Chapter 949: Entering The Abyss (I)
Eastern Sea.
Pine winds stirred across Splitreed Island as Li Xizhi changed into white robes and quietly sat by the table. No one else was around, leaving an uncanny silence, with only the moonlight spilling across the table.
The man held a jade wine pot as he paced around the table, never taking a seat.
His wife, Yang Xiao’er, had entered seclusion two years ago to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. There had been no news since, and he often worried. Soon, he received word that Li Xijun had perished in the Eastern Sea while trying to seize the Radiant Sky Stone.
Upon hearing the news, Li Xizhi had collapsed into the inner hall, weeping bitterly, unable to calm himself for a long time. Even after several years, he still often recalled the incident.
“Jun’er.”
Li Xizhi poured himself a cup of wine, filling the one across the table as well, his heart a tangled mess of emotions. Li Xizhi had returned home several times, and each time, Li Xijun had spoken with him at length. He had always been calm, and after receiving the talisman qi, had grown even more emotionless.
“Brother Xicheng gained his position and felt uneasy, and Ximing was too soft and full of guilt. But was Jun’er any better? He first exposed Ximing, then questioned Xicheng, and even eliminated threats by sending Yuexiang away... his heart was the heaviest with dread.
“What a tangled mess... how could it ever be unraveled!”
Among all the entanglements of the Li Family, it was Li Xizhi, an outsider to their internal strife, who saw things the clearest and knew the most.