Completing the First Main Quest

"Patriarch, with the Mangshan Su Clan wiped out, our Li Family's crisis has been temporarily resolved."

The First Elder said, stroking his beard with a smile.

Hearing this, Li Xinge's face also broke into a smile.

But he immediately added, "Even so, we cannot let our guard down, because we never know when danger might strike."

The First Elder nodded solemnly.

"Now that the Mangshan Su Clan is gone, their assets naturally fall to us. Third Elder, you will be fully responsible for taking over the Su Family's assets."

Li Xinge ordered.

The Third Elder's eyes sparkled, and he gladly accepted the order.

"Patriarch, we just finished tallying the Su Family's genealogy and found some survivors."

The Sixth Elder, Li Yanzhao, said with a grave expression.

"I understand."

Li Xinge glanced at the Second Elder beside him and said calmly, "These survivors are likely the so-called embers. Second Elder, as the elder of the Hall of Law Enforcement, you will handle these embers. We must not leave any future trouble for the family."

"Please don't worry, Patriarch. I will personally oversee this matter."

The Second Elder said sternly.

Li Xinge nodded with satisfaction.

Afterward, everyone returned to Green Maple Valley.

In the Patriarch's courtyard, within the training stone chamber.

Li Xinge sat cross-legged.

In front of him, a transparent light screen appeared.

[Main Quest: Lead the family out of hardship]

[Quest Progress: 100%]

[Quest Description: After the death of the old Patriarch, the family lost the deterrence of its top combat power. The family's enemies have begun to act. Please lead the family out of the crisis as soon as possible!]

[Reward 1: Beginner Family Cultivation Buff (Cultivation speed of all clan members increased by 10%)]

[Reward 2: More Children More Blessings Buff (Family newborn birth rate increased by 10%)]

[Reward 3: Profound Tier Intermediate Cultivation Method * 1]

[Reward 4: Profound Tier Intermediate Martial Skill * 1]

[Reward 5: Host's cultivation talent increased to seventh grade]

Seeing that the progress of the Main Quest on the light screen had reached one hundred percent, Li Xinge's lips curved upwards involuntarily.

Each of the system's rewards was extremely tempting.

Especially the first two group buffs, which were exactly what the Li Family needed at the moment.

The group cultivation speed increase, although only ten percent, seemed small, but it would accumulate to a very considerable benefit.

The second buff, More Children More Blessings, directly increased the Li Family's birth rate.

What was the foundation of a family's prosperity?

First, strength, and second, population.

Sufficiently strong strength could protect the family.

Population, on the other hand, meant the continuation and expansion of the family.

As for the cultivation method and martial skill, although precious, they were merely icing on the cake compared to the first two rewards.

The last reward directly improved Li Xinge's personal potential.

Almost impatiently, Li Xinge chose to submit.

["Quest submitted: System rewards are being issued."]

["Ding, congratulations to the host, the Beginner Cultivation Speed Buff is now active. The cultivation speed of all Li Family members has increased by 10%."]

["More Children More Blessings Buff is now active. The family's newborn birth rate has increased by 10%."]

["Ding, congratulations to the host, you have obtained the Profound Tier Intermediate Cultivation Method - Clear Heart Art."]

["Congratulations to the host, you have obtained the Profound Tier Intermediate Martial Skill - Lion's Roar Skill."]

["Congratulations to the host, your cultivation talent has been improved and is now seventh grade."]

A series of system prompts sounded one after another.

And at the same time.

The entire Li Family was enveloped by an invisible white light.

Countless starlights fell into the Li Family.

Silently integrating into every member of the Li Family.

Inside a Li Family cultivation room.

A Li Family member who was cultivating opened their eyes, a flicker of confusion flashing within them.

He then turned his head to look at his good friend beside him and said, "Li Ze, I suddenly realized, my cultivation speed seems to have improved quite a bit!"

"It seems like I have too,"

his friend beside him said in surprise.

"What's going on?"

Li Ze shook his head.

"I don't know, perhaps it's because of the battle today, I had some realization?"

"Could be, hahahaha..."

"Then we have to cultivate diligently!"

"Brother, let's strive together!"

Hall of Law Enforcement.

Li Xuanzhong, an elder of the Hall of Law Enforcement who was teaching its disciples, had a sudden impulse and stopped in his tracks.

He suddenly felt the opportunity to break through to Body Cultivation Grand Perfection.

Opportunity waits for no one.

He said to the group of disciples from the Hall of Law Enforcement, "This old man has a premonition, I must go into seclusion now. You all should cultivate diligently and not slack off!"

"Understood."

The group of disciples from the Hall of Law Enforcement responded in unison.

Li Xuanzhong nodded with satisfaction.

Then he quickly left the Hall of Law Enforcement and began his seclusion.

"You old rascal, what are you doing in broad daylight?"

A woman with a flushed face yelled angrily.

A middle-aged member of the Li Family, rubbing his reddened hand, chuckled, "My dear wife, I don't know why, but I suddenly felt inspired. Bear with me, I'll be quick."

"Bear with your head..."

"Eee..."

"Didn't you say... you were very... quick?"

"Ah..."

"I... don't know... either, it's like... I suddenly returned to being seventeen or eighteen..."

"Eee..."

"Just bear with it a little longer."

"Shut up."

On the other side.

Inside a hidden cave.

A group of over a dozen people, looking exhausted, huddled in a corner of the cave, their eyes blankly staring outside.

A middle-aged man led them.

After a while.

Urgent footsteps could be heard from outside the cave.

The middle-aged man suddenly stood up, drew the saber at his waist, and stared vigilantly at the outside of the cave.

The footsteps grew closer.

The middle-aged man's voice was hoarse, "Who?"

Outside the cave.

A response came.

"Elder, it's me!"

Hearing the familiar voice, the middle-aged man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't put away the knife in his hand, only lowered his voice and said, "Come in."

After a while.

A young man dressed as a beggar walked in.

The moment he saw the middle-aged man, the tears in the young man's eyes could no longer be held back.

He directly knelt on the ground, wailing loudly, "Elder, the Su Family is gone, the Supreme Elder, and the Second Elder are all dead. They even spared no one, not the old or the weak, the women or the children. The entire Mangshan Su Clan has been razed to the ground. It's too tragic, truly too tragic..."

The middle-aged man was none other than the Seventh Elder of the Mangshan Su Clan, Su Qiong.

When Su Qiong heard this news, his face instantly turned ashen, and his entire body trembled violently.

In that instant, he seemed to have aged twenty years.

The others followed suit, weeping.

After a long pause.

Su Qiong, his eyes bloodshot, roared up at the sky, "You scoundrels of the Li Family, the hatred of genocide is irreconcilable. If I don't avenge this, I am no man."

He glanced at the crowd who were still crying.

He said angrily, "What are you crying for? What's the use of crying? Will our clansmen come back to life if we cry? Will the Mangshan Su Clan be restored if we cry? Put away your effeminate demeanor. In the dictionary of the Su Family, the word 'cry' does not exist."

Everyone was stunned by Su Qiong's appearance.

They dared not make a sound.

Su Qiong took a deep breath and said slowly, "You must all remember the hatred of today's genocide and the pain of losing your home. You must cultivate diligently. One day, we will return the pain the Li Family brought us tenfold, a hundredfold. Do you understand?"

Thinking of the slaughtered clansmen, thinking of their current plight like stray dogs, the eyes of everyone ignited with a blazing fire of hatred.

"From now on, we will kill all the people of the Li Family."

A male child of the Su Family, about eight or nine years old, said fiercely.

"Yes, Little Jiu is right. Kill all the people of the Li Family and avenge our clansmen!"

"Kill them all!"

"Kill them all!"

Looking at the Su Family's embers united in common hatred, Su Qiong felt a trace of relief.

The embers of the Su Family were still here.

The Mangshan Su Clan was not yet destroyed!

"Elder, what should we do from now on?"

The young man who had gone to gather information stopped his crying.

"There is no longer a place for us to stand in Baihe County. We must leave here first."

Su Qiong said.

"But the main roads out of Baihe County have already been blocked by the Li Family. Now, the Li Family is openly investigating our whereabouts."

Su Qiong's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

He pondered for a while.

He said slowly, "Then we can go to the Jiang Family first. The Jiang Family has been intermarrying with our Mangshan Su Clan for generations and is an ally of our Su Family. We can ask them to find a way to help us leave. There is no time to delay, let's go now!"