Chapter 24

Upon hearing this, Li Cheng approached the large coffin, feeling somewhat nervous. With one palm, he struck the coffin lid, sending it flying. Inside, he saw a person! A dead person! A teenager around sixteen or seventeen years old!

The teenager's body was a ghastly green, almost black.

Seeing the teenager's face, Li Cheng suddenly trembled all over, his eyes turned red, and tears fell. "Feng'er! My Feng'er!" After saying this, he lifted the teenager out of the coffin and held him tightly.

"My Feng'er!"

"You can't die, my Feng'er!"

Li Cheng's sobs were heart-wrenching.

Li Mu, upon seeing the teenager's face, instantly had tears streaming down his face. He stood there, crying openly in front of everyone, completely losing his composure.

"Brother, Brother!" At this moment, Li Lu, who was standing beside Huang Xiaolong, also came forward, rushing to the teenager's side. She cried out, shaking the teenager's body with both hands: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Brother, wake up, I don't want you to die, I don't want you to die!"

"Brother, wake up!"

"Wake up!"

Li Lu's sobs were incoherent.

At this moment, the guards, maids, and many experts of the Li family also came forward, kneeling down and crying. The cries filled the air. The dead teenager was Li Lu's older brother, Li Feng, and also Li Cheng's only son. Li Feng had a high talent, possessing a top-tier ninth-level martial soul, just like Li Lu. Three years ago, he was recognized by a major sect of Luotong Kingdom, the Chu Yun Sect, and became an inner disciple. No one expected that during Li Mu's eightieth birthday, he would be killed and sent as a birthday gift!

All the clan leaders and experts who came to celebrate the birthday shook their heads in silence, not expecting such an event to occur during the Li family's elder's birthday.

"Feng'er, it's Grandfather who has wronged you!" Li Mu knelt there, his hands trembling as he touched his grandson's face, tears falling on his grandson's body. But his grandson could no longer move or hear his calls.

"I promise, I will avenge you! I will!" Li Mu's eyes were resolute.

From a distance, Huang Xiaolong watched, his eyes also red.

The surrounding crowd was silent.

After a long while, Li Mu carried his grandson back into the Li family estate, with everyone following behind. The festive decorations that had been hung in the Li family estate now seemed so glaring.

The birthday banquet ultimately did not continue.

Soon, the clan leaders and experts who came to celebrate the birthday left one by one. The once lively Li family estate instantly became silent and lifeless.

In the end, only Huang Xiaolong and four others remained to celebrate the birthday.

"Little Brother Li, take care!" Huang Qide came to Li Mu's side and consoled him, "If anything happens in the future, just let us know, and the Huang Family Manor will definitely come to your aid!"

Huang Qide didn't expect this to happen. Now, they couldn't stay any longer and had to leave.

"Brother Huang, thank you!" Li Mu's voice was sorrowful.

Huang Qide nodded, not knowing what else to say, and was about to leave with Huang Xiaolong and the others. However, at this moment, Li Lu suddenly ran over, hugging Huang Xiaolong and crying, "Xiaolong, don't go, okay?"

Everyone looked at Huang Xiaolong.

Huang Xiaolong's face was hesitant. After a moment, he patted Li Lu's shoulder and consoled her, "I will come to see you often, don't worry. I will kill the person responsible and avenge your brother."

Everyone heard this and shook their heads with a smile, thinking it was just a child's casual words. No one took Huang Xiaolong seriously, not even Li Mu, who didn't have the confidence to kill the opponent, let alone a child under eight years old.

"Then you must come to see me often." Li Lu's eyes were filled with tears.

Huang Xiaolong could only nod.

Li Mu personally saw Huang Xiaolong and the others off, and only returned to the Li family estate after they disappeared.

In the evening, Huang Xiaolong and the others returned to the Huang Family Manor.

After returning to the Huang Family Manor, Huang Xiaolong didn't practice the Asura Sutra that night. Instead, he stood on the top of the mountain behind the manor, looking at the twinkling stars in the night sky.

Two meters behind Huang Xiaolong, Fei Hou stood there, guarding him.

"Fei Hou, do you think people turn into stars in the night sky after they die?" Huang Xiaolong suddenly asked.

Fei Hou was taken aback: "Stars in the night sky?" He clearly didn't expect Huang Xiaolong to ask such a question.

"In my old hometown, they say that after people die, they turn into stars in the night sky and protect their loved ones," Huang Xiaolong said softly.

"Turn into stars in the night sky? Protect their loved ones?" Fei Hou shook his head with a smile. "In this world, only great power can protect and safeguard one's loved ones."

"Great power!" Huang Xiaolong was stunned.

"Yes, great power!" Fei Hou nodded.

Indeed, great power! Huang Xiaolong clenched his fists, his eyes shining with determination under the night sky. Only great power can protect and safeguard one's loved ones!

He must become strong! Continuously stronger!

Only then can he protect and safeguard his loved ones!

An invisible aura emanated from Huang Xiaolong, even surprising Fei Hou.

"Let's go back!" After a while, Huang Xiaolong retracted his aura, his tone changing, and he turned to return to the Huang Family Manor, with Fei Hou following closely behind.

After returning to the Huang Family Manor, Huang Xiaolong took out the cold jade bed, sat down in a meditative posture, and began to practice the Asura Sutra. The Nine Netherworld Qi continuously poured down from the void.

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Time passed.

Ten months quickly went by.

After returning from the Li family's birthday celebration, Huang Peng noticed that his son was even more obsessed with training, staying in the small courtyard almost all day, rarely stepping out. Seeing his son so intensely training, Huang Peng and Su Yan were naturally worried and often came to the small courtyard to see Huang Xiaolong.

During these ten months, Huang Xiaolong's martial qi cultivation improved at a terrifying speed. When he returned from the Li family's birthday celebration, he was at the peak of the fourth stage. Half a month later, he broke through to the middle of the fourth stage. A month later, he reached the peak of the middle of the fourth stage. Two months later, he was at the late stage of the fourth stage.

By the end of ten months, Huang Xiaolong not only broke through to the fifth stage but also reached the peak of the late fifth stage!

As for the Yi Jin Jing, Huang Xiaolong had also practiced to the fifth posture, the "Pulling Nine Oxen by the Tail."

On this sunny morning, on the mountain behind the manor, Huang Xiaolong swung his Asura Blades, and over a hundred blade auras appeared in the air. Two wind masses, each about five meters high, continuously rolled and rotated. Wherever the Hell Wind passed, all the trees were cut into over a hundred pieces. The direction of the two wind masses suddenly changed, turning to the left, then to the right!

After ten months, the power of the Hell Wind had increased tenfold, and Huang Xiaolong could now control its attack direction at will. The Hell Wind would only dissipate after rolling for twelve to thirteen breaths.

"The Hell Wind is finally complete; now it only lacks power!" Huang Xiaolong looked at the fallen trees around him and said to himself. He had completely grasped the essence of the Hell Wind. In the future, as his martial qi cultivation improved, the power of the Hell Wind would continue to increase.

The blueprint mentioned that someone once used the Hell Wind to sweep across a hundred thousand miles, leaving no life within that area, not even a blade of grass!

"There are only twenty days left until the next annual meeting." Huang Xiaolong retracted his Asura Blades into his arm, thinking to himself.

(The next chapter is the next annual meeting, and the climax is about to come again! Brothers, do you have any recommendation votes?)