In the family's grain store, Li Xuangang not only saw Li Xuanshan, but also his second uncle Li Qingyang.
When Li Xuangang arrived at the grain store, Li Qingyang was talking to Li Xuanshan. The latter listened carefully and nodded from time to time.
When the two discovered Li Xuangang, Li Xuanshan took the lead in greeting Ninth Brother. Li Xuangang responded with a smile, and then paid a serious visit to his second uncle Li Qingyang, whom he had not seen for several years.
"It turns out to be Xuan Gang. I originally wanted to find you, but I didn't expect you to come by yourself."
Hearing this, Li Xuangang couldn't help but be a little surprised, so he asked:
"I wonder what the second uncle wants to do with me?"
"It is rare to see such a young alchemist. Before departure, the clan leader solemnly told me that I would take you back."
That’s it, Li Xuangang replied:
"Second uncle, you are not making fun of Xuan Gang. It was just a fluke. It was thanks to the teachings of your eighth uncle."
Li Qingyang waved his hand.
"You don't have to be humble. How many people from the clan went to Uncle Eight to learn alchemy. After all, you are the only one who succeeded. Now that you have become an alchemist, you will inevitably have to make more contributions to the family in the future. For example, this time I rushed to send you
Recalling Taiqiu Mountain is also a last resort for the family."
"The second uncle's words are serious. The clan leader already explained the reason in the message he gave me before. Xuan Gang will naturally not be ignorant of the general situation."
Afterwards, Li Qingyang took Li Xuangang into the backyard of the grain store and met other tribesmen in the caravan.
What Li Xuangang didn't expect was that his fourth uncle, Li Qingjing, was also here.
Li Xuangang thought to himself: Didn't the fourth uncle Li Qingjing usually take the trade route in Wujiangfang City? How could he appear here?
Li Xuangang greeted all the clan members, and other Li monks also knew that Li Xuangang had become an alchemist and expressed their congratulations.
That night, many monks from the Li family had a chat in the backyard of the grain store. Many of the topics revolved around Li Xuangang, and of course there were other miscellaneous things.
Li Xuangang leaned next to Li Xuanshan and listened quietly.
However, due to the large number of clan members and the chaotic voices, Li Xuangang never found a chance to ask his fourth uncle Li Qingjing.
Late at night, Li's monks also ended their conversation and each returned to their own rooms to rest.
But Li Xuangang went to Li Xuanshan's room and asked him about something.
After not seeing each other for several years, Li Xuanshan seems to be much more mature than before, and his cultivation has reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.
"Eh? Xuanshan, I don't know why so many clan members came this time, and why is the fourth uncle here too?"
After Li Xuangang and Li Xuanshan both sat down, Li Xuangang asked.
A smile appeared on Li Xuanshan's face, and he pretended to be mysterious and said:
"Brother Ninth knows something, there is a big deal this time."
Seeing that Li Xuanshan was cheating, Li Xuangang was not in a hurry and just waited for his next step.
Li Xuanshan waited for a long time, but found that Li Xuangang did not cooperate with him. So he continued talking a little sarcastically.
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By the time Li Xuangang came out of Li Xuanshan's room, he had roughly understood the reason.
It turned out that the Wang family of the Jindan family suddenly decided to gather the resources of the five major families in Tianhefang City to prepare for another trip to Limeng Island after the treasure ship trade in Binhaifang City.
The five major families in Tianhefang City are headed by the Wang family, and only the Wang family has treasure ships, so the other four families, including the Li family in Taiqiu Mountain, take the Wang family's treasure ships to trade on Limeng Island every time.
Of course, the amount of spiritual stones required to launch a treasure ship is not a small amount. This spiritual stone must be shared by the Li family and the other four foundation-building families, while the Wang family is responsible for providing the treasure ship.
This time when we went to Limeng Island, the clan brought a large amount of spiritual grains with them to exchange for the spiritual stones in Limeng Island. In order to make things go smoothly, the clan sent Li Qingjing, Li Qingyang, the most elite late Qi refining person in the two families.
The monks came to take charge.
On the second day, after Li Qingyang and Li Qingjing transported the family's goods to the Wang family's treasure ship, they said goodbye to Li Xuangang.
The treasure ship was controlled by two foundation-building elders of the Wang family. There was no need to worry about safety issues, so Li Xuangang did not stay at the port of Binhaifang City for long. Instead, he followed the Tuma beast caravan and set off back to Taiqiu Mountain with the remaining clan members.
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But Li Xuanshan did not go with him, but stalked Li Qingyang to make an exception and let him go with the ship to Limeng Island.
In the end, Li Qingyang was so entangled by him that he had no choice but to let him board the treasure ship.
There were no twists and turns along the way they came. After nearly a month, the caravan finally returned to Taiqiu Mountain.
The familiar mountains were getting closer and closer. Li Xuangang woke up from meditating and opened his eyes to look at Taiqiu Mountain. Inexplicably, Li Xuangang felt that he had been gone for a long time.
But if you think about it carefully, it is actually only a few years.
When the earth horse beast pulled the monks of the Li family through the spiritual field at the foot of Taiqiu Mountain, Li Xuangang discovered that hundreds of mortal clansmen had gathered at the foot of the mountain.
He didn't react when he first saw it, but when he walked into Li Xuangang and saw many five or six-year-old children in the crowd, he remembered that it was time for the family to test their spiritual roots and recruit new family monks.
Every three years, the Li family organizes a spiritual root test for the mortal clan members of the family. In each city of the Li family, the city lord will organize the children of the appropriate age in the city to come to Taiqiu Mountain to test whether they have immortality.
This is very important to Taiqiu Mountain, and it is also very important to those Li children who are still a little ignorant.
The Li family's monks are mainly born from many mortal clansmen. In addition, there are a very small number of monks with other surnames who married into Taiqiu Mountain.
For example, Li Xuangang's tenth brother Li Xuankun passed the family test like these children and was found to have a talent for spiritual practice, so he stayed on Mount Taiqiu.
When Li Xuangang's caravan passed by these mortal clansmen, it seemed that it was the first time for the young children of the Li family to see such a huge earth horse beast. They all opened their mouths and exclaimed, and some kept shouting:
Malaysia! Malaysia!
The elders next to him quickly stopped him, fearing that the child's loud exclamation would disturb these giant beasts.
When the earth horse beast Li Xuangang was riding passed by, he also found a little girl who timidly wanted to reach out and touch the earth horse beast.
Li Xuangang was playful for a moment and deliberately made a sudden noise to scare her.
The voice was not loud at first, just a little sudden, but unexpectedly the latter was so straightforward that she burst into tears. The elder who was looking after her quickly dragged her back, apologizing to Li Xuangang while trying to stop the girl from crying.
However, this made Li Xuangang a little embarrassed. He had been practicing cultivation so far and had many lives on his hands. Today was the first time he encountered this kind of situation.
After thinking for a moment, Li Xuangang jumped down from the Tuma beast and signaled to the tribesmen in the caravan behind to take their Tuma beasts to leave first, and then Li Xuangang walked towards the girl.
When the girl saw Li Xuangang, the culprit, walking towards her, she woke up suddenly and did not dare to cry. Her eyes were red, and her tears just flowed down, leaving two tear marks on her red face.
She remembered that before setting off, her father had warned her that she was not going to an ordinary place this time, but to the family's holy land, where all the protectors of the entire Li family lived. She must not do anything out of the ordinary.
So as not to offend the other party.
Seeing Li Xuangang coming over, the elder who protected her hurriedly said:
"My clan, don't be surprised. This junior is ignorant and has disturbed me. I am from Yuzhang City..."
He was getting more and more nervous, and his words were a bit messy.
Seeing this, Li Xuangang waved his hand and said:
"It's okay. It was me who caused it, so don't be nervous."
Although they belong to the same clan, immortals and mortals are different after all. Even though the Li family is very generous to their mortal clansmen, if they randomly conflict with the monks of their own family, the mortals will definitely be the unlucky ones in the end.
This is why this tribesman is so nervous.
Since Li Xuangang has been practicing Taoism, this is not the first time he has encountered such a mortal clansman, so he doesn't care much about it.
After he stopped the other party from speaking, he knelt down and looked at the girl in front of him who was crying profusely before but was now trying to control her tears.
Li Xuangang looked at it, then took out something from the storage bag, handed it to the other party, and said:
"I give this to you, but you are not allowed to cry."
Although she still couldn't hold back her tears, the girl still nodded slightly.
He stretched out his pretty little hand and took the Yanggu Pill handed over by Li Xuangang.
Then, Li Xuangang asked again: "What's your name?"
Her elder pushed her quietly, and she replied in a childish voice:
"My name is Li Qian"
After hearing her name clearly, Li Xuangang stood up and said to him, if you can go up to Taiqiu Mountain, you can come to me if you need anything in the future. I am the ninth in the Xuan family.
"Why don't you thank the clan quickly?"
Then the slightly childish "Thank you, clan leader" came out again.
After saying that, Li Xuangang left here and headed for the heights of Taiqiu Mountain.
After Li Xuangang left, although the time was short and he just got off his horse and said something to a girl, it still caused the tribesmen next to him to start talking about it, and the scene seemed a bit chaotic for a while.
Obviously, the monk from the Li family who presided over the test also noticed this, so he cast a spell to amplify the sound a little, and restored the scene to its original state.
But the little figure in the crowd was thinking silently in his heart: Xuan is ranked ninth.