Chapter 119: From now on, only pleasure (Supplementary update 725)

Hearing the poem recited loudly by the youth, everyone in the Divine General's Mansion had slightly changed expressions.

In all the world, who does not know you!

What kind of domineering confidence was this, yet it was so true.

A fourteen-year-old Heavenly Human Tianren Zongshi, unique in ancient and modern times, yet he had left their Li family.

"Li Tiangang, can't you speak properly to Li Hao, be a bit softer?"

He He Jianlan felt sour in her heart, thinking of the well-behaved child who used to come to pay his respects in the morning, and couldn't help but say to Li.

Li Li Tiangang came back to his senses, but his expression was blank, and he didn't speak.

"Li Li Tiangang, you forced Hao'er away; you forced away the most stunning genius our Li family has had in a thousand years."

Li Li Muxiu at this moment seemed unable to summon any more anger, his face somewhat weathered and desolate. He looked deeply at Li Li Tiangang and said:

"You will definitely regret the words you said today."

Li Li Tiangang's lips twitched slightly. That child's talent was indeed shocking; he had seen it in his eyes, and his heart also felt pain.

But, regret?

He recalled the various events of recent days, and finally, he took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "I will not regret it. The one who should regret it is him. I couldn't grind away his stubborn bones, but those demons will grind them away!"

"In less than three years, he will definitely come back crying and begging. He will know that what he abandoned today is something countless people in this world dream of. He is still young, and he doesn't know how lucky he is!"

Speaking to this point, he turned to look at Li Li Muxiu and the crowd before him, saying slowly:

"I warn you in the name of the Li family's True Dragon: no one is allowed to assist him privately, otherwise, you will be severely punished by family law!"

After speaking, his expression turned cold again, and he said:

"Helping him is harming him. Don't influence me; I will make him come back!"

Everyone had slightly changed expressions, not expecting his heart to be so resolute.

"Seventh Brother." Li Li Xuanli wanted to say something but stopped.

Li Li Muxiu's lips trembled slightly: "Do you know that his injuries haven't healed? With him leaving like this today, how many people in the world are watching?"

"We, the Li family, are a thorn in the side of the demons. With this child leaving Qingzhou, leaving this place, how many demons along the way will ambush him and assassinate him?"

"The thousand-year feud between the Li family and the demons might all descend upon that child!"

Everyone's pupils contracted slightly, immediately feeling the danger of the youth's journey.

Li Li Tiangang said expressionlessly: "Second Uncle, Hao'er is my child after all. If you can think of these things, I naturally have too. I will send people to watch over him in secret and take action when there is danger."

He looked earnestly at Li Li Muxiu and said: "I gave him three years, not out of impulsiveness, but to let him temper his personality properly. This three-year period is what I fought for him. I will apply to the ancestors to postpone the True Dragon determination until three years later. If he can correct himself by then, this position will still be his."

Li Li Muxiu's face twitched as he looked at the youth's departing back, his heart bitter.

This child had never cared about the True Dragon. Three years later... he would likely care even less.

Moreover, with that child's talent, if he cultivated earnestly, he might step into the Three Imperishable Realms in three years...

At this moment, a figure suddenly ran over, passing the crowd, and rushed toward the youth.

It was Ren Ren Qianqian, who had been recruited into the Divine General's Mansion not long ago, Li Hao's sword attendant.

She hadn't yet practiced the cultivation techniques of the Listening Rain Building, although her household registration was in the Divine General's Mansion, but following the youth now, no one stopped her.

It was just that the young girl went out alone, without carrying that black sword box.

Seeing this, Chen Chen Hefang came back to her senses and said hurriedly: "Li Muxiu, Hao'er didn't bring his sword? How can this be? Where is Eternal Night? Quickly take it and send it to him."

Li Li Muxiu was also stunned. He immediately released his perception and soon found the black sword box in the Mountain and River Courtyard. He immediately retrieved it and chased after Li Hao with the sword box.

"Hao'er, you forgot your sword."

Li Li Muxiu looked at the child before him, wanting to say something but stopping, finally saying with a face full of bitterness.

Li Hao looked at the old man and shook his head slightly: "Second Granduncle, don't be sad. I don't want this sword anymore. Thank Grandmother for me and let her give it to someone else."

"Besides you, who else in the Li family is worthy of this sword?" Li Li Muxiu couldn't help but say.

Li Hao's gaze fell on the black sword box. He was silent for a moment before saying slowly:

"Let it be disposed of as it originally was. In any case, I will never want anything from the Li family again."

After speaking, he turned and continued walking.

"Hao'er..."

"Second Granduncle, please return."

The youth didn't turn back, waving his hand as he said.

Li Li Muxiu's expression was complex. He looked down at the black sword box in his hand, his heart bitter.

Abandoned by two generations of masters.

Eternal Night, Eternal Night... it seemed it was destined to sleep forever in the dark night.

Along the street, Li Hao walked forward, feeling that with every step, his body seemed to become a bit lighter, a bit more comfortable.

He saw Song Song Yufeng and Song Song Qiumo at the gate of the Divine General's Mansion, but just nodded slightly without saying much, appearing unfamiliar.

He didn't want to involve the Tan Palace Academy.

A burst of footsteps chased from behind, approaching, then gradually slowing down.

Li Hao didn't turn back, only saying: "I am not the young master of the Li family anymore. Why follow me? You haven't gone to the Listening Rain Building yet. Tell Uncle Zhao, and she will dissolve the maid contract for you."

Ren Ren Qianqian shook her head slightly, holding her sword, and said: "Without the cultivation techniques of the Listening Rain Building, I can learn other cultivation techniques from you."

"My cultivation techniques may not be suitable for you."

Li Hao said: "Moreover, going to Tianmen Pass, whether one can survive is an unknown."

"Then we will slaughter demons and eliminate monsters together," Ren Ren Qianqian said.

Li Hao's footsteps paused for a moment, then continued forward, his voice becoming calm: "Then let's go together."

Ren Ren Qianqian revealed a joyful expression, nodded, and followed quickly.

Goose-feather snow drifted down, accompanied by cold mist like frost.

The youth of noble status walked in the wind and snow, with only a white fox, a sword attendant, and a pair of empty sleeves by his side.

Entering the jianghu for the first time, forgetting to bring his sword.

Entering the jianghu again, yet having no sword to wear in his hand.

"The road to the horizon is long; from now on, only pleasure. What can idle sorrow do to me..."

The youth suddenly sang loudly, laughing freely.

In front of the Divine General's Mansion.

Song Song Yufeng and Song Song Qiumo were both staring at the departing youth, silent.

They hadn't expected that after the father-son battle ended, it would become so stiff that this peerlessly talented youth would run away from home and draw a line with the Li family.

Countless people in this world would give anything to step into that Divine General's Mansion and have some connection with the Li family.

Yet that youth treated it like discarded shoes.

"Who says the Heavenly Official is not hospitable? The sky full of wind and snow sends off one person."

Song Song Yufeng muttered to himself.

In front of the mansion gate, Li Li Yuanzhao watched Li Hao's figure disappear, muttering to himself:

"From today on, does Brother Hao count as having lost his father?"

After these murmuring words were spoken, his mother Xiao Xiao Yujing glared at him fiercely, then looked at Li Li Tiangang, whose face was as expressionless as an iron plate, her brows furrowing.

And Bian Bian Ruxue, standing beside Li Li Yuanzhao, felt her body tremble violently, her eyes widening as if struck by lightning.

Images surfaced in her mind: many years ago, she walked and cried all the way, following that Uncle Lin to this magnificent Divine General's Mansion.

In that strange environment, it was that child with eyes like stars who told her that her father was in the sky.

That day, she found a new reliance from the pain of losing her father.

And now, after many years, today, the young man who once comforted and accompanied her has also lost his father under her very eyes.

It was just that he had left so easily, and not only had she failed to accompany him, she hadn't even said a word of comfort.

Thinking of this, a wave of sourness surged in her heart, as if pricked by a sharp thorn, a feeling of heartache.

Her figure chased out hurriedly, but the wind and snow in heaven and earth were already heavy; where could that person's figure be?

Tianmen Pass, located north of the Liangzhou border.

Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, cold in winter and hot in summer, the land desolate and barren, but rich in mineral veins. The people here do not like farming, mostly engaging in animal husbandry and business, with grain mostly purchased and transported from other states.

At this moment, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

The cold moonlight spilled over the earth.

In a clearing in a lush forest on the Liangzhou border, a bonfire was lit, and two people and a fox sat around it.

Over the bonfire, green vine sticks were pierced through tiger paws and tiger livers, roasting in the fire.

Bursts of fragrance drifted out, the amount of food clearly exceeding the portion for two people.

"Almost done, wait a bit longer."

Li Hao stroked the head of the little white fox by his knee and said with a smile.

It had been five days since leaving Qingzhou. Relying on Ren Ren Qianqian's money, the two rented a carriage and swayed all the way to Liangzhou.

After returning the carriage at the post station, the road to this border land could only be traveled on foot.

Fortunately, after five days, Li Hao's injuries had long since healed.

In his spare time, he pondered his many cultivation techniques, integrating them, and had already created a cultivation technique unique to himself.

The power he had temporarily combined when he first stepped into the Heavenly Human Realm couldn't exert the strength of the Tianren Zongshi Realm, but now, after exploring it, if he were to fight another battle, he was confident he could easily defeat his former self.

As for whether he could defeat that person, Li Hao was too lazy to think about it for the time being.

"Old Feng, it's almost ready."

Li Hao looked up and called into the forest.

Earlier in the Divine General's Mansion, it was Old Feng who transmitted the message to him, which was why he agreed to come to Tianmen Pass.

Otherwise, even if he wanted to cut ties with the Li family, he wouldn't risk his life to come here alone; that would be equivalent to sending himself to death.

The forest was silent, with no response.

Li Hao was already used to it and didn't care at all.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the woods nearby.

Li Hao looked up, his spiritual sense leaving his body to investigate, and saw a familiar figure pushing aside the grass and walking toward them.

Not long after, Bian Bian Ruxue's figure followed the firelight and arrived before the bonfire.

Seeing Li Hao, her face revealed joy: "Great, finally caught up with you!"

"Why did you come here?" Li Hao was somewhat surprised, frowning: "The road is very dangerous."

"I didn't encounter any demons," Bian Bian Ruxue said.

She looked at the youth before the bonfire. The emotions she had controlled for several days couldn't help but surge, her eye sockets slightly red:

"Back then you accompanied me; now, I have come to accompany you."

Li Hao looked at her in surprise: "You aren't pursuing the Sword Dao anymore?"

Bian Bian Ruxue was stunned, silent for a moment before saying: "I won't give up the sword, but I want to stay by your side; otherwise, I cannot be at peace."

Li Hao immediately understood; the other party was feeling guilty.

He smiled casually: "Silly girl, don't worry about me. I'm not as fragile as you think. I'm not like you, who loves to cry."

Thinking of the embarrassing times in her childhood when she would often be scared awake by nightmares, Bian Bian Ruxue's pretty face flushed slightly:

"Let's not talk about the past. Back then my father wasn't there, and you accompanied me; now I have come to accompany you."

"Do you want to repay the kindness with this method?" Li Hao smiled.

Bian Bian Ruxue bit her lip slightly, not denying it.

"Since you have chosen the Sword Dao, don't be half-hearted anymore. Otherwise, with your temperament, let alone reaching the peak, you won't even be able to walk to the foot of the mountain."

Li Hao said: "As for that bit of kindness, I don't care. I accompanied you, and you also accompanied me; it can be considered even."

Bian Bian Ruxue was stunned, her eyes somewhat dazed. Looking at the youth's free and easy smile, she hesitated: "Really?"

"Really."

Li Hao smiled frankly.

The bonfire's flames jumped with the cold wind of the night.

The warm yellow light shone on Li Hao's face. Beside the bonfire, he smiled at the young girl:

"You go back. I'll be waiting for you to climb to the peak of the Sword Dao, and then come back to tell me what you saw up there."