Chapter 661

Li Hao finished demonstrating, then retracted the Earth Luo Shield Method, and his Primordial Spirit also fell back into his body.

On the wooden stake opposite the chessboard, Old Wang looked at Li Hao in a daze. In the three years Li Hao had been here, he had never practiced, yet upon his first demonstration, he had actually reached the Perfected True Meaning level? Could it be that he had been secretly deducing and contemplating in his heart world? But Li Hao had always been accompanying him in chess, and in his spare time, he learned Immortal Herb cultivation, so where would he have the heart to contemplate this Yama Immortal Method.

"..."

Old Wang was somewhat silent. Li Hao's performance was somewhat beyond his expectations.

And at this moment, on the prayer mat in the distance, someone noticed the powerful Primordial Spirit fluctuations in front of the thatched cottage, opened their eyes to look, and upon seeing the Yama Outer Image Li Hao displayed, couldn't help but be stunned.

He didn't choose the path of Primordial Spirit cultivation, so he didn't cultivate the Yama Combat Method, but earlier someone chose the Yama Combat Method to practice, only to fail to master it.

But at this moment, the youth who had just arrived seemed to have mastered this method! Could it be that Old Wang really gave him special treatment?

Although they had already guessed from his expression, feeling unbelievable, upon hearing what Old Wang said personally, the few Sages earlier still felt as if their chins were about to drop, suspecting they had misheard.

For such an Immortal Method, is there anyone in the world who can learn it just by looking at it a few times? Master it in half a month? They felt deeply struck, knowing the difficulty of this method after practicing here for so many years, and the shock in their hearts was too intense.

Only at this very moment did they feel how great the gap was between them and the top-tier monsters mentioned by the other party.

"Personal disciple... those are existences born with extraordinary traits, causing visions. Some are reincarnations of Chaos Dao Seeds, some are souls condensed from the Mixed Origin power of the True Realm, born as Primordial Spirits..."

They are rare in the Myriad Realms, so it seems normal not to be able to compare.

Seeing the trace of a mischievous smile at the corner of his mouth, Li Hao was somewhat dumbfounded. Every time the other party calculated him in the chess game, he had this expression.

In their conversation, Li Hao had already arrived before the True Venerable Tower.

"Eh? Why hasn't he come out after being inside for so long?"

Back then, the other party said he would never give them any relevant hints, but now... the principles have changed? Not only them, but the other Sages also came back to their senses, looking at Old Wang with suspicious eyes.

Li Hao's eyes flickered slightly, and he learned from the appearance of Sage Mu and others challenging it earlier, coming to the tower gate at the bottom.

Old Wang slowly put away the chess pieces and covered the chess box. Only then did he look up, and seeing that the True Venerable Tower gate had already closed, a smile appeared on his face. He then rose leisurely and flew toward the prayer mat area.

But unfortunately, he had already fallen.

But in front of the thatched cottage, Old Wang was just fiddling with the other part of the chess pieces on the chessboard, collecting them into Li Hao's chess box.

When Flower Sage and Wanderer Sage saw Old Wang arrive, they thought of Li Hao for the first time, and immediately went to look for Li Hao's figure, but couldn't find him. At this moment, hearing Old Wang's words, they couldn't help but have their hearts contract, and they looked at each other, both seeing unbelievable and suspicious looks in each other's eyes.

Whoosh! Accompanied by the eruption of the projection, the first move was a brilliant sword light—it was actually 'Immortal Pointing the Way'!

Afterwards, Li Hao felt a force sweep through his whole body, like the scrutiny of some gaze, and immediately after, a figure slowly condensed in the void ahead.

This kid is too weird. He has only been here for three years, and without much diligent practice, he has actually passed the first test that others spent thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, without passing.

This is absolutely impossible! Lin Sage suddenly came back to his senses, his eyes staring fixedly at Old Wang. Sage Ming, Sage Mu, and others were also somewhat dazed. Upon coming back to their senses, they couldn't help but look at Old Wang.

Li Hao raised his brows slightly, and immediately saw that as soon as the figure condensed, it erupted with various extreme realm auras, its whole body shimmering with divine light, silver hair flying—it was entering the extreme Immortalization state Li Hao was familiar with.

At this time, someone came back to their senses and asked.

Once you reach the top, you are free in the heavens.

Li Hao walked in slowly.

Isn't that from before?

They had never asked about these things before, nor had they thought of inquiring, but now, they had a feeling of their worldviews being shaken—both shocked and heartbroken.

How is this possible?

"Does this count as passing?"

This stinky kid... Old Wang muttered in his heart. He really managed to show off.

Although they were Sage-level and belonged to the very few at the top of the pyramid in the Heavens, they had long heard from Old Wang about the vastness of the True Realm. These Heavens were just a False Realm, too small compared to the True Realm.

Old Wang said with a smile.

If it was the same as his previous guess, perhaps he could easily pass this second test.

Its appearance was completely similar to his, and what surprised Li Hao even more was that the physical body also had the aura of Ninth-Grade Mixed Origin Divine Blood, but even thicker.

He thought of what Li Hao had said earlier.

Everyone was silent and speechless.

Hearing this person's words, the others also reacted, their expressions changing slightly.

This can only explain that Li Hao's original foundation accumulation far exceeded others, which is why he had the possibility of sudden enlightenment.

In that courtyard, that peerless fairy danced gracefully, overturning all living beings, monstrous to the extreme.

Everyone understood this point, and hearing Old Wang's explanation, they couldn't help but be stunned.

Passed?

That newcomer? Only here for three years?

At this time, the Sage who first noticed Li Hao couldn't help but be stunned.

The heaven and earth here are vast, the ground extending to the end of sight, the clouds like silver-lead, scattered in the air.

"Old Wang, that newcomer has entered the True Venerable Tower!"

And the other Sages were somewhat dazed. What's the situation? Who passed the first test? Lin Sage?

At this time, someone noticed that the youth's figure in front of the thatched cottage was gone, and couldn't help but be shocked.

Old Wang said, "But very few, rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. However, being able to apprentice under the Immortal Emperor and become his disciple is in itself a great opportunity that takes a hundred lifetimes to cultivate, and a Myriad Realm monster that is one in a myriad."

Hearing Old Wang's words, the crowd also looked at the True Venerable Tower.

Following Old Wang's arrival, the others on the prayer mat noticed Old Wang's aura and were all startled, looking over suspiciously.

Can this kind of thing really be accommodated?

Li Hao was stunned, his whole body trembling, shrouded in strong sword intent, giving him the feeling of being pointed at the brow by an Immortal descending to the world.

"You kid."

Those monsters easily surpass the so-called geniuses of the Heavens and Myriad Realms. They are anomalies standing at the top of the Myriad Realms!

Old Wang heard this and immediately rolled his eyes. He didn't believe Li Hao's nonsense. The kid's obsession and forgetfulness when playing chess meant he couldn't possibly have had the mind to think of anything else. There was only one possibility: Li Hao had only used very little spare time to contemplate this method and had mastered it.

Immortal Methods in the world can all be mastered at a single glance.

Lin Sage, Ming Sage, and Mu Sage's expressions changed, their faces somewhat ugly.

Old Wang came back to his senses, saw the crowd silent, their faces ashen, and realized he seemed to have hit these little guys too hard. He smiled and comforted them, "You don't need to compare yourselves with Lord Immortal Emperor's personal disciples. Those anomalies are all true spirits born of chaos, not something you can compare with. Even Lord Immortal Emperor has to search the Heavens and Myriad Realms for a long time to find one person he is satisfied with. That is an existence that can be counted on one's fingers among countless people."

Someone wanted to complain, but suddenly noticed Old Wang's indifferent, smiling expression, and couldn't help but be stunned, looking at Old Wang in disbelief. Could it be that the shortcut the other party took really worked?

In the crowd, Lin Sage's eyes narrowed, his pores seemed to tighten in an instant, and he felt his blood coagulate, his scalp tingling slightly, looking at Old Wang in disbelief. Old Wang was slightly stunned, his smile disappeared, and he fell silent.

Old Wang heard this and didn't stop him, shaking his head with a smile, "If you go to challenge now, I guess the others will be anxious. But it's fine, let them be stimulated, striving to improve themselves."

"Since you have cultivated the first layer of this method, 'Kuji', to the level of Origin True Meaning, it counts as passing. You can go and challenge the True Venerable Tower. That is the place that truly tests quick wit."

Facing this sword head-on, Li Hao's eyes were illuminated, and he felt a sense of shock, as if the heaven and earth before him were being split.

"That's right, he's only been here for how long? He's just going to observe. I guess he was stimulated by Lin Sage and wants to go take a look."

"Haotian, that newcomer, although he has only been here for three years, has already passed the first test. His speed far exceeds yours. You all need to work harder."

"I'll come back to accompany you after the challenge."

Soon, they thought of something, and someone turned to look at Old Wang.

"Challenge the True Venerable Tower? How is that possible? Don't joke."

Old Wang smiled and said calmly, but these words were no different from a thunderclap on a clear day, making the crowd who were still somewhat suspicious feel their brains buzzing.

Old Wang still had a smile on his face. When he arrived here, besides explaining Li Hao's situation, he also expected that such a monster would inevitably make these little guys suspicious and jealous. He smiled and said, "I said before that I wouldn't give you any hints and could only rely on your own comprehension. Haotian is the same. Although I am very fond of him, we only discuss chess and Immortal Herb cultivation, and have never chatted about Immortal Methods. I have never used chess to make any relevant hints, which is meaningless."

"You can cultivate to the Sage level, and you are all dragons among men, peerless monsters. But in front of the Immortal Dao, humans are still humans. In front of the Immortal Dao, everyone is equal. It's just a pity that there are always some monsters in this world that are rare in the Myriad Realms, who can easily cross even the Immortal Dao, born with that Immortal Dao wisdom!"

Mastering it in three years of contemplation, although not as dreamy as the personal disciples mentioned by Old Wang, is quite exaggerated.

Not passing the first test and rashly entering the True Venerable Tower, Old Wang would definitely punish him severely.

In the distance, several Sages saw Li Hao really walk into the True Venerable Tower and were all stunned, with looks of astonishment appearing in their eyes.

His voice was very low, and while speaking, he seemed to be recalling something.

"What is he doing?"

What he said was meaningless, meaning if he really wanted to help, he didn't need to hint; he could just state it directly, and no one would dare to say anything.

Li Hao said, then got up and flew toward the True Venerable Tower in the distance.

Old Wang said, looking at Li Hao with a trace of emotion in his eyes.

With Old Wang's realm and strength, there was no need to explain anything to them, and the other party didn't need to lie, or rather, they weren't enough to force the other party to lie.

This seemed to give them a glimpse of the terrifying competition and vastness of the True Realm.

"There is."

Old Wang whispered, "These Immortal Methods, they might only need half a month to master. Some more exaggerated ones might be able to understand them just by looking at them a few times..."

A peerless, graceful figure appeared in his mind, with an immortal appearance and jade face, devastatingly beautiful, but in that Emperor-Falling battle, she went on an expedition with the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor and never came back.

That was Lord Immortal Emperor's personal disciple, whose monstrous degree cut off the Myriad Realms!

Old Wang came back to his senses, a strange look appearing on his face, and said, "How did you contemplate this? You couldn't have received the inheritance of this method elsewhere. Could it be that while accompanying this old man in chess every day, you were distracted and secretly contemplating the Yama Immortal Method?"

When Li Hao stepped into the tower, darkness surrounded him, and immediately after, he seemed to be transported to a vast place.

Hearing Old Wang's words, the crowd remained silent, but their hearts felt a little better.

A Sage couldn't help but remind him.

Old Wang said up to this point, and couldn't help but feel some emotion, saying, "Passing the first test in three years, even in the True Realm, belongs to the top-tier monsters. Just this cultivation speed, without other Immortal Dao family inheritances and foundation, is enough to qualify as Lord Immortal Emperor's official disciple!"

The Sages came back to their senses, but looked at the person who had just exclaimed somewhat speechlessly, feeling that the other party was making a fuss. Challenging the True Venerable Tower after only coming for three years? How is that possible? Three hundred years would be an exaggeration.

Already passed the first test?

In just three years, the youth in front of the thatched cottage who always wanted to take shortcuts actually passed the first test?

And this kid actually won against him in chess, bizarre! "Then I'll try."

"Then what about Lord Immortal Emperor's personal disciple? How terrifying must they be?"

"Old Wang, he..."

Sage Mu asked suddenly.

Listening to Old Wang's whispers, the crowd on the prayer mats had their eyes wide open.

Tens of thousands of years of hard cultivation only equaled three years of someone else's. The speed of being caught up was too exaggerated!

Li Hao felt a jolt in his heart. Old Wang was right; the projection's desire to attack was indeed strong, almost reaching its strongest state in just a few blinks of an eye.

Even in the sparring between Lord Immortal Emperor's disciples, they showed great sharpness and were future quasi-Emperor-level existences.

Li Hao grinned and said, "Otherwise, how could I keep losing to Senior?"

Is my swordsmanship this strong?!

He looked up. From a distance, it looked like a small tower, but up close, the tower layers were towering, the levels were rugged, and it had a solemn and respectful feeling, emanating heavy Dao pressure.

In front of the thatched cottage, Li Hao asked Old Wang.

Li Hao said.

Those geniuses among them who entered there might only be considered excellent.

In the True Venerable Tower.

That was a period of rugged years. He once had the honor of accompanying Lord Immortal Emperor's personal disciple in cultivation, like an old servant, watching from the side.

Following this ear-piercing exclamation, several others nearby also opened their eyes, looked suspiciously, and then saw Li Hao flying toward the True Venerable Tower, unable to help but be stunned.

"He has already passed the first test and can challenge the True Venerable Tower."

"Physical body also enhanced by two times?"

As he approached, the tower gate seemed to sense it and slowly rose, dark inside.

Sensing the terrifying power, Li Hao didn't choose to add points for the first time. Anyway, there are many opportunities to challenge the True Venerable Tower, and he wanted to try his own ability first.

Sage Ming's eyes flickered, and he said, "Old Wang, you mean, in the True Realm, there really is someone who can contemplate this Yama Immortal Method in three years?"

They were only competing for a registered disciple, and now a guy with aptitude comparable to a personal disciple has mixed in and is competing with them? They all felt a strong sense of crisis.

"In that case, that Haotian, does his aptitude have hope of becoming Lord Immortal Emperor's official disciple?"

The Sage who first noticed Li Hao's aura, upon seeing Li Hao flying toward the True Venerable Tower, couldn't help but be stunned, then suddenly opened his eyes wide, stood up, and said, "He wants to challenge the True Venerable Tower?."

Even the Immortal Dao laws taught by the Immortal Emperor could be understood after contemplating for a few years. Cultivation for the other party was as simple as eating and drinking.

Unavoidable, only waiting, and even having a feeling in his heart of being attracted by that sword intent, willing to welcome it.

But this consciousness interference was instantly cut off by Li Hao. He erupted abruptly, silver hair flying, and under extreme Immortalization, heaven and earth power was transported, and he also slashed out with a sword.

Boom! Two sword lights whistled and collided in heaven and earth, the void trembled, and immediately after, Li Hao's sword light was submerged within it.

Just as it was submerged, Li Hao instantly slashed out three more swords. This was a sword technique he had once mastered, the Overlapping Wave Sword, only he used this overlapping sword technique on the Immortal-grade Immortal Pointing the Way sword technique.

(End of chapter)