In the room, Wu Neng paced back and forth, while Li Chang'an remained expressionless.
Over the years, with his aunt Li Kuanghua trapped in the Dusheng Nunnery, it was impossible to say he wasn't anxious.
After all, the Dusheng Nunnery housed an old demoness at the Body Integration realm. But now that his aunt's location had been found, Li Chang'an was no longer afraid.
Now that his aunt had become a disciple within the Dusheng Nunnery, the danger to her had greatly decreased.
Instead, with Crown Prince Fei Heng trapped in the Dusheng Nunnery, the one who should be anxious was Wu Neng.
Neither he nor his clansmen were foolish enough to actually risk their lives fighting Nun Dairou under these circumstances.
Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Wu Neng didn't plan to save him, once this news reached the imperial court, someone would take action.
Fei Heng's identity as the Crown Prince remained; these old foxes would certainly be able to guess Nun Dairou's intention to manipulate the Crown Prince.
"This is the best possible strategy. Shifting the conflict keeps our Li Clan out of it. Rescuing Aunt is the top priority; as for the others, what do they have to do with me?"
Li Chang'an waited calmly for Wu Neng's reply.
After a long time, Wu Neng finally replied in a solemn voice, "I will send people there. Everything must be done in secret."
"Since that is the case, Chang'an shall take his leave."
With Fei Heng absent from the Imperial Capital for fifty years, many shifts in power had occurred, such as numerous princes and royal grandsons fighting for authority, and the Empress serving as regent.
Wu Neng had his own considerations to make.
Having received his answer, Li Chang'an did not disturb Wu Neng from making his arrangements.
Considering a great weight lifted from his mind, Li Chang'an immediately returned to the Grotto-Heaven of the merchant lineage, sat cross-legged, and reported within the Ancestral Space.
After finishing his report to the clansmen, Li Chang'an looked inward as he sat.
Hidden within his dantian were three medicinal pills, which had been sent from home.
Tier-4 Spiritual Pills were rarities even in the Imperial Capital.
These three pills had not yet been refined.
Li Chang'an then peered into his Soul Sea.
As the clan had developed to this point, they possessed many cultivation methods, but the one he cultivated was the Heaven-tier method obtained from the Zhao Clan, the "Profound Sun Spirit-Generating Scripture."
He had painstakingly cultivated this method for many years, remaining silent and unrevealed.
Within his Soul Sea, a blazing high sun could be seen, pushed to the absolute extreme of the fire attribute, seemingly capable of incinerating all things.
Seeing his cultivation method become increasingly refined, Li Chang'an felt no great joy.
"After so many years in the Imperial Capital, true logic still ultimately rests on one's own strength."
After the incident in Shadowfell Prefecture, Li Chang'an had also tried to get the nobles of the Imperial Capital to seek justice for his clan.
The ultimate result was simply that it was none of their business.
Even when the Yun Clan and Bi Shihu defected to Deston Prefecture's command, the officials and nobles of the Imperial Capital merely brushed it off with a single sentence: "Everyone is doing it for the dynasty."
Although he had long known what kind of people resided in the Imperial Capital, Li Chang'an remained unconvinced in his heart, and now he cultivated exceptionally hard.
"Once my clan produces a Body Integration expert, who cares who is who in your imperial court."
[Your descendant Li Chang'an, having cultivated the "Profound Sun Spirit-Generating Scripture" for many years, has mastered the seventh volume of this Daoist method.
Acquired Trait: Profound Sun Physique. Spiritual power intensity and capacity increased by 30%.]
[Your descendant Li Chang'an has spent a century in the Imperial Capital, emerging unstained from the mud.
Acquired Trait: True Sun Dao Heart. So righteous it borders on demonic. Comprehension increased by 20%.]
Li Wei watched Li Chang'an.
This kid was the only one to cultivate the "Profound Sun Spirit-Generating Qi-Seeking Scripture" to the seventh volume.
Although the Zhao Clan was unorthodox, this Heaven-tier cultivation method of theirs required a fire spiritual root and an extremely resolute Dao Heart; it was also the most orthodox of cultivation methods.
There were quite a few clansmen at home cultivating this method, but no one could match Li Chang'an's progress.
It was nothing more than either they lacked a fire spiritual root, or they were... not quite so orthodox.
At this moment, Li Chang'an was cultivating. A blazing sun could be seen rising within his Soul Sea. This was both Li Chang'an's domain and Dharma Body, both named Crimson Sun.
"Keeping three medicinal pills... is he waiting for the moment he glimpses the laws of Void Refinement to break through in one fell swoop?"
Li Wei raised an eyebrow slightly. In truth, the clan was already preparing to refine the "Void-Soul Exchanging Dao Technique," which was also being prepared for Li Chang'an.
But despite Li Chang'an always appearing calm and breezy, in truth, he was unwilling to be beneath others.
Even his grandson Xinnian had broken through to the Void Refinement realm, relying solely on a single "Void-Breaking Pill."
He also wanted to try breaking through by relying on the cultivation method he practiced himself.