Intervention

"Third Brother, I remember that Second Sister was closest to you. She excelled at the Eight Trigram Palm, while you had the Roaming Dragon Fist. Together, your Eight Trigram Roaming Dragon Art was seamless as heaven's own garment, and you had shared such tacit understanding for so many years. How could you bear to kill her?"

Li Family Eldest Brother stepped forward. The wrinkles on his forehead squeezed into deep furrows, and his gaze was sharp. He was not as grief-stricken or shocked as one might have imagined.

Yet he was equally unable to make heads or tails of it. Even a matter as vast as the sky could be discussed. Between brothers and sisters, what could not be spoken of?

"Eldest Brother, Eldest Sister, I had no choice either. The five of us siblings truly shared deep affection. If not for Eldest Brother, we might never have had the chance to master these martial arts. I am not some wolf-hearted, dog-lunged man.

"But people must always make choices. I have a son, not even a year old yet, fair and plump. The moment he stretches out his little feet, my heart melts.

"He is the bloodline of our Li family, and also the Li family's only descendant. Now he is in the Chaotian Alliance's hands. What could I do? Would you betray Liang Dongzhu?

"Our Five Tigers of the Li Family have relied on the single word 'righteousness' to survive in the martial world. Asking you to forsake righteousness for kinship is simply impossible.

"Whether it is Second Sister, or Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister, we are all old now. Can we not make some sacrifice for the younger generation?"

Li Family Third Brother's expression was wooden, but his twitching lips, wandering eyes, and somewhat incoherent speech showed that