The Cultivation World's 'Biu, Biu, Biu'

Li Kuangren, Li Changsheng, and Li Changyao returned, bearing bad news.

In truth, not a word Li Kuangren had said to King Yu was wrong. Many in the family were terribly naive. No matter what, they still clung to a last shred of hope for the imperial dynasty, and held a measure of expectation toward every force beyond Azure Cloud Prefecture.

In the end, it all came to nothing. Instead, Li Dalong in the Underworld exceeded Li Kuangren's expectations.

Seated upon the King of Hell's throne in the ninth level, the Hell of Boiling Oil, Li Dalong gazed into a bronze mirror. Within it, Li Xinjue had already used the methods of the [Mirror Immortal] to report the family's intelligence piece by piece.

"Head of the household..." Xu Cuihua lay across Li Dalong's lap, looking at his calm face. The family had spent so many years in Azure Cloud Prefecture; even if they had no merit, they had labored hard. And then there were the family's friends... forces such as Celestial Light Cave, Sword Pavilion, and Heavenly Lord Dao had worked extensively with their family over the years. Whenever they met, they laughed and chatted, even spoke of living and dying together. Yet in the end, they still chose the shade beneath the great tree.

"If it were us, we might have made the same choice."

Though Li Dalong had accepted it, a trace of desolation flashed through his eyes. "In the end, there is only one word left—'profit.' How very dull."

"You're so open-minded about it?" Xu Cuihua was astonished. Loyalty and propriety—this was what the head of the household had always taught the children.

"I saw through it long ago." Li Dalong said bitterly, "Many years ago, I wanted nothing more than to charge into the imperial dynasty.