Chapter 764: Asking Dao Mountain

"It's you?"

On the way to collect Ancient Demon corpses, Li Hao encountered disciples of the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan.

Lin Mingrong's clothes were tattered, and she looked like she had been injured. Although they had healed, her disheveled hair indicated she had suffered a bitter battle.

Encountering Li Hao in mid-air, she was somewhat stunned, and joy burst forth from the bottom of her eyes.

Li Hao's performance in the Ancient Immortal Realm made her deeply feel the gap between herself and this youth. Her master had also privately told her that the latter would definitely have an astonishing performance in the Southern Region Battle and had hopes of impacting the top ten.

Now that she had met Li Hao, it could be considered finding a backbone.

"You're injured?"

Li Hao had some impression of this woman. When he was led to the Great Da Da Meng Zhu's palace, he was misunderstood by her, but later there was no intersection.

"It's fine."

Lin Mingrong shook her head, but her gaze quickly swept over Gu Xingwan and Lin Qingying beside Li Hao. A trace of disappointment appeared in her eyes, but it vanished in an instant. She said to Li Hao: "Can I follow by your side? I already have Dao Fire and am worried about being snatched by others."

As she spoke, she took out the Dao Fire in her hand, fearing Li Hao would misunderstand.

Li Hao was already used to bringing Gu Xingwan, this drag, along, so he said: "It's fine, follow along."

Previously, the Great Da Da Meng Zhu had also looked after him, saying that if he encountered disciples of the same sect inside, he should help if he could, but the premise was still to prioritize his own convenience.

Lin Mingrong breathed a sigh of relief, immediately put away the Dao Fire, and followed by Li Hao's side.

Li Hao flew rapidly. Not long after, he encountered Seeing Gu Yan and Yue Xi one after another.

The two also looked somewhat disheveled, clearly having experienced bitter battles, but Li Hao discovered that Seeing Gu Yan's aura was even more intense than before, and his whole body had a sharp feeling, as if he had made progress in Sword Dao.

Learning that they had all hunted Dao Fire, Li Hao did not mention sending Dao Fire.

Subsequently, he took them to continue to other Ancient Demon gathering places to collect Ancient Demon corpses.

Several people curiously asked about Li Hao's strange actions, but Li Hao brushed them off casually.

As time passed, the Ancient Demon corpses collected along the way increased, and they encountered more Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan disciples one after another.

Among them, some had not hunted Dao Fire, so Li Hao took out the hundreds of Dao Fire clusters he had collected and sent them to them casually.

For Li Hao's generosity, these disciples were inevitably surprised and grateful. This was handing over the qualification to enter the second round.

Hunting Dao Fire was not simple. It was just easy for someone with Li Hao's combat strength, but for others, it was a life-and-death struggle.

After one Ancient Demon gathering place after another was wiped out, the trial within the True Immortal Secret Realm also neared its end.

Most of the people wandering in the secret realm were in groups of three or five, traveling together. Only a few were still acting alone.

"Those red clouds seem to be unfindable."

"It seems they have all been wiped out."

"I heard on the way here that someone wiped out an Ancient Demon gathering place alone; it was very terrifying."

Li Hao took Lin Qingying, Seeing Gu Yan, and other Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan disciples to continue searching for traces of Ancient Demons, but the red clouds that could be seen from far away earlier had now disappeared without a trace, and they could only search for lone Ancient Demons.

"The trial should be ending soon."

Lin Mingrong looked at the time and said in a low voice.

Yue Xi frowned: "Why haven't we seen Senior Sister Qingwu? Could she have met with some accident?"

Hearing this, a trace of worry also appeared in Seeing Gu Yan's calm eyes.

Li Hao looked at the two of them and calculated in his heart. With Murong Qingwu's combat strength, hunting Dao Fire was very hopeful, unless an accident occurred.

"Why are you here?"

Suddenly, a group of figures flew over ahead, all wearing silver-white sword robes, looking majestic.

One of them saw Li Hao, his expression changed slightly, then he saw Lin Qingying beside Li Hao and couldn't help but frown and ask.

Wanshan Sword Tower, as the number one Sword Sect of Yan Chu, almost all sword disciples within the entire Qin Xianchao rushed to Wanshan Sword Tower. But in the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan, there was also the Sword Abyss, and for many years, they had not given up on the idea of competing for the position of the number one sect, which was known to all. Therefore, the relationship between Wanshan Sword Tower and the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan was not harmonious.

"Senior Brother Baiying."

Lin Qingying saw the other party, nodded, and greeted him, which counted as a greeting.

"They are disciples of the Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan, come over quickly."

That young man's expression was somewhat unpleasant and he said to Lin Qingying.

Lin Qingying shook her head and said: "I have already obtained the Dao Fire, just wait for the trial to end. Everyone, Senior Brothers, take care of yourselves."

"You!"

Zhao Baiying's expression changed: "Do you intend to betray the sect?"

Lin Qingying frowned and said: "I am just traveling together, we haven't talked about sect matters, and I will not betray the sect."

"Then come back. Could it be that they are threatening you?"

Zhao Baiying's gaze swept toward Li Hao and the others, revealing vigilance.

Lin Qingying shook her head and said: "I have friends here, I will be fine."

"Friends, who?"

Zhao Baiying's gaze swept toward Li Hao and the others, noticing Lin Qingying standing beside Li Hao. His expression changed, and he said in a low voice: "Are you not worried that Senior Brother will blame you?"

Hearing him mention Tian Hongyi, Lin Qingying's calm expression suddenly turned cold and she said:

"Why should he blame me?"

"Senior Brother has peerless talent, and his liking for you is known to all. You..."

Zhao Baiying couldn't help but say.

Lin Qingying's expression changed drastically and she said angrily: "Who he likes is his own business. I told him long ago that my heart belongs to someone else, and told him not to pester me."

"You..."

Zhao Baiying was furious and said: "How many saintesses of sects want to receive Senior Brother's favor but cannot? Before entering the secret realm, Senior Brother even told me to take care of you if I encountered you. You actually don't appreciate it at all?!"

"I told him clearly long ago that even if the Empress took a fancy to him, it would have nothing to do with me, Lin Qingying."

Lin Qingying said with a cold face. As she spoke, her gaze swept over Li Hao, as if worried Li Hao would misunderstand.

"You take yourself too seriously. If it weren't for Senior Brother's sake, I..."

Zhao Baiying said with an angry laugh.

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Hao: "For the sake of us both being in the Yan Chu Qin Xianchao, I am too lazy to make things difficult for you, but if you are too self-righteous, I don't mind packing you up and sending you out."

He said it plainly, but it made Zhao Baiying's expression change drastically.

"You."

Zhao Baiying stared at Li Hao, clenching his fists.

The other Wanshan Sword Tower disciples behind him also changed expressions, looking at Li Hao with extreme shock and anger.

These words were too presumptuous; he didn't put them in his eyes at all.

But thinking of the youth's performance in the Ancient Immortal Realm, stepping on the royal family's Chu Tianzheng under his feet at the True Immortal realm—although he didn't know if Li Hao had borrowed external immortal treasures for that battle—it still left a deep impression in their hearts.

"Consider yourself ruthless. I hope you can walk to the end; Senior Brother will educate you!"

Zhao Baiying suppressed his anger and said to Li Hao through gritted teeth.

Then he prepared to wave his hand to call for a retreat.

But a cold intent appeared in Li Hao's eyes. Throwing harsh words and wanting to leave?

"Too much talk, then stay!"

He lifted his hand, a sword aura condensed at his fingertips, then suddenly shot out.

That sword aura contained the power of time and space, arriving in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, it hit Zhao Baiying's body, splitting it apart!

This sword struck in the past, fired before he could react. The damage caused in the past presented itself in the present, as if it were the power of causal destiny.

Bang!

Zhao Baiying's body exploded. His primordial spirit rushed out from within, his face full of horror, but before he could even shout, his primordial spirit suddenly trembled, then split, turning into golden fragments of light, shattering and dissipating in mid-air.

The other Wanshan Sword Tower disciples saw this scene and were stunned, then terrified.

Senior Brother Zhao Baiying, who was one of the best among them, was killed in the blink of an eye, and even his primordial spirit was slashed to pieces. This was too terrifying!

One had to know that Zhao Baiying's primordial spirit had broken the extreme realm, condensed the Primordial Spirit Golden Pulse, and nurtured two Primordial Spirit Golden Bones!

With such strength, he was actually slashed to death by a sword aura Li Hao condensed casually. This was too terrifying!

"Run!"

The others reacted extremely quickly, as if encountering Ancient Demons, fleeing in panic, fearing Li Hao would kill them all.

But Li Hao was not a bloodthirsty person and did not pursue them. After the other party's corpse shattered and fell, the cold intent on his face also dissipated.

"Let's go."

Li Hao waved his hand, as if nothing had happened, and said lightly.

Behind him, the many Great Da Da Meng Jiuyuan disciples all had changed expressions. Although after meeting Li Hao, they had seen Li Hao's decisiveness in killing Ancient Demons, Zhao Baiying was very famous in Wanshan Sword Tower and was by no means comparable to Ancient Demons. The other party also had the ability to hunt dozens of Ancient Demons, yet was easily killed by Li Hao.

Seeing Gu Yan's eyes solidified slightly, looking at Li Hao's back, somewhat dazed.

The sword light Li Hao just condensed was extremely exquisite, giving him a feeling of amazement.

In the field of Sword Dao where he was most proud, the other party actually far exceeded him.

Time and space were contained within the sword. It was a pity he had not comprehended the Time Origin.

"Such a fast sword, a sword that can cut through time..."

Seeing Gu Yan muttered to himself in a low voice, a hint of complexity appearing in his eyes.

He thought he was slowly approaching the other party, but he didn't expect to be thrown even further away.

"I killed him. Does it affect you?"

Li Hao suddenly turned his head and looked at Lin Qingying.

Lin Qingying was stunned, then shook her head and said: "It's fine, it wasn't me who took action anyway."

Li Hao nodded. He knew that this was reflected outside the secret realm, and the sect elders of Wanshan Sword Tower outside should have witnessed the whole process.

"After this Southern Region Battle ends, come back."

Li Hao said to Lin Qingying.

When he first came to the True World, he was unfamiliar with the place, so letting her apprentice at Wanshan Sword Tower could be considered a good place to go.

Old Man Feng and their sages were also like this, scattered in various places.

But now, after this Southern Region Battle ended, Li Hao believed he had the ability to protect them and did not need to scatter them anymore.

"Good."

Lin Qingying did not hesitate at all, nodded in agreement, a hint of joyful smile appearing in her eyes.

But soon, thinking of something, a sigh appeared in her eyes and she said: "However, before leaving, I must bid farewell to my master. He has taken good care of me, and Wanshan Sword Tower has also been kind to me. I must find a way to repay this kindness."

"Hm."

Li Hao nodded and did not stop her. Kindness must be repaid; this is common sense.

Although he had just killed the sword sect's genius, the two did not conflict.

At least in his view, one thing is one thing.

Unless the other party couldn't distinguish.

Gu Xingwan looked at Lin Qingying and asked Li Hao: "Have you known each other for a long time?"

"Hm."

Li Hao nodded.

Lin Qingying heard Li Hao's response, a smile appearing on her lips.

Gu Xingwan's eyes revealed complexity, somewhat disappointed.

As everyone continued to search, time passed, and a majestic, thunderous sound suddenly rang out in the sky:

"The secret realm trial is about to end. There is one last hour left."

This last hour was a reminder for those who had not yet hunted Dao Fire.

Soon, among the disciples wandering in various places, some who had not obtained Dao Fire became somewhat anxious, searching everywhere for Ancient Demons.

But Ancient Demons in various gathering places had mostly been wiped out, with only a very few surviving.

Moreover, some people, like Li Hao, had collected quite a bit of Dao Fire, which meant more people were destined to be unable to advance.

The last hour passed quickly. Li Hao and the others only felt the surrounding heaven and earth suddenly become quiet. Immediately following, their bodies were wrapped by a force. When the scenery before their eyes suddenly changed, and they saw clearly again, they were already standing outside the True Immortal Secret Realm.

"Out, out?"

"I haven't hunted Dao Fire yet. Am, am I eliminated?"

"Just a little bit, I was just a little bit away from killing that Ancient Demon!"

"Ah ah ah, why did it turn out like this!"

Noisy sounds came from various places.

Li Hao turned his head to look and saw Lin Qingying and the others were all by his side, standing not far from the ancient mirror that measured soul life earlier.

He swept his gaze and saw the Great Da Da Meng Zhu and others still standing on the mountaintop, only then breathing a sigh of relief.

At this time, in another void, dozens of figures appeared out of thin air, all emanating powerful auras.

Those were the Immortal Monarch realm group.

Li Hao saw that one of Chu Tianzheng's sleeves was broken, as if he had experienced a great battle, and couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

"The first trial is over. Now, those who have Dao Fire in their hands, please take out your Dao Fire."

Ahead, the Immortal Guard Commander said loudly.

The disciples looked at each other. Those who had no Dao Fire in their hands looked around, their eyes full of unwillingness.

Li Hao and Lin Qingying and the others took out the Dao Fire.

At this time, a burst of exclamations came from the crowd.

They saw several figures taking out a large amount of Dao Fire, gathering it above their heads.

Li Hao saw that among them was that somewhat flamboyant Ancient God Clan youth.

"So much Dao Fire!"

"I said why I couldn't find any, couldn't hunt any. It turns out they took it!"

"Bastard, clearly one portion of Dao Fire is enough to pass, why take so much?!"

Many people who had no Dao Fire were complaining, looking angrily at the Ancient God Clan youth and others.

Besides them, there were others who had three or five, or a dozen Dao Fire clusters in their hands, but compared to the hundreds of Dao Fire clusters of Shen Wuji and others, they were inconspicuous.

The wailing here made the people in the Immortal Monarch realm group look over, but soon their eyes became indifferent, revealing a bit of cold disdain for those wailing people, and they withdrew their gaze.

"Those holding Dao Fire, congratulations, you have passed the first trial!"

The Immortal Guard Commander did not pay attention to those wailing and resentful sounds and said loudly.

Many people holding Dao Fire revealed joy in their eyes.

More people, however, had calm expressions, their eyes revealing anticipation—anticipation for the later battles.

"Those without Dao Fire, please return to where your sect is located. For those who fell in the secret realm, the Supreme will give them a chance to reincarnate through their soul hearts."

The Immortal Guard Commander looked around, finally swept his eyes over Li Hao and others holding Dao Fire, and said: "Those who passed the first trial, prepare for the second trial. As top geniuses, besides combat strength, you also need to possess an extraordinary Dao Heart!"