NOVEL NEXT Chapter 116: Family Guardian
[Azure Cloud region, Five Peaks Mountain]
Li Wei opened the map and saw the location of the Li family's enemy this time.
The Five Peaks Mountain, where the Su family resided, was clearly a mountain peak that had been cut in half. Their settlement was located at the summit, with numerous exquisite pavilions and jade palaces. It was a vast place for a family to thrive and multiply.
At this time, the Li family was already preparing to attack the Su family.
After obtaining information from the Gu family and the Cloudsea Pavilion, Li Wei was also observing the entire Five Peaks Mountain to gather more useful information.
The details on the map became more complete as Li Wei observed.
[The land where the Su family has thrived for 722 years.]
[Family members: 3286 people]
[One ancestor at the early Golden Core stage, name: Su Qingyun, lifespan: 342 years]
[Foundation Establishment experts: 121 people, including 4 at the fake Golden Core stage, 13 at the peak of Foundation Establishment...]
[Family formations: Five Absolutes Spirit Trapping Formation, Hundred Spirits Azure Bird Totem Formation...]
"A Golden Core family that has only risen in the last hundred years, yet already possesses such a profound foundation?"
Li Wei's expression turned serious.
Only Golden Core families could truly be considered cultivation families. With a lifespan of five hundred years, Golden Core cultivators possessed immense power, enabling their families to amass vast resources.
Once a family survived for 500 years, it would essentially undergo a qualitative transformation.
That was to say, he was only facing the newly risen Su family. If it were an ancient Golden Core family, Li Wei wouldn't dare to boast about wiping them out.
Before this, Li Wei had learned about an established Golden Core family that had existed for over two thousand years. They had two Golden Core cultivators, over 120,000 family members, and nearly twenty at the fake Golden Core realm alone. They could potentially have three Golden Core cultivators at any time.
These Golden Core families often possess incredibly powerful trump cards within their clans. Their descendants are spread throughout the entire Azure Cloud region, and even Nascent Soul cultivators have to show them some respect.
After all, with the combined strength of the entire clan, numerous hidden trump cards, and a long history, even in the worst-case scenario, who hasn't made some formidable friends outside the family? The Li family is the best example. When they were at the Foundation Establishment stage, they had a Golden Core in-law, and Li Yunlin is a direct disciple of the Skyveil Sect. For a family that has existed for a thousand years, with generations potentially reaching over a million descendants, who knows what such a family might be hiding.
"Over three thousand family members... I wonder when the Li family will reach such a level."
Li Wei's eyes were filled with anticipation.
He then immediately shifted his view toward the Li family's residence.
At this time, the family members had also temporarily finished their closed-door cultivation.
...
[Silver Iron Forest]
The cave-dwelling deep within the Li family's territory in the Silver Iron Forest. Here, Li family members who undergo closed-door cultivation can benefit from the group trait "Guardians of the Silver Iron Forest," which increases their cultivation speed by 10%!
They had long sensed this advantage. The secluded cultivation spots for important Li family members were all located here, with the cave dwellings paved with precious spirit stones.
Underground, there were even millions of low-grade spirit stones, and tens of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones buried deep!
As time passed, The Li family compound within Green Valley Village was the Li family's apparent dwelling place. However, over the years, important items such as the ancestral hall where the Li family enshrined their ancestors, the Spirit Treasure "Heaven-Piercing Coffin," and the eighth-grade Blood Spirit Fruit Tree had gradually been transferred to the cave dwelling in the Silver Iron Forest.
"Bang!"
Having been in seclusion for nearly ten years, Li Dalong emerged from the cave dwelling. He took a breath of the fresh air outside before opening his eyes.
This old patriarch, who had led the Li family forward for over fifty years, appeared middle-aged but was already eighty years old. The passage of time had made his eyes more profound, with a hint of otherworldly aura, making Li Dalong seem like a towering mountain at first glance.
"I've been in seclusion for so long, yet it feels like the blink of an eye."
Looking at the words above Li Dalong's head, Li Wei slowly opened his historical information to see what Li Dalong had gained.
[Year 55th, during his seclusion, Li Dalong had a profound realization. He recalled the days when he struggled for the family, fighting wild boars, wandering in the forest, and the killings of the past fifty years. His traits were undergoing some kind of change.]
[Year 58th, watching his descendants gradually grow up, Li Dalong gradually understood that the days of constant fighting and killing would become a thing of the past. What he should do now was to gain greater strength to protect his descendants.]
[Year 61, after the grand ancestral sacrifice, seeing the emergence of the fourth generation, he finally understood the meaning of his current role as the first-generation patriarch. His traits changed—]
[Traits: Boar Slayer and Forest Hunter transformed together into—]
[Family Guardian!]
[When fighting enemies, all attributes increase by 100%. When cultivating within the family, cultivation speed increases by 20%!]
[Year 63rd, Li Dalong had an epiphany and could break through to the peak of Foundation Establishment at any time.]