News that Liu Changxu had returned to Hundred Blossoms Mountain and successfully advanced to Nascent Soul Great Perfection soon reached the upper echelons of the surrounding lineages.
Starting the following morning, senior members of the surrounding lineages arrived one after another, bearing precious gifts.
None of them were fools. As a cultivator at Nascent Soul Great Perfection, Liu Changxu held an exceptionally high position even within the Azure Cloud Sect. Simply getting a chance to speak with him could bring countless benefits in the future.
Apart from a handful of important relatives and close friends whom Liu Changxu received personally, he left the vast majority of the guests to his sons and daughters.
Among all the visitors, those closest to him were naturally Li Zhenxin's mother, Wang, and her younger brother, Liu Changxu's brother-in-law, Li Zhenhao.
Upon learning that his sister and brother-in-law had returned, Li Zhenhao immediately told his mother, Wang.
Wang, who had already reached the Golden Core Middle Stage, hurriedly brought her son along and rushed over at full speed.
As soon as mother and daughter met, Wang broke some devastating news to Li Zhenxin: Liu Changxu's father-in-law, Li Yunyue, had passed away more than a decade earlier.
Although Li Zhenxin had long anticipated this, she still threw herself into her mother's arms and sobbed aloud upon hearing the news.
Standing beside them, Liu Changxu could not help feeling a pang of sorrow at the sight.
He had never been particularly close to his father-in-law, but people were not grass or trees, devoid of feeling. There had still been some affection between them.
It reminded Liu Changxu of his eldest son, Liu Han, and his second son, Liu Ping, both long since deceased. He had not even managed to see them once before they passed away. They