Chapter 3 Family
Spring goes to autumn, and more than five years have passed in a blink of an eye.
"I thought this was just a simple era of technology, but I didn't expect that even the cultivation of myths and legends would appear around me," a three-year-old boy sat at his desk and read a book called "A Brief History of the Planet".
"Xiao An, come over for dinner," at this time a gentle voice came, and the owner of this voice was Li Ping'an's mother, Lin Yuxin. "Hurry up and eat, after eating, your father will take you to the Elder Hall to check the spiritual root. After speaking, he wiped his hands for Li Ping'an.
After eating, Li Ping'an continued to lie on the desk and read the "A Brief History of the Planet", which said that the planet he was on was called Maple Leaf Star, located in the most remote corner of the South Star Domain, and it was a planet dominated by agriculture, mainly relying on cultivating spiritual rice for cultivation to trade with other planets. There are a total of ten big cities on the planet, including Dingyuan City, which is governed by his Li family.
Soon, Li Ping'an's father Li Wuan and his second uncle Li Wuji returned home. "Bang!" Li Wuji put the teacup on the table heavily, and said to Li Wuan with an angry face: "Big brother, I can't bear it this time, the Cao family, the bullying is too much, I really can't let me lead a team of people to fight with his Cao family." ”
"What's in a hurry, take your time, go outside first and stay inside, wait for me to clean up the old immortals in the house, and then free up my hands to give his Cao family a good look." Li Wuan slowly put down the teacup he had taken a sip and said.
Li Wuji's face immediately changed, and he said with a loud laugh: "Could it be that the eldest brother has found a way to deal with them, mainly because of the ancestor...... , look at your confident expression, there must be some plan, tell me about it. ”
"Don't say, be careful that the wall has ears, okay, I have to take Xiao An to the Elder Hall to test the spiritual root. Li Wuan motioned for Li Wuji to calm down. "Xiao An, follow me. Li Wuan beckoned to Li Ping'an, then turned around and walked out the door.
The Elders' Hall and the Offering Hall were built at the innermost part of the house. Li Ping'an followed his father along the way, walked through exquisite pavilions, quiet and beautiful ponds, and came to the deepest part of the house.
What appeared in front of Li Ping'an was a black spire, and there was nothing around the black tower, making it look desolate. Li Wu'an walked in with Li Ping'an without stopping, and came directly to the door of a room on the top floor, knocking on the door.
I heard an old hoarse voice coming from inside: "Come in," and when the words fell, Li Wuan took the lead in pushing open the door and walked in. Li Ping'an saw that the room was dim, and in the middle of the room sat an old man with a crane-haired and childish face, and the only lighting in the room came from a candle lit on the table in front of the old man.
"Come, have you decided?" the old man's voice was as hoarse as glass rubbing. Li Ping'an saw that his father was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "I have decided, this is a good opportunity, I have had enough of them, and if I miss this time, I can't wait for the next time." ”
After hearing this, the old man nodded, and said in his hoarse voice: "It's okay, long pain is better than short pain, you are the head of the family, you decide, this is your son! Li Wuan motioned Li Ping'an to walk up to the old man with his eyes, and the gray-robed old man didn't know where to take out a crystal ball and said to let Li Ping'an put his hand on it.
Li Ping'an put his hand on it, felt a stream of heat enter his body from his hand, circulated in the body, and returned to the crystal ball, which lit up with purple light. "Hey, hey, yes, it's better than your talent," the gray-robed old man couldn't help but let out a low laugh when he saw the purple light of the crystal ball.
Li Ping'an saw his usually serious father curling the corners of his mouth slightly. The old man continued to speak to Li Wu'an: "Don't you leave the child in the family?"
"Originally, I was still hesitant to send him to the God of War Academy, but now that I saw his spiritual root talent, I decided to send him away, staying in the family would only delay him. Li Wuan returned with a firm expression.
After returning home, Li Wuan called Li Ping'an to him and said: "Tomorrow, I will spread it in private, you have no spiritual root talent, you are my only son, and you are the heir of the next head of the family, they will definitely make a fuss about this matter on the ancestor worship day." ”
Since it was privately spread that day that Li Ping'an had no spiritual root talent, Li Ping'an found that the servants and other children in the family looked at him with pity and hostility. In private, there is an undercurrent.
Slowly, Li Ping'an learned a lot about the Li family from his parents and subordinates. The Li family's descendants and collateral lines add up to more than 3,000 people, including ten worshippers and five elders.
That day, he and his father Li Wu'an saw that the old man was the eldest elder Li Luxing, and he was also the ancestor of Li Ping'an's lineage, except for the eldest elder and the third elder Li Batian who supported Li Ping'an's father's position as the head of the family, the people of the fourth elder and the fifth elder faction were faintly opposed to the head of the family, and the second elder Li Zhongsheng was free and remained neutral.
In the blink of an eye, the ancestor worship day arrived, and the Li Mansion was lit up and down to celebrate warmly, and the people in charge of the Li family from all over the country also returned to the Li Mansion one after another.
Li's house, the lobby conference room, spacious and bright, with a large round table. It was filled with principals from all over the world, and Li Wuan sat at the top of the table. On the left hand sat the Great Elder Li Luxing, the Second Elder Li Zhongsheng and the Third Elder Li Batian, and on the right hand side were the Fourth Elder Li Zhongtang and the Fifth Elder Li Yitai.
After the venue was quiet, Great Elder Li Luxing spoke: "Then, this year's ancestor worship conference will begin." Immediately after that, the principals in Dingyuan City reported the profits and losses of the year, as well as some things that could not be handled.
After the report and processing were completed, a tall, middle-aged man with a meaty face sitting behind the fifth elder Li Yitai took the lead in standing up and said, "Family master, I heard from the people below that Ling Gongzi has no spiritual root talent, I don't know if there is such a thing!" The one who spoke was the spokesperson pushed out by the fourth elder and the fifth elder, named Li Yize, who was in charge of the pill shop in the family.
Li Wu'an looked around, took in everyone's expressions, and then said: "It's true that Ping An doesn't have a spiritual root talent, but it can be implanted with an artificial spiritual root. ”
"In the future, the Li family will let a person with an artificial spiritual root be the head of the house, and they will not let the people of other big cities laugh off their big teeth. Li Yize turned his head and said to the five elders above.
Li Wuan looked at Li Yize calmly and said, "Then what do you want?" Li Yize said proudly: "In the family competition two years later, if Li Ping'an can't win the first place in his peers, you, the head of the family, will abdicate and make way for Xian." ”
"Bang," Li Ping'an's second uncle slapped the table with his jade ring-wearing palm, stood up and said. "Fart, Li Yize, you kid wants to be the head of the house!
Li Wuan waved his hand and motioned for Li Wuji to calm down. Turning his head to look at the elders on both sides, he said, "What do the five elders think?"
The Fourth Elder and the Fifth Elder glanced at each other and said, "I have the same opinion as Elder Yitai, and I think Li Yize's opinion is good. "Fourth Elder Li Zhongtang is an old man with a face full of sarcoma. At this moment, everyone's eyes looked at the Great Elder who was drinking tea.
The Great Elder slowly put down the teacup in his hand, "I don't have an opinion, you just decide." He smiled at the corners of his mouth.
"Great Elder, you," Li Wuji opened his mouth, wanting to say something but didn't say anything. The ancestor worship meeting ended in this strange atmosphere.