The night breeze is crisp, bringing a little bit of coolness.
Li Yuqin, who had been standing meticulously for several hours, did not feel tired, and his eyes were still shining as he looked at the Tianhe River.
Suddenly there was a shout from behind, and he turned his head for the first time and saw Li Xuanying walking towards him.
When the latter arrived and stood beside him, he called out "Uncle Five."
"Yuqin, which city are you from?"
"Wu Yucheng."
There are two big cities in Taiqiu Mountain where the Li Jiafan clan gathers, namely Yuzhang City and Xijincheng.
Around Yuzhang City and Xijin City, there are five small towns built on each.
Wu Yucheng is one of the five small towns belonging to Xijincheng.
Li Xuanying has never been to Wu Yucheng, but has only heard the name and knows that it is probably in the southeast of Xijincheng.
Turning his head to look at the junior next to him who could barely see his face in the dark night, Li Xuanying made up his mind, tried hard to find his eyes, and asked:
"Yu Qin, you have been on the treasure ship for a year. How do you feel about staying here?"
After I finished speaking, I was afraid that what I said was not clear enough, so I added another sentence.
"Compared to when you were practicing on Taiqiu Mountain in your clan."
The night wind continued to blow, and the Tianhe River was still turbulent. Some distance away from the treasure ship, a giant creature appeared from time to time, and its tail fin slapped the water, making a sound.
However, the Li clan members on the deck of the treasure ship paid little attention to it and just looked over there for a moment.
A monster of this level still poses no threat to the treasure ship. If it dares to come over, everyone wouldn't mind taking it with them during the treasure ship's trade trip.
Li Yuqin scratched his head out of habit and smiled naively, but it could be seen from his eyes that he was thinking seriously.
Li Xuanying did not urge him, but took two steps forward and put his hands on the side of the ship, looking far away.
"Uncle Wu, I don't know.'"
"Well...it doesn't seem to be any different."
Li Yuqin seemed a little embarrassed by his answer, so he sounded a little apologetic.
Turning his head, Li Xuanying looked at him, with an unclear expression on his face.
As the moonlight and starlight fell, his lips moved but he made no sound.
After a while, he patted the latter's arm and said:
"I see."
After saying that, he turned around and left. He didn't stop when he passed by Li Yuqin, and said in a low voice:
"After the treasure ship arrives at the port of Tianhefang City, your fifteenth uncle will return to Taiqiu Mountain, and you will be with him then."
"Wait until you return to the clan and follow his arrangements."
Li Xuanying's figure crossed the deck and then entered the cabin at the back. Li Yuqin looked at it in confusion. He didn't understand why Uncle Wu suddenly came to look for him just now, and why he only said a few words before leaving again.
The only thing he could feel was that Uncle Wu looked a little disappointed.
"Did something happen to Uncle Wu?"
The figure in his eyes gradually disappeared, and he turned his head and started to watch again, but this time he seemed unable to calm down. He looked far away for a while, then turned his head to look at the ape-shaped puppet beside him.
He didn't know that at the top of the third floor of the treasure ship, Li Xuanshan's broad figure stood in the darkness, looking at him quietly at this time, with a solemn expression on his face.
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"Why did Fifth Brother notice this kid?"
"I went back to my clan a year ago. When I passed by the foot of Taiqiu Mountain, I happened to see him taking care of spiritual plants in the spiritual field."
"Yu Qin has the talent of spiritual planting and takes good care of it?"
"Well... it's a complete mess... I didn't even have time to watch a cup of tea. His clumsiness killed at least dozens of Linggu plants and injured them."
"Ha? This kid! How come he's almost the same as me back then! As soon as I stepped into the spiritual field and saw those tiny spiritual grains, I had a headache. At that time, I had to rely on Brother Ninth to help me fix it!"
"So later I called him out of the spiritual field and asked about his generation and name. Xuanshan, you know, I have been on the treasure ship for too long, and I am really not satisfied with the new members of the Yu clan who have entered the mountain.
familiar."
"I don't know many of the clan members who came to the mountains after the generation of Yu Zi. Last time I heard from Yu Xian that the family was already considering the matter of clan members of the generation of Cheng Zi entering the mountain. When there are more clan members, I'm afraid I will be able to recognize them.
There are even fewer people. But Fifth Brother, what else did you ask at that time?"
"I asked him some basic information about his cultivation. At that time, Yuqin was at the fourth level of Qi Refining. The clan had actually tested his cultivation talent and found that his talent was average. Regarding various major cultivation techniques, he had also been sent to
I’ve been to all the major side peaks.”
"Nothing works at all?"
"Nothing works!"
"It's no wonder that you noticed him at a glance in the Lingtian. With his fourth-level cultivation of Qi Refining and his size, he is indeed more conspicuous than the other clan members of the Jade Generation who manage the Linggu in the Lingtian." (Taiwan)
The task of taking care of Linggu in Qiu Shan is usually taken over by clan members on the first and second levels of Qi Refining)
"Then I left. I was talking to Yuqin at that time, which aroused a little curiosity. But half a month later, when I was preparing to leave the mountain and return to the treasure ship, I saw him again."
"Still in that spiritual field?"
"It's still the same spiritual field! This time it took him less time to destroy the same amount of spiritual fields."
Li Xuanshan: "..."
"But there is one difference. His cultivation has reached the fifth level of Qi refining!"
"The cultivation talent is okay, above average. But according to my understanding, it is really not outstanding. Now many members of the Yuzi generation have reached the late stage of Qi refining. Yuxian once mentioned these people to me.
"
"Yes, Yu Qin's only decent talent for cultivation is only considered to be in the upper middle class among the entire clan. Neither Yu Xian nor the eighth uncle will notice him."
"Fifth brother, you..."
"Xuanshan."
"Um."
"At that time, when I looked at Yu Qin in front of me, I suddenly felt a little pity. In the past, there were only a few clan members in the clan, and each clan member could get some attention from the clan. But now, the number of clan members left on Taiqiu Mountain alone has exceeded 500.
The number of people, according to the family tree, is close to 900."
Li Xuanshan: "So..."
"So...so I was thinking if I could give Yu Qin another chance, and I violated the rules and took him aboard the treasure ship."
"Fifth brother, you thought of yourself!"
"No, my cultivation talent is average, not even as good as Yu Qin's. This move is just an impulse. Maybe it's because I'm old, so sometimes I think too much."
"What about Yuqin this time?"
"Originally, I wanted to see if Yu Qin has any talent in business. If he does, then under your care, I can get more training resources. However, after this year, it seems that this kid is not good at it.
"
"That's true. Since his cultivation level is the lowest on the treasure ship, I have paid attention to him several times. This dark boy does not have the meticulous thinking required for business transactions."
"This time Xuanshan, take him with you when you go back. Don't waste your training time on the treasure ship."
"Then?"
"Then... if possible, Xuanshan, you can take him to Qi Peak to meet Uncle Liu. Yuqin and I are also destined to be together. Now that I have brought him out, I have to think about him one last time.
, in Wujiangfang City not long ago, I saw that he seemed to be interested in the weapon refining shop. Although the family has already tested it, it was a centralized test, and there may be deviations. This time, I can let Uncle Liu stay for a while to take a look.
.But that’s all. The family has its own system. If it still doesn’t work, let him practice like ordinary clan members. Now that his cultivation at the fifth level of Qi Refining has been solidified, he can also receive some ordinary training in the Affairs Pavilion.
Task."
"I understand. Fifth brother, don't worry. I will take him to Qi Peak this time. Whether it succeeds or not depends on his own destiny."
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In the night breeze, while Li Xuanshan recalled today's conversation with his fifth brother Li Xuanying, he looked at the figure of Li Yuqin on duty on the deck below, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth unconsciously.
After watching it for a while, he turned around and returned to his room.
Above the head, the night is deep and the stars and moon are cold.
Underfoot, the Milky Way surges, and monsters disappear.
He suddenly remembered what Li Yuheng had casually asked him during a mission a long time ago.
What is the value of family existence?
At that time, Li Yuheng said that Uncle Wu was constructing a new consciousness for Taiqiu Mountain, but he did not know whether this consciousness was correct. He needed time to observe.
Li Xuanshan didn't quite understand it at that time, and he still doesn't quite understand it now, but suddenly his heart palpitated, and he seemed to begin to understand the specific meaning of the question Li Yuheng asked.
Family, elders, bloodline, connection?
No, it’s far from that simple!
This contained too many things, and he vaguely understood why Fifth Brother wanted to support an ordinary back tribe member like Yu Qin.
This is one of the consciousnesses mentioned by Li Yuheng. Li Xuanshan understood this clearly in his mind and opened his mind. From these years, the fifth uncle Li Changqing, the seventh uncle Li Changzhi, the eighth uncle Li Changji, those clan uncles, and even the second brother Li Xuantian and the ninth brother Li Xuantian
I see more and deeper meaning in what I do.
Even...even he understood why the thirteenth brother Li Xuanyuan chose to leave Taiqiu Mountain temporarily!
The deeper meaning of these matters may not be realized by themselves, including themselves.
Over the years, all the things they have done have the same thing in common, which is to deliver certain benefits to the entire family.
Therefore, Li Xuanying supported Yu Qin not because he thought the latter was special, or because of simple fate, but because the concept of family was engraved in the bones of every Li clan member.
Li Xuanshan shuddered and was shocked by something he had never noticed before and had always taken for granted.
But he soon felt relieved. He agreed with this point, otherwise he would not have seen any good things in Dafang City and wanted to move them back to Taiqiu Mountain.
He smiled and turned around and closed the door to his room, wondering in his mind whether there was any news about Li Yuheng in the jade tube sent back by Yuqian this time.
"Yu Heng is indeed the same as what Brother Jiu said. He is a stranger who has never appeared in our Taiqiu for hundreds of years... No, even for hundreds of years in the future, there may not be any other people who can.
He surpasses Yu Heng in terms of character and talent."
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In the middle of the night, Li Xuanshan was meditating in his room, when suddenly a burst of rapid and heavy footsteps came, getting closer and closer.
He opened his eyes suddenly, and immediately someone knocked on the door.
"Uncle Fifteen, Uncle Fifteen, I have something to report!"
"Yuqin?"
Li Xuanshan stood up with some doubts, and then opened the door. In front of him was Li Yuqin, whose body was like an iron tower.
"Uncle Fifteen, it's not good!"
Li Yuqin was panting.
Li Xuanshan looked at him calmly.
"Uncle Wu may be dying!"
Li Xuanshan's expression changed.
"Just now, my fifth uncle came to me strangely and said a few words. I thought he might be telling me something. His longevity is coming soon!"
Li Xuanshan's face was covered with black lines, and then he kicked Li Yuqin's butt cleanly, pushing the latter far away.
Although the fifth brother Li Xuanying has average cultivation and talent, it is very likely that he will not be able to break through the realm of qi refining in this life, but now that he has reached the end of his lifespan, and his qi and blood have not shown any sign of decline, it is naturally impossible for him to be transformed in a short time.
Stepping out of the door, Li Yuqin, who was lying on the ground over there, just stood up again.
Li Xuanshan looked over and saw tears streaming down his face!