Chapter 50 One Year

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After understanding Li Shiqing's intention, Li Zhirui also calmed down and asked, "Why have you chosen me?" "Because I have no other choice but you," Li Shiqing didn't reveal the real reason, only telling Li Zhirui that it wasn't that he chose him, but that there was no choice, it had to be him. Li Shilian was also getting on in years, Li Shiting was cold in nature, Li Shiren was not shrewd enough, and as for the other clan members, if they weren't hopeless in breaking through to Foundation Establishment, they were a long way from achieving it. Only Li Zhirui was the right fit.@@@@ Of course, if it were simply a matter of being suitable, Li Shiqing wouldn't have chosen him, but he didn't want to utter those words of praise, lest Li Zhirui become arrogant. "I have been transferring power to the Elders recently, so when you take over as Clan Leader, you won't have to work as tirelessly as I have," he explained. At the same time, this was also a constraint, a test. It was to restrict Li Zhirui and future Clan Leaders, to prevent them from making decisions based on their personal likes and dislikes; it was a test to see how Li Zhirui would maintain the duties of Clan Leader without being undermined by the Elders who held real power. "Can I refuse?" asked Li Zhirui. He wasn't very interested in managing the entire family. He'd rather create more and better pills, improve his own cultivation, travel to see the wide world out there. He was willing to contribute to the family's development, but he didn't want to be tied down by this responsibility within the family. Li Shiqing was taken aback, having decided on Li Zhirui as his successor quite early on, but it seemed he had never asked Li Zhirui for his thoughts. He had assumed Li Zhirui would take on the responsibility, after all, judging by his behavior, he seemed to have deep feelings for the family. Li Zhirui sighed softly in his heart and said, "I am willing to take over this responsibility after Foundation Establishment, but I won't become the Clan Leader, only acting in the capacity of the Clan Leader until you come out of seclusion or another more suitable candidate emerges." His previous refusal was just to express his attitude, and Li Zhirui knew he couldn't really refuse! As Li Shiqing said, the family had no other choice in the short term unless he gave up his seclusion and the opportunity to break through to the Golden Core. But Li Shiqing was no longer young! Even though he was of the same generation as Elders like Li Shile and Li Shize, by their ages, Li Shiqing, the second eldest of the 'Shi' generation, must be just over a hundred years old. But in reality, it wasn't so. Between the second eldest, Li Shiqing, and the fifth, Li Shize, there were actually many people, only they had fallen due to an accident. It was even because of that accident that the Li family dared not worship them, and their names were stricken from the family annals, as if they had never existed in the Li family. Previously, Li Zhirui didn't dare let Da Qing handle the task because he couldn't control the power of his spells very well, but after training for such a long time, Da Qing had become very adept. Squeak! Da Qing chirped happily, and following the direction of Li Zhirui's finger, he summoned a large Spiritual Cloud over a Spirit Field where Shuirun Grass was planted. A gentle Spiritual Rain fell, nourishing the area with Spiritual Medicine. "Very well done!" Li Zhirui praised generously, and after Da Qing had finished watering, he led him to another Spirit Field. With Da Qing's help, the chores that normally would have kept Li Zhirui busy for an hour or two were completed half an hour earlier today. "Good job." Li Zhirui patted Da Qing's head, fed him two Jade Spirit Pills, and left him in the space to assimilate the Spirit Pills while he departed alone. For a considerable time afterward, Li Zhirui spent his days engaged in alchemy, cultivating, tending to Spiritual Medicine, and playing with Da Qing. Although he was busy every day, Li Zhirui felt very fulfilled, and he didn't neglect his own cultivation either. His Mana was growing steadily, but it would still take some time to break through the ninth layer of Qi Cultivation. Moreover, had made major progress in the art of alchemy. He had learned how to do a lot of Water Refinement Pills, and after several practices, the success rate of producing Jade Spirit Pills had reached ninety percent. Aside from Li Zhirui, the Li family had also seen significant development in various areas over the year. Another member of the family had learned how to refine Jade Spirit Pills, and even though Water Refinement Pills were now widely sold in Yunqing Marketplace by many forces, it remained the family's largest source of income each month. The business of Cloudtop Pavilion sustained a decent level, serving as the second largest source of income for the family. The expansion of their Cloud Fish holding, after fleeing Bailang County and encountering them on the road, also allowed the family to exchange some with their members or use them as rewards. However, due to the preciousness of Cloud Fish, the Li family did not dare to sell them in the market. Although Li Zhirui had two pairs of Cloud Fish, he had not yet had the chance to taste their delicacy due to the small scale at the moment. So when the family listed Cloud Fish for sale, he immediately ordered two to taste, and indeed, Cloud Fish lived up to its reputation. The meat was tender and melted in the mouth, with Spiritual Energy that was very pure and easy to assimilate. If it weren't for the limited availability of Cloud Fish and the clan's regulation that one person couldn't buy them all, Li Zhirui would indeed spend all his Contribution Value to enjoy two Cloud Fish every day.

Chapter 50 One Year

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