In the sky.
Xu Xingzhou and Xu Moyan talked as they flew.
At first, Xu Xingzhou had harbored doubts about Li Ping's identity, so he had been rather hesitant about letting him return to the Xu Household.
Yet despite their repeated attempts to persuade him, Li Ping had continued to act as though he wanted to keep his distance from the Xu Household.
Now, both of them were utterly convinced of his identity.
They were currently discussing how to deal with Li Ping.
"Moyan, what do you think?" Xu Xingzhou asked, passing the question to Xu Moyan as he pondered.
"I think Ancestor Zhuochen still bears a grudge over being expelled from the lineage." Xu Moyan merely voiced his conjecture quietly, keeping his mouth shut about everything else.
He was only a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Even as the Xu Family Head, how could he dare pass judgment on a Core Formation Cultivator?
Xu Xingzhou nodded slightly. He had already considered that possibility himself.
He sighed to himself. "Who would have thought that, despite the ancestor's painstaking nurturing, not a single third-tier pill refiner would emerge within the lineage, while he, roaming the world as a rogue cultivator, actually reached the third tier in pill refinement?"
"If the ancestor hadn't expelled him from the household back then, and had instead devoted himself to nurturing him, perhaps he could have truly inherited the ancestor's mantle and attained even greater heights in alchemy."
"What a pity. What a pity!"
Xu Moyan remained silent at the grand elder's lament. Sensing what was on his mind, he proposed an idea. "Ancestor Zhuochen's parents were both mortals and passed away long ago, but his siblings' bloodline still survives. I remember that girl Qingque seems to descend from that branch. Why not have her attend to Ancestor