Li Qianyin's Family

Li Qianyin's Family, Changqing Mountain.

The two of them, both at Qi Refining Seventh Layer, used Light Body Art to hurry along the road back. Because their spiritual power had risen by a large margin after breaking through from Mid-Stage Qi Refining to Late-Stage Qi Refining, they did not need to stop and rest on the way, and returned directly to Changqing Mountain.

After returning to Changqing Mountain, the two of them ran into quite a few clansmen carrying out tasks.

It was probably because of the time they had come back; there were more clansmen doing tasks at this hour.

When Li Qianqing tended the Spiritual Field, he usually did it in the morning, then spent basically all the remaining time on his daily cultivation.

The two of them were now both at Late-Stage Qi Refining. After the Li Clan Cultivators noticed this, they all offered their congratulations.

Two Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators meant the Li Clan had produced two more high-level members.

In recent years, among the Li Clan's Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators, only Li Cunlan had Passed Away, while three cultivators had broken through to Late-Stage Qi Refining, including Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin. In other words, overall, the Li Clan had gained two additional Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators.

The two of them soon arrived at Li Lilong's residence.

They had only just arrived when a beautiful woman came out from inside the house.

"Mother."

"Fourth Aunt."

Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin called out almost at the same time.

The beautiful woman, Gu Yueyun, was Li Qianyin's mother, and also a cultivator with spiritual roots, but hers were the worst, Five Spiritual Roots.

The Gu Family was a small Qi Refining immortal cultivation clan of decent strength in Xiangshui Prefecture. Li Lilong and Gu Yueyun had not been thrown together through a clan marriage alliance.

With Li Lilong's talent, if the clan truly wanted him to take a wife for a marriage alliance, they would not have chosen a Qi Refining immortal cultivation clan. Usually, they would look for a Foundation Establishment immortal cultivation clan in a nearby prefecture.

Gu Yueyun was someone Li Lilong had met when he went out to travel. It was said the two had fallen in love at first sight, but perhaps only the two of them knew the exact details. Whether it had been love at first sight, or whoever had pursued whom first, the harmony of their married life was enough to show the depth of their feelings.

At first, the Li Clan High-Level Members' attitude toward Gu Yueyun had been very ordinary. It was not until eleven years ago, when Li Qianyin tested as having the talent of Dual Spiritual Roots, that their attitude toward Gu Yueyun made a hundred-and-eighty-degree turn. The relationship between the Li Clan and the Gu Family also became much closer.

When cultivators joined with cultivators, the descendants they raised had the greatest chance of having spiritual roots.

Li Qianyin, the most talented cultivator of the Qian Generation, had come out of Gu Yueyun's belly no matter what. If they still held prejudice against Gu Yueyun at this point, even the clan Patriarch would not agree.

"Yinyin, Qianqing, you came back together." Gu Yueyun looked at the two of them and smiled.

Gu Yueyun could see her daughter's fondness for Li Qianqing, but this fondness was different from her own feelings for Li Lilong.

Li Qianqing did not have that kind of intention toward Li Qianyin either.

It did not matter if the two could not become husband and wife. Gu Yueyun felt they would definitely become very good dao companions in the future.

Whether it was Li Qianyin or Li Qianqing, both had the possibility of Foundation Establishment. If both of them succeeded in Foundation Establishment, she believed Li Qianqing would definitely accompany her daughter all the way onward. Her own situation was different. Although she and Li Lilong were a loving couple, Li Lilong had a considerable possibility of Foundation Establishment, while she was destined to be unable to establish her foundation.

With Five Spiritual Roots, she was only at Qi Refining Fourth Layer now, and that was with Li Lilong's help. Without Li Lilong, there was an eighty percent chance she would still be at Early-Stage Qi Refining. In this life, she did not dare speak of the Foundation Establishment Realm. If she could break through to Late-Stage Qi Refining, that would already be an immense success.

"You're both already at Qi Refining Seventh Layer." Only afterward did Gu Yueyun notice that both of them had already broken through to Late-Stage Qi Refining.

Something this coincidental was rare. It should be that one of the two had completed the breakthrough first, then waited at Changle Mountain for the other to complete their breakthrough, after which the two of them returned to Changqing Mountain together.

"Come in and sit for a while. Your Fourth Uncle should be back in a bit." Gu Yueyun extended an invitation to Li Qianqing.

The two of them had broken through to Late-Stage Qi Refining, so she understood at once that both of them had come to find her husband.

"All right, Fourth Aunt." Li Qianqing nodded and took one step forward first, then was pulled back by Li Qianyin.

Li Qianqing looked back and saw that Li Qianyin was pulling him with both hands, but her gaze was fixed on Gu Yueyun.

"Mother, what about me?"

"This is your own home. Do I still need to invite you?" Gu Yueyun glared at her daughter in annoyance.

"It's different. Those who come are guests. I've come back from Changle Mountain now, so I'm a guest." Li Qianyin acted spoiled.

"Fine, you're a guest... then stand outside and wait for your Father to come back."

Gu Yueyun had no intention of indulging Li Qianyin. As her mother, she understood her daughter's personality as clearly as if it were drawn in black and white.

She was already so grown up, yet still loved making trouble.

Gu Yueyun found it a little funny.

Soon, she turned and entered the house.

"Ah—"

"Stop ah-ing. Let's go in together." Li Qianqing smiled and shook his head, then pulled Li Qianyin into the house.

Li Qianyin struggled just a tiny bit, then went inside.

In her heart, she was wondering whether she was Mother's daughter, or Qianqing-ge was Mother's son.

But then she thought of how Qianqing-ge's mortal mother treated her especially well, even better than she treated Qianqing-ge, so she let it go.

The three of them sat down and chatted about household matters. Most of the time, it was Li Qianyin speaking. What she told Gu Yueyun about were all the things from when she had gone out to play with Li Qianqing. Topics about cultivation were clearly not suitable for the current setting.

After a little less than Half an Hour, Li Lilong returned to the house.

"Fourth Uncle."

"Father."

The two of them immediately stood up when they saw Li Lilong.

Li Lilong was already at Qi Refining Ninth Layer now. If going by the timeline from his previous life, in roughly four and a half years he would enter Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak. Two years after that, once the Foundation Establishment Pill was in hand, he would begin his breakthrough, then fail, and fight again five years later.

"Not bad. Both already at Qi Refining Seventh Layer." Li Lilong nodded.

He was very satisfied with his daughter's current cultivation progress. Back then, if Li Qianyin had not gone to Changle Mountain, according to his estimate as her father based on her personality, even if he had taught her strictly, it would probably still have taken another two or three years before she could enter Late-Stage Qi Refining.

This showed that Li Qianqing's influence on Li Qianyin was very positive. Fortunately, back then he had not made the other decision.

"Which of you two broke through to Late-Stage Qi Refining first?"

Li Qianqing did not speak. Li Qianyin hesitated for a moment and was just about to open her mouth, but she no longer had the chance.

"All right, Yinyin, you don't need to say it. I know it was your Qianqing-ge who entered Late-Stage Qi Refining first." Li Lilong guessed it immediately. This was very simple for him.

"I..."

"No need to quibble. A loss is a loss. If you were the one who broke through first, I imagine I wouldn't need to take the initiative to ask this question."

"Father, I wasn't quibbling. I just wanted to say that Qianqing-ge's breakthrough wasn't even a day earlier than mine."

"That still means you lost."

"How can that count..." Li Qianyin immediately sat down beside Gu Yueyun, shook Gu Yueyun, and said, "Mother, look at Father. What father quibbles like this with his daughter? Hurry and say something to him."