In the days that followed, the Li Family chose to develop quietly. Li Xinge went into seclusion once more, and before he did, he handed over the powers in his hands to the elders.
Spring passed and autumn came. A year went by.
Over the course of that year, the Li Family's strength improved in every way.
Though no new Qi and Blood Realm Cultivators emerged, the number of Body Realm Cultivators had grown to more than forty.
One day.
The autumn wind was bleak, and the air had turned chilly.
Before Green Maple Valley.
A woman in tattered clothes, with a sallow, gaunt face marked by the hardships of life, gazed at Green Maple Valley just ahead. A glimmer of hope lit her eyes.
Seeing someone approach, a Li Family cultivator guarding the mountain came forward to drive her away.
"I... I'm... Miss Xuling's servant. Please... save Miss Xu..."
Before she could finish, the world spun around her. Her vision went black, and she collapsed to the ground.
The Li Family cultivator frowned. "Miss Xuling?"
Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, his expression changed. He scooped up the woman and sprinted into Green Maple Valley.
Inside a Side Room in the courtyard where Third Elder Li Xuanyong lived.
Li Xuanyong's brow furrowed tighter and tighter as he listened to the woman's tearful account. His anger rose with every word. When it finally boiled over, he chopped the tea table beside him in half with the edge of his hand.
"That brat has gone too far! Does he think the Li Family has no one to stand up for it?"
Li Xuanyong spoke in a fury.
The old woman beside him heard what their daughter had gone through and felt as if a knife were slicing through her