At the midday banquet, the family enjoyed exquisite, delicious spirit cuisine while discussing the lineage's affairs.
"Xu'er, now that you're home, will you be going back to your sect?"
His mother, Lin Yulian, could not help asking.
Seeing his mother ask, Liu Changxu could only tell her the truth.
"Mother, the situation in the Southern Sea is unstable. The Southern Sea Demon Race may well unleash a large-scale beast tide, so I'm afraid it won't be long before the sect assigns me a mandatory mission. After spending some time at home, I may have to leave."
Hearing her son's words, Lin Yulian's previously cheerful expression immediately darkened.
Seeing his mother's displeasure, Liu Changxu hurried to explain.
"Mother, I came home this time intending to upgrade the spirit vein on Red Lotus Island to the third tier. From then on, whenever the sect has no business for me, I'll live and cultivate on Red Lotus Island!"
"Really?"
At her son's words, excitement spread across Lin Yulian's face. Unable to believe her ears, she asked again.
Wasn't the reason her son had stayed away for years precisely that the lineage's poor conditions, with no third-tier spirit vein, could not meet his everyday cultivation needs?
Moreover, she knew why her son had not upgraded the lineage's spirit vein to the third tier. Without a Golden Core cultivator stationed there long-term, a third-tier spirit vein would become a source of disaster for the lineage. If a third-tier greater demon attacked while Liu Changxu was away on business, the Liu Household Members would face utter annihilation.
Now that her son had said this, had he already solved that problem?
"Yes, Mother! Both Xiao Qing the Green Fox and Little Blue the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon have now advanced to the third tier. Whenever I go out