In a side room of Li's Commercial Bureau, Li Xuangang sat on a wooden chair, while Li Yuqian stood in front of him honestly.
The latter lowered his head, looked at his nose with his eyes, and his mind with his nose. There was no weirdness in the past, nor the mystery and atmosphere in front of Shi Xiaoqing.
Li Xuangang sat casually, looking at Li Yuqian's body.
After a while, just when Li Yuqian was guessing about Uncle Jiu's cultivation level after leaving seclusion this time, Li Xuangang spoke.
"What happened to that casual cultivator?"
Hearing this question, Li Yuqian, who had his head lowered, was stunned for a moment, but then he immediately adjusted his thoughts, raised his head and looked at Li Xuangang in front of him, and replied comprehensively:
"Third brother sent a message saying that the family's investment in the industry has increased in recent years."
"In addition to the fifth and sixth side peaks of Taiqiu Mountain that are currently under development, there are also Danfeng, Linghu Peak, Qi Peak and Puppet Peak that are being built."
"Outside of the house, the family is also sending more tribesmen to Lingshan Gathering Point and Lingyun Island in the Wanxing Islands, in order to increase the radiating influence of these two strongholds to the surrounding forces and strengthen the control of the surrounding family industries.
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"In addition to these two major aspects, because the clan leader brought back a large amount of resources from the Northern Xianyuan Sect last time, after Uncle Chang Ji came out of seclusion and announced a breakthrough to the peak of foundation building, the allocation of these resources also officially began
, the family has increased its personnel investment in Tianhefang City, treasure ships, major caravans, and the few mineral veins outside."
"Because of the severe shortage of manpower in the clan, Uncle Qingshui has sent back many well-conditioned female cultivators of the opposite sex from Lingyun Island and placed them in the major side peaks. Uncle Chang Ji will deploy them at any time and arrange family tasks."
"Shi Xiaoqing is the first monk I looked for to be sent to Lingyun Island after receiving the mission news from Third Brother. However, I am only responsible for proposing candidates. Third Brother will send someone to take charge of the specific matters...
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At this point, Li Xuangang suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Li Yuqian's continuation. He directly ignored the irrelevant Shi Xiaoqing and instead noticed a detail in Li Yuqian's long speech.
Li Xuangang: "Eighth uncle has been released from confinement?"
Li Yuqian knew that Uncle Jiu had gone into seclusion after Uncle Chang Ji had gone into seclusion, and that he had left seclusion two years later, so he didn't know about it yet.
"Uncle Nine, Uncle Chang Ji successfully broke through the realm two years ago and reached the peak of foundation building. The clan leader came out specially for this purpose and informed the whole clan that since he achieved the golden elixir, the family has another cultivation level that has reached the peak of foundation building.
A monk at the top of his level."
Li Xuangang put his hand on the handle of the wooden chair, and while listening to Li Yuqian's words, he thought about the major changes that had taken place in his family during the five years he had been in seclusion.
In fact, he himself had guessed most of them. After the fifth uncle entered the Golden Core Realm, as his realm stabilized, the family's expansion abroad was inevitable.
As for the eighth uncle Li Changji's successful breakthrough to the peak level of foundation building two years ago, Li Xuangang also had a premonition.
Li Changji had been immersed in the later stages of foundation building longer than Li Xuangang, and he should have received some help from his fifth uncle Li Changqing when he broke through.
As the helmsman of the Jindan family, the fifth uncle Li Changqing would not accept that there was no one below him who was at the peak level of foundation building.
Of course, the eighth uncle Li Changji would not allow this to happen either.
For a cultivation force that has only recently entered the ranks of the Golden Core level, the stability of its continued development depends not only on the Golden Core monks within the clan, but also on the clan members who are in the Foundation Establishment phase. These are the
The backbone of the family's complete transformation from a foundation-level cultivation force to a golden elixir-level cultivation force.
The Peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage is the last realm of the Foundation Establishment Stage. For clansmen with this realm, Taiqiu Mountain not only ensures the effective execution of some family tasks internally, but also represents externally that the family has the confidence to continue the cultivation power of the Golden Core Stage.
The Li family in Taiqiu Mountain did not just have the talent of a certain clan member, which brought a short-lived brilliance to the family.
Li Xuangang knew that in addition to the foundation-building families in the Tianhe area, there must be many Jindan-stage cultivating forces within the entire Corpse Ghost Sect's sphere of influence that are eyeing Mount Taiqiu.
Once something goes wrong with the fifth uncle in the future, and there is no other clan member in the family who has reached the peak of the foundation building stage and may enter the golden elixir realm at any time, then these cultivating forces will definitely open their doors to Taiqiu Mountain without any scruples.
Fangs and claws.
"Uncle Nine."
Li Yuqian spoke.
"Um?"
Li Xuangang responded with his eyes lowered.
"Uncle Jiu is out of seclusion this time, what about your cultivation level?"
Li Xuangang naturally knew what Li Yuqian wanted to ask, and he replied calmly:
"The pinnacle of foundation building."
"ah......"
Although Li Yuqian had known for a long time that Uncle Jiu who had left seclusion this time had probably achieved a breakthrough in cultivation, but now that the suspicion was confirmed by the latter himself, she couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and the expression on her face also changed. She was filled with joy.
, there are also surprises.
Ninth Uncle's Xuan generation is recognized as the most talented generation in the clan. In addition to Ninth Uncle Li Xuangang, there are three other uncles in the Xuan generation who have successfully built the foundation.
They are twelfth uncle Li Xuanyu, thirteenth uncle Li Xuanyuan, and fifteenth uncle Li Xuanshan.
And according to the elders of the clan, among the clan uncles of the Xuan generation, the ninth uncle Li Xuangang's cultivation talent is not the best. The second uncle Li Xuantian, whom he has never met, and the thirteenth uncle, whom he has only met a few times,
Uncle Li Xuanyuan's cultivation talents are more terrifying than Uncle Jiu's.
It's just that the second uncle Li Xuantian left the family too early to go out for training. At that time, he was still in the Qi refining stage, and it was rumored that the thirteenth uncle Li Xuanyuan, who was sent by the clan leader to perform a mission and never returned, was still building his foundation before leaving.
later stage.
There were so many unknowns about the second uncle that Li Yuqian did not dare to make random guesses, but what she knew was that the thirteenth uncle Li Xuanyuan did enter the later stage of foundation building earlier than the ninth uncle.
"I wonder if Uncle Thirteen has successfully broken through the last realm of the Foundation Establishment Stage?"
But in any case, before the second uncle Li Xuantian and the thirteenth uncle Li Xuanyuan returned to the family, the ninth uncle Li Xuangang was indeed known to the clan. Now he is the second peak monk in the foundation building period in the family and the first among the clan members of the Xuan generation.
The clan uncle who has entered this realm.
Li Yuqian could already imagine how the clan would react when he sent the news back to Taiqiu Mountain that Uncle Jiu had also reached the peak of foundation building.
It must be boiling again!
He secretly guessed this and laughed unconsciously.
Li Xuangang, who is still sitting, does not have similar feelings to Li Yuqian. For him, he has had a lot of contact with his second brother Li Xuantian since he was a child. Although his thirteenth brother is slightly withdrawn, he has met him quite a few times, so
He was very clear and certain that if nothing happened to the two of them, they would have reached the peak level of foundation building earlier than him.
Without giving Li Yuqian time to continue his reverie, Li Xuangang directly continued the topic he started with.
"Tell me about that casual cultivator."
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Shi Xiaoqing's situation in Shuangjiao City is not complicated, and is even a bit too simple. After Li Yuqian received the mission from his third brother Li Yuxian, he consciously began to understand Shi Xiaoqing's situation.
Five years later, it was enough for her to know many things, consciously or unconsciously.
Shi Xiaoqing's father was also a casual cultivator in Shuangjiao City, and like most casual cultivators on Chaoyang Continent, when he died, his cultivation had still not broken through the Qi refining stage.
According to Shi Xiaoqing herself, before her father entered the Hengduan Mountains for the last time, she tried to break through the ninth level of Qi Refining, but failed.
She never saw him again after that.
She waited alone in the low-level cave rented by her father outside the city for a long time. It was not until monks from Yuling Sect came to collect the spirit stones rented from the cave that she realized that she might not be able to wait for her father to return.
She was nine years old that year and had just embarked on the path of cultivation, reaching the first level of Qi refining.
After that, she wandered around Shuangjiao City and its surrounding areas, spending two years with difficulty and luck.
This situation lasted until she stepped into the newly opened Li's Commercial Bureau with two pieces of sweet potato that no one wanted, and then something changed.
In the next five years, relying on Li Yuqian's protection, she more or less obtained some spiritual stones, and was barely able to maintain her practice.
Li Yuqian spoke slowly, without any emotion, but objectively described the situation she knew.
At the end, Li Xuangang nodded, indicating that he knew.
Then he waved his hand and opened the door to the side room, signaling Shi Xiaoqing, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, to come in.
While walking forward cautiously, he looked at the young man sitting on the wooden chair in the side room.
Shi Xiaoqing knew that although the other party looked just like the ordinary Qi Refining Stage monks he met in Shuangjiao City, he was actually a big shot who could truly decide his own destiny, and whether the destiny here was hers or not,
willing.
Not daring to look further, he stopped next to Li Yuqian, then bowed and saluted Li Xuangang.
"I've met senior."
Li Xuangang did not speak, but Li Yuqian next to him motioned for Shi Xiaoqing to stand up and gave her a kind smile.
Responding with grateful eyes, Shi Xiaoqing relaxed, and at this time Li Xuangang, who was sitting on the wooden chair, also began to speak.
Youyou's voice kept ringing in his ears, and Shi Xiaoqing felt that his mind had become blurry, a bit like the state when he fell asleep.
In this state, Shi Xiaoqing felt that he was talking, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that he had said nothing.
I don’t know how long it took, but a plain voice came:
"Okay, you go down!"
At this time, Shi Xiaoqing suddenly regained her clarity. In the past time, she didn't know what happened specifically. She only knew that she was called in by the senior, and now he was called out.
She didn't dare to disobey him, so as soon as she came to her senses, she resigned and left the side room.
After exiting the door of the side room, I hesitated for a moment, not daring to stay here any longer, so I returned to the lobby of the store.
But because she didn't know what she had just said, she didn't dare to leave just like that, so she waited in the lobby to wait for the conversation inside to end and see what the shopkeeper had arranged for her.
Shi Xiaoqing still had a great impression of Li Yuqian, who had always been kind.
So after making her decision, she stood upright where she was and did not sit down at the previous tea table.
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In the side room, Li Xuangang withdrew his consciousness from Shi Xiaoqing who was standing in the lobby, and then waved his hand to close the door of the side room again.
He looked at Li Yuqian and said:
"What you said before is correct. There should be no problem with her life experience. She is... quite smart."
Li Yuqian's eyes lit up. She knew that her ninth uncle, Li Xuangang, had just used a method similar to a simple enchantment on Shi Xiaoqing. Shi Xiaoqing's current cultivation level would definitely not be able to resist, so what he said was true, and the content was the same as what she had previously told him.
The same as that of Ninth Uncle Li Xuangang.
A smile appeared on Li Yuqian's face, because she took these words as Uncle Jiu's affirmation of her own ability. After all, this was the first candidate she was going to report to the family, and she could not make mistakes in her life on the first mission.
But before she could be happy for a long time, Li Xuangang continued to speak:
"It's just a pity that I'm too old..."
The female cultivators sent to Lingyun Island by the Li family are basically girls because girls are easier to shape.
And Li Yuqian naturally knew this, her expression dimmed slightly, and then she was ready to say something.
"But this matter is not in my charge. Since Yuxian asked you to take charge of this matter, you can also submit it to see if it can be sent to Lingyun Island. The eighth uncle and Yuxian will make the decision.
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Li Yuqian suddenly raised her head, and the color returned to her eyes. She cupped her hands and replied:
"Then Yuqian knows about it, please don't worry Uncle Jiu."
Li Xuangang nodded and stood up from the wooden chair.
Shi Xiaoqing's matter was just a trivial matter to him. He just mentioned it in passing at this time and had no intention of getting involved.
So after getting closer to Li Yuqian, he asked about the purpose of his trip.
"What happened to the Ziyuan Begonia that I asked you to find before?"