Published: March 8, 2025
During this time, the surface of the upper three heavens appeared calm, but secretly, it was already turbulent with rising storms and hidden currents.
As soon as Li Xiong Tu returned to the family, he instantly became the family's treasure. Even Li Xiong Tu himself could not have imagined that he would receive such exceptional treatment upon his arrival, as if he were being groomed to become the core member of the Li family in the future.
Li Xiong Tu was bewildered and did not understand why.
Upon returning home, he thought he would just be taken care of by a steward and arranged a quiet place to stay, content to gradually work hard in the future.
Who would have thought that his return would actually cause the three generations of ancestral patriarchs to simultaneously emerge from their seclusion.
Although Li Xiong Tu was stable in temperament, he was still somewhat surprised by the attention.
However, there was one thing that left Li Xiong Tu feeling uneasy – including the patriarch, several ancestral patriarchs showed an unusual attitude toward him. It was not warm, nor was it estranged or rejected; rather, it was a kind of 'deliberate intimacy'! Moreover, some of them appeared to be somewhat cautious...
Li Xiong Tu couldn't understand: What was going on? I am just a pawn who has come from the lower three heavens, a destitute and homeless individual. Each of you could easily crush me with a finger, so why this treatment?
Moreover, people often asked him some inexplicable questions. The most common point was that they all showed great interest in his friends.
Li Xiong Tu was baffled. Over the years, he had devoted himself to martial arts, and aside from admiring Gu Duxing and Dong Wushang, he had no friends at all!
As he was asked repeatedly, Li Xiong Tu was not the kind to beat around the bush; he straightforwardly replied: I have no friends, and I certainly have no brothers.
Little did he know that after this statement, many people's attitudes towards him became even more ambiguous, as they nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that's how it should be. I also think so. You have no friends, no brothers, hehe... that's how it should be..."
Li Xiong Tu was even more confused.
When he asked them why they were asking such questions, each one simply smiled knowingly, with an air of meaning behind their expressions...
The most ridiculous part was when an ancestral patriarch met him and said, "No wonder... your talent is indeed impressive."
No wonder… what? Li Xiong Tu racked his brain but couldn’t come up with anything.
Then, when he accidentally overheard others discussing him, he only caught snippets: "Li Xiong Tu, truly no wonder… hehe, quite scheming. That silly appearance, one wouldn't think he was really just naïve..."
Li Xiong Tu pondered hard, but it only left him more confused.
Everyone urged him to practice diligently, leaving no stone unturned. As for cultivation techniques and resources, he had everything available. Li Xiong Tu quietly observed that the direct descendants from other families generally received only thirty Amethyst monthly, which was already an astronomical sum. Even Li Batian only received fifty, while the family's first young master, Li Jue, got eighty. But he… actually received a terrifying two hundred!
That was nearly double what Li Jue received!
And no one raised any objections, nor did anyone express dissatisfaction… even Li Jue, who was hailed as the best among the younger generation, was a person who remained humble before the ancestral patriarchs and did not spare words with his peers. Yet, when he saw Li Xiong Tu, he still greeted him with a smile. Not overly enthusiastic, but definitely devoid of any hostility, and there was a faint sense of respect...
For a person like Li Xiong Tu, this gradually became a source of fear: What… what is going on here?
Thus, amidst his confusion, he began his days in the upper three heavens. Li Xiong Tu's talent was indeed extraordinary, and with a powerful family fully supporting him, once he settled down to practice, his cultivation level progressed by leaps and bounds...