191: Chapter 191 Inclusion in the Family Genealogy, Change of Surname

The Li Family Ancestral Hall was filled with rows of spirit tablets, so dense they seemed endless.

Wisps of incense smoke rose slowly, filling the entire hall with the scent of burning incense.

Luo Yunkai stood before the hall with a solemn expression, accompanied by the Patriarch Li and the clan elders.

Faint footsteps could be heard approaching from a distance.

Luo Yunkai turned around along with the members of the Li Family.

The voices arrived before the people were seen!

Four tops of heads slowly appeared outside the ancestral hall.

Then, those heads gradually rose, revealing half-faces, and then their full countenances.

Luo Yunkai looked at the two women walking side by side; seeing those features that were exactly as he remembered, a trace of daze appeared in his eyes.

Green Willow's beauty was not of the fair-skinned variety; her complexion was not white, but the light wheat color most common among working servants.

It radiated a sense of health and strength.

Just like now, as Green Willow, a Mortal, supported Li Xiangjun while they climbed the high stairs of the Li Family Ancestral Hall step by step, no one found it strange.

Green Willow stood outside the ancestral hall and let go of Li Xiangjun's arm.

Patriarch Li smiled kindly. "Cuier, Hao'er, you two come in as well!"

Green Willow was stunned. The two of them, mother and son, mere outsiders, were to enter the Li Family Ancestral Hall?

Li Xiangjun had no doubts; she knew the Clan Chief always had his reasons for what he did.

She took Green Willow's hand and firmly led her into the hall.

Lin Hao naturally followed close behind.

Patriarch Li laughed heartily.

He had long wanted to enter Green Willow into the Li Clan Genealogy to firmly tie Lin Hao to the Li Family as well.

Unfortunately, those clan elders were all old fogies who refused to agree!

But now, hadn't they agreed after all!

For Luo Yunkai's betrothal gift of five million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, let alone one Green Willow, the Li Family would have accepted ten.

Green Willow's expression was somewhat dazed, her voice carrying an indescribable tremble. "The Clan Chief wants to record Hao'er and me in the Li Clan Genealogy?"

Her voice was no longer aged as it once was, yet it wasn't as light and melodious as Li Xiangjun's; instead, it held a certain heavy clarity.

Patriarch Li nodded emphatically.

Luo Yunkai said, "If you are unwilling..."

"I am willing!" Green Willow interrupted Luo Yunkai without hesitation. "I am!"

Her eyes turned red with excitement.

Having lived in the Li Family her whole life, she had long since considered herself a member of the Li Family.

"I can change my surname; I'm willing to be Li Cuier! From now on, Hao'er will no longer be Lin Hao—he will be Li Hao!"

Lin Hao looked like he didn't care either way.

Patriarch Li quickly glanced at Luo Yunkai. "There's no need to change the surname. Even if it were to be changed, it would be yours. Hao'er and Li Changsheng naturally must take their father's surname!"

The Li clan elders all nodded in succession, fearing that the stubborn Green Willow would insist on Lin Hao taking the Li surname, which would surely offend Luo Yunkai!

It wasn't as if Luo Yunkai was marrying into the Family!

They also secretly thought that if Luo Yunkai's other sons were foolish enough not to change to their father's surname, then the Li Family would benefit.

The Li Family had provided Luo Yunkai with two sons who even took his surname; surely he would have to take better care of these two sons and their mother's Family in the future!

As a typical example of Family lineage and Legacy, the Li Family had an almost rigid obsession with the inheritance of surnames.

Luo Yunkai was slightly surprised; he hadn't insisted on his sons taking his surname.

"There's no need for this..."

"Young Friend Luo, this is the rule of our Li Family!" Patriarch Li said with righteous severity.

Luo Yunkai was speechless. "Alright then."

Patriarch Li beamed with joy and immediately presided over the ceremony to open the Genealogy.

The Genealogy book containing Li Xiangjun's name floated up, its pages fluttering and flipping on their own without any wind.

As the current Longevity Body, Li Xiangjun was on the very first page of her section of the Genealogy!

Even her parents and brothers had to come after her!

Patriarch Li solemnly added the words "Husband: Luo Yunkai" to Li Xiangjun's page in the Genealogy.

"Yunkai, channel a wisp of your aura into the Genealogy!" Patriarch Li's voice was majestic.

Luo Yunkai did as instructed, and his name was immediately imbued with his unique aura.

After finishing this, Patriarch Li flipped to a blank page and wrote, "Li Xiangjun, Current Longevity Body's Sworn Sister: Li Cuier."

"Li Cuier, drip a drop of fingertip blood onto the Genealogy!"

Just as Green Willow was about to bite her finger, she saw that her finger was not broken, yet a drop of bright red blood flew toward the Genealogy.

Luo Yunkai assisted with the blood entering the Li Clan Genealogy and withdrew his hand.

Lin Hao gave Luo Yunkai a toothy, grinning smile.

Could it be called a smile?

Next was Lin Hao.

Patriarch Li did not take it upon himself to change the surname arbitrarily; he looked steadily at Lin Hao, who was over two meters tall and resembled a mountain of flesh. "Hao'er, today we shall change your surname back to your father's. Are you willing?"

Lin Hao grinned and thumped his chest, making a booming sound.

He then spoke, his voice also sounding like a great bell. "Of course I am!"

Patriarch Li glanced at the slightly trembling spirit tablets of the Li ancestors, truly fearing he might disturb their eternal slumber.

"Hehe, as long as you're willing. From now on, you shall be called Luo Hao!"

Patriarch Li added the husband Luo Yunkai behind Li Cuier's name, and then added their son "Luo Hao" below them.

As a Body Cultivator, Luo Hao didn't know how to channel aura, so he directly forced out a drop of fingertip blood and let it sink into his name.

Patriarch Li nodded with satisfaction, then turned back to the first page to where Li Changsheng, who had been entered into the Genealogy early on, was listed.

Without asking for Li Changsheng's opinion, Patriarch Li brushed away the three characters for Li Changsheng and replaced them with Luo Changsheng.

Li Changsheng's expression was calm, looking as if he had long expected this.

Patriarch Li closed the Genealogy with satisfaction and put it back in its place.

"Yunkai, what about your Dao-Bonding Ceremony?"

Luo Yunkai was stunned. Wasn't this just a temporary measure to cover up the fact that the Li Family possessed Longevity Body Blood?

How did it turn into the real thing?

He tactfully reminded them, "Right now, Li Changsheng's matter is more important. Clan Chief, elders, what do you think?"

Li Xiangjun, who had been silent all along, furrowed her brows. "Li Changsheng's matter? What matter?"

Patriarch Li looked at the group; since they were all Family, he had no reservations.

"Yunkai said that Li Changsheng also has a Longevity Body, but his Physique hasn't fully awakened yet. He needs to be soaked in Longevity Body Blood to awaken it."

A look of realization appeared in Li Xiangjun's eyes. No wonder; so that was it.

Green Willow was startled and immediately stepped forward to object. "No! I don't agree! No one is allowed to touch the Young Miss!"

Li Xiangjun gently took Green Willow's outstretched hand. "Cuier, why are you still calling me Young Miss? It's already recorded in the Genealogy; you are now my Sworn Sister."

Green Willow stubbornly hid Li Xiangjun behind her, standing in front of her and staring fixedly at Luo Yunkai with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

Li Changsheng also silently blocked the way in front of his mother, making his stance clear.

Luo Hao was very conflicted.

"Hao'er!" Green Willow shouted sharply.

Luo Hao was very troubled.

That was an Immortal-Grade Cultivation Technique. If it was just blood, with the City Lord of Dan City around, nothing major should happen, right?

"Brother Hao! Don't make me hate you," Li Changsheng said in a flat voice, yet it carried a hidden coldness.

Luo Hao immediately used his tall and sturdy body to shield the three of them.

Luo Yunkai felt very innocent as the three of them stared at him like he was a thief.

His gaze drifted toward Patriarch Li.

Why did he only tell half the story!

Could Patriarch Li admit he did it on purpose?

The father and sons hadn't spent much time together and didn't know each other well, so there was no father-son bond to speak of.

He had to let Luo Yunkai know that his two sons were good children!

And this was all because the Li Family had raised them well!

"Alright, don't be so nervous. Who said anything about touching Xiang Jun? It's not like our Li Family has only ever produced one Longevity Body."