Transmigration: The Main Character is Not Becoming the Cannon Fodder!-Chapter 216 - 13: Sky Pit (13)

A fleeting moment, two years passed by in the blink of an eye. During these two years, Li Shuning entered the Sky Pit countless times, and through battles, her practical combat experience improved.

Recently, the domestic scene has been far from peaceful.

People have adapted to the Sky Pit, and now those families are considering how to extract more benefits from it.

Some small families were directly annexed. Refuse to be annexed? Then be prepared for annihilation.

The Li Family, occupying Jiang City, is rather conspicuous. However, with the Gao Family supporting them, the Li Family has remained untroubled.

Li Shuning always kept an eye on Li Minglun, naturally knowing that Li Minglun had been quite troubled lately.

The Gao Family’s steward came again, but this time, the Li Family didn’t have any suitable women.

One wonders how long the Gao Family will continue supporting the Li Family?

Li Shuning noticed that Li Minglun actually sent someone to find her. After some thought, she returned home and waited for that person to arrive.

When Li Shuning arrived at Li Minglun’s residence, Li Minglun looked at Li Shuning and sighed: "Shuning, you are my niece. To be honest, these years, your uncle has been in the wrong. Back then, when Li Tong nearly killed you, your uncle didn’t seek justice for you."

Li Shuning quietly watched without speaking, wanting to see what this person intended to do.

Seeing Li Shuning remain silent, Li Minglun frowned slightly; it seemed his niece had a temper, too.

"Shuning, back then, your uncle was helpless. Our family’s strength was quite low, and the treasure Li Tong brought back was indeed something the family urgently needed. You don’t know, but that thing allowed the Second Elder to break through to the Fifth Rank."

Li Shuning was aware of this. The Second Elder was stuck at the Fourth Rank, unable to break through, but it was Li Tong’s remaining yellow crystal that allowed him to directly break through to the Fifth Rank.

"Shuning, the family has its difficulties. At the time, your uncle thought since you were unharmed, we would let it go. But indeed, you’ve been wronged. Shuning, don’t harbor this in your heart because of this matter. I see you’ve been stuck at the Third Rank; your true potential isn’t like that."

"This is a bit of treasure that your uncle and several elders managed to secure for you with great effort. Take it and use it for cultivation. Regardless of anything, Li Tong is dead now, let go of your heart’s burden, and focus on improving your strength."

Li Shuning took those items back to her dwelling, felt them carefully, and found that the few shriveled fruits inside contained not much energy.

Li Minglun certainly calculated well.

Maybe he thought that because Li Shuning had too many thoughts, her cultivation was hard to progress. Now he apologized and said some good words, and since Li Tong was dead, with a bit of treasure assistance, she would surely be able to break through to the Fourth Rank.

By then, they could account to the Gao Family, as there’d be another woman to offer to the Gao Family’s Young Master.

In sacrificing Li Shuning, the Li Family could secure protection for some time.

The Li Family was truly rotten to the core.

Looking at the fruits, Li Shuning smiled; these things were of no use to her.

However, since Li Minglun thought so, how could she fail to ’appreciate’ his ’kindness’?

Li Shuning went into another long-term retreat, but regrettably, she continued to show only Third Rank strength to the outside world.

Li Minglun later gave Li Shuning another treasure, but unfortunately, after a year, Li Shuning still couldn’t break through.

Li Minglun naturally stopped caring about Li Shuning; when Li Shuning sought him again, he was rather cold to her.

Li Shuning knew that Li Minglun approached another girl, the daughter of the Third Elder, who was also about to break through to the Fourth Rank.

Li Shuning was somewhat puzzled; did the Third Elder know about this?

If so, could he abandon even his own daughter?

Or did he not know? If he was unaware, could all the Li Family’s schemes be plotted by Li Minglun alone?

Li Shuning only felt enshrouded in uncertainty.

After another six months, the Gao Family’s steward visited again.

This time, Li Mengdie had just broken through to the Fourth Rank.

Li Minglun, just like before, wanted to hand Li Mengdie over to the Gao Family steward.

But unlike Li Tong, Li Mengdie didn’t enjoy going out; she only enjoyed cultivation.

Moreover, as Li Mengdie was the Third Elder’s daughter, Li Minglun couldn’t force her to the Gao Family.

In front of the Gao Family’s steward, Li Minglun laughingly allowed Li Mengdie to leave.

However, that same night, Li Minglun sent a confidant to the Third Elder’s house.

The Li Family’s eight elders are always in retreat, apart from visiting the Sky Pit, they spend all their time in the cultivation chamber.

Li Mengdie’s mother passed away five years ago during a descent into the Sky Pit.

This meant that, at the time, only Li Mengdie was home.

Li Shuning kept a close watch, secretly following along.

The confidant quietly sneaked into Li Mengdie’s house, evidently knowing where her bedroom was, reaching the window of Li Mengdie’s bedroom; he climbed up onto the balcony.

The Li Family does have patrols, but tonight, to facilitate the confidant’s actions, Li Minglun had already called all the patrol members away for a meeting.

The people around Li Mengdie’s house were all summoned away as well.

Thus, no one noticed as the confidant scaled the wall.

Li Shuning followed behind, seeing the confidant pull out a tube, blowing something into the open window, and then waiting on the balcony.

Li Shuning sensed with her spiritual power, discovering Li Mengdie lying asleep, her breath becoming more even, indicating the substance blown in was quite potent.

When the confidant climbed through the window, intending to carry Li Mengdie away, Li Shuning suddenly shot a burst of spiritual power at Li Mengdie.

Li Mengdie suddenly felt a sharp pain; it directly affected her brain, and then she immediately woke up.

Being a martial artist, Li Mengdie awoke to find herself in a man’s arms, promptly screamed, and immediately tried to fight.

Although the confidant had some strength, with Li Shuning backing her up, intermittently using spiritual power to harass, soon enough, Li Mengdie subdued the confidant.

Li Mengdie, however, was weakly slumped on the ground, having clearly inhaled something she shouldn’t have, resulting in some after-effects.

Fear flickered in Li Mengdie’s eyes; she pondered for a moment and directly called her father.

Soon enough, the Third Elder arrived.

The confidant was panicking, having failed in his mission, it was over. Everything had been planned perfectly, how could it have failed?

He desperately wanted to kill himself, but bound tightly, he couldn’t move at all.

The Third Elder saw him and his face darkened.

He recognized the man as someone close to Minglun; why would he act against Mengdie?