Li Xiu had been troubled recently, very troubled!
He had never been so troubled in more than a decade.
He was a very lucky man. It could be said that the greatest luck he had in his life was to make a friend like Zhou Bao.
This friend of Zhou Bao undoubtedly made him the well-deserved heir of the Li Family of Pingzhou. It also made his strength advance by leaps and bounds in the shortest time, making him look down on his peers. He originally thought that things would go smoothly in the future, but now there was an accident.
The Li Family in Pingzhou had a history of thousands of years. Not to mention the numerous branch families, even the main family had many branches. His father was the Family Head of the Li Family in Pingzhou and could be regarded as a lineal descendant. In his generation, because of his superior strength and a good friend, there was almost no suspense for him to be the Family Head. In fact, over the past ten years, he had gradually grasped the power of the family. Although he had no interest in the power, it was worth celebrating that everything in such a big family was running step by step.
No one had expected that things would change in recent years. His uncle, Li Xian, who had always been subservient to his father, gradually rose to prominence. Not only did his strength improve by leaps and bounds, but he also formed cliques within the family and began to divide the influence of his own branch.
At first, he was dismissive of Li Xian's behavior. In his opinion, the Li Family of Pingzhou was a piece of iron plate. No matter how capable Li Xian was, he could not stir up any trouble.
Unexpectedly, things were not as simple as he had imagined.
In the past two years, Li Xian's influence in the family had been greatly expanded. Now, he could even faintly compete with him.
At the same time, he also received some news. It was that this uncle of his seemed to have a close relationship with some outsiders. This group of outsiders was very mysterious, but their strength was frighteningly high. He had sent a few groups of people to investigate the background of this outsider, but the result was that there was no news. It was very obvious that they had all failed. This made him very vigilant in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.
Indeed, he had gradually grasped the power of the clan. His father was also the clan leader. However, it was precisely because he was the clan leader and held great power that he had to be even more cautious in his actions. He absolutely could not allow others to find anything that could be used against him, and even more so, he could not allow others to find any flaws, right?
In addition, although Li Xian had formed cliques and secretly cultivated forces, he had never done anything harmful to the Li Family. In the past few years, he had even made a lot of contributions to the Li Family, which made the Li Family famous and his status in the family more and more important. He was the meritorious minister of the family.
In the face of such an important and meritorious minister, without sufficient evidence, his branch could do nothing to Li Xian. He could only watch them form cliques and build up their strength.
If this was a hidden worry in the past, then now, he had to face an imminent threat.
Recently, he had received news that Li Xian would make a big move at the ancestral worshipping ceremony, and his target was him.
He had a hunch that Li Xian was going to seize power.
Li Xian wanted to seize power, but Zhou Bao didn't care much about it. Firstly, he didn't think too much of this power. Secondly, his strength had already reached the Individual Immortal Realm. With enough strength, no matter what tricks Li Xian had, it would be in vain.
Absolute strength could suppress everything!
This was the truth that he believed in. This truth was learned from his friend, Zhou Bao. Wasn't that leopard in the northwest as stable as Mount Tai because of his strength that could devour the whole world?
He had confidence in his own strength!
For a person who entered the Individual Immortal Realm before the age of 30, he certainly had enough confidence. If he did not even have confidence in such an achievement, then almost all the people in the world would have died long ago.
"First Young Master, First Young Master, something bad has happened, something bad has happened!"
Although he had confidence in himself, it did not mean that others had absolute confidence in him. Not long after he sat down, before he could calm down for a while, he heard an extremely panicked voice. Then, he saw a black-clothed manservant stumbling over.
"Why are you panicking?" Li Xiu frowned, and his face showed some unfriendliness.
"First Young Master, something bad has happened. Second Master, Second Master, Second Master, he …!"
"What happened to Second Uncle?"
"Second Master, he brought some people to Miss Dieyi's manor. He said, he said he wanted to catch an evildoer!"
"What!" Li Xiu suddenly stood up and grabbed the manservant by the collar. "What did you say? He went to Dieyi's yard? Bastard!"
He cursed, and with a flash, he disappeared from the courtyard. When he reappeared, he was in a small village about five miles away from the Li family's mansion.
This manor was very exquisite and gorgeous, and its location was very good. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it was very quiet. It could be said to be a very peaceful residence.
But now, this tranquil place was completely destroyed by a wave of clamor.
"Second Master, what do you mean? This Fragrant Butterfly Manor is the First Young Master's outer residence, not some other place. You can't just barge in!"
"Barge in? Hum, boy, who do you think you are? How dare you block my way! Li Xiu colluded with an evildoer, and the woman inside is an evildoer. I, the Second Master, came here today to subdue the evildoer. Not to mention that this is Li Xiu's outer residence, even if it is the outer residence of the Family Head, I will still enter it to clear the Li Family's name!"
The person who spoke so boldly was a man in his prime. He looked arrogant and did not take the person in front of him seriously at all. Beside him stood two men in snow-white robes. They looked steadily forward and emitted a powerful pressure. Their cultivation was actually at the peak of Level Nine. Such strength and combat capability were already at the top of the Li Family of Pingzhou.
Even though the overall strength of the martial arts world had improved because of Zhou Bao's prescriptions, a dozen years could not change too much. Most importantly, the medicinal herbs in the prescriptions were originally precious. But after more than a decade of frantic plundering and refining, many of them had become rare medicinal herbs. In a few years, those common medicinal herbs in the prescriptions would also become rare. Then, very soon, the Heaven Realm World would return to its original state. Those prescriptions only caused a small ripple in the Heaven Realm World. The general trend of the Heaven Realm World was still unshakably going downhill, running wildly all the way.
For a millennium family like the Li Family to have an Individual Immortal in the past few years, this was already a completely unexpected event. In addition to the Individual Immortal Li Xiu, there were more than 10 people who had broken through to the Expert Realm. Two of them had entered the Level Nine Expert Realm. All of a sudden, the Li Family's strength had skyrocketed, surpassing the Wang Family in Cenzhou and becoming the number one well-known family in the world, second only to the Yan Family, Tian Long Taoism, and super sects like the Sect of Flame.
In the Li Family, the strength at the peak of Level Nine was unrivaled except for Li Xiu. The two men in snow-white robes were obviously a little impatient with Li Xian's dawdling.
"Where did this brat come from? How dare he block our path!" The face of the man in snow-white robes standing on the right of Li Xian darkened. He raised his hand and sent the man flying backward. "Let's go in quickly. We can't let that evildoer escape!"
"Go in? How can you go in? Second Uncle, you are getting more and more out of line. How dare you break into my village!"
With a swoosh, a shapeless Sword Qi attacked fiercely, heading straight for the face of the man in snow-white robes who had just attacked.
The face of the man in snow-white robes changed. Feeling the fierceness of the Sword Qi, he did not dare to take it head-on. He dodged a few times and finally dodged the Sword Qi. However, his snow-white robes were not so lucky. They were cut by the Sword Qi and fell like snowflakes.
"How dare you, thief!" The other man in snow-white robes saw that the situation was not good. He raised his hands and two golden lights flashed, hitting Li Xiu who had just appeared.
"Insignificant skill!" Seeing the golden lights, Li Xiu only sneered. He then released two flashes of Sword Qi and forced the two golden lights back. The man in snow-white robes blocked them with both hands and retreated a few steps before withdrawing his celestial device.
"Xiu 'er, what do you mean by this?!" Seeing Li Xiu, Li Xian's face tightened and he asked.
"What do I mean? I should ask you that. Second Uncle, what do you mean by this? For no reason, you broke into my village and beat my men. What are you trying to do? You are rebelling! “
"Li Xiu, don't go too far. No matter what, I'm your Second Uncle. You don't have any respect for your elders when you talk like this!" Li Xian shouted, "Let me ask you, who is the person living in your Fragrant Butterfly Manor?!"
"This is my manor. I don't need to explain it to you, Second Uncle. So, please go back!"
"Humph, you don't dare to say it, do you? Don't think that I don't know that the person living in this manor is a demoness, an evildoer. As a disciple of the Li Family, you associate with an evildoer. It's a disgrace to the family. Today, I'm here to eradicate this evildoer and clean up the Li Family's reputation.
Leave now! "" Have you said enough? If you have, get out of here immediately. If not, I'll kick you all out! "Li Xiu's face was cold and his voice revealed a sharp killing intent.
"You —!" Li Xian straightened his back and stared at Li Xiu without showing any weakness. He had no intention of backing down. The atmosphere suddenly seemed to be at daggers drawn.
"Well, Li Xiu, you disrespect your elders and disregard the family's reputation. Today, I won't lower myself to your level. When the ancestral worshipping ceremony comes, I'll settle the score with you. Humph!" While speaking, Li Xian flicked his sleeves and left with his men. He left the Fragrant Butterfly Manor with a strong start but a weak finish.
Li Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured in his heart, "What did Li Xian mean by coming here in high spirits and returning in disappointment?"
"They are here to explore. It seems that there are many secrets hidden in your manor!" “
Just as he was pondering, a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz rang in his ears.
"Zhou —!" Hearing this voice, Li Xiu's gloomy face suddenly turned into ecstasy. He suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth.
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