In the main hall of the Li Residence, Li Dongming had a face full of reminiscence as he slowly told Li Sheng about the past.
Forty-six years ago, there was a genius named Li Aotian. He came from the Li family, one of the eight great families in the Heaven Chief Nation, and swept away the younger generation. At the age of thirty, he had the strength to contend with the older generation of Star Generals.
After Li Aotian became famous, he was extremely conceited. Relying on his strength and methods, he and his junior brother Li Dongming led the Li Clan to become the leader of the Eight Great Clans. From then on, the Li Clan became a super force in the Tian Kui Kingdom that was second only to the Eastern Imperial Family.
Later, in order to win Li Aotian over, the Emperor of the Tian Kui Kingdom betrothed the Eldest Princess to Li Aotian.
The marriage with the royal family made Li Aotian even more conceited at that time. He did not know what was going on.
When Li Aotian was fifty years old, his arrogance brought him defeat.
After 20 years of hard work, Aotian Li became a Star King. It just so happened that the Heavenly Star Empire, the main empire of the Heavenly Chief Kingdom, was holding a Star King Tournament. Experts were selected from the newly defeated Star Kings and the previous defeated Star Kings to be sent to the Star Secret Realm for cultivation.
Li Aotian was defeated because of his arrogance and carelessness. He was extremely upset. When he found out that his opponent had been nurtured by his family's rich foundation, Li Aotian blamed his failure on his family.
Coincidentally, during the competition, a noble from a big family in the empire took a fancy to Li Aotian and recruited him as his son-in-law. He also promised him rich cultivation resources.
For the sake of strength, Li Aotian did not listen to Li Dongming's advice and went all out with him. After injuring Li Dongming, he abandoned his wife, the eldest princess of the Tian Kui Kingdom, and his fifteen-year-old son, Li Dongliu, and married into the Empire's noble family.
When the Tiankui Kingdom's Li Clan and the Dongfang Imperial Clan learned that Li Aotian had given up on his clan, Li Dongming's injuries were too severe, and his cultivation had greatly decreased. His attitude towards Li Dongliu and his mother instantly changed.
Five years later, Zhao Nianci, who had been engaged to Li Dongliu since he was young, and the Zhao family that she belonged to, saw that the engagement had expired and wanted to break it off.
However, Li Dongliu and Zhao Nianci had already made a private marriage pact. They refused to agree to it and planned to elope with Li Dongliu.
In the end, he was discovered by the Li and Zhao families during their elopement. They sent experts to pursue him and injured Li Dongliu. Li Dongliu's cultivation talent was crippled due to his serious injuries.
At this moment, Li Dongming, who had arrived after them, risked his life to protect Li Dongliu and Zhao Nianci at the cost of losing two levels. They fled to Tang County at the border of the Tian Kui Kingdom to avoid the pursuit of their family.
One year later, Li Sheng was born, and five years later, the Zhao Family came looking for him. Li Dongliu knew that he could not hide anymore, so he sent Li Dongming to the Stellarsky Empire to seek help.
In the end, Li Aotian used the excuse that Li Dongliu and his son were trash and ignored them.
In the end, a powerful cultivator arrived. At the critical moment, Zhao Nianci threatened to die and begged the person to let Li Sheng and his son go, but she was brought back to the Zhao family.
Speaking up to this point, Li Dongming sighed and then spoke again,"The child should know what happened next.”
At this moment, Li Sheng was already stunned by the huge amount of information that Li Dongming had revealed.
Li Sheng sighed in his heart,'After becoming a wealthy family, they were in such dire straits. They had to rely on small businesses to earn money and support a family in a small county. The world is unpredictable and changes so quickly that people are caught off guard.'
However, Li Sheng only knew what happened before he disappeared. What happened after he disappeared? He picked up the tea that the servant had brought over and took a sip.
Puff!
As soon as it entered his mouth, a slightly dusty smell filled his senses. Li Sheng spat it out as soon as he opened his mouth. He put down the purple clay teacup and picked up the silk cloth that was used to wipe his lips. He wiped his mouth and then frowned. He pointed at the teacup and asked Li Dongming,"Grandpa Dongming, what is this?"
Seeing Li Sheng's actions, Li Dongming smiled bitterly and said,""Don't blame me for giving birth to a child. The Li Residence's current situation isn't optimistic! These tea leaves are of the lowest quality. It's good enough that there are some to drink, hehe.”After he finished speaking, Li Dongming picked up the teacup and took a sip, frowning as he swallowed.
"What?!" Li Sheng was shocked. Before he left the Li Residence, his family should have been very rich. How could even the tea be inferior?
Li Dongming put down the purple clay teacup and said to Li Sheng in a deep voice,"Sheng 'er, I'll tell you something. Don't be agitated after hearing it.”
"Yes." Li Sheng replied.
" Sheng 'er, on the same day that you fled to the Beihuang Region, your father received the news and immediately rushed to the Li Clan to get help. However, he has not returned yet…"
Pa!
Before Li Dongming could finish, Li Sheng slammed the table in shock and shouted,"How is that possible? A month? Even if the clan stayed in the capital of the Stellarsky Empire for half a month, it would still be very easy for them to return.”
Li Sheng had just finished speaking when his arms suddenly moved. A sound that sounded like a sleepy little beast came from Li Sheng's arms.
" Da da, pu…" A little bear's head slowly poked out from Li Sheng's arms. It raised its little paws and rubbed its big eyes, yawning loudly.
Li Sheng hurriedly took it out of his arms and said,""Da Da, did I wake you up?”
Da Da nodded her little head when she heard that. She looked extremely cute.
When they left the Beihuang Region, Li Sheng thought that there should be a lot of people at the exit at this time. In order not to attract attention, it was better to keep Da Da in his arms.
Fortunately, Mu Qiufeng was big enough, so his clothes felt a size bigger on Li Sheng. Da Da was not eye-catching in Li Sheng's arms.
Li Sheng held Da Da with his left hand and stroked her back with his right hand, as if he was coaxing a child to sleep.
Da Da snorted softly under Li Sheng's touch and fell asleep again.
At this moment, Li Dongming stared at the star beast in Li Sheng's arms with his eyes wide open and said,"Who is this little fellow?"
"It's called Da Da, I found it in the Beihuang Region and it helped me a lot. If it wasn't for it, I would have died in the Beihuang Region!”
"What?" This time, it was Li Dongming's turn to be shocked. It was obvious that the little beast was not an ordinary one. If it could pick up such a good one, then top-grade star beasts were not everywhere now. It seemed that Sheng 'er had a great opportunity to escape to the desolate north.
However, Li Dongming didn't open his mouth to ask what was going on, because he knew that the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better.
Li Dongming coughed lightly and continued,"Sheng 'er, I think Dongliu is trapped by the Li family. But don't worry, the Li family won't do anything to him. After all, your grandmother is still alive. In front of her, the Li family won't dare to kill each other.”
"His life isn't threatened, but will father have a good life?”After saying this, Li Sheng's heart ached. He clenched his right hand tightly.
"Sheng 'er, don't worry about Dongliu for the time being. We have more important things to do.”
"Grandpa Dongming, what could be more important than saving father?”
"Protect the family that your father has painstakingly built! Didn't you ask me why I only have substandard tea? Our Li Residence is about to run out of tea.”
"What happened?"
"After Dongliu left, the other three great clans in Tang County started to make a move. They quickly snatched our business and deliberately sent people to our shop to buy things. After the transaction, they damaged the goods and said that there was a problem with the goods. They forcefully returned the goods and compensated us.”At this point, Li Dongming looked at Li Sheng with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
Because Li Dongming had not recovered from his old injuries, although his current cultivation was at the fourth order of the Astral Warrior, he could only fight against a second order Astral Warrior. However, the moment he touched Li Sheng, he felt a familiar aura from Li Sheng.
Li Dongming had a very deep impression of this aura. It was the aura that Li Sheng's grandfather, Li Aotian, had 26 years ago.
"Sheng 'er, did the attributes of your Astral Souls change as well?”
"Yes."
"Haha, not bad indeed. Silver hair, cold attribute. Li Aotian, oh Li Aotian, I'm afraid you didn't have such a cultivation when you were fifteen!”
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