Peerless Sword God of the City

Looking at the familiar lakes around him, the willows swaying in the wind beside Tianxin Lake, and the stone path under his feet, Li Yi felt as if it were all a dream.

Rebirth.

Li Yi initially even suspected that this was an illusion created by the Heavenly Tribulation.

Even if he were a great cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage, having seen all the strange things in the world, this would still be something he had never seen or heard of before.

Just as Li Yi was lost in thought, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Li Yi took out his phone and looked at the two large characters on the caller ID:

"Mom."

Li Yi's hands, which were holding the phone, began to tremble slightly.

He cultivated for a thousand years and became the most powerful person in the cultivation world, but he also had regrets for a thousand years.

Isn't the whole point of being reborn for the person on the other end of the phone?

Li Yiqiang suppressed his turmoil and gently slid his trembling fingers to answer the call.

The call connected, and Li Yi's mother's voice came through.

"Li Yi, your school teacher just called me and said you skipped class without reason this afternoon. Tell me honestly, what exactly did you do?"

Hearing that familiar yet long-lost stern voice beside him, Li Yi felt a warm current flow through his heart, making his eyes slightly misty and his voice even a little hoarse.

"Mom, Yi'er is here."

Li Yi's mother's name is Yang Hui.

Hearing Li Yi's somewhat aggrieved voice, Yang Hui's previous anger instantly turned into heartache, and she said, "Yi'er, don't blame your mother for being too strict with you."

"Mom knows you don't like studying, but Yi'er, you also know our family's situation. If you don't study hard, you won't be able to leave Jiangnan to find a good job after graduation."

“Now that all our relatives and friends have good jobs, Yi’er will be looked down upon if she is not successful.”

"And nowadays girls have very high standards. Yi'er can only find a good daughter-in-law for her mother if she studies hard in the future."

Before he knew it, Li Yi's eyes were already filled with tears.

"Mom, don't worry, Yi'er will study hard from now on."

In Li Yi's memory, his mother was always a woman who was both strict and beautiful, virtuous and kind, but who sacrificed too much for the family.

"Alright, Mom won't nag you anymore. I've already had your uncle talk to Teacher Yang at school. Just bow your head and apologize to the teacher when you go to class," Yang Hui instructed.

Li Yi gave a somewhat helpless "Oh".

In the past, his mother would always apologize to others because of his lack of manners, but now Li Yi secretly vowed that he would never let anything like this happen again.

"Mom, tell Dad and Mom not to overwork yourselves and to take care of yourselves," Li Yi instructed.

"Okay, okay, Mom knows, I'll pass on the message to Dad."

"Also, you're not getting any younger. If there's a girl you like at school, remember to bring her home for your mom to check on during the holidays."

Hearing Yang Hui's words, Li Yi could only laugh it off and change the subject.

Li Yi and Yang Hui chatted for a while, then Yang Hui said she had something else to do and hurriedly hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yi recalled the hardships his father and mother had endured over the years, and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Even if he returned from his past life after achieving enlightenment and slaughtered the Jun family to avenge his parents, so what?

Ultimately, it was impossible to bring parents back to life.

Li Yi raised his head and looked at Tianxin Lake, his eyes seemingly burning with endless rage.

"In the past life, you brought suffering and torment to my parents. In this life, I will make your Jun family repay that a hundredfold."

The Jun family is the richest family in Jiangnan Province.

It was also the Jun family that caused his originally happy and fulfilling family to be torn apart, resulting in the destruction of his family and the death of his members.

Back when Yang Hui was still dating Li Yi's father, she participated in the opening performance of Jun Jiu's birthday party with the school's dance troupe.

Yang Hui's outstanding dancing skills and beautiful appearance made Jun Jiu, the young master of the Jun family, fall in love with her at first sight.

So at his birthday banquet, Jun Jiu confessed his love to Yang Hui in front of all the powerful and influential people from Jiangnan who were attending.

However, Yang Hui rejected him on the spot, causing Jun Jiu to lose face in front of countless people.

The favor of the son of the richest man in Jiangnan is something that countless women in Jiangnan dream of, and no one could have imagined that Yang Hui, a lowly woman, would dare to refuse him.

This made Jun Jiu resentful. Then, Jun Jiu used his background as the richest man in Jiangnan Province and his immense power to get the school to expel Yang Hui on trumped-up charges.

"After Mom was fired, she resolutely married Dad in a flash to put an end to your ridiculous and unrealistic ambitions."

"But you scum still won't let them go."

After Yang Hui married Li Yi's father, Jun Jiu directly warned all companies in Jiangnan Province that anyone who dared to hire Li Yi's father would be making an enemy of the Jun family.

From then on, not a single company or department in the entire Jiangnan Province dared to hire Li Yi's father.

This caused Li Yi's father to encounter setbacks everywhere, both at work and in life, and he lived a life of poverty and hardship for half his life.

Over time, Li Yi's father was met with endless ridicule and scorn from his neighbors, relatives, and friends.

Li Yi's gaze grew increasingly cold.

Later, in order to help ease the burden on the family, my father started setting up a roadside stall early in the morning and working late at night to earn money.

The long hours of hard work and stress eventually took their toll on my father's health, and he fell ill and was bedridden.

In the end, even after selling everything they owned, the family's savings were not enough to cover the exorbitant medical expenses, leading to the father's death.

With the passing of her father, her mother lost the most important person in her life. Overwhelmed with grief, she soon followed her father in death.

Li Yi's fists clenched tightly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

It was the Jun family that destroyed his originally happy and fulfilling family!

It was the Jun family that caused my father and mother to live in poverty for half their lives, and they eventually died in depression.

All of this originated from the Jun family.

The Jun family deserves to die!!

Li Yi's pupils contracted, and an extremely intense killing intent flashed in his eyes!

"Back then, I was just an ordinary person, and it was beyond my ability to bring down the richest family in Jiangnan."

"But in this life, once I regain my cultivation, I will personally ascend to the gates of your Jun family. I will use the sword in my hand to tell you, so what if you are richer than a country and have immense power?"

"I, Li Yi, will shatter it with a single sword strike."

Therefore, Li Yi's most pressing task now is to resolve the issue of cultivation in this lifetime.

Li Yi suppressed his anger, looked at Tianxin Lake, and seemed to be deep in thought.

"When I returned to Earth years ago, I revisited my old haunts and passed by Tianxin Lake. I discovered a small spring at the source of Tianxin Lake."

"Based on the timeline, the spiritual spring should still be there."

If this spring still exists, then he can embark on cultivation and will have the ability to protect himself should he encounter any danger in the future.

With this thought in mind, Li Yi strode forward, heading quickly toward the source of Tianxin Lake.