feel a little uneasy. Li Wei finally spoke first to explain:

"Uncle Xu, I also recently broke through to the 'Body Tempering' stage. I originally wanted to tell you this good news, but the bad news about my father came back first, so I didn't tell you in time."

After hearing Li Wei's explanation, Xu Quan smiled and gave a soft "hmm," which was considered an acceptance of Li Wei's explanation.

However, after watching Li Wei's departing figure, Xu Quan gazed at the azure sky and muttered to himself, "Master, the young master has changed. He even kept it from me. He's really... grown up..."

late at night.

Li Wei was alone in the house, looking at the family property ledgers that Uncle Xu had neatly compiled and sent over.

There are three good tailor shops on the west street of the capital, one rouge shop in the east market, one blacksmith shop... and a 50% stake in "Sky Clouds" in Chunjiangfang.

Li Wei's gaze lingered on the last line, "Above the clouds."

Li Wei recalled carefully that Chunjiangfang's "Sky Clouds" had a great reputation in the capital. Whether it was high-ranking officials, wealthy merchants, or martial arts practitioners, they would all come here to relax in their spare time.

Night after night, revelry and bright lights.

Rumor has it that the daily income of "Sky Clouds" is as much as tens of thousands of taels of silver.

There are at least a dozen or so pleasure venues in Beijing similar to "Sky Clouds," but only three can match its scale.

The Tianxiang Pavilion, with its royal family background, the Fuliu Tower, funded and supported by the Xie family, the number one family in Dali, and the Nongyue Pavilion, whose backing is mysterious and unpredictable.

The backgrounds and influence of these three families are all far more powerful than those of "Sky Cloud".

Although Li Wei did not intend to belittle his father, Li Anguo's fifth-rank official position was probably not enough to securely control 50% of the shares in "Tian Shang Yun Jian" or protect it in the vast capital of Dali.

It's impossible that there wasn't something fishy going on behind the scenes.

Li Wei summoned Uncle Xu and asked him about the "clouds in the sky".

Through Uncle Xu, Li Wei also learned the reason why Li Anguo was able to maintain a 50% stake in "Sky Cloud".

This 50% stake does not belong to the Li family.

Its true owner is... the Prime Minister of the Great Li Dynasty, who is known for his integrity and incorruptibility!

And the high-ranking official who once appreciated and promoted my father is now the prime minister!

However, at that time he had not yet held the position of prime minister.

Now that Li Wei's father is dead, it will probably not be long before the Prime Minister's office sends someone to quietly take away the 50% stake from the Li family.

After the Prime Minister entrusted Li Anguo with the holding of the shares of "Sky Clouds" on his behalf, Li Anguo spent a lot of money to build an underground warehouse beneath the warehouse.

This underground vault is specifically used to store the monthly dividends secretly sent by "Sky Clouds," which are then collected by someone from the Prime Minister's residence at the appropriate time.

Of the entire Li family, only Li Wei's father and Uncle Xu knew this secret.

Last month's dividends are currently sitting in the basement.

As Li Wei entered the underground vault through the secret passage led by Uncle Xu, the moment the torches on both sides of the stone wall were lit, what came into Li Wei's view was one heavy, huge wooden box after another.

Li Wei was immediately dazzled by the neatly arranged stacks of gleaming white silver inside the wooden box.

[Host currently possesses 600,000 taels of silver. Would you like to recharge it all?]

"No, no, no!"

Li Wei quickly used his consciousness to close the system's recharge interface.

Just kidding, this is all the money of the current prime minister.

The system is powerful, but it is not omnipotent.

As a martial artist with open meridians, he had a vague feeling that the Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand technique had reached its limit.

Each martial art has different potential. The Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand is indeed an outstanding first-tier martial art, but it can only be considered mediocre among second-tier martial arts.

Even with 60 recharge points, without any cultivation techniques, one cannot reach the Qi Sea Realm.

According to Uncle Xu, the Prime Minister has no shortage of henchmen at the Spirit Bridge or even Divine Treasure realms.

If he were to recharge all 600,000 taels of silver, he would probably be beheaded in just a few days.

After spending half an hour in the basement, Li Wei, his eyes gleaming with envy, quickly left. He was genuinely afraid that if he wavered even slightly, he would spend all his money, and then he would be finished.

[Host: Li Wei]

Age: 18

[Qualification: Dull-witted+]

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

[Martial Arts Cultivation: Early Stage of Meridian Opening]

[Recharge Points: 4900 (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...]

At night, when Li Wei opened his own panel again, he suddenly found that there was a "+" sign in the aptitude column that could be improved.

"I almost forgot about this insane design..."