"Now that he's in this state, who will take over the future of the Li family?"
A moment of silence fell over the hall. Just then, a loud wailing sound came from inside, as Li Kun's parents had arrived.
"Son, Kun'er, what happened to you? Who hurt you like this?" Li Kun's mother cried and tried to rush into her son's arms.
"Stop her." Li Changye was taken aback.
Li Kun's bones were all broken; if this woman pounced on him, she would probably kill him instantly.
Immediately, a disciple stepped forward and stopped Li Kun's mother, who was crying uncontrollably.
"Dad, who did this?" Li Kun's father was also extremely furious.
His precious son has always been a source of pride for him, and he is also a key figure in the family's development.
But now his proud son is lying on the ground like a lump of mud after being beaten, which makes him furious.
"Investigate! Find out exactly where that kid came from, then arrest him and make him suffer the agony of being torn to pieces!" Li Changye roared.
“Master…” a man dressed in a black suit, looking like a bodyguard, spoke up. He was Li Kun’s bodyguard.
"Is there anything else you want to add?" Li Changye looked at the bodyguard, somewhat agitated.
"That guy's name is Ye Xingchen. He left a message before he left," the bodyguard said somewhat fearfully.
"What did you say?" Li Changye stared at the bodyguard.
"Your subordinate... dares not speak frankly." The bodyguard lowered his head even further.
He really didn't dare to speak frankly, after all, Ye Xingchen's words were really too harsh.
"We've come this far, what are you still afraid to say? Speak your mind!" an old man roared.
"Yes..." The bodyguard lowered his head and organized his thoughts: "Before they left, they said that the head of the family would personally cut off the young master's head by noon tomorrow at the latest."
"What if I don't do it?" Li Changye's voice rose involuntarily in his anger.
"Ye Xingchen said..." The bodyguard gritted his teeth and revealed everything he knew: "If the patriarch hasn't done this by noon, then he will..."
"What will he do? Speak." Three sharp gazes were fixed on the bodyguard. The three experts at the Heavenly Realm level in the room made the bodyguard almost unable to breathe.
"He... he said that if the young master doesn't die by then, he will... wipe out the entire Li family." The bodyguard gritted his teeth and spilled everything he knew.
For a moment, the Li family was as silent as death; the hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"Do you know what you're saying?" After a long silence, Li Changye glared at the bodyguard through gritted teeth: "Are those the exact words that kid said?"
“Master, what I said is exactly what he said.” The bodyguard gritted his teeth and said, “He said it himself.”
"Insolence..." Li Changye struck the solid yellow pearwood coffee table in front of him with a palm strike. Crash! The incredibly thick coffee table, weighing hundreds of hands, shattered into wood chips.
His internal energy was so refined that it was clear he was furious: "My Li clan may not be considered a high-ranking martial arts sect."
"But we have been established in the southwest for nearly a hundred years. Now, our Li family has a family of three-stage realm cultivators, and I can break through to the half-step Celestial Phenomenon Realm at any time. When has our Li family ever suffered such an insult?"
Li Changye suddenly turned around and shouted in a deep voice, "Pass on my order to beat the return drum and summon all the disciples of the Li family back to the Li family manor. I want to see if that brat really has three heads and six arms. How dare he provoke our Li family like this?"
“Brother, the sound of the returning drum must mean something important has happened. All one hundred disciples of our Li clan must be recalled. Is it worth going to such lengths for a kid of unknown origin?” an elder asked.
"Hehe, my Kun'er... he's already a cripple, isn't this a big deal?"
Li Changye roared, "Third brother is right. Our Li family has kept a low profile all these years, so the world no longer takes our Li family seriously."
"So this time we must be high-profile and defeat that kid in public, make him suffer the pain of being cut in half at the waist, and let the world know that our Li family is not so easy to mess with."
"Big brother is right. Our Li family has kept a low profile for too long. This time, we'll let the world know how powerful our Li family is." The second brother nodded.
"Then it's settled. Pass down the order to strike the gate drum and summon all Li family disciples back to Li Family Manor," the Third Elder said in a deep voice.
In front of a giant drum with a radius of two meters, a burly man dressed in red was striking the drum.
Three drumbeats rang out, followed by a rapid series of drumbeats.
The sound of the returning drum at Li Family Manor startled the entire Yun City.
The last time the drums sounded was twenty years ago, when a momentous event occurred in the Li family.
Whether they were celebrities and elites from the upper class or people struggling to make a living from the lower class, everyone was talking about this matter. Everyone was speculating about what had happened to the Li family that led to the sounding of the return drum, which had not been used for twenty years.
Ye Xingchen was with Yi Qingmeng, so he naturally heard the sound of the returning drum.
Yi Qingmeng, on the other hand, looked worried. As a native of Yun City, she knew what the sound of the return drum meant.
"What's wrong? What are you worried about?" Ye Xingchen asked as he walked over to her, noticing her worried expression.
"The drums for the homecoming ceremony have sounded," Yi Qingmeng said.
"I already know. Although the sound can't reach here, someone has already told me." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly.
“You’re from out of town, so you don’t know the prestige of the Li family, a martial arts clan, in this area.” Yi Qingmeng hesitated for a moment: “This matter… will be very troublesome.”
"I said I would make the Li family pay the price," Ye Xingchen said. "Li Kun is their descendant. They gave birth to him but didn't raise him, letting him run rampant. They deserve to die."
"Are you... confident? I don't know much about the Li family, but I have heard some things about them. They are people in the martial arts world." Yi Qingmeng looked up at Ye Xingchen.
"I am also a member of the martial arts world," Ye Xingchen said calmly. "I came to Yun City for a reason."
"The reason Li Kun is causing trouble for you is because of the instigation of people involved in this matter. So this time, it's not just for you, but also for myself."
"Then... you must be careful," Yi Qingmeng said with concern.
"It's alright. The Li family has quite a reputation, with a single family at the Third Heaven Realm." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly. "This strength is much greater than that of ordinary martial arts sects."
"However, the common people's understanding only goes up to the Heavenly Realm. Tomorrow at noon, I will let the world know what true martial arts are."
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