"When Dalong completes the refinement of the Four Symbols Death Spirit Formation, he can fight one High Priest, but there are still two others, and several ordinary Priests."
Li Wei observed the progress of his clansmen; he was exceptionally nervous.
Three years, to him, was merely three or four hours!
Soon, they would face powerful enemies at the Heaven-Defying Grand Array. This time, they could not seek help from Azure Cloud region or Starfall region. Just like You Baiyin of the Ghost Division, there were not many who knew about their three Division, and they didn't even trust the people of other tribes.
The Li family was the same. Before the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is overcome, any minor error in detail will result in complete defeat!
[Your descendant Li Tianyi, with the help of Li Tianyue and Feng Chunlin, invited experts from various major sects to guard various locations. Taking advantage of the Starfall Region experts going to the battlefield, he and the many seniors within his body began digging in the places where the predecessors of the major sects had been laid to rest.]
"Seniors, are you sure there are powerful predecessors in their tombs?" Li Tianyi asked the seniors around him. "The elders at home, and my younger siblings, have placed all their hopes on us. If we can't stop a High Priest, then there will be a big problem. Seniors, I'm under a lot of pressure."
As soon as these words were spoken, many of the seniors from the Azure Cloud Pavilion were displeased.
"What kind of question is that, little brat? No matter what, our Azure Cloud Pavilion has existed for over a hundred thousand years. We old-timers were all renowned figures in our time. The Starfall Region is nothing in our eyes. What secrets could they have that could escape our notice?"
"That's right. This time, we also have to go to the Eight Directions Pavilion. Although they're gone, we still have to check if their former secret realm is still there. If it is, hehe, the medicinal herbs in the secret realm must be tens of thousands of years old. There must be some that are at least grade six or seven!"
"And the Shadow Hunter Sect! That sect was also destroyed. I heard they still have magical treasures. In my lifetime, I coveted them for a long time, but I was too embarrassed to snatch them. Now, digging them up, it's not too excessive, right?"
"Don't worry, leave it to us old-timers. You just wait to get rich."
"....."
Li Wei stared blankly at this scene. He remembered that when he first dug up these old-timers, they were all striving for the future of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, grooming Li Tianyi as the next Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Pavilion. But now... it seemed they saw that Azure Cloud Pavilion was stable, and they followed Li Tianyi everywhere, robbing tombs even more diligently than he did.
According to them, tomb raiding was like opening blind boxes, like scratching lottery tickets; it was addictive. They could always find things that excited even old-timers who had lived for such a long time.
They were even waiting for Li Tianyi to help them restore their damaged souls and find new bodies. However, having reached their level of cultivation, the moment of restoration would also represent the punishment of the lightning tribulation. To overcome the lightning tribulation in soul form, the difficulty would be increased more than tenfold.
....
[Your descendant Li Yaozu, along with the Heavenly Star Sword Saint, is rushing towards Sword Mountain...]
[Your descendant Li Yaotie, carrying the spirit puppets he has accumulated over many years, is rushing towards the Endless Forest...]
[Your descendant Li Tianqi is secretly inviting trustworthy experts from the family to come and assist!]
[...]
Chen Qingtian said that for Li Yaoqing to seize You Baiyin's Heaven-Defying Grand Array would be as difficult as ascending to heaven. But that's not the case!
He underestimated the Li family. The Li family was prepared!
They had a clear division of labor. Li Dalong, Li Tianyi, and the Azure Green Flood Dragon could each hold off a High Priest.
Raging Sky Flood Dragon, Xu Cuihua, Li Yaozu and the Heavenly Star Sword Saint... and the Li family's many friends, plus the experts the Li family had controlled over the years, were enough to resist the remaining people.
They were secretly making all the preparations!
Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
The gazes of everyone in the Li family were fixed on the Heaven-Defying Grand Array. Everyone was heading towards this place!
But as they advanced, the ancestral spirit tablets beside them floated up, and everyone's expression turned gloomy as they halted their steps.
Then, they took a deep breath, and together surrounded the location of the Heaven-Defying Grand Array. They did not conceal their figures as planned, and they did not prepare to catch the Wu Clan off guard as planned.
On this day.
All the Supervision Offices on the border of the Azure Dynasty led their members in a retreat towards the interior of the Azure Dynasty.
Large numbers of common people were evacuating. The fighting on the border of the Starfall Region ceased. The two major powers of the Starfall Region, and even some forces from Azure Cloud region, returned home as if they were mourning the death of their parents.
Li Wei, in front of the screen, looked gloomily at the pop-up window in front of him.
[Special Mission – Kill Imperial Preceptor Min Youguo, Failed!]
[In this year, the Demon Clan invaded the western part of the Wu Clan's territory. The Wu Clan needed to divert their attention to the West. Imperial Preceptor Min Youguo seized the opportunity to secretly negotiate with the Grand Priest of the Wu Clan. In exchange for ceding twelve border Regions, he secured ten thousand years of peace between the Azure Dynasty and the Wu Clan.]
[The Wu Clan gave the humans of the twelve border Regions two choices: evacuate within one year, or die!]
"Damn it!"
Li Wei gritted his teeth. They had prepared for so long. The Li family was still fighting for their homeland. After this great victory in Azure Cloud region, they had made all sorts of plans. They had only just reached the pinnacle of Azure Cloud region. Li Kuangtu had even sacrificed his life for the current situation!
But the world is unpredictable. They still could not prevent the decline. With a single sentence from Min Youguo, all their efforts seemed so laughable!
Everyone in the Li family gazed at the Heaven-Defying Grand Array; their eyes were filled with unwillingness to accept this.
At this moment.
Inside the Heaven-Defying Grand Array, the three High Priests of the Wu Clan stood before a young man. The young man was very robust, bare-chested, with a large totem on his back. He was incredibly arrogant. This was You Baiyin.
These members of the Wu Clan saw the Li family members who had suddenly appeared, and cold sweat couldn't help but flow down their faces.
"People of the Li family? How could they appear so silently? How did they know about our movements?"
"Reporting to the High Priests, the outside of the Heaven-Defying Grand Array is completely surrounded by people from the Li family. The positions they are occupying are all our weakest defensive points!"
"Hahaha, so what? News has come from the tribe. The Azure Dynasty has ceded territory in exchange for peace! They don't dare to make a move. Now, the major powers of each Region are all fleeing towards the interior of the Azure Dynasty. If they dare to attack us, the Azure Dynasty will not accept them. On the ceded land, they will be facing a dead end!"
Outside the Heaven-Defying Grand Array.
Li Yaoqing looked at the members of the Wu Clan, their faces after escaping death. She glanced at her father, and pulled on the arm of her father, who was clenching his fists. She shook her head and said with a smile, "Father, let it go. Your child is not in a hurry. Let's go home."
Go home...
These two words caused Li Dalong's tense muscles to relax. He glanced at Li Yaoqing, ignoring the loud laughter of those Wu Clan members, and nodded slightly. "Alright, let's go home."
As Li Dalong turned around, the Li family members took a deep look at the Heaven-Defying Grand Array, all exhaled a long breath, and slowly turned around.
The Li family had not failed. They had not been defeated by the Wu Clan. The major Regions on the border of the Azure Dynasty had also not been defeated by the Wu Clan.
They had been defeated by Min Youguo!
Also on this day.
In the depths of the Thunderfire Demon Cave, a place no one paid attention to anymore, within the bottomless abyss, a pair of bright, beautiful eyes opened.
"My disciple Yaoqing is about to break through the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and she didn't even tell me. She really doesn't take this master of her seriously, ah."
"She has truly forgotten this enormous backer that I am."
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