Text Chapter 1 The Li Family's Birthday Banquet
Dafeng City, Li family!
Gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing in unison, congratulatory prayers and salutes are sung...... And so on.
The ninetieth birthday of Li Zhen, the old man of the Li family, one of the three overlords of Dafeng City, and at least eight or nine out of ten of the characters on the stage in Dafeng City gathered here.
At dusk, all the guests were seated, and as Mr. Li walked out of the back hall, people from all walks of life stood up and toasted to congratulate.
"Thank you for your face...... Li Zhen has cultivated himself to rank among the top three in Dafeng City, although he is ninety years old, but his black hair does not make people feel a little old, and his voice is full of energy, as if he is more healthy than many young people.
"I wish the old man a long life and good health!" At this moment, a young man about sixteen or seventeen years old walked in through the gate.
"You...... Yi Chen?" the corners of the old man's mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes looked at the young man in front of him, who was thinner than two years ago, and his own grandson Li Yichen.
Two years ago, when the princess of Pilgrim Yang passed through Dafeng City, Li Yichen actually had the audacity to sneak into the princess's palace to peek at the princess taking a bath, after the incident, in order to appease the anger of the royal family, Li Zhen had to reluctantly beat Li Yichen hard, expelled from the Li family, and made him not set foot in Dafeng City again in his lifetime.
Even so, the Li family is still suppressed by the royal family in all aspects, and although it is now beautiful, it has plummeted compared to two years ago.
"It's good to come back, Xiaotian, you take Yichen in to change your clothes first!" Li Zhen, who came back to his senses, couldn't bear to kick his grandson out of the house anymore.
"It's father!" Li Xiaotian, the contemporary head of the Li family and Li Yichen's father, responded and set his eyes on Li Yichen's body.
"Old man, this is my birthday gift for you. When he walked through the center, Li Yichen took out a wooden box from his arms.
Li Zhen nodded, took the box and handed it to the entourage behind him.
"I don't know what gift the eldest brother prepared for the old man, why not open everyone's eyes. Li Yichen's younger brother Li Yu immediately said without yin or yang.
It is a rule among the nobles of Qingyun Continent to display gifts on the spot, Li Zhen glared at Li Yu, nodded and said, "Then let's take a look." ”
"The eldest young master gives a birthday gift...... Shou Li ...... "The attendant opened the wooden box and wanted to sing the salute, but he couldn't name the medicinal herbs in the wooden box.
"This ...... Is this a six-leaf clover? Why does the leaf seem to be a little smaller?" Li Yu looked at the mutated blackleaf grass in the wooden box and said with a little disdain, "Big brother is really a big hand. ”
Xuanye grass, seven-leaf symbiosis, leaf green stem yellow is a second-order medicinal material, which is also valuable to ordinary people, but as a birthday gift for Old Man Li, it seems a little shabby, not to mention that the Xuanye grass sent by Li Yichen is not only missing a leaf, but also seems to be a little underdeveloped.
"Idiot!" Li Yichen didn't even have an explanation, so he walked towards the back hall, he knew that because of that incident back then, Lao Tzu didn't want him to appear in the lobby, and Li Yichen didn't like such an occasion very much.
"How are you doing in the past two years?" As soon as he walked to the back hall, Li Xiao's voice came from behind him with a little twilight.
"It's okay!" Li Yichen shrugged his shoulders and said disapprerovingly.
Looking at his son's thin back, and then thinking of the birthday gift that Li Yichen took out just now, Li Xiaotian can imagine how hard his son has lived outside alone without the support of his family in the past two years, "What happened back then, are you still blaming the family?"
"No!" Li Yichen shook his head, "What you have done, you have to bear it." ”
Li Yichen really didn't resent the family at all, because at this time, the soul under this body was no longer in Li Yichen back then.
Li Yichen died in an accident soon after he was kicked out of the family, and he was just a wisp of remnant soul reborn on this body by coincidence.
"It's best if you think like this, the family didn't have a choice at the beginning!" Li Xiaotian looked at his son who hadn't seen him for two years, "Although your cultivation in the past two years has been still the fourth level of strength and martial arts, and you haven't improved at all, I can see that you are much calmer than before." ”
"Time can always change a lot of things. Li Yichen said indifferently.
When he fell in the Holy Domain and was reborn back in the Qingyun Continent, it took him two months to accept the fact that he fell back to the starting point from the clouds, this sentence seemed to be answering Li Xiaotian, but it was actually his explanation to himself.
"You came back for grandpa's birthday?" Li Xiaotian was a little happy, after all, even though the family expelled his son from the house to appease the anger of the royal family, his son still thought of family affection.
"Yes and no. Li Yichen's expression was still calm, "If the family feels indebted to me, then give me the drop of ambergris that you collect." ”
Ambergris!The fourth-order medicinal herb, the legend is that it is the saliva of the real dragon, although the grade is not too high, but it has the miraculous effect of strengthening the muscles and bones of the body, and it is also a family heirloom in the Li family.
Even Li Xiaotian, who is the head of the family, is not qualified to use it at will, but looking at his son's indifference at this time, Li Xiaotian can't imagine what kind of experience these two years have smoothed out the edges and corners of the once arrogant son, thinking of this, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll find a way to get it for you, and then you leave the Li family with ambergris and leave Dafeng City." ”
"However, with your current fourfold cultivation in the Martial Realm, you can't withstand the furious power of ambergris at all, so be cautious when using it!" Glancing at Li Yichen carefully, a faint disappointment flashed in Li Xiaotian's eyes.
Two years ago, when Li Yichen left the Li family, he was already in the fourfold martial arts realm, but after two years, his cultivation had not made any progress, and this result made Li Xiaotian even more guilty.
Li Yichen's face, which had always remained calm, finally had a slight twitch, when he was reborn in this body, it was indeed the fourth level of the Martial Realm, and his cultivation in the past two years had not improved at all, it was not that Li Yichen did not have this ability, but that he needed to temper a perfect body when he was in the Martial Realm, which was also one of his biggest regrets in his previous life.
The martial arts realm is the entry point of the martial artist, and it is also the foundation of the martial artist, through the continuous refining of the physical body, the potential of the physical body is submerged and the potential of the physical body is broken through the shackles of the physical body again and again, and the level of strength is improved in oneself.
For the martial artists of the Qingyun Continent, the Martial Realm is just a transitional stage for developing the potential of the physical body to reach the point of inducing qi into the body, but for Li Yichen, who has once set foot in the Holy Domain, he understands that whether the foundation of the physical body is solid or not largely determines how far a person's cultivation path can go.
Therefore, when breaking through the limits of the physical body again and again, Li Yichen suppressed the urge to advance and constantly strengthened his physical body.
Ambergris was extremely important to Li Yichen at this time, so he returned to the Li family again, and since he came back, he had already planned to exchange things of the same value, and he could even suffer a loss when exchanging. Although he has not made any progress in cultivation in the past two years, with the experience of his previous life, Li Yichen has collected a lot of good things.
As for the Li family, Li Yichen, who had already changed his soul, didn't have too much concern.
But now looking at Li Xiaotian's attitude, Li Yichen felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, he knew that even if Li Xiaotian was the head of the family, he was not qualified to use ambergris.
This has nothing to do with interests, but the purest family affection, and it was family affection that Li Yichen was expelled from the house for the sake of the entire family! Now he does not hesitate to commit the anger of the family and steal ambergris for himself, which is also family affection!
Once Li Xiaotian does this, he may even lose his position as the head of the family, and even become a sinner of the family, but he doesn't care.
Is this family affection? Li Yichen's whole body seemed to be wrapped in a layer of warmth, and he said to himself, then stay here and enjoy the family affection that he had not experienced in his previous life.
"Young master, the Lin family came just now, and the head of the family went out to receive you, let the little one take you to the backyard. When Li Yichen came back to his senses, Li Xiaotian had disappeared, and a servant explained in a whisper.
"The Lin family, go out and take a look!" Li Yichen raised the corners of his mouth slightly, from the memory of this body, he knew that the three major forces of Dafeng City, the Li, Lin, and Ye families had always been at odds, and the Lin family came at this time, but he was afraid that he didn't have any good intentions.
As for what his father said about stealing ambergris, although Li Yichen enjoyed this family affection very much, he didn't really plan to let him do that, after all, although ambergris is a family heirloom for the Li family, but for the current Li Yichen, it is not an unattainable existence, at least the value of the congratulatory gift he gave just now is not under the ambergris, but it does not have the effect of strengthening the body.