When Liu Changxu and his father, Liu Shihao, returned to Golden Ape Mountain, elated by their gains, the sight of hundreds of mutilated cultivator corpses on the battlefield immediately weighed down their hearts.
Upon returning to their lineage's ranks, Liu Changxu saw Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan leading the cultivators of the Liu Household Battle Team as they busied themselves preparing the remains of their fallen clansmen.
When Liu Changxu approached the fallen cultivators' remains, he discovered that one of the dead was Sixth Elder Liu Shisheng.
Shocked, Liu Changxu asked Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan:
"Seventh Grandfather! Fourth Uncle was fine just a moment ago. How did he suddenly die?"
Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan sighed softly and said, "Your fourth uncle was killed by a second-tier middle-grade Diamond Ape desperate to escape!"
After hearing Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan's account, Liu Changxu could not help lamenting Sixth Elder Liu Shisheng's terrible luck.
He had already thought Sixth Elder Liu Shisheng was unlucky enough to fail at Foundation Establishment after taking a Foundation Establishment Pill. Who could have expected that, after emerging from the fierce battle without a scratch, he would be killed after their great victory simply because he had inadvertently blocked a second-tier demon beast's escape route? His fortune truly could not have been worse.
By comparison, Liu Changxu's mother, Lin Yulian, had enjoyed excellent fortune. With just a single Foundation Establishment Pill her son had picked up, she had successfully reached Foundation Establishment.
The crucial point was that she had basked in the good fortune of her son, Liu Changxu, a child favored by destiny. Otherwise, she would have had virtually no chance of reaching Foundation Establishment.
Even Lin Yulian herself knew that not only her Foundation Establishment, but even her hopes of achieving Core Formation in the future, rested