King Li Questions His Life

Before anyone could react, they saw King Li, who had only appeared some time ago, standing in the sky above the Lu Family, his face full of fury.

But just as King Li was wondering where the Thousand Ghost King was, a strange expression appeared on his face.

"Your Majesty, come down first. The Thousand Ghost King matter has already been dealt with."

Seeing Li Xuanran appear, Uncle Chen hurriedly sent him a voice transmission. Combined with the expressions of the guests below, Li Xuanran's instincts told him something was wrong.

Better go down and take a look first.

At once, Li Xuanran came before Li Qingping and checked her condition. Only after discovering that his daughter was unharmed did he finally breathe a sigh of relief, then turned to Uncle Chen at the side and asked about what had happened earlier.

After hearing Uncle Chen's words, Li Xuanran's face was filled with disbelief as he said gravely, "Guest Minister Chen, are your words true?"

"Your Majesty, I would never dare joke about something like this. Besides, isn't the Thousand Ghost King right over there?"

Uncle Chen gave a bitter smile. Though he too felt that it did not seem real, that was simply the truth.

Li Xuanran turned to look and saw that the one standing respectfully beside Lu Jiuyuan was none other than the Thousand Ghost King. Seeing this, Li Xuanran took a deep breath.

"Looks like our attitude toward the Lu Family needs to change. Isn't today the Lu Family's housewarming day? Then I shall prepare a grand gift for the Lu Family."

With that, Li Xuanran began searching through his storage ring. On the other side, Lu Changsheng merely glanced at Li Xuanran without saying anything.

"Esteemed guests, the matter has been resolved. Please continue enjoying the banquet."

Lu Xuan stepped forward and waved his hand as he spoke. Before long, the atmosphere reached its peak. After all, they had never seen a cultivator above the Mahayana Stage before, much less eaten in a Mahayana Stage family's home. This was the sort of thing they could boast about for a lifetime.

"Your foundation is quite good."

After walking over to Lu Jiuyuan and examining his foundation, Lu Changsheng spoke with some satisfaction. As expected of a prodigy of the Lu Family—such a foundation had been exceedingly rare even a thousand years ago.

"Thank you for your praise, Old Ancestor."

Lu Jiuyuan thanked him neither humbly nor arrogantly. Just then, Li Xuanran walked over to the two of them.

"Greetings, Senior Lu."

In the Cultivation World, the virtuous are respected first. Even if the other party was younger than you, as long as their cultivation was higher, they had to be addressed as senior.

"Rise. You must be Li Xuanran, the emperor of the Yuanwu Kingdom."

Lu Changsheng spoke indifferently. His realm was a full major realm above Li Xuanran's; under the crushing gap of an entire major realm, even if Li Xuanran used every method at his disposal, he would still be no match for Lu Changsheng.

"That is correct. Today is the Lu Family's housewarming day, so I have specially brought a generous gift. I hope Senior will accept it."

As he spoke, Li Xuanran took out a storage ring and respectfully handed it to Lu Changsheng. After accepting it, Lu Changsheng swept the items inside with his divine sense, and his expression turned somewhat surprised.

"I didn't expect you to possess such a thing. You have been thoughtful."

Lu Changsheng spoke lightly, thereby accepting this favor.

"Since Senior has accepted it, I shall take my leave first. I still have matters to attend to recently."

Li Xuanran prepared to leave after saying this, but Lu Changsheng stopped him. Before Li Xuanran could react, Lu Changsheng pointed a finger at him.

"This is a small bit of insight into the Mahayana Stage. It should help you break through to the Mahayana Stage."

Lu Changsheng gave Li Xuanran a small amount of Mahayana Stage insight, because he could see that Li Xuanran was already at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Stage, only one step away from breaking through into the Mahayana Stage.

This bit of Mahayana Stage insight was undoubtedly timely aid in a snowstorm for Li Xuanran.

"Thank you for Senior's assistance. Should Senior ever have need of me in the future, this junior will certainly give his all!"

Li Xuanran said with great excitement. Then he set off, flying back toward the imperial capital of the Yuanwu Kingdom. Lu Changsheng's small act of help would allow him to break through to the Mahayana Stage within a year.

"Young Master Lu, I truly did not expect your Lu Family to have such terrifying backing. Now it seems I, Li Qingping, will have to rely on Young Master Lu to elevate me."

Walking to Lu Jiuyuan's side, Li Qingping spoke somewhat sourly. Lu Jiuyuan merely smiled.

"Qingping, aren't we friends? True friends do not care about each other's background."

Hearing this, Li Qingping smiled as well.

"Yes, true friends do not care about each other's background."

Seeing Li Qingping following beside Lu Jiuyuan, Peng Yuyan immediately felt that things were going badly for her granddaughter. Although Peng Ziyan was known as Qingfeng Town's greatest beauty, she truly amounted to nothing when compared to Li Qingping.

"Sigh, granddaughter, forget it. Lu Jiuyuan is not someone we can hold on to."

Peng Yuyan walked over to the dejected Peng Ziyan and comforted her.

Peng Ziyan merely sighed and said nothing more.

The day soon passed as well. After all the guests had left, the three members of the Lu Family gathered together to discuss the Lu Family's current situation.

"The most important thing now is for our Lu Family to branch out and flourish as soon as possible. So, Jiuyuan, I'll leave this matter to you."

Lu Xuan spoke with a serious expression, then looked at Lu Jiuyuan. Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Jiuyuan as well.

With the two of them staring at him, Lu Jiuyuan's heart gave a thump, but he still said solemnly, "Grandpa, Old Ancestor, I don't think this matter is urgent yet. After all, one of you is in the Nascent Soul Realm and the other is in the Mahayana Stage. Your lifespans are enough to make you old monsters. Besides, even if we want descendants, there's no need to have them right now."

Hearing this, Lu Xuan argued, "You make it sound easy, brat. Our Mahayana family only has three people. It wouldn't sound good if word got out."

"Little Xuanzi has a point. With a family as large as ours, it is indeed time to expand a little."

Lu Changsheng sat to one side and nodded along. Faced with the relentless pressure from his two pillars of support, Lu Jiuyuan could only give a bitter smile and say, "Old Ancestors, there's really no rush. Besides, I feel that starting a family too early might affect my future cultivation progress."

Lu Jiuyuan had even brought up cultivation, so what else could Lu Xuan and Lu Changsheng do? They could only agree, though they gave Lu Jiuyuan one condition: he had to establish a family and career within a hundred years.

Watching Lu Jiuyuan flee in disarray, Lu Xuan and Lu Changsheng shook their heads helplessly.

"I think that little girl Li Qingping seems to have feelings for Jiuyuan too. We can bring them together when the time comes."

Lu Xuan thought of something and made the suggestion, and Lu Changsheng nodded at his words.

"That little girl from today? She's worthy of our Jiuyuan."

Meanwhile, Lu Jiuyuan had no idea that the two Old Ancestors had already picked out a match for him. He fled back to his room as if his feet were on fire.

Then he remembered his hundred-year agreement with the Old Ancestors. In a hundred years, his backing would probably be invincible, wouldn't it?

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