Chapter 248: Inheriting the True Dragon

"Maybe more than that!"

Li Tianzong's eye for talent was even sharper, his gaze bright and piercing, seeing that Li Hao had a feeling of lifting heavy things as if they were light. This was definitely not something that could be achieved in the Zhou Tian Realm.

"Even more than that?"

Chen Hefang was stunned, looking at Li Hao on the stage in disbelief. That child was only seven years old! At this moment, Li Hao easily defeated the shining Li Junye, and the strength he displayed made the entire martial arts arena fall silent.

Eldest Brother Li Xingbei and the others were all looking at this little brother in surprise, never expecting that the other party would have such terrifying strength. They originally thought Li Junye was brave enough, but who knew that this Number Ten's rise on the path of cultivation was even more exaggerated than Number Nine's! "Only cultivating for one year, and it's already worth three or four years of ours!"

"Number Nine can be surpassed, this is too outrageous!"

Everyone was shocked, but they all knew that when Li Hao was measuring his bones and dissolving blood, he had already shown extraordinary talent, and the result of the bone measurement was a legendary talent. Although they were shocked at this moment, they quickly calmed down.

"Interesting, let me try too."

Li Tianzong jumped onto the ring, casually took out a battle knife, and said to Li Hao: "Number Ten, let's compare too."

Li Hao frowned slightly, but didn't refuse, just nodded slightly:

"Please."

Li Tianzong was three years older than Li Junye. At this moment, he looked like a twelve-year-old youth, and his cultivation had reached the peak of the Ji Hun Realm. His talent was also outstanding.

"I will hold back," Li Tianzong snorted lightly.

He always felt a bit uncomfortable toward Li Hao, unlike the other brothers.

He always felt that this Number Ten seemed to treat him differently than the other brothers, being relatively cold, but he didn't remember when he had offended this Number Ten.

Li Hao didn't speak, just stood quietly.

Li Tianzong didn't talk nonsense anymore, suddenly flying forward. The power of his soul phase was urged in his body, the knife light was as bright as lightning, sweeping out.

Li Hao's posture was the same as when he competed with Li Junye just now, standing still, neither dodging nor avoiding.

The moment the blade edge approached, he raised his hand, pinched it with two fingers, and held the blade edge, unable to move.

Li Tianzong was stunned, looking at Li Hao in shock.

Li Hao twisted his fingers, then flicked it on the blade surface. With a bang, the blade fell and flew out of his hand.

Li Tianzong's wrist shook, and he retreated several steps due to the giant force, looking at Li Hao in astonishment.

"This brat."

The light in Li Tianzong's eyes was even brighter. Li Hao could actually defeat Number Seven, which surprised him. What made him secretly happy was that Li Hao won so easily, which meant he was far more powerful than he imagined!

"How is it possible..."

Li Tianzong regained his senses, looking at his fallen battle knife in a daze. He had cultivated for six years, yet he was not as good as Li Hao's one year? He originally thought Li Junye's talent was chasing them like a tiger, but it turned out that this Number Ten was chasing even more fiercely, catching up and even surpassing them in just one year! "Number Ten's strength is so strong, it might be approaching the Shenyou Realm!"

"Number Seven was careless just now and didn't dare to use his full strength, but Number Ten's performance is also too amazing."

"Practicing like this in one year, who would dare to believe it if it spread out?"

Other Li Clan sons were all shocked.

Li Xingbei and Li Fengpin stood together, exchanging low voices, their expressions solemn, feeling the sense of urgency of being chased from Li Hao.

Maybe in a few years, this kid would be able to surpass them.

"So amazing!"

Other collateral descendants were also shocked, looking at the seven-year-old child on the stage. This age belonged to the bottom of the martial arts arena, but at this moment, he was the most dazzling, having a feeling of standing on the platform and being invincible.

"I'm coming!"

Suddenly, a figure jumped onto the stage, a collateral youth.

His eyes were sharp, staring at Li Hao, suspecting that Li Tianzong's brothers were acting together, deliberately inflating this young master's status.

Otherwise, after only one year of cultivation, how could it be so exaggerated?

"Please."

Li Hao didn't refuse anyone. He only planned to show the strength of the Ji Hun Realm. After all, cultivating to the Ji Hun Realm in one year should be considered the limit they could bear, right?

But with the Level 6 Flesh Dao, even with the strength of the Ji Hun Realm, Li Hao's control of his body and use of power far exceeded these people, and he could even handle the Shenyou Realm.

This youth was fourteen years old and also at the peak of the Ji Hun Realm. At this moment, he didn't hold back, directly pulling out his sword and hacking at Li Hao.

Bang! Li Hao grabbed the sword edge casually, then flicked it back, shaking him back.

This youth was shocked, but didn't step down from the stage, instead suddenly stimulating his soul phase. A phantom image reflected behind him, his eyes like a ghost god, staring at Li Hao, carrying a powerful sense of oppression.

This was the deterrence of the Ji Hun Realm.

But Li Hao's expression was calm, as if he didn't see it.

The youth's soul phase merged into himself, his power erupted, and he roared and slashed at Li Hao again.

Li Hao stepped back lightly, avoiding this heavy sword, then raised his hand and patted, turning the heavy force into a gentle pushing force, pressing on the other party's chest. With a bang, he pushed him and his sword together off the ring, dozens of meters away.

The youth landed with a thud, climbed up embarrassedly, and when he looked at Li Hao, he was full of shock and also felt a bit ashamed.

Facing Li Hao, who had only been cultivating for one year, he had actually lost even after using his full strength.

Moreover, he could feel that when he fell off the ring, Li Hao's palm, which seemed to have the force of ten thousand jun, was light when it landed on him, and he didn't really hurt him.

The youth's mood was complicated, he bowed slightly to Li Hao and said no more.

He was convinced of his loss.

Seeing this, Li Tianzong couldn't help but laugh, his eyes even more appreciative. From that palm, he saw the compassion of a strong person.

There is much injustice in the world. Strong people climb against the current to the peak, but most of them forget their original intentions, their hearts already numb and heartless.

And as the saying goes, you can see a person at three years old. Li Hao had no one to teach him, yet he had the benevolence of a strong person. This was nature! The more he looked, the more satisfied he felt, his mood extremely refreshed.

"Amazing, amazing!"

Seeing this, Li Xingbei and the others were also happy for Li Hao, showing smiles.

Other collateral descendants saw them chatting and laughing, their expressions changed slightly, shocked, angry, and annoyed, and more of it was jealousy.

People came to the stage one after another, wanting to frustrate this direct-line genius, but they were all easily defeated by Li Hao.

"So strong, defeating all the same clan at seven years old, invincible in the Ji Hun Realm!"

"Is this the direct line? Legendary talent!"

Everyone in the martial arts arena was shocked, deeply remembering the figure of that child.

Seeing that the display was about enough, Li Hao turned and jumped off the ring.

"Brother is amazing."

Lin Qingying didn't know where she picked a small red flower and handed it to Li Hao:

"For Brother."

Li Hao smiled, took the small red flower and tucked it into her hair:

"Wear it yourself and play."

Then he looked at Li Tianzong and his wife, seeing that both of them were looking at him with satisfaction mixed with surprise, and felt a bit comfortable in his heart.

He smiled, then sat on the steps, thought for a while, and continued to accelerate.

Li Hao's progress in the Mo River was extremely fast.

He pondered art skills when awake, skipped most of his daily life, and only stayed at occasional key points.

Since showing extraordinary strength at seven, Li Hao's reputation in the Divine General Mansion had already spread. When talking about the Qinglian Courtyard, one would inevitably talk about Li Hao, the youngest young master.

What people discussed most, however, was that this young master, besides practicing martial arts, also had many strange hobbies on weekdays.

Some people saw him often sneaking into the kitchen to tinker with the cooks and learn how to cook, and others saw him playing the zither and painting in the courtyard, like a playboy of a noble family, extremely special, his whole body seeming to be covered with a layer of mysterious color, making people want to explore.

This time of soul inheritance, Li Hao still used the soul inheritance of heaven and earth.

His muscles and bones were like divine iron, his power was strong, and he was more relaxed than before when bearing the power infusion of heaven and earth soul inheritance.

Li Tianzong wanted to take Li Hao to the ancestral hall for soul inheritance. After learning that Li Hao had already inherited his soul and used the soul inheritance of heaven and earth, he was shocked and overjoyed.

From the ancient martial arts literature of the Li Clan, he knew what the soul inheritance of heaven and earth meant. This was a talent comparable to an ancient Saint! "Good, good, good! As expected of my son!"

"You will surpass your ancestors!"

Li Tianzong loved Li Hao extremely.

Li Hao handed the two little people carved by his Level 3 Carving Dao to this father.

One male and one female.

Li Tianzong saw that the little people were carved lifelike. He laughed instead of getting angry, saying: "You even put thought into this. It's carved really well. My son is smart."

"You child, you must have put a lot of thought into it, right?"

Chen Hefang received this gift and was also full of joy, but then she said with a pained face: "Father and Mother know you are filial, but you should put more thought into martial arts and don't let these things waste your time."

"Yes." Li Hao nodded.

Li Tianzong smiled and waved his hand: "Alright, alright, Little Ten's heart, don't say these scene-spoiling words."

Chen Hefang thought so too, stroking the carved little person, her brows also full of joy. Seeing the harmonious atmosphere, Li Hao took the opportunity to say: "Father, can you let me see the demon king imprisoned in the mansion? I want to carve a demon king."

"Carve a demon king?"

Li Tianzong was a bit surprised, asking in surprise: "Do you like carving so much?"

"Not really, I just simply want to see the demon king."

Li Hao said, lying in his heart.

Li Tianzong thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible, but your strength is not enough now. At least wait until you reach the Fifteen-Li Realm before I can let you see it, otherwise, you won't be able to bear even a glance from the demon king."

"It's a deal!"

Li Hao couldn't help but be happy.

If there was a demon king, both his Carving Dao and Painting Dao could be rapidly improved.

"When has your father ever lied to you?" Li Tianzong laughed heartily.

Time flew by.

At the age of eight, Li Hao entered the heart of Culinary Dao, and the Imperial Dao broke through the Level 3 bottleneck. He used Art Skill Points to raise it to Level 6 in one breath, and his cultivation base increased explosively.

He combined many meridian-opening methods, making the number of great meridians opened in his whole body increase again.

He also recorded many God-Refining and Object-Controlling methods in the Listening Rain Tower, his cultivation base broke through one after another, rushed through the Shenyou Realm, and stepped into the Fifteen-Li Realm.

Eight years old, Fifteen-Li Realm.

In the disciple assessment of the martial arts arena, Li Hao again showed amazing strength, easily defeating many Li Clan disciples.

Li Junye practiced hard for a year, competed with Li Hao, but found that the gap was even larger.

Li Tianzong was also unconvinced and challenged again, but was also defeated in one move.

The older Third Brother Li Jianming couldn't hold back and went down, performing the power of object control, but was countered by Li Hao with even more majestic object-controlling power and defeated.

Since then, exposing the cultivation of the Fifteen-Li Realm, he once again shook the Divine General Mansion and spread throughout Longcheng.

Such an amazing cultivation speed also made Li Tianzong and his wife shocked and happy, laughing from ear to ear.

And the New Year's Eve dinner of the Qinglian Courtyard this year was personally handled by Li Hao.

It happened that the time point he jumped to was New Year's Eve, so he proposed this idea and got Li Tianzong's permission.

"Good craftsmanship!"

"Little Ten's culinary skills are really not bad. I think they are no worse than the famous chefs in those big restaurants."

"Tsk tsk, my son is truly both civil and martial, proficient in everything."

"What virtue or ability do I, Li Tianzong, have to have such a son..."

At the dinner table, Li Tianzong was rarely slightly tipsy, and his speech became a bit slurred.

Chen Hefang rolled her eyes at him when she heard this, saying: "Little Ten is excellent, but the other children are not bad either. You can't just praise Little Ten."

"Of course, they are all my good sons," Li Tianzong laughed heartily.

Chen Hefang looked at the other sons, smiled sweetly, and said in a gentle tone: "You don't need to compare with Little Ten. You all have your own brilliance, Mother can see it."

The other sons' eyes flickered, and they were all moved. Eldest Brother Li Xingbei smiled: "We won't be jealous of Number Ten. The more excellent Number Ten is, the happier we are."

"That's right, Tenth Brother is the goal I chase. This way I have more motivation to practice," Li Junye said with a smile. He was now 11 years old and looked a bit handsome as a youth.

After the New Year's Eve dinner ended, Li Hao watched the liveliness stop, leaving only empty plates, smiled, stayed for a short while, and then accelerated to jump to the next period of time.

Not long after Li Hao showed amazing talent, a demon king sneaked into the Divine General Mansion again, but was spotted by Li Tianzong and Li Xiaoran and killed in advance.

Li Xiaoran learned of Li Hao's cultivation progress and was shocked. Re-cultivating once, and it could be this fast?

He suddenly understood a little why he was already in the Three Imperishable Realms when he saw Li Hao at fifteen.

And he could briefly fight with a demon king in the Absolute Learning Realm. This talent was indeed unimaginably monstrous! After the second demon sneaked into the Divine General Mansion, Li Tianzong kept Li Hao by his side, occasionally teaching Li Hao military strategy.

At the same time, Li Hao would also take advantage of his free time reading military strategy to write poems, play the zither, and paint.

He seemed casual, but the experience of these arts accumulated continuously, and his skills improved rapidly.

Li Tianzong did not stop this. Li Hao's cultivation speed was enough to satisfy him. If it were other children, he might be stricter, but Li Hao's performance was extremely sensible, doing things with a sense of proportion, and he was extremely at ease with him, not worried that Li Hao would waste his martial arts because of this.

After all, the Fifteen-Li Realm at eight years old had already broken through the cultivation records of the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty, and it was broken through to the bottom.

With this, what reason was there not to let the child do what he liked?

Under Li Tianzong's indulgence, Li Hao's Art Skill Point accumulation speed accelerated.

With the improvement of cultivation, he found that the constraints of the Mo River rules on him seemed to be easing, and he found it easier to delve into many art skills.

The original Dao Realm comprehension gradually leaked out a little, affecting him now, and the progress was faster.

Many arts easily reached Level 3, accumulating more than twenty Art Skill Points.

With abundant Art Skill Points, Li Hao was recording more techniques, delving into and deducing them, hoping to open up Heavenly Meridians here.

Heavenly Meridians had a great improvement on the body, equivalent to a tray.

But the techniques in the Listening Rain Tower were limited, so Li Hao had to explain his needs to Li Tianzong.

Li Tianzong heard Li Hao's words and didn't say a word, immediately asking someone to invite the Heavenly Secret Tower to borrow the absolute learning inside.

In addition, he wrote letters to contact other Divine General Mansions to borrow techniques, and by the way, he also planned to suppress several Jianghu sects with bad styles, raid their homes, and collect a batch of techniques to fill the Listening Rain Tower.

Although the main map of this Mo River was Longcheng, Li Xiaoran said that outside Longcheng was the demon force.

But the many special rules in Longcheng were affected by Li Tianzong, and Li Tianzong's obsession contained the entire Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty.

Therefore, many forces in the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty, although they did not exist in this Mo River, could be temporarily evolved if Li Tianzong needed them.

Just like the Mount Qingqiu Daoist who measured Li Hao's bones, he came from Mount Qingqiu.

And there was no Mount Qingqiu outside Longcheng.

Perhaps when the other party left the Divine General Mansion, they would disappear in some place that was not easy to notice. This was the Mo River.

With the talent Li Hao showed, he was almost responsive to every request in the Divine General Mansion, the spoiled child of heaven.

Under Li Tianzong's all-out efforts for Li Hao, Li Hao's improvement speed was fast. Many techniques were integrated, and his meridian opening had reached more than 100, with only a few left to be opened.

God-Refining and Object-Controlling also received great improvement.

Learning that Li Hao liked famous paintings and chess manuals, Li Tianzong also sent people to search for them and brought some back.

At nine years old, Li Hao successfully stepped into the Heavenly Human Realm, filling his heart and chest with the many techniques collected, asking the Tianren Zongshi with all things in heaven and earth, shaking the Divine General Mansion again.

This time stepping into the Tianren Zongshi Realm was smoother than before, because he had collected more techniques and had broader knowledge.

And this year, Li Hao's strength completely surpassed the nine sons of the Li Clan. Even Li Xingbei, who was twenty-seven and had stepped into the Three Imperishable Realms, Li Hao was confident he could compete.

However, this Eldest Brother was very good to him, and he didn't really defeat him in adversity and break his Dao heart.

Besides martial arts, military strategy, etiquette, zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, Li Hao showed extraordinary talent.

Li Tianzong was already satisfied with Li Hao to the point of being impeccable. At ten years old, he proposed to set the True Dragon in advance.

In addition to leading the Divine General Mansion in the future, the True Dragon would also receive the help of ancestors in the ancestral hall, further improving his potential and also having great help for cultivation.

Once this news came out, it caused a sensation again.

The Divine General Mansion was full of guests, and Li Tianzong also brought Li Hao to recognize these noble families, giving them a chance to make friends with Li Hao and pave the way for Li Hao's future.

But this was the Mo River. Everything would disappear after passing the level, which was meaningless. Li Hao naturally didn't spend time responding and skipped it directly.

Repeatedly accelerating, Li Hao's control over time jumps became more precise.

Jumping to the end of the banquet, the guests dispersed, Li Hao was led by Li Tianzong to the Li Clan ancestral hall.

The selection of the True Dragon had already ended, and Li Hao took the position of True Dragon indisputably. Regarding this, the other nine sons of the Li Clan had no opinion, and the direct-line and collateral descendants in other courtyards also knew Li Hao's talent and didn't dare to come to compete.

Looking at the ancestral hall in front, Li Hao knew that Li Tianzong brought him here to let the ancestors take a look, and by the way, let the ancestors help him condense his divine soul.

It was just that, with the degree of his own condensation, the help the ancestors could give him was extremely limited.

However, Li Hao did not refuse the True Dragon this time. First, he couldn't find a reason to refuse, and second, it was because this was the Mo River, and he had to seize every opportunity to grow.

After all, that Candle Fire God and Lu Yuan also came here. This Mo River was also at the Youdu level, extremely dangerous. The stronger the strength, the more he could save his life.

In the ancestral hall, Li Hao saw a middle-aged man sitting in a corner of the square.

His appearance was somewhat similar to Fifth Uncle Li Qingzheng, but his whole body had a bit of fierce evil spirit, unlike the old man with a quiet aura he saw.

"Number Five."

Li Tianzong greeted with a smile.

Li Qingzheng glanced at him but didn't pay attention, just curled his lips and said: "You actually gave birth to a good son."

"Haha, you don't marry even if I tell you to." Li Tianzong laughed.

"I have this lonely life, stained with too much blood, so I won't bring evil to the younger generation," Li Qingzheng snorted coldly.

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 249 =====