As spring passes and autumn comes, the flowers outside the window bloom and fade.
Two years have passed since Li Qi failed to win over Fang Chang and resorted to various tricks to force Fang Chang away.
In the past two years, under the instruction of Li Qi, the steward of the Li family has made things difficult for Xiaohu Island.
Not only do the catch payments have to be doubled, but the distribution of fry and fish food is also delayed at every turn.
In addition, the salary enshrined by Fang Chang began to be delayed. At first, he refused to give it without asking, and later he said he didn't know even when he asked.
Fang Chang pretended to go to Cailian Manor and found a group of people, but because he had lived in seclusion on a small lake island for many years and had no connections in the Li family, he finally returned disappointed.
Later, in the conversation with others, he revealed the idea of looking for another owner.
So time dragged on.
No one suspected anything was wrong with Fang Chang.
They only saw how an old foundation-building monk was unhappy under the attack of the Li family's children. Instead, they felt awe in their hearts, feeling that the Li family's skinny camel was bigger than a horse.
Of course, there are many people who feel sad when the rabbit dies and the fox dies.
An unknown old man, Zhu Ji, who worked for the main family, was so frustrated just because of the targeting of a member of the Li family.
It can be seen that the Li family does not tolerate outsiders. It is no wonder that in recent years, fewer and fewer monks have joined the Li family, and more and more people are fishing in troubled waters.
This is a sign of decline.
In short, the same thing will present different ideas in the eyes of different people.
But all this has nothing to do with Fang Chang.
He just silently turned the Li family ancestor into one of his own.
The ancestor of the Li family is also a Jindan master, and he was once an inner disciple of the Qinglian sword pavilion, the master sect behind the scenes of the Qing Dynasty.
Wanting to completely control him without disturbing others is a difficult task.
Fortunately, two years is enough.
The secluded place of the ancestors of the Li family is not in Cailian Manor, but on a small island near Cailian Island.
This is a valley where birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and spring is everlasting all year round.
There are hundreds of flowers blooming in the valley, and the fragrance of the flowers fills the air, but it can't cover up the strong smell of death emanating from the small house in the valley.
In the small house, an old man with gray hair, black spots on his face, and a stooped body sat cross-legged with his head bowed, and the life was slowly withdrawing from his body.
This is Li Taishang, the ancestor of the Li family.
He should have died long ago.
When he was young, he was very brave and fought hard with others, leaving hidden wounds on his body. As his energy and blood declined, the end was approaching, and all the pain burst out at this moment.
But Li Taishang held back everything.
He held his breath, unwilling to leave just like that.
The Li family still needs him.
He was unwilling to give in until he saw the second Jin Dan real person appeared in the Li family.
Unfortunately, the Li family was unlucky. Three golden elixir seeds in succession collapsed on the golden elixir level and died.
After the Li family fully supplied three golden elixir seeds, the family's savings began to be stretched thin.
Outsiders only see the scenery of the Li family, but they don't know that there is suffering behind the scenery.
If this were not the case, Fang Chang, a foundation-building monk, would not have stayed on Xiaohu Island for ten years, and would have been put to another important use long ago.
In addition to his unwillingness to engage in camp, isn't it because this person is cheap?
But we can't drive him away without reason. It would be a bad thing if outsiders knew that the Li family couldn't even support him now.
Of course, the Li family does not have no spiritual stones, but what is left is the private treasury of each house.
Unless they are absolutely sure, they will never be able to contribute their last savings.
Even Li Taishang had no way to deal with this.
Those are all his descendants.
And their worries are not unreasonable. They can't gamble with everyone's future.
Even those high-ranking large sects cannot escape the cycle of time, rising and falling, let alone their small Jindan family.
Li Taishang originally accepted his fate.
After he leaves, relying on his little kindness back then, the Li family will withdraw what should be withdrawn and divide what should be divided. If they can leave some foundation, they can still plan for the future.
Until two years ago, a mysterious voice came to him and told him that he could continue to live.
Stay alive!
Li Taishang was moved.
Only when you have experienced death can you understand the joy of living.
He doesn't care whether the person is a fairy or a demon, as long as he can continue to live, it means he has sold his soul.
Only then did he understand that the Li family was his concern, but surviving was his obsession.
He agreed to the mysterious man's request and practiced the skills given by the mysterious man.
After two years, his body became more and more decayed, but his spiritual thoughts felt a long-lost vitality.
"Li Taishang, are you ready?"
The mysterious voice came again.
Li Taishang's old face showed a smile, but there was no emotion at all, like a cold machine.
"Senior, I'm ready."
The reason why Li Taishang, an old man who has lived for hundreds of years, is so convinced by the mysterious voice is naturally inseparable from the subtle influence of someone's inner demon.
At this moment, his body was burning like a torch.
And in the fire, a round, golden elixir rose. On the elixir, Li Taishang's old face was faintly visible.
Using the essence and body as firewood, he maximized the power of his soul in a short period of time, so that even Li Taishang, a golden elixir monk, briefly touched the power of the soul.
At this moment.
A body identical to Li Taishang's body appeared in front of Li Taishang.
"Go, this is your new body, you will follow me and gain eternal life."
The mysterious voice was so bewitching that Li Taishang had no doubt at all.
He stared at the new body that seemed old but full of power, as if he saw a new life, and he would live a second life.
The golden elixir suddenly penetrated into the new body.
Then Li Taishang let out a scream.
"Senior, why is this?!"
I saw bursts of strange pulling power emanating from the new body, and Li Taishang's golden elixir slowly melted under this power.
"Don't resist it, try to embrace it."
"It will acquire all your memories, your soul will turn into its spirit, and it will revive from the dead and become the new you.
Take a nap. When you wake up, it will be your new life."
The sound made Li Taishang feel sleepy. Even though he was resisting deep down in his heart, it still could not change his fate of disappearing from this world.
Wait until the golden elixir is completely integrated into the puppet's body.
The puppet opened his eyes, but they were extremely indifferent.
Li Taishang is dead, and the one who lives is the new puppet who has gained Li Taishang's memory.
Fang Chang stepped out from the shadows, looked at the new puppet that he had created a long time ago, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
"If you want to blame, blame your descendants for being unworthy and insisting on disturbing me."
"But you are not at a loss. The puppet that has gained your memory will replace you and become the ancestor of the Li family, protecting the Li family until I leave this world.
Maybe you even want to thank me."
He can deal with an old golden elixir like Li Taishang in minutes.
But it is easy to decide whether Li Taishang lives or dies, but it is quite difficult to pretend to be Li Taishang.
So Fang Chang thought carefully and finally decided to let Li Taishang sacrifice himself and contribute his memory.
For today, he has had a subtle influence on Li Taishang for two years, eliminating all his wariness.
Under the fear of life and death, and under the control of the inner demon, Li Taishang successfully survived in another form.
In addition, this is also an experiment for him.
With his ability to control inner demons and the spiritual physique given to the puppet, can they be fused together to create a new kind of puppet?
This kind of puppet has the memory of a person, but also has the essence of a puppet.
Similar to the Puppet Clan like Fang Tiezhu, it does not have as strong growth potential as the Puppet Clan, but it is not as difficult to create as the Puppet Clan, and it is better in taking shape quickly.
It's probably equivalent to elite templates and boss templates.
Dong Tianbao, the former evil ghost general, can be regarded as the initial attempt of this new puppet.
However, evil spirits like Dong Tianbao are hard to come by, and they are not very replicable.
But now even if he goes a step further, as long as he is willing, he can easily copy the second and third ancestors of the Li family.
The rest is up to the Li family's performance.
I think the Li family has already seen the Li family's ancestor soul lamp extinguished by now.
…
Three days later.
The news of the death of the ancestor of the Li family spread from Cailian Lake to all directions, which was obviously the deliberate connivance of someone with good intentions.
Otherwise, even if the ancestor of the Li family passes away, the Li family will continue to hide it until they are ready to escape.
But now they had to make hasty preparations for their ancestor's funeral.
Soon Cailian Lake became lively.
Cailian Manor.
Li Yuanming, the head of the Li family, politely bid farewell to the guests who came to express condolences. The sadness on his face faded and he hurried to the study.
He bowed respectfully to the figure standing in the shadow behind the window.
"Ancestor."
The figure turned around, it was Li Taishang, the ancestor of the Li family.
"Is everyone here?"
he asked calmly.
Li Yuanming nodded and replied: "Everything that is supposed to come has almost come, but Yuanming really doesn't understand why you want to fake your death, ancestor?"
He recalled that he heard the news that the ancestral temple guard came to report that the ancestor's soul lamp was extinguished, and his mind was filled with confusion.
Later, when I arrived at the place where my ancestor lived in seclusion, I found that my ancestor was still there, which was a shock and disbelief.
Li Taishang said: "Although I was lucky enough to get the life-extending elixir this time, it's just a lingering breath. I can't break through the Nascent Soul and survive the thunder tribulation. I won't be able to survive for decades in the future.
Why don't we take this opportunity to clean up those opponents who have a guilty conscience towards my Li family and clean up the inside.
This way, you will be much safer after the ancestor leaves.
And with this battle, my ancestor is really dead. No one else dares to act rashly before confirming the truth or falsehood.
Then you will have a few more years and a little more hope."
Li Yuanming suddenly had tears in his eyes: "It's because Yuanming is unfilial that it worries our ancestors!"
"Don't belittle yourself. In recent years, my life has been approaching and my mobility has been inconvenient, which has caused the Li family's heart to wander. Thanks to you, the head of the family, for your mediation, the Li family is now in harmony.
You are indispensable and I will never forget it.
It's a pity that your qualifications are not high and the Golden Elixir Pass will be broken if you fail, otherwise if you can become the second Golden Elixir of the Li family, it would actually be the best choice."
Li Taishang talks eloquently and has clear ideas.
"It was Yuan Ming who was useless and failed to live up to our ancestor's expectations."
At this moment, Li Yuanming no longer had any doubt in his heart. Apart from the real ancestor, who else could understand his dedication to the Li family.
Only a few other households were so ambitious that they did not know the difficulties of the head of the family, and they opposed him at every turn, trying to drive him out of the position of head of the family.
This time it’s time for them to see who is the orthodox one in their ancestor’s heart!
"Well, you can receive guests with peace of mind these days. Ancestor will be there for everything."
Li Taishang waved his hand, and Li Yuanming respectfully excused himself.
But he didn't see the indifference and ruthlessness hidden in the shadows of Li Taishang.
A puppet is still a puppet after all. Even if it has human memories, it cannot become a human being.
…
Half a month later.
The ancestor of the Li family faked his death to lure the enemy, and fought one against two at the funeral. The two formidable enemies in the future - the old ghost crocodile and the lotus-picking witch, killed one and injured one.
Only the old monster Ghost Crocodile gave up his companion spirit beast, a ghost crocodile monster in the Golden Core realm, and managed to escape with his life.
Another golden elixir girl who was said to be a lotus picker was beaten to pieces on the spot by the ancestor of the Li family's magical elixir that could destroy all directions.
It is said that the ancestor of the Li family should not die. After receiving the life-extending spiritual object, his strength and longevity will be greatly increased, and he will have at least fifty years of good life.
As soon as the news came out, everyone was shocked.
The Li family, which was originally in decline, has once again regained the momentum of its heyday.
Li Yuanming sat on the throne of the head of the family with high spirits, looked at the elders of the second and third houses who were kneeling on the ground like a bereaved dog, and sneered:
"My head, I just think that you are dissatisfied with me and covet my position as the head of the house. I can tolerate this, no matter what, we are of the same blood, both of the Li family.
Even if I am incompetent and let you take away the position of the head of the family, I deserve it.
But I never expected that you were so ambitious that you dared to collude with outsiders to seize my Li family's property.
Don’t you know that the old ghost crocodile and the lotus-picking witch are our ancestors’ enemies?”
The appearance of the elder of the second room is similar to that of Li Yuanming. He is Li Yuanming's half-brother, and his aptitude has been far better than that of Li Yuanming since he was a child.
But later he was adopted to the second room and became the heir.
Of course, he also completely lost the possibility of inheriting the family head.
He snorted coldly: "Succeed as a king or lose as a bandit, I have nothing to say. I only hate that my ancestor favored the big family. If my mother hadn't been born in a humble birth, how could the position of the head of the family have fallen into your hands."
I’m just getting back what should belong to me.”
Li Yuanming snorted coldly: "The head of this family is the direct bloodline of my ancestor, and you are just a commoner's son. Being able to inherit the second wife is already a sign of my father's magnanimity.
I didn’t expect you to be a bad wolf that can’t get enough to eat.”
As he said that, he turned his eyes to the elder of Sanfang.
"Third Elder, why do you want to rebel against me?"
The third elder looked sad and said: "Because I am Yang Lian's son, is this reason enough?"
Yang Lian is the real name of the lotus-picking witch.
At that time, she was just a lotus picking girl of the Li family. Later, due to a series of changes, she escaped from the Li family. When a hundred years passed, she was already a real Jin Dan when she returned.
It is a pity that the ancestors of the Li family were at their peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the lotus-picking demon girl returned home seriously injured.
Unexpectedly, she had been hiding in the Li family and had a son with the former head of the third house.
Of course, it doesn't matter anymore.
The pride on Li Yuanming's face disappeared. He did not expect that two of the five rooms in the Li family would rebel, and the elder of one of them was the child of his enemy.
In his hands, the Li family was penetrated to this extent.
Cold sweat broke out on his back.
No wonder after the ancestor defeated the powerful enemy, instead of allowing him to take advantage of the opportunity to expand his power outwards, he instead asked him to reorganize his internal affairs, shrink his strength, treat worshipers kindly, and keep a low profile.
The ancestor had the ability to observe fire, but he was nowhere near as good as him.
In the current state of the Li family, expanding outward will only cause the Li family to split faster.
"The second and third brothers betrayed the Li family. The principal culprits will be executed. The accomplices will have their cultivation levels revoked and will be imprisoned on a prison island. The rest of the clan will be driven away from Cailian Lake and will never be allowed to step into Cailian Lake."
Li Yuanming did not kill them all.
After all, they are all from the same family, and exile is enough.
This also made other people who had lingering fears breathe a sigh of relief.
Who can guarantee that he didn't have any small thoughts at that time? If Li Yuanming wants to pursue the case, no one will be able to escape.
"The master of the house is wise!"
Everyone bowed down and prostrated.
Even the elders of the second and third houses showed an attitude of resignation.
…
A small lake island hundreds of miles away.
Fang Chang withdrew his gaze and let out a breath.
