Chapter 61: Li Family
“Although there is some danger, with my Immortal Sword protecting him, his life will not be in jeopardy.”
Everything was within Lu Xunxian’s control, and Fu Qitian’s future lay clear before his eyes.
At worst, he would suffer a few injuries, but he would not die.
Lu Xunxian shook his head and stopped paying attention. Giving him the Immortal Sword was already the greatest help he could offer as his master. The rest would have to be resolved by Fu Qitian himself.
The Tiansheng Continent was vast beyond measure.
Although experts at the Peak of the Saint Emperor Realm were exceedingly rare, with only a little over twenty in existence, Saint Emperors themselves were not scarce. There were more than two hundred of them.
And any force with a Saint Emperor seated at its helm could dominate an entire region for at least a hundred thousand years.
In the Western Heaven, in Datian Province, the Li Family was in the midst of a grand celebration.
Lanterns and ornaments adorned the estate, and countless distinguished guests and mighty experts had come from afar, all because today was the seventy-thousandth birthday of the Li Family Patriarch, Li Xu Kun. Countless forces on friendly terms with the Li Family, as well as those subordinate to it, had sent people to offer their congratulations.
“From the Huang Family of Tianhuang Province: a pair of Heavenly Celebration Saint Jade Bracelets as a birthday gift!”
“From the Lin Family of Anyuan Province: three thousand cubic measures of Low-Grade Spirit Liquid as a birthday gift!”
“From the Feng Family of Linglong Province: one Eleventh-Grade Spirit Sword as a birthday gift!”
At the Li Family gates, the steward responsible for receiving gifts shouted each announcement aloud. One distinguished guest after another entered and approached a middle-aged man in red robes with a kindly face.
This man was Li Cai, the head of the Li Family.
Facing the arriving guests, Li Cai wore a smile as he stepped forward to welcome each of them.
Then, just as the gate steward accepted another gift, he saw the name attached to it and immediately sucked in a cold breath. Still, he quickly steadied himself and shouted aloud,
“From Elder Lin Changkong of Qingfeng Sacred Land: one Eleventh-Grade Spirit Treasure!”
The moment those words fell, the great experts gathered within the Li Family all turned toward the gate. There they saw Feng Qingyu, her expression calm and indifferent.
“Hiss, even Qingfeng Sacred Land sent someone? The Li Family is about to soar to even greater heights.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? The Li Family has always been thriving. If you ask me, they’re about to rise to another level.”
“I never expected the Li Family to have such close ties with Qingfeng Sacred Land. From now on, aside from the Sacred Lands themselves, no one will dare provoke them.”
The guests whispered among themselves, and their words filled Li Cai with pride. Being able to forge a connection with Qingfeng Sacred Land was the Li Family’s honor.
At the same time, it also sent out a signal. The Li Family’s enemies would fear its relationship with Qingfeng Sacred Land and would no longer dare to strike lightly.
After straightening his robes and calming himself, Li Cai walked toward Feng Qingyu with a smile.
Stopping before her, Li Cai asked politely, “May I ask who you are, miss?”
“I am Feng Qingyu. I came on my master’s orders to offer birthday felicitations to Senior Li Xu Kun.”
Feng Qingyu spoke in an even tone.
When Li Cai heard that she was Lin Changkong’s disciple, the respect in his heart deepened severalfold.
“So you are Senior Lin’s disciple. Then may I ask who this is?”
At that moment, Li Cai noticed the figure at her side and could not help asking.
The one standing beside Feng Qingyu was Gu Tiansheng, who seemed to appear wherever Feng Qingyu was.
“I am the Holy Son of Qingfeng Sacred Land, Gu Tiansheng.”
Gu Tiansheng smiled faintly and stated his identity in an utterly calm tone.
“Hiss!”
Li Cai immediately sucked in a sharp breath. He had clearly not expected the person beside her to be the Holy Son of Qingfeng Sacred Land.
Naturally, he knew that Qingfeng Sacred Land had a Holy Son, but Qingfeng Sacred Land had kept that Holy Son hidden extremely well, and he rarely showed himself in public. Li Cai had never expected him to come attend his father’s seventy-thousandth birthday banquet.
“There is no need to publicize this matter. Otherwise, you know the consequences.”
Gu Tiansheng spoke again, a trace of threat in his voice.
Li Cai could only agree. If he displeased the Holy Son before him, the Li Family might be wiped out by Qingfeng Sacred Land in the blink of an eye.
“Enough. We only came to deliver a gift. Once that is done, we’ll leave.”
Feng Qingyu spoke at that moment, then turned to go.
She still had to devote herself to cultivation and strive for a good ranking in the Tiansheng Grand Tournament. If her master had not ordered it, she would never have attended an occasion like this.
As for Gu Tiansheng, after learning of Feng Qingyu’s whereabouts, he had followed her here directly.
Li Cai wanted to keep them from leaving, but at that moment, a figure appeared above the Li Family. It was Fu Qitian, who had come to avenge the extermination of his clan.
“People of the Li Family, come out and face your deaths!”
The instant Fu Qitian’s words rang out, Li Cai’s expression darkened. He raised his head to look at Fu Qitian, but the moment he sensed the incomparably powerful Saintly Resonance emanating from him, he immediately shut his mouth.
That was a Saint Emperor, not someone he could afford to provoke.
Feng Qingyu and Gu Tiansheng, who had originally planned to leave, stopped in their tracks. Feng Qingyu in particular suddenly raised her head, and the moment she confirmed that it was Fu Qitian, her face turned incomparably ugly.
She naturally had some understanding of the aura of a Saint Emperor, and she could tell that Fu Qitian had already broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm.
If that was the case, then it would become far more difficult for her to obtain news of Lu Xunxian and the others from Fu Qitian.
A trace of amusement appeared on Gu Tiansheng’s face. He clearly had not expected to get to watch such a fine spectacle.
“Qingyu, let’s move farther away. It would be troublesome if we were caught in the crossfire later.”
Gu Tiansheng could tell that Fu Qitian had come prepared. A great battle would likely break out soon.
Although Feng Qingyu very much wanted to stay and see whether Li Xu Kun could defeat Fu Qitian—
If he could, then she would have Li Xu Kun cripple Fu Qitian and hand him over to her, so that she could force from him the whereabouts of Lu Xunxian and her son and daughter—
She could not make her intentions too obvious, or Gu Tiansheng might notice something amiss.
So after only a brief pause, Feng Qingyu nodded in agreement.
At that moment, a figure shot out from the depths of the Li Family and took his place opposite Fu Qitian. It was the Li Family Patriarch, Li Xu Kun.
His white hair whipped wildly in the wind, and he glared at Fu Qitian with boundless fury on his face.
“So it was you. Back then, shouldn’t you have died at the hands of the five Saint Monarchs of my Li Family?”
“Hmph. Back then, I survived by sheer luck. Now, the time has come for your Li Family to be exterminated!”
“I was able to destroy the Fu Family once, and I can destroy your Fu Family a second time.”
“If you had obediently hidden away somewhere and cultivated until the Mid Saint Emperor Realm before coming for revenge, I might have feared you a little.”
“But you made your mistake the moment you came to seek vengeance not long after your breakthrough!”
Li Xu Kun could naturally tell that the Saintly Resonance around Fu Qitian was not yet dense. He had most likely only broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm recently.
Unlike Fu Qitian, Li Xu Kun had remained in the Mid Saint Emperor Realm for many years. His strength was unfathomably deep.
Even if Fu Qitian had been hailed as The Strongest Below the Saint Emperor Realm, having only just broken through to the Saint Emperor Realm, there was absolutely no way he could be Li Xu Kun’s match!