Chapter 5: Ultimate

One hour.

Bian Ruxue's medicinal barrel was completely clear, with no medicinal liquid residue.

The maids changed her into clean new clothes, wiped her hair dry, and she stood beside Li Hao's medicinal barrel, not knowing the meaning of all this, just waiting quietly for Li Hao to come out.

In contrast, Li Hao's medicinal barrel, under Lin Haixia's strong request, Li Hao could only obediently soak in it.

And the color in the medicinal barrel was still the glaring purple.

The female attendant accompanying Bian Ruxue took a look and was dumbfounded.

As another hour passed, other servants and maids also heard the news and rushed over to take a look, all shocked.

They had been influenced by what they saw and heard in the Divine General Mansion all year round, and naturally understood what this meant.

At this moment, they looked at each other, and all saw the sky collapsing in each other's eyes.

The son of the dignified General Xing Wu Hou, actually unable to practice martial arts?

This is the bloodline of the Li Clan!

Such a thing is simply unbelievable.

But the facts were before their eyes.

The whole courtyard was quiet. Soon, a servant reacted and hurriedly ran away. Not long after, a large group of colorful figures surged into the Shanhe Courtyard.

The wives and ladies of various courtyards all came. They gathered around the medicinal barrel, learned from the servants beside them about Li Hao's soaking time, and were all unbelievable.

Liu Yue'rong stood in the crowd, but her heart thudded.

Could it be that medicine?

But she hadn't heard that the medicine had such strong side effects!

She felt flustered in her chest, but her face was still calm, and she immediately revealed an eager and sorrowful look.

And inside the medicinal barrel, Li Hao, who had a lifeless face, also saw his Second Mother, who had excellent acting skills. From the other's eyes, Li Hao even saw a trace of genuine panic.

This Second Mother, wouldn't be scared, right? Li Hao sneered in his heart.

As the courtyard became more and more noisy, the First Lady ordered with a gloomy face, letting the servants leave, leaving only the wives of various courtyards. She urged that this matter must not be spread, and must not be leaked!

Lin Haixia saw that the foundation-establishing medicinal liquid had no decay, and his heart was completely cold.

This couldn't even be described as "slow".

He thought of a terrible physique, and couldn't help but shudder. Could it be that the Marquis's Qilin son is really a waste that cannot practice martial arts at all?! Without continuing, Lin Haixia fished Li Hao out of the medicinal barrel.

Seeing Li Hao's body soaked until he was oxygen-deprived and pale, his skin shriveled and wrinkled, the wives had different expressions.

They learned that Li Hao had been soaking for six hours.

But the foundation-establishing medicinal liquid had no change at all, which was enough to show the seriousness of this matter.

Liu Yue'rong saw Li Hao soaked until his lips were white, and was convinced that this matter was not fake.

Her heart lifted. She just wanted to waste the child's divine blood, but didn't want to completely waste him!

After all, if he became a complete waste, this matter was too suspicious!

This is the powerful Li Clan bloodline, actually unable to practice?

If it were investigated for the reason...

The first to come back to her senses was the First Lady. She immediately urged Lin Haixia to take good care of Hao'er, and asked the maid beside her to send some warm medicinal soup to nourish Li Hao's weak body.

The next day.

Lin Haixia prepared two more barrels of foundation-establishing medicinal liquid, letting Li Hao and Bian Ruxue soak separately.

Lin Haixia stared closely at Li Hao entering the bath.

Li Hao was somewhat helpless, knowing it was a waste of medicinal materials, but he couldn't resist the other party, so he had to comply.

It was estimated that he would give up after a few more times.

At this time, the same character prompt as yesterday appeared.

【Unknown substance detected, parsing...】 【Parsing failed, automatically isolated.】 Li Hao had expected it, but wasn't too surprised. He obediently stayed in the medicinal bath, picking his toes with his little hands, bored.

As time passed, the medicinal liquid had no change. The military dwarf beside the medicinal barrel finally couldn't hold it anymore, and let out a low roar of "Ah".

"How could this be?!"

Lin Haixia's emotions were agitated, seeming even more unbelievable than Li Hao.

He just kept pacing around the medicinal barrel, knocking on his head: "The medicinal liquid is correct, it's impossible to be wrong. Could it be that the Marquis's child really cannot practice martial arts?!"

This is the Li Clan bloodline!

Li Hao wasn't too sad. After all, with the panel, he could become strong without relying on these medicinal liquids.

It's just that seeing this teacher so sad, he felt a bit embarrassed in his heart, and comforted: "Uncle Lin, it's okay, don't be so sad."

Hearing this, Lin Haixia's body shook.

He looked at the young child in the medicinal barrel, and suddenly had a feeling that tears were about to surge out.

Child, you don't know the fate you are about to face! Looking at the clean and pure eyes of this child, Lin Haixia felt his heart tearing apart.

The commander-in-chief's only son, will this be his future?

But he couldn't do anything.

He could only think of one possibility for Li Hao's situation: congenital meridian blockage.

This is a standard martial arts waste body! If it were in an ordinary family, it would be normal. Eight or nine out of ten people in the world are like this, not very strange.

But this is the Li Clan!

The Li Clan that produces true dragons generation after generation!

Even the Li Clan children with the worst talent are excellent existences compared to others.

Not to mention those Li Clan true dragons, which one is not a figure famous throughout the world? And the child in front of him...

Lin Haixia was speechless. Even he, who could look directly at mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the battlefield without changing his expression, didn't dare to look at this child again at this moment.

Those clean and simple eyes made people heartbroken.

"It's okay, it's okay..." Li Hao saw that this man was really sad for him, not pretending, and felt warm in his heart.

He stood up from the medicinal barrel and pulled his trouser leg, trying to comfort him.

The second foundation-establishing medicinal liquid failed.

The news spread through the Divine General Mansion like a hurricane. This time, the news that Li Hao could not practice martial arts was completely confirmed.

The wives and servants of various courtyards in the Li Clan were all shocked and unbelievable.

In the following days, others came to check his body, but they all shook their heads and left.

Li Hao also listened in passing and learned that this situation was a kind of martial arts waste body in their eyes.

This physique couldn't be said to be completely unable to practice.

It's just that it would be extremely difficult.

Unable to absorb medicinal pills or external energy, one could only rely on one's own hard practice to have some achievements.

And one could only practice to the Second Realm.

To break through, one needs to communicate with the energy of heaven and earth, so the Second Realm is the limit.

The news seemed to have spread to the Yanbei battlefield, and not long after, a family letter was sent back with urgent speed.

And the information in the family letter once again shook the Divine General Mansion.

General Xing Wu Hou had actually reached the Three Imperishable Realm! The family letter stated that the First Lady should not give up on Hao'er, no matter how hard it was, she must let him step into martial arts.

Even if it was just the beginning, when his divine blood awakened in the future, he could still achieve something. Although he would no longer have the possibility of becoming a genius, at least he could seek a position at the level of a centurion in the army.

In this way, it would not be a waste of the Li Clan's name.

The First Lady was He Shi, named Jianlan.

Over sixty years old, He Jianlan looked like she was in her forties. After reading the family letter, she sighed faintly: "Hao'er's life is bitter, it's all the fault of that bitch."

No one knew who the bitch she was referring to was.

In the following days, Li Hao felt that he had returned to normal.

Foundation establishment was no longer necessary. Heard that they planned to wait until he was four years old to try blood melting for him.

In this way, Li Hao was idle every day, so he had more time to secretly play chess, and his experience points grew rapidly.

And the news of Li Hao's martial arts waste body, I don't know who leaked it, spread outside the mansion.

In the restaurants and taverns of Qingzhou City, there were suddenly more discussions, but most people just took it as a gimmick of the storyteller, and didn't really believe it.

After all, that is a son of the Li Clan.

However, it immediately attracted the attention of some of the Li Clan's opponents in the court.

After sending people to inquire carefully, they found that the situation was indeed so, and many people in the mansion were both happy and surprised.

What they were happy about was that the Li Clan, which had continued its glory for a thousand years, finally had a crack in its bloodline!

But what surprised them was that General Xing Wu Hou hid so deeply, actually reaching the Three Imperishable Realm long ago, and only exposed it now.

Fortunately, his son was a martial arts waste body, otherwise, in the future, he would likely be another Li Junye!

In the blink of an eye, Li Hao was four years old.

After a year of secret hard work, Li Hao's Chess Dao successfully stepped into the second stage.

At the same time, he gained a new Artistry Point.

Without hesitation, Li Hao used the Artistry Point on Sword Dao.

His Sword Dao also improved to the second stage.

Compared to the more rich and complex information impact when he improved to the first stage, Li Hao, who was now four years old, could barely bear it, just feeling his brain slightly swollen.

As Sword Dao improved, the skills on the panel also changed.

【Name: Li Hao】

【Age: 4】

【Cultivation: Mortal】

【Sword Dao: Second Stage】

【Skill: Sea Has No Bounds·Tide (Ultimate) 【Forbidden】】

【Mastered Arts: Chess Dao】

【Chess Dao: Second Stage (0/1000)】

【Chess Manual Collection: 0】

【Artistry Points: 0】

It's just that, after entering the second stage of Chess Dao, Li Hao found that playing against himself could no longer gain experience points, and he needed to compete with others.

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 6 =====