Chapter 21

Second Uncle?

Li Hao was surprised. Li Fu's generation in the mansion was calculated according to his father's generation. The only one who could make him call him uncle was the first generation of the Li Clan.

"Oh."

The old man didn't care much about Li Fu's respectful greeting, just answered casually, then glanced over, seeing Li Hao, who was wearing brocade clothes and a dragon blood jade pendant around his waist, following behind him, as well as the body refining manual Li Hao was holding in his hand.

"I heard our Li Clan produced a martial arts waste body. Could it be this child?" The old man asked casually.

Li Fu was extremely respectful, cupped his fists and bowed: "Replying to Second Uncle, it is indeed Hao'er. He is Marquis Xing Wu's child, born with blocked meridians and unable to practice martial arts."

"Oh hehe..." The old man smiled slightly: "So it's the child of that stubborn guy. Tsk, this little guy intends to refine his body? This is a bitter path."

Li Fu still had a respectful expression: "Although body refining is a bitter path, if we want this child to have a future, this is the only way."

"Pfft."

The old man gave a disdainful snort: "How much of a future can body refining have? Even if he reaches the height of those few body refiners in history, so what? In the midst of a thousand armies, he's just a slightly larger stone."

Li Fu smiled bitterly, knowing that what the other party said was also correct, and could only say: "But as a son of the Li Clan, if he can die on the battlefield, it is also a kind of honor."

Hearing this, the old man's smile disappeared, but his face suddenly sank, and he snorted coldly.

"What kind of fart talk is that? Is it that the sons of my Li Clan should die on the battlefield? What honor? I think your brains are broken!"

"Being able to survive from the battlefield is what you call ability!"

"Uh..." Li Fu was stunned by the sudden scolding. He had long heard that this Second Uncle had a strange personality and had done many rebellious things when he was young, but he didn't expect him to be so different from ordinary people.

"Is this Li Tiangang's idea, or your idea?" The old man seemed somewhat angry and asked.

Li Fu said cautiously: "It's the Marquis's and our idea..."

"Hmph, that kid Tiangang is really living with less and less ability."

The old man snorted: "What kind of ability is it to force a child? If he has the ability, let him break through the Three Imperishables himself and step into the Four Standing Realms. By then, he can change his fate against the heavens."

"No matter what kind of waste, disabled person, idiot, or fool, they can all be turned into peerless prodigies. Instead of letting the child work hard, why don't you work hard yourself? Is it because you know you are incompetent?"

"Ah this..."

Li Fu was dumbfounded by the words and didn't even dare to answer.

Four Standing Realms? Although it sounded easy, stepping into this realm was not easy at all!

Those who could reach this step in the entire Da Yu could be counted on one's fingers.

Beside him, Li Hao couldn't help but laugh, thinking that this old man was quite cute.

He originally thought he was a serious clan elder who would teach him tirelessly, nothing more than saying things like he should work hard and hardship would bring a future, but he didn't expect the words to be so different.

"In our huge Divine General Mansion, is it possible that we can't even raise a child?"

Seeing Li Fu speechless, the old man snorted coldly: "We were born and died, and those few children died on the battlefield. Is it possible that we can't let a junior enjoy this hard-won wealth?"

Li Fu was trembling with fear, could only nod, and didn't dare to answer.

The old man rolled his eyes at Li Fu, knowing that it was useless to talk to such a blockhead. He had seen too many from the time he came from his youth, and also knew the concept and style of the Li Clan passed down for thousands of years.

However, his eyes flickered, but he saw the kid beside him stealing a laugh, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Little thing, I said your father is useless, and you are still laughing?"

"Old man, I think you are right."

"Hao'er!" Li Fu was startled and hurriedly scolded angrily: "Don't be disrespectful, how are you talking to your elder!"

The old man didn't get angry, but was stunned: "What did you call me?"

"Old man." Li Hao said with a smile: "I can't call you a young man, right?"

The old man's face sank slightly: "Has no one taught you how to address your elders?"

"You called me a little thing, I called you an old man. This should be considered even, right?" Li Hao said: "Shouldn't someone have taught you how to address a junior too?"

Li Fu was so scared that sweat came out, hurriedly covered Li Hao's mouth, and said to the old man: "Second Uncle, don't take it to heart with this child. He was born when the Marquis and the lady went to the Yanbei battlefield. No one disciplined him, which led to his wild personality and lack of rules..."

The old man raised his eyebrows slightly, snorted coldly, and said: "What this child said also makes sense. It should be considered even."

Li Fu was stunned and immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Second Uncle, for your magnanimity!"

Li Hao pried open the sweaty hand Li Fu had covered his mouth with, wiped his face with his sleeve, and then glanced at the old man's fish basket, asking: "You only caught one? It's so small, who is it enough for?"

The old man said indifferently: "Old man, I don't fish for food. Fishing is a pleasure. You are still young, you don't understand." "Since it's a pleasure, then your fishing skill is too poor."

Li Hao said: "Only caught one, how is this different from an empty army?"

Mentioning the empty army, the old man was like being stepped on, and his reaction was even more intense than before, glaring at Li Hao:

"What do you know, you yellow-mouthed child? I wasn't fishing seriously today, and I went to a new lake, not familiar with the water conditions. Wait until tomorrow, you'll see how many I catch for you. I'm definitely not blowing smoke with you. I was just not familiar with that new lake today..."

At the end, he was still explaining, clearly still brooding over Li Hao's "empty army" comment, wanting to prove it.

"You think this is an ordinary little fish? This is a demon! If I let it out, this guy might not be able to beat it!"

Clearly, the "this guy" he was talking about was Li Fu beside him.

Li Fu looked embarrassed upon hearing this. What does this have to do with me?

"Second Uncle, such a dangerous demon, you'd better keep it away from Hao'er..." He said cautiously.

The old man snorted coldly: "Once it's in my basket, can it still turn the world upside down?"

"Demon?"

Hearing this, Li Hao became curious and sized up the little fish in the basket.

This fish was only the length of a chopstick, with a golden back and red belly. Strangely, the skull on the fish's eye actually had inverted scales like eyelashes.

When Li Hao stretched his head to look, the fish also seemed to see this ignorant human child and glared at him fiercely.

Li Hao could clearly feel the hatred and murderous intent from the fish's eyes and couldn't help but exclaim. This was the first time he had seen a demon at close range.

"Old man, is your fishing skill so amazing that you can actually catch a demon? Why don't you teach me?" Li Hao looked up and asked.

If he remembered correctly, among the arts divided by the panel, fishing was also considered one.

In addition, there were carving, painting, playing the zither, etc.

He originally thought fishing could only catch fish, but he didn't expect that in this world, it could actually catch demons.

What is the difference between this and practicing martial arts? The old man was stunned, and his eyes lit up.

"You want to learn fishing?"

"Yes, can I?"

"Can, of course you can!"

The old man laughed out loud and said: "It's rare that you have a discerning eye, different from these blockheads. What kind of broken body refining art are you practicing? Old man, I'll teach you fishing, and by the way, I'll let you see my fishing skill tomorrow. I'm definitely not blowing smoke with you. I was just not familiar with that new lake today..."

At the end, he was still explaining, clearly still brooding over Li Hao's "empty army" comment, wanting to prove it.

"Ah this..."

Li Fu was dumbfounded on the side. He had finally managed to get Li Hao to calm down and practice martial arts, so how did he get abducted?

"Second Uncle, Hao'er actually has great talent for body refining. In just three months, he practiced a lower-grade body technique to perfection. He is definitely a good seedling. You, you can't delay him!"

Li Fu said to the end, and it could be considered biting the bullet. At worst, he would be beaten up and lie down for half a month.

"What talent or not? Even if he can practice it, how strong can he be? Can he withstand ten thousand troops of the Li Clan?"

The old man said indignantly: "You insist on letting such an exquisite and cute child refine his body until he is tanned like a little black kid?"

I won't become a little black kid... Li Hao thought silently.

After the old man finished speaking, he was too lazy to pay attention to Li Fu, snatched the "Dragon Spine" manual from Li Hao's hand, and shoved it into Li Fu's arms: "Go, go, what kind of broken thing is this? What kind of future is there in practicing this? Hao'er, right? Go, haven't eaten yet, right? I'll go slaughter this demon and give you some nourishment."

"Yes, yes."

Li Hao nodded repeatedly, overjoyed.

"Second Uncle, you... you can't do this!" Li Fu's call from behind was desolate.

After being dragged away by this old man, Li Hao also witnessed the courage of this Second Uncle of the Li Clan. He actually cooked on the balcony of the seventh floor of the Listening Rain Tower, where the most precious manuals of the Li Clan for thousands of years were collected.

And at this moment, not far from these manuals that might be older than them, a stove fire was burning.

During the conversation, Li Hao also learned the name of this old man, Li Muxiu.

Xiu is the Xiu of recuperation.

It is also... the Xiu of life and death.