"Damn it!"
Li Zhirui had Xiaoqing dive into the nearby sea to wash away their scent with the help of the water and then hide in the space, waiting a while before coming out.
But as they were about to touch the water, Li Zhirui suddenly heard a piercing sound behind him, as if the space was being torn apart.
Crack!
The Water Cloud Pearl, which had been with him for several years, shattered instantly. Fortunately, this bought Li Zhirui a sliver of ti, allowing him to sink into the water and vanish in an instant.
"How could he suddenly disappear?" The third-order Peng bird, with a gloomy expression, flew to the area above the sea where Li Zhirui had vanished, as its Spiritual Soul frantically expanded outward.
What puzzled him was that there were no traces or fluctuations left by the use of water escape talismans, as if Li Zhirui had disappeared into thin air!
This mysterious situation left him utterly baffled, but the anguished screams of the young Peng bird brought him back to his senses. For the ti being, he had to put this matter aside and hurriedly turned to check on the young Peng bird’s condition.
"Pfft!"
The mont Li Zhirui entered the space, he violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. His back was injured due to the impact, and the shattering of the Water Cloud Pearl had obliterated his Divine Sense, affecting his Spiritual Soul.
Li Zhirui endured the intense pain, took out dicinal ointnt, applied it to his wounds with his Divine Sense, and then swiftly swallowed a healing Spirit Pill. He closed his eyes to refine the dicinal power and heal his injuries.
Da Qing and Xiaoqing, beside him, didn’t dare to make a sound, fearing they would disturb Li Zhirui. They could only stand guard anxiously not far away.
Fortunately, these two injuries were not too severe. In just a few days, he was already partially healed.
After opening his eyes to comfort his pets and assuring them not to worry too much, he continued to heal.
As one story blooms, another unfolds.
anwhile, on Da Rong Island, two years after Li Zhirui’s departure, an event drew the dispersed family mbers together once again.
That was because Li Zhixuan had reached the critical mont of her Foundation Establishnt breakthrough. Whether she could succeed or not depended on this very attempt!
If she succeeded, the Li family would gain another Foundation Establishnt cultivator. But if she failed, another Foundation Establishnt Pill would be wasted by the Li family.
Although the Li family could now produce Foundation Establishnt Pills, the Spiritual dicine had not yet matured, making refinent impossible.
As for purchasing them from the Yuanming Sect? With three Spirit Islands and over ten thousand mu of Spirit Fields for lease, the Li family earned a vast amount of Spirit Stones each year, a feat other Foundation Establishnt families couldn’t match. However, to limit the Li family, the Yuanming Sect flat-out refused to sell to them.
As a result, if the Li family wanted to buy a Foundation Establishnt Pill, they would have to journey thousands of miles to Myriad Thunder State, a perilous trek where a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator could encounter serious dangers, potentially leading to both loss of life and property.
And Li Shiqing, as the Li family’s sole Golden Core master, did not dare leave Da Rong Island, especially with the Yuanming Sect eyeing them closely.
Nobody knew whether it was because Jiang Tianming had indeed been injured, and seriously at that, in the joint effort to kill Yu Qing a few years back. Ever since he had wiped out the Green Sword Sect, he had not appeared again in the past two years.
Furthermore, with the Yuanming Sect currently being extrely severe, brutal, and radical, one could sense an atmosphere suggesting that sothing significant was about to happen, as if a storm was brewing.
This made Li Shiqing and the others extrely uneasy, fearing that Jiang Tianming, should he be unable to heal from the severe injury, might descend into madness at the end of his life and drag the Li family down with him.
But there was little the Li family could do, except quietly prepare and set up so defensive asures.
But let’s go back to our story!
Li Zhixuan, cultivating in solitude and continuously condensing her Mana, eventually succeeded in transforming her Mana into "Spiritual Liquid" and smoothly breaking through to the Foundation Establishnt stage, becoming the Li family’s eighth Foundation Establishnt Cultivator.
The family mbers outside, observing the situation, saw a vortex of Spiritual Energy form above the roof and displayed joyful expressions on their faces.
"She’s succeeded!" Li Zhizhun said with a bright, beaming smile.
Foundation Establishnt is difficult for those without resources. For loose cultivators who want to break through, it must cost them their lives to fight for it.
However, for soone like Li Zhixuan who holds Foundation Establishnt Pills and has refined her cultivation through nurous trials, as long as there are no accidents, they won’t fail.
In the midst of the jubilant crowd, there was a young woman who seed to have thought of sothing. A touch of lancholy flashed in her eyes, but it soon turned into resolve.
Or rather, it was Li Zhixuan’s breakthrough that cented an idea she had hesitated over for two years in her heart.
Li Zhiyue made up her mind to go out and gain experience! She wanted to prove that she was not only not inferior to Li Zhixuan, but even more outstanding! She would not be a Trose Flower that could only grow under the shelter of her family!
When Li Zhiyue shared her thoughts with Li Shiting, her face beca complicated, and with a hint of helplessness, she said, "Actually, you shouldn’t take Zhirui’s words to heart. With your talents, plus the family’s nurturing, you will definitely break through to the Golden Core, but..." Li Zhixuan can’t.
But, considering Li Zhiyue’s sensitivity towards that na, Li Shiting swallowed her remaining words.
"Mrs. Ting, I know!" Li Zhiyue said with resolute expression. "But I don’t want to limit myself only to the Golden Core!"
Li Shiting looked at Li Zhiyue steadily, sighing inwardly: This girl had been told off by her most admired Li Zhirui, seed unconcerned on the surface, but in reality, it had always been on her mind.
"You should ask your second uncle about going out for experience," she said.
Li Shiting knew going out would be beneficial for Li Zhiyue, but personally, she was not very willing.
After all, this was a younger generation she had raised for over a decade; not by blood but as close as mother and daughter. If any misfortune befell her, Li Shiting couldn’t imagine how sad and heartbroken she would be.
Therefore, she really hoped that Li Shiqing would refuse and even dispel Li Zhiyue’s idea.
Unexpectedly, after seeing Li Zhixuan’s breakthrough, Li Shiqing started his seclusion to craft his Life-bound Magic Treasure!
Having no other options, Li Zhiyue had to wait on the island.
After two years of collecting materials, considering, and learning the basics of Artifact Refining, Li Shiqing finally began to craft his own Life-bound Magic Treasure.
In fact, the so-called learning of Artifact Refining is just mastering so simple refining techniques, and most importantly, the enchantnts of Magic Artifacts!
The forr is quite simple but affects the quality of the artifact; the latter adds various functionalities, such as sharpness and durability.
Of course, you could also ask a professional Artifact Refiner to craft it, provided you trust them enough not to tamper with the artifact and have the patience to spend decades removing another person’s aura from the treasure.
The Life-bound Magic Treasure that Li Shiqing was about to craft was a Spirit Sword nad Wandering Dragon, made from several third-grade Spirit Materials such as Green Steel Wood Core, Silver Scale Vine, and Green Heaven Spirit Leaf.
Li Shiqing planned to add basic enchantnts like sharpness, toughness, and Wind Integration to the Wandering Dragon.
Since the enchantnts were not too difficult, coupled with the uniqueness of a Life-bound Magic Treasure—intertwined with its owner’s fate and able to grow with the cultivation level—Li Shiqing succeeded after just two or three months in seclusion.
But what he didn’t expect was that as soon as he ca out of seclusion, he saw Li Shiting and Li Zhiyue coming to visit together.
"What brings you here?" he asked.
Li Zhiyue imdiately said, "Uncle, I want to go out and gain experience."
"How did you suddenly co up with this idea?" Li Shiqing’s face showed a trace of confusion.
If the visitor had been Li Zhixuan today, or even any of the other Foundation Establishers, he wouldn’t have been surprised at all, but Li Zhiyue was the last person he had expected.
"I just want to temper myself and hope to quickly advance my cultivation."
Li Shiqing’s penetrating gaze sensed that Li Zhiyue was hiding sothing. He turned to question Li Shiting telepathically.
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After learning that it was all because of Zhirui, and that Li Zhiyue’s decision was made firm by Li Zhixuan’s recent breakthrough, a hint of resignation flashed in his eyes.
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