After obtaining the True Pill for his Physical Body, Zhang Shen had inquired about the prices of inheritances in alchemy, weapon forging, formation techniques, and spiritual plants, and found that each one was ridiculously expensive.
The innate weapon refining inheritance that Li Shuang handed over, which was not even at the True Dan level, was almost as valuable as a True Dan-level technique.
Zhang Shen, who was short of money, naturally couldn't afford it and could only sigh in despair.
He also planned to buy some to enrich the foundation of Hongyuan City in the future.
Li Shuang simply passed on his inheritance to Zhang Shen, so that Zhang Shen would not gain nothing in these aspects.
Seeing Li Shuang's loyalty and with his soul in his hands, Zhang Shen then carefully taught the three of them some important aspects of cultivation.
So that they don't go astray or take the wrong path.
Over the past three years, the three of them have made some progress and have become stronger, but there has been no qualitative change.
As for Zhang Shen, inheritances such as refining equipment, refining pills, and spiritual plants are no different from ordinary martial arts.
Practicing the corresponding spells can also bring him experience points.
However, when it comes to the process of refining magical instruments and elixirs, no experience points will be generated.
This also led to Zhang Shen being only interested in the skills and techniques of these professions, but not interested in the actual refining process.
"I'm going to leave here in a few days."
"I encountered something I couldn't handle before I came back. Don't fight hard, just protect yourself."
After several years of living together, Li Shuang's children have also won Zhang Shen's recognition.
Neither Li Li nor Li An is the kind of person who likes to stir up trouble. They are very thorough and steady in their work.
"Yes, Li Shuang, Li An, and Li Li understand."
"Please be careful when you go out, sir."
"Yeah." Zhang Shen's figure disappeared into the darkness.
He left Reyanfang City and headed towards his destination, the Giant Rock Mountain Area.
This story begins a year ago.
In order to maintain rapid progress in his martial arts training, Zhang Shen often went to the shops in Reyanfang City to buy the resources he needed. As time went by, he also became friends with some people.
When one reaches Zhang Shen’s level, in addition to practicing, he also needs to have some understanding of the outside world.
To this end, in addition to cultivation resources, he also purchased intelligence on some forces and bigwigs in the nearby areas.
And some biographies about individuals.
These are all very superficial intelligence and information. Almost all major stores sell them openly, and no force will say anything.
While reading some anecdotes about strange people in the past few hundred years, Zhang Shen discovered a person.
Master Li Yan.
After some searching and checking records from all sides, Zhang Shen finally confirmed that this very low-key Master Li Yan, who left only a few records, was the skeleton he found in that illusion.
"The Soul-stealing Arrow, the Flaming Sun Sabre, and the powerful and condensed true qi, this is absolutely a solid proof."
Zhang Shen was deeply moved. The relics of this Master Li Yan were of great help to him.
The resources he consumes in his cultivation now are all accumulated by this person.
At that time, he paid attention to it and began to collect information about this Master Li Yan.
This True Dan Zhenren died on the edge of the endless wilderness.
Who knows how he died? Did he have any mortal enemy during his lifetime
He practiced the Qianchongshan technique and even refined a true elixir magic weapon.
He knew nothing. What if an enemy of Li Yan suddenly showed up and mistook him for Li Yan's successor and wanted to kill him
Then we are at a loss.
It would be fine if the enemy is weak, but the real fear is that the enemy is too strong and we cannot defeat him.
So Zhang Shen wants to quietly
Quietly collect some information about Master Li Yan, just in case.
After some investigation, it was found that this Mr. Li Yan is indeed a representative of low-key people.
He didn't accomplish any great deeds in his life, and he killed all his enemies, leaving no trouble behind.
Zhang Shen appreciated this very much.
He also said that he wanted to inherit a hundred such legacies from his predecessors.
And this Master Li Yan is not a lonely man. He was born into a warrior family in the Juyan area.
This family is no different from the Luo family. It was originally just an innate-level family, but because of the emergence of Li Yan, a true elixir expert, it was once prosperous.
Ever since the inexplicable death of Master Li Yan two hundred years ago, the Li family began to decline. No new True Dan masters were born since then, and the family has become weaker every year.
The purpose of going to the Giant Rock area is to look for the Li family.
If this family is worthy of help, Zhang Shen will lend a hand for the sake of Master Li Yan's relics.
If it's not worth it.
That is, opportunities only belong to the strong. If you have the ability, come and bite him.
In fact, whether he went or not, the Li family didn’t know that he had obtained the relics of Master Li Yan.
Just act cautiously and seek peace of mind.
Everything you do should be done according to your heart.
To put it another way, when he wants to repay a favor, he does so; when he wants to kill, he kills.
He has his own code of conduct.
Flying all the way and avoiding those dangerous places, Zhang Shen arrived at the giant rock area half a month later.
This place is still located on the edge of the human territory, but it is closer to the central area than Reyanfang City. Of course, you can't go far in.
Arriving here, Zhang Shen searched along the way based on the information he had obtained from the investigation.
Finally, we found the Li family in Black Iron City.
"Has the once glorious Zhendan family now declined to this point?" Zhang Shen couldn't help but lament as he looked at the deserted Li Mansion with only a few whiffs of smoke from the night life.
This is the result of insufficient foundation.
Fortunately, a True Dan strongman was born, but it is impossible to cultivate the next one.
Once the only True Dan who carries the family's glory dies, the glory gained because of this True Dan will backfire tenfold or a hundredfold.
The current prosperity of the Luo family and the current decline of the Li family kept flashing through his mind.
A certain thought in Zhang Shen's mind became stronger and stronger.
The geniuses and evildoers are only in glory for a moment and are just a ripple in the long river of time.
Only eternity and invincibility can make you stand proudly through the ages!
The originally vague ambition broke through the fog at this moment and stood in Zhang Shen's heart.
Looking at the Li Mansion again, the sadness was gone.
Without knocking on the door, Zhang Shen turned and left.
He needed to understand the Li family's current situation before deciding whether to contact them.
The first choice for obtaining intelligence is the shops in Black Iron City.
Here, Zhang Shen actually saw the Sihai Grocery Store again.
Keeping this in mind, Zhang Shen walked into a shop that was said to be run by a powerful force.
Only this kind of force can sell out important intelligence of local forces without any psychological pressure.
Black Iron City is not a big city, and there are no True Dan-level powerhouses stationed here.
Zhang Shen went to purchase the information with his eighth level of innate cultivation.
After paying some price, Zhang Shen got what he wanted.
"Since two hundred years ago, the Li family's true elixir has not appeared again."
“After a period of time, everyone confirmed
Believing that Li Yan had fallen, they began to divide up the cake that the Li family had occupied. "
"The Li family was squeezed out of the ranks of the True Dan family."
"But the Li family accumulated a lot of wealth and resources during the time of Master Li Yan."
"These have aroused the greed of many Xiantian families and independent cultivators."
"Especially the possibility of Master Li Yan's breakthrough enlightenment, which has aroused the greed of these wolf-like warriors."
"People are willing to believe that the Li family holds the breakthrough insights of Li Yan Zhenren, but no new true elixir is born. It is because the Li family is not good enough, not because Li Yan Zhenren has another opportunity. And that opportunity is no longer there."
"For this reason, the Li family, which originally had a foundation that surpassed that of ordinary innate families, was forced to decline."
"Until now, we have been living in Black Iron City, and we are not even a top-tier force in Black Iron City."
Looking at the Li family's experience over the past two hundred years, there is only one word to describe it.
miserable!
Recently, the Four Tigers Gang, a gang active in Black Iron City, has set its sights on the Li family.
Not only did he plot to kill the last elder of the Li family, but he also seized and plundered all of the Li family's interests in Black Iron City.
The manpower of the Li family also launched a resistance during this period, and naturally suffered heavy losses.
Now, there are only a pair of legitimate sons and daughters and an old servant left in the entire Li family.
The reason these three people are still alive is that when the Li family was defeated, other forces took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
The Four Tigers Gang didn't want their spoils to be taken away by others, so the powerful figures all went to fight for the spoils.
The remaining people also have some strength, but the old servant is also a master of the ninth level of the acquired realm. The strong men of the Four Tigers Gang are not here, and they don't want to sacrifice their lives to kill the old servant.
"Miserable, miserable! Really miserable!" After watching all this, Zhang Shen was very suspicious whether the Li family's luck had run out two hundred years ago. It was really unlucky for them.
"It seems that the struggle within the human race's territory is more brutal than I imagined."
A glimpse of the whole picture shows that Zhang Shen has already begun to feel the bloody storm contained in this.
It was a fight that was no less intense than the endless wilderness and could even be more intense.
At the Li Mansion, the elderly Li Zhong was preparing a meal.
Ever since the Li family was targeted by the Four Tigers Gang and the backbone of the Li family was lost, not only were the shops and mines outside occupied by others, but even the servants in the mansion left one by one.
Some loyal ones were also dismissed by the lady.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Li family had no hope. The twelve-year-old girl was also aware of this, which was why she asked those loyal servants who had held on to the end to leave. There was no need to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Only Li Zhong refused to leave no matter what was said.
"What's the matter with this Li Zhong?" The little leader Hao Shuang asked his younger brother. He was one of the four leaders of the Four Tigers Gang, a little leader among the ten little leaders, with a ninth-level acquired cultivation, not inferior to Li Zhong.
The recent battle to divide up the Li family is almost over, and the Four Tigers Gang has enough energy to deal with the last remnants of the Li family.
Hao Shuang is the person in charge of this matter.
The trusted younger brother was very perceptive and quickly told him what he had found out.
"It is said that Li Zhong was originally just a little beggar. He almost froze to death in the snow in the winter more than 20 years ago."
"He was picked up by the eldest young master of the Li family who was passing by and taken in as a servant."
"It must be because of this life-saving grace that Li Zhong was unwilling to leave and always protected the brother and sister."
…
"Well, he is a loyal man."
"But he stood in front of our Four Tigers Gang, so he deserves to die!"
"Gather your men and follow me to kill them!"