Test

Test Li Clan Head's cave dwelling.

Li Lilong had already brought Li Qianqing here.

"Grandfather." The moment Li Lilong saw Li Cunliu, he immediately bowed and said.

When Li Qianqing heard Fourth Uncle had not addressed Li Cunliu as clan head, he followed suit and called out.

"Great Grandfather."

"Mm." Li Cunliu nodded, his gaze fixed on Li Qianqing. "You're Qianqing, right?"

As the clan head of the Li Clan, Li Cunliu spent long periods in seclusion to raise his cultivation. If there were no major events, Li Lilong either made decisions himself or discussed them with the other Li Clan higher-ups.

At present, among the Li Clan's Qian Generation, aside from Li Qianyin, who had met the clan head when she was very young, there was only Li Qianqing now.

"Yes, Great Grandfather." Li Qianqing raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man before him.

Li Cunliu had been not yet fifty when he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, which was why he could maintain this appearance.

"You haven't even cultivated for a full eight years, yet you're already at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. In the future, the clan will definitely help you establish your foundation." Li Cunliu was not just saying this casually.

They all knew of Li Qianqing's Alchemy Talent.

If Li Qianqing successfully established his foundation and helped develop the clan's pill business, then in the future, the Li Clan would possess more resources with which to give birth to Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. In particular, Li Qianqing was very likely capable of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The Foundation Establishment Pill was extremely difficult to refine, but Li Qianqing's astonishing talent gave him an enormous boost in alchemy. Perhaps if he were given one set of spiritual herbs for refining a Foundation Establishment Pill, he would succeed on the very first furnace.

"I will work hard in cultivation and help the clan develop even better in the future!" Li Qianqing said sincerely.

Ever since his rebirth until now, he had been making up for his regrets from before.

Resolving this small crisis of Li Qianbao's betrayal was only the beginning.

Aside from the later issue of which side to take with Clear Wind Valley, after choosing a side, they still had to seek better development.

"Mm." Li Cunliu was very satisfied, satisfied that Li Qianqing had this determination. This was a cultivator of their Li Clan.

Originally, his mood had been beautiful, but after Li Lilong opened his mouth, his mood immediately stopped being beautiful.

A traitor had appeared in the Li Clan, and it had happened while he was the clan head.

After a traitor had appeared in the Li Clan back then, during the three years of cultivation education given to newly born cultivators who tested positive for spiritual roots, this point had become the weight among weights, all to prevent another traitor from appearing in the clan.

"Qianqing, you did very well, and your Second Grandfather handled what came after quite well too. Just treat it as if the Li Clan never had this person."

Apart from the matter of the traitor, the news that Li Cunlan had Passed Away was, to Li Cunliu, something he had already seen through, yet he still felt a little sorrowful.

Seeing through was seeing through, but feelings still remained. The Great Dao was heartless, but people had feelings, and cultivation clans were even more so. It was precisely because of this that the cohesion of a clan was much stronger than that of a sect.

Now, among the Li Clan's Cun-character cultivators, only he remained.

In the future, he would no longer have anyone of the same generation. All who remained would be his juniors.

"Grandfather, should this matter be spread?" Li Lilong asked.

By spread, he meant informing all Li Clan Cultivators of this matter.

His personal inclination was to spread it.

Now that they had already come to the clan head's cave dwelling, naturally he had to ask the clan head's opinion.

"Yes, of course." When he said this, Li Cunliu even deliberately glanced at Li Qianqing.

Spreading the incident would be very beneficial to Li Qianqing. It could record a great merit for Li Qianqing.

In this way, once Li Qianqing entered Late-Stage Qi Refining, he could very naturally enter the Li Clan's core upper echelon.

Although for Li Qianqing, entering the Li Clan's core upper echelon was only a question of time, this was certainly the earlier, the better.

Li Cunliu and Li Lilong thought this way, and Li Qianqing himself was even more so.

This would be of great help to him in resolving the Li Clan's great crisis later.

After they finished speaking about these matters, next they had to decide how to deal with the Loose Cultivators.

"As for the matter of the Loose Cultivators, Qianqing, do you have any thoughts?" Li Cunliu asked directly. This was him testing Li Qianqing.

At this moment, Li Lilong also looked toward Li Qianqing.

The clan head needed to hold down Changqing Mountain.

If Li Cunliu left Changqing Mountain, it would be very easy for news to leak. Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators certainly could not rush to Changle Mountain in large numbers either, as that would also easily be discovered as abnormal.

Never look down on any opponent, and this was even more so for Loose Cultivators.

Since they could secretly communicate with Li Qianbao without the Li Clan knowing, they might also easily discover any abnormalities in the Li Clan and thereby avoid them.

"The simplest method is for Great Grandfather to move out, but that is also the stupidest method. For Loose Cultivators to exist... especially Loose Cultivators who have not been wiped out for a long time, in terms of intelligence gathering, they have most likely done enough. Such a method would be easily discovered and might lead to bad results. The Loose Cultivators might not be wiped out, and Changqing Mountain might even be in danger."

"A large number of the clan's Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators moving out won't do either. The consequences would be about the same as what I just mentioned, except with Great Grandfather on Changqing Mountain, there would be no problem with Changqing Mountain."

"Finally, send two to three Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators... two would be relatively better, less likely to be noticed. Among them, Fourth Uncle definitely cannot be included."

At this point, Li Qianqing looked at the two of them. Both of them nodded, indicating for him to continue.

"Fourth Uncle's movements are the most important to them apart from you, Great Grandfather... The Loose Cultivators only dared to move when Grand Ancestral Aunt Passed Away, which shows that this group of Loose Cultivators' overall strength is normal. This also matches the situation of Loose Cultivator groups in Xiangshui Prefecture."

He was very clear on the specific situation of the Loose Cultivators. In his previous life, when Li Ditu had taught him to refine pills, he had spoken about the details.

"So as long as we send two Late-Stage Qi Refining clansmen to Changle Mountain and set up a Bewildering Formation on the road they must take, we'll be able to wipe out this group of Loose Cultivators!"

"Why would you choose to set up a Bewildering Formation, and not a Killing Formation?" Li Cunliu asked.

"The consumption of a Bewildering Formation is far lower than a Killing Formation. When dealing with enemies, we should also consider the cost we pay. We must, as much as possible, pay the smallest price to obtain the greatest gain. Before, the enemy was hidden and we were exposed, but now it is the reverse. We have many advantages. Under the circumstances of setting up a Bewildering Formation, we can accomplish wiping out the enemy."

Finally, Li Qianqing added one more sentence.

"If only Second Grandfather were there, with no other Late-Stage Qi Refining elders, then setting up a Killing Formation would be the best choice."

"Mm." Li Cunliu nodded in agreement. "We'll do it according to what you said, Qianqing."

Li Qianqing froze for a moment, then scratched his head with a smile.

"Lilong, go down and make the arrangements."

"Yes." Li Lilong was also very satisfied with Li Qianqing's explanation.

Blue from indigo, yet surpassing indigo. This junior might very well replace him in the future.

To him, this did not count as a good thing, but to the Li Clan, it was a good thing.

Li Lilong was someone who placed the clan's interests before his own interests, and it was also because of this that Li Qianqing greatly admired him.

Li Lilong naturally did not know that his underpants had long since been seen through by the outstanding junior in his eyes.

Li Cunliu did not let Li Qianqing leave. He still needed to give Li Qianqing some guidance.