Chapter 471: Chapter 470 The Origin of ‘Ancient Breath Soil

Li Taixuan saw his uncle leave, and his whole person shrank into a ball like a quail, as he had always been most frightened of his grandfather.

The elder glanced at him, “Taixuan.”

“Grandfather,” Li Taixuan shrank his neck.

Weak.

Helpless.

Pitiful.

“Grandfather knows you have mediocre talents and not much ambition, so Grandfather does not expect you to accomplish much, since the Li Family can ensure your well-being.”

Li Taixuan: ???

He felt as if a sword had pierced his chest.

He raised his head, disbelievingly looking at his grandfather.

The elder continued, “But I hope you can be a reasonable person and not carry on with a reckless demeanor relying on your family background, do you understand?”

“Yes,”

Li Taixuan replied listlessly.

“Enough,” the elder helplessly shook his head after seeing this, “In the end, it is my fault.”

“In recent years, I’ve only been concerned with cultivating my temperament, having long forgotten the lesson of ‘Mencius’ mother moving three times.’ Observing your uncle’s way of doing things, I also don’t know whether coming to Korea was right or wrong.”

Taixuan lowered his head and didn’t answer; however, he was somewhat dismissive in his heart.

Shortly after, Li Fengting came in a rush with a folder and respectfully handed it to the elder.

The elder put on his reading glasses and under the candlelight read each word and each sentence. After turning a few pages, his expression grew increasingly ugly.

Bang!

“Damn it!!”

The folder was slammed heavily onto the table.

“Who gave her the audacity! Who gave her the audacity to commit such an atrocity, to selfishly disregard her fellow countrymen for personal gain, I’ll kill her…” The elder’s face turned bright red with anger, his raised hand trembling uncontrollably.

“Father,” Li Fengting held up the staggering elder, “Even if Fangyan committed a great error, she is still your granddaughter; please, don’t let anger ruin your health.”

The elder looked at the girl lying in bed, as picturesque as ever, the apple of his eye from birth. Suddenly, he felt somewhat drained, as if all his vitality had left him.

He pushed away Li Fengting and walked out aimlessly.

“Father, where are you going?”

Li Fengting wanted to follow but was stopped by a gesture from the elder.

“It’s my fault that the Li Family produced such a scourge. I must go to the ancestral hall to confess my sins to our ancestors,”

“Wait until Fangyan wakes up… then ground her for a year. She is not to go anywhere but Wangxiang Island.”

The elder left, and Li Taixuan suddenly felt relieved.

He rubbed his sore knees and muttered discontentedly, “Grandfather really, with all this talk of the motherland, what era is he still living in?”

Li Fengting glared at him, “You brat, don’t talk about your grandfather behind his back; that’s my father.”

“Hehe,” Li Taixuan nonchalantly slung his arm around his uncle’s shoulder and made faces, “I wonder who is the old stick-in-the-mud they’re talking about.”

“You… disrespectful brat,” Li Fengting guiltily glanced toward the door, then shrugged off Li Taixuan and began to tidy up the documents.

“Uncle, what’s going on here? Which immortal has beaten up my sister like this? Let me see, please.”

Li Taixuan craned his neck to look. Upon seeing the photo in the documents, he paused, feeling that he had seen that person somewhere before.

Li Fengting didn’t notice his expression and said helplessly, “In Bin City, there’s a student who possesses an ancient dragon-type beast, and your sister got into a fight because of it.”

“Who knew that kid wasn’t easy to deal with either. If it weren’t for the Teleportation Talisman Jade bestowed by the Source Master…”

“Ah, we originally had only three, and now look, all gone.”

Li Taixuan wasn’t listening to Li Fengting’s ramblings; the more he looked, the more familiar he found Shao Zifeng to be.

He took the document from Li Fengting’s hands and flipped to the last page. Staring at the photo, his pupils shrank, and his breathing became swift.

“Ancient Breath Soil!”

Li Fengting was startled, “What Ancient Breath Soil?”

“It’s this.” Li Taixuan pointed at the photo, his face flushing with excitement, “It’s the Divine Deer Relics you gave me last year, uncle. I sold it, intending to see how that kid would use it, but then you and grandfather insisted I come home.”

Li Fengting stopped what he was doing and looked where Li Taixuan was pointing. The photo faintly showed a white deer radiating fluorescence kneeling on a high place, and right in front of it, there was a massive, ethereal ancient tree with a vague silhouette of a Saintess holding up a scepter.

“You mean, the Divine Deer Relics were bought by this kid?”

“Exactly, it was definitely him.” Li Taixuan wore an excited expression, “I never thought that from the remote Su City would come… ouch, uncle, why are you hitting me?”

Li Fengting casually put down the document, “That’s our ancestral land, how can you call it remote? You’d get your leg broken if your grandfather heard that.”

Li Taixuan wasn’t upset, “Heh, such a stickler!”

“You!”

Li Fengting felt somewhat helpless; he really couldn’t do anything about this nephew of his.

After a bit of squabble, Li Taixuan spoke seriously, “Uncle, the Divine Deer Relics that our family could never see through was actually used by this kid to produce a pet beast. Shouldn’t we do something about him?”

Li Fengting hesitated for a moment and then slowly shook his head, “It’s improper.”

A puzzled look appeared on Li Taixuan’s face, “But, that Divine Deer Relics is a sacred object related to the Wood Source Master. Our family can’t just let this go unpaid.”

“The Wood Source Master is already in position, you should know, unless He… otherwise a second Wood Source Master is impossible.” Compared to Li Taixuan, Li Fengting didn’t consider the Divine Deer Relics very important, “Source Masters are nurtured by heaven and earth. Whether we can raise one is still unknown. For now, we can only concentrate on finding attributes of the unborn Source Masters.”

As he said this, Li Fengting opened the file and pointed at the four words on Shao Zifeng’s records, “Even the mid-level permissions our family has worked years to attain can’t access his files. Do you know what that means?”

“Your sister just got into trouble. If you stir up trouble with someone like this, do you think the Great Xia lacks temper, or do you think your grandfather is too robust?” Patting Li Taixuan’s shoulder, Li Fengting turned and walked toward the door, “Moreover, your grandfather has always been reluctant about cultivating a Source Master. We just need to do what we are supposed to do; let’s hold off on everything else for now.”

“But…” Li Taixuan was still somewhat unwilling.

Li Fengting stood in the doorway, slightly turning his head, “Alright, let’s leave this matter as it is for now. You have to return to the Great Xia in a few days. Take a good rest first.”

In the flickering candlelight of the room, Li Taixuan stood still for a while before preparing to leave.

At that moment, a hoarse female voice sounded.

“Little Five!”

Li Taixuan stiffly turned around, only to see Li Fangyan, who had awoken at some unknown time, lying on a carved bed, looking at her right hand, seemingly lost in thought.

“Big… Big sister.” Li Taixuan braced himself and said, “If you’re okay, I’m going to head back now.”

“Little Five.” The hoarse voice called him again, “You have to help your big sister.”

The voice fell.

Li Fangyan stared straight at Li Taixuan.

(PS: These two chapters are to fill gaps and foreshadow future events. Bosses, please vote more, today’s votes are very sparse.)