Chapter 163

"Achoo!"

Liangzhou, in the Cangya City camp within Tianmen Pass.

In the firewood room with snow covering the roof, Feng Feng Bo Ping, who was adding new firewood, suddenly sneezed, almost blowing out the firewood in the kitchen stove.

He rubbed the tip of his nose and muttered to himself in confusion: "Why is my nose suddenly itchy? Could it be that someone is thinking of me?"

Li Hao was rubbing dough on the side; after the dough was rubbed well, he tossed it onto another warm stone to ferment.

Afterward, he beckoned for the Long Xiao Sword, cut the demon flesh and meat he had picked out on the side, slashed rapidly with the sword, and minced it into meat filling.

"Such a good sword, and you're using it as a kitchen knife."

Feng Feng Bo Ping shook his head as he watched.

"Make the best use of everything."

Li Hao smiled, and after preparing all the ingredients, he started cooking.

Since returning from Great Yuecheng, they had returned to their peaceful life within Tianmen Pass.

As for the demons outside the pass and the rumors inside the pass, they were all isolated by the wind and snow filling the sky; there was only daily hunting and fishing, and three meals a day.

Approaching lunchtime, Li Hao asked the little white fox to call Song Qiumo and Li Hongzhuang over to prepare to eat.

"So fragrant!"

Li Hao's craftsmanship made everyone marvel; beside Li Hao, besides their own worries, they looked forward to the deliciousness of these three meals every day.

While eating, drinking, and chatting, Li Hao asked Song Qiumo to help go to nearby cities in the afternoon to purchase a batch of supplies for the residents.

Now in this camp, besides their small fenced courtyard, Li Hao had also built some other residential houses around it one after another.

Possessing the object-controlling ability of the Fifteen-Li Realm, participating in the construction industry was extremely easy; he split open the distant mountains, cut and transported the mountain stones inside, and made them into simple stone houses.

"Are you really planning to build another city here?"

Before Song Qiumo could speak, Li Hongzhuang spoke first; she chewed a piece of meat strip in her mouth, swallowed it, and stared at Li Hao.

"Not building another one, just restoring the original city."

Li Hao smiled: "Anyway, there's nothing to do; since it's defending the city, there should be a city after all."

Li Hongzhuang took a deep look at him, didn't speak again, and said: "If these demons don't invade again, it's fine, but I'm afraid that it will be built in the front and destroyed in the back."

"Just guard it well."

"What if you can't guard it?"

"Then build it again."

"..."

Seeing the youth's free and easy appearance, Li Hongzhuang didn't speak again, but in her heart, she couldn't help but have a few more expectations.

If this city could be built again, and these demons outside the pass could all be suppressed and deterred, restoring the prestige of a hundred years ago, so that those cruel and bloodthirsty demons would not dare to invade—if that scene were seen by the Third Brother and...

She lowered her head, tore off a piece of the roasted meat tendon in her hand with force, but tasted a bit of saltiness.

"I heard you slaughtered that Wanshan little demon king; if I leave, what if that Wanshan Demon King takes advantage of the situation to come and sneak attack?"

Song Qiumo frowned; Li Hao returned from Great Yuecheng, and when they asked, Li Hao simply told them about the matter there; only then did she learn that Li Hao had slaughtered the only son of a demon king.

And that little demon king had extremely high talent; she was also of the demon race, so she could understand how great the potential of that little demon king was.

If converted to a human, it could even barely rival Li Hao.

As a result, such a heaven-gifted demon talent was actually slaughtered by Li Hao; one could imagine how angry that Wanshan Demon King must be.

The opponent arranged for a demon king to secretly protect this little demon king, which showed how much they valued it; even if it encountered a single Four Standing Realm, it might not necessarily have an accident, it was just that it didn't expect to meet the combination of Feng Feng Bo Ping and Li Hao.

"I have left secret lines within three hundred miles of here; if there are demons invading, I will detect it, and then it will be in time to retreat."

Li Hao smiled.

The secret lines of the Sixth Stage of Fishing, combined with the Hidden Bow attribute, even the Four Standing Realm would not easily detect.

In addition, the famous painting "River Snow Picture" obtained from that Tianren Zongshi Bai Chunhai was embedded into his Imperial Dao, providing the hidden attribute of environmental assimilation for object-controlling power.

The energy attacks he launched would be hidden and not easily detected, which was a perfect match when used on the fishing line.

Even if a Four Standing Realm investigated at close range, it would be quite difficult to discover, let alone three hundred miles away, where the opponent was completely unprepared.

It was just that to maintain such a long fishing line, the energy in Li Hao's body was being transmitted at all times; if it weren't for the 98 great meridians he had opened in his body, plus the Yin-Yang dual meridians, he wouldn't be able to maintain it at all.

Now, between the swallowing, absorption, and transmission of energy, it was barely filled.

"I'd better go."

Li Hongzhuang said to Li Hao: "Senior Song is right; although you have the protection of this senior, you killed a little demon king; I heard that Wanshan Demon King loves this only son extremely, treating it as a treasure; if he hasn't come over these days, he is probably waiting for Senior Song to leave."

Song Qiumo's gaze flickered slightly, she looked at Li Hao, and said softly: "I originally planned to stay for only half a year; now that you have encountered this matter, I will accompany you for three years."

Li Hao's heart was slightly shocked; he looked at her, but smiled jokingly: "Then what about your Tan Palace?"

"Just three years; I have already looked after it for nearly a thousand years, it doesn't matter." Song Qiumo said indifferently.

Li Hao knew it wasn't as easy as she said; Song Qiumo was a demon king recorded in Qingzhou and could not leave for a long time.

Being able to come here for half a year should be the maximum extent the opponent could manage; three years was too difficult for her.

"We'll see; perhaps they won't be able to endure for half a year."

Li Hao said, feeling somewhat urgent about his own strength.

Of course, he had another way out.

That was to abandon this place temporarily.

But that three-year agreement—unless he faced a mortal situation, he didn't want to break it. Song Qiumo nodded slightly; it was indeed a bit long to say these things now. She said softly: "If that Wanshan Demon King comes over, what we will likely face will be three demon kings!"

She had also said this matter earlier, and the eyes of Li Hao and Li Hongzhuang were slightly solemn; besides the two demon kings in the Wanshan territory, that Dragon Lord who had previously fought with Song Qiumo would also probably take the opportunity to intervene.

This seemingly calm Tianmen Pass was actually facing the terrifying disaster of annihilation at any time.

Li Hao just nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.

In the following days, everyone still lived a normal life in the small courtyard; it looked casual, but in reality, they were all secretly guarding against the demon king attack that could come at any time.

It was just that the Wanshan Demon King didn't seem to be angry to the point of losing control and didn't choose to take action.

Perhaps it was because seeing Li Hao still daring to move within Tianmen Pass, this demon king had some misgivings, worried that there were hidden figures behind this youth, so it chose a safer way, which was to wait for Song Qiumo to leave.

Or perhaps, it was waiting for a flaw and an opportunity.

On this day, two letters were sent to the small courtyard.

Both were from that Divine General Mansion in Qingzhou.

One letter had Li Tian Gang's own handwriting on the cover.

Seeing the words on the cover, Li Hao kneaded his fingers and threw this letter into the kitchen stove, burning it as firewood.

And the other letter had no signature; Li Hao opened it and took a look, but it was a letter from the Second Tianren Zongshi.

And the content of the letter, besides expressing longing and concern, also discussed the matter of the Wanshan Demon King.

Li Muxiu considered the pain of the Wanshan Demon King losing his son, which would make him do crazy things, and let Li Hao prepare to encounter the attack of three or four demon kings.

At the same time, he also pointed out a path for Li Hao: if he encountered danger and the situation was not good, let Tianren Zongshi Feng take him and flee to another place outside the Liangzhou border.

There was a secret place there, and in the secret place was a Mo River, and it was of the Youdu level!

It was a super dangerous place that only the Four Standing Realm could be sure to escape from; its extension was basically impossible to block, and it could only be cordoned off and listed as a forbidden area.

But the Mo River secret place pointed out by Li Muxiu was not for Li Hao to use this dangerous place to counter-kill the demon king, but because Li Muxiu's younger brother was stationed in this secret place.

That was the Fourth Tianren Zongshi of the Li family, Li Xiaoran.

In Li Muxiu's generation, there were six sons, three died, and three remained.

Li Qingzheng, who guarded the ancestral hall, Li Muxiu, who looked after the Listening Rain Building and guarded the Divine General Mansion, and the other was the Fourth Tianren Zongshi of the Li family, Li Xiaoran.

The opponent was stationed outside that Youdu-level Mo River.

The place where that Youdu-level Mo River extended was once land within Liangzhou, but because the Mo River could not be cleared and was extremely difficult to destroy, that piece of land was listed as a forbidden area and divided outside the border.

A Youdu-level Mo River forced the Great Yu Divine Dynasty to directly announce the loss of that territory.

But the reason the opponent was stationed there was not to look after the situation of that Mo River, but because the heroic soul of the Li family was drowning in that Mo River.

That heroic soul was Li Hao's own grandfather, Li Tianzong.

Li Hao had heard the Second Tianren Zongshi mention it when he was fishing before; that Fourth Tianren Zongshi was not in the Divine General Mansion all year round, but outside a Mo River somewhere, repeatedly challenging and impacting that Mo River, trying to clear it and bring back the heroic soul of the eldest brother drowning inside.

He didn't expect that Mo River to be outside the Liangzhou border.

Li Hao pondered slightly and put away this letter.

In the following days, the Wanshan Demon King still had no movement, but Li Hao received another reward from Hearing Hearing Yu Huang in the Imperial Capital; it was still Eunuch Chu Jiuyue who came to deliver the decree.

"Count, we meet again."

Seeing the few figures in the fenced small courtyard, Chu Jiuyue was the same as last time, but compared to last time, there was more of a sense of life here, like a comfortable rural field.

Li Hao smiled and welcomed him into the courtyard, took the imperial decree, and only then learned that it was a conferment of a title, promoted from a Third-Class Count to a First-Class.

In addition, he was rewarded with a lot of gold, precious vessels, servants, and so on.

Li Hao hadn't gone to check the fief he received from the last conferment; at this moment, it was probably still in the state of being managed by servants on his behalf.

He had no interest in these, but considering that he would leave Tianmen Pass in three years, it would be a good thing to have a fief of his own to settle down in at that time.

After receiving the imperial decree, Li Hao invited Chu Jiuyue to stay for a meal; this time Chu Jiuyue didn't decline.

When he was enjoying himself, he rolled up his sleeves and sat with his legs apart by the pot, without any image.

After eating and drinking his fill, Chu Jiuyue returned on horseback with satisfaction; before leaving, he secretly handed Li Hao a precious talisman, informing him that this was the thing Hearing Hearing Yu Huang truly wanted to bestow upon him this time, the Holy Heart Precious Talisman.

In times of danger, it could save his life.

Li Hao was extremely surprised; he often chatted with the Second Tianren Zongshi, Fifth Tianren Zongshi, and the others, so he knew about this thing.

This was something that only Four Standing Realm strong people would use, and it was also an extremely precious thing.

The world's weapons and precious armor all had grade divisions, such as the precious vessels used by Zhou Tian and Ji Hun.

The spiritual objects used by the Shenyou Realm to the Heavenly Human Tianren Zongshi Realm.

And then to the divine weapons and divine armor used by the Three Imperishable Realm and Four Standing Realm, like the Long Xiao in Li Hao's hand, which belonged to the divine weapon level, and was the one with the strongest reputation among them.

However, this refers to the strongest reputation, not the strongest grade.

For example, some divine weapons were forged and rarely appeared in the world; those who had seen them might all be dead.

But regardless, this sword belonged to the top divine weapon grade.

Further up, there were the Holy Heart Heavenly Treasures, the quantity of which was extremely rare; ordinary Four Standing Realm might not necessarily possess them, and only a few Four Standing Realm strong people had them.

And this Holy Heart Precious Talisman was even more precious; it belonged to a consumable, which was extremely rare even for the Four Standing Realm.

The Holy Heart Precious Talisman in Li Hao's hand was not an attack type, but a life-saving type.

If it were an attack-type Holy Heart Precious Talisman, it could even pose a threat and damage to the Four Standing Realm.

(End of chapter)