Xuanwu Body
In the blue-light-level communication, Zhang Xingfeng learned that the Li Family's other forces were already stirring. Zhang Xingfeng's methods were truly astonishing!
The once-powerful Li Family was completely uprooted within three days and wiped out within a year.
It seems that not a single Li Family remains, or perhaps some are lucky enough to survive but dare not reveal their existence and must live in anonymity. All the masters of the Li Family seem to have vanished. No one has discovered any trace of the Li Family, and decades later, many seem to have forgotten the once invincible Li Family with its thousand-year history, only occasionally becoming fodder for casual conversation.
Back then, Li Jing and Lady Hongfu Nu clearly saw the gap in strength between themselves and Zhang Xingfeng, a gap that was beyond their ability to overcome. They were also weary, and the two of them, along with Yuchi Gong's family, lived a hermit-like life in the back mountains of Taihang Mountain.
Although the Li Family was destroyed, where did their enormous wealth go?
This became a problem that haunted many forces and experts. One expert after another went around investigating, and found that the Li Family's assets far exceeded 10 billion taels of silver! As a family with a thousand-year Aristocratic Clan, its assets were so vast that ordinary people could not even imagine them.
For a time, many people began searching for this vast fortune that could attract anyone, and even fictitious treasure maps appeared, causing endless fighting among various forces. In the midst of the chaos, this continued for more than a year, and it seemed that no one and no force had found it.
Some believe that the Star Peak Family has found it, but others think that Zhang Xingfeng treated the Li Family so ruthlessly, how could the Li Family possibly tell him the location of their family treasure? Moreover, an Aristocratic Clan's assets are not usually kept together, and even if a core member of the Li Family leaked the information, it would be impossible for them to tell Zhang Xingfeng all the addresses!
However, some believe that other superpowers may have found it but haven't announced it yet. Regardless, these are all just rumors; none of them have any concrete evidence! This has led to many people dreaming of getting rich continuing their search!
Where did this enormous sum of silver go?
Knowing that so many people were searching for this enormous treasure, Zhang Xingfeng laughed, "These guys are really obsessed with money!" But how many people could resist the allure of such immense wealth?
"Brother Feng, you're still laughing? You've also fallen into the trap of money!" *** Yan smiled slightly and looked at the boy and girl practicing External Cultivation in the courtyard.
Yes! The silver has reached his hands, a full 21 billion taels.
"No wonder they've been the number one Aristocratic Clan in the world for hundreds of years!" This was Zhang Xingfeng's first reaction when he deposited all his silver into Tianyu. Even now, thinking back, Zhang Xingfeng still thinks that the deal was incredibly worthwhile!
"Father, Mother, I've reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm!" the boy practicing External Cultivation suddenly exclaimed in delight.
Zhang Xingfeng was stunned to find that his ten-year-old son, Zhang Lingqi, had reached the Golden Core Stage. He immediately laughed happily, "As expected of my son, Zhang Xingfeng, you've reached the Golden Core Stage at the age of ten! Not bad, not bad. Hmm, this is a top-grade Law Artifact that I just refined. You can practice on it. When you reach the Nascent Soul Realm, I'll refine a celestial weapon for you!"
"Daddy, I want one too!" A beautifully sculpted little girl ran over and shouted. Her big, dark eyes looked just like those of Di Yan when she was little, except that Di Yan was no longer the wild and unruly girl she once was, and had become more mature.
"Lingling, once you reach the Golden Core Stage, your father will definitely help you refine one!" ***Yan said to her daughter.
"That's right, keep it up, Lingling! You're almost at the Golden Core Stage. I just got to that point myself!" Although Ling Qi and Lingling are twins, Ling Qi is a little bit older than Lingling. Being a little bit older makes him the older brother, and Ling Qi seems to be doing quite well as an older brother.
Zhang Xingfeng looked at Ling Qi and Lingling with immense pride. How many cultivators in the Cultivation World had children who had reached the Golden Core Stage at the age of ten!
Zhang Xingfeng didn't even consider that, given how he had relentlessly used various spirit medicine on his child since birth, was it any wonder he had reached his current level? Many of these precious spirit medicine were things even Immortal Emperor wouldn't part with. These were things Pangu had obtained after venturing into countless perilous realms, while Zhang Xingfeng could simply retrieve them effortlessly from the heavens!
Countless spirit medicine herbs transformed Zhang Xingfeng's children into living spiritual herbs comparable to the Nine-Turn Immortal spirit medicine. At this point, the two children only needed to fully absorb the medicinal power of all the treasures, making cultivation much simpler. Of course, to prevent their foundation from becoming weak, Zhang Xingfeng still used many methods, the most common being the use of the Yingchan Flower, something only a sect leader of a major sect in the Cultivation World would do for their children.
Taihang Mountain, in front of a thatched hut on the back mountain!
At this moment, Li Jing had lost his carefree spirit; a trace of pain and helplessness filled his heart.
Zhang Xingfeng nearly wiped out the Li Family. After Zhang Xingfeng discovered the surviving Seventh Young Master of the Li Family, Li Jing appeared. He couldn't bear to see the Li Family line die out! He demanded that Zhang Xingfeng release the Seventh Young Master, and in exchange, he told him about the Li Family's treasure!
Within the Li Family, only the patriarch, a few ancestors like Li Jing, and even Li Tianxiang and Li Family elders know the location of the treasure. This is the method to prevent the treasure from being leaked.
Li Jing truthfully told Zhang Xingfeng all the locations, hoping to lie to Zhang Xingfeng without being discovered. He lacked confidence, and besides, Li Jing didn't want the silver at all, nor did he want the Seventh Young Master to take revenge. He knew that Zhang Xingfeng was too powerful, and the Seventh Young Master was not qualified to retaliate against him!
Zhang Xingfeng received 21 billion taels of silver, Seventh Young Master only took a few million taels of silver, a small fraction of what Zhang Xingfeng had given him, and left.
Zhang Xingfeng's thinking at the time was Seventh Young Master: first, to obtain such a huge sum of money; and second, to ensure that the descendants of the Star Peak Family remained vigilant, for complacency would indicate an impending crisis, and perhaps the presence of a descendant of the Li Family would prevent the Star Peak Family's descendants from becoming complacent.
But fate was destined to disappoint Zhang Xingfeng. He released the Seventh Young Master, but the people of Taihang Mountain refused to release him!
This is also the reason for Li Jing's helplessness and pain at this time. Why?
This morning, the Seventh Young Master came to Taihang Mountain to find Li Jing. Perhaps because Li Jing did not want to have any further dealings with the descendants of the Li Family, he did not tell the Seventh Young Master where he was in Taihang Mountain.
The Seventh Young Master only knew that Li Jing was in the Taihang Mountain, so he came. What was most inappropriate was that he dressed so extravagantly that he was mistaken for a VIP by Mountain Bandits on the outskirts of the Taihang Mountain. They shot Seventh Young Master in the back with an arrow and killed him. The only descendant of the Li Family was thus humiliatingly killed by a Mountain Bandits.