Motivation

Motivation

Li Qianqing met Li Cunlan, the Grand Ancestral Aunt who guarded Changle Mountain, almost once every half a year.

In April this year, he planned to visit his Grand Ancestral Aunt again.

Li Cunlan liked this junior of hers very much.

The first time he met Li Cunlan, Second Grandfather had naturally told this Grand Ancestral Aunt some things about him, and at that time, her wrinkled face had been piled full of smiles.

Leaving the house, Li Qianqing began his daily work for the day.

In less than ten days, the White Corn growing in the three mu of Rank 1 Low-Grade Spiritual Field he tended could be harvested again.

According to Li Ditu, today he only needed to refine ten cauldrons of Fasting Pill, fifty jin of White Corn per cauldron, and the Contribution Points would still be an extra two thousand points as usual.

The core high-level members of the Li Family all hoped he could have more time to devote to cultivation.

Unless he needed to refine Rank 1 Mid-Grade pills, they would not take up too much of his time.

At present, Li Qianqing had not yet refined any Rank 1 Mid-Grade pills. After the spirit herbs matured, most Rank 1 Mid-Grade pills would definitely be handed to him to refine so he could accumulate experience. Simply possessing astonishing Alchemy Talent but having no alchemy experience would not do.

The day before the White Corn matured.

Li Qianyin came to him.

Ever since she had begun doing work for the clan, it could not compare to when she had been on Changqing Mountain before; her time to play had become less and less.

This time, she had come looking for Li Qianqing thinking whether he could still, like more than half a year ago, take her out to play and count it as seeing more of the world.

"Qianqing-ge." Li Qianyin waved at Li Qianqing from afar. When she arrived before him, just as she was about to say something, she got stuck and could not speak.

"What is it, Yinyin?"

Li Qianqing reached out and waved his hand in front of Li Qianyin's eyes. Right now, Li Qianyin's forehead only reached his chest.

"Qi Refining Sixth Layer! Damn it! Qianqing-ge, you secretly broke through again."

"What do you mean, secretly broke through? Does breaking through even need to be done secretly?" Li Qianqing found it a little funny. Ever since Li Qianyin, who had a Dual Spiritual Root, entered Mid-Stage Qi Refining, her cultivation progress had been slower than his. It would be strange if she were not depressed. However, this was also a good opportunity to motivate Li Qianyin.

"You beat me to a breakthrough again."

"Yinyin, you should look for the reason in yourself. Your talent is clearly better, so why is your cultivation speed inferior to mine? You little lazy cat, you must have slacked off while cultivating."

"I did not." Li Qianyin shook her head with all her might.

Li Qianqing pressed her head still.

"Qianqing-ge, how many times have I told you? Don't touch my head. The reason I'm so short now is definitely all because of you."

Li Qianqing had been made to carry a black pot for no reason, so he also had to buckle one onto her.

"You little girl, don't change the subject. A Dual Spiritual Root cultivating slower than me, a Three Spiritual Roots, must be because you aren't working hard enough. Last time, you broke through in time, so Fourth Uncle didn't make trouble for you. If you can't reach Qi Refining Sixth Layer this year, you'll be in for it..."

"Qianqing, Qianyin, what are you two chatting about? Any interest in telling this old man too?"

Li Ditu's voice came from the distance. Today, he had come to find Li Qianqing for no particular reason; he had simply come to take a look.

Seeing this, Li Qianyin immediately ran to Li Ditu's side.

"Second Grandfather, hurry and talk some sense into Qianqing-ge. He said that if I don't reach Qi Refining Sixth Layer this year, I'll be in for it. He's already so old, yet he's still scaring his little sister."

Li Ditu observed Li Qianqing's aura and only then discovered that he was already at Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Li Qianqing's cultivation speed was quite a bit faster than he had imagined.

"Your Qianqing-ge makes sense. You, a Dual Spiritual Root, are only at Qi Refining Fifth Layer. If you don't enter Qi Refining Sixth Layer this year, your father will absolutely give you a proper cleaning up."

"Damn it, I'm so mad. You're all bullying me." Li Qianyin stamped her feet in anger.

After flying into a rage, Li Qianyin discovered that Qianqing-ge and Second Grandfather were both looking at her with smiles on their faces.

In her view, their smiles were somewhat strange.

"I... I... I'd better go back and cultivate."

Thinking of her father's stern face, Li Qianyin did not even have the heart to play today.

If she wanted to enter Qi Refining Sixth Layer this year, she had to cultivate even harder.

Although she was somewhat unconvinced, there was nothing much to it if Qianqing-ge was stronger than her.

But if things kept going on like this, then she would seem like a fake Dual Spiritual Root talent.

I'll definitely enter Late-Stage Qi Refining faster than Qianqing-ge. When that time comes... I'll jump up and hit his head.

On the road as she left, the little girl secretly swore in her heart.

Li Qianqing entering Qi Refining Sixth Layer had indeed given her a sense of urgency.

Although she had already been cultivating very diligently, she now had to work even harder. Her playtime needed to be squeezed down further.

If she wanted to play to her heart's content just once, perhaps she could only wait until she reached Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

"You really know how to motivate and provoke that girl." Only after Li Qianyin's departing back disappeared did Li Ditu withdraw his gaze and look at Li Qianqing before him.

"Many thanks for cooperating, Second Grandfather. Yinyin still has potential; she's just too playful. It can be dug out further," Li Qianqing analyzed.

In Li Qianqing's view, the clan's Dual Spiritual Root and Three Spiritual Roots cultivators all had a great possibility of reaching Foundation Establishment in the future. As for Dual Spiritual Root cultivators, forming the core would not be that difficult either.

This required him to make proper arrangements in the future.

With his own judgment and experience, he was filled with confidence in leading the clan in the future.

"If your Fourth Uncle saw this scene, he would definitely be very happy. When he had just brought Yinyin to Changle Mountain, he told me about his worries and asked me to keep a closer eye on Yinyin. In the blink of an eye, more than four years have passed. Looking back now, his worries were completely unnecessary."

"If she were still on Changqing Mountain, Yinyin might not even have her current cultivation."

Li Ditu felt very gratified that their Li Family could produce a Li Qianqing.

In his eyes, no matter how he looked at Li Qianqing, he was the future clan head of the Li Family.

However, to become clan head, astonishing Alchemy Talent alone definitely would not be enough. One also needed matching strength.

The clan heads of the Li Family through the generations had basically all been Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

The only exception had been because the Foundation Establishment Realm senior at the time had too explosive a temper and was very unsuitable to sit in the clan head's position.

One had to know that in the Li Family, the clan head had the power to decide major clan affairs. In other words, if the clan head insisted on going his own way, they had no way to stop him.

Fortunately, the Foundation Establishment Realm senior back then had also known that his temper was unsuitable for being clan head, so the clan head at that time had only been at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak realm.

Li Qianqing's personality was already beyond reproach. He also handled matters with great foresight and knew how to consider the clan's interests. Now, all he lacked was strength.

The more Li Ditu thought about it, the more he felt that Li Qianqing was the next-generation clan head of the Li Family. In his heart, this thought had already surpassed the possibility of Li Lilong becoming the next-generation clan head.

"Did Second Grandfather come to find me for the matters of refining Fasting Pill afterward? Is anything in need of adjustment?"

"No. Just do it according to the previous arrangement. What, can I not come find you for a chat if there's nothing?"

"Of course not. If Second Grandfather comes to find me, this junior is naturally extremely welcoming."