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Chapter 615 - 615 Schemes?Twenty-Second Update?

Chapter 615: Chapter 615: Schemes?Twenty-Second Update? Chapter 615: Chapter 615: Schemes?Twenty-Second Update? “Did you hear?”

“What?”

“Li Xiaoyao is going to be the next Clan Leader of our Li Family!”

“Damn, really?”

Conversations like this were playing out in every corner of the Li Family.

Li Yiming’s behavior and actions in the Council Hall spread with terrifying speed.

The news reached the ears of Li Pengcheng, and Xie Nan, whose eyes and ears covered the entire Li Family, naturally heard about it too.

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After returning from the Human Realm, Li Pengcheng had been punished by Li Yiming to face the wall and reflect on his mistakes in the back mountain. Upon hearing the news, he disregarded any family rules or regulations, came down from the mountain, and found Xie Nan pondering the news in the pavilion.

“Mom, is Li Xiaoyao really going to be the Clan Leader? Is it true?” Li Pengcheng’s face flushed with anger and urgency in his voice.

Xie Nan’s eyes showed some dissatisfaction as she said, “Look at yourself, what have you become? Have you forgotten what I told you? No matter what happens, at any time, don’t lose your composure.”

“If you were on the battlefield, you’d be a corpse by now.”

Li Pengcheng, however, wasn’t in the mood for these maxims and repeated, “Mom, is it true? Is Li Xiaoyao really going to be the Clan Leader?”

“It’s true,” Xie Nan instructed to someone outside the pavilion, “Bring a chair, brew some tea.”

“Yes, Madam.”

The clanspeople immediately went to get a chair and make tea, but Li Pengcheng, still anxious and annoyed, said, “Mom, what’s going on? How can you still be in the mood for tea at a time like this?”

Xie Nan patted his shoulder and said, “Don’t rush, this matter isn’t as bad as you think.”

The clanspeople brought the chair, and Xie Nan said, “Sit down.”

Before long, the clanspeople also brought over a pot of freshly brewed tea and two cups.

Xie Nan filled the two empty cups, picked up one, blew on it, took a sip, and said, “Hmm, the tea is good.”

Although Li Pengcheng was anxious, seeing his mother’s calm, he didn’t rush her and took the tea cup in his hand, downing it in one gulp.

Seeing this, Xie Nan couldn’t help but laugh and shake her head, “Even if we offered the Clan Leader position to Li Xiaoyao, he wouldn’t take it.”

“He wouldn’t take it?” Li Pengcheng was puzzled.

Xie Nan said, “Before today, I always had a question that no one explained to me. Today, I finally figured it out.”

Li Pengcheng wanted to ask, but Xie Nan raised her hand to stop him, “Before the Bloodline Awakening Ritual for Li Xiaoyao, your dad, in front of everyone, wanted to give Li Xiaoyao what belonged to him, but it was opposed. I also suggested to him that it would be better to wait until after the Bloodline Awakening Ritual, to confirm that he really is a part of the Li Family before giving him what belongs to him.”

“However, after the Ritual, the topic never came up again. Knowing your dad, he must have offered it to Li Xiaoyao in private, but it was refused.”

“Refused? Why?” Li Pengcheng was even more puzzled.

“Because he doesn’t care about it,” Xie Nan’s eyes held a hint of amusement. “You only know about Li Yiming passing the Clan Leader position to him, but do you know what Li Xiaoyao’s first reaction was?”

“Could it be… he didn’t accept it?”

Xie Nan shook his head and said, “I’m asking you, if Li Yiming had passed on the role of Clan Leader to you at that time, what would be your first reaction?”

Li Pengcheng opened his mouth but didn’t immediately respond.

After thinking for a few seconds, Li Pengcheng said, “Excitement.”

Xie Nan looked into his eyes with a complex expression, fell silent for a few seconds, and then said, “Your dad has had an accident.”

“An accident!” Li Pengcheng exclaimed in shock, but with his intelligence, he quickly guessed the connection.

Indeed, Li Chengfeng was in the prime of his life, and even if he was to give up his position as Clan Leader, it certainly wouldn’t be at this time.

The first thing Li Xiaoyao thought of was what could have possibly happened to Li Chengfeng, but Li Pengcheng was excited at the prospect of becoming the Clan Leader.

Even Xie Nan wasn’t sure what to feel at this moment.

“From these details, it’s not hard to see that Li Xiaoyao has no interest in being the Clan Leader,” Xie Nan couldn’t help but admire, “It seems that his ability to cultivate to such heights as an ordinary person wasn’t just due to luck and chance.”

“Peng Cheng,” Xie Nan looked at him and said, “Starting today, you must try your best to get on good terms with Li Xiaoyao.”

“Get on good terms? Why should I get on good terms with him?” Li Pengcheng was very resistant to the idea, as in his view, there has only ever been one young master of the Li Family, and that was him.

Li Xiaoyao was just a bastard, what right did he have to interact as an equal?

Xie Nan patiently explained to him: “Since Li Xiaoyao has no desire for the position of Clan Leader, his powerful cultivation level will be the greatest help to you when you become the Clan Leader and take charge of the Li Family.”

Li Pengcheng said with dissatisfaction, “Hmph, I don’t need his help. As for cultivation level, I’m not inferior to him. What he can do, I can as well!”

“Peng Cheng!” Xie Nan suddenly said sternly, “No matter whether you accept it or not, Li Xiaoyao’s strength is indeed greater than yours, and that’s undeniable. If you don’t want to hear a second voice in the family besides yours in the future, then befriend him. It will be immensely beneficial for your future.”

“The same blood flows in his veins as in yours, and no matter how outrageous your actions are or how much trouble you stir up, he won’t be able to ignore it,” Xie Nan wasn’t the hot-headed youth that Li Pengcheng was; she saw these matters more clearly than anyone.

Li Pengcheng had failed to kill Li Xiaoyao in the Human Realm, and afterward, Li Xiaoyao hadn’t come back for revenge. From this alone, it was evident that Li Xiaoyao had a considerable tolerance for Li Pengcheng.

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“You really want to go?”

“Go!”

“But Chengfeng doesn’t want you to go.”

“This is my choice; he has no right to interfere.”

Li Yiming sighed, but there was also a sense of relief.

“Xiaoyao,” Li Yiming said seriously, “Chengfeng is unwilling for you to go, there are many unknown risks there, and if something happens to you too, our Li Family’s prefix ‘Xuan Country’ may have to be removed. Over these years, the prestige of the Eight Sects of Xuan Country has been the Li Family’s talisman.”

“If we were to break away from the Eight Sects of Xuan Country, the position of the Li Family would be unimaginable. The reason Chengfeng passed the role of Clan Leader to you is that he hopes the Li Family can be free from external interference for the next few decades, even hundreds of years. Have you considered all this?”

Li Xiaoyao was unimpressed by these words and said in an extremely indifferent voice, “Third Elder, to me, the Li Family is just a strange clan. This clan, it only makes me care because of my father, I only have one friend, Li Tu, and only one elder, you! Besides that, whether the Li Family is destitute or powerful, it doesn’t concern me.”

Upon hearing these words, Li Yiming didn’t know whether to agree or refute.

Indeed, if it comes down to it, Li Xiaoyao had only been a member of the Li Family for one month. To expect someone who had never had any connection with the Li Family to suddenly take on many responsibilities for the clan wouldn’t be something anyone would willingly accept.