Future Direction

Future Direction

Li Ditu and the other two looked at one another when they heard this.

In the end, Li Lilong spoke. "Qianqing, why would you have such an idea? Tell us."

All three of them were somewhat unable to understand.

Normally speaking, the Li Family had absolutely no need to deliberately build a good relationship with the Huang Clan. Unless the Huang Clan took the initiative to propose it, they might consider it.

With Li Lilong and Li Ditu's understanding of Li Qianqing, if he could say such a thing, he definitely had his own reasons. After all, when they had just been discussing external relations, everything had already been laid out very clearly. They did not believe Li Qianqing completely failed to understand the logic within.

"Our relationship with the Jiang Family in Xiangshui Prefecture is very poor. If I'm not mistaken, it has already reached a point beyond recovery."

Li Qianqing looked at the three elders.

They all nodded. They could not possibly take the initiative to reconcile with the Jiang Family, and the Jiang Family could not possibly come to them first either. If such a day truly came, they would not agree.

"Since that's the case, it is very necessary to build a good relationship with the Huang Clan. No matter what, they are still a Foundation Establishment cultivation clan, and their clan patriarch still has several decades left to live. Looking at it now, building a good relationship with the Huang Clan may not bring our Li Family any benefit, but what about the future?"

"No one can say for certain what will happen in the future. Perhaps there will come a time when we need help from a Foundation Establishment Clan. The Jiang Family and we already cannot live under the same sky, so the Huang Clan, also in Xiangshui Prefecture, would be very useful to us."

"Of course, it would be best if nothing happened. Under such circumstances, if we befriend the Huang Clan, we gain nothing, but we also lose nothing. Why not give it a try?"

"The most crucial point is still that we cannot fully cooperate with the Jiang Family to suppress the Huang Clan. In other words, the possibility of the Huang Clan continuing to rise is greater than its decline..."

Li Qianqing analyzed many things. What he mainly wanted to explain was that they could set their sights a little farther into the future.

"I think it's good," Li Ditu directly stated.

Li Qianqing looked at Second Grandfather, who nodded at him. He knew Second Grandfather's approval had a lot to do with the fact that these words had come from him.

Compared with Li Ditu, Li Lilong and Li Dihong were different.

They were influenced less by Li Qianqing as an individual. They did not state their stance directly, instead needing to weigh it and think it over.

About three breaths passed.

"There's no problem."

Just as Li Lilong and Li Dihong were wavering, even thinking of opposing it, Patriarch Li Cunliu spoke.

Since Li Cunliu had spoken, this matter was considered settled.

"Next year will be my one hundred fiftieth birthday. Qianqing, since you were the one who proposed this, the matter of inviting people from the Huang Clan will be left to you."

Li Cunliu even assigned Li Qianqing a task.

"Yes, Great Grandfather!" Li Qianqing hurriedly nodded and agreed.

The final result was more or less as he had expected.

What he had said was not without reason. Li Cunliu had definitely agreed only after deep consideration. Of course, there was also the added weight of his previous resolution of the Loose Cultivator matter on Changle Mountain for the Li Family.

Cultivators believed greatly in fortune, especially cultivators with higher cultivation.

Li Qianqing had helped the Li Family survive the Loose Cultivator incident, and it had even been because he just so happened to discover Li Qianbao's abnormality. There was definitely an element of fortune involved in that, plus his top-tier Alchemy Talent.

Compared with Li Lilong and Li Dihong, Li Cunliu believed even more that Li Qianqing could lead the Li Family to develop further. As for Li Ditu, he himself was already deeply convinced of it.

After all, he could also be considered Li Qianqing's guide onto the path of alchemy.

The family Core High-Level Meeting, which had lasted roughly two hours, ended.

Li Qianqing and the other three left the patriarch's cave dwelling together.

In the next two or three years, aside from completing some internal adjustments to the family's industries, the Li Family's greatest external change would be building a good relationship with the Huang Clan.

After the family Core High-Level Meeting ended, Li Ditu and Li Dihong would stay on Changqing Mountain for roughly another four hours before leaving.

Li Qianqing returned to his residence and saw Li Qianyin standing at his door. From the look of it, she was waiting for him.

"Qianqing-ge." When Li Qianyin saw Li Qianqing return after the family Core High-Level Meeting ended, she immediately jogged over.

"Let me guess what you came to find me for." Li Qianqing looked at Li Qianyin as she came over. A moment later, he continued guessing, "The thing I need has already been refined, right?"

"Do you even need to guess that?" Li Qianyin looked at Li Qianqing speechlessly. Right now, other than that reason, she had no reason to come over. Her father, Li Lilong, was still watching her.

She hoped she could reach Qi Refining Eighth Layer sooner, because after she reached Qi Refining Eighth Layer, these days could come to an end.

During this period, Li Lilong originally had no intention of letting her do Artifact Refining, but once he heard it was Li Qianqing asking her, he temporarily let up and allowed her to refine the magic tool Li Qianqing needed.

Her mother and father were both like this.

People who did not know would think Li Qianqing was their son, while she, Li Qianyin, was merely an accident.

"If you had told me earlier about the agreement between you and Fourth Uncle, it wouldn't have had to be like this." Li Qianqing was willing but powerless. At this point, no matter what he said, it was already too late.

Though he said this, Li Qianqing felt it was actually quite good that Li Qianyin had lost. It could make her grow faster.

"Was that something I could say...?"

Li Lilong would never give Li Qianyin this loophole to exploit.

"All right, let's not talk about this." Li Qianyin took nine thin red blades from her Storage Bag. From their appearance, they looked extraordinarily sharp. "Here, this is what Qianqing-ge wanted."

With just one glance, Li Qianqing knew the blades Li Qianyin had refined had already exceeded his expectations.

Li Qianqing took the nine thin red blades from Li Qianyin's hand.

This was a set of Mid-Grade Magic Tools.

Compared with ordinary single-piece magic tools, set magic tools were the hardest to refine, and they also failed very easily.

Once they failed, each single magic tool's power would be greatly reduced.

Li Qianqing had been thinking that if Li Qianyin refined a set of Low-Grade Magic Tool blades, or loose Mid-Grade Magic Tool pieces, that would also be fine.

Just as his first glance had told him, this truly had exceeded his expectations.

"How is it, Qianqing-ge? Not bad, right?" Li Qianyin took half a step back and proudly raised her head, looking as if she were waiting to be praised.

"Too amazing! Absolutely perfect! Yinyin, your Artifact Refining level has improved quite a lot again." Li Qianqing praised her directly. He did not mind Li Qianyin's movements either. If he wanted to pat Li Qianyin's little head, it was far too easy for him.

Li Qianyin nodded in satisfaction. "Of course."

Her efforts over these days had not been in vain either. In order to meet Li Qianqing's requirements, just choosing the supplementary materials alone had taken her a great deal of thought.

"Also, Qianqing-ge, I've already chosen a name for this set of magic tools. It'll be called Nine Lives Soul Chaser. Isn't it really great?"

Li Qianyin was very satisfied with the name she had chosen. According to Qianqing-ge's requirements, she had needed to make an Offensive Magic Tool pushed to the extreme. There was no problem at all with choosing this name.

She felt it was extremely fitting.