BXBX NOVEL Chapter 254
“Thank you, Li Su. I owe you a favor!” After testing it, the Peak Master of Dieyun was extremely satisfied. The set of top-grade magical treasures Li Su crafted was considered top-notch among top-grade magical treasures. It was truly tailor-made for her.
“In that case, I will take my leave,” Li Su said.
“Li Su, a favor is a favor. This set of Dieyun Swords is extremely precious, worth more than those spirit herbs and items. You can still choose some things,” the Peak Master of Dieyun added.
“Alright.” Li Su wasn’t overly polite and chose some alchemical materials this time before taking his leave. The Peak Master of Dieyun accompanied Li Su out of the Returning Origin. Seeing that Li Su could craft top-grade magical treasures, his value again rose. At the same time, the Peak Master of Dieyun held an even higher opinion of him.
Soon, Li Su returned to the Northern Realm. When he arrived, he found that the efforts he had put in the previous year had yielded a bountiful harvest. He had taken in several new concubines in recent years and could continue cultivating those relationships. His descendants were showing explosive growth, with a large number of them being born every day. Small rewards continued, allowing Li Su to increase his cultivation steadily.
In the following period, he didn’t leave the Northern Realm but instead focused on strengthening his techniques. He also implemented additional defensive measures in Mangkang Mountain and Peak of Hopeful Immortality. Li Su quietly set up numerous heaven and earth formations. While his victory against the two Nascent Soul cultivators was remarkable, he couldn’t afford to be complacent. Those two Nascent Soul cultivators were ultimately of average talent in the Refinement Realm, and Li Su’s current strength had not yet reached the Refinement Realm level.
The woman leading the sect was gaining increasing control over the family, and her ability to mobilize resources was also growing. Therefore, on the one hand, Li Su needed to reach the Refinement Realm as soon as possible.
On the other hand, he also needed to plan and prepare. The ancient texts in the Xuantian Academy had proven to be quite valuable, and Li Su had found a lot of useful information. He began to continuously arrange his layout in the Peak of Hopeful Immortality Corner. At the same time, Li Su continued to take concubines. This time, after his name became renowned in the vast realm, countless female cultivators wanted to become his attendants. Female cultivators from various realms were eager to be by his side.
Meeting the system’s requirements, with outstanding spiritual roots, exceptional looks, and acceptable character, Li Su continued to welcome these women into his household. On the Mangkang Mountain, one concubine ceremony followed another for Li Su. This allowed the cultivators traveling in the Northern Realm to witness just how much Li Su truly enjoyed taking concubines. As their stories spread, Li Su’s preference for taking concubines became the subject of even more extensive discussions. Surprisingly, after several years of development in the Northern Realm, they faced no new enemies. Li Su’s descendants continued to multiply, with their numbers increasing by thousands every year. The system imposed certain restrictions on Li Su’s descendants, including their descendants’ descendants. Li Su enforced such strict family traditions and required the complete consent of the female partners for his descendants’ marriages due to these system-imposed limitations. If Li Su’s descendants used forceful methods, even if they had offspring, there would be no rewards, and the subsequent generations of those descendants would also be ineligible for rewards.
In addition, Li Su strongly detested coercion. Therefore, the Li family’s traditions remained exceptionally strict to this day. On this particular day, Li Su welcomed a special visitor. “Senior Li, I am Xu Kejin, and I come from the Holy Heaven Academy,” the visitor directly introduced himself.
This person came from a holy academy? Li Su didn’t need to guess. He understood that this person was likely trying to exploit him. It was an attempt to uncover the secrets of the Canglan Realm. During his time in the Returning Origin Sect, Li Su learned that thousands of years ago, the Returning Origin Sect had a genius with a first-grade spiritual root who a holy academy took away. He wondered if the Holy Heaven Academy might be the same one responsible for that incident. “Senior, the Holy Heaven Academy is located in the Heavenly Mystery Realm. The current head of the Xuantian Academy in the Canglan Realm was once a disciple of our academy. However, he was expelled due to violating the academy’s rules,” said the cultivator Xu from the Holy Heaven Academy in the reception hall. Li Su’s eyebrows raised in response to this revelation. So, the head of the Xuantian Academy, Master Lu, also came from the Holy Heaven Academy? However, unlike Master Bihai, who, even though not highly regarded within the Returning Origin, remained an outer sect elder, Master Lu was expelled from the Holy Heaven Academy. It made Li Su wonder what mistakes he might have made at the academy. Master Lu naming his sect Xuantian Academy might be related to the name of the Xuantian Realm. The connection between these names would not be surprising. Following this, the cultivator named Xu proceeded to describe the might and influence of the Holy Heaven Academy. “Senior, to be frank, while the Returning Origin may consider itself a first-grade immortal sect and feel close to the holy academies, in reality, the gap between the Returning Origin and the holy academies is as wide as the difference between heaven and earth,” the cultivator Xu spoke with disdain for the Returning Origin in his words.