Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 1912: 497: Heavenly Talisman Lu Family

"Kindly inform everyone that Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu are back."

With a complicated look on her face, Li Xingruo gazed at the Great Cliff Mountain ahead, then moved closer and declared.

Many things can be erased by the passage of time.

She had departed from Jiuxiao Immortal City to head to Bi Lake Mountain, and almost seventy years had gone by since then.

For a regular mortal, this span equals an entire life.

During her stay at Bi Lake Mountain, she had accomplished the key milestone in her existence by bearing children.

Her pair of offspring, lacking any Spiritual Root, had even turned into grandparents themselves.

Under these circumstances, her attachment to her original family had greatly diminished.

The sole desire lingering in her mind was to retrieve her parents’ memorial tablets and ensure that her daughter Lu Qingli properly oversaw the Treasure Elixir Pavilion’s legacy.

"Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu?"

The young guards at the Li Family’s mountain entrance failed to identify the two sisters.

However, their sharp perception picked up on the visitors’ air of wealth and status, assuming these were notable cultivators with ties to the clan who had arrived for a visit. With courtesy, they replied: "Hold on just a bit, I’ll report your presence right away."

Shortly after, a man in his forties or fifties hurried to the scene. Upon spotting Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu beyond the gate, his eyes narrowed briefly, and he uttered in a grave tone: "Li Xingruo, Li Xingyu, you actually dare to come back!"

Years ago, the siblings had clashed with the clan, showing no respect to the ancestors and departing in anger.

Following that, they drew the interest of the Zhao Family’s young master, but they boarded a Spiritual Vessel and fled Jiuxiao Immortal City outright, denying him any regard and sparking fury that spilled over onto the Li Family.

From his perspective, if the sisters had followed the family’s directives back then, they might have cultivated an additional Second Rank Alchemist and forged a strong bond with the Zhao Family.

In particular, the Zhao Family had surged in power amid the border-opening war two decades prior, and with their three False Cores, they stood poised to evolve into a Core Formation Noble Family in the next century!

Right as his words ended.

"Pa!"

A sharp crack echoed through the air.

A breathtaking beauty with a refined and radiant visage, clad in a flowing pink gown, advanced and delivered a swift strike with her slender, gem-like hand, hurling the middle-aged man through the air.

She then raised her head a touch, her demeanor regal and aloof, as she commanded: "Bark like a mad dog, now slap your own mouth!"

With those words, the power of her Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer cultivation erupted: "I am Lu Wangshu from the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family, here with my aunts to see kin and honor the ancestors—where is the Li Family’s ancestor? Emerge at once to welcome us!"

"The Heavenly Talisman Lu Family!"

The man, fresh from the slap and on the verge of retaliating with curses, halted in stunned silence.

Though the Li Family ranked as just a Foundation Establishment Family.

As a longstanding one, they were well aware of the prestigious Heavenly Talisman Lu Family, recognized as Jiang Country’s top cultivation lineage!

Beyond the famed ancestor Changsheng True Master and Lady Miaoge True Man in the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family;

there was the firstborn son Lu Ping’an, who overcame the Divine Blade Shangguan Family;

and Lu Qingshan, who entered Jinyang Sect and vanquished a Third Rank Demon King—Lu Wangshu herself.

Her talent shone exceptionally, carrying on the talisman arts from Changsheng True Master, while also being the cherished offspring of Changsheng True Master and Fairy Xi Yue from Qingyun Sect!

"Have they wed Changsheng True Master?"

Li Jiangping quickly pieced it together, seized by terror.

Even though decades had elapsed since the old grudges, and numerous elders involved had long since perished.

Yet with these two now backed by the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family, wiping out the Li Family would prove effortless.

Moreover, this favored daughter of Changsheng True Master escorting the pair clearly signaled her father’s own will.

The notion of drawing the attention of a Nascent Soul Immortal filled Li Jiangping with overwhelming dread, his frame shaking without control.

As Lu Wangshu declared this and unleashed her spiritual aura, Lu Linghe and Lu Qingqi, who had joined her, promptly echoed their sibling by projecting their own Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure.

Traveling with their mother, Lu Qingli, Lu Qingye, and Lu Qingning likewise let loose their Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure.

While their levels didn’t match Lu Wangshu’s, both Lu Linghe and Lu Qingli had advanced to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Foundation Establishment—so many Foundation Establishment experts!"

Li Jiangping and the handful of other Foundation Establishment members nearby found their mouths parched.

Despite the Li Family’s status as an ancient Foundation Establishment clan, the border-opening war had inflicted heavy casualties, leaving the whole lineage with merely three Foundation Establishment cultivators today.

Thus, the barrage of Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure confronting them left them in awe.

Did the old rift with the Li sisters truly warrant this overwhelming display...

Even in outright clan warfare, would such a horde of Foundation Establishment forces be mobilized?

At that moment, Li Jiangping abruptly spotted a lady next to Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu, her features surpassingly lovely, as if blessed by the heavens, attired in pristine white with an air of gentle remoteness and otherworldly poise.

She hadn’t deployed her magic power, yet the subtle vibe unsettled him, evoking the image of the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family’s matriarch, Lu Miaoge.

In a flash, he collapsed with a heavy "thud," sweat pouring like beans from his brow, his tone quivering: "I failed to realize Fairy Lu and the honorable members of the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family had arrived—my welcome fell short, I beg your pardon."

Turning to Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu, he plastered on a grin more strained than tears: "Xingruo, Xingyu, it’s good to have you home again; over all these years, the family has longed for you and fretted over your well-being..."

"..."

Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu offered no reply.

They recognized the man called Li Jiangping.

During their parents’ lifetime, he had been kind to them, but once their parents met their untimely end, attitudes among those around shifted dramatically.