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."

A complicated look crossed Li Xingruo's face as she gazed at the Great Cliff Mountain ahead, before she advanced and declared.

Many things can be erased by the passage of time.

Almost seventy years had gone by since she departed Jiuxiao Immortal City for Bi Lake Mountain.

For an ordinary mortal, such a span equals an entire life.

At Bi Lake Mountain, she had fulfilled the key phase of her existence, bearing her offspring.

Those two kids of hers, lacking any Spiritual Root, had even turned into grandparents themselves.

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

Her sole intention now was to retrieve her parents' memorial tablets and ensure her daughter Lu Qingli properly upholds the Treasure Elixir Pavilion's legacy.

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

However, their sharp senses picked up on the visitors' aura of wealth and nobility, 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."

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

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

Later, they drew the attention of the Zhao Family's young master but fled Jiuxiao Immortal City on a Spiritual Vessel, snubbing him completely and sparking fury that spilled over onto the Li Family.

From his perspective, if the sisters had followed the clan's directives back then, they might have fostered yet another Second Rank Alchemist and forged a strong bond with the Zhao Family.

The Zhao Family had surged in power amid the frontier war two decades prior, boasting three False Cores now, and seemed poised to ascend as a Core Formation Noble Family in the next century!

But right after his words ended.

"Pa!"

A sharp crack echoed through the air.

A breathtaking beauty in a pink dress, her features exquisite and radiant, moved ahead and lashed out with her slender, jade hand, knocking the middle-aged man airborne with a single strike.

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

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

"The Heavenly Talisman Lu Family!"

The middle-aged man, fresh from the slap and ready to lash out in rage, went rigid with astonishment.

Though the Li Family was just a Foundation Establishment clan.

As a longstanding one, they were well aware of the famed Heavenly Talisman Lu Family, deemed the top cultivation family in Jiang Country!

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

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

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

She not only boasted exceptional aptitude, carrying on the talisman heritage from Changsheng True Master, but was also the cherished offspring of Changsheng True Master and Fairy Xi Yue from Qingyun Sect!

"Did they wed Changsheng True Master?"

Li Jiangping quickly pieced it together, overcome by dread.

Even though decades had elapsed since the old grudges, and most of the seniors involved had long passed.

With the sisters now backed by the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family, wiping out the Li Family would be effortless.

Particularly since this favored daughter of Changsheng True Master was here with them, signaling the True Master's own will.

The mere idea of drawing the ire of a Nascent Soul Immortal filled Li Jiangping with terror, his frame shaking violently.

As Lu Wangshu declared this and unleashed her spiritual pressure, Lu Linghe and Lu Qingqi, who traveled with her, swiftly joined in, projecting their own Foundation Establishment auras.

Alongside their mother, Lu Qingli, Lu Qingye, and Lu Qingning all let loose their Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure as well.

While their levels weren't quite at Lu Wangshu's height, Lu Linghe and Lu Qingli had advanced to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Foundation Establishment—so many of them!"

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

Despite being an established Foundation Establishment Family, the Li clan had endured heavy casualties in the frontier war, leaving only three such cultivators in total nowadays.

Thus, the barrage of Foundation Establishment spiritual pressures hitting them left them in shock.

Did the old rift with Li Xingruo and her sister truly warrant this overwhelming display...

Not even in full-scale clan warfare would one muster so many Foundation Establishment forces?

At that moment, Li Jiangping's eyes caught a woman next to Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu, her face of unparalleled allure, as if blessed by the heavens, clad in pristine white with an air of gentle remoteness.

Even without unleashing her magic power, her subtle presence hinted at trouble, much like the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family's matriarch, Lu Miaoge.

In a flash, he collapsed with a "thud," sweat pouring down his brow like beans, his tone quivering: "I had no idea Fairy Lu and the honorable members of the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family were visiting—my welcome fell short, I beg your pardon."

Turning to Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu, he plastered on a grin more pained than tears: "Xingruo, Xingyu, it's wonderful you're home; the family has longed for you all these years, fretting over your well-being..."

"..."

Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu offered no reply.

They recognized the man as Li Jiangping.

When their parents still lived, he had been kind to them, yet after their sudden demise, attitudes around them shifted dramatically.