Chapter 73 Routine Meeting

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"Recently, the Li family has been consolidating their population. According to statistics, in just one short month, the Li family has taken away at least fifty thousand young men and women from Yunping State." At nearly the same time, all the forces within the territory of Yunping State received similar news. "Does the Li family find the number of their clan members unsatisfying and want to expand their lineage in great numbers, producing more cultivators?" In fact, by today, the major powers of Yunping State had already guessed the origins of the Li family. Although it's still unclear to them that the Li family was once a vassal to the Beast Taming Sect thousands of miles away, they knew that the Li family had abandoned their original clan lands and fled with some clan members to Yunping State, merging with the Li branch on Da Rong Island. That's why the Li family, formerly mysterious and seclusive, suddenly emerged a few years ago, displaying shockingly formidable strength. They then rapidly established two major industries, securing a stable foothold in Yunping State. During this period, there was no lack of power moves targeting and attacking the Li family, but little did they know, the strength of the Li family was far greater than they had imagined. Beast-Taming Family! Every Foundation Establishment cultivator had raised a second-order Spirit Beast! With this, given the strength of the Li family, unless the Yuanming Sect intervened, other families were simply no match for them. A few months ago, the Li family saw the emergence of a new Foundation Establishment and he became the acting clan leader of the Li family. The other forces were envious of this, but the thought of targeting the Li family had vanished, as the gap between them grew wider, and they no longer dared to offend the Li family lightly. Take for instance the Zheng and Zhang families; they were now quite fearful, worried that the Li family would dredge up old grievances and use it as a pretext to annihilate them. As for the He and Qin families, with the former having the promised protection of the Yuanming Sect and the latter being closely related to a Golden Core cultivator, they were uneasy but not overly worried. And the recent actions of the Li family were clear as day, undisguised for all to see. But even knowing the Li family's intentions, what could they do? Now in Yunping State, the only force that could threaten the Li family was the Yuanming Sect alone. But as the sect master of the Li family and a faction with a Golden Core master present, it didn't feel threatened by the Li family. Even though the Li family released news that the previous clan leader was approaching the end of his lifespan and was in closed-door cultivation attempting a Golden Core breakthrough, the Yuanming Sect remained unconcerned. However, now Li Zhirui had run out of Spirit Stones and Spiritual Medicines, so he could only refine some Jade Spirit Pills first to sell for money. The next morning, Li Zhirui glanced at the calendar and discovered that today was the day of the monthly meeting, so he had no choice but to leave his small courtyard. "How did last month's affairs go?" Taking advantage of the time before the meeting, Li Zhirui hurriedly asked Li Zhizhun, who was handling these things, as he was most familiar with them. "Everything has been managed quite well," Li Zhizhun hesitated for a moment before saying, "but there is one thing. Elder Shizhong brought back too many mortals from Yunping State. We've now exceeded the number of Secular Clansmen. Should we limit that?" After all, as a Cultivating Family rooted in blood ties, although having too many external mortals wasn't a threat, if not managed correctly, it could be troublesome. "Hmm, you are right, elder brother. We indeed need to restrict the number of outsiders," Li Zhirui nodded. He hadn't considered every aspect thoroughly, but fortunately, there hadn't been any negative consequences yet so it could be dealt with in a timely manner. Before long, one Elder after another entered the main hall, leaving only four empty chairs. Their owners were Li Shize, Li Shilian, Li Shiren, and Li Shiting. The former was out collecting information and seldom returned to Da Rong Island. As for the latter three, as Li Zhirui had secured his position as Clan Leader and they were no longer involved in these matters, they attended the meetings less frequently. "The development of our family is growing better and better, and this is all thanks to the unwavering efforts and contributions of all the Elders. I, on behalf of all our clan members, express our sincere gratitude to you all." After delivering the formalities, Li Zhirui began to discuss business, "Elder Shizhong, we now have enough mortals on the island, and there's no need to bring more people back from Yunping State for the time being." "Next, you will still have the arduous task of settling those mortals properly. It's best to scatter all of them, assigning some to the north to prevent them from clustering together." Since the three Spirit Veins on the island were all closer to the south, the ancestors who developed Da Rong Island naturally arranged for the Secular Clansmen to stay in the south for better protection. However, as the population increased, developing the north was an inevitable task. Besides, the plains were abundant in the north, unlike the hilly south covered with tall banyans, which made development a bit easier. "Understood, Clan Leader. I will handle this matter well," said Elder Shizhong, a bit disappointed yet eager to comply immediately. After all, the better he handled the task, the more likely he was to be reused by Li Zhirui. Li Zhirui nodded and turned his gaze to Li Shijing, saying, "Since the family has decided to develop the north side, the guard team will need to take the lead in clearing out the dangers from the northern forests." Li Zhirui proceeded to discuss some minor matters, looked over the list from the Internal Affairs Elder, and checked the ledger with the Miscellaneous Affairs Elder to confirm there were no issues. Then, he concluded the meeting. ```

Chapter 73 Routine Meeting

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