300: Chapter 300 The Mysterious Man in Black!

Whenever the night was deep and quiet and he was alone in his room, the faces of the three Old Ancestors would appear in his mind.

First Old Ancestor, Second Old Ancestor, Third Old Ancestor...

They had protected the Li Family for over a hundred years and were the pillars of the Li Family.

But now, the three Old Ancestors were dead, and the Li Family had fallen from the clouds into the dust.

All of this was his fault.

If he had been more decisive back then, if he had seen through Ye Changge's scheme earlier, if he could have...

"Sigh..."

Li Xuanfeng sighed deeply and covered his face with both hands.

These thoughts, like maggots on a bone, tortured him day and night.

He knew in his heart that this had already become his Heart Demon.

Once a Cultivator had a Heart Demon, not only would their cultivation be difficult to advance, but it would also be easier to suffer from Qi Deviation during Cultivation; in mild cases, their cultivation would regress, and in severe cases, they would die and their Dao would vanish.

But he just couldn't control it.

"What kind of Clan Chief am I... What kind of Foundation Establishment Cultivator am I..."

Li Xuanfeng gave a bitter smile, raised his head, and looked at the pitch-black night sky outside the window.

He wanted to work hard to Cultivate, he wanted to one day reclaim Longmai Mountain, and he wanted to restore the glory of the Li Family.

But—

There was only a Medium Grade Rank 1 Spiritual Vein here, and the Spiritual Qi was pitifully thin.

As a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, if he were to Cultivate with all his might, the Spiritual Qi he absorbed would be enough to cause the surrounding spiritual fields to decrease in yield, and even affect the Cultivation of the young Disciples in the Family.

Those children were the future of the Li Family.

He could not ruin them for his own selfish desires.

"Ten years... I have to be trapped here for ten years..."

Li Xuanfeng muttered to himself, his voice full of bitterness.

He certainly knew that this was Ye Changge's delaying tactic.

When the Spiritual Contract was signed, Ye Changge spoke with high-sounding words— "Let the Li Family move to a new spiritual land to recuperate; within ten years, the Ye Family will not actively attack the Li Family."

But in reality?

This spiritual land had thin Spiritual Qi and could not support a Foundation Establishment Cultivator at all.

Ten years later, Li Xuanfeng's cultivation would not have made any progress, but what about Ye Changge?

With that person's talent and resources, ten years later, he would likely have already touched the threshold of the Golden Core.

By then, what would he use to resist?

What was even more terrifying was—

The small families around this spiritual land had long been taken as vassals by the Ye Family.

Every move Li Xuanfeng made would be reported to Ye Changge by someone.

He couldn't do anything.

He could only watch helplessly as the Ye Family grew stronger and the Li Family grew weaker.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanfeng couldn't help but clench his fists, his knuckles cracking, and he cursed under his breath: "Damn it!"

If it hadn't been a last resort, how could he have signed that humiliating Spiritual Contract?

But in that situation, he had no other choice.

The three Old Ancestors had fallen, Longmai Mountain had been lost, and more than half of the Disciples in the Family had been killed or injured... If he didn't sign, Ye Changge could have taken advantage of the situation to uproot the Li Family, leaving none behind.

By signing the Spiritual Contract, he had at least preserved the last bit of the Li Family's Bloodline.

But the price was—

He, Li Xuanfeng, a dignified Foundation Establishment Cultivator, now had to be trapped in this place with thin Spiritual Qi for a full ten years!

Moreover, that Spiritual Contract was a Rank 2 Spiritual Contract, personally presided over and signed by an Elder of the Lingxiao Sect, and possessed extremely strong binding power.

Once he violated any clause in the contract—such as leaving the designated spiritual land area without permission, actively attacking the Ye Family, or secretly contacting other families to plan a counterattack—

The Spiritual Contract would immediately backlash!

The backlash power of a Rank 2 Spiritual Contract was enough to directly knock him, an Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivator, down to the Late Stage of Qi Refining!

By then, the Li Family would not even have its last Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

How would those collateral branches that relied on the Li Family, and those young Disciples who were still growing, handle themselves?

Would those hostile forces that were eyeing them covetously let go of this opportunity to beat a drowning dog?

Li Xuanfeng dared not gamble.

And he couldn't afford to gamble.

He could only endure it.

Endure for ten years.

Ten years later, how strong would Ye Changge become? He did not know.

But he knew that in his current situation, ten years later, he would only be weaker.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanfeng felt increasingly irritable and slammed his fist heavily onto the stone table in front of him.

"Bang—"

The stone table cracked open with the sound, and gravel splattered.

He looked down at the crack, breathing heavily, his eyes full of powerlessness and unwillingness.

Just at this moment—

Inside the Immortal Cave, his vision suddenly blurred!

A black shadow appeared in front of him without any warning!

The black shadow came too fast, so fast that even Li Xuanfeng's Divine Sense at the Foundation Establishment Stage did not notice it at all!

It was as if the other party had been standing there from the beginning, and only now were they willing to let him see them!

Li Xuanfeng's pupils shrank, and the hair on his body stood on end!

"Who—"

He instinctively shouted, and hurriedly formed hand seals!

But the space of the Immortal Cave was already small, and the other party appeared too suddenly; he simply didn't have time to cast any decent Spell!

He could only hastily mobilize the Spiritual Qi in his body to set up a layer of protective spiritual light in front of him!

That spiritual light was as thin as a cicada's wing, and the defense formed in such a rush gave even him no confidence that it could block anything.

The next second—

"Hmph."

The black shadow gave a disdainful cold snort.

Immediately after, a fist wrapped in fierce wind directly broke through that thin layer of protective spiritual light!

"Bang—"

The spiritual light exploded!

The punch did not slow down and slammed heavily into Li Xuanfeng's chest!

"Pfft!"

Li Xuanfeng spat out a mouthful of blood, and his whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, slamming fiercely against the stone wall of the Immortal Cave!

The stone wall cracked, and gravel fell with a rustling sound.

Before he could even get up—

Countless pitch-black chains emerged from the Void Realm, coiling toward him like poisonous snakes!

"Swish, swish, swish—!"

The chains pierced through his four limbs, hoisting him high up and suspending him in mid-air!

Intense pain struck!

Li Xuanfeng looked down and saw four pitch-black chains piercing his wrists and ankles respectively, blood dripping down along the chains and falling onto the floor of the Immortal Cave, making a "drip, drip" sound.

He could not move.

The Spiritual Qi in his body was also struggling to circulate under the suppression of the chains, as if it were tightly gripped by an invisible hand.

"You... who are you!"

Li Xuanfeng endured the intense pain, raised his head, and looked at the black shadow in front of him, his voice trembling slightly with terror.

But the black shadow did not speak.

He just walked slowly to Li Xuanfeng and reached out a hand.

That hand was as thin as a withered branch, and the skin was an abnormal cyan-gray color, as if it were a dead person's.

Li Xuanfeng's pupils shrank, and he struggled desperately, but his limbs were pierced by the chains, and he couldn't move a single bit!

The next second—

The black shadow stuffed a fist-sized meat ball into his mouth!

The meat ball felt cold and slippery, and as soon as it entered his mouth, it slid down his throat!

"Mm—! Mmph—!"

Li Xuanfeng widened his eyes, trying desperately to spit it out, but the thing had already slid into his stomach, and he couldn't spit it out at all!

He only felt a cold aura explode from his abdomen, like thousands of ants, spreading crazily toward his limbs and bones!