"We monks hope to build a foundation and seek immortality, how difficult it is!"
“After decades of hard work, it will all come to nothing in the end!”
"Hello, my brother is also a well-known figure in Qingyang. Who would have thought... eh~"
Bai Siyuan sighed and lamented endlessly, feeling as if the rabbit had died and the fox was sad.
Li Henian is only in his forties. He has reached the late stage of Qi refining. It may not be impossible to build a foundation by working steadily. Living for at least another forty or fifty years will not be a problem.
Zhong Yan remained silent, empathizing with his feelings. If the system panel had not been triggered, his life would have ended up even more miserable.
"uncle!"
"uncle!"
Li Shangwu rushed in. He ignored the salute and said anxiously: "Uncle Zhong! My father invites you to come to my house!"
Zhong Yan and Bai Siyuan looked at each other, realized something, and stood up in shock.
Bai Siyuan handed over his hand and said, "My dear brother, please go, I won't pass."
Li Henian had already gone to the Bai Mansion to look for him privately.
Zhong Yan walked out of the house quickly and asked, "What happened?"
"Today I accompanied my father to Liewantang Hall. As soon as I returned home, my father vomited blood and collapsed. Already..." Li Shangwu choked up and couldn't continue.
The two of them arrived at Li's Mansion and went all the way to a room in the side hall.
Li Henian was lying on the bed, and the dark green patches on his face became darker and richer, as if filled with the aura of death.
"I've met uncle!"
"I've met my uncle!"
A group of family members in the house bowed and saluted.
Li Henian looked at it with a smile on his lips, "Xiandi..."
"Brother!"
Zhong Yan paused, stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed, held his outstretched hand, and lifted him up to lean against the head of the bed.
Li Henian sighed with emotion and said: "Life is really a wonderful thing! Yesterday, I felt that I could fight with the eighth floor for several rounds. I never expected that it would be so fierce. I couldn't have a final drink with my dear brother. What a great regret in life!" "
The other party has been busy these days. Zhong Yan thought he could live for three to five months, and said in a reproachful tone: "Why don't you look for medicine? At least it will be relieved, and we can find a good cure later!"
Li Henian shook his head, "It's just useless. The poison has already penetrated into my heart. I knew I was going to die when I came out of Mangdang Mountain. I just thought I could last a few more days... cough~"
After coughing, he glanced at the people in the room and said, "You all, go down."
After a while.
Only Li Shangwu and Li Yang were left in the room.
Li Henian said: "When I was nine years old, my parents were ruined, and I went out to work alone. I had the opportunity to enter the spiritual practice and struggled to survive. With my own hands, I became prosperous. With my current status and family fortune, it is expected that my two elders would have knowledge under the spring. So relieved..."
"The only regret right now is to leave this small family behind. Dear brother, you should know that the world is full of twists and turns. If I were not here and Shang Wu was still young and had no setbacks, I might not be able to support this family. So, dear brother, I have a request for my brother. ...cough~"
Zhong Yan felt tightness in his chest and squeezed his hands hard, "Brother, please tell me, I will do my best!"
Li Henian smiled, "You and I know that, but now that we have such a big family, I can't be too harsh and unrealistic about my brother, so I just ask my virtuous brother to protect my lineage and accept Shang Wu as my adopted son. There is no need to be rich and powerful, just help him pass on the incense and spread the Li family, so that I can have the honor to meet my parents... cough~ Shangwu!"
Li Shangwu immediately turned around and ran to pour a cup of tea. Hu Muyun tearfully knelt down to serve the tea: "My dear, my dear, my foster father!"
Zhong Yan breathed out, took a sip, pulled Li Shangwu up, and said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, I will treat Shangwu as if he were his own child!"
Li Henian nodded slightly and glanced at Li Yang, "Liu'er followed me when he was nineteen years old. I have suffered a lot from you these years."
Li Yang wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Master..."
Li Henian smiled and said: "Liu'er has good abilities and a lively mind. I should be able to help my good brother a lot with worldly business matters."
"As for the others, I heard that Brother Xian attaches great importance to Shangwen and is willing to train them. I don't need to worry about the second wife anymore."
"When I come back this time, I see that Jingqiu is doing well, so my dear brother will marry her. You and I have agreed on this a long time ago!"
After arranging three wives and concubines who had children, Li Henian didn't care anymore, "I spent a lot of money to pick the rest, the eighth and the ninth, from Wangcheng City. If they haven't been used yet, please don't waste them, dear brother." But if we come here to play, we can send them away together to get rid of the trouble."
After a pause, Li Henian's face turned solemn, "Brother, if you want to buy a concubine in the future, try not to go to the Marriage Pavilion. It's best to find it yourself. Even if you are a low-status refugee, it doesn't matter much."
Seeing that Zhong Yan was not surprised, Li Henian blinked and said with a smile, "It seems that my dear brother has noticed it."
Zhong Yan asked: "What's the problem?"
Li Henian shook his head: "I don't know the details, but the fourth child in my house was a spy planted by Qin Ben, who caused me to act for many years, hahaha... cough~"
Li Yang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, no wonder the master dotes on the fourth house so much, but has not allowed the fourth house to have children for many years since he has been in the house.
After coughing for a while, Li Henian continued: "Brother, I have never doubted my ability, but your cultivation level is still a bit low. I have managed a lot of relationships for you in the past few days. As long as you stay in Qingyang City within five or six years, When nothing goes wrong.
So, dear brother, take advantage of this period of time to improve your realm. If you have the sixth level of Qi Refining, you can basically sit back and relax...
Bai Siyuan is a good person to be friends with. Apart from being greedy for money and not very smart, he is very loyal and very trustworthy. If you do any business together, you might as well share more with him. He will definitely keep it in mind...
Yang Yanqing should be careful, he is a smiling tiger, but don’t worry too much. If nothing else, the Yang family will establish a clan in the next few years, and they should move out of Qingyang by then..."
After talking about some important things to note in the city, Li Henian suddenly changed to a voice transmission: "That day, the spirit root was at No. 7 Baoshu Lane, West District. I didn't have time to go see it when I got back. Brother Xian took the time to go there. The arrangements were made. I heard that Huo Yun Zong is still investigating, don’t act too hastily..."
After finishing the transmission, Li Henian laughed, his energy suddenly lifted, he sat upright and said loudly: "I'll let Shang Wu and Liu Er talk to you about the other things. Bring me the wine!"
Clinked a drink.
Li Henian drank it in one gulp and said "Hi" with a look of reminiscence on his face.
"I still remember that year, when you and I, two and a half young men, met for the first time in Yunmeng Swamp, I lay in wait for three hours motionless, but the lightning strike failed to kill you. I was shocked at that time. Jump, I thought this pretty boy had a lot of trouble..."
Zhong Yan also had a look of emotion on his face and a smile on his face, "We were fighting so hard that we were both too tired to move in the end. It's better for you to admit defeat first and divide the herbs equally."
It was just a fire grass worth less than ten low-grade spiritual stones.
"That was a temporary measure, how could I admit defeat?"
Li Henian looked sideways, laughed and took another sip of wine, "A few days later, you and I met again, and we actually came together to ambush and kill a disciple of the Five Elements Sect..."
"To tell you the truth, my dear brother, in fact, even now, brother, I am still a little in awe of you. Your mind is too scary. You can think ten steps when others think one step. You know so much at a young age. I used to I once wondered if you were taken over by some old monster..."
Li Henian drank wine one glass at a time, recalling and telling the past.
"The luckiest thing in my life, Li Henian, is to have you as my friend..."
Suddenly there was a clang and the wine glass fell to the ground.
"Father!"
"Master~"
Zhong Yan pursed his lips and looked at his friend who was leaving with a smile. For a long time, he raised his head and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, exhaled, got up and walked out.
I wonder if I will ever meet such a compatible friend again.
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