The Ancestral Land's Response!

The Night Owl Hall steward's heart tightened. He lowered his head even further and barely dared to breathe. It had been a long time since he had seen his own chief steward so furious.

"The Li Clan of Yao County, Li Jiheng—what a Li Jiheng! Keeping the matter secret so he could monopolize the secrets on that Lin Family Remnant would have been bad enough. But he even harbors disloyal thoughts toward the Ancestral Land. This is outright betrayal, a blatant challenge to the Ancestral Land's authority, and an act that has placed the entire Li Clan in unpredictable danger!"

Li Yanjing ground his teeth in fury.

According to the secret report, Lin Fan, that Lin Family Remnant, had broken through from the Body Forging Realm to the Qi and Blood Realm in just over a month—and had killed a Qi and Blood Realm elder of the Yao County Branch Family.

Even Li Yanjing, now an Innate Cultivator, felt a chill run down his back at such a rate of growth.

Back then, neither the Li Family's patriarch nor Li Wuyou, the Li Family's Eldest Young Lady, had been as fierce as this Lin Family Remnant!

If the Ancestral Land hadn't had the Night Owl Hall keeping watch, and they had let this Lin Family Remnant grow unchecked, then in three to five years, the Li Family might have faced a terrifying enemy!

Li Jiheng, you deserve to die!

He took a deep breath, forcing down his anger, then left Night Owl Hall and hurried toward the courtyard where the Grand Elder resided.

A quarter of an hour later.

The Grand Elder summoned all the Li Family elders in Green Maple Valley to a meeting.

The atmosphere in the meeting hall was heavy.

Grand Elder Li Xuantong sat high in