Chapter 93

The True Dragon decision will be held in two months.

Li Tiangang passed this news to He Jianlan and also notified the whole mansion.

For a time, there was an uproar in every courtyard.

However, they had expected this matter long ago. From the moment Li Wushuang returned from the mountain, they knew it was for the True Dragon.

It's just that the candidates who could compete for the True Dragon this time were mainly the Water Flower Courtyard, but now Li Hao from the Mountain and River Courtyard had suddenly emerged.

"Hmph, Liu Yuerong must be furious."

In the Linglong Courtyard, Xiao Yujing sneered.

She had no children of her own, only an adopted son, Li Yuanzhao. With Li Yuanzhao's talent, although he was an Eighth-Rank Battle Body, he was still a bit lacking. A Ninth-Rank Battle Body was only the baseline for top geniuses.

Naturally, it was difficult to compete for the True Dragon.

But this time Li Hao showed his edge, shocking the world in one day, and Li Yuanzhao had the best relationship with Li Hao, so he could benefit instead.

However, she didn't care much about these things.

Inside the Water Flower Courtyard.

Although Liu Yuerong had expected it, she still gritted her teeth.

She asked the old woman to prepare a letter. Now that things had come to this, she could only seek help from Qianfeng's master.

Perhaps that Buddha Lord who was comparable to the True Person of the Thousand Islands Palace would have a way.

Although her child was also at the Fifteen-Li Realm, after all, he was three years older.

Mount Wuliang.

The territory of the Brahma Pure Land, in the Boundless Spirit Realm.

The rules of Mount Wuliang are strict, and food, clothing, housing, and transportation are all determined by the Buddha rank system. For example, a Vajra can move into the Vajra Heart Hall, realize the heart of a Grandmaster inside, and cultivate into an Luo Han, while an Luo Han can live in the Buddha Hall and enjoy offerings.

As for the Spirit Realm, it is supreme and is the place where the Wuliang Buddha Lord cultivates and lives.

This place is vast with spiritual smoke, like a fairyland outside the world.

"Amitabha, Buddha Lord, the news has been passed to Qiankun Vajra, and he is rushing back. In addition, another letter from the Divine General Mansion has just been received, sent by Liu, the mother of Qiankun Vajra."

A Bodhisattva whispered a Buddha name, took out the letter in his hand, and handed it to the Buddha Lord above through the air.

The Boundless Buddha Lord wore a monk's robe, his whole body was filled with Buddha light, and the blazing Buddha wheel behind his back shone, exuding the light of saving all living beings.

His body was huge, more than ten feet high. This was due to special cultivation secret methods and possessed incredible power.

But the Bodhisattva who reached the Four Standing Realms was only in the appearance of a normal person, like an ant beside him, and could only look up.

The letter flew over, but the Wuliang Buddha Lord did not take it. It just stayed in front of him for a moment before it automatically turned into ashes and dissipated, being insightfully read by him.

"We have already known the news. Liu is too impatient."

The Boundless Buddha Lord said softly: "Let her not be impatient. Talent is not determined solely by realm, but also by the foundation of each realm. Qiankun Vajra cultivates the top techniques of our Buddha Sect, plus the unique skills of his Li Clan, and is enough to rank in the top five among peers."

"When he returns, I will pass him a Buddha wish, which can ensure he is invincible among peers."

The Bodhisattva breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thank you, Buddha Lord."

The Wuliang Buddha Lord said softly: "In the past hundred years, disputes have occurred frequently, and the luck of Emperor Da Yu has been exhausted. This time, intervening in the True Dragon dispute of the Divine General Mansion is also a helpless choice. When the troubled times are coming, it is time for us to descend the mountain and save all living beings."

"Amitabha."

The Bodhisattva's expression was pious.

As the news of the Li Clan's True Dragon being about to be finalized spread, all parties received the news and acted quietly for this matter.

"The True Dragon decision mainly looks at two aspects."

In the Shanhe Courtyard, Li Tiangang called Li Hao to his front and looked at this son. His mood was both relieved and a bit worried:

"The first is to look at talent, and the second is to look at character."

"Besides these, there are merits, connections, etc., but these are secondary and belong to the icing on the cake."

Li Hao nodded. Fifth Uncle had told him these things.

The Divine General Mansion is a top big family, not just looking at strength.

Talent is certainly important, but talent alone is not enough. If the character is extremely poor, one cannot go far.

For example, impatience, arrogance, paranoia, etc. If this kind of character is matched with top talent, entrusting the family to the other party is no different from letting a madman hold the steering wheel, which will only lead to faster destruction.

Stability, introversion, being slick and smooth, and being unperturbed by favor or humiliation are the best characters.

Simply put, not only must one have outstanding talent, but one's ideology and morality must also be in place. This is the demeanor that a successor of a big family should have.

As for connections and merits, they are just bonus items.

Connections are also a side reaction of character. After all, if there is no slick and smooth character in dealing with things, how can we talk about connections?

Opening one's mouth to offend people, no matter how strong such a person is, if they become the head of the family in the future, they will only make the whole family enemies everywhere.

Although the selection of the Li Clan's True Dragon is not as strict as the imperial crown prince, it is also carefully selected. Unlike small families, where a concubine-born child might get some opportunities and rise in one day, suppressing the whole hall, and shocking the uncles and aunts to kneel and worship.

But this kind of person often rises to the sky in the end, leaving the family behind, just being a hands-off shopkeeper.

And the reason why top families stand tall is because the head of the family must support the whole family and lead the family forward together. This is the reason for testing character.

Li Tiangang looked at Li Hao and said: "I am not worried about your talent, but I have neglected your discipline over the years, so that your character is idle. If you can work harder, your achievements will be far more than this."

Speaking of this, he paused and looked at Li Hao.

He had said this before, and now it can be considered repeating the old words.

And Li Hao's answer to him before was, so what? Looking at Li Hao's expressionless appearance at this moment, he sighed: "I know that your mother and I have not accompanied you, which is our dereliction of duty, but the hundreds of millions of people in Yanbei need us. If I abandon Yanbei, not to mention what will happen to Emperor Da Yu, just the people of Yan Province will be plunged into misery."

"As a descendant of a military family, you should understand this."

"I understand!"

Li Hao spoke. He looked at his father in front of him seriously: "Regarding this point, I have never blamed you, never!"

"I can testify to this."

Li Fu, who was listening with his hands down in the pavilion, interjected. He looked at Li Hao, but his eyes carried pity and intolerance, and he said to Li Tiangang: "Marquis, Young Master encountered an assassination, you asked me to return to the mansion to protect him. I once asked Young Master, but Young Master not only did not blame you, but was worried about whether you would be in danger in Yanbei."

"He... really never blamed you."

Hearing Li Fu's words, Yu Xuan, who was standing on the other side like a guard, was also stunned.

He looked at the youth with serious and stubborn eyes, and suddenly had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He was an orphan, and he could understand that feeling.

He was abandoned at birth and grew up in the military camp. When he was four or five years old, every time he saw other children accompanied by their parents, playing and making trouble, he felt bad in his heart.

Envy, resentment, anger.

He had asked the dark air countless times in the dark night, why are you so cruel to abandon me? If you don't raise me, why give birth to me?

This anger did not fade until he grew up, because he thought that the parents he had never met might have had some unspeakable difficulties.

And the youth in front of him was separated from the Marshal and his wife at birth, and at this age, he thought he would be like himself, full of resentment, but he could understand? How old is he?

Looking at the youth's thin body, Yu Xuan felt as if something was about to flow out of his heart.

He suddenly realized that this was the first time he understood this Young Master.

Hearing Li Fu's words, Li Tiangang was stunned.

He looked at Li Hao's particularly serious eyes and knew that Li Hao was not lying. With Li Fu's testimony, he suddenly felt a sour nose.

But he never shed tears easily. He took a deep breath and suppressed the sourness in his nose. Soon he thought of Li Hao's previous attitude and asked: "Then have you ever had resentment in your heart?"

"Yes."

Li Hao still answered seriously, without hiding it.

The three of them were stunned. Just now they felt that Li Hao was not lying, but these words were immediately contradictory.

Li Hao took a deep breath and stared at him.

"My resentment is not that you didn't come back, but that you sent back military reports many times. I counted, a total of twenty-four, nearly two per year!"

"However, in these fourteen years, you only sent back seven family letters!"

Li Hao was not a youth after all. If he were just a simple fourteen-year-old youth, he might have kept these thoughts in his heart and made a little temper.

But he chose to speak directly. Perhaps only in this way could there be a possibility of easing the relationship with this father: "Every time I saw the military report sent to the Changchun Courtyard, I would go to see it. I was waiting, thinking there would be a family letter sent back together, but I was disappointed seventeen times!"

"These seventeen times, Eldest Aunt fabricated seventeen family letters to comfort me. She thought I didn't know, but actually I knew as soon as I heard it."

"I don't need you to travel thousands of miles to come back and take a hurried look at me, but I don't understand, I can't understand, why you could send back military reports, but you couldn't send back a family letter along the way."

"Are you not curious at all about how your own son lives, whether he has learned to brush his teeth, whether he has been bullied, whether he has been wronged, whether he has been unhappy?"

Li Hao said this, and the accumulated resentment in his eyes could not help but be revealed.

His body was after all carrying the blood of the man in front of him, and he regarded him as a father.

Fourteen years of not seeing each other might not be able to talk about how deep the feelings are, but he would always feel disappointed and lost.

Hearing Li Hao finish sentence by sentence, the three of them were stunned.

Li Fu looked at Li Hao blankly, his body trembling slightly.

He had been accompanying Li Hao all these years, and how could he not see the Eldest Lady's eyes and complexion? Naturally, he knew that it was temporarily fabricated.

But, he didn't expect that Li Hao, who was so young, had actually seen it.

But every time Li Hao finished listening, he ran back happily.

So, was he pretending? Was he not wanting to live up to the Eldest Lady's intentions?

Li Fu gritted his teeth slightly. This man who galloped on the battlefield and only shed blood but not tears, at this moment, wanted to cry a little.

Li Tiangang and Yu Xuan looked at Li Hao blankly, their eyes soon became complicated. Li Tiangang was speechless. Facing Li Hao's words, he suddenly found that he couldn't find any excuse for a while.

He wanted to say that the war at the border was urgent and continuous, leaving him no time to be distracted.

But, is this a reason? He couldn't say it anymore.

No matter how urgent, is there no time to write a family letter? Can you send a military report, but not a family letter?

He could only think of one reason, that is, he really ignored this son.

When did this start?

He couldn't remember clearly. Maybe it was after he learned that Li Hao could not build a foundation and dissolve blood, he gradually transferred all his thoughts to the battlefield.

Or maybe, it was really the frequent wars that made him exhausted and unable to take care of it.

Even, in his heart, he thought of another reason, that is, he had too little contact with this son. He left after Li Hao was born, so he was not used to having such a son.

But... can this thought be said? As a father, can it be said? The most terrible thing is that he didn't have a deep impression of these seven family letters. It seemed that his wife reminded him several times before he thought of...

At this moment, Li Tiangang's face was a bit pale and ugly. He discovered for the first time that he, who was invincible on the battlefield, was so failed as a father.

"Hao'er......"

Li Tiangang looked at the youth in front of him. The other party's eyes were clear but serious.

He didn't dare to look directly, felt sour in his heart, took Li Hao into his arms, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "I'm sorry for you!"

Hearing the whisper of this father in his ear, Li Hao's heart, which had no fluctuation, softened slightly.

He sighed secretly, is an apology useful?

Some things cannot be made up for.

However, he silently advised himself in his heart, forget it.

Many things always have a process.

He was willing to accept the other party's apology, but he would always feel a bit of regret. Perhaps, this is life?

Li Fu and Yu Xuan saw this scene and were silent. In their hearts, they felt pity for Li Hao's well-behaved and sensible nature, and also regretted the disputes outside the border. Except for the countless dead and wounded soldiers, it also hurt a child thousands of miles away.

For a long time.

Li Tiangang slowly calmed down his mood, packed up his emotions, took a deep breath, and said to Li Hao:

"I will definitely compensate you for the fourteen years I missed!"

"From now on, whatever you want, I will satisfy you!"

Li Hao felt a sense of relief, and then said: "Then I hope to be freer."

(End of chapter)