Not long after Liu Changxu handed the Foundation Establishment Pill to his mother-in-law, Wang, she entered seclusion in the Fragrant Garden's cultivation chamber to attempt Foundation Establishment. His father-in-law, Li Yunyue, also stayed in the courtyard to guard his wife.
Liu Changxu took his wife and children to the Li Household Courtyard to pay their respects to Ancestors Li Tianheng. This time, Ancestors Li Tianheng personally led a group of Li Household members out to welcome them at the gate, showing the utmost sincerity the Li Household could offer.
After exchanging greetings and courtesies with the Li Household Ancestors, Liu Changxu and his family were ushered into the main hall like the moon surrounded by a constellation of stars.
The way the Li Household Ancestors looked at Liu Changxu had changed. The junior he had once admired had become a lofty Golden Core True Person, someone even he, an Ancestor, now had to look up to.
The Li Household members nearby all looked at Li Zhenxin with envy, especially Li Zhenrong and Li Zhenyue in the crowd, whose jealousy could not have been greater.
Although both women had reached the great perfection of Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment Pills were far too difficult to obtain. Being women, they had yet to receive a turn in the lineage's allocation of pills.
As for their youthful dreams of marrying into a so-called illustrious household, those had long since shattered against cruel reality.
Cultivation lineages placed great importance on marriages between families of equal standing. Given the two women's aptitude and backgrounds, their prospective matches could only have been direct descendants of Foundation Establishment lineages. Yet even if they married husbands of such standing, their chances of obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill would still have been slim.
Because of the particular characteristics of female