684 The Li Family of Pingzhou (1/2)

Recently, something had been bothering Li Xiu. He was worried, truly worried!

Over the past decade, he had never felt so upset.

He had always been a lucky guy. And it could be said that the greatest luck he had had so far was from becoming friends with Zhou Bao.

Befriending Zhou Bao was a great bargain for Li Xiu, for this could bring him huge profits. Being a friend of Zhou Bao undoubtfully rendered him the most competent successor of the Li Family of Pingzhou and helped his strength advance by leaps and bounds, easily surpassing his peers. Things that he had once reckoned to occur in the far future had already happened. But now, something unexpected had arrived.

The Li Family of Pingzhou had a thousand-year-old history. This family had branched out into numerous small families, even the main branch consisted of many sections. Li Xiu's father was the Family Head of the Li Family of Pingzhou, which belonged to the branch of direct descendants. When it came to the next generation, considering Li Xiu's extraordinary strength and the fact that he had befriended a high-ranking man, there was no doubt that Li Xiu would assume the post of the Family Head. In effect, it had happened in real life. Over the past decade, Li Xiu had gradually taken control of the family. Although he was not that interested in gaining power. In light of such a huge family, keeping everything running in proper order was already an achievement worth celebrating.

However, to everyone's surprise, the situation had started to change in recent years. Li Xiu's uncle Li Xian, who had been working for his father all these years, gradually stood out. Not only was his strength making rapid progress, he was also forming cliques within the family and dividing the influence subordinated to Li Xiu.

At first, Li Xiu had been dismissive about it. As far as he was concerned, the Li Family of Pingzhou was as firm as a sheet of iron. No matter how capable Li Xian was, it was impossible for him to stir up too much trouble.

Nevertheless, this matter was not as simple as he had thought.

As two years went by, the influence Li Xian had expanded considerably. Today, he could even stand up to Li Xiu as an equal.

Li Xiu had also heard news that his uncle seemed to have developed close relationships with people outside the family. These people were quite mysterious, but their strength was intimidatingly strong. Li Xiu had sent batches of agents to explore their backgrounds, but no messages were ever sent back to him. Apparently, the agents had all failed their missions. After that, Li Xiu had kept a constant vigilance, but he still couldn't do anything about his uncle.

Li Xiu had taken the controlling power of the family bit by bit. Since his father was also the Family Head who was in power, he had to behave more scrupulously in case someone got something on him or detected his negligence.

Moreover, despite the fact Li Xian had formed cliques and furtively fostered his own influence, he had never done anything to jeopardize the Li Family. He had even made several contributions during the past few years, rendering the Li Family widely famous. Now, as a family hero, Li Xian was becoming more and more important to the whole family.

Therefore, facing such a hero and a crucial family member, if Li Xiu could not discover any solid evidence, he and his influence really could do nothing about him. All they could do was sit aside and watch as he expanded his gangsters and built up his strength.

If what upset Li Xiu in the past was a potential concern, then, what he needed to deal with today was an imminent problem.

Recently Li Xiu had obtained news that Li Xian would take a major action during the Ancestor Worship Ceremony, and the target was precisely him.

Li Xiu had a premonition that Li Xian was going to usurp his throne.

If Li Xian did that, he would not care much about it. First, he did not attach too much importance to his post. Second, his strength had already entered the Individual Immortal phase. He possessed enough strength to counter any tricks the other side might throw at him.

Yes, absolute strength could subdue everything!

This was the motto Li Xiu believed in. This motto actually came from his friend, Zhou Bao, who had stabilized his position in the northwest precisely with his invincible strength, hadn't he?

Li Xiu had faith in his own strength!

As a man who had entered the Individual Immortal phase before the age of 30, Li Xiu naturally had enough faith in himself. If not, then, almost no one in the world would have the faith to live their lives.

”First Young Master, First Young Master, something went wrong, seriously wrong!”

Although Li Xiu had faith in himself, it did not mean he had faith in others as well. Right now, shortly after he sat down, a panic-stricken voice fluttered to his ears before he could have a quiet moment. Then, a cyan-robed footboy rushed in.

”Why so much panic?” Li Xiu scowled, showing a trace of unfriendliness.

”First Young Master, it's really bad! Second Master, Second Master, he...”

”What's up with Second Uncle?”

”Second Master led a bunch of helpers and headed for the manor of Miss Die Yi! He sai-said, he was going to arrest the evildoer!”

”What?” Li Xiu stood up at once. He clenched the cyan-robed footboy by the collar. ”What did you say? Go to Die Yi's manor? What a jerk!”