Chapter 61 - The Graveyard Cliff

Three figures can be seen secretly entering near the Li family castle, who were none other than Li Jie, Maid Xiao Chu, and Dai Chen.

Nearing the Li family castle, all three of them decided to part and go to their respective homes, Li Jie felt bad when he remembered how Dai Chen will have to go back again to "The Slums", which is quite far from here thought Li Jie.

"Brother Dai Chen, will you go back to your home, won't you get tired and it will be tough for you to go for your work in the blacksmith shop", said Li Jie with an expression of worry,

"Brother Li Jie, I appreciate you don't have to worry about that, I have already talked to my siblings about this, and truth be told, it's really too tiring for me to go back and forth, that's why I have told them that I will be going back home every weekend, whereas Head Blacksmith has already prepared for my stay in the shop, so I have nothing to worry about as I will be bringing the food supplies to my siblings in weekends", said Dai Chen.

"Oh, that's really a good idea, then I am relieved to know about it, ok then see you brother Dai Chen and see you too maid Xiao Chu", said Li Jie while waving his hand towards them.

All three of them were going to their respective houses, as Li Jie was going back to his home and entering through the castle doors sneakily, while he thought no one was aware of his entry, what he didn't know was that every action of his was being monitored secretly by his father and his mother who were in the throne room, but with the help of some special security details and some artifacts, they were able to see him entering the Li family castle, ad to his chambers.

Looking at his son returning, the man sighed and said, "Li Na I don't like this one bit, he is going to that detestable place and coming back late, I am worried about a million things but I am concerned what if he learns bad habits from there", said Li Wei.

"{sigh}, It's ok dear, you don't have to worry about our son's character, we both know how good-natured the boy is, I am sure he will never catch onto any kind of bad habits, as for his safety, we already have the Phantom Troop tailing him if he goes outside the Li family castle, and I know that we should not allow our son to just go where ever he desires, but he isn't like us and what worries me most of how long will be together with each other, unlike others, we are immortals, we have lived for far too long, and knowing my child's lifespan is like a stab wound in my heart, I am not worried about our twins, as a matter of fact, I am completely relieved about them, but how can I bear to have my firstborn die in just a 100 years, it's too less time to be with my child, {sob}{sob}{sob}", said Li Na with tears in her eyes.

Listening to his wife, even Li Wei's eyes turned red, which were filled with mist, "I apologize Li Na, I have no idea what to get angry at, maybe I am also troubled by the same thought, I know how most people feel when they realize that their kid doesn't have enough talent, but unlike others, I am proud to have Jie'er as my firstborn, while our twins are special are a bit naughty, but I don't know what it is that I feel, whenever I look at Jie'er's face the pure expression with which he looks at everything, it's like he will always be the same person no matter what happens, there's this pain clenching my heart, knowing how less time we have to accompany him", said The Patriarch of Li family in a hoarse voice.

"I understand dear, what you mean, it's true our Jie'er is something else, something different, something hard to point out, I am really happy to have Jie'er as my son, and we will give him everything possible in this world, he will live happily, he doesn't need to be a part of this struggle called "CULTIVATION", we will provide him with everything and if we are able to find a way to extend his lifespan, we will get it for him no matter what," said Li Na with a resolute expression.

The patriarch of the Li family was thinking about something when he voiced out his thoughts. "Li Na, I was thinking of teaching our son body cultivation, it has the sole benefit of not requiring any bloodline, but it does have requirements for physical talent and it's only biggest drawback is the requirements of the huge amount of resources which are needed after the stage equivalent to Grand-master stage, and those resources are not something that is available in this mid-grade continent, and forget the grade of the continent, even in this whole heavenly body, such resources will be as rare as phoenix's feather and Qilin's horn, as for those wondrous treasures which increases a mortal's lifespan, forget rarity they aren't even easily available in the higher realms, and if we try to even go there, we will be noticed by those bastards, I swear to god I will kill them all from the root when I reach the next major stage of cultivation", said Li Wei with wrathful voice.

Upon hearing her husband, even Li Na's face turned solemn, "Yes, if it weren't for them, we would never have to be troubled by our situation, but our enemies will not let us live properly, they are too greedy and too arrogant", said Li Na.

"Well, whatever happens, we will see to it that our child lives a happy life without any regret", said Li Wei solemnly.

Li Na nodded her head with seriousness.

While they were thinking about their son's future,

Li Jie finally reached his room, after getting to his room, he first went to the bath, after which he laid down on his bed, he was too tired from his adventures, and he was also very excited for the next day as he wanted to say something to his master.

Li Jie kept thinking about how his whole day went and about 'The Slums", which looked something of no importance, but he had a feeling that it wasn't as simple as it looked, he had this feeling that if he had gone beyond the territory, which is controlled by Fu Li, he might have found out more about "The Slums" and looking at Fu Li And Dai Chen's reaction, he concluded that there was more to "The Slums" which only the two of them know, he felt even most of those living in "The Slums" don't know of it's true horror, that's why he had to be cautious, plus he wasn't impatient, he knew that he had to wait for the right time to explore the complete area of "The Slums", he had decided that he won't be stupid and that only when he gets stronger, he will explore more of it.

While Li Jie was daydreaming about his adventure, back at Fu Li's house all of the siblings went to sleep, except Fu Li, she watched Teng Peng sleep who was the last one, looking at Teng Peng she had a helpless smile, just when will this get matured and not make her worried all the time, she was thinking about how the day went, which was quite different from their mundane normal day, and how different and how unique the young master of Li family is, she couldn't help but chuckle about how Dai Chen has complete admiration for his Li Jie.

Fu Li's face then turned solemn upon remembering something, and when she looked out of the window, it was as if she was gazing at a faraway place about which she knows quite well, and about which Dai Chen also knows but he didn't want Li Jie to know of the true horror of "The Slums".

At a place far away from Fu Li's home, it can be seen that there is a mountain, a weird mountain, which doesn't have proper greenery, nor even a kind of earthen look, instead, it looked bloody, just what was the reason for it's shape, and there was one more thing to note about this peculiar looking mountain is that it might be a big mountain but it cannot be seen by anyone from far because the cliff which is near it, is higher in height, only from there one can see that peculiar-looking mountain.

On the same cliff, a caravan can be seen many men wearing black robes which even covered their face with steel blade on their waist, they carried with them something big one by one they started throwing these things towards the mountain, after looking closely one could see that those things carried by these unusual men were human bodies and the peculiar mountain was not some natural mountain but a mountain made of corpses of human!!!!

Below the mountain, was some kind of dark reddish glow which felt sinister, was the one absorbing some kind of energy from the corpses.

The cliff from which the bodies were thrown, was one of the major horrors of "The Slums" is called "The Graveyard Cliff".

Three figures can be seen secretly entering near the Li family castle, who were none other than Li Jie, Maid Xiao Chu, and Dai Chen.

Nearing the Li family castle, all three of them decided to part and go to their respective homes, Li Jie felt bad when he remembered how Dai Chen will have to go back again to "The Slums", which is quite far from here thought Li Jie.

"Brother Dai Chen, will you go back to your home, won't you get tired and it will be tough for you to go for your work in the blacksmith shop", said Li Jie with an expression of worry,

"Brother Li Jie, I appreciate you don't have to worry about that, I have already talked to my siblings about this, and truth be told, it's really too tiring for me to go back and forth, that's why I have told them that I will be going back home every weekend, whereas Head Blacksmith has already prepared for my stay in the shop, so I have nothing to worry about as I will be bringing the food supplies to my siblings in weekends", said Dai Chen.

"Oh, that's really a good idea, then I am relieved to know about it, ok then see you brother Dai Chen and see you too maid Xiao Chu", said Li Jie while waving his hand towards them.

All three of them were going to their respective houses, as Li Jie was going back to his home and entering through the castle doors sneakily, while he thought no one was aware of his entry, what he didn't know was that every action of his was being monitored secretly by his father and his mother who were in the throne room, but with the help of some special security details and some artifacts, they were able to see him entering the Li family castle, ad to his chambers.

Looking at his son returning, the man sighed and said, "Li Na I don't like this one bit, he is going to that detestable place and coming back late, I am worried about a million things but I am concerned what if he learns bad habits from there", said Li Wei.

"{sigh}, It's ok dear, you don't have to worry about our son's character, we both know how good-natured the boy is, I am sure he will never catch onto any kind of bad habits, as for his safety, we already have the Phantom Troop tailing him if he goes outside the Li family castle, and I know that we should not allow our son to just go where ever he desires, but he isn't like us and what worries me most of how long will be together with each other, unlike others, we are immortals, we have lived for far too long, and knowing my child's lifespan is like a stab wound in my heart, I am not worried about our twins, as a matter of fact, I am completely relieved about them, but how can I bear to have my firstborn die in just a 100 years, it's too less time to be with my child, {sob}{sob}{sob}", said Li Na with tears in her eyes.

Listening to his wife, even Li Wei's eyes turned red, which were filled with mist, "I apologize Li Na, I have no idea what to get angry at, maybe I am also troubled by the same thought, I know how most people feel when they realize that their kid doesn't have enough talent, but unlike others, I am proud to have Jie'er as my firstborn, while our twins are special are a bit naughty, but I don't know what it is that I feel, whenever I look at Jie'er's face the pure expression with which he looks at everything, it's like he will always be the same person no matter what happens, there's this pain clenching my heart, knowing how less time we have to accompany him", said The Patriarch of Li family in a hoarse voice.

"I understand dear, what you mean, it's true our Jie'er is something else, something different, something hard to point out, I am really happy to have Jie'er as my son, and we will give him everything possible in this world, he will live happily, he doesn't need to be a part of this struggle called "CULTIVATION", we will provide him with everything and if we are able to find a way to extend his lifespan, we will get it for him no matter what," said Li Na with a resolute expression.

The patriarch of the Li family was thinking about something when he voiced out his thoughts. "Li Na, I was thinking of teaching our son body cultivation, it has the sole benefit of not requiring any bloodline, but it does have requirements for physical talent and it's only biggest drawback is the requirements of the huge amount of resources which are needed after the stage equivalent to Grand-master stage, and those resources are not something that is available in this mid-grade continent, and forget the grade of the continent, even in this whole heavenly body, such resources will be as rare as phoenix's feather and Qilin's horn, as for those wondrous treasures which increases a mortal's lifespan, forget rarity they aren't even easily available in the higher realms, and if we try to even go there, we will be noticed by those bastards, I swear to god I will kill them all from the root when I reach the next major stage of cultivation", said Li Wei with wrathful voice.

Upon hearing her husband, even Li Na's face turned solemn, "Yes, if it weren't for them, we would never have to be troubled by our situation, but our enemies will not let us live properly, they are too greedy and too arrogant", said Li Na.

"Well, whatever happens, we will see to it that our child lives a happy life without any regret", said Li Wei solemnly.

Li Na nodded her head with seriousness.

While they were thinking about their son's future,

Li Jie finally reached his room, after getting to his room, he first went to the bath, after which he laid down on his bed, he was too tired from his adventures, and he was also very excited for the next day as he wanted to say something to his master.

Li Jie kept thinking about how his whole day went and about 'The Slums", which looked something of no importance, but he had a feeling that it wasn't as simple as it looked, he had this feeling that if he had gone beyond the territory, which is controlled by Fu Li, he might have found out more about "The Slums" and looking at Fu Li And Dai Chen's reaction, he concluded that there was more to "The Slums" which only the two of them know, he felt even most of those living in "The Slums" don't know of it's true horror, that's why he had to be cautious, plus he wasn't impatient, he knew that he had to wait for the right time to explore the complete area of "The Slums", he had decided that he won't be stupid and that only when he gets stronger, he will explore more of it.

While Li Jie was daydreaming about his adventure, back at Fu Li's house all of the siblings went to sleep, except Fu Li, she watched Teng Peng sleep who was the last one, looking at Teng Peng she had a helpless smile, just when will this get matured and not make her worried all the time, she was thinking about how the day went, which was quite different from their mundane normal day, and how different and how unique the young master of Li family is, she couldn't help but chuckle about how Dai Chen has complete admiration for his Li Jie.

Fu Li's face then turned solemn upon remembering something, and when she looked out of the window, it was as if she was gazing at a faraway place about which she knows quite well, and about which Dai Chen also knows but he didn't want Li Jie to know of the true horror of "The Slums".

At a place far away from Fu Li's home, it can be seen that there is a mountain, a weird mountain, which doesn't have proper greenery, nor even a kind of earthen look, instead, it looked bloody, just what was the reason for it's shape, and there was one more thing to note about this peculiar looking mountain is that it might be a big mountain but it cannot be seen by anyone from far because the cliff which is near it, is higher in height, only from there one can see that peculiar-looking mountain.

On the same cliff, a caravan can be seen many men wearing black robes which even covered their face with steel blade on their waist, they carried with them something big one by one they started throwing these things towards the mountain, after looking closely one could see that those things carried by these unusual men were human bodies and the peculiar mountain was not some natural mountain but a mountain made of corpses of human!!!!

Below the mountain, was some kind of dark reddish glow which felt sinister, was the one absorbing some kind of energy from the corpses.

The cliff from which the bodies were thrown, was one of the major horrors of "The Slums" is called "The Graveyard Cliff".