"One more thing brother Li, do not allow the infant to cultivate the Flowing Heart Central Sword Manual under any circumstance!" This final statement from Luo Ming nearly floored Li Zhang as he moved to leave the room.
"Brother Luo what do you mean he cannot cultivate the Flowing Heart Central Sword Manual? This is the primary cultivation method of our sect! How could a child of the main lineage of the Li clan not cultivate it?!
"The reason should be obvious, consider the actions you are taking once the enemy attacks." Luo Ming responded in a matter of factly manner.
"You mean after the realm is submerged... is there no other way? Not even on this one point?" Li Zhang had suffered a crushing blow to his spirit. He once more looked weary and tired.
"Why do you ask me if you already understand my meaning? You should understand why I have stated this." Luo Ming looked pitifully at his old brother knowing that although these words were cruel, they were entirely necessary at this moment.
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Whilst the conversation between the Sect Master and the Divination Master was continuing as more details were being discussed, in another part of the Heavenly Sword Sect a baby's wail could be heard. Though the members of the sect may not know yet, their future and the future of their realm depended on the very infant that was currently crying out for the first time.
The infant in question looked as though he was cast from heavenly jade, as perfect as seemed physically possible. This infant would most certainly grow up to become a man to steal the hearts of women with a single glance. Everyone who was present were highly talented members of the Heavenly Sword Sect and they could affirm this with a single look. A single look at this baby only made them want to look at him more though.
"Congratulations to Young Master Jie, congratulations to Young Miss Mengruo" Maids all around the bed bowed to the beaming couple. Nestled within Qin Mengruo's arms was said adorable infant that had closed his eyes and was now sleeping comfortably in his mother's embrace.
"Ruo'er thank you, thank you for once more giving me the joy of being a father." Li Jie wrapped his arm around his wife as he spoke gently to the love of his life. Qin Mengruo was full of warmth and her eyes gentle as she gazed at her child. Her husband's words only made her smile become more magnificent as the beautiful woman felt the love her husband held for her.
"Why are you thanking me? I should be the one thanking you for allowing me to feel the joy of being a mother again." Qin Mengruo's response made Li Jie chuckle in what felt like the first time in an age.
Li Jie had been so focused on the coming calamity he had started to consider a drastic move, a move that would have most likely ended in his death. However finding out that his wife was pregnant had calmed him down and he had faithfully stayed by her side over the past few months, distancing himself from the internal conversations of the sect.
"Eldest Brother, Sister in Law congratulations! Where is this nephew of mine?" As the couple were enjoying this moment of bliss a rapturous laughter could be heard from a striking man entering the room. This man was Li Zhen, the younger brother and youngest child of Li Zhang. As he walked into the room he could be seen to be smiling like a child. The Li clan loved all of their descendants regardless of anything else. The solidarity of the clan was what had allowed them to be the pillar of the Heavenly Sword Sect for all these years.
"HAHA look at him, he will break countless hearts as he grows up if he can keep even a small amount of his charm as he grows older! Come come let uncle hold you little one." The smile on Li Zhen's face only grew greater as he looked at this infant that looked like a treasure. However just as Li Zhen went to step forward to hold the child he felt himself suffer a devastating attack that blasted him to the side of the room!
"F***! Who dares to attack this daddy as he steps toward his nephew?! I'll cut you into a thousand pieeee....!!!" Just as Li Zhen pulled himself out of the wall and prepared to slice up whoever sent him flying he saw a woman stood where he had been before.
'F*** I'm dead! Oh heavens why didn't you warn me that the noble lady who sent me flying is the demoness of the cosmos!' As Li Zhen was lamenting his soon death he knew that he had no choice but to surrender to the torture he would soon be receiving from this demoness.
"Oh you have the audacity to call yourself this daddy in front of me now! Good good good! I look forward to you cutting me into a thousand pieeeeeces Third Brother." The beautiful demoness looked at Li Zhen as though she saw a dead man that dared to breath in front of her.
"Second Sister, how could I dare! thank you for helping me move. I was just thinking that the strength of this wall needed to be tested for future reference!" Li Zhen shamelessly thanked his elder sister as if her actions were the most reasonable in the world. He knew he had to try something to lessen the misery that was to follow in any way that he could.
"I see, you think by thanking me that I will forget your previous words. Do you take me for a fool Third Brother? I see, you think elder sister is a fool to cut into a thousand pieeeeeces. Your opinon of elder sister seems to be even worse than before Third Brother?! Am I right?!" The demoness now looked even more infuriated than before, looking at Li Zhen as though his death was a foregone conclusion. How he died however would now be countless times worse.
'F***! She actually got angrier!' Li Zhen was bitterly crying inside his mind. He knew he had somehow just made his torture far more painful.
"Second Sister must be joking! Second Sister is the most beautiful, most intelligent, most charismatic woman in all the myriad realms! Third Brother would never consider you a fool, in fact Third Brother swears to the heavens that he will vanquish anyone who calls my Second Sister a fool!" Li Zhen only now began to show his true shamelessness, bootlicking after screwing himself!
"You? You couldn't even attain the level this lady reached from the time you were born. You think you are now stronger than your elder sister of now?! How shameless can you be?!" The demoness was almost stupefied by the shamelessness of her younger brother. This statement that he had made gave her an idea and a cheeky grin appeared on her beautiful face.
'Oh f*** she just thought up something worse than evil! What could she possible have planned this time?! Look at that smirk on her face.' Li Zhen felt as if the greatest enemy of his life had just appeared before him whilst he was heavily injured! The look on his elder sister's face was more terrifying than anything else.
"Xue'er are you going to keep this charade going until you wake my son from his sleep? Enough now from both of you." Li Jie's sentence was like a man roaming the desert and suddenly being gifted water to Li Zhen. He looked at his saviour as if he were a god.
"Eldest Brother must be joking, Xue'er would never allow that to happen. I am sincerely sorry Eldest Brother, sister Mengruo." Li Xue immediately apologised to her elder brother and sister in law. Li Zhen almost fell over at the complete flip in her personality.
'Why am I treated like a stray dog whilst eldest brother is treated like a hero!' Li Zhen once more cried bitterly inside his mind at the difference in treatment.
"Third Brother why have you not apologised yet?!" Li Xue once more turned to Li Zhen and interrogated him once more.
"Most sincerest apologies Eldest Brother, Sister in law." Li Zhen also apologised whilst cursing at Li Xue 'You're the one who blasted me into a wall and started all this!'
"Alright that's enough, let's just all enjoy this child's sweet look as he sleeps." Qin Mengruo smiled as she pulled everyone's focus back to the reason they had gathered here in the first place.
"Sister Mengruo is right, we must definitely enjoy this cute child right now. Look at how perfect he is as if he is a natural treasure from the cosmos itself" Li Xue's attention completely gathered back onto the infant lying in Qin Mengruo's embrace. Right now she had actually forgotten about her Third Brother completely.
'Child you are also my saviour!' Li Zhen looked at the sleeping baby with almost the same reverence that he had looked at his brother with before, his countenance only changed to that of an uncle looking at his nephew as he walked over to the others.
"Ruo'er, show me my grandson! Oh look at him he is simply perfect!" At this time a mature lady walked into room and over to the others, observing the infant and smiling happily.
"Mother, here please hold him. This is your grandson!" As the woman arrived Qin Mengruo handed her son to her. This woman was Li Zhang's wife and her mother in law. The wife of the Heavenly Sword Sect's Sect Master, Wang Fang!
"Good child, Grandmother is so happy to finally meet you. Look at how handsome you are, the ladies of this cosmos don't deserve you!" Wang Fang soon found herself enamored with caring for her grandson. Ignoring everything that had been occurring prior in order to focus on her flesh and blood at this time.
"Fang'er you actually held him before me! This old man is losing his status as Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect." Li Zhang walked into the room alongside Luo Ming and grinning from ear to ear.
"Liu Feng fix this wall, it seems to be missing a chunk shaped like an idiot." Li Zhang casually ordered repairs whilst walking up to his wife.
"Yes Sect Master." Liu Feng answered as he began heading towards the wall meanwhile really thinking 'I missed seeing this Young Master earlier in order to inform you, now I miss seeing him again in order to fix a wall! F***! Am I not one of the top experts of this sect anymore?!'
"You old man, if you dare try to take this child from me I will cut your arms off! Do you hear me, this is my time with my grandson! Go fix that wall with Liu Feng." Wang Fang's response caused Li Zhang to almost collapse as she berated him in front of his family for yet another one of many countless times.
'You old witch, you actually speak to me in front of our grandson for the first time like this! Why is it that in front of all others I am respected even adored, yet in front of my own wife I am merely a lackey to fix a wall?' Li Zhang sighed as he chose to ignore these comments from his wife.
"Jie'er, Ruo'er there are circumstances regarding this child's future I must inform you of, all maids are to leave this instance." Li Zhang turned to face his son and daughter in law as he prepared himself to break their hearts, sensing the final woman leave the building.
"You old oaf, must you start with this before even paying attention to your new-born flesh and blood?" Wang Fang immediately rolled her eyes at her husband's words before once more focusing on the infant in her arms.
"Father whatever must be said can surely wait a moment whilst we enjoy this time." Li Jie laughed as he responded to his father. Once he saw his father's serious expression though he understood that the weight of these words would be huge.
"This child will have the Qin family name and will not be able to cultivate the Flowing Heart Central Sword Manual." Li Zhang spoke every word clearly and seriously. His words however caused the expressions of everyone present to turn from initial shock to rage and despair.