The Name of Eternity

Time passed quietly in the courtyard.

Since Li Hao and Bian Ruxue returned home on the day of the temple fair, they never went out again, and they were quietly waiting for the arrival of that day.

On weekdays, Bian Ruxue practiced sword in the courtyard, only practicing sword intent, but not sword moves.

Otherwise, the power of the sword moves would be too fierce and would cut off the last trace of autumn color in the courtyard.

After the sword dance, the girl looked back at the pavilion.

But the pavilion was empty, and the boy's figure was no longer seen.

In the girl's eyes as clear as the first snow, she couldn't help but have a little more sadness and depression, but after just a moment, she would restrain herself and continue to devote herself to the practice of sword intent.

In the Li family ancestral hall, Li Hao's figure would appear from time to time. He would find Wu Ye to play chess, or run to Tingyu Tower, open a book casually inside, and sit there for a whole day.

The two-month deadline was getting closer and closer, only the last ten days.

One day, Li Hao was in an empty space by the pond in the courtyard. He took out the drawing board that had not been touched in the room for half a month and prepared to draw the last fallen leaf in late autumn.

A figure ran into the courtyard. It was Li Yuanzhao.

He found Li Hao and said breathlessly: "Brother Hao, Qianqian is looking for you."

"Qianqian?"

"It's Ren Qianqian, the one we went to Cangyu City with before." Li Yuanzhao said hurriedly.

Li Hao recalled and said: "What do you want to see me for?"

"She said her father agreed, and she wants to learn swordsmanship from you." Li Yuanzhao said immediately.

Li Hao was slightly surprised when he remembered this.

"Brother Hao, do you agree? If you agree, I will ask her to come over." Li Yuanzhao asked. He was just running errands.

Li Hao thought about it and said: "Okay."

Since he was so determined, he couldn't refuse again.

"Okay."

Li Yuanzhao smiled and said: "She is outside the mansion. I will bring her over now."

Li Hao nodded.

After he finished grinding ink and painting, Li Yuanzhao led the slender and beautiful Ren Qianqian to come over.

The girl held a sword in her arms, and her head did not look around. She just turned her eyes slightly to look around, looking at the God General Mansion that countless people envied and yearned for.

Even though she was the daughter of a master and had seen a lot, Ren Qianqian couldn't help showing a bit of nervousness on her cheeks when she came here.

It was not a short distance from the gate of the God General Mansion to the Mountain and River Courtyard. Every distance along the way, there were guards with a murderous aura all over their bodies, and guards patrolled from time to time.

It was called a mansion, but in fact it was no different from a smaller palace.

Along the way, Ren Qianqian had seen several figures with a similar aura to her father, and even more profound and restrained than her father.

However, they did not have that kind of elegance beyond the world, but more restrained murderous aura like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!

This made her secretly shocked. These people who had passed the Heavenly Gate and could be called masters seemed to be just guards in the God General's Mansion.

"Brother Hao, Qianqian is here." Li Yuanzhao called out with a smile.

Only Li Hao was sitting alone by the pool.

Ren Qianqian looked at this genius boy who had been famous in recent days, and a light appeared in her eyes.

After the battle in Cangyu City, she expected that the other party's name would sweep the entire Qingzhou City, but she didn't expect that it would be so publicized when it really happened.

At this moment, she looked at Li Hao wearing a white shirt, with a luxurious temperament, holding a pen, and just stopped sketching.

Ren Qianqian was a little surprised and surprised. She thought that a genius like Li Hao should be practicing hard all the time.

Unexpectedly, he was so leisurely at this moment.

"I've thought it through."

Ren Qianqian regained her composure slightly, straightened her body a little, and said: "I want to learn sword from you, learn the strongest swordsmanship of your Li family, and I am willing to obey you in this life!"

The corners of Li Hao's mouth twitched slightly, and he was another child who was willing to give up everything for the sword.

He sighed softly in his heart and put the pen on the inkstone next to him.

Then he turned around from the chair, facing the girl, and asked seriously:

"Have you really thought it through?"

"I've thought it through!" Ren Qianqian's eyes were solemn and dignified.

"Does your father agree?"

"He has agreed."

"Really?"

Ren Qianqian nodded and hugged the sword in her hand tightly: "I want to surpass the master and achieve immortality with my sword!"

Li Hao smiled faintly and said: "What about immortality? The master is not extraordinary, and immortality is not immortal."

"Once today is over, you will be a member of my Li family, and you will never be able to get away from it, even if you abolish your martial arts, because as long as you remember, I will not let you leave."

"Unless you die!"

At this point, his eyes suddenly stared at the girl like a sharp blade: "Can you really do it?"

Ren Qianqian's heart trembled slightly. Facing Li Hao's staring eyes, she subconsciously wanted to retreat because the oppression was too strong and she couldn't bear it.

But when her heels were slightly raised, her body stopped. She thought that if she couldn't even bear the look of a boy of the same age in front of her, how could she talk about practicing swordsmanship and achieving immortality with swords? !

She took a deep breath, and at the same time held the sword in her hand tighter, gritting her teeth and said: "Yes, I can do it!"

Li Hao looked at her deeply, then retracted his gaze and said calmly: "Okay, from today on, you are my sword servant, holding the sword for me."

Ren Qianqian was slightly shocked, and immediately nodded: "Thank you!"

"No need to thank me, we all have our own contributions."

Li Hao said, "I will take you to see Zhao Bo later. You can sign the household contract with him and get familiar with the environment and rules of the God General's Mansion."

"Yes."

Ren Qianqian nodded and asked, "When can I learn sword?"

Li Hao glanced at her and said, "I will teach you a sword first. You can slowly taste and understand it. If you don't understand, ask again."

"Okay."

Ren Qianqian showed joy on her face. Then she saw that Li Hao had no sword at hand, so she quickly handed over her sword:

"You can use my sword."

"No need."

Li Hao turned around and picked up the pen on the inkstone next to him.

Then he casually threw out a sword.

The sword energy swept across the pool water, and the pool water automatically separated, and the sword mark was like a broken waterfall.

After a few breaths, the separation gradually healed, and the sword energy swept across the end of the pool without causing any movement, and failed to hurt any grass or trees.

Li Yuanzhao and Ren Qianqian were stunned and stood there.

They could also chop out sword energy, but it was unthinkable for them to do it as easily as Li Hao.

Especially the sword energy disappeared without a trace, this effortless control was simply jaw-dropping!

"Brother Hao..."

Li Yuanzhao came back to his senses and said quickly: "Brother Hao, I want to learn it too!"

"Tingyu Tower's sword manual, look it up yourself."

Li Hao rolled his eyes at him: "Come and ask me when you don't understand."

"Okay!"

Hearing this, Li Yuanzhao smiled and said goodbye to Li Hao and ran away happily.

Ren Qianqian was still staring at the edge of the pool, slightly dazed.

Time flew by.

In the next few days, Li Hao was still reading in Tingyu Tower, and occasionally he would be lost in thought in the yard.

As for Ren Qianqian, Li Hao was not in a hurry to teach her the swordsmanship of Tingyu Tower, but let her practice swordsmanship in the courtyard. He occasionally gave her pointers and pointed out the original flaws in her swordsmanship, so that her swordsmanship level gradually moved from perfection to the highest level.

In the courtyard.

Li Hao stood with his hands behind his back, looking at a withered and yellow bare tree.

Bian Ruxue walked over and saw a girl practicing swordsmanship on the other side of the tree. Her eyes flickered slightly.

She heard these days that the girl was Li Hao's sword servant, the daughter of the Grandmaster.

However, although the identity of the Grandmaster's daughter is noble, it is not uncommon in the God General Mansion.

Bian Ruxue saw that the other party's swordsmanship was quite exquisite, but it was much inferior to her own.

So she didn't pay much attention to it. After all, there are thousands of swordsmen in the world, and there are countless people with exquisite swordsmanship.

"Brother Hao, what are you looking at?"

Bian Ruxue saw Li Hao looking at a dead tree and couldn't help asking.

The last trace of autumn color on the tree had already withered.

Li Hao's eyes gradually focused, and he whispered, "I'm watching the wind."

"Wind?"

Bian Ruxue looked up and looked around. There was wind between heaven and earth, but she could only feel it, how could she "see" it?

"It's a pity that the wind was too weak."

Li Hao smiled and said, "It's so weak that it can't roll up the fallen leaves all over the ground, let alone shake this tree."

Bian Ruxue was stunned and looked at the dead tree.

Indeed, she could feel the wind blowing on her face. If it was spring when the leaves were lush, she could see the shape of the wind swaying.

But now it was late autumn.

Suddenly, there was a sound of thumping on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of horse hooves came from far away and galloped outside the courtyard.

Bian Ruxue was surprised.

It's not strange to ride horses in the mansion, but who rides horses in groups and gallops so recklessly?

Her soul flew out of her body, and she looked up in the air and found that it was a group of figures wearing cassocks, riding horses on the road outside Shanhe Courtyard, rushing towards the distant direction.

That was Shuihua Courtyard.

The leader of the group was a middle-aged man wearing clean clothes and looking solemn.

In addition to practicing swordsmanship in Jianlu, Bian Ruxue also learned about the famous forces in the world under the guidance of other senior brothers, which was convenient for her to enter the world in the future.

Human relations and knowing people and knowing the way are even more important than swords in the martial arts world.

And these people in front of them are from Wuliang Mountain.

The middle-aged man in the lead was dressed as a Bodhisattva from Wuliang Mountain.

Bodhisattva is a strong man in the Four Li Realms!

Second only to the Wuliang Buddha who has enjoyed incense for a thousand years!

Bian Ruxue's face changed slightly, and soon she saw that next to the Bodhisattva, there was a young figure riding a horse and following side by side.

He hurriedly passed by, but at this moment he suddenly turned his head to look at Bian Ruxue's soul and looked at her.

Bian Ruxue immediately knew that the other party was the son of the second aunt, that is, Li Hao's competitor for the real dragon this time!

Li Qianfeng!

The warhorse ran very fast, and the eye contact was just a matter of lightning. The boy turned his head and rode away.

Bian Ruxue's soul fell from her body, and a solemn expression appeared on her face. She said to Li Hao:

"Brother Hao, you have to be careful of that man. I just felt that he is not simple!"

The brief eye contact made her feel a cold feeling that made her hair stand up all over her body. She felt that if the other party attacked, he could kill her in an instant!

This made her worry about Li Hao in her heart.

"Yeah."

Li Hao smiled.

The breeze blew past his feet, but it only rolled up a fallen leaf and flipped it onto his instep shoes.

As time counted down, the days of the God General Mansion became more and more lively since Li Qianfeng returned to the mansion.

There were people visiting every day, but most of them went to Shuihua Courtyard.

Most of these people were relatives of the Liu family, and they would come to support their nephew.

On the third day before the end, Li Tiangang took Li Xuanli and the ladies of each courtyard to the Forget Worry Mountain deep in the God General Mansion and brought down the old lady who had been vegetarian and chanting Buddha for twenty years.

This old lady was Li Tiangang's mother.

Chen Hefang.

She was also Li Hao's grandmother.

At the same time, the old lady was also from the Chen family, one of the five major God General Mansions.

She once married into the Li family and gave birth to nine sons who were famous all over the world for the generation of the Li family's true dragon.

But the old lady seemed to have no dealings with the Chen family for a long time.

The grievances and hatreds between the thousand-year-old God General Mansion were extremely entangled, and the grievances between the various parties in the mansion were difficult to describe in a few words.

As Chen Hefang was invited out, everyone in the God General Mansion gathered in the Qinglian Courtyard, which had been cleaned and uninhabited for a long time.

In the huge main hall, Li Tiangang and other second-generations gathered to pay homage. Eighth uncle Li Fenghua, who was guarding the border outside, also rushed back. Unless there was a reason why he couldn't get away, he had to witness the selection of the real dragon this time.

And here, Li Hao also met Li Qianfeng again.

For Li Qianfeng, this was the first time he saw Li Hao.

As for when Li Hao was a child, he was carried to the yard by his mother, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Even if he saw it, he had already forgotten it and didn't take it seriously.

Is this the son of the seventh uncle?

He stood with his hands behind his back, tilted his head and looked at Li Hao, his eyes narrowed.

As for Li Wushuang standing behind Li Hao, and the other three generations of the Li family, he also looked at them, but none of them caught his eye.

Li Wushuang, who was originally regarded as an opponent, was only in the realm of divine wandering under his gaze, and had not set foot in the fifteen miles.

Even if the competition was the same realm of power, he was not afraid.

Only the young man in front of him, who was famous in Qingzhou and whose fame had gradually spread to other states, made him feel unfathomable.

He was unable to see through Li Hao's cultivation level at all.