Which Grandson Came Calling?

The old man crushed the jade slip and vanished from the spot.

Tang Xuan slowly emerged from the darkness. As he stared at where Du Lie, the Azure Dragon Sect's sect master, had disappeared, his expression turned utterly grim.

"Old fox. He was actually on guard all along, and he even had a divine artifact like a spatial jade slip."

He had put all his strength into that strike just now. Had that old fellow not been on guard, he would certainly have died.

And Du Lie had vanished into thin air, his presence completely gone. Clearly, only a spatial jade slip could have done that.

A spatial jade slip could instantly transport someone over a hundred li away while concealing their presence.

Tang Xuan sneered coldly and said,

"He forcibly interrupted his breakthrough. He'll never reach the Saint Realm in this lifetime. He really does treasure his life. Still, the mission counts as completed. Who knows where that old fellow got his information? I'm afraid we've been exposed."

The next moment, Tang Xuan lingered no longer, tearing open space and leaving.

The Li Lineage.

Li Xiao was waiting in utter boredom for them to come knocking.

Over the past few days, he had done nothing but fish, idling about as though he had decided to lie flat.

"Li Dan, why are you hanging around with me instead of cultivating?"

Holding his fishing rod, Li Xiao spoke to Li Dan beside him.

Li Dan scratched his head.

"Young master, I've reached the peak emperor realm, but I seem to have hit a bottleneck. I thought I'd come out and look for some inspiration for a breakthrough."

Li Xiao glanced at him and casually waved his hand. Li Dan's peak emperor realm bottleneck shattered, and he stepped into the early spirit emperor realm.

Li Dan froze for a moment, then sensed his cultivation realm and was instantly overjoyed.

"Young master, I knew coming to you was the right choice! Hahaha!"

Li Xiao waved his hand.

"What bottleneck? A bottleneck isn't worth a damn. Even if it were a bottle, I'd smash it for you."

A breakthrough through such a minor realm posed no difficulty for him.

Li Dan was immensely grateful deep down.

"Young master, why don't you need to cultivate?"

His young master had sat here all day, as though enjoying retirement. It made him incredibly envious.

"Your young master is a genius. If the highest realm in this place weren't the Saint Realm, I could still keep breaking through. Besides, I might look like I'm doing nothing, but your young master is actually cultivating with every movement. How could you possibly understand?"

Li Xiao then gave a perfunctory reply.

Li Dan was instantly speechless. He was clearly just fishing. Li Dan wasn't an idiot-would he believe something like that?

If fishing could count as cultivation, who knew how many fishing fanatics this world would have?

"How has Long Aotian been lately? And Li Yaoyao?"

Li Xiao continued asking.

After bringing Long Aotian back, he had ordered a stone sculpture built at the Li Lineage's main gate and had Long Aotian hide inside to avoid attracting attention. He had not gone to see him these past few days.

"Long Aotian has finished absorbing the dragon blood, and he's now broken through to the middle saint realm."

Although he disliked that bootlicker, Li Dan still answered obediently.

"As for Li Yaoyao, although her talent is ordinary, something seems to have spurred her on lately. She's been cultivating day and night, and she's now reached the peak sovereign realm."

Li Xiao nodded.

Although Li Yaoyao's talent was not particularly good, he remembered her as someone with a tenacious disposition. Though he did not particularly like her, the Li Lineage never sowed divisions among its disciples. Another measure of strength was a good thing.

Aside from him, the Li Lineage now had quite a few Saint Realm experts.

Long Aotian, the members of the Shadow Killing Pavilion, his eldest uncle, and the ancestor.

He believed that, with this strength, the Li Lineage already had no rivals throughout the entire Upper Realm. But it was still not enough.

His goal was to make it the number one lineage across all the heavens and myriad worlds.

Suddenly, Li Xiao's fishing line twitched.

"A fish has taken the bait."

Li Xiao smiled faintly as he spoke.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Li Lineage's grounds.

Blood seeped from the corner of Du Lie's mouth. The Azure Dragon Sect's sect master clutched his chest as he hurried forward, glancing behind him from time to time with lingering fear.

Suddenly, the blood Qi inside Du Lie churned violently. Sensing something, he widened his eyes and stared in disbelief toward the Li Lineage, parting his lips slightly.

"T-true dragon power?"

The very foundation upon which his Azure Dragon Sect had been established was that last remaining trace of azure dragon bloodline within him. Yet what was he sensing now?

Complete true dragon power?

He glanced toward the Li Lineage again.

"Isn't that the Li Lineage? How could the ancestor's power be there?"

Du Lie was utterly puzzled. Then he made up his mind and sped toward the Li Lineage.

Before the Li Lineage's main gate, a lifelike true dragon statue gave off a faint glow.

Inside, Long Aotian sensed something.

"Hmm? Which grandson came calling, disturbing this great one's secluded cultivation?"