The Swiftest Kill

April.

Early summer.

The White Corn harvest had been completed, and quite a few Fasting Pills had been refined as well.

The newest batch of White Corn and Fasting Pills had already been sent to the Cultivator Market where the Li Family's shop was located.

On this day, Li Qianqing also met Li Cunlan.

At this moment, Li Cunlan's face was still ruddy and full of life, and she seemed as if she still had many days left.

Li Qianqing observed her carefully for a while. Li Cunlan's Lifespan truly was not easy to judge.

The possibility that she would Pass Away next month looked very small.

Looking at his Grand Ancestral Aunt, he himself felt nothing either.

The chaos in his previous life had a certain connection to this as well. If Li Cunlan had known she was about to fail, she would usually have sent the news to Changqing Mountain in advance and had Changqing Mountain send another Late-Stage Qi Refining clansman to come and hold the fort.

If such a decision had been made in his previous life, perhaps Li Ditu would not have been seriously injured.

After visiting, Li Qianqing bid farewell to his Grand Ancestral Aunt and Seventh Uncle Li Lihe.

On the way back, he also saw Li Qianbao hurrying toward his Grand Ancestral Aunt's residence, as if he had not seen him at all.

Li Qianbao had always stayed by Li Lihe's side. After his Grand Ancestral Aunt Passed Away, he would quickly learn the news, and that would be the moment Li Qianbao notified the Loose Cultivators.

And he, Li Qianqing, would deal with Li Qianbao before he passed on the message.

To prevent any accidents, before May had even arrived, in late April, he began to act.

During these days, he had reduced his cultivation time by quite a bit.

The eighth day of May.

Starlight filled the sky.

Li Cunlan's life had also reached its end.

Among the Li Family cultivators of the Cun generation, only the current Patriarch of the Li Family remained now.

The first to learn that Li Cunlan had Passed Away was her grandson, Li Lihe, and then Li Qianbao, who stayed beside Li Lihe.

"Seventh Uncle, restrain your grief and accept fate. I will now send out the news that Grand Ancestral Aunt has Passed Away."

"All right... go."

Li Lihe clearly still found it difficult to accept the news that the person closest to him had Passed Away.

"Yes."

Li Qianbao turned and left.

The sorrowful expression originally on his face changed, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He had finally waited until this moment. Now was the best time to hand over his Token of Allegiance.

After today, he would no longer be a cultivator of the Li Family, but a Loose Cultivator.

In the future, a great deal of cultivation time would be waiting for him. If he seized enough cultivation resources, perhaps he might even have a chance to succeed in Foundation Establishment in the future and become a Foundation Establishment expert.

As Li Qianbao imagined the future, he could not help quickening his steps.

He arrived near the mountainside.

Li Qianbao looked around. After seeing not a single figure, he felt that his worries had been completely unnecessary.

At a time like this, how could anyone possibly come here on purpose? He took out a Sound Transmission Talisman.

This Sound Transmission Talisman bore the mark of the Loose Cultivators and could accurately deliver the message to their side. It was used by the Loose Cultivators to secretly pass important information to him.

Just as he was about to record the information into the Sound Transmission Talisman and send it out, after the information had been recorded but before it had been sealed into the Sound Transmission Talisman, pain stabbed through his mind. His heart was still beating, yet he had already completely lost consciousness.

Before the corpse fell to the ground, a Mid-Grade Magic Tool long sword flew past.

Head and body parted.

"The timing was just right." Li Qianqing nodded.

Li Qianbao had only entered the Qi Refining Fourth Layer not long ago. Even if Li Qianqing did not use his Divine Sense Secret Technique or a magic tool, he could have killed him easily. It was just that, to Li Qianqing, there was absolutely no need for that.

When killing, the swiftest method was best.

He did not dare guarantee it elsewhere, but at least within this Five Kingdoms Region, among cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Realm, no one could withstand an attack from his Divine Sense Secret Technique.

The current him, in this world, could be considered a minor invincible existence beneath Foundation Establishment.

"Next, I need to notify Second Grandfather."

Li Qianqing turned and left, arriving at Li Ditu's residence as fast as he could.

The urgent knocking made Li Ditu stop cultivating.

The door opened. Before he could speak, Li Qianqing said at an extremely fast pace,

"Second Grandfather, when I came to find you, I saw Li Qianbao acting sneaky and had no idea what he was going to do. Then I followed him and discovered he was preparing to use a Sound Transmission Talisman to send some message, so I killed him."

"You killed him outright?" Li Ditu digested the news, somewhat shocked. How had it turned into killing him outright?

One had to know that, no matter what, Li Qianbao was still a member of the Li Family. If Li Ditu had been the one handling it, he would have chosen to capture Li Qianbao first.

Qianqing was still a little too young.

"Yes, I killed him outright. He was acting sneaky while using a Sound Transmission Talisman, and even deliberately ran to a corner of the mountainside. He was definitely doing something that could not see the light." Li Qianqing had his own judgment.

"Take me there first to have a look."

"Mm, Second Grandfather, follow me."

Li Qianqing brought Li Ditu to the scene of the killing.

Li Qianbao, whose head and body had parted, had bled into two pools. The headless corpse was still clutching the Sound Transmission Talisman.

Beside the Sound Transmission Talisman, there was also a point of spiritual power light. It was the information that had not yet been sealed into the Sound Transmission Talisman.

The moment Li Ditu saw Li Qianbao's corpse, his evaluation of Li Qianqing was decisive.

Looking at the cut on the neck, one could imagine that Li Qianqing's sword strike had not carried the slightest hesitation.

There was something wrong with Li Qianbao. Li Ditu had been able to judge that immediately after hearing Li Qianqing's news.

A Sound Transmission Talisman was a precious talisman used to transmit messages. On Changle Mountain, only he and his little aunt Li Cunlan had one. The other family juniors would not have one on them, and it was even less possible for them to pay a high price to buy a Sound Transmission Talisman.

There was also the point Li Qianqing had mentioned: he had used the Sound Transmission Talisman and had run all the way to this place.

If one used a Sound Transmission Talisman normally, using it on the spot would have been enough.

"I'll see what message he was sending."

Li Ditu came before the point of light and wrapped it in spiritual power, checking the information inside.

It would have been better if he had not looked.

Once he looked at the information, Li Ditu's face turned black!

"Second Grandfather, what's the situation?" Li Qianqing asked curiously.

"That damned traitor!" Li Ditu was nearly angered to death. How had the Li Family produced another traitor like this? Although the last time the Li Family had produced a traitor, Li Ditu's grandfather had still been in his mother's womb, that traitor's betrayal had brought the Li Family no small losses.

This was recorded, to be taken as a warning.

The Li Family absolutely did not tolerate traitors.

Li Ditu felt that for traitors, their bones should be ground and their ashes scattered, without leaving even the slightest trace in this world, as if the Li Family had never had this cultivator at all.

"Little Aunt Passed Away. He was going to send this news to the Loose Cultivators."

"What? Grand Ancestral Aunt Passed Away? When I saw her last month, she was perfectly fine. She didn't look like her Lifespan was nearing its end at all..." Li Qianqing's voice grew smaller and smaller.

"Sigh." Li Ditu sighed, then said, "Qianqing, you did very well. You didn't let him pass the news to the Loose Cultivators, otherwise our Changle Mountain would have been swept clean by them."

The more Li Ditu looked at Li Qianqing now, the more he felt he had the makings of a Patriarch.

He had directly ignored Li Lilong altogether.

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