Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 262

Chapter 262: Unexpected Visitor

"Li Yao, by order of the patriarch, you must return to the main branch within one week," Li Mei spoke with forced authority, though her voice trembled slightly.

Li Yao stared at her for a long moment, her expression completely blank and unreadable. Then, without acknowledging her words at all, she simply sidestepped around Li Mei and continued walking toward her office as if nothing had happened.

"Who’s that weirdo? So, anyway, as I was saying..."

Li Mei turned around quickly in frustration. She then raised her voice significantly, "Li Yao, don’t be so arrogant! Even if you can beat Soul Formation experts, do you know how many Soul Formation and Void experts are in the Li family?"

She thought to herself that she didn’t have time for this. She needed to get back and check on grandpa, she had been having a terrible feeling in her gut ever since leaving.

If Li Yao really didn’t want to return to the main branch, she didn’t want to keep pushing the issue. Actually, she pitied her cousin deeply. She had felt genuinely sad when she heard that Li Yao’s immediate family had been killed in that tragic incident. But Li Yao seemed to have built her own home here in this sect and appeared genuinely happy. Li Mei wouldn’t blame her if she didn’t want to see the people from the main branch again, she would have done the same thing in that situation.

"Li? Do you mean the Li family from the central continent?" suddenly, a voice spoke up from behind them.

Li Mei turned around to look at the approaching figures. It was one middle-aged man with a dignified bearing and a handsome young man who appeared to be around his twenties, though this estimate was practically useless in the cultivation world where people could retain their youthful or elderly appearances through various methods and techniques.

"Yeah, what about it?" Li Mei asked suspiciously, studying the newcomers carefully.

"When did you leave the central continent?" Liu Feng asked.

"About a week ago," she replied, gauging the man’s strength. From her observations, she could tell that his cultivation was at the peak of Golden Core realm, but she couldn’t properly assess the strength of the person standing behind him. She wondered if this young man was a young master from some prominent family and the other was serving as his bodyguard.

When Liu Feng heard her answer, he let out a heavy sigh. "I see, it’s no wonder you don’t know," he spoke.

Li Mei suddenly felt a strange, cold sensation spreading throughout her entire body. "What do you mean?" she asked, though part of her already dreaded the answer.

"Yesterday, the Li family main branch was attacked," Liu Feng spoke.

Li Mei felt her blood run completely cold.

"No one survived," Liu Feng added.

Instantly, Li Mei collapsed to her knees. She had a shocked expression and her face turned deathly pale. "No, this can’t be true. Grandpa..." she spoke in complete disbelief.

Then tears started streaming down her face uncontrollably. "I see, so this is what you meant..." she said, smiling strangely, she seemed to be going crazy.

She then punched the stone floor with tremendous force, "You lied to me..." she shouted as deep cracks spread outward from the impact point like a spider web.

Suddenly, her heartbroken sobs were interrupted when she sensed an overwhelming aura pressing down around her. The entire building started shaking violently and seemed as though it was going to collapse in on itself under the immense pressure.

She turned around slowly to see her cousin, who now had a completely indifferent gaze that seemed to look right through everything. A thin crack started appearing on Li Yao’s cheek, spreading like fractured porcelain.

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