Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 130 Li Youtian

"Aren't you really going to consider setting up test levels based on different species?"

Li Gengjin replied politely, "The content of the disciple's test is all passed down from my ancestors and cannot be changed without permission."

Finally, amidst a chaotic scene, the Li family disciples' test came to an end.

After it was over, most of the disciples surrounded Li Youtian, chattering away, seemingly asking him how to raise spirit beasts.

The rest of them surrounded Li Youshui, especially the female disciples, because he was more polite and felt more approachable.

No, your spirit beasts are all different species, what's there to ask? Can you train a field mouse to be a dog?

Lin Fan felt as uncomfortable as a Golden Core cultivator watching a battle of wits between Qi Refining disciples. He now understood why the sect elders in fantasy novels disliked watching disciple tests.

And what kind of cultivation did the Li family have? With their animal taming skills, even a circus would be better!

"Patriarch, now that the disciple tests are over, could you please arrange for me to speak with each of the two young masters separately?"

Lin Fan was eager to finish this quickly, because the longer it dragged on, the more likely things would change.

Li Gengjin arranged a quiet little courtyard.

First, Li Youtian and Lin Fan had a private chat.

Li Youtian bowed with great arrogance.

Lin Fan calmly invited him to sit down, but inwardly he was incredibly excited. If this kid showed even the slightest weakness, he could seize the opportunity to eliminate him. The Li family members watched from a distance, but maintained a certain distance to avoid overhearing their conversation. Taking the risk, it wasn't impossible to take him down in one fell swoop.

“Young Master Arita, let’s just have a casual chat. I’d like to know if there’s anything strange about your black dragon lately.”

Li Youtian's eyes turned cold. "Daoist Master, there's something I need to remind you of. The matter of the Black Dragon and the White Dragon is a secret in my Li family. I don't know why my father would tell an outsider like you, but you must not divulge this matter."

Hey, this kid's tone is so annoying!

Lin Fan suppressed his dissatisfaction and continued, "It was I who first calculated that your family possessed a black dragon, and that's why the family head told me. Young Master Tian has extraordinary talent and will surely inherit the position of family head in the future. I wonder if you have any plans for developing the Li family?"

Li Youtian said with great dissatisfaction, "Didn't you come here to help investigate the murder of my clansmen? Why bring up these things?"

Lin Fan tugged at his beard a couple of times. "Alright, alright, then tell me about the murder of your clansmen. Have you found anything?"

Li Youtian snorted, "Why should I tell you?"

"You son of a bitch!" Lin Fan really wanted to slap him with his whisk. If this guy was really the patriarch of the Li family, he should know that this was a strange place. So why was he doing this? Why was he acting so unpredictably?

Lin Fan changed the subject, "Then let's just chat casually, you can say whatever you want."

Li Youtian thought for a moment, then asked, "What does the Taoist priest think of the Li family?"

Without hesitation, Lin Fan replied, "What I see so far is quite good. There are no barren fields, no starving people, and no one who is not properly clothed."

Li Youtian was stunned. "I didn't expect that this is what the Taoist priest saw. Doesn't the Taoist priest think that we are not cultivating properly and have no hope of attaining immortality?"

"When the weather is favorable and the people live in peace and prosperity, the merits will reach the heavens, and one may even attain immortality."

Li Youtian's arrogant expression softened considerably as he sat down next to Lin Fan. "Daoist's views are so different from others! However, I feel that the Li family has not done enough!"

Lin Fan's words seemed to open up Li Youtian's floodgates. "The people under the Li family's rule do live better than those in other surrounding areas, but all the land belongs to the family head and elders. Now, my father and the elders are personally cultivating the land, and they are reducing taxes to benefit the people. What if someone who is greedy for profit were to become the family head? The lives of the lower classes would be entirely at the mercy of the upper echelons of the Li family. I think this is wrong. If I were the family head, I would distribute the land to the people and prohibit the buying and selling of land."

No, kid, you're being a bit too idealistic. Even someone as worldly as Lin Fan thinks he's far too idealistic.

Li Youtian stared expectantly at Lin Fan with his dark eyes, "Daoist Master, what do you think of this?"

Lin Fan didn't know how to teach these things, so he could only say, "Hmm, the idea is not bad, but you need to be more down-to-earth and pay more attention to reality."

Lin Fan pondered for a moment. Perhaps this person, being a child prodigy, was overly idealistic about everything. Then why did he later become like the Li family patriarch? Was it because his ideals were shattered, causing him to instantly turn to the dark side?

Moreover, this kid, at least on the surface, looks completely like a child. He was initially wary of me, but once he realized we had something in common, he started talking non-stop.

Lin Fan was now somewhat puzzled about his identity. Could it be that although he was the patriarch of the Li family, he hadn't yet realized that this place was a strange realm? Or was his second personality taking over?

After listening to Li Youtian's wildly imaginative vision of the Li family for a while, Lin Fan told him to go back and have Bai Long from the Li family come over instead.

Li Youshui bowed very respectfully, "Li Youshui greets the Daoist Master!"

This child is very polite and makes people feel comfortable.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Second Young Master, do you know anything about the Black Dragon and the White Dragon?"

Li Youshui hesitated for a moment, then forced himself to speak: "Does the Daoist know where the saying about the black dragon and the white dragon comes from? Before my brother and I were born, a Daoist named Guigu came to my family and cast a divination for us. The divination said, 'When a black dragon is born, the family will be destroyed and people will die; when a white dragon is born, prosperity will come.' Not long after, my brother and I were born, and the accompanying spirit beasts chosen during our first birthday celebration were exactly the black dragon and the white dragon, just as the Daoist had said."

No, how are you so sure these two Pomeranians are black and white? Could it be that you two just happen to like dogs?

Lin Fan resisted the urge to pick his ear. "So, does that mean this black dragon is an ominous sign? It's a pity I'm not skilled in divination, otherwise I would definitely have performed a divination for your family. What do your elders think of this black dragon?"

Li Youshui sighed, "Alas, the elders don't believe in the Xuanmen divination of good and bad fortune. As my elder brother increasingly demonstrates his talents, they firmly believe that he is the master of the Black Dragon and that he has the ability to lead the Li family."

"But, Taoist Priest!"

Li Youshui became excited as he spoke.

"The Taoist priest comes from the outside world, so he should know more about the situation outside than I do."

Lin Fan gave a vague "hmm," and then Li Youshui continued, "Now is the time of dynastic change. The Great Qian Dynasty has just been established, and its attitude towards the three religions and nine schools of thought is different from that of previous dynasties. The Imperial Observatory has been established for the first time, and various sects have been invited to enter the world to jointly govern the world!"

Lin Fan frowned slightly. Good heavens, this has taken me back so many years!