The Name of Eternity

"Um?"

Li Hao was eating the buns and suddenly felt that the taste was familiar, as if he had eaten it somewhere.

When he looked up, he saw that the old man at the tea stall looked familiar, and suddenly he remembered that he was the tea stall owner he met on the way when he went to Qizhou to slay demons.

"Is it you?"

Li Hao looked at each other in surprise.

"Um?"

The old man at the tea stall looked at Li Hao doubtfully.

Li Hao stared away, sensing the other person's aura, but found that he was just an ordinary person.

"Boss, did you set up a stall at the border of Qizhou before?" Li Hao asked.

The old man at the tea stall looked at Li Hao in surprise and said, "Do you know me, old man?"

"When we passed by, I even learned how to make steamed buns from you." Li Hao said.

Hearing what Li Hao said, the old man at the tea stall seemed to recall it and suddenly said:

"So it's you, why are you here?"

"I would like to ask you, why are you here? Haven't you been setting up a stall in Qizhou for many years?"

"It's not like I heard some young heroes drinking tea say that business is good here, and they all rushed this way, so I thought of bringing an old man with me, so I came here."

The old man at the tea stall smiled and said: "Don't mention it, the business here is indeed much better, look at it."

While they were talking, several young men in rich and jade clothes rode horses from outside Longguan Road in the distance. When they saw the tea stall, the young men got off their horses.

"Old man, have a bowl of tea!"

"It's rude for you to call me that. I need to call the boss."

"Hey, you just talk about these things too much. We are all people in the world now. We only look cool when we call ourselves old men."

"My father once said that when walking outside, don't mistake impoliteness for being cool, otherwise you will be beaten."

"Oh, you even rhymed it for me."

A few teenagers sat down and talked and laughed casually. They glanced at Li Hao and saw that Li Hao was similar in age to them. They just thought that he was also a guy who came to Cangya City to see something.

"Come on."

The old man at the tea stall greeted them with a smile, handed a pot of hot tea to the teenagers, and said, "We still have some buns and snacks here. Do you want some?"

"Okay, let's have some, one for each person."

"Okay."

The old man at the tea stall smiled and agreed.

He turned around and started busying in front of the stall. While busy, he said to Li Hao: "Young hero, are you also here to join in the fun in Cangya City?"

"I live here."

While drinking tea and eating steamed buns, Li Hao asked: "It's a long way from Qizhou to here. Did you come alone? It's not easy to walk such a long way."

The teenagers at the table next to him were all surprised when they heard Li Hao's words and immediately cast their gazes. A more familiar boy immediately said with great interest:

"Brother, do you live here? Did you just buy a place here, or did you join the army?"

"Brother, have you seen that Major General Haotian?"

"The journey is indeed long and difficult to walk, so just walk slowly."

The old man at the tea stall said with a smile: "As long as you can go where you want to go, it's nice to go slower."

Li Hao was interrupted by these teenagers and looked at the tea stall owner again. Although he thought it was a bit strange, there were many coincidences in the world. Maybe he was overthinking it.

"Boss, I'm leaving first."

After Li Hao finished eating, he stood up and said to the boss.

Then he turned around and looked at the teenagers, and said with a smile: "This border is very dangerous. It would be better for you to go somewhere else."

"Then how did you..."

Seeing his mature and advising appearance, several teenagers were immediately dissatisfied and wanted to compare, but saw Li Hao turn around and walk away, disappearing outside the tea stall.

Royal air.

The sign of fifteen miles!

The words of several young people rushed to their lips, and they suddenly became silent.

This guy who looks about the same age as them is actually in the Fifteen Miles Realm!

But soon, they looked at each other and became excited.

It is said that many people are running towards Cangya City now, and countless geniuses want to challenge the legendary boy. It seems to be true.

You can meet geniuses everywhere here!

"Brothers, eat quickly, let's go too."

The young men suddenly became agile in their movements.

"What a bunch of impatient guys..."

The old man at the tea stall shook his head and smiled when he saw this.

…

…

Li Hao quietly returned to Cangya City and returned to the small courtyard.

When several patrolling masters saw Li Hao, they immediately saluted, and Li Hao waved for them to continue.

Ren Qianqian was practicing in the courtyard. When she heard the noise, she opened her eyes and saw that it was Li Hao. She immediately stopped her practice and ran over.

"Master, you are back."

"Well, what's going on recently?"

"We don't have any here."

Ren Qianqian said: "But this morning, Senior Hongzhuang received a military report. I don't know what it is specifically."

Li Hao recalled that when he entered the city, the city guards who were closely patrolling his eyes moved slightly and said to Ren Qianqian:

"Help me find some clean clothes, I'll ask."

"good."

Ren Qianqian nodded.

Li Hao released his soul, explored the whole city, and soon found Li Hongzhuang.

His figure flashed and disappeared into the small courtyard, arriving at the city general's mansion where Li Hongzhuang lived.

Li Hongzhuang was practicing self-realization with her sword when she suddenly woke up. She looked up and saw Li Hao appearing like a breeze. She breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Hao'er, are you back? It would take six or seven days at the fastest to get here from Tianji Tower, right?"

"Well, I just got back."

Li Hao sat on the chair next to him, saw a plate of snacks, picked up one and threw it into his mouth, and asked:

"I heard from Qianqian that there is a military report. I just came back and saw that the soldiers seemed to be on alert. Is there something wrong?"

"The demons that roamed outside Liangzhou before are indeed pretending to retreat. Now they are gathering in the western part of Liangzhou and preparing to attack."

Li Hongzhuang frowned when she talked about this and said, "This is the information sent by my fifth brother. We found it last night. We rushed and the military report was delivered this morning."

"These demons are really evil!"

There was murderous intent and anger in her eyes.

Li Hao suddenly realized that he had also guessed about the situation outside the pass before.

"What's the situation in the western border?"

"I don't know yet."

Li Hongzhuang shook her head: "Fifth brother only said that we should also be on guard here, and the demons may invade at any time, so let our sentinels keep a close eye and don't relax."

"So today I asked all the soldiers in the city to be alert, and sent several teams of elite sentinels to the outside of the pass. The first team has already returned from 800 miles away, but did not see any traces of demons."

Li Hao did not mention much to Li Hongzhuang about the previous cleanup outside the pass. He had already cleared the 5,000 miles outside the pass.

It is normal that the other party could not detect demons within 800 miles.

However, now that the demons are gathering to attack the western border of Liangzhou, they may also gather troops to Tianmen Pass again, after all, this is the pass on the south side of Liangzhou.

The previous cleanup does not mean that there are no demons now.

Therefore, Li Hao did not say anything, and waited for the sentinels she sent to know the situation when they returned.

If those demons really dare to come, he will clean them up again.

It just so happened that the demons that had been killed earlier had been eaten by the whole city for more than a month, and they had already been eaten up.

It would be nice to add some ingredients, saving him money to purchase.

Now that he had left the Li family, he was self-reliant, and all the money and things were earned by himself, relying on the rewards he had received before and selling demon materials himself.

Before, there was no money, and it was all paid by Song Qiumo. Li Hao had not had the chance to repay her for this money and this favor.

"If the other sentinels did not detect the traces of the demons, it means that these demons may concentrate their forces to attack the Western Territory."

Li Hongzhuang said: "Then, we will go to spy on the battle situation in the Western Territory."

"But it is also possible that these demons are divided, and the army has not yet marched to our side. I will send people to investigate in the next few days."

She would not despise or relax. With the speed of the demon army, it is not uncommon to march a thousand miles a day. The big demons among them, as the vanguard, can rush to a thousand miles away in less than half a day and attack the city in advance.

Li Hao nodded, this is indeed safe.

"Tell me if there is anything."

Li Hao immediately prepared to get up and leave.

Li Hongzhuang glanced at him and said, "You came back only five days after going to Yongzhou. Didn't you look through it carefully in Tianji Tower, or did the Tianji Tower owner not want to let you look more?"

"No, he let me look at it casually."

"Then why did you come back so early?" Li Hongzhuang was surprised.

Because I finished reading... Li Hao smiled and waved his hand and said, "I have been on the road for too long and haven't taken a shower for several days. I will go change clothes first."

"..."Li Hongzhuang was speechless. You are not in a hurry to come back to take a shower, right?

Before she continued to ask, Li Hao had already stepped out of the General's Mansion and disappeared in front of her.

"This guy..."

Li Hongzhuang couldn't help shaking her head, feeling a little funny. She didn't know how Li Hao, with his casual personality, could cultivate to such a level, which was in sharp contrast to the disciplined children of the God General's Mansion, but Li Hao was better than anyone else.

Back to the small courtyard.

Li Hao simply washed and changed into new clothes. He sent a voice message to Feng Lao who was secretly in charge. Then he suddenly remembered that he came back in a hurry and didn't go around Yongzhou to bring back some delicious specialties.

However, he was mainly worried that there would be demons attacking Tianmen Pass. After all, the news of his departure was likely to be hidden from the demon Tianji Palace.

"They didn't take this opportunity to attack Tianmen Pass. It seems that the army has moved to the West?"

"Maybe they think that even if they break through Tianmen Pass when I'm not here, they can only retreat when I come back. After all, there are too many battle flags here."

Li Hao knew that these demons outside the pass must have seen the power of his battle flags, at least Tianji Palace knew about it.

Seeing the battle flags on the top of Cangya City, it was courageous to dare to come here.

Shaking his head, Li Hao didn't think about it anymore. Since the demons attacked the West, it meant that they really planned to attack Liangzhou, and he had to guard Tianmen Pass well.

"The world is beginning to get chaotic..."

Li Hao felt that he had to work hard, so he asked Ren Qianqian to invite the young chess master Xu Zhouyuan.

Li Hao was extremely polite to these art masters.

Ren Qianqian also followed Li Hao's attitude and came to the inn where the young chess master lived. She was very polite and told him about Li Hao's invitation.

Xu Zhouyuan was already over 70 years old and had white hair. Because of his mediocre martial arts talent, he did not practice martial arts. He just relied on the financial resources accumulated by his reputation to buy some elixirs to strengthen his body.

But he was a mortal with a weak constitution and could not take too strong precious medicines. Therefore, these elixirs only made him live a little longer than ordinary mortal elders by a dozen years and his body was a little stronger.

The servant beside him was flattered to see Ren Qianqian and hurriedly invited her in.

Xu Zhouyuan smiled when he learned that the young man was in a bad mood again. Thinking of the previous game with the other party, where they fought each other and it was difficult to tell the winner, he felt itchy and agreed immediately.

Ren Qianqian gave ten taels of gold to the young chess master.

Xu Zhouyuan hurriedly refused, but Ren Qianqian said it was the young master's rule.

He had no choice but to accept it.

... He had accepted more than ten bags in the past.

It's hard to refuse a kind invitation, it's hard to refuse a kind invitation...

Xu Zhouyuan followed Ren Qianqian into the carriage with a smile on his face and headed for the small fenced courtyard.

The nobles around recognized Ren Qianqian and exclaimed immediately. Seeing her so humbly and respectfully inviting Xu Zhouyuan, they thought that the old man was a senior of the Four Li Realms.

However, when the carriage went far away, they learned from the waiter of the inn that the old man was just a mortal, nicknamed the Little Chess Master.

"A chess player?"

Everyone was surprised. He was just an ordinary person, but he was treated so politely by the sword servant genius?

...

In the small fenced courtyard, Li Hao had prepared snacks and tea, and wiped the mat.

When he heard the carriage sound, Li Hao knew that the old senior had arrived.

When Xu Zhouyuan walked into the courtyard, Li Hao immediately stood up to greet him and said, "Senior, you have worked hard."

"Young General, please don't embarrass me, an old man." Xu Zhouyuan said hurriedly. Although he was nicknamed the Little Chess Saint and had a good reputation, the Great Yu Dynasty was based on martial arts after all.

The most respected people in the world are still these warriors.

Chess? It's just an inferior outsider.

"No, no, please, senior." Li Hao led him to a seat and poured tea for him.

Xu Zhouyuan had also been treated like this by Li Hao before, but he did not accept it calmly. He still said carefully and politely, "Young General, you are too polite."

Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, and the literati accompanying the general is like this.

"Senior, don't be restrained."

Li Hao laughed, waved his hand to signal others to leave, and made a gesture of invitation to the young chess saint senior.

Seeing this, Xu Zhouyuan took a sip of tea, put it down immediately, and began to pick up pieces from the chess box.

Ren Qianqian knew that Li Hao didn't like to be disturbed when playing chess. If he was disturbed, he would be furious, just like a warrior being disturbed when practicing.

She had long been accustomed to this.

She stepped aside and began to practice on her own, and guarded Li Hao at the same time.

The small courtyard also returned to silence.

The sun shone on the eaves and corridors, and fell on Xu Zhouyuan's shoes outside the corridor. The grass between the bluestone slabs was green.

You play one piece, I play one piece, and the two play chess quietly.

Xu Zhouyuan also gradually entered the state, no longer as restrained as before, and devoted himself to playing.

At the end of the game, Li Hao barely won a small victory.

This little chess master has a very high chess skill, at the level of five dan. Li Hao is occasionally negligent and prone to overturning.

Seeing the experience tips appearing on the panel, Li Hao smiled slightly and asked the other party to continue.

This tranquility continued until a piercing shout suddenly broke in.

"Report!!"

Xu Zhouyuan, who was thinking about his move, was frightened by the roar of full of energy and blood, and the pieces in his hand fell on the chessboard.

It just happened to knock off a white piece in a corner of the chessboard, causing it to change position.

Bang! !

The huge black palm suddenly suppressed it, and the dazzling golden light on the magic circle kept flashing, and countless divine patterns rotated rapidly, but in the end it couldn't resist it, and with a bang, it shattered!

And the huge devil's hand suppressed it with a bang, smashing the cornerstone of the defense line outside the magic circle!

As the magic circle was broken, the gap in the Great Wall was torn apart. In an instant, countless demons swarmed in, like a tide, entering through the gap under the big demon king, breaking through the Great Wall and rushing towards the city!

Many soldiers of the Xuanzi Camp spit out blood and fell to the ground, unable to support themselves.

"Dad!"

Li Wushuang looked at the figure flying back. Li Xuanli was seriously injured and crashed into the top of the city wall, smashing all the stones. His armor was dented and his indestructible body could not bear it. He was seriously injured.

Li Wushuang rushed up and helped Li Xuanli up.

"Quick, retreat!"

Li Xuanli climbed up and looked at the three demon kings standing in the air. His blood was surging and his red face was full of anger, but his daughter beside him calmed his mind:

"Contract the defense line and retreat quickly!"

"Quick, send out a signal for help!"

He shouted in a hurry.

The deputy general who came to help heard the words and quickly sent out the order. At the same time, the beacon smoke rose in the sky.

"Cover the governor's retreat!"

Seeing this, the other generals quickly gathered together with solemn eyes, knowing that this was a life-and-death moment.

There is no Silijing sitting here. Once the magic circle is broken, the three demon kings can't be stopped!

"Kill!!"

A general in the third immortal realm roared and threw out his spear, leading his troops to charge out.

Thousands of people and countless demons collided with each other, like two torrents colliding, blood and limbs splashed, and the battle was clearly divided from each other, just like the black and white pieces on the chessboard.

"Report!!"

Xu Zhouyuan's eyes withdrew from the black and white pieces of the disrupted chess game, and looked up at the officer who reported.

The other party had come to the yard, and when he saw Li Hao's figure, he immediately knelt on the bluestone slab in front of the chess table and presented with both hands: "Major General, there is a military report from the governor of Liangzhou Military Department!"

Li Hao frowned slightly. He was a little unhappy that the chess game was affected, but the military report was of great importance, and he didn't have a temper. He waved and took the military report.

Before he could look through it, a figure rushed over, and Li Hongzhuang rushed in wearing bright red armor.

She had been at the border for a long time, and she never took off her armor except for bathing and sleeping.

Even when sleeping, she wore soft armor so that she could get up at any time and go into battle fully armed.

"I just heard that war horses entered the city, and the person who delivered the message was covered in blood. Did something happen in the western border of Liangzhou?!"

Li Hongzhuang asked hurriedly when she saw Li Hao.

Li Hao's expression changed slightly, he quickly opened the newspaper and read it all with one glance.

"The Western Territory is broken, and the Demon King is leading it!"

Li Hao's eyes darkened slightly, how could the Western Territory be broken so quickly?

I just heard from Li Hongzhuang that their sentries detected a gathering of demons last night, and the information was sent this morning. It is now afternoon, and it has only been more than ten hours since the demons gathered and attacked.

There is a magic circle blocking the western border.

However, the three demon kings... it's no wonder.

Li Hao frowned. He was not surprised that the three demon kings appeared in the demon tide. However, he was surprised that there was no Si Lijing stationed in the Western Region.

Is the defensive power of this Western Region so weak?

"Demon King!"

When Li Hongzhuang heard Li Hao's words, her pupils shrank and she said hurriedly: "What about fifth brother? How is he?"

Her heart was contracting, and the images of her third brother and sixth brother dying in battle appeared in front of her eyes, as well as the funerals she had attended, the low wailing that filled the house and the white robes of mourning.

"He's okay for now."

Li Hongzhuang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and her anxious heart fell slightly back into her chest, and she quickly said: "Then the fifth brother wants us to go for reinforcements. Now that the magic circle is broken, how are they going to defend it?"

Li Hao shook his head, looked at the military newspaper, sighed, and put it away:

"He did not ask us to reinforce, but told us to be careful and beware of the Demon King. In addition, he said that they have already reduced their defense line and retreated to the second line of defense."

Li Hongzhuang was stunned, but she soon understood. She had a complicated expression on her face and said to Li Hao: "Then...are we going to help?"

Li Hao thought for a moment, and realized that there was a dark side clone in charge of the magic circle, and he could also guard it a little.

While he was weighing it, another voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Report!"

A Haotian Army soldier rushed in and said hurriedly to Li Hao: "Major General, I saw an early warning beacon signal outside the pass. The sentry investigating was attacked!"

Li Hao and Li Hongzhuang's expressions changed slightly.

The Western Border has just been broken, and demons are coming here too?

"Do you know how many there are?" Li Hao asked.

"It hasn't been detected yet."

Li Hao glanced at Li Hongzhuang, and Li Hongzhuang's expression turned ugly.

Li Hao saw her thoughts, and wanted to shrink the defense line like Li Xuanli, concentrate his strength, and delay until reinforcements arrived.

He was silent for a moment and said: "The army report has been sent here. Counting the time, they should have retreated to the second line of defense. How about this? You and Li He go there with my battle flag."

"You two are in the Third Immortal Realm. If you go at full speed, you can arrive in the fastest time."

Li Hao planned to let them bring their own markings and flags to help in the battle, while he himself would sit at Tianmen Pass.

Wait for him to deal with the monsters here, and if there is still time, go to help.

His battle flag contains 50% of his lethality, which can be regarded as an extremely terrifying killing move, comparable to the full blow of Tao State of Mind!

In this way, the fifth uncle can ward off many demons.