Chapter 436: Chapter 155: A Strange Breakthrough Opportunity, Sharing a Cave with Lady Hall Master

Upon hearing the words "admiration," the Red Lotus thief’s eyes rolled around suddenly.

The man sighed and seemed to mutter to himself, "Leader Tan said yesterday that Master Zhu would also come here to take a look; I wonder if that’s today."

Hearing "Leader Tan" and "Master Zhu," the Red Lotus thief shuddered, hurriedly dismissing his original thoughts, and said with a smile, clasping his fists, "If being here allows you to catch a bit of Master Li’s celestial aura and forge powerful weapons, it would be a blessing for our Lotus Sect."

After speaking, the Red Lotus thief quickly rode away...

The blacksmith just curled his lips into a slight sneer but ignored him, continuing to focus on forging the iron.

Li Yuan just had to listen briefly to discern the current level of this blacksmith.

He was a seasoned hand with some inheritance, but he was stuck outside the threshold of Fetal Movement, unable to advance.

But even so, he was still an impressive blacksmith; being able to forge Upper Grade Seventh Grade Weapons meant he was bound to be valued once he displayed his abilities.

Li Yuan observed this Seventh Grade blacksmith acting like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, finding him amusing, but he had no intention of conversing or offering advice.

As for Master Zhu, Li Yuan didn’t want to meet him at this moment either, as it was neither the right time nor place. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Li Yuan paused briefly, wrapped the "Thousand-Mile in a Line" around the blacksmith, and then returned to his original plan, starting to bypass the mountain pass, heading towards the Martial House.

By evening, he reached the vicinity of the Martial House.

Three miles away, he stopped advancing and agilely climbed an old tree in the wilderness, then released his senses to gaze into the distance.

In the twilight, the Martial House, originally just a cottage on the lakeside, had expanded into a large complex, suggesting that it was highly valued here; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been developed like this.

"Why does the Lotus Sect value the Martial House?"

Li Yuan was quite curious.

He changed his perspective a few times and then discovered something else: not only was the Martial House here, but the She Xiang had also been relocated here, with both places combined under the sign "Wendao Palace."

This way, the martial arts system he created would be complete here.

"Why would the Lotus Sect do this? What is their objective?"

Li Yuan pondered.

But such idle speculation was clearly useless.

Just then, a few shadows resembling "bibberish birds" flapped their wings and flew over.

Despite the winter cold, occasional warm snow kept these little creatures around.

Li Yuan glanced at these birds; they were weak birds, "0~1" in level.

His original "surveillance birds" had long since gone quiet, with vacant positions, so he connected with five small birds and started sending them to fly in various directions to broaden his field of vision.

Meanwhile, sounds from the direction of the Martial House filtered intermittently into his ears.

These were unfamiliar voices, presumably disciples who came later to learn his cultivation skill.

"Have you heard? There are many benefits to cultivating here. The Lotus Sect even promises that as long as you reach the Seventh Grade, they’ll cover most of the resources needed for you to quickly reach the Sixth Grade."

"Yes, I’ve heard there’s even a Visualization Image here. If you can see that Visualization Image, your hope of breaking through to Sixth Grade significantly increases."

"Moreover, the Sixth Grade of this cultivation skill, for some reason, once mastered, is much stronger than other Sixth Grades. I’ve heard that three people who first reached Sixth Grade were already assigned significant responsibilities after being transferred by the Lotus Sect."

"But isn’t Instructor Zhao, Instructor Xu, and Instructor Yang still here?"

"Those three are instructors; they need to manage the operations of the Martial House and She Xiang, so they won’t leave."

But there’s something odd about those three instructors."

"What’s so odd about them?"

"They’re fine during the day, but at night they seem to go mad... so the sounds coming from the secret room deep in Wendao Palace at night are all from them?"

"Stop talking about it."

Li Yuan eavesdropped here and there, with conversations from various places continuously adding to his information.

And this strange sense of abnormality gave him a feeling that everything had already spiraled out of control, becoming more bizarre and chaotic...

However, he had patience.

He thought this observation point wasn’t bad, so he decided to stay for a few more days.

Watching as the stars covered the sky and night fell, Li Yuan beckoned with his fingers, deciding to return home for dinner.

After a normal family interaction, Li Yuan and Lady Yan went to bed; he held his wife in his arms, sharing today’s encounters with her, talking about the blacksmith couple occupying their old home, and also mentioning his previous forged soldiers.

After being with him for so long, Lady Yan’s human side was gradually reinforced, and her once pale skin even started to show a bit of rosy flesh color. She heard his words and resentfully struck his arm, then angrily turned her hips away, her back to him, exclaiming, "You’re something else! Using your lifespan to forge soldiers! With such capabilities, why don’t you continue being the world-famous Master Li, and why come back to us, the widow and orphan?"

Li Yuan didn’t plan to keep Yan Yu in the dark about his lifespan issue any longer. After all, during a bedside conversation a couple of days ago, Yan Yu was also worried about finding ways to extend his life, solidifying a certain decision in Li Yuan.

Today was the day he decided to confess.

So he tried to pull Lady Yan’s cold shoulder, but he couldn’t move her.

His previously light and delicate wife now seemed to have become a substance much heavier than steel.

"I was contemplating how to ensure you and Xiaozhao would continue living, and you just disregard your life like that. Why don’t you think about your wife and kid?!"