Chapter 153: Placing a piece and suppressing the grandmasters of the world (Supplement for monthly ticket update 16)

Seeing Li Hao's calm and smiling appearance, Li Wushuang felt a bit lost.

Besides this concern, she suddenly felt that they were somewhat strangers, or rather, they had never been close.

So much so that after the pleasantries, there was nothing else to say.

Clearly, by blood, they were cousins…

But in terms of relationship, it seemed not as close and natural as the Tan Palace disciples around Li Hao.

After a brief silence, Li Wushuang thought of her father's words and the hidden dangers in Liang Province, and immediately transmitted her voice:

"The monsters outside Liang Province are restless. You must be careful. If there is danger, you can send a distress signal. My father is now sitting in Liang Province and can come to your aid at any time."

"Mm, you too."

Li Hao thought of that military report and nodded.

Li Wushuang looked at him deeply. She could vaguely feel that the young man in front of her, even that magnificent and brilliant Divine General Mansion, could not bind him.

"If there is a chance, I hope to see you again in Qingzhou," she said softly.

Li Hao's expression was calm, and he did not answer.

Li Wushuang sighed in her heart, said goodbye to Li Hao, and turned back to her seat.

After Li Wushuang left, the gazes of others still lingered on Li Hao, whispering.

Not long after, grandmasters came one after another to exchange pleasantries with Li Hao, intending to make friends.

They had all heard about that incident in Qingzhou and knew that this young man had severed ties with the Divine General Mansion, but no one really took it seriously.

After all, everyone wanted to step into the threshold of the Divine General Mansion; how could anyone really be stupid enough to want to step out? They just thought it was the young man's spirit, and he would naturally turn back in the future.

Making friends in advance at this time belongs to sending charcoal in snowy weather, and in the future, it will be a blessing to shelter the younger generation.

Li Hao easily saw through the calculations of these grandmasters and didn't feel disappointed or strange, just exchanged a few simple pleasantries, showing a distant and cold attitude, and gradually no one came to ask for trouble.

Grandmasters are transcendent, but grandmasters also have children, disciples, sects, etc.

With these, there will be weaknesses.

With weaknesses, they will want to cover up their weaknesses, so they will make friends, apologize with smiles, and step into the arena of fame and fortune.

When people step on the stairs, it is inevitable to be a little bit heavy on the back.

The era of fighting alone has long passed. Even the Four Standing Realm experts who are free in the world must lower their proud heads in front of the mighty iron hooves of the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty.

Otherwise, they will also be driven away like stray dogs!

Not long after, when the sun passed the noon of the sundial, on the Dao-Discussion Platform in front, a figure flew over from the opposite bank of the Dragon Jianghe.

He was wearing a white robe, the robe was extremely long, rustling in the wind and waves above the river, wearing a snow-white hooded hat on his head, his beard and hair were all white, looking like a crane-haired child-faced, immortal-like figure.

"Heavenly Mystery Mountain Man."

The many grandmasters who had been waiting for a long time immediately recognized his identity.

After landing, the Heavenly Mystery Mountain Man lifted the white hat on his head, revealing his floating snow-white long hair. His face was ruddy, and he smiled and slowly swept across the audience, saying:

"Grandmasters have come from afar, rushing to the venue from various provinces to keep the appointment. I am deeply grateful!"

"Not at all, not at all."

"Mountain Man is too polite."

Many grandmasters in the audience supported him with pleasantries.

Li Hao swept his eyes; the number of these grandmasters was at least two or three hundred.

Coupled with their family and friends, there were nearly two thousand people here.

But at this moment, with the arrival of the Heavenly Mystery Mountain Man, the original noisy environment quietly became quiet.

After the Heavenly Mystery Mountain Man finished the opening pleasantries, he began to talk about the rewards of this grand event. This time, besides the benefits of grandmasters enhancing the depth of their own martial arts with each other, there were also some extra prizes presented by the Heavenly Mystery Tower.

Such as cultivation techniques, treasures, spiritual medicines, etc.

They were all things that martial artists loved most.

In addition, after the Dao-discussion ends, the person publicly recognized by everyone as the number one grandmaster, besides obtaining spiritual treasures and divine weapons, will also have the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Mystery Tower's Scripture Pavilion and choose a unique skill at will.

This reward can be considered extremely tempting.

After all, the Heavenly Mystery Tower's Scripture Pavilion collects books from all over, and its fame is not inferior to the Li family's Listening Rain Tower at all, and even surpasses it.

The top unique skills inside can be used even if one reaches the Four Standing Realms.

But the premise is whether one can fully master them.

After talking about the rewards, the Tianren Zongshi Dao-Discussion officially began.

Dao-discussion is relatively casual. Not every grandmaster needs to go on stage to discuss the Dao; it mainly depends on the grandmaster's own willingness.

But most grandmasters come here to verify the flaws and directions of their own martial arts with other grandmasters; this is a rare opportunity.

Soon, an old grandmaster took the lead to step onto the Dao-Discussion Platform. After a few pleasantries, he began to expound his own Tianren Zongshi Dao.

His Tianren Zongshi Dao is the Yin-Yang Dao, realized from the alternation of the sun and moon, and the reality and illusion of Yin and Yang.

With this grandmaster's exposition, everyone became more and more familiar with his martial Dao, but this did not involve his unique skills and ultimate moves, so it was not considered exposing his family background, just equivalent to him coming to promote his sect's teaching philosophy.

Hearing this grandmaster's exposition, Li Hao thought of the Yin-Yang Reversal Sword.

He mastered this sword technique through his realization of the Sword Dao, and naturally absorbed the core Yin-Yang philosophy in this sword technique.

This philosophy is basically the same as the grandmaster in front of him.

However, being able to master the Yin-Yang Reversal Sword does not necessarily mean one can step into the Tianren Zongshi Realm with the Yin-Yang philosophy within it.

On the contrary, the grandmaster in front of him can create sword techniques, or palm techniques and fist techniques similar to the Yin-Yang Reversal Sword with the Yin-Yang Dao.

Tianren Zongshi Dao, the key lies in the "Dao."

Once one realizes the Dao, the Dao follows the heart and intention. In daily life, eating, fists and feet, raising hands and feet, all secretly match this Dao.

The Yin-Yang Reversal Sword is a technique, integrated into the Yin-Yang Dao as sword intent.

And Tianren Zongshi Dao, itself is the Dao, so every move is a technique.

It is easy to practice techniques with the Dao, but entering the Dao with techniques is like sailing against the current, as difficult as ascending to heaven.

However, with the blessing of the panel, Li Hao had long mastered this Yin-Yang Dao philosophy when practicing this sword technique.

Therefore, he could understand everything the other party said at this moment, and he also knew that the other party had hidden some core things, which was the other party's unique skill.

After all, that is a trump card that even when passed to disciples, one must be cautious.

As the first grandmaster finished talking about his Dao endlessly and threw a "please give advice" to the audience, after a short silence, another grandmaster went on stage to argue with his own Dao, believing that his Yin-Yang Dao was not perfect enough.

And this grandmaster's Dao was the Ape Dao.

He named it himself, because he had observed monkeys since he was a child, insighted the laws of heaven and martial arts from apes, and thus entered the Dao.

Most of his disciples, after entering the sect, also start by observing apes.

The cultivation techniques he created are all related to apes.

Tianren Zongshi Dao-Discussion, besides discussing eloquence, also discusses fists and feet.

Soon, the two grandmasters exchanged pointers, but they were extremely restrained, belonging to the kind that stops at the point, and they were evenly matched.

That Ape Dao grandmaster, holding an iron staff, had flexible and changeable moves, without any rules, and this Yin-Yang Dao grandmaster's attacks were also a combination of reality and illusion, difficult to figure out, both belonging to the kind that is elusive and difficult to find, each having its own strengths.

While the two were exchanging pointers, they were also learning and thinking from each other. After the exchange ended, both had gained a lot.

It's just that the time for this Dao-discussion took an hour.

In previous Tianren Zongshi Dao-Discussion Assemblies, the short ones lasted three days, and the long ones lasted half a month; they were not things that could be finished in a day or two.

Li Hao originally thought it would be very fresh, but after watching it, he felt slightly bored.

The Dao the two were talking about, he could understand as soon as he heard it, but the other party kept talking endlessly, using long-winded arguments to repeat it, afraid that others wouldn't understand.

He just wanted to slide the progress bar or click double speed, but unfortunately, this is reality, and he didn't have the ability to move time.

He could only be bored, sitting on pins and needles.

Finally, the grandmasters behind went on stage.

Some were the Feathering Dao, entering the Dao by observing the transformation process of butterflies.

Some were the Five Elements Dao, based on their own five viscera, practicing into five big mountains, with attacks and defenses emphasizing stability and endless life.

Some were the Red Flame Dao, taken from the attack of one of the five elements, Red Flame, breaking ten thousand laws with fire.

Li Hao listened slightly and could understand the philosophy of these grandmaster Dao realms. The cultivation techniques he practiced were varied, and these techniques had also been created by many grandmasters, covering many martial arts philosophies.

Precisely because of this, he could practice the vast mind and martial arts knowledge of entering the Dao with all things.

And after listening, Li Hao found that the simpler the Tianren Zongshi Dao, the easier it is to realize to a deep degree, so as to step into the Great Tianren Zongshi Realm as soon as possible.

For example, that Red Flame Dao grandmaster, when competing with the Five Elements Dao grandmaster, actually won by half a move.

The previous Ape Dao grandmaster, when competing with the Yin-Yang Dao grandmaster, was also the same. In terms of the coverage of Dao intent, the Yin-Yang Dao is more extensive, but unfortunately, that grandmaster failed to realize it to a deep degree.

"The Great Dao is simple…"

Li Hao had some enlightenment in his heart.

This is also what he is pursuing by coming here. He can master the Dao realms of all things in heaven and earth one by one, but it will take a lot of time, and the effect on his own power improvement is not significant. Simply put, the cost-effectiveness is not high.

Therefore, what he wants to pursue is the core of all things, which is also a process from complexity to simplicity.

If he constantly pursues complex Dao realms, he will also fall into the situation of the Yin-Yang Dao grandmaster, spending time constantly expanding the breadth of the Dao realm, and finally dragging down his cultivation realm, being surpassed by those grandmasters with single Dao realms.

The truth that one trick is enough to eat all over the world works everywhere.

If it doesn't work, it means this trick hasn't been practiced to the extreme.

But if one can condense complex Dao realms into one move, then this move must be an extremely terrifying move, beyond imagination!

Li Hao listened silently, searching for a flash of inspiration in their conversation.

This flash of inspiration is the commonality of all things he is looking for.

Regrettably, that point of inspiration had no movement for a long time.

"Amitabha."

"The Tianren Zongshi Dao I practice is the root of human nature, the Greed Dao, one of the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance!"

On the stage, a young man wearing a cassock went on stage. The existence represented by the cassock on his body made the grandmasters who were whispering privately in the audience quiet down slightly.

"Greed Dao?"

"Can one enter the Dao with emotions?"

"As expected of the Buddha's personal disciple, this angle of entering the Dao is really tricky!"

Hearing the other party's words, many grandmasters were surprised, having a feeling of sudden realization.

Most grandmasters enter the Dao by observing heaven and earth, observing the sun, moon, and stars, and all beasts, but the young man in front of them actually enters the Dao with human nature, which is a bit strange and rare.

Li Hao saw the cassock on the other party, frowned slightly, and a sharp edge quietly flashed in the bottom of his eyes.

Mount Wuliang.

The spiritual medicine that the poisonous woman sought had Mount Wuliang's pushing behind it.

Even, this is very likely to be intentional by Mount Wuliang, or actively induced!

Otherwise, even if the poisonous woman had this heart, if she didn't know about this spiritual medicine, she could only choose other methods.

"As long as there are living creatures, there are the original thoughts of greed, anger, and ignorance. Monsters are bloodthirsty, which is greed; their temperament is violent, which is anger; flowers and plants are the same, growing toward the sun, which is greed; rooting in the soil and extending, which is anger…"

On the stage, the cassock young man continued to expound slowly.

His voice was warm and peaceful, like a ray of Buddha light shining in the cold wind beside the Dragon Jianghe, making everyone feel like they were bathed in the spring breeze.

Li Hao listened quietly to the other party's words. He didn't practice Buddhist techniques, but listening to it now, he could quickly understand his Dao thoughts.

This also added a new way of thinking to his Dao of all things.

Human nature can also enter the Dao.

But what do greed, anger, and ignorance have in common with birds, beasts, flowers, and plants?

Li Hao fell into thought.

What exactly is that common point?

Or rather, do all things really have commonalities?

If not, then the point he is struggling to find is something ethereal, difficult to make his Tianren Zongshi Dao perfect in his whole life, and he can only step into the Three Imperishable Realms with the ordinary Great Tianren Zongshi Realm.

While Li Hao was thinking, the young man above was also talking continuously.

When he reached the end, he looked at the many grandmasters in the audience, but his gaze suddenly turned to Li Hao's side, smiling:

"I heard that our Emperor Da Yu has produced a millennium genius who stepped into the Tianren Zongshi Realm at the age of fourteen, unparalleled in ancient and modern times. I wonder if I can ask for advice?"

Hearing his words, everyone came to their senses and looked at Li Hao's side in unison.

They showed expectation and ridicule in their eyes, having long wanted to see if this legendary young man was worthy of the name.

Previously, they had the heart to investigate, but they were afraid of the young man's surname and didn't dare to offend easily.

"He is one of the Buddha's personal disciples, and also a person on the Qianlong Ranking, ranked first!"

Shen Yunqing's expression changed slightly, reminding Li Hao.

He was from Qingzhou, understood the process of that great battle, and also knew that Li Hao had friction with that Li Ganfeng. The other party was a disciple of the Buddha, and the young man in front of him, calculated, was the senior brother of that Li Ganfeng.

The other party suddenly named him, mostly wanting to save some face for his junior brother, or rather, to fight for a breath for that Buddha.

On the day of the Li family's True Dragon competition, although Shen Yunqing and other Tan Palace disciples didn't participate, the things at the banquet afterward had already spread.

Li Hao used a chopstick to almost kill the Buddha's personal disciple.

This news was too impactful, spread widely, and couldn't be covered up.

If it were just a rumor, it would have been extinguished long ago, but it happened to be a fact. The guests at the banquet were all witnesses, causing this matter to be talked about by all parties and spread everywhere.

Li Wushuang, who was sitting on the other side, also changed her expression, anger flashing in her eyes, staring at the young man on the stage.

Just now, she felt that the other party's Tianren Zongshi Dao opened up her thinking, and she secretly admired it in her heart, but the other party's words directly shifted to Li Hao.

How could she not see that the other party was intentionally targeting him.

Li Hao's gaze met the young man on the stage. Although both had smiles on their faces, Li Hao could see the coldness in the other party's eyes.

Greed, anger, ignorance—it seems the other party is committing anger.

Li Hao wanted to laugh a little. He hadn't gone to find trouble with the other party, but the other party had come to the door first.

"If it's just discussing the Dao, I'm not interested."

Li Hao said indifferently.

This was not retreating, but provoking the other party.

The rules of Dao-discussion emphasize stopping at the point, but he was not interested in pulling with the other party. If he made a move, it would be best to abolish him.

"Could it be that Young Li Shao is not here to discuss the Dao?"

Qin Wuque narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a light smile.

He is a Buddhist Venerable, in the Heavenly Human Treasure Phase Realm, only half a step away from reaching the Tianren Zongshi Perfection, and his Dao heart is complete.

Coming here to discuss the Dao is to prove the perfection of the Dao.

When he saw Li Hao beating the drum at the entrance, he recognized him.

"Whether to discuss the Dao or not depends on my mood."

Li Hao also had a smile on his face, saying: "I just feel that your Dao is too simple and not worth discussing."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

This Qin Wuque is the Buddha's personal disciple. The Dao heart he just expounded is definitely not simple. Just entering the Dao with anger is enough to show his spirituality. As a result, Li Hao actually said his Dao heart is simple?

The smile on Qin Wuque's face remained unchanged, saying:

"Since Young Li Shao feels my Dao heart is simple, then I would like to ask how Young Li Shao's Dao heart is. I heard that you realized the Heavenly Human Realm when you were fighting with your father, Duke Xing Wu, with swords. Could it be that Young Li Shao's Dao heart is the Killing Dao of killing brothers and fathers?"

As soon as this was said, the whole venue was slightly silent.

Everyone had heard of this matter, but no one mentioned it in front of people from the Divine General Mansion. After all, for the Li family, this is a scandal.

At this moment, Qin Wuque mentioned it publicly. Many people looked at the young man. Some showed mockery, while others were playful.

They couldn't afford to offend the Divine General Mansion, but they could afford to offend Mount Wuliang. These words were dared to be said by people from Mount Wuliang, becoming their mouthpiece.

Li Wushuang's expression changed slightly, and she became more and more angry. This is a scandal for the Divine General Mansion, but she understood the process of the matter and knew that Li Hao could not be blamed. Being mentioned publicly by the other party at this moment is equivalent to slapping the Divine General Mansion in the face.

Li Hao stared at the other party, but the smile on his face disappeared.

"Do you really want to discuss the Dao?"

Li Hao said softly.

The smile at the corner of Qin Wuque's mouth rose a few points: "Young Li Shao, please give advice."

Li Hao didn't speak, raised his hand, and a stone flew up from the ground into his palm.

The stone rotated rapidly, polished and ground, becoming a snow-white chess piece.

"All things in heaven and earth can enter the Dao. If you can take one move from me, it proves that your Tianren Zongshi Dao still has merit."

Li Hao's voice was calm, but every word clearly reached the venue.

When everyone was surprised, Li Hao raised his hand, like playing chess, twisting the chess piece, and pressing it lightly.

The chess piece flew out and rushed to the Dao-Discussion Platform. That fingernail-sized chess piece now had countless energies condensing and gathering toward it. These energies were soft inside and hard outside, covering and wrapping the chess piece, emitting divine glow and flowing light.

At the same time, a shocking momentum radiated from behind Li Hao, and a majestic phantom was revealed—it was the Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth.

The hundred-foot-high Dharma Image body overlooked the entire inner arena, like a god, emitting an irresistible momentum!

The Dharma Image followed by raising its hand, and that palm, as big as a cattail fan, seemed to also twist the dust-like chess piece.

But at this moment, the chess piece gathered energy, like a sun emitting extreme light, and with the fingers of the Dharma Image, it pressed down on Qin Wuque's head!

It was like pressing on a chessboard, placing a piece, no regrets!

Qin Wuque's expression changed drastically. From that majestic Dharma Image, he felt a terrifying momentum, like facing mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars!

That piece that fell was not a small stone, but a big mountain that couldn't see the edge!

Such spirit made his heart shocked, unimaginable.

"Immeasurable Golden Body!!"

Qin Wuque sensed danger, roared angrily, and let out a roar of Buddha's name, no longer caring about maintaining the previous solemnity and gentleness.

His soul was sacrificed from behind, his whole body was golden, wearing a cassock, wearing Buddha beads, looking as compassionate as saving all living beings, but at this moment, with the exertion of force, his expression became ferocious.

His Greed Dao, with anger as the killing move, was ruthless and fierce in attack, containing monstrous anger, like an angry Vajra!

"Heaven-Opening Divine Palm!!"

That brilliant Immeasurable Golden Body soul burned with fierce divine power, winding around his whole body like fire. He raised his hands and slapped fiercely at the white chess piece above.

But that chess piece was now like a tiny sun emitting extreme light, shining on heaven and earth, flashing with light that could not be looked at directly.

With the pressing of the fingers of the Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth, carrying the momentum of penetrating the Nine Netherworlds, the entire Dao-Discussion Platform vibrated, and the waves of the Dragon Jianghe nearby also surged, seemingly pulled and swept, actually washing onto the Dao-Discussion Platform!

A huge roar rang out.

Under the light of the fingers of the Dharma Image, the brilliant divine palm was forcibly wiped out. That finger was not a simple placement of a piece, but contained the Great Dao and the power of the Object-Control Realm condensed by Li Hao!

His power of object control surpassed the imperial family. Even if the other party was the Buddha's personal disciple, the object-control method practiced could not compare with the imperial family.

"Great Buddha Golden Body!"

"My Buddha is Immeasurable!!"

Under the collapsing divine palm, Qin Wuque's eyes were about to split, and he roared to the sky.

Air waves sprayed from the eighty-four thousand pores of his whole body, his major meridians surged, and the one Yang meridian he opened was also urged to the extreme. The power of object control turned into a divine palm and slapped at that finger again.

But the fingers of the Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth seemed irresistible, as if containing the supreme rules, and pressed down ruthlessly.

The breath like a mountain collapse and tsunami blew the cassock on Qin Wuque's body flying. He opened his eyes angrily, but saw his palm, which condensed his whole body's strength, his Dao heart, and the strongest anger of his Greed Dao, collapse and shatter inch by inch under the pressing of that ruthless finger!

That chess piece emitting light, like a comet from outside the sky, reflected in his pupils.

It pressed down straight until it reached his brow!

The chess piece was originally an ordinary stone. Such a fierce confrontation did not shatter, because of the majestic and vigorous object-control power outside the chess piece.

This power still had spare strength to protect the chess piece from shattering, which shows that it was not Li Hao's full strength!

And at this moment, this monstrous power fell straight on Qin Wuque's shoulders. Clicking sounds rang out, his shoulder bones squeezed as if shattering, his legs supported trembling, his soles had already sunk deeply into the stones of the Dao-Discussion Platform, pressing the huge stone platform slightly cracked.

In the end, his flesh was not strong enough, his knees softened, and he knelt on the ground fiercely. Blood splashed from his knees, spraying onto his face and cassock.

Afterward, that power still did not stop, continuing to press down with the chess piece.

Pressing his body to lie on the Dao-Discussion Platform, his limbs were like paralysis, tightly sticking to the stone ground of the Dao-Discussion Platform.

Looking from the stage, it was like being pressed by a finger of the Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth, unable to move!

Like a struggling toad! ===== CHAPTER 154 =====