Family Cultivation: I Become a Mirror-Chapter 218 - 202 Li Yuanping

Lu Jiangxian's gaze retreated from the variety of life at the foot of the mountain, his Divine Sense returning to the Mirror. He landed next to a white jade-like stone table, the breeze brushing against his robe as he slowly sat down, sighing softly, a touch of sorrow in his expression.

"Four pairs of fathers and sons, three families plotting against each other, entanglements that span generations... Such is the way of the world, everyone fears each other, forcing people into harming one another, and in the end, a blood feud leaves every family in mourning…"

"Immortals risking their lives, Upper Sects slaughtering, Human Pills, Blood Sacrifices, cannibalism… Noble Families crushing each other, and commoners helplessly facing execution."

Lu Jiangxian's mind was full of doubts as he quietly said,

"The conflict between immortals and demons back then, what exactly was the outcome… that made the world turn out this way."

Lu Jiangxian snapped out of his thoughts, shifting his attention to more pressing matters.

"My seven emotions and six desires are becoming more and more indifferent…."

Lu Jiangxian, having lost his physical body, had coped well during the first decade, driven by inertia and emotional fluctuations. Those years passed in a half-sleep, half-awake state and the issues were not too severe.

In recent decades, Lu Jiangxian spent more time awake than asleep, focusing on studying witchcraft. Things that could stir his emotions became fewer and he grew increasingly indifferent. It was also thanks to this emotional anomaly that Lu Jiangxian could stay inside the Dharma Mirror for decades, coldly observing the changes of various families.

Actually, Lu Jiangxian could have taken action to save Li Yuanxiu, but he refrained due to a multitude of considerations.

"The Dharma Mirror has a significant origin, and there was a past life of an unknown realm, yet here I am in such a dire situation. The enemy must be even more terrifying… since the Talisman Qi can deduce, the enemy must not be far behind. I cannot afford the slightest exposure…"

A pale silver light shone in Lu Jiangxian's hand, swirling around. This was the Power of Deduction he had acquired from Liu Changdie, which took him three years to use in calculating the risks of exposure, finally yielding some information.

"Taiyin Profound Light is essentially very pure moonlight, originating from Taiyin. If I use Taiyin Profound Light to kill my enemies, there is almost no risk of being traced. But using witchcraft poses much more danger; the more powerful it is, the easier it is to attract prying eyes."

"If I were to reveal myself outside of the Dharma Mirror, then the skies would change color, and thunder would rage, surely alarming immortals from all directions…"

Lu Jiangxian contemplated in his heart, determining that the best course of action was to silently remain within the Dharma Mirror, watching the members of the Li family rise and fall generation after generation, as the power accumulated by the Talisman Seed grew stronger. That was the safest course of action.

"I thought that Sects would accumulate Talisman Seeds faster than families… it was not until I saw the Green Pond Sect and Tang Jin Sect that I realized they weren't much better, just families with an extra layer of skin…"

Spirit Apertures are connected to lineage, almost ensuring that matrimonial alliances within Sects lead to tangled bloodlines, eventually turning into the dictatorship of one or a few families. While they might accumulate faster initially, they lack the stability that comes from family bloodlines that all stem from a single individual. When the situation turns dire, it's easy to fragment into several surnames and leak information.

With a nearly endless lifespan, Lu Jiangxian naturally preferred the safe route, willing to take a hit in speed rather than risk any exposure.

"Looking back now, I exposed too much in front of the Li Family decades ago without knowing the origin of the Dharma Mirror… Li Mutian watched me for over a decade, he probably caught onto something. Fortunately, the old man has passed away."

Lu Jiangxian extended his translucent hand, gently waving it in the air, and three round White Pills appeared, emitting a halo and looking quite mystical.

"Once Li Tongya breaks through to Foundation Establishment, I will reveal these three Talisman Seeds. Li Tongya is cautious and thoughtful. Without much explanation, he will naturally associate the breakthrough in his Cultivation Level with the increase in Talisman Seeds, which should reduce some of his suspicions."

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Lijing Town.

"Where is Xiu'er?"

Beneath layers of curtains lit with calming incense, a woman dressed in luxurious clothes slowly raised her eyebrows. With regal and dignified brows furrowed, she stared straight at the person seated below her.

"Where's Xiu'er?"

The person seated below, dressed in a gray robe and a horse jacket, shivered slightly, glanced up, then quickly lowered his head and answered unsteadily:

"Madam, the Master had sent the Young Master away on an assignment a few days ago... he said there were important matters to attend to..."

The woman sat up straight, her belly visibly pregnant; she was clearly about to give birth. She cast her eyes down at the person crawling beneath her and said with a cold laugh and in a low voice:

"Do you take me for blind and deaf? I haven't been involved in managing affairs these past months, and you really think I can be so easily deceived? No matter where Xiu'er needs to go, he would have at least reported to me... there's no reason for him to leave without saying a word!"

This woman had an elegant and luxurious demeanor; she was none other than Li Xuanxuan, Li Yuanxiu's legitimate wife, presently carrying a child. She hadn't set foot outside the inner courtyard and everyone had been trying to keep her in the dark, but the crying all around and not having seen Li Yuanxiu for dozens of days were not things that could be concealed.

Seeing the servant's silent response, she felt an ominous premonition. Having raised a child like Li Yuanxiu, she was intelligent and quick-witted herself. Just by looking at the faces of the servants and relatives, she had guessed seventy to eighty percent of the truth, and her anxiety flared up. She said coldly:

"Speak."

Pressed for answers, the servant broke into a cold sweat, legs trembling, and finally managed to say:

"The Young Master... has been assassinated... he's gone."

The woman faltered slightly, having anticipated trouble but not such a decisive end. She grunted, her emotions surging, causing a wave of pain in her abdomen. Clenching her teeth, she said:

"Uh... Li Xuanxuan, how can a father... I entrusted such a child to him, and yet such a thing happens... Li Xuanxuan! Li Xuanxuan!"

"The Family Head... he..." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The servant lowered his head only to see the woman in front of him collapse softly to the ground, instantly thrown into a panic, he cried out:

"Madam! Madam..."

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"Wah——"

The white silks of the Li family had been hung for a few months, still fluttering under the eaves, when finally a cry echoed in the courtyard. Li Xuanxuan held his wife's hand, stabilizing her breath with mana, as the midwife brought out a frail child, congratulating:

"Congratulations, Master, it's a boy."

Li Xuanxuan took the child and saw that he was skinny and small, his dry eyebrows tightly furrowed, weakly crying out once before closing his mouth tightly, not moving at all. If it weren't for the slight flaring of his nostrils and the sense of his breath through Spiritual Sense, Li Xuanxuan might almost think the child before him had no breath left.

"You've suffered,"

Li Xuanxuan whispered a word of comfort to his wife before turning to his eldest son. Having gained another son, he was overcome with tears, emotions indescribable, holding the child and watching him for a while, turning a thousand words into a single deep sigh, he whispered:

"I've fumbled through most of my life, only to realize that in this human world there is nothing to seek, only to hope for peace!"

He stroked the child's damp hair, showing the baby to his wife, Li Xuanxuan said warmly:

"Let's name him Yuanping, Li Yuanping."