Wang Family Member

After finishing the specific arrangements, Li Qingshan left. With the ruins unearthed, he was very busy during this period, and Li Jiusheng didn't try to keep him.

After Li Qingshan left, the Little Fox emerged and approached Li Jiusheng, writing with her small paws, "What happened?"

"It's all about outside matters. It has nothing to do with us, so there's no need to worry." Li Jiusheng smiled slightly, said nothing, and led the Little Fox into the tea room. He found a book with illustrations for her to read while he quietly cultivated.

As for the ruins, the Grandmaster Pure Land, and the more mysterious things within the ruins, they were not things Li Jiusheng could get involved in at the moment.

Even Li Qingshan, a strong cultivator in the Venerable realm, wasn't qualified enough, let alone Li Jiusheng, who was only in the Grandmaster realm.

No matter how amazing the ruins were, Li Jiusheng had no intention of exploring them. The best way for him to cultivate was to lie low and stay put in the Scripture Repository Pavilion. If he had Li Qingshan's cultivation level, perhaps he would go and take a look.

But for now, it was best to honestly stay in the Scripture Repository Pavilion, read books, cultivate, and meditate, improving his strength little by little.

Night fell, the bright moon hung high in the sky, and the stars were scattered like sesame seeds on a flatbread, making one want to pluck one down.

On the top floor of the Scripture Repository Pavilion, a gentle breeze blew. Li Jiusheng, clad in a purple Daoist robe, was absorbing Spiritual Energy while his consciousness meditated on the Earth Store's Original Vows Sutra.

Suddenly, a massive wave of energy surged from the horizon, startling Li Jiusheng.

Looking up at the starry sky, he saw a meteor streak across, whistling as it fell towards the distant horizon where the sky met the earth.

"A powerful expert has come to investigate those ruins," Li Jiusheng murmured. The aura he sensed just now was far beyond that of a Grandmaster. It spanned the night sky and was at least that of a Great Grandmaster, capable of projecting their Primordial spirit.

"Even a Great Grandmaster here might not be enough," Li Jiusheng mused. It wasn't that he looked down on Great Grandmasters, but rather that more powerful experts would likely follow.

As his words faded, a beam of Sword energy sliced through the sky, creating ripples of white mist in the darkness. It possessed an imposing Aura and shot directly towards the ruins.

"This Aura is at least Venerable level!" Li Jiusheng confirmed, as it was the same as Li Qingshan's earlier Aura, allowing him to make this deduction.

In the night sky, there were other subtle fluctuations. Li Jiusheng's Primordial spirit meditation sharpened his consciousness, allowing him to perceive them. He knew that many people had arrived, but some were low-key, not wanting many to know, concealing their Aura, hoping to let others act as the mantis while they played the role of the oriole.

Suddenly, Li Jiusheng noticed a large group of people approaching in the night sky. They rode flying swords, like a rain of blades, drifting from the horizon. Led by someone, they stopped directly above Shangqing Palace and a voice boomed, "The disciples of the Wang Family from Old Dragon City have arrived. Where is the Sect Master of Shangqing Palace? Come out and meet us!"

The voice was cold and overbearing, echoing above Shangqing Palace.

To directly summon the Sect Master by name and speak so arrogantly silenced the entire Shangqing Palace.

After a while, a voice, clear and devoid of emotion, came from the Golden Summit Great Hall: "A friend from afar is welcome!"

Li Qingshan's figure appeared in the Golden Summit Great Hall, personally receiving the Wang Family from Old Dragon City.

Li Jiusheng watched all this with his brows furrowed, his mind involuntarily recalling the Wang Family of Old Dragon City.

Old Dragon City was the largest ancient city on the northern sea coast of the Old Land. It had undergone countless changes throughout the ages, with numerous rulers. The current steward of Old Dragon City was this Wang Family, and they had been in power for thousands of years.

The Old Ancestor of the Wang Family was once a pet subdued by the Grandmaster of Shangqing Palace. He learned the Grandmaster's sword techniques and followed the Grandmaster on campaigns. Later, when the Grandmaster established Shangqing Palace, he enfeoffed the Wang Family's Old Ancestor as a guardian beast. However, after the Grandmaster's death, the Wang Family's Old Ancestor grew restless, broke free from his restraints, escaped Shangqing Palace, and went down the mountain to live freely.

Later, he transformed into human form, married, and had children. He even wanted to return to Shangqing Palace and become its Sect Master. Unfortunately, he was defeated by the Second Generation Grandmaster and was forced to go to Old Dragon City, where he established a vast foundation and the legacy of the Wang Family.

The foundation of the Wang Family originated from Shangqing Palace, and their ancestral cultivation methods also came from Shangqing Palace. As a result, the relationship between the Wang Family members and Shangqing Palace was always delicate. When they were weak, the Wang Family would offer tribute and grovel, begging Shangqing Palace for guidance on their ancestral techniques.

When they became powerful, the Wang Family would change their tune and boss Shangqing Palace around, just as they had done moments ago.

Shangqing Palace knew that the Wang Family were ungrateful wretches, but the problem was that after the Second Generation Grandmaster, Shangqing Palace gradually weakened, making it impossible to completely deal with the Wang Family, who were tens of thousands of miles away.

As far as Li Jiusheng knew, the Wang Family hadn't been in contact with Shangqing Palace for decades. He hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly with the emergence of the ruins this time.

"This biting dog doesn't know what trouble it's going to stir up," Li Jiusheng muttered, shaking his head. He decided to let Li Qingshan handle these troublesome matters and continued to cultivate in silence.

His physical body operated independently, running various cultivation techniques and absorbing Spiritual Energy from all directions to enhance his strength.

His consciousness was ethereal, meditating and tempering within the Senluo Purgatory, refining his scattered consciousness until it became solid, even radiant, eventually forming a Pure Yang aura like a blazing sun. Only by accumulating an immeasurable amount of Pure Yang consciousness could a Pure Yang Primordial spirit be condensed.

This night, the sky was far from quiet. Meteors frequently streaked across the sky; they were experts arriving to explore, as well as people from other sects visiting Shangqing Palace to thank them for the information that allowed them to arrive first.

Li Jiusheng paid little attention to these matters, dedicating himself entirely to cultivation. The next morning, as the dew was heavy, he rose and floated down from the top floor of the Scripture Repository Pavilion. He took the Little Fox to practice fist techniques, concentrating the surrounding Spiritual Energy around her to help her refine her diaphragm so she could speak like humans.

After finishing these tasks, just as Li Jiusheng was about to practice all the cultivation methods he had learned, Li Qingshan arrived with an displeased expression and a sharp Aura radiating from him.

"Did your talk with the Wang Family not go well?" Li Jiusheng guessed directly.

"Hmph, the Wang Family are just petty people who have achieved success. A thousand years ago, they were no more than dogs to my Shangqing Palace, and now they dare to demand that my Shangqing Palace disciples go first to probe the depths and pave the way for their Wang Family disciples. It's utterly absurd and suicidal!" Li Qingshan said furiously, his eyes and expression cold. As the Sect Master of Shangqing Palace, to have his disciples go to their deaths to pave the way for his clan's disciples was a profound humiliation.

Upon hearing this, Li Jiusheng's expression grew cold. "These Wang Family members truly don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Although the influence of my Shangqing Palace has weakened somewhat in recent years, is the Wang Family at their peak?"

"Not long ago, an ancestor of the Wang Family broke through to the Ancestor Realm. That is their confidence," Li Qingshan said with a frown.

"Didn't Shangqing Palace also spread rumors of an Ancestor before? Doesn't the Wang Family have any reservations?" Li Jiusheng asked indignantly. He was referring to the sword strike by the Sword God a thousand years ago, which the world believed to be the emergence of an Ancestor from Shangqing Palace.

"The Wang Family does have some reservations and has always wanted to meet the true face of the Ancestor. If they didn't have this concern, they would likely push their luck even further, making all of us serve as their vanguards, suffering heavy losses. Then they could swallow Shangqing Palace," Li Qingshan said with a dark expression, his eyes full of rage. The arrogance of the Wang Family last night had truly angered him.