Chapter 432: Chapter 425: The Rise of the Li Family (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
The woman in palace attire slightly frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist, is this place unsuitable? Let us find another place!"
"Very well!"
Lu Xuanji nodded.
"This way, please!"
"This way, please!"
Under the woman’s invitation, they arrived at a private room and took their seats.
Taking out a teacup, she personally poured the tea.
The woman asked, "Fellow Daoist, how should I address you?"
Lu Xuanji replied, "Chu Country, Lu Family, Xuanji!"
The woman said, "Li Family, Li Ruolan."
"Fellow Daoist, is there any Taiyang Divine Iron here?"
Lu Xuanji inquired.
"There is!
Li Ruolan smiled and said, "Not long ago, our shop happened to acquire a piece of Taiyang Divine Iron, about thirty pounds. Is the amount sufficient?"
"Thirty pounds is sufficient!" Lu Xuanji smiled and asked, "What is the price?"
"As a fellow Nascent Soul Cultivator should know, to us, those low-grade spirit medicines, low-grade spirit pills, and low-grade spiritual materials are not much different from roadside stones. To exchange for Taiyang Divine Iron, it requires three thousand upper grade spirit stones, and low-grade spirit stones cannot be substituted. Of course, equivalent elixirs or spiritual materials are also acceptable!"
Li Ruolan said.
According to the exchange rate of one hundred to one, one upper grade spirit stone is equivalent to ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.
Three thousand upper grade spirit stones are equivalent to thirty million low-grade spirit stones.
In reality, it is easy to exchange high-grade spirit stones for low-grade ones, but it’s difficult, if not impossible, to do the opposite.
Lu Xuanji nodded and said, "Here are the spirit stones!"
Saying so, he took out a storage bag.
"Please wait, Fellow Daoist!" Li Ruolan said, "Are you aware that there will be an auction in a month? At that time, you can purchase it at the auction. As for now, it cannot be given to you in advance!"
Lu Xuanji said, "Can’t it be bought in advance? Must I wait for the auction?"
Li Ruolan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, you seem a bit impatient. In the Cultivation Immortality Realm, it’s not just about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships and social interactions. A significant reason why our Li Family holds an auction and barter meeting every ten years is to exchange for items we lack."
"Another reason is for Golden Core True Master, Nascent Soul True Monarch, and others to connect with each other and establish necessary connections. The great cultivation families and cultivation realms of our Human Race have survived until now because of unity. In a month, Fellow Daoist, when you come to buy the Taiyang Divine Iron, you may meet some new friends!"
Lu Xuanji smiled and said, "Well then, I am also at leisure; let’s meet in a month!"
Li Ruolan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, you seem like an ascetic. It’s good to move around more!"
Lu Xuanji nodded.
Li Ruolan smiled and presented a VIP card.
With this VIP card, one can enjoy a 30% discount when shopping at Li Family’s stores, and if the spirit stones are insufficient, there is room for certain credits, loans, etc.
During the conversation, it felt as refreshing as a spring breeze.
Finally, Li Ruolan presented an auction catalog.
It contained a list of items to be auctioned in a month, along with illustrations.
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After a brief conversation, Lu Xuanji left.
Li Ruolan sipped her tea and said faintly, "He didn’t drink the tea; this person is extremely cautious!"
A moment later, a man walked out with a compass-like treasure in hand and said, "Sister, this person is quite extraordinary; he is supposedly of the legendary Pure Yang Dao Body. The Pure Yang Dao Body cultivates at an extremely fast rate and possesses a powerful physique. If a female cultivates with him, it will provide some enhancement to her as well, making it an unparalleled cultivation treasure body!"
"Pure Yang Dao Body, a fine physique?"
Li Ruolan smiled coolly, licking her lips, and said, "If we act and capture him to devour his bloodline, my physique will surely advance another level!"
"Sister!"
The male cautioned, "This person is a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator and hails from Chu Country, surely having connections with some of those old monsters. Should they attack you, it might attract some of those old monsters’ attention. At that time, father may not be able to protect you! Right and wrong do not coexist; if we kill demon cultivators or demon cultivators and devour their bloodline and physique, there isn’t much of a problem."
"But if we attack a fellow Human Race cultivator, no one will tolerate you!"
The man’s tone was somewhat stern, carrying a severe warning.
The rise of loose cultivators was drenched in sin, blood, cruelty, and darkness.
The ancestors of the Li Family were mere mortals without a Spirit Root, but they accidentally acquired a demonic cultivation technique, enabling them to seize and refine the Spirit Root of cultivators into their ultimate body and devour cultivators’ physiques to enhance their own, deemed evil and forbidden.
If it were known that the Li Family practiced demonic techniques, they would become enemies to the world.
No cultivation family or cultivation sect would tolerate them.
In that scenario, the Li Family would be in peril.
The man reminded again, "Once, our Li Family had three Divinity Transformation Celestial Venerables, renowned far and wide, somewhat conceited. Back then, the Second Ancestor attacked a Golden Core Cultivator, devoured his bloodline, and refined his physique, but that provoked the East Pole Celestial Venerable."
"That Golden Core Cultivator was actually a descendant of the East Pole Celestial Venerable. In combat with the Second Ancestor, the East Pole Celestial Venerable killed the Second Ancestor within merely a hundred moves. The other two old ancestors were also appalled and desired revenge but had no choice but to abandon it."
"This Nascent Soul Cultivator comes from Chu Country and may be related to some Divinity Transformation cultivator. Killing him might lead to great trouble!"
Recalling those battles of the past, the man was terrified.
After the Li Family overthrew three major sects and took over Yue Country, with three Divinity Transformation cultivators stationed, the family cultivators carried a sense of pride and superiority.
But the fall of the Second Ancestor awakened the entire Li Family considerably.
This world has many powerful figures, and there are many cultivation clans and cultivators stronger than the Li Family.
Li Ruolan furrowed her brow and asked, "How strong is the East Pole Celestial Venerable, that our two old ancestors abandoned the desire for revenge?"
The man gazed into the distance with a solemn expression and said, "The East Pole Celestial Venerable is a Ninth-Layer Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator. Our Lu Family has two old ancestors, one at the Third Layer of Divinity Transformation, another at the Fifth Layer, yet even together they are no match. We were fortunate that back then, the Second Ancestor chose to use a treasure to erase all traces when they realized they couldn’t win."
"The East Pole Celestial Venerable did not know it was the doing of the Li Family, otherwise, he would have certainly come to exterminate us!"
Reflecting on past events, the man felt a sense of relief.
The Li Family managed to avoid that catastrophe due to a stroke of luck.
Also, thanks to the East Pole Celestial Venerable’s disinterest in fame, territorial ambitions, or establishing cultivation clans.
Otherwise, how could the Li Family solely possess Wu Country?
The formidable presence of the East Pole Celestial Venerable served as a wake-up call for the Li Family, leading to a realization post the humiliation.
Divinity Transformation cultivation does not allow one to act with impunity.
Even among Divinity Transformation cultivators, there are varying levels, and unfortunately, the Li Family’s three Divinity Transformation cultivators are at the lowest tier, lacking the arrogance to be reckless.