Litian Secret Canon, the Ancestor is Simply Divine!

[Litian Secret Canon]

[Records twelve types of inner sect techniques and martial arts of the Litian Sect, including Blood Explosion Technique, Qingdao Wind-Assisting Method, <Thunder-Inducing Heavenly Scripture Human-Character Formula>...]

Looking at the various techniques and martial arts within the Litian Secret Canon, Li Xiang stared wide-eyed.

Even in the real world, the value of techniques and martial arts remains extremely high; for many factions, martial arts are still closely guarded secrets.

Even back in the Li Family of the past.

Family descendants had to expend contributions to learn them within the family, and what Li Xiang had learned were all things taught in school.

As for the Li Family in the game world.

What they learned were basically common, low-tier goods. The three or four yellow-tier techniques and martial arts they obtained from the Hu Family and the Wang Family were only average in power.

But in the Litian Secret Canon.

The power of these techniques and martial arts was immense!

Li Xiang had his eyes on three of them.

Blood Explosion Technique, a technique that stimulates human potential to boost one's cultivation by a minor realm for a short period.

Thunder-Inducing Heavenly Scripture Human-Character Formula, which uses the body to draw lightning, subsequently borrowing the power of heavenly thunder to attack enemies.

Phantom Heavenly Cluster Steps

Li Xiang was particularly covetous of this technique; it was the only profound-tier technique in the secret canon!

It allows one to use footwork to form a formation, not only moving like a ghost but also creating phantoms. Each phantom possesses ten percent of the original body's strength, and if practiced to perfection, it is even possible to summon a thousand phantoms!

"Even among profound-tier techniques, this is a very powerful one."

Li Xiang suddenly laughed, "Although you haven't been doing well, Yunlin, you really went to the right place!"

[You have selected the descendant Li Yunlin's technique and martial art Litian Secret Canon!]

[Detecting restrictions on techniques and martial arts: if the learner verbally explains them or teaches them to others, reciting less than a hundred words of the secret canon will result in the punishment of soul annihilation!]

[Do you wish to break the restriction?]

[Incense value consumed: 5000!]

[Current incense value: 7650]

Li Xiang had roughly calculated that as the number of Li Family descendants increased, even without special events, he could obtain thousands of incense value; he had accumulated this much over the years.

He took a deep breath.

He took a black stone containing the techniques and martial arts out of his Storage Ring!

"Hehehe, they are all mine now!"

[The Li Clan's decennial grand sacrifice begins!]

[Your descendants offer you sacrifices!]

Finally, the fortieth year of the Li Family had arrived!

Except for Li Yunlin, all members of the Li Family gathered in the Ancestral Hall.

Time flies like an arrow; Li Dalong and his wife were now nearly sixty, yet they still maintained the appearance of middle age. The second generation had also grown increasingly mature under the erosion of time.

The five members of the third generation stood in a row from tallest to shortest. One could see the youthful vitality and innocence in their eyes, yet without exception, they all stared reverently at the Ancestral Tablet. They had known since childhood that their ancestor had a spirit in heaven, protecting all the Li Family as they grew up, and was the guardian deity of the Li Family.

"Twenty years have passed in a flash; back then, this child came here alone and took root!"

Li Dalong's eyes were red.

"It was the ancestor who gave this child the foundation to stand, and gave the entire Li Family a place to thrive."

"Our Li Family has encountered natural disasters and droughts, and thieves have entered our homes; it was the ancestor who helped us descendants avoid disaster and hardship time and time again."

"In the past, the Hu Family of Tailin bullied and humiliated me, calling our Li Family mere mountain villagers; it was the ancestor who let us know that we descendants would never fall behind others."

"Now, the Li Family is flourishing."

"This child, along with my descendants, has come to pay respects to you, Ancestor!"

The members of the Li Family kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Xiang was also filled with emotion; even though forty years had passed in the game world, only two or three days had passed in the real world.

Yet, he seemed to have gradually poured his emotions into the Li Family.

[Your descendants offer you sacrifices!]

[You obtained 100 Beast Blood Fruits!]

[You obtained 10 portions of Black Jade Intermittent Ointment.]

[You obtained 30 portions of Golden Spirit Powder!]

[You obtained...]

[Do you wish to retrieve them?]

Looking at the bronze censer beside him, which was filled with the atmosphere of a bygone era.

Li Xiang chose 'Yes' without a moment's hesitation!

Very quickly.

The entire room was filled with the Sacrificial Offerings sent by the Li Family.

These were all things Li Xiang wanted; he intended to sell them all to obtain more Spirit Stones, and he had even prepared to find Boss Qi to purchase a Demon King Blood Pill to help strengthen the Li Family!

[This Grand Sacrifice, would you like to grant a Bestowal to your descendants?]

Li Xiang did not hesitate.

A pitch-black stone appeared in his hand.

This jade stone contained everything he had seen from the Litian Secret Canon right after he had just broken the restrictions on Li Yunlin's cultivation technique!

He did not learn the Litian Secret Canon from Li Yunlin, because learning a Profound-grade technique would have cost him no less than one hundred thousand Incense points. But merely copying it required no Incense points at all.

And this, too, was his Bestowal this time.

With the Litian Secret Canon, the Li Family would reach a new level!

[You have bestowed the Litian Secret Canon upon your descendants!]

A moment later.

The Grand Sacrifice concluded.

On the altar of the ancestral hall, a jade stone appeared.

"The Ancestor has bestowed a gift!"

When Li Dalong saw the jade stone, he felt no joy, only guilt in his eyes. He hurriedly said to his children and grandchildren, "Quick, bring the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin over and offer it to the Ancestor!"

"Please, Ancestor, you must accept it. Otherwise, it is always you contributing to the family, while we, your unworthy descendants, have nothing worthy of your eyes to offer. How can we face you?"

"..."

Li Xiang scratched his head. Although he was touched by his descendants' filial piety.

The Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin was truly useless to him. He didn't go out to fight, and while the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin could cultivate techniques, it wasn't as good as simply spending Incense to copy them directly from his descendants.

As for the Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driving Technique, he could copy that as well.

But if such a technique were placed in reality...

He wouldn't dare use it. If he dared to kill people and refine them into corpses, the National Crisis Management Bureau would come knocking on his door.

"Hiss..."

After inputting text into the head of the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python, the Li family members finally understood Li Xiang's meaning. However, the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin was still placed in the ancestral hall. According to Li Dalong, the ancestral hall was the most important place, so the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin would be kept there from now on.

The group quickly opened the jade stone.

"Father, it's a cultivation technique, the Litian Secret Canon!" Seeing the twelve techniques and martial arts recorded within the jade stone, Li Yaozu widened his eyes and exclaimed repeatedly, "Eleven Yellow-grade techniques, and even a Profound-grade one!"

"The Litian Secret Canon?"

Li Yaowen said in surprise, "Yunlin went to the Litian Sect. I used my connections to check; the Litian Sect has chore disciples, outer disciples, inner disciples, and true disciples. His master is an elder, and Yunlin is an inner disciple. They practice the Litian Secret Canon! But after their disciples practice the technique, they place restrictions on their souls. How did the Ancestor get his hands on it?"

"I understand now!"

Li Yaoqing's eyes lit up.

Xu Cuihua was stunned, "What do you understand?"

"When Yunlin was going to the Litian Sect, I wanted to break Yunlin's legs, but it was the Ancestor who stopped me, and it was the Ancestor who supported Yunlin in going to the Litian Sect!"

Li Yaoqing slapped his thigh, "So the Ancestor had planned this all along. He intentionally let Yunlin go to the Litian Sect with the goal of getting their techniques and martial arts! Years ago, the Ancestor had already set the stage to obtain the Litian Sect's techniques!"

"Hiss~"

Everyone gasped in unison.

Li Yaowen looked at Li Xiang's spirit tablet with admiration, "As expected of the Ancestor."

"..."

Watching his clansmen's wild imagination, Li Xiang was dumbfounded. After a long while, he coughed, "That's some tall tale; it's making me blush."

He hurriedly accelerated time, not daring to listen to his descendants' praises any longer. This had been an unexpected joy, and it had almost made him get carried away.

[The Li Family, Year 40.]

This was a peaceful year. The Li Family had basically dominated the entire Tailin Town, and they had almost no trouble at all.

Li Dalong and Li Yaozu spent most of their time inside the Heavenly Coffin, practicing their martial arts.

[Your descendants have opened shops selling various sundries in the towns surrounding Tailin Town, naming them 'Tianli Hall'.]

As the family grew.

Li Yaowen was no longer satisfied with the resources of Tailin Town.

The reason for opening the shops was nothing more than to expand the family's trade channels. Many families did this; it was essentially exchanging goods with other towns to develop the family.

And every manager of a Tianli Hall was someone selected from Zhien Village who had a head for business and was loyal to the Li Family.

[Year 41 of the Li Family, your descendant Li Yaotie has emerged from seclusion, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Early Stage!]

[His spiritual roots have undergone a transformation, shedding the earth element and leaving only the gold, fire, and wood spiritual roots!]

Compared to the transformations of Li Dalong and Li Yaozu.

Li Yaotie could only be considered mediocre.

Li Dalong emerged with four feet of aura, and Li Yaozu reached as high as eight feet, while Li Yaotie had a mere two feet.

However, in the eyes of Li Xiang, this was nothing to worry about.

Li Yaotie is an artifact refiner; whenever this guy gains insights from refining, he experiences a breakthrough.

This is one of the benefits brought by his profession.

And not even two months after he came out, Bai Rourou was showing signs of pregnancy again...

[Your descendant Li Yaowen, while attending the 200th birthday celebration of the Wu Family ancestor in Lantian Town, was invited by the Wu Family to join seven other families from various towns to crusade against the Silver Iron Forest.]

"A special event?"

Seeing this special event appear, Li Xiang furrowed his brows.

He still remembered that a Demon King lived in the Silver Iron Forest. The Li Family had previously been developing the Silver Iron Forest, but the Demon King inside had clearly given face to the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python, merely warning the Li family members to retreat.

If the other party did not give face and charged at the Li family members directly... Li Xiang dared not imagine what kind of disaster it would cause.

Therefore, over these years, the Li Family had never ventured deep into the Silver Iron Forest again, only occasionally hunting on the periphery, and even then, they knew when to stop.

Just as Li Xiang was pondering.

He saw that Bai Rourou had already arrived at the ancestral hall.

To Li Xiang's surprise, Bai Rourou, a strong-willed woman who hadn't even cried during childbirth, had red eyes at this moment. Her voice was choked with sobs.

"Old Ancestor, I have no other way, I could only think of you."

"I really don't want Old Zhu to be killed by others..."