Chapter 35: Ancestral Ancestral Hall

A few months later.

By the Black Water Demon Lake.

Li Hao pulled up a Zhou Tian Realm Eighth Level fish demon, casually cut it down with a sword, and then set up a firewood pot to cook.

Scaling, skinning, and removing bones—the movements were like flowing water.

This time, no spicy horns were added. He made a health-preserving soup, finding all kinds of wild mushrooms and throwing them in to boil together.

The rich mushroom fragrance wafted out along with the hot air from the edge of the iron lid, causing the two old men fishing by the lake to sniff frequently and cast glances.

As Li Hao's "Let's eat" fell, the figures of the two old men appeared beside the large pot like phantoms. Their bowls and chopsticks were already in their hands, and the exquisite jade chopsticks and the rough chopsticks rubbed from tree branches were inserted into the pot at the same time.

"Tsk tsk, not bad!"

Li Muxiu ate a slice of fish like slurping and gave Li Hao a thumbs up.

Old Man Feng was also smiling, scooped himself a bowl of fish soup, and tasted it slowly.

This fish contributed greatly. Besides fishing experience, it also added dozens of points of cooking experience for him. Li Hao estimated that his Cooking Dao would be the first art to reach the Third Stage after Chess Dao.

"Come, little fellow, you taste it too."

Li Hao picked up a slice of fish and threw it onto the tree leaf beside him. A snow-white figure darted out and immediately ran to the tree leaf to gnaw and eat.

"This is a fox, you've raised it like a dog." Old Man Feng laughed.

He had been back for several months. As for what he went to do, he didn't tell Li Muxiu and Li Hao, and the two naturally wouldn't ask.

"There's no difference." Li Hao smiled.

After eating halfway, Li Hao felt the timing was about right and said to Old Man Li Muxiu: "Second Grandfather, I plan to impact the Ji Hun Realm recently. Do you have time to take me to the ancestral hall?"

"Hmm?"

The two stopped their bowls and chopsticks at the same time and looked at Li Hao.

Li Muxiu was stunned and said: "You want to impact the Ji Hun Realm? You've reached the perfection of the Zhou Tian Realm?"

"Yes." Li Hao nodded.

He deliberately delayed telling the old man for a few months, just to avoid progressing too fast and being a bit shocking.

"Really or fake?" Master Feng Bo Ping also couldn't care about continuing to eat and drink, looking at Li Hao in astonishment.

He knew that this kid played when he played, but he would never joke about cultivation.

It was just that impacting the Ji Hun Realm at eight years old?

This was a bit exaggerated and outrageous.

"Your Dragon River Divine Pulse has been cultivated to perfection? How is that possible? Not to mention you are a martial arts waste body, even your father back then was nine years old when he stepped into the Ji Hun Realm."

Li Muxiu looked at Li Hao suspiciously. Although he knew this kid wouldn't be so bored as to joke with them about such things, it couldn't be true. Even the most monstrous geniuses he had seen, like Li Junye, were eight and a half years old when they reached Ji Hun! And that guy was hardworking, intelligent, and extremely diligent.

But Li Hao... accompanied him fishing every day, sometimes fishing for a whole day, where would he have time to cultivate?

"Well, it's true." Li Hao felt that he seemed to have overestimated the old man's endurance, but since things had come to this, he had to bite the bullet and say it.

"Could it be that your meridians opened themselves?"

Li Muxiu sized up Li Hao: "Although your body-refining talent is extremely high, impacting Ji Hun would at least take seven or eight years, or even ten or more years to a lifetime. How could you perfect pulse opening in just one year?"

"That's simple. Let Little Haozi show us and we'll know." Old Man Feng said.

Li Muxiu nodded when he heard this: "That's right, let me see."

"Fine."

Li Hao immediately stood up, away from the pot, and then mobilized his whole body's strength, stimulating 54 large pulses. The majestic Qi waves roamed his whole body. He temporarily restrained the concealment effect of the "Myriad Phenomena" attribute, and the Qi waves immediately penetrated his body.

Li Muxiu and Master Feng Bo Ping's eyeballs suddenly widened, unbelievable. Li Muxiu's reaction was even more exaggerated; the chopsticks in his hand fell into the pot.

He looked at Li Hao in astonishment, dumbfounded.

"Really, really?"

As a powerhouse of the Four Standing Realms, how could he see it wrong?

54 pulses, full and satisfied, properly Zhou Tian Realm Great Perfection! But the child in front of him was only 8 years old! Master Feng Bo Ping was stunned for a moment before turning his head to look at Li Muxiu, saying speechlessly: "Your Li family is really capable of raising any kind of monster. Before it was that kid Li Junye, now it's this kid. If other Divine General Mansions knew, they would probably be jealous and try hard to impeach you a few times!"

Li Muxiu still hadn't come back to his senses, just staring blankly at Li Hao.

This was not only the monstrous talent of Zhou Tian perfection, but also meant one thing: Li Hao's meridians were open!!

This meant that Li Hao was no longer a martial arts waste body and could cultivate! And with such talent, it was not inferior to Little Nine's terror. It was absolutely the number one person in the third generation of the future! Even looking at the previous ten generations, this aptitude was undoubtedly the first!

Countless thoughts turned in his mind at this instant. Suddenly, a wave of guilt and self-blame surged from the bottom of Li Muxiu's heart.

Such a genius, yet he took him to eat, drink, and play every day, fishing everywhere, not attending to proper duties. Wasn't he severely delaying him?

"Second Grandfather?"

Li Hao finished his practice, saw the Second Grandfather lost in thought, and reminded him.

Li Muxiu came back to his senses, the first reaction was to want to pick up the chopsticks and maintain calmness, but the chopsticks had already fallen into the soup. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, then stared deeply at Li Hao:

"How did your meridians open?" "Seems like a dream."

Li Hao said: "One day I had a dream, cultivating in the dream, and suddenly felt a force, and my whole body was relaxed. Then I woke up and felt that cultivation was very simple, opening pulses all the way, without any obstacles."

"..."

The two old men were speechless.

Opening them by yourself in your sleep? You're probably talking in your sleep now.

But besides this statement from Li Hao, they couldn't find any other possibility.

"Could it be that this kid's previous meridian blockage was a pseudo-blockage?" Master Feng Bo Ping pinched his pointed white beard and thought thoughtfully:

"I heard that some martial arts waste bodies are temporary, and some suddenly open up while practicing. He might be this kind."

"Maybe." Li Muxiu nodded. He had also heard of this possibility, but the probability was extremely low.

"Now that this kid can cultivate, your Li family is truly powerful. One true dragon fell, and another stood up. Tsk tsk." Master Feng Bo Ping sighed repeatedly.

Li Muxiu sighed, saying: "If I had known this earlier, I would have cultivated him well. Mixing with us all day, he wasted quite a bit of time."

Li Hao was startled when he heard this and hurriedly said: "Old man, you don't want to force me to cultivate in the future, do you?"

"What do you mean force you to cultivate?"

Li Muxiu said irritably: "You can cultivate now. Don't you want to cultivate well and establish illustrious achievements in the future?"

"Stop joking."

Li Hao hurriedly said without thinking: "Second Grandfather, don't harm me. I don't want to join the army and fight. The days like this are too comfortable. Fame and wealth—dogs don't even want them. Whoever wants them can have them!"

Li Muxiu was speechless. If it were anyone else, they would have been excited to want to be famous throughout the world. This kid, on the other hand, was saying all this nonsense.

"Hahaha..."

Beside them, Master Feng Bo Ping laughed loudly: "It seems Little Haozi is completely unlike that kid Junye. I think what he said is quite right. Fame and wealth? Since ancient times, fame and wealth have come from youth, but in the end, wealth and honor are not in the human world!"

Li Muxiu's face changed slightly, and his heart felt like it was pierced by a fishbone, stinging painfully.

The once Li Junye appeared out of nowhere, how amazing.

But later, like a meteor, it flashed and fell rapidly.

He looked at Li Hao, who was looking at him nervously.

Li Muxiu's heart felt like a flower being rubbed. If he sent this child to the battlefield, who could guarantee that he wouldn't become the second Li Junye?

Forget it... Li Muxiu sighed heavily and said: "Since you don't want to fight for fame and wealth, that's fine. From now on, just like me, stay in the Li family, eat, drink, and play, and be an unknown old waste."

Master Feng Bo Ping smiled: "Who dares to say that the Fist Saint is unknown, unless their mouth hasn't been beaten crooked by you."

Li Muxiu glared at him irritably and said to Li Hao: "If your parents find out about this news and come looking, I'll put down this old face and take a scolding from them. Kid, come over and eat!"

After speaking, he flicked his finger, the chopsticks in the pot flew out, and then he pulled tree branches, peeled them into chopsticks, and ate. But it was clearly not as relaxed and happy as before, as if there were more heavy thoughts.

Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, it was good to be able to continue fishing with the old man.

Although he could go fishing by himself, fishing in this demon lake with the old man not only had life protection but also had the opportunity to catch big goods. This was a wonderful thing.

Sitting by the pot, Li Hao continued to eat and drink.

"Second Grandfather, that Ji Hun matter..."

"Hmph, eat quickly. I'll take you there later." Li Muxiu glanced at Li Hao and then ate the fish meat forcefully.

Li Hao felt relieved and ate and drank heartily.

The Li family ancestral hall was located in the deepest part of the Divine General Mansion, on a hillside that had been hollowed out.

The defense outside the mountain was strict, all soldiers in heavy armor, but on the hillside steps, there were only fallen leaves, empty and desolate.

Outside the majestic and solemn ancestral hall, there were several large tripods in the flat square, with incense burning inside.

Two figures descended from the sky, flew over, landed on the square outside the ancestral hall, and then walked up the steps.

Here, even Old Man Li Muxiu restrained his playful casualness, his expression calm, and he led Li Hao slowly inside.

"Second Brother, how come you have time to come over."

A calm voice came from inside, like a quiet lake. Just the sound made people's thoughts seem to calm down.

Li Hao looked over and saw many ancestral tablets displayed inside. Among these tablets, there was a golden statue, which was the ancestor of the Li family, the founding Divine General, Li Tianyuan! In front of these many tablets, on the side of the prayer mat, there was an old man with long beard and long eyebrows, sitting alone on a prayer mat. In front of him, there was actually a chessboard, and he was playing against himself, lightly dropping a piece.

"Naturally, I brought a junior over to let the ancestors take a look." Li Muxiu said, stepped over the threshold, and walked in.

When the old man heard this, he raised his head slightly and swept his gaze to Li Hao, who was following closely across the threshold. A ripple appeared in his ancient, waveless eyes: "Inheriting the soul? This child looks even younger than Junye back then. Second Brother, are you joking?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 36 =====