The Unparalleled Sword Emperor-Chapter 2436 - 2313: Without External Threats, Internal Strife Is Inevitable!

Chapter 2436: Chapter 2313: Without External Threats, Internal Strife Is Inevitable!

"I’ve been pondering a question: why did the ancestors of the Li family, after taking over Kunxu, not completely eradicate the descendants of these Spirit Realm warriors?"

"This question has puzzled me for over a decade until more than twenty years ago when Lin Duo came to Kunxu and said something that was a revelation to me."

"Lin Bai, do you know what Lin Duo said back then?"

Li Zhengyi slowly spoke.

Lin Bai slightly shook his head, clasped his fists, and said, "I’m eager to hear it!"

Li Zhengyi softly said, "Lin Duo said, in this world, there is no absolute right or wrong, nor any absolute righteous path or devil path. What is righteousness and what is the devil path is simply a matter of a warrior’s mindset!"

"A saint, who does good all his life, cannot resist that flicker of ambition in his heart... one thought and he becomes a devil!"

"A demon who kills without mercy, even though his hands are stained in blood, cannot resist that flicker of compassion in his heart!"

"He said, Kunxu is the same!"

"If the Li family ancestors had, in a fit of anger after occupying Kunxu, exterminated all the warriors of the clan, it would have been too extreme. To cut off the lifeline of others is to sever one’s own future!"

"Furthermore, the most important point..."

"If the Li family ancestors had exterminated all the powerful figures of the Kunxu clan back then, one could only imagine what kind of situation the Li family would be in a few hundred years later?"

Li Zhengyi said calmly.

Lin Bai’s eyes gleamed: "If Kunxu were to dominate alone, then in the future... the Li family would undoubtedly face infighting!"

Li Zhengyi said, "Indeed, if the Li family ancestors had slaughtered the warriors of the Kunxu clan, leaving no threats or rivals within Kunxu, then perhaps at first, the Li family would have passed the years safely!"

"But hundreds of years later, without external threats, internal strife would surely arise!"

"At that time, the Kunxu Li family would engage in infighting, battling for power and profit, with the main and collateral branches constantly clashing, leading only to mutual destruction!"

"Perhaps at that time, the Li family, because it lacked strength, would even invite warriors from Dongzhou into Kunxu to help with their infighting, and at that time... those warriors from Dongzhou, upon witnessing Kunxu’s cultivation resources, would surely be greedy!"

"As such, the Li family would never become the eternal hegemon of Kunxu!"

"These were Lin Duo’s exact words!"

"I’ve remembered these few words all my life!"

"From that moment, I realized that this seemingly arrogant sword cultivator named Lin Duo was not as arrogant as he appeared to be. His heart was clearer than anyone else’s, and he was smarter than anyone!"

Li Zhengyi said calmly.

Lin Bai said, "Naturally, if Lin Duo didn’t have extraordinary talent, how could he have created such a world-shaking Zhanlong Sword Skill!"

Li Zhengyi said calmly, "Lin Bai, the Zhanlong Sword Skill is considered the foremost sword skill on this Barbaric Ancient Continent!"

"Lin Duo once said that he was limited by this world and unable to perfect the Zhanlong Sword Skill further!"

"The Zhanlong Sword Skill possesses infinite possibilities, and even the power to slay dragons and gods. Since Lan Ling entrusted the Zhanlong Sword Skill to you for cultivation, I naturally trust Lan Ling’s judgment!"

"I’ve also cultivated the Zhanlong Sword Skill before; if in the future you have any doubts, you can come to me anytime, and I will instruct you with all my might!"

Li Zhengyi slowly said.

"Thank you, Senior Li Zhengyi!" Lin Bai said gratefully.

Li Zhengyi nodded slightly, looking at the Heavenly Saber Tribe in front of him, said, "Back then, the Li family ancestors were so farsighted, knowing that exterminating the Kunxu clan would be akin to ruining their own family!"

"Therefore, the Li family ancestors left the powerful figures of the Kunxu clan, allowing them to become sharpening stones for the Li family’s disciples!"

"Their approach was correct!"

"The Li family has occupied Kunxu for over thirty thousand years now, and in these long years, there has never been infighting among the Li family disciples. On the contrary, by utilizing the strength of the Kunxu clan, the Li family’s disciples have become more united and stronger!"

Li Zhengyi said with a smile!

Lin Bai heard Li Zhengyi’s words and nodded slightly, "The Li family ancestors, indeed, were formidable figures in their time, occupying Kunxu. Such vision is not something anyone can match!"

Li Zhengyi smiled and said, "But more than twenty years ago, Kunxu suffered a severe blow, with many powerful figures falling. From then on, the warriors of the Kunxu clan have continuously tested the limits of the Li family!"

"And now, they have become increasingly arrogant, even daring to abduct the core family members of the Li family!"

Li Zhengyi smiled.

Lin Bai, hearing this, his eyes flashed with excitement, asked, "May I ask Senior Li Zhengyi, what exactly happened in Kunxu more than twenty years ago? Why did so many powerful figures fall?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhengyi fell silent and did not speak.

Lin Bai, having asked, waited quietly for Li Zhengyi’s response.

Lin Bai had a feeling that the fall of many of Kunxu’s powerful figures more than twenty years ago must be related to Lin Duo!

"Could it be that my father slaughtered the powerful figures of Kunxu back then?" Lin Bai felt a chill in his heart, surprised and muttering to himself.

Li Zhengyi did not answer, and Lin Bai could only speculate on his own.

After a long silence, Li Zhengyi looked ahead, smiling, "The Grand Elder has returned, and the question you asked, I will answer you in the future!"

Lin Bai looked up and saw the Li Family’s Grand Elder approaching Li Zhengyi with a furious expression!

Li Zhengyi smiled, "It seems the Grand Elder returns disappointed!"

Lin Bai said, "Isn’t this what we all anticipated?"

Li Zhengyi smiled without saying another word, watching the approaching Li Family’s Grand Elder from afar!

"Patriarch!" The Li Family’s Grand Elder came before Li Zhengyi, clasped his fists, and called out.

Li Zhengyi asked, "How did it go?"

The Li Family’s Grand Elder replied coldly, "I’ve sent people to negotiate with the high ranks of the Heavenly Saber Tribe, but they completely disregard the lives of those people, refusing outright to hand over the cultivation resources of Longshan and Lichao Yun and others!"

Li Zhengyi nodded slightly.

Lin Bai remained expressionless as well.

The Grand Elder’s return in disappointment was something Lin Bai and Li Zhengyi had long expected.

Li Zhengyi said, "In that case, I will step in myself!"

"Let’s go, let us meet with the High Priest of the Heavenly Saber Tribe!"

Li Zhengyi took a step forward, heading towards the Heavenly Saber Tribe!

"Lin Bai, you come as well!" Li Zhengyi smiled.

"Yes." Lin Bai followed Li Zhengyi.

At this time, Libu Zheng also returned to Li Zhengyi’s side.

Li Zhengyi walked at the front, with Lin Bai, Libu Zheng, and the Li Family’s Grand Elder walking alongside him!

Li Zhengyi walked out of Lonely Mountain, arriving before the Mountain Protection Array of the Heavenly Saber Tribe!

At this moment, the warriors of the Li Family surrounding the Heavenly Saber Tribe clasped their fists and shouted, "Greetings to the Patriarch!"

Within the Heavenly Saber Tribe, countless warriors ready to act were stunned when they saw Li Zhengyi appear, their expressions frozen in shock!

"Is that..."

"The master of the Kunxu Li family!"

"It’s Li Zhengyi who came!"

"Oh no, why has this strong figure come?"

"We’re doomed, with Li Zhengyi intervening, our Heavenly Saber Tribe is doomed!"

One by one, the warriors of the Heavenly Saber Tribe shouted in fear.

Even the High Priest sitting within the Heavenly Saber Tribe, upon seeing Li Zhengyi, had a layer of frost appear on his face!