Transmigration: The Main Character is Not Becoming the Cannon Fodder!-Chapter 218 - 15: Sky Pit (15)

The Great Elder and the others entered the room, and Li Shuning also quietly got off the hovercar, descending from the rooftop and carefully landing on the second-floor balcony.

Then she walked from the second-floor balcony into the house, reached the stairs between the second and first floors, found a dead corner to hide and prepared to eavesdrop.

Li Shuning wrapped herself in spiritual power to prevent her aura from leaking and to avoid being discovered by the people downstairs.

"Old Three, don’t get agitated. Today’s events are obviously abnormal. If Li An drugged Mengdie, then why did Mengdie wake up? And the video mysteriously appeared and vanished. Jiang City is not safe; it might be a conspiracy by other families. Why did you make a big fuss instead of discussing it with us first? Would we harm you?"

The Third Elder lowered his head; he hadn’t thought of this at the time.

The Great Elder was satisfied; with the Third Elder’s momentum down, everything else would be easier to handle.

The Third Elder thought for a moment and said, "Big Brother, don’t confuse the issue. Even if Mengdie was drugged and someone helped wake her, Li An drugging her is a fact. Even if the video is suspiciously appearing, Li Tong dying at the Gao Family is also a fact. I just want to ask, over the years, have we always been sending people to the Gao Family?"

The Great Elder glared at the Third Elder, his face a bit unpleasant.

If it were someone else, he would have silenced them; how else would he be questioned like this?

But currently, the Li Family’s situation is not optimistic. Old Three is a Fifth Rank master, losing him would reduce the family’s combat strength.

And Li Mengdie, without convincing Old Three and sending Li Mengdie to the Gao Family, if the Gao Family gets angry, their protection would be lost.

Then would Jiang City still be under the Li Family’s control?

"Old Three, if you insist on knowing, I’ll tell you. Our Li Family is just a third-rate family. Before the Sky Pit appeared, our situation was already difficult, with limited resources, unable to compete with major families, and due to secular rules, we couldn’t openly seek resources. Cultivation thus was restrictive."

"Without the Gao Family, I wouldn’t have broken through to the Sixth Rank. Without the Gao Family, our Li Family might have been wiped out or annexed many years ago."

Not only the Third Elder but even the Fourth Elder and others were astonished.

Only the Second Elder and Clan Leader’s expressions remained calm.

Li Shuning’s eyes flickered upstairs; it turns out it wasn’t just Li Minglun doing things alone.

The Third Elder lowered his head and softly asked, "Big Brother, tell me, what does the Gao Family want with the girls we send? What do those patterns and symbols mean?"

The Great Elder didn’t hesitate and directly said, "The Gao Family’s upper echelons use those girls who exceed the Fourth Rank to enhance their strength. Those patterns and symbols, through external force and coupling, turn the girls’ cultivation into the men’s."

The Third Elder was greatly shocked: "Big Brother, how is this different from witchcraft? This is desecrating martial artists."

"Old Three, wake up, what use is the martial artists’ glory? The Gao Family stands tall, relying on this. Our Li Family’s current standing is also thanks to the Gao Family."

"Big Brother, did you achieve your Sixth Rank this way too?"

"Correct."

"Was Li Shuning’s mother sent to the Gao Family and Li Wenjun found out, leading to his silencing?"

"Correct."

Li Shuning, squatting by the stairs, was greatly shocked. She didn’t expect her parents’ deaths to be like this. She always thought those warning codes were left by her mother; now, thinking again, they were probably left by her father, who knew about her mother’s situation and left warnings. Then her father was silenced?

"Old Three, I know this wrongs Mengdie, but if she doesn’t go to the Gao Family, they won’t continue to protect us, and our Li Family’s 800 or so members might not survive. You must consider the bigger picture. I believe Mengdie would be willing to sacrifice for the Li Family. Besides, she won’t die; her cultivation will just be absorbed, as long as she complies, Young Master Gao will treat her well."

"Back then, when Lu Zhu didn’t comply and notified Wenjun, it led to their deaths."

Li Mengdie, sitting aside, was trembling all over. She didn’t expect to hear such disgraceful truths about her family today, and she might be sent off to ensure the Li Family’s survival. But she doesn’t want that; she’d rather fight openly and die that way.

"Enough, Big Brother, you keep talking about the family, but how much do you care for its members? Li Shuning was almost killed by Li Tong; did you stand up for her? Mengdie lost her cultivation and survived the Sky Pit; will she live? And those clan members, whenever they enter the Sky Pit, they must hand over their finds. Where do those treasures go? How much is distributed to the clan members?"

"Our Li Family has been passed down for years; how did it survive before? They relied on everyone working hard to enhance combat strength, relying on their own power. So, with the Sky Pit, can’t our Li Family live uprightly? Since Minglun became the Clan Leader, what has our Li Family turned into? A smoky atmosphere, endless comparisons, weakening bonds among members; is this the survival you want?"

The Fourth Elder and several other elders nodded; the Great Elder and Clan Leader’s actions were tantamount to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Sending out excellent disciples to be humiliated and gaining protection from others; is this the way of survival?

The Fifth Elder suddenly asked, "Big Brother achieved Sixth Rank strength; whose innocent disciple’s cultivation was absorbed? They trusted you, stayed close to you, yet were ended by your hand; do you really have no remorse?"

The Great Elder suddenly stood up: "What do you know? Do you think without sending people to the Gao Family, they’d have no other means? What I did was right. Do you know how the Sky Pit came to be? You know nothing, only pointing fingers here with false righteousness. You don’t know the pressure we’ve endured over the years. Without us, could you safely focus on cultivating?"

"Now each one of you blames me, but what have you done for the family? Constantly focused on your cultivation?"

The Third Elder and several others looked uncomfortable, sitting in silence. After a long time, the Third Elder stood up, his expression very determined.