[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-name-that-echoes-through-eternity":3,"chapter-the-name-that-echoes-through-eternity-the-name-that-echoes-through-eternity-chapter-21":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Name That Echoes Through Eternity",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2282570,4466,"Chapter 21: Fishing","the-name-that-echoes-through-eternity-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>Second Uncle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hao was surprised; in the household hierarchy, Li Fu’s generation was counted from his father’s, so only the first generation of the Li family could be called “Uncle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man paid little heed to Li Fu’s respectful greeting, merely murmuring a reply, then his gaze flickered to the boy behind him—Li Hao, dressed in brocade, with a Dragon Blood Jade pendant at his waist, and in his arms, a Body Refinement secret manual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard the Li family produced a martial waste body—could this be the kid?” the old man asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu bowed deeply, fists clasped: “Reporting to Second Uncle, yes, this is Hao’er—he is the son of the Xing Wu Hou, born with blocked meridians, incapable of martial cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh Hehe …” the old man chuckled slightly: “So this is the stubborn bastard’s son, huh? Tsk, this little brat plans to refine his body? That’s a painful path.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu remained respectfully solemn: “Body refinement is indeed a painful path, but if we want this child to amount to something in the future, there’s no other choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man scoffed: “What glory can body refinement bring? Even if you reach the heights of history’s few body cultivators, what then? In an army of ten thousand, you’re just a slightly larger pebble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu smiled bitterly, knowing the man spoke truth, and could only say: “But as a Li family son, dying on the battlefield is still an honor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the old man’s smile vanished; his face darkened instantly, and he let out a cold snort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What nonsense! Are our Li family sons meant to die on battlefields? What honor? I think you’ve lost your minds!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The real skill is surviving the battlefield!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh…” Li Fu was stunned by the sudden scolding; he’d heard this Second Uncle was eccentric, had done many heretical things in his youth, but he hadn’t expected him to be this different from ordinary men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this Tian Gang’s idea, or yours?” the old man asked, sounding irritated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu spoke cautiously: “It’s the Hou’s and our joint decision…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. Tian Gang’s boy is becoming more useless by the day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man snorted: “Forcing a child to do something—what kind of skill is that? If you’ve got real ability, make him break through the Three Immortalities and enter the Four Foundations. Then he can defy heaven and rewrite fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any waste, cripple, idiot, or fool can be turned into a peerless prodigy. Why push the child to strive when you could strive yourself? Are you admitting you’re powerless?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu was left speechless, too stunned to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four Foundations? Easy to say, but how could anyone easily reach that realm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire Dayu, the number who’d reached it could be counted on one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside them, Li Hao couldn’t help smiling inwardly; he thought the old man was rather likable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d expected a stern clan elder, like Li Fu, to lecture him endlessly about diligence, hardship, and reward—but instead, the man spoke in complete opposition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is our grand Divine General’s mansion unable to feed one child?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Fu speechless, the old man sneered: “We risked life and limb; our children died on the battlefield—can’t we let one young heir enjoy the hard-won wealth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu trembled, nodding dumbly, too afraid to reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man glared at Li Fu, knowing it was useless to reason with a wooden head—he’d seen too many like him since youth, and understood the Li family’s centuries-old philosophy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, as his eyes flickered, he noticed the boy beside him smirking, and raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brat, I said your father’s useless, and you’re laughing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man, I think you’re right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hao’er!” Li Fu jumped, scolding sharply: “Don’t be so disrespectful! How dare you speak to an elder like that!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man didn’t anger; instead, he froze: “What did you call me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man,” Li Hao grinned. “Can’t very well call you ‘young fellow,’ can I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man’s expression darkened slightly: “No one ever taught you how to address your elders?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You call me ‘little brat,’ I call you ‘old man’—that’s fair, isn’t it?” Li Hao said. “Someone must’ve taught you how to address juniors too, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu broke into a cold sweat, quickly covering Li Hao’s mouth: “Second Uncle, please don’t take this child seriously—he was born when the Hou and Lady were fighting in Yanbei, with no one to raise him, so he’s wild and untrained…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man raised an eyebrow, snorted softly, and said: “The child has a point. Consider it even.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu blinked, then exhaled in relief: “Thank you, Second Uncle, for your magnanimity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hao pried open Li Fu’s sweaty hand from his mouth, wiped his cheek with his sleeve, then glanced at the old man’s fishing basket and asked: “Only caught one? So small—whose appetite will that fill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man replied coolly: “I fish not to eat. Fishing is pleasure—you’re too young to understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it’s pleasure, your fishing skill must be terrible,” Li Hao said. “Only one fish? What’s the difference between that and an air force?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the words “air force,” the old man reacted as if stepped on, even more fiercely than before, glaring at Li Hao:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You brat, what do you know? I wasn’t serious today, and I went to a new lake—I don’t know the waters yet. Tomorrow, you’ll see how many I catch!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To add weight to his claim, he lifted the basket closer to Li Hao’s face: “You think this is an ordinary little fish? This is a demon! If I let it out, even that guy over there might not beat it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the “guy over there” referred to Li Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu’s face flushed with embarrassment—what did this have to do with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second Uncle, please keep this dangerous demon away from Hao’er…” he said cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man snorted: “Once it’s in my basket, do you think it can turn the sky upside down?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hao’s curiosity stirred; he studied the little fish in the basket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fish was only as long as a chopstick, golden-backed, crimson-bellied, and strangely, its skull above the eyes bore scales like eyelashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Hao leaned in to look, the fish seemed to notice the ignorant human child and glared at him with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hao clearly felt malice and killing intent from its eyes—he gasped. This was his first time seeing a demon up close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Master, is your fishing skill really this powerful? You caught a demon? Could you teach me?” Li Hao asked, looking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he remembered right, in the panel’s categorization of arts, fishing was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside carving, painting, and playing the qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d thought fishing meant only catching fish—never imagined in this world, you could fish for demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How is this different from martial cultivation? The old man froze, his eyes suddenly brightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You want to learn fishing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, can you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course you can!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man burst into laughter: “Rarely does someone have the insight to see past these wooden heads! Why waste time on that broken body refinement? I’ll teach you fishing—and tomorrow, you’ll see my skill for yourself. I’m not boasting—today I just didn’t know the new lake…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept explaining at the end, clearly still fixated on Li Hao’s “air force” remark, desperate to prove himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fu stood frozen beside them, dumbfounded—how had he just lured Li Hao away from martial training?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second Uncle, Hao’er actually has great talent for body refinement—in just three months, he’s mastered a low-grade body technique! He’s a true prodigy—you can’t waste him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end, Li Fu was speaking through gritted teeth—he’d rather be beaten and lie in bed for half a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Talent? Even if he masters it, how strong can he get? Can he match ten thousand Li family soldiers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man snapped: “Why force such a delicate, lovely child to become a little blackened lump through body refinement?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won’t become a little blackened lump… Li Hao thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man, done with Li Fu, snatched the Dragon Spine manual from Li Hao’s hands and shoved it into Li Fu’s chest: “Get lost—what trash! What glory is there in that? Hao’er, come on—haven’t eaten yet? I’ll kill this demon and cook it for you to strengthen your body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm-hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hao nodded eagerly, thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second Uncle, you can’t do this!” Li Fu’s cry behind them sounded heartbroken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the old man led him away, Li Hao finally understood this Li family Second Uncle’s audacity—his cooking spot was on the seventh-floor terrace of Tingyu Tower, where the Li family kept its most precious secret manuals for centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, not far from those manuals—some older than they were—fire burned on a stove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In conversation, Li Hao learned the old man’s name: Li Muxiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiu—the xiu of rest and recuperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also—the xiu of “until death, unyielding.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1507,"2026-06-20T02:15:40.176Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","263ffe7e4921a221b3179b7d27dfc13c2cf114c64484280c7bd1af4c08603a1f","the-name-that-echoes-through-eternity-chapter-22","the-name-that-echoes-through-eternity-chapter-20",929,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-name-that-echoes-through-eternity-cover.jpg"]