Li Xinnian's voice gradually became mocking. "You are waiting. Waiting for Brother Su to be able to take you away openly and honorably, or... for Brother Su to die!
No matter what, you won't be implicated. You won't have to roam the ends of the earth with Brother Su, living that kind of life in constant fear."
"I didn't!!!"
Liu Rusi shrieked, as if Li Xinnian had completely opened the floodgates deep in her heart, causing the sense of shame to gush out from her throat.
After Liu Rusi had calmed down, Li Xinnian finally rose to his feet, not sparing her a single glance.
"Very well, then. Prove it to me."
The door to the side room opened. Bright light fell into the room, leaving only Liu Rusi's trembling body.
Nangong Qingya saw Liu Rusi's strange state and hurriedly asked Li Xinnian as he walked out, "Junior Brother, she... what's wrong with her?"
"It's nothing." Li Xinnian smiled. "She probably just discovered what kind of person she really is."
...
"Ah?"
Li Wei was also in the side room, listening to the conversation between Li Xinnian and Liu Rusi.
He really hadn't known that Li Xinnian had done so many things behind the scenes.
Following that, he floated up into the air, gazing at Su Chen on the arena—who was fighting desperately for Liu Rusi, one against many—and suddenly felt that this kid, Su Chen, was also quite pitiful.
And while Su Chen was fighting a great battle on the arena against the entire younger generation of the Duravia Trade Prefecture, the Li family, however, had their own matters to attend to.
Inside the Ancestor Space.
Li Changyao had already been waiting.
Li Yunbing, who was on the viewing stand, had already closed his eyes, his divine soul entering the Ancestor Space.
He heard Li Changyao report, "We have already found out what Su Chen is relying on. For these past three years, aside from cultivating at the Skyveil Sect, he has mostly been out adventuring for experience, seeking fortuitous opportunities. During this time, he went to Bright Spirit Valley."
"Bright Spirit Valley?"
Li Yunbing's expression changed. "Is that the valley in Eternal Sun Prefecture where the other Void Refining cultivator, besides that old Daoist Baimei, cultivates?"
"Yes." Li Changyao nodded.
"To ordinary people, Bright Spirit Valley is a place of certain death.
Two years ago, Su Chen was being hunted by a guest retainer of the Ding family and had no choice but to risk escaping into Bright Spirit Valley.
Our people also don't know what happened inside Bright Spirit Valley.
Two months later, Su Chen's trace appeared from another direction of Bright Spirit Valley.
That Void Refining cultivator... we can basically confirm that he is Su Chen's backing."
"No wonder he dared to come to the Duravia Trade Prefecture."
Li Yunbing's divine soul returned to his main body. His expression was somber.
Back then, during the great war between the Eternal Sun Prefecture and the Duravia Trade Prefecture, they had invited that Void Refining cultivator to come out of seclusion, but the other party showed no regard for the Li family at all.
Even now, the Li family has invited the other party multiple times, only to be refused every single time.
"It seems that in the eyes of that old bastard, Su Chen is more important than my entire Li family."
After taking a deep breath, Li Yunbing already had a definite plan.
"Second Brother."
As Su Chen shone brilliantly on the arena, Li Yunlin's gaze swept to Li Yunbing.
He sent a voice transmission: "How about this grand-disciple of mine? He alone has suppressed the entire younger generation of the Duravia Trade Prefecture so much that they can't even lift their heads."
"Not bad." Li Yunbing saw the happy look on his elder brother's face and was unwilling to say things like "this child is reckless, acts without considering the consequences" to disturb his brother's good mood.
He just glanced at the killing intent in the eyes of the Ding and Sun family heads and Daoist Kongxing, and said in a grave voice:
"I'm just afraid he won't be able to walk out of this Aeternus Sect. His aptitude is too strong, and now he is too brazen. The Aeternus Sect has plenty of excuses to kill him."
Hearing this, Li Yunlin's eyes narrowed slightly.
His second brother was right. Su Chen had already formed a grudge with the various clans of the Duravia Trade Prefecture and the Aeternus Sect.
Furthermore, Su Chen himself was from the Eternal Sun Prefecture and the Azure Cloud.
Taking these multiple factors into account, and thinking from their perspective, even the Li family [if in that situation] would try every method to kill him and be done with it.
No one wants to face an additional Void Refining realm expert on the opposing side a thousand years from now.
"Don't worry, Big Brother." Li Yunbing, on the contrary, looked completely relaxed.
"Su Chen has a backup plan, and we have also made our preparations. This is precisely our chance to probe the Duravia Trade Prefecture. It's just that..."
"Just what?" Li Yunlin breathed a sigh of relief.
He only heard Li Yunbing say with a scoff, "It's just that this little fellow, Su Chen, is too self-righteous. This world doesn't revolve around him. If it were our family's Xinnian, perhaps he wouldn't make such a foolish mistake."
Hearing this, Li Yunlin deeply agreed as he gazed toward the distance.
He saw the family's youngest child hiding quietly in a distant corner, his deep eyes surveying the surroundings.
That Su Chen on the arena was dazzling.
But who says the one standing in the eyes of the world is the only true, peerless genius?
Li Yunlin smiled and said, "This child just isn't willing to go on stage. Although his Dharma Body isn't as good as Su Chen's, his bloodline is far too powerful. If you were to let him go on stage too, how are the younger generation of this Duravia Trade Prefecture supposed to live?"
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