After bidding farewell to his wife, then to his parents, and leaving them each a cultivation technique as well, though reluctant to part, Li Su left without hesitation.
Central conference room.
Everyone had arrived.
Even Martial Uncle Wu, who had left earlier, was there, along with Zhu Zhong and the others.
Looking at everyone, Li Su smiled and apologized directly. "Sorry, uncles, for keeping you waiting so long."
Hearing Li Su's words, everyone could not help but draw a breath. The tension in their hearts finally eased at that moment.
The hardest part of this matter was not how to resolve it, but whether the two sides would develop a rift because of it. Once a rift appeared in a relationship, mending it was even harder than becoming good friends with a stranger.
Zhu Zhong shook his head directly. "Xia Kingdom enjoys the peace and stability it has today because you've been running yourself ragged for it. You left for twenty years without even having time to return home. What does waiting here for a while amount to?"
"Uncle Zhu, that's not right. Who hasn't worked hard? I may have given Xia Kingdom a place to settle, but everything that came afterward was only possible because of all of you. Back when I wasn't strong enough, it was Grandpa Zhu and the others who fought to the death without retreating, while you, Uncle Zhu, and the rest did everything in your power to hold things together. Every single one of those matters—if we're talking about merit, a cartload of books wouldn't be enough to record it all."
"How could Xia Kingdom's peace and stability today possibly be the achievement of one person?"
"Uncle Zhu, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Yan, Uncle An, stop dwelling on that matter."
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