Chapter 2774 - 2836: Graveyard Dispute

"So many fish, honey," Chu Xiaoyao whispered. Li Yifei nodded and said, "Once we’re done with this, I’ll catch you some good stuff from the river."

"What kind of good stuff?" Chu Xiaoyao’s interest was piqued, and Su Lio beside her blinked curiously. Li Yifei replied mysteriously, "You’ll know when the time comes. I’ve already seen it."

"Seen what?" Chu Xiaoyao remained confused, her wide eyes full of puzzlement, but since Li Yifei had already walked away, she muttered, "Ali, did you see what it was? I couldn’t see anything. Just fish, right!"

Su Lio released her aura to feel around. She could sense there were many small creatures in the water, but she couldn’t tell what Li Yifei meant either, so she shook her head and said, "I don’t know, let’s just wait."

"Alright, that’s all we can do, keeping it all mysterious." Chu Xiaoyao waved her arm.

Over there, Li Yifei had already gathered with several aunts. Third Aunt pointed at the hill barely a hundred meters tall and said, "It’s this mountain. What’s so special about it? Why bury here instead of elsewhere, insisting on burying at our family’s ancestral grave? These people, what are they thinking?"

Li Yifei gazed upward, lush trees covered the mountain, and it was hard to see clearly, but there seemed to be people on the mountain. He heard the sound of logging machines, and there were vehicle tracks on the path ahead; many plants had been crushed.

He called over one of the security team leaders who came with them and asked, "Did you find the family responsible?"

"Yes!"

"Alright, invite them over for a proper talk. We’re all neighbors, let’s try not to resort to force!" Li Yifei said.

"Yes." The security personnel immediately spread out, while another group had already gone up the mountain. Even though Li Yifei mentioned not believing in superstition, he still felt uneasy. After all, this was the ancestral grave, a resting place for his ancestors, and having it disturbed made him uncomfortable as a descendant.

"Let’s go, let’s head up the mountain first, visit the elders. Yifei, your grandma and grandpa are also buried here. Later, we’ll pay our respects, offer them incense." These items were bought on the way, and many more were prepared to be burned for the elders.

Li Yifei nodded, leading the way, while several aunts and family followed behind. Su Lio and Chu Xiaoyao walked slightly behind, not playing around. They simply curiously looked around. This scenery suddenly made Su Lio homesick; her home had such a big area that outsiders rarely entered, and she had her own independent mountain small enough, set with various Formation Methods, with so many animals raised there. It accompanied her through almost her whole early life, holding special meaning.

Su Lio missed it dearly, while Chu Xiaoyao’s big eyes darted around. To use her words, she was on alert for snakes on the path, as such wilderness surely housed venomous snakes.

Ten minutes later, the group reached halfway up the mountain, already hearing shouts from there. As they arrived, they saw that the tall pine trees around them had mostly been felled. One pine tree had even crashed onto a tomb in the Li family’s ancestral grave. Considering the generations, this tomb likely belonged to an ancestor four generations back. Over the years, the place indeed had lacked maintenance, with many of the earth mound tombs nearly level with the ground due to erosion from rain and wind, making it visually uncomfortable.

Seeing the fallen tree now crushing the ancestor’s tomb, several aunts were immediately distraught. They rushed over and surrounded the logging workers, starting to scold them. Li family security had already controlled these workers.

Li Yifei told Su Lio and Chu Xiaoyao to stay alert and then went over to calm the aunts, asking, "Who told you to log here?"

"It was... the Song Family from down the mountain. They’re paying us. We’re just here to log, please don’t trouble us," a worker hurriedly explained.

"They told you to come, so you came? And you dropped the tree on our ancestral grave?" Third Aunt couldn’t stand it anymore. If not for her dignity, she might have rushed in to claw at them.

The worker showed a face full of bitterness and said, "We didn’t do it on purpose; the tree fell on its own. How about this, we’ll bring a truck to haul it away for you tomorrow, is that okay?"

"Are you speaking human language?" Second Aunt pointed at the other party and said, "That’s our ancestral grave, don’t think we don’t know your intentions here. What, so eager to destroy our family’s ancestral grave? Isn’t it just the Song Family? Let the people of the Song Family come over immediately, and we’ll talk it out today!"

"We...we didn’t mean it," a few workers still pleaded innocence. Li Yifei signaled security to hold these people and took photos. He walked to the mound that was pressed down. He effortlessly pulled the fallen pine tree away, dragging it a few meters away and freeing the mound. Only then did Li Yifei stop.

Seeing their nephew’s immense strength, several aunts were momentarily stunned, forgetting their anger. After a while, they murmured, "Yifei... this strength is truly terrifying.’

Looking at the damaged grave, Li Yifei frowned. He was an outsider according to Huaxia tradition. Even if the ancestral grave brought blessings, it should be from the Li family, not his mother’s side. However, since the aunts specifically came to ask for his help, he couldn’t refuse. Now, seeing the ancestral grave in such a state, Li Yifei felt uneasy. He called a security guard and instructed him to find some skilled masons in town and bring the materials, aiming to repair the ancestral grave today.

"Yifei, the Song Family is too detestable. They’ve cut down all the pine and cypress trees in the area. It’s too despicable, clear intent to sabotage our family’s feng shui. We can’t accept this, they must compensate," Third Aunt said.

"Alright, I’ll make them give us an explanation. The key is their future guarantee. We don’t want them doing something disgusting after we leave," Li Yifei said.

With that, the aunts felt relieved, but also more worried. Yes, after all, they live far away and can’t watch over it all the time. If the other side has ill intentions, like burying an animal’s corpse or some other crooked thing, it would ruin the feng shui and leave them with no time to mourn.

Thinking of this, Second Aunt said, "We must handle this properly, or the repercussions will be too great. But don’t be too heavy-handed, be sure not to cause any deaths!"

"Second Aunt, what are you saying? It’s just a small dispute, nothing about deaths!" Li Yifei laughed.

"Well, that’s good, I heard some bad rumors about you and thought you would... oh, I said something wrong!" Second Aunt suddenly realized her mistake and quickly stopped.

Li Yifei smiled and said, "Those are just rumors, don’t take them seriously. Second Aunt, no need to be cautious around me, we’re family, say what you want."

Second Aunt smiled awkwardly, "My mouth is just too quick!"

Whether poor or rich, in the end, people need friends and family. That’s why Li Yifei gave face to Brother Hu. He didn’t have many friends and treated relatives the same way. One shouldn’t change too much just because of a higher status.

The identities of the loggers were found out, and one was from the Song Family. He led the group to cut down the trees here, intending to create a large platform. They planned to dig with an excavator and build an extravagant tomb on the Li family’s ancestral grave. No, it should be called a mausoleum, with supposedly one or two underground floors and a ground floor for future generations to visit during Qing Ming. It’s also to reserve burial space for the next generations of the Song Family.

This was all said by a famous Master Yin and Yang nearby, who gave them the design. He claimed that the feng shui here was unparalleled in the province, good for accumulating yin virtue, justifying Li Yifei’s meteoric rise as the richest man. If the Song Family could bury their ancestors here, and use his unique design to gather spirit qi and covertly steal Li Family’s feng shui, it wouldn’t be long before the Song Family would rise to prominence, becoming top-tier wealthy or politically influential.

To the Song Family, who already believed in Feng Shui fate, it was like a stroke of fortune amidst jealousy. They immediately believed in the words, and last year, they maneuvered to buy this mountain.

Li Yifei’s aunts hadn’t considered this back then, and nobody was aware, but when the Song Family made a move this year and was discovered, they sought out Li Yifei.

This method, regardless of its truth, was at least very insidious. Even if buried on the same hill, Li Yifei wouldn’t object. But trying to transfer the Li Family’s feng shui to themselves was malicious.

Having finished the inquiries, Li Yifei lost his patience. Being a prominent figure, there was nothing to discuss with a few hooligans, so he directly ordered the security. Someone had already gone to the Song Family, and their response was quite tough. Hearing people were coming from the other side, they immediately gathered dozens of people to head over. The Song Family is currently headed by Song Xiaofeng, the eldest of the family. There are a few fathers and two uncles above him, each with sons, allowing them to dominate the town. Whenever a conflict arose, just the men from the family would field twenty to thirty people, unfazed by fights. Upon hearing the other side approaching, Song Xiaofeng gathered forty to fifty men.

Rushing to the foot of the mountain, seeing those luxury cars made Song Xiaofeng furious. He ordered his men to surround those cars, sending others up the hill to get Li Yifei to come down and talk.