Chapter 204: Li Hao Leaves Seclusion, Liangzhou in Danger (First Update)

Scorching summer.

In Cangya City, Li Hao sat in the fenced courtyard, eating iced fruit, pointing out Ren Qianqian's sword techniques from time to time.

After a year of spring, he was now fifteen years old.

And Ren Qianqian had just turned fourteen.

Now, Ren Qianqian had cultivated a top-tier sword technique to the Ultimate Layer.

Among peers of the same realm, except for the Imperial Clan, there were basically few who were her opponents.

After eating the cooked dishes of those powerful demons and the Wanku Wanku Gui Niang Demon King, which contained rich energy, her realm also advanced by leaps and bounds. In half a year, she broke through the Shenyou Realm and had now reached the seventh level of the Shenyou Realm.

This strength had completely surpassed the city lord Li Hao encountered when he was slaying demons in Cangyu City, Qizhou.

Ren Qianqian, who had just turned fourteen, now had the strength to sit in an inland city alone.

After all, many cities in the realm lived in comfort, and the surrounding mountain demons were generally not strong. The Shenyou Realm was enough to deter them, and combined with the city protection array, even Heavenly Human Realm demons could be blocked for a while, giving time to ask for help.

Besides practicing the sword, Li Hao also told her his insights on opening the Yin-Yang Dual Veins.

Learning that Li Hao had actually opened both great divine veins, Ren Qianqian felt surprised and realized it was within reason. After all, Li Hao's strength far exceeded that of the same realm...

According to Li Hao's insights, Ren Qianqian luckily opened a divine vein, which was the Hidden Vein.

As for the opening of the Yang Vein, except for those born with it, opening it later was extremely dangerous, and one would explode their brain if not careful.

In history, there were countless geniuses who fell because of forcibly opening the Yang Vein, including some peerless evildoers who were considered to be able to succeed that True Person.

Ren Qianqian tried several times but had no confidence. Li Hao did not suggest she try. This thing had nothing to do with bravery, and it was somewhat related to luck.

Otherwise, among the martial artists in the world, there were countless brave people, but those who could open the Yang Vein were few and far between.

The difference between a brave person and a reckless person lies more in the good or bad results.

Being able to stop in time is also a kind of wisdom.

After opening the Hidden Vein, Ren Qianqian also had the capital to compete with the Imperial Clan.

Most of the geniuses in the Imperial Clan had opened one divine vein.

Those who could open two were all outstanding people of the present world, and could be counted on two hands.

Besides practicing the sword, Li Hao occasionally went for a walk outside the pass and would take her with him.

They went to areas further east and west. The longitudinal five thousand li was deep enough, but the lateral only opened about a thousand li.

Li Hao's outing made the Heavenly Mystery Hall jump around secretly, with demons fleeing in panic everywhere.

Li Hao grabbed some demons of the Fifteen-Li Realm to be sparring partners for Ren Qianqian. The intensity of the training was extremely high. With Li Hao guarding by the side, it was safe and sound.

Under such actual combat training, Ren Qianqian's combat power also improved rapidly.

And her situation of fighting demons outside the pass was also detected by the Heavenly Mystery Tower, which recorded Ren Qianqian on the Qiankun List.

Now, on the two lists of this Qiankun List, the first place was Li Hao.

And Ren Qianqian entered the fifth place on the Kun Phoenix List.

Twenty-ninth on the Qian Dragon List.

It could be considered as having made a name for herself, attracting the attention of many factions.

The most critical thing was that Ren Qianqian's age was too young.

Having such a ranking and achievement at only fourteen, it was highly likely that she would rank in the top ten of the Qian Dragon List in the future and step into the Heavenly Human Tianren Zongshi Realm before the age of 22.

With fame, many people also dug up Ren Qianqian's simple information, learning that she was the daughter of a Tianren Zongshi and a disciple of the Tan Palace Academy, but she had dropped out and was now by Li Hao's side, serving as his sword attendant.

When Li Hao's name appeared in this information, all the factions paying attention felt their eyelids jump, and their attention shifted immediately.

Since Li Hao suppressed the Buddha Son with one finger in front of all the Grandmasters in the world and defeated all the Grandmasters in the world, his great name had been known to everyone among the younger generation of the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty.

Any news related to Li Hao would quickly attract everyone's attention.

Over the past six months, youths had rushed from various states to Tianmen Pass, wanting to see the true face of that young leader.

Others wanted to come and discuss and spar with Li Hao. Even if they were defeated by Li Hao's sword, they could still become famous in the world.

This caused Cangya City to become more and more lively and prosperous.

In troubled times, one seeks survival; in prosperous times, one seeks fame.

Now the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty was turning from prosperity to decline, but this subtle trend of decline was not something everyone could keenly perceive.

Between mountains and cities, there were still many spirited youths, dressed in fresh clothes and riding fast horses, galloping across the world, chasing after fame and glory.

Princes, nobles, generals, and ministers were all disturbed by it, unable to see through it, let alone the young boys and girls who were newborn calves.

When the elders of these youths learned that the array in Cangya City had been rebuilt, and heard that there were Four Standing Realm powerhouses secretly sitting in town, and that they had successively dismembered Demon Kings twice, cooked them, and feasted the whole city, they didn't stop their own children from going to this dangerous border place.

However, when these youths came to Cangya City, they were all blocked outside the small fenced courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, a youth played the zither and painted. Outside the courtyard, the Haotian Army guarded faithfully, and Grandmasters patrolled the four sides of the courtyard.

Even if a youth spent countless efforts to send in a visiting card, Li Hao would hand it to Ren Qianqian to dismiss it.

It just so happened that it could also serve as a sparring partner for Ren Qianqian.

There were very few of the younger generation who could defeat Ren Qianqian. Adding up the Qiankun List, there were only twenty or so. Those were geniuses with famous families behind them and would not come to this border pass to find Li Hao to seek fame.

The rest were mostly of the youth generation over 22 years old, or even thirty or forty years old, who could still cause pressure on Ren Qianqian.

It was just that even if they defeated Ren Qianqian, they couldn't get the opportunity to see Li Hao.

That youth who possessed the fame of the world was in the small courtyard, and countless people were looking forward to it, but they couldn't get it.

Fame and glory were just a wall away.

The road of pursuit is always hard, which is also the reason why Li Hao chose to sit and rest all year round.

Painting, playing chess, playing the zither, all were sitting.

If he could sit, he would never stand.

Over the past six months.

Li Hao had entered the heart with the musical temperament, and now he had reached the fourth stage.

And the state of mind he obtained, he used on movement techniques.

As the state of mind broke the bottleneck of the third stage of movement techniques, adding points three times in a row, Li Hao's movement technique Dao directly reached the sixth stage.

When he added points to the seventh stage of the Flesh Dao earlier, he still had 5 art skill points left. Now that the musical temperament reached the fourth stage, he added one point, and used up 3 points, leaving 3 points.

These three points, Li Hao kept for waiting for the state of mind to enter the spirit, and could be used on the Imperial Dao or Sword Dao at any time.

After the movement technique Dao reached the sixth stage, Li Hao's original movement techniques obtained a qualitative improvement, deducing the cultivation technique into an Absolute Grade movement technique by himself, and practicing it to the True State! Now, if he encountered the few Demon Kings earlier, Li Hao had the confidence to chase and kill them one by one!

Unless they displayed the Fate-Reversing Realm and relied on Heaven's Mandate to interfere with him.

But they no longer had this opportunity.

On this day, the Long Xiao Sword that had been sent to the Ten Thousand Vessels Tower for forging was personally delivered by a Three Imperishables powerhouse from the Ten Thousand Vessels Tower.

The other party was a middle-aged man with a thick and sturdy figure, who personally handed the Long Xiao Sword to Li Hao.

He personally delivered the divine sword, not only because he was afraid that this divine weapon would be lost, but more importantly, he also wanted to see this youth who was famous in the world with his own eyes.

Li Hao slaying a Three Imperishables Demon King at fourteen made these powerhouses who had been famous for many years feel a bit uneasy.

"Young General, this Long Xiao Sword has been forged three times, quenched with star fire. You can feel the hand feel," the middle-aged man named Lu Cheng said to Li Hao very politely and naturally.

Li Hao nodded. He knew about this in advance.

Originally, it was planned to be forged twice, using the flesh materials and demon soul of the Black Bird Demon King.

But later, the Ten Thousand Caves Wanku Wanku Gui Niang was slain, and it could be melted and forged once more.

If a divine weapon could be melted nine times, there was hope for it to transform into a Sacred Heart Heavenly Treasure! That was a weapon that Four Standing Realm powerhouses longed for. Only a very small number of Four Standing Realm powerhouses had them. Every Sacred Heart Heavenly Treasure was an extremely terrifying weapon, and its lethality could easily deter peers of the same realm.

And the prerequisite for being called a divine weapon was that it was at least melted with a Demon King-level demon soul.

Originally, Long Xiao could become a first-class divine weapon mainly because the True Dragon Divine Soul sealed inside was too strong, far exceeding the Black Bird Demon King and the Ten Thousand Caves Wanku Wanku Gui Niang sealed inside now.

Now with three meltings, its power would be greatly increased. Just the sword soul manipulation of Long Xiao itself could hurt a Dao Heart Realm Demon King.

"Slay six more Demon Kings, and it can be melted nine times, impacting the Sacred Heart Heavenly Treasure," Li Hao's eyes flickered.

A Sacred Heart Heavenly Treasure required at least nine true souls of the Four Standing Realm to be melted, including both demons and humans themselves.

Taking the Long Xiao Sword, Li Hao immediately felt the difference. Not only in appearance, but the weight of the hand feel was also different.

Originally, it hid the True Dragon power that was scorching, but now it was somewhat gentle, like the feeling after Yin and Yang were combined.

In addition, the sword edge seemed sharper than before, with a deeper color.

Li Hao did not test it in the city; otherwise, summoning the sword soul sealed inside would inevitably cause a sensation in the city.

"Thank you."

Li Hao said.

"It should be. The extra Demon King corpses you gave are considered the forging fee. Counting it, we are still very profitable," Lu Cheng smiled, appearing extremely bold.

Li Hao smiled and said: "In the future, when I find more Demon Kings, I will trouble you again."

Lu Cheng was stunned and couldn't help laughing. Hearing Li Hao say the two words "Demon King" so easily, as if it was a sure thing to slay a Demon King when he saw one, this spirit was indeed different from ordinary youths.

But he also knew that Li Hao had Four Standing Realm powerhouses protecting him behind his back. Perhaps in not long, he would really receive the corpse materials of Demon Kings again.

After all, this area outside the pass was a dangerous place, and encountering Demon Kings was not a strange thing.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Li Hao sent off this sturdy man.

Subsequently, after eating his fill at night, Li Hao went outside the pass to test it.

In addition to the original True Dragon Sword Soul, the demon souls of the Black Bird Demon King and the Ten Thousand Caves Wanku Wanku Gui Niang were also melted into the sword body. The true souls of the three Demon Kings came out together, and heaven and earth were like a tsunami of Yin wind, with ghosts crying and dragons roaring, and the momentum was extremely terrifying.

Sword light flew everywhere, easily slashing out gullies of hundreds of meters.

Li Hao praised, put away Long Xiao, and went back to the city to sleep comfortably.

Time passed.

Unknowingly, more than half a year had passed since Li Hao first cleared the area outside the pass and scared away several Demon Kings.

Li Hao used the Qiankun Atlas attribute to manufacture all 180 placement marks into military flags.

A full 180 military flags, 80 of which were planted on mountain peaks with abundant heaven and earth energy outside the pass, forbidding those demons from occupying the mountains as kings and cultivating.

The remaining 100 were distributed around Cangya City. At critical moments, they could block demon invasions.

After the number of battle flags increased, Li Hao began to realize the terror of this attribute.

They were equivalent to small bombs. Each mark could store 50% of his power. What concept is this? If 100 battle flags were destroyed at the same time, the energy released would definitely be a terrifying storm level!

Although this power could not be linearly superimposed, if it exploded at the same time, it would be enough to turn a radius of two hundred li into a violent forbidden zone!

Even a Demon King would have to avoid its sharp edge.

The only disadvantage was that the attack exploded after the battle flag was damaged, which belonged to indiscriminate attacks. Therefore, Li Hao could only plant the battle flags a hundred li outside the city.

Although ordinary military battle flags would not be planted so far away and so arrogantly, Li Hao could only do so because he was worried that the battle flags would be accidentally damaged and the placement marks would explode.

With these battle flags and arrays, plus his dark-side clone sitting in town, Li Hao felt that even if he was not there now, if a Demon King came to attack, it would be impossible to break through for a while.

In this way, he could also free himself to do something else.

Li Hao had been thinking about the reward from the Heavenly Mystery Tower for a long time.

There were many cultivation techniques in the Heavenly Mystery Tower, not inferior to the Listening Rain Building at all. If he could find some other Absolute Grade Vein-Opening Methods and Qi-Operating Methods, Li Hao felt that he might be able to open all 108 great veins! Combined with the Yin-Yang Dual Veins, the whole body would be connected, which would definitely bring a great improvement to the body and would likely reach the extreme realm.

As far as the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty had recorded, there seemed to be no one who had connected all the meridians of the whole body.

Perhaps there were, but they were not recorded, or the books recorded in the Listening Rain Building were not complete enough.

For example, that Buddha Lord, or that True Person, Li Hao guessed that it was possible to reach the level of connecting all the meridians of the whole body. After all, they had lived too long and had enough time to practice more cultivation techniques to temper themselves and open more acupoints.

On this trip to the Heavenly Mystery Tower, Li Hao did not take Ren Qianqian, planning to go and return quickly.

He left the Long Xiao Sword to the dark-side clone to guard Tianmen Pass, and at the same time, let Old Man Feng not follow him, but stay here to keep watch for him.

Now, even if he encountered a powerful Demon King, he could escape if he couldn't beat it.

Moreover, after his movement technique Dao reached the sixth stage, Old Man Feng passed his movement technique to Li Hao, the Heaven and Earth Traceless Art.

The degree of Li Hao's cultivation of this technique was only slightly inferior to Old Man Feng.

But relying on the acceleration attribute of the catalog, it was enough to make up for it.

Therefore, in terms of running away, Li Hao could already be considered a capable person.

Compared to himself, Li Hao was more worried about demons taking advantage of his absence to sneak attack Tianmen Pass.

At this moment, using the Myriad Phenomena attribute, Li Hao hid his aura and followed the guide from the Heavenly Mystery Tower out of the pass.

However, just as the guide left Tianmen Pass, the bird-demon of the Heavenly Mystery Hall hiding in the dark of Cangya City detected his movements and passed the news out.

"The guide from the Heavenly Mystery Tower has left the pass!"

"Earlier, we got intelligence that he came to Cangya City to pick up that Young General Hao Tian. He won first place in the Tianren Zongshi Assembly earlier and received the reward from the Heavenly Mystery Tower, being able to enter the Heavenly Mystery Tower to browse cultivation techniques."

"He finally left the pass. Is he leaving Liangzhou?"

"Did you see his figure?"

"No, but it is very likely that he hid his tracks."

"Could this be a feint?"

In the Heavenly Mystery Hall, many birds chirped and discussed.

Beside the red-dressed girl stood a girl in a purple dress, who was a few years older than the red-dressed girl, looking about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was pretty, with a bunch of purple feathers decorating her black hair on her forehead, looking even more noble in her agility.

"Actually, he doesn't need to deliberately deceive us, unless he attracts us to attack Tianmen Pass. But the Longmen and the Sacred Palace have already discussed swallowing Liangzhou first, and finally going to pull out this thorn!"

"He couldn't possibly know our plan, so his move only has one possibility: he is worried that if he leaves, we will attack Tianmen Pass, so he hid his tracks."

The red-dressed girl said quickly.

The girl in the purple dress nodded slightly and said: "Indeed, it's just that his concerns are completely unnecessary. If we don't kill him, attacking Tianmen Pass is meaningless. Taking advantage of this youth going to the Heavenly Mystery Tower to study cultivation techniques, which will take some days, now is the best time to attack Liangzhou."

"Go notify the Longmen immediately and see how much longer their Great Elder will be out of seclusion."

"Yes, Elder."

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