"Old Ancestor."
When Li Yue saw the old man approaching, he immediately stepped forward to greet him and respectfully performed the grand bow of a junior.
"Second Brother, quickly, pay your respects. This is the great-grandfather with the highest seniority in our Li family."
Although Li Mu was somewhat bewildered by everything happening, he was no fool. From the attitudes of his father and elder brother, he could tell that the old man before him had to be one of the Lineage's ancestors. He immediately followed Li Yue in performing the grand bow.
"That's enough, you two little brats. None of this empty ceremony. Come on, follow me inside. Little Li, you come too."
Stroking his long beard, the old man beckoned to Li Mu and his father and brother. Meanwhile, the two children nearby, who appeared to be only six or seven years old, were each playing with a branch. Li Mu vaguely seemed to see a layer of white energy clinging to the branches.
"Th-this... doesn't that look a little like projecting energy outward? Impossible, impossible. Energy projection is an ability only Core Formation Realm cultivators possess. These two... little granduncles are only a few years old. I must be seeing things."
Urged on by Li Yue, Li Mu did not dwell on it. He decided that he must have seen wrong. After all, despite having transmigrated here and possessing a cheat system, he had only just reached Core Formation. If these two six-year-old children were also in the Core Formation Realm, then Li Mu truly ought to smash his head against a wall and die.
The group entered the village. The simple, rustic air that greeted them made Li Mu recall that Peach Blossom Spring passage from his student days. The scene before him was exactly like