Li Chungang

Li Xi stayed on Bronze Island for about a month.

During this time, she was diligently researching suitable new materials, as if she were completely unaware of Xiang Yao's existence.

Even though Hanging Silk Lady deliberately left Bronze Island to create an opportunity for the father and daughter to meet, she still didn't venture deeper into the Bronze Island. "You really should go see him; he's been waiting for you."

With a gentle breeze, a boy who looked four or five years older than Li Xi appeared out of thin air.

The boy's name was Li Chungang, and he was Li Chengfeng's youngest son.

Although he is only sixteen years old this year, he has already mastered the Five Elements Escape Techniques and the God-Control Law.

Li Chungang's next step is to travel beyond the Hundred Lands Mountain Range to sign a contract with the gods of the outside world and obtain their power.

After all, most of the Gods of the Hundred Lands have now switched to cultivating the Method of the Celestial Person and do not covet the little bit of primordial Yuan Qi in Li Chungang's body or his cultivation method. Therefore, unless the Chis are willing, the "God-Control Law" will really have a hard time restricting them.

Moreover, the Gods of the Hundred Lands who have truly achieved enlightenment are now serving as teachers and sparring partners at the Hundred Lands School.

As a junior who had been watched grow up by the Chi family, Li Chungang simply couldn't bring himself to sign any contracts with his elders.

"Brother Gang? You haven't left yet?"

Li Xi looked up at Li Chungang with feigned surprise, but his words immediately left the other man speechless.

"You silly girl, if I hadn't been worried about you, I would already be in Qingqiu by now."

"You've been here for almost a month now, have you decided whether to meet your biological father or not?"

Li Chungang walked straight to Li Xi and decisively flicked him on the head.

Only after seeing the other person's feigned pitiful expression did Li Chungang reluctantly sit down cross-legged and ask.

"I just don't understand it, so what's there to hesitate about?"

"If you didn't want to see him, you shouldn't have come in the first place, making your aunt and the others worry for no reason."

"If you want to see him, it's been a whole month. What are you still upset about?"

"You don't mean you're planning to secretly let him out without telling your brother, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xi unconsciously glanced down at the [Xiangliu Amulet] around his neck.

Since obtaining this talisman, Li Xi's control over his own abilities has become increasingly sophisticated, and today he is completely able to control that innate power.

Therefore, although Li Xi had never met Xiang Yao, he was not unfamiliar with him.

"He wasn't a good person, but he was very good to me..."

The images gleaned by [Knowledge of Past Lives] unconsciously flashed through Li Xi's mind, and he murmured softly to himself.

In some ways, Li Xi's understanding of Xiang Yao may even far exceed that of Xiang Yao himself.

Because [the Knowledge of Past Lives] allows one to see not only the past, but also countless possibilities for the future.

Regardless of the possibility, Xiang Yao's affection for Li Xi is genuine; the only difference lies in how it is expressed.

"Tsk, I knew you were worried about this."

A knowing look flashed in Li Chungang's eyes, and he sighed deeply.

Whether he's good or bad, what does it have to do with you?

"Only someone born in this new era would constantly get caught up in these messy things."

"A dozen years ago, people struggled to even get enough to eat. They would do anything to survive." Although Li Chungang grew up in this new era, he still remembers the impoverished Li Household Village and the hard times when they could only afford meat once a year.

Although Li Boyang was already a teenager at that time, the great flood that terrified the Mountain Folk had already passed.

Compared to today, those were not prosperous days.

As Li Chengfeng's youngest son, Li Chungang sometimes felt sad as he watched his elder brothers sighing and lamenting that they were born at the wrong time.

Those older brothers were only a few years older than Li Chungang, yet their life circumstances were completely different.

Firstly, it applies to the path of spiritual cultivation.

Those older brothers were not only lacking in natural talent, but also constrained by congenital deficiencies, making it difficult for them to truly achieve anything.

If Chen Yun hadn't secretly given them "Qi and Blood Pill" to compensate for their congenital deficiencies...

Li Chungang even had some doubts about whether his elder brothers would be able to embark on the path of cultivation.

As Li Chungang grew a little older, the village gradually became wealthier, and almost every meal he ate included various kinds of meat. It was thanks to this that Li Chungang was able to fully unleash his talents.

Whether it's cultivating Qi or refining the mind, their progress is incredibly rapid, no less than that of Innate Divine Being like Li Xi.

From this perspective, Li Chungang was particularly envious of Li Xi's "happy troubles."

His wickedness... was not for survival.

The intelligent Li Xi naturally understood Li Chungang's words, but she did not agree with them.

Li Boyang once said that people only have a need for morality and wisdom when they are wealthy, and only then can they cultivate a true conscience. When a person can't even get enough to eat, talking to him about sages or ideals is not as effective as simply giving him a piece of bread.

Therefore, Li Boyang has always been committed to making the lives of the Mountain Folk more prosperous, so that they no longer have to lose their humanity for the most basic material conditions.

This is also the biggest difference between Li Boyang's treatment of deities and Mountain Folk.

Li Boyang never forced the Mountain Folk to become moral exemplars; he was simply creating fertile ground for the emergence of moral exemplars.

In contrast, the gods who started out had no worries about food or livelihood, yet they still wreaked havoc in the region.

Those are the ones who truly need education and discipline.

At the very least, the Mountain Folk have only just solved the problem of food and clothing at this stage, and have not yet reached that high level.

"Fine, girl, you've always been smart, I can't argue with you."

Li Chungang glared at Li Xi with obvious weariness, then changed the subject.

"I don't care whether you ultimately want to see him or not..."

"I just came to tell you, so you won't upset your uncle and aunt."

"You were raised by them, not by your biological father who abandoned you."

"You know in your heart which is more important, the kindness of giving birth or the kindness of raising."

Before he finished speaking, Li Chungang vanished again in a gentle breeze, as if he had never been there at all.

"Brother Gang, I'll be going back in a couple of days."

Seeing this, Li Xi quickly cupped his hands into a megaphone shape and shouted loudly in the direction the wind had gone.

"Remember to tell your aunt that I've got the new material she wanted, and tell her not to run around too much these next couple of days."

Upon hearing this, the breeze swirled in mid-air, as if in response to Li Xi.

Then they headed straight for Li Household Village, without stopping for even a moment.

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