Returning to Changqing Mountain

Back to Changqing Mountain, outside the house.

Li Ditu carefully explained Li Qianbao's situation to Li Lihe, emphasizing that it had all been Li Qianqing's achievement and had little to do with him.

That was indeed the truth. By the time he had been called to the scene, Li Qianbao's head and body had already been in different places.

After Li Lihe finished listening to Li Ditu's account, he was completely stunned. No matter what, he had never expected that Li Qianbao, who usually looked honest and was even very filial, would actually betray the Li Family.

He definitely believed Second Uncle's words.

Second Uncle was the clan's alchemist and had done much for the clan. He loathed traitors even more, hating that he could not directly grind their bones and scatter their ashes. Li Qianbao's corpse had met its final end at his hands.

To think he had trusted Li Qianbao so much. He had truly been blind!

Thinking about it now, Li Lihe felt a wave of lingering fear. Thankfully, Li Qianqing had discovered the sneaky Li Qianbao, otherwise the consequences would have been too dreadful to imagine.

At this moment, Li Lihe also understood why Second Uncle Li Ditu had asked him to come out and be told the whole matter.

This sort of betrayal truly was not suitable to be discussed in front of the person whose closest kin had just Passed Away.

"Is this matter over just like that?"

"Of course not. Qianqing suggested luring that group of Loose Cultivators over and catching them all in one net!"

Before doing this, they first needed Changqing Mountain to send over a batch of cultivators as support. With Changle Mountain's current strength, they were still insufficient to deal with the Loose Cultivators.

Li Qianbao had chosen to send the message when Li Cunlan Passed Away, which showed that the Loose Cultivators' strength surpassed Changle Mountain's current strength by quite a bit. Otherwise, they would not have dared come here to plunder.

"I understand." Li Lihe nodded.

The Loose Cultivators who had designs on the Li Family were most likely that same group of Loose Cultivators from back then.

Loose Cultivators with no grudge against the Li Family basically would not choose to offend the Li Family.

The three great Foundation Establishment Clans of Xiangshui Prefecture all had Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, while among the known Loose Cultivators before Xiangshui Prefecture, none of their leaders were Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

"Seal off the news of Little Aunt's passing for now. After we destroy the Loose Cultivators, we'll properly handle Little Aunt's funeral. Tomorrow, I'll send someone to the ancestral land to notify Lilong of the matter."

After Li Lilong learned about the traitor incident that had occurred on Changle Mountain, he would definitely inform the Patriarch at once.

The two chatted roughly for a while, then returned inside the house.

Early the next morning.

Li Qianqing left Changle Mountain.

That was right. Li Ditu had asked him to make a trip back to Changqing Mountain.

He had handed this errand-running task to him.

Li Qianqing naturally understood the purpose behind Li Ditu's arrangement, and he was also willing to run this errand.

Compared to when he had been at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, now that Li Qianqing was at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, the trip back took even less time.

Because he had enough spiritual power, he barely rested on the way back.

Li Qianbao's betrayal definitely could not be explained clearly through a Sound Transmission Talisman. Moreover, Sound Transmission Talismans were used in extremely urgent and important moments.

Now that the crisis had already been resolved, ambushing the Loose Cultivators was important, but it was not extremely urgent.

The Loose Cultivators would not sense anything wrong just because time passed. They also had no way to deduce when Li Cunlan had Passed Away.

When Li Qianqing had gone to see Li Cunlan last month, if he had not known that Li Cunlan would probably Pass Away around May, just from looking at Li Cunlan's radiant, red-cheeked appearance, he would never have imagined that she would Pass Away this month.

Li Lihe had not expected it, and Li Qianbao naturally could imagine it even less.

The journey from Changle Mountain back to Changqing Mountain went very smoothly.

"Isn't that Qianqing? Why have you come back at this time?" Li Qianyun, who was working in the Spiritual Field, immediately called out when he saw Li Qianqing.

The Li Family only had a few dozen cultivators.

Because of his Alchemy Talent these past few years, Li Qianqing had already become famous in the Li Family.

If not for Li Qianyin possessing very high talent in Artifact Refining, then among the Li Family's Qian Generation, Li Qianqing would have been the one most worth nurturing.

Whether it was Li Qianyin or Li Qianqing, they were both certain to become core upper-level figures of the clan in the future.

What surprised Li Qianyun was that Li Qianqing was already at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. If he took another big step forward, that would be the late stage of Qi Refining.

"Third Brother, since I've come back, naturally there's something going on. Let's not chat for now. I need to go find Fourth Uncle."

"All right, hurry and go."

After bidding farewell to Li Qianyun, who was working in the Spiritual Field, Li Qianqing quickly went up the mountain and headed straight for Li Lilong's residence.

When he returned, Li Lilong was not there.

Only after waiting for Half an Hour did he see Li Lilong.

As the manager of clan affairs, Li Lilong was usually quite busy. The allocation of affairs was an extremely important matter for the clan's development.

Only by assigning the right people to the right tasks, with every clan cultivator each performing their own duties, could a cultivation clan develop better.

"Fourth Uncle." The moment Li Qianqing saw Li Lilong, he immediately called out.

"Not bad. Qi Refining Sixth Layer." Li Lilong was a little surprised when he saw Li Qianqing, then nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Did you come back this time because Changle Mountain has some important matter to report?"

Li Lilong's judgment regarding important matters was very sharp.

The moment he saw Li Qianqing, he knew that something major must have happened at Changle Mountain.

The most likely major event should be Li Cunlan Passing Away.

Li Cunlan was already over a hundred years old, and with the hidden injuries she had suffered in battle when she was young, her Passing Away would be within these recent years.

"Yes..."

Li Qianqing told Li Lilong the entire matter in full detail. As Li Lilong listened, his brows kept furrowing.

Li Cunlan's Passing Away was something he had already expected, though it was not good news.

Li Qianbao's betrayal was something Li Lilong had never expected no matter what.

The clan had produced another traitor! Fortunately, this traitor had not completed his plan of drawing over the Loose Cultivators and causing losses to the clan.

"Qianqing, you did very well!" Li Lilong praised.

Unlike Li Ditu, when Li Lilong heard that Li Qianqing had discovered the sneaky Li Qianbao and directly struck to kill him, he did not feel there was any problem with Li Qianqing's method. If it had been him, he would have done the same.

Li Ditu's thinking was that since they still did not know what he intended to do, they should first have captured him, rather than killing him directly.

"I understand as well. You came back this time to call people over, intending to catch this group of Loose Cultivators all in one net." Before hearing the end, Li Lilong already understood what needed to be done next.

The Loose Cultivators definitely had to be killed! Li Qianbao was indeed a traitor, but this group of Loose Cultivators also had designs on the Li Family. Otherwise, they would not have colluded with Li Qianbao.

Wiping out this group of Loose Cultivators would bring the Li Family a hundred benefits and not a single harm.

Among Loose Cultivators, there was rarely any talk of unity. After these Loose Cultivators were destroyed, not only would the other Loose Cultivators not have designs on the Li Family, those who had previously had such thoughts would instead only dispel them now.

"Yes, Fourth Uncle." Li Qianqing nodded.

"Come with me. I'll take you to see the Patriarch."

As he spoke, Li Lilong walked ahead.

This was a major matter, so it definitely had to be reported to the Patriarch, Li Cunliu. It just so happened that he could use this opportunity to take Li Qianqing to meet the Patriarch.

After going to Changle Mountain, Li Qianqing had not returned to Changqing Mountain at all.

For Li Qianqing, his purpose in going to Changle Mountain had itself been because it was close to his birthplace.

Over these few years, Li Qianqing had already returned to Yanxin Town several times.