Sword Aura to the Heavens
Chapter 80 - 79 How High is the Cui Family’s Door Frame

Chapter 80: Chapter 79 How High is the Cui Family’s Door Frame

The inn, Li Fan rented a courtyard within the inn to live, making it convenient for his martial practice to not be disturbed.

At this moment, five people were sitting together in the courtyard.

"I never thought I, Han Zong, would drink with a Li Mountain disciple one day." Han Zong filled Li Fan’s cup with wine, raised his glass and said, "Brother Xiao Fan, let’s drink."

That’s Li Mountain, Da Li, a place full of legends.

This was the first time he had been so close to Li Mountain.

"We are all wanderers of the martial world; Brother Han, you don’t need to be so formal." Li Fan clinked glasses with Han Zong, and both drank in one gulp.

"I’ve lived an ordinary life, Han Zong in this lifetime has only reached the initial Innate stage in cultivation after all these years, interacting just with unimportant people in the martial world. Look at those family sects, all of them with noses in the air, never thought I could be this close to a Li Mountain disciple."

Han Zong laughed heartily; Li Mountain, what are the sects and families in Chuzhou compared to Li Mountain?

Moreover, Li Fan’s cultivation and Sword Control ability clearly showed he wasn’t an ordinary disciple.

Recently, he had heard that the court intended to move against Li Mountain; even the Prefect of Chu State went there but died without returning. Now that Li Fan appears in Chuzhou City, it provokes thought.

"Brother Han seems distant." Li Fan said, "I still have to thank Brother Han and Sister Chan for their help this time, otherwise in this Chuzhou City, unfamiliar as I am, who knows when I would find Miss Li."

Sitting beside them, Li Hongyi just found out that it was Han Zong and Situ Chan who helped, so she poured herself a cup of wine and said, "I also toast Brother Han and Sister Chan, thank you."

With that, she drank the entire cup first.

If not for Li Fan’s timely arrival this time, she might not have survived.

"Miss Li, you’re too polite." Han Zong and Situ Chan also drank theirs in one gulp.

After chatting for a while, Situ Chan gave Han Zong a look, and the two found an excuse to leave, leaving time for Li Fan and Li Hongyi.

"I’ll go get some rest too." Liu Ji smiled at the two, yet she remembered that stunning woman on Li Mountain. During those days, Ye Qinghuang took great care of her, providing her with resources for cultivation and enhancing her strength.

From an outsider’s perspective, she wasn’t exactly optimistic about Li Hongyi.

If she could choose, she too would choose Ye Qinghuang.

However, Li Fan now probably relied more on Ye Qinghuang.

Now only Li Fan and Li Hongyi were left. Li Fan finally asked, "Why did you leave Lin’an County that day without telling me?"

He had seen the spear on Li Hongyi; it was Li Daoqing’s spear.

Li Hongyi lowered her head and remained silent.

She blamed herself for her father’s death; she didn’t want to burden Li Fan with this responsibility.

Everything was her fault.

And at that time, Li Fan was also facing the crisis with Li Mountain.

"Do you know who the murderer is?" Li Fan asked, could it be a demon?

Li Hongyi shook her head, "I only found my father’s spear."

Li Fan didn’t know how to comfort her as he wasn’t good at it.

"Do you have any information on your mother?" Li Fan asked again. Li Hongyi couldn’t get into the Cui Family, which meant her mother must be living poorly, otherwise, she would have met her daughter.

Li Hongyi shook her head, thinking of her parents, she felt powerless, she poured herself a cup of wine to drink, but Li Fan grabbed her hand.

Li Fan used his other hand to take away Li Hongyi’s cup. She looked at him, her eyes a little red.

"I killed my father, can’t see my mother, I’ve been called a genius since childhood, how laughable." Li Hongyi’s voice was somewhat hoarse, mocking herself.

"Miss Li, your father and mother certainly wouldn’t want to see you like this, pull yourself together." Li Fan advised, handing her the box he had taken from Xiao Mo that day, "This item has a Fire Attribute, it should help with your cultivation. Take it and practice; tomorrow I’ll go with you to the Cui Family to find your mother."

Li Hongyi looked at Li Fan, her delicate face, flushed from drinking, looked at Li Fan and asked, "You’ll go with me?"

"Yes." Li Fan nodded, "I promised you, naturally I’ll keep my word."

"Alright." Li Hongyi slightly lowered her head, accepting the box from Li Fan.

"Rest early today." Li Fan said.

"Yes." Li Hongyi nodded, then went back to her room to rest.

...

The next day, light rain started to fall over Chuzhou City.

The Cui Family, a Chuzhou Family with a history spanning a thousand years, rooted in the land of Chuzhou, the Cui Family’s businesses spread all over Chuzhou City.

The Cui Family is located in the north of Chuzhou City. The entire Cui Family is made up of a stretch of connected houses, resembling a city within a city.

For ordinary people in a place like Chuzhou City, finding a place to call home is difficult, but prominent families take up a ’city’.

Just outside the Cui Family gates, there is a large square, and the entrance has statues of divine beasts, with the tall eaves engraved with dragons and phoenixes, the middle gate looking like the threshold of the Cui Family, quite high.

The threshold of the Cui Family is so high that ordinary people can’t enter through the main gate and can only use the smaller side doors. Even government officials need a certain rank to enter through the main gate.

Li Daoqing once knelt outside, unable to take a step into the Cui Family.

Li Hongyi came seeking her family, only to be humiliated and driven away.

The older the family, the more rules it seems to have, and the more it values reputation.

To the Cui Family, Li Daoqing and Li Hongyi are things they cannot acknowledge.

Because of this, for Li Hongyi to step into the Cui Family’s gates is almost impossible, let alone going inside to find her mother.

Misty rain blurred the view, and two horses proceeded slowly toward the Cui Family’s grand entrance.

The overcast sky made the light dim.

Standing outside the Cui Family gate were martial artists of Grandmaster level, they were merely the servants of the Cui Family.

At this moment, a guard holding a long spear looked out, seeing two figures on horses approaching, and frowned, shouting coldly, "Who goes there, dismount immediately?"

The two acted as if they didn’t hear him, getting closer.

Under the gloomy sky, visibility wasn’t great, but the sharp-eyed martial artist of Grandmaster level clearly saw who they were. One of them was unmistakably the woman who came last time, an illegitimate child of the Cui Family.

Last time she was driven away injured, and yet she’s still undeterred?

And this time, she even brought a man with her.

This man looked young, even younger than her, who knows where she found him, yet he was willing to come here and face humiliation with her.

"Idiots."

The guard cursed inwardly. Seeing the two didn’t dismount, two guards stepped forward, their long spears crossed in front, blocking the way, shouting coldly, "Stop."

The horses halted. Li Fan looked at the two in front and said, "Please inform..."

"No need to notify." Another figure came out from the main gate, he was the guard leader of the Cui Family, a martial artist at the Innate level, looking at Li Fan and Li Hongyi with disdain.

Last time when Li Hongyi came, he’d informed once, and the result after...

So this time, it wasn’t necessary, he could decide.

"Seems last time’s lesson wasn’t enough, still so stubborn?" the guard leader swept his gaze over Li Hongyi.

"I’ve been here for years, I’ve seen many like you, countless people in Chuzhou City want to connect with the Cui Family, you’re not the first nor will you be the last, no need to waste time. As an illegitimate child, you should know, insisting on Cui Family’s recognition? Mere foolish dreams, wishful thinking."

The Cui Family didn’t recognize Li Hongyi at all.

Who Li Hongyi was didn’t matter to him, she was most likely here to cling to the Cui Family.

Li Fan heard the arrogant words and glanced up at the Cui family’s main gate.

The threshold of the Cui Family is truly high; even a dog’s eyes grow into the sky.

Li Hongyi gripped her spear tightly, her eyes revealing a hint of killing intent; this wasn’t the first time she’d been humiliated.

Li Fan continued to ride his horse forward. The two guards raised their spears, while the guard leader frowned at him, "This time you brought a wild man, giving you a chance, roll away yourself; step any closer, you’ll be slain."

Hearing the words, Li Fan didn’t stop; instead, he continued forward. He somewhat understood Li Daoqing.

The humiliation Li Hongyi suffered must’ve been experienced by Li Daoqing too.

The Cui Family’s gates, how could they let him cross.

"Miss Li, since they won’t acknowledge you, there’s no need to recognize this family either?" Li Fan asked Li Hongyi.

"Hmm, I just want to see my mother." Li Hongyi nodded.

It didn’t matter if the Cui Family didn’t recognize her; her main concern was if her mother was alright.

Seeing Li Hongyi nod, Li Fan had no more reservations; since that’s the case, he’d do it his way.

An invisible Sword Intent flowed from him, the sword on his left unsheathed, floating in mid-air, the Sword Intent swirling around.

"A Sword Cultivator?" The guard froze at this sight; the boy Li Hongyi brought was actually a Sword Cultivator.

But so what, he’d thought, this is the Cui Family.

"Insolent." The guard leader shouted coldly.

As soon as he spoke, a flash of sword light passed by, a line of blood appeared on his neck, the blood dripping and mixing with the rainwater, staining the ground red.

The sword drew an elegant arc, flying back behind Li Fan, returning to its scabbard.

The other two guards were also stunned, as if they’d seen a ghost.

To kill right outside the Cui Family’s gate?

The two turned abruptly, running inside the Cui gate, shouting as they went.

Li Fan didn’t stop them, nor did he dismount. He continued riding forward, crossing the threshold of the Cui Family’s gate, stepping in.

Today, he would see just how high the Cui Family’s threshold was.

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