Chapter 240: Foundation Establishment, Peerless Talent (Two-in-one chapter)

"Hao'er..."

Li Li Xuanli clenched his fists, his heart grieving.

The Li Clan soldiers and Liangzhou Commander beside him also had their smiles disappear, all silent.

The elders of the Xia and Chen Clans who came to reinforce heard this unison shout like a mountain and sea roar, and their expressions were stunned. They had never seen a general who could have such prestige.

And there were many arrogant aristocratic family armies gathered from various cities, who were shouting more excitedly than the military soldiers at this moment.

You know, the aristocratic families and warlords of the Emperor Da Yu Immortal Dynasty, although they had exchanges with each other, looked down on each other.

The military faction looked down upon the noble families for their superficial greed and cowardice, viewing them as the worms and stubborn ailments of Emperor Da Yu.

Aristocratic families feared the deterrence of warlords, and because they were looked down upon by warlords, they also looked down on warlords, secretly disdaining their foolish loyalty and stubbornness, not knowing how to change.

Being able to be so unified at this moment was truly an incredible spectacle.

"Li Hao..."

Li Li Wushuang was also covered in blood. She rushed out with the soldiers to kill the scattered demons. At this moment, her whole body was exhausted, and her hands were already soft.

The calls in her ears were all the name of that young man.

Her face had no blood, and she asked her father: "Are we going to find him?"

Li Li Xuanli's heart shook, feeling like a sharp thorn piercing into the bottom of his heart. His voice was hoarse, and he said: "Find, where to find?"

Li Li Wushuang's expression became even paler. That's right, the world is big, where to find?

That young man... had been lost by their Li Clan!

She couldn't help but feel sad in her heart.

As someone of the same generation as Li Hao, she knew that the young man had done enough, but he ended up with the fate of a young death.

Beside her, Li Li Tiangang also heard Li Li Xuanli's words. His expression changed, and his large, sturdy body trembled slightly, and all the blood in his body seemed to be cold.

Where to find...

The chase of three ultimate-realm experts was extremely dangerous, not to mention one of them was a half-step Taiping Dao Realm expert!

He was silent for a long time before saying in a low voice: "Fifth Brother, treat the wounded first, reorganize the remaining strength, and solve the demon disaster in Liangzhou first."

"After the battle ends, I will go find him."

Li Li Xuanli looked at him, knowing that any comfort at this moment was futile, and said:

"I will send two light cavalry teams first to track and see. Maybe Hao'er has deep blessings and can luckily escape a disaster?"

Li Li Tiangang's eyes moved. Thinking that the child was indeed favored by countless people, it could indeed be considered deep blessings.

He nodded and said: "Not bad, take his battle flag... his battle flag, and if you encounter other demons along the way, you can also protect them."

Up to now, he had to admit that the prestige of that son was even louder than the Yuan Camp founded by the ancestors.

At least in this Liangzhou battle, in this Liangzhou, no one would not know him in the future.

Including demons.

Li Li Xuanli nodded. He knew this without being told. Now in Liangzhou, Li Hao's battle flag was the most useful. Sacrificing their battle flags, those demons might still resist, or even pounce and kill depending on the situation, but it was hard to say if they were replaced by Li Hao's battle flags.

No one knew whether the battle flag was true or false, and the child's reputation was loud. In this battle, he turned the tide, beheaded seven Demon Kings, swept across the world, and established the universe with battle flags.

Many achievements would be spread in the demon circle.

Among these demons, there were those who traveled everywhere from the Huang Tianji Palace, and their grasp of some information was also relatively keen, unless they were some ignorant demons in the wilderness.

"Let's three go to other places to turn around. Since we are here, let's see how many remnants there are."

The Chen Clan elder said, his eyes cold. His battle robe was stained with blood from the slaughter with the demons. Although he looked white-haired, he had a bloodthirsty murderous aura.

The older generation of the Xia Clan nodded and glanced at Li Li Tiangang. He was sharp-eared and sharp-eyed, and from the words, he had already understood the general situation.

This second defense line could be dragged to now, all relying on the help of Li Li Tiangang's son.

Beheading seven Demon Kings, the corpses of those Demon Kings were still scattered on the battlefield at this moment, like hills, extremely shocking.

Such means, even these old guys, asked themselves if they could necessarily do it.

Not to mention that he also attracted three ultimate-realm Demon Kings, and that Grand Void Realm ruler, the Candle Zhu Huoshen, exposed a shocking secret, already half-step Taiping Dao Realm, almost able to compare with the Buddha Lord.

"It seems that the next generation of the five Divine General Mansions, we have all lost..."

"Li Clan True Dragon, no one can reach..."

The Xia Clan elder sighed secretly in his heart, thinking of the outstanding juniors in his own family, and couldn't help but shake his head in comparison.

The gap was too obvious.

However, this Li Clan True Dragon was so outstanding, which was not necessarily a bad thing for the upcoming situation.

Thinking of those many secret intelligence, the Xia Clan elder's expression became a few points more solemn.

"The common people are suffering, we all have responsibility, this old Daoist will accompany the two to take another trip."

Qianji Daoist flicked his whisk lightly and said to the two.

He looked at his disciple in the distance again, his eyes flickering slightly. The scene when he went to the Li Clan to accept disciples flashed in his mind inexplicably.

When he took Li Wushuang away, the young man standing beside him was ignored by no one.

Who could have expected that today, he would shine, more dazzling than anyone else.

Even he himself was saved because of the other party, owing a favor.

Having lived for hundreds of years, he was finally clumsy once...

Sighing secretly in his heart, he felt regret, transmitted a sentence to Li Li Wushuang, telling her to be careful, and then left here with the older generation of the Xia and Chen Clans, starting to sweep Liangzhou, looking for the traces of the remaining Demon Kings.

Outside the Liangzhou border, in the Longcheng Mo River.

Inside the Divine General Mansion, in the Green Lotus Courtyard.

After absorbing sword Dao knowledge and feeling sleepy, plus sleeping again, Li Hao had reached the age of two.

At this moment, in a corner of the courtyard, Li Hao was huddled with the young Li Li Xiaoran.

Now Li Hao could also speak, and the two could communicate.

"Others don't matter, but in front of your grandfather, that is, my eldest brother, you must cover your identity well. Don't let him know that you came from outside the Mo River."

Li Li Xiaoran looked around and set up a sound-insulation barrier and whispered: "In front of others, even if you appear strange, as long as it's not many times, they won't notice anything, but not in front of my eldest brother. His obsession has self-consciousness, and the entire Longcheng exists because of him."

"If he notices your abnormality and knows that you are from outside the Mo River and not his son Li Ten, he will expel you, or even erase you, remember!"

Li Hao's expression was solemn and nodded.

Li Li Xiaoran came to see him cautiously, which should also be disguising his identity.

Strangely, he had no name here, only a title, which was Li Ten.

Perhaps, that old man only had nine sons before his death. Adding him as an exception here, he didn't think of the name of the tenth child, so it became such a title.

"Did you also start from a baby when you entered?" Li Hao asked curiously.

"Almost, all started from the beginning."

Li Li Xiaoran nodded, his eyes carrying a bit of loneliness, saying: "Before my eldest brother died, he always felt that he hadn't worked hard enough, which was why he was defeated."

"Maybe it was such an idea that made this Mo River have such special rules. The rules of other Youdu-level Mo Rivers are different."

So that's it... Li Hao understood, curiously asked: "Then we entered together, you entered many years earlier than me?"

"That's right, the time here is very strange, you have already felt it. I have actually been here for a long time. During this period, besides cultivation, I have also been looking for the traces of those demons. They have lurked in Longcheng, waiting for the Longcheng battle to break out when you are eighteen, and those demons will all appear."

"I want to kill them in advance!" Li Li Xiaoran's eyes were full of murderous intent.

Feeling the surging aura on his body, this fourth uncle had already cultivated to the Three Imperishables Realm.

Li Li Xiaoran looked at Li Hao, seemingly reading Li Hao's thoughts, saying:

"My identity, it is indeed a bit of an advantage to clear this Mo River, so this Mo River has always been guarded by me. Every time I enter, it is basically my original identity. I guess this should also be the arrangement of my eldest brother's obsession before his death."

"My eldest brother also wants to be liberated, wants me to take him home..."

Speaking of this, his eyes flashed with a touch of grief.

Li Hao was silent for a while and asked: "If I perform surprisingly talented, will I be exposed?"

"No."

Li Li Xiaoran's emotions quickly converged, shaking his head and saying: "No matter how surprising it is, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't say strange things that you shouldn't know in his impression."

Li Hao understood. That is to say, everything is in line with his current development trajectory.

"If we spend more than ten years slowly here, how long will it pass outside?" Li Hao asked. He was worried about this problem earlier.

The three Demon Kings didn't know if they entered the Mo River, whether they were guarding outside, or turned back to kill Liangzhou.

"Are you worried about the Demon Kings outside?"

Li Li Xiaoran saw Li Hao's worry and smiled: "Don't worry, they have all entered this Mo River. A few years before you were born, the Candle Zhu Huoshen relied on being able to open the Taiping Dao Realm, and in the Dao Realm, he could ignore some special rules and killed directly to Longcheng, wanting to kill you and me quickly."

"But he underestimated the power of our Li Clan, and also underestimated the power of my eldest brother's obsession!"

"In the great battle a few years ago, he was repelled by my eldest brother leading the ancestors' heroic souls of the Li Clan Ancestral Hall. The other party should be lurking outside Longcheng now, waiting for the Longcheng attack to break out in the future, and then take the opportunity to come again."

Li Hao was stunned. The other party actually killed his way over a few years in advance?

He had just entered the Mo River, and the other party even ran ahead of him in the timeline in this Mo River?

"Since the Taiping Dao Realm can ignore the rules, if the Buddha Lord makes a move, wouldn't it be easily solved?" Li Hao asked curiously.

With the Li Clan's face, it was not impossible to invite the Buddha Lord to come forward, just depending on whether the price paid was enough.

"Can only ignore part of the rules, and even if the Taiping Dao Realm can roam by the Dao Domain, it can at most protect itself. If it violates some taboos, it will also be dangerous. The things hidden in here are too deep, you will slowly feel it." Li Li Xiaoran said.

Li Hao's heart was cold. Even strong people like the Buddha Lord would violate taboos and be dangerous. What exactly was hidden in here?

"Besides that Candle Zhu Huoshen, I guess that Lu Yuan old dragon also came. At most, the Lady Yin is left outside to take care of it."

Li Li Xiaoran looked at Li Hao and said: "They chased and killed you because of your talent, right? I remember your birthday is the same as Little Nine's death anniversary, and this year is fifteen years old?"

Li Hao nodded.

Li Li Xiaoran couldn't help but sigh, saying: "This explains why you can attract them over. A fifteen-year-old Three Imperishables Realm expert, and that terrifying power erupted in desperation, no wonder they are so crazy to kill you. You are even more terrifying than Little Nine. That bear kid Li Tiangang really gave birth to a good son!"

He didn't notice Li Hao's frowning expression and continued:

"The time of this Mo River is strange, but the time you are awake here is how long it passes outside. That Lu Yuan old dragon must have entered this Mo River. The Longmen once had a Demon King who came to this Mo River. After escaping, he must have shared the information here with the Longmen. That Lu Yuan old dragon has the information, plus the Candle Zhu Huoshen has entered, so he will definitely bring him into it."

"This Longcheng defense will be more difficult than ever before."

He looked solemn and said to Li Hao: "But for you, it is also an opportunity. Re-practicing can sort out your original martial arts, find defects, and the new perceptions you get from cultivation will be brought out after you leave the Mo River."

"After echoing with your own martial arts outside, there will also be no small improvement."

"You are only 2 years old now. Although there are sixteen years left, the time you can truly practice is not that much, unless you practice to the Shenyou Realm, you can achieve not sleeping for several years."

"So the time you practice here is actually shorter than outside, so you must work twice as hard!"

Li Hao understood this point and said: "Understood, you also take care of yourself."

Seeing that there were maids looking for Li Hao not far away, Li Li Xiaoran knew it was about time, hugged Li Hao to the maid, and teased him all the way.

Li Hao also played the role of a two-year-old child, letting out happy laughter.

"Little Young Master, so you are here."

The maid saw Li Hao, breathed a sigh of relief, and then bowed to Li Li Xiaoran.

Li Li Xiaoran waved his hand, with a teasing smile, and said goodbye to Li Hao.

Li Hao watched him walk out of the courtyard. Sitting in the maid's arms, he thought for a while, and then closed his eyes.

In the courtyard, Li Hao was soaked in a huge medicine barrel.

Now he was three years old.

In the Divine General Mansion, building the foundation at three, melting blood at four, measuring bones at five, and practicing at six is the most suitable cultivation process studied for thousands of years.

Practicing too early causes damage to the bones, which instead inhibits the growth of the body and has the opposite effect.

Li Hao accelerated time to three years old just to build the foundation.

Once the foundation was built, he would have more time to do other things.

At this moment, there were many figures standing in the courtyard.

"Mother" Chen Chen Hefang, and that "Grandfather" Li Li Tianzong.

And other brothers, including the little sister Li Li Hongzhuang, who was just born and could walk at one year old.

Foundation Establishment was a major event; Li Li Tianzong arrived in person to oversee Li Hao's Foundation Establishment, and the other brothers also came. Li Hao saw his eldest uncle, second uncle, third uncle, and so on, whom he had never met before... all in the appearance of youths and children.

Some were already heroic, some had heroic spirit between their eyebrows despite their young faces.

Toward the others, Li Hao was not very serious, but when facing this "Father" Li Li Tianzong, he felt a bit nervous.

Li Li Xiaoran said that the other party had consciousness, and his behavior would change at any time, so he must not reveal any flaws in front of him.

"Light the incense."

Li Li Tianzong instructed.

A middle-aged butler in the courtyard responded respectfully and inserted a stick of incense into the incense burner on the side.

Li Hao recognized that the other party was Zhao Bo, but his face was young, and his back was not so bent.

He felt a few points of intimacy and heartache inexplicably in his heart, suddenly feeling that when he left the mansion, he seemed to have left some things behind.

Some precious memories and friendship.

I don't know how Zhao Bo is now, is the maid Qingzhi still noisy, no one tells stories to that kid Li Yuanzhao, did he practice well, eat well?

"So fast!"

At this moment, Li Li Tianzong's exclamation sounded, interrupting Li Hao's train of thought.

Li Hao was startled and looked down at the medicine barrel.

He saw that within the black liquid medicine in the barrel, there were wisps of even deeper black liquid medicine being drawn toward his own body.

Li Hao was stunned.

He blinked hard and pulled up the panel, only to see that there was no prompt saying he could not absorb the medicine.

What was going on?

Li Hao was bewildered.

He remembered that he should have been isolating the medicine, relying only on the panel's point allocation.

But now, he could feel waves of scorching and strange power pouring into his body, and his whole body was becoming feverish.

Is this the feeling of Foundation Establishment?

Was he actually undergoing Foundation Establishment?

Li Hao was stunned, and then his heart skipped a beat; was the panel broken?

He checked repeatedly and found that as he summoned it, the panel could jump out at any time, and there were no changes.

Could it be because of the Mo River?

This Mo River was extremely mysterious; to this day, no one knew its source, nor could they investigate it.

Li Hao was puzzled, but suddenly, he seemed to understand the reason.

The panel isolated the absorption of medicine to isolate his original body.

And now, this infant body of his was not his true body; it was the body within the Mo River.

Li Li Xiaoran had said before that after leaving the Mo River, he could bring the martial arts insights from here out, but the specific cultivation base could not be synchronized with his physical body outside.

In other words, if his cultivation here was poor, after going out, he would still be at whatever realm he was supposed to be.

If his cultivation here became stronger, after going out, he would still return to his original realm.

The realm here could not be brought out; only the martial arts insights and things integrated into his thoughts and memories could be brought out.

Therefore, strictly speaking, this medicine was not absorbed by his true body, but by this body in the Mo River, which is why the panel did not isolate it.

Well... although he understood the reason, Li Hao found that he didn't seem to be able to be happy about it.

He had broken a rotten case.

"However, I can see here that if I can absorb all kinds of things, plus the panel's point allocation, and grow to the limit, I wonder to what extent I can cultivate," Li Hao thought to himself.

At this moment, as the medicine poured in, Li Hao felt his entire flesh and blood becoming scalding hot, and his small body was filled with a surging sense of power.

So this is what Foundation Establishment feels like... Li Hao felt as comfortable as if his whole body were being massaged.

While Li Hao was enjoying it, Li Li Tianzong, Chen Chen Hefang, and the others outside were stunned.

The other "brothers" of Li Hao who had completed Foundation Establishment ahead of time were also watching the changes in the medicine barrel in shock.

This speed far exceeded theirs.

"So fast, is he going to finish absorbing it within one stick of incense?" the eldest, Li Li Xingbei, said.

"Much faster than me, even faster than the ninth brother, how exaggerated!" the second, Li Li Fengping, also exclaimed.

Li Li Tianzong watched as the color of the medicine in the barrel became lighter and lighter, gathering toward Li Hao's body like a dragon drawing water; apart from the initial shock, he soon revealed a hearty laugh.

"Good, good, good! Worthy of being my, Li Li Tianzong's, son!"

He laughed loudly, looking at Li Hao with a face full of affection.

Li Hao, however, was enjoying himself comfortably.

In the time it took for half a stick of incense to burn, the medicine barrel was clear; all the medicine had been absorbed by Li Hao.

Li Li Tianzong had long since had Uncle Zhao bring a second barrel for Li Hao and poured it in.

After absorbing three barrels in succession, Li Hao's body was finally full.

Li Li Tianzong was also stunned, muttering, "Double the amount of the ninth one!"

Li Hao felt his whole body, feeling as light as a swallow; just the first day of Foundation Establishment had changed his body, and his constitution had undergone a great transformation.

Li Hao did not stop; he closed his eyes slightly for a moment and then arrived five days later—he had skipped a bit too much.

But Li Hao felt that his body was obviously more powerful than before; it seemed that during these few days he had skipped, he had also been absorbing the Foundation Establishment medicine with all his might.

Since that was the case, Li Hao immediately closed his eyes again, letting time jump faster, and every time he opened his eyes, it was a few days later.

He checked his body each time to confirm that it was proceeding according to the normal trajectory, and then he skipped forward rapidly again.

Time fast-forwarded continuously, and soon it was a year later.

Blood Melting at four years old.

Because Li Hao was gifted, Li Li Tianzong slaughtered a Demon King for him and took its precious blood for Li Hao to melt and refine.

But the precious blood was diluted, and the first time was just a shallow attempt.

For ordinary Blood Melting, being able to use demons of the Heavenly Human Realm was already a very wealthy and noble family.

Only the direct disciples of a few top sects could use demons of the Three Imperishable Realms.

As for the precious blood of a Demon King, almost no one would use it; firstly, it was too precious to get hold of. Secondly, its efficacy was too strong, and a four-year-old child could not bear it at all; instead, it was easy to be infected by the demon blood and mutate into a half-demon.

Li Li Tianzong was also cautiously experimenting and did not give too much precious blood the first time.

But soon, Li Hao's absorption speed surprised him again; the diluted Demon King precious blood was quickly absorbed by Li Hao.

"Good, good, good."

Li Li Tianzong smiled from ear to ear, feeling both surprised and delighted at this young son's talent; this was definitely the most top-tier, peerless talent in the Li family in the thousands of years he had known!

After Li Hao underwent Blood Melting at four years old, although he was still a child, his whole body already had a kind of brute strength.

Li Hao did not continue to skip, but fast-forwarded to his free time when he was not soaking in strange blood, found Uncle Zhao, and asked him to find a chessboard for him.

Although Uncle Zhao was surprised by Li Hao's strange request, he was extremely fond of this highly gifted young master and did not stop him, letting a retainer go out to purchase one.

Li Hao took advantage of his leisure time to run to his small courtyard; besides reciting poetry, he also found brush, ink, and rice paper, and hid in a side room to paint.

Nowadays, the courtyard was relatively quiet; those "brothers" had all gone to the martial arts arena, and only Li Hao and Li Li Hongzhuang, who was two years younger than him, were in the courtyard.

Li Li Hongzhuang, who was only two years old, did not know why she was so attached to Li Hao; Li Hao hid in the side room to paint secretly, but was also found by this little girl.

Looking at this little girl who was his little aunt in reality, running over pink and tenderly calling "Brother," Li Hao felt a bit helpless and strange.

He didn't know how he and this little girl had played together while he was skipping time rapidly; the other party seemed very affectionate toward him.

Li Hao was helpless and had to find some snacks, let her sit obediently on the side, and wait for him to paint.

This familiar feeling instead made Li Hao think of the courtyard back then, where he was playing chess and painting, and there was also a little tail behind him.

Only later, the little tail was broken.

Li Hao shook his head slightly, collected his thoughts, and continued to trace rapidly on the drawing paper.

With a bang.

Just as Li Hao was painting to his heart's content, watching his moving painting experience increase continuously, suddenly the door of the side room was pushed open.

Li Li Tianzong's tall figure walked in; seeing Li Hao and Li Li Hongzhuang here, his gaze flickered and landed on Li Hao:

"What are you doing?"

Li Hao's heart skipped a beat subconsciously, but since he had already been seen, he couldn't hide it, so he had to say helplessly: "Painting."

Li Li Tianzong looked at the drawing board twice, but his majestic expression softened, saying:

"Painting is fine, but why hide here? You made your mother look for you for a long time."