Dao hearing (second update)

When the imperial edict was sent to the Nineteen Provinces, Li Hao also returned to Heaven's Gate Pass in Liang Prefecture.

The familiar city walls, the familiar flags—the news had not yet arrived, and the soldiers stationed here were unaware of what was happening.

Without alerting anyone, Li Hao quietly returned to the Hedge-Enclosed Courtyard.

The girl practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard sensed the boy's Aura, startled from her cultivation, and looked up at Li Hao, her face filled with surprise and delight.

"Young Master, you're back."

Beside him, Sword Demon Jiang Lichen glanced at Li Hao, his eyes suddenly narrowing.

In a short period of time, he felt that Li Hao's Aura had become much more restrained, like an unfathomable and vast starry Starry Sky, standing quietly, yet seemingly containing the power to move Xingchen with every gesture.

Li Hao glanced at Ren Qianqian. The girl was fifteen years old, a year younger than him, but she had already entered the Heaven and Man Realm.

"Did you teach this?"

Li Hao looked at Jiang Lichen.

Jiang Lichen curled his lip. "I can't teach the Heart of Celestial Person and Man. She figured it out on her own. Most likely, she spent a lot of time with you, this monster, and learned something from you."

Ren Qianqian blushed slightly upon hearing this. Originally, she followed Li Hao with the intention of surpassing her father and becoming Heaven and Man Grandmaster, but she achieved her goal in just two short years.

Her Heavenly Talent and ability have now placed her among the Top Five the Universe Rankings.

Moreover, this was only because she kept a low profile, focusing solely on cultivation and avoiding any conflict with others.

Li Hao nodded and smiled at Ren Qianqian, "Now that you're by my side, your wish has been fulfilled. Do you still want to follow me? You're still young; you can take advantage of your youthful beauty to travel and see the world."

Ren Qianqian quickly shook her head and said, "No, I want to continue my cultivation. I want to accompany Young Master to see the scenery at the top of the Mountain Summit."

Li Hao sighed and said, "But I don't want to climb the mountain. The scenery at the Mountain Summit is only one kind, but the scenery at the foot of the mountain is diverse and beautiful."

Ren Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "Then I'll stay with you at the foot of the mountain, young master, and watch the Mortal World rise from the chimneys."

"Your rhyming is actually quite good," Li Hao chuckled.

Ren Qianqian's cheeks flushed slightly.

Li Hao didn't try to persuade him further. Instead, he scanned the area with his Divine Sense but couldn't find Old Feng. He then covered the entire city with his divine sense but still couldn't sense him. He was taken aback and immediately asked:

Where is Old Feng?

Now that things had come to this, Ren Qianqian already knew Feng Boping's name and identity. When Li Hao asked, she quickly replied:

"Shortly after you left, Senior Feng suddenly regained his senses, as if he were a different person. He told us that he was leaving and asked me to tell you that he would be waiting for you, young master, in the Lands of the Saints."

"Um?"

Li Hao was stunned, somewhat taken aback; this was all too sudden.

But soon, he thought of what had happened in the Mo River.

Old Feng to the Lands of the Saints?

"Your old friend is most likely an incarnation of Sage, who has Reincarnation Incarnation."

Jiang Lichen said to Li Hao, "Although such things are rare, they are not uncommon. Among the peerless Heavenly Prodigy of our Great Yu Dynasty over thousands of years, there have been such individuals. They simply cultivated in a low-key manner, and after rising to prominence, they suddenly disappeared for a period of time, as if they appeared out of nowhere and then fell just as quickly."

Li Hao fell silent for a moment. The existence of the Saint Realm, who possesses various abilities, is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

However, though the world is vast, there will always be opportunities to meet again.

But one of my old friends in this Mortal World is missing.

Li Hao glanced around the courtyard and asked, "Where are the other two?"

It refers to Ying Xiaoxiao and the Tea Stall Elder.

"I heard they went to collect the Slaughter Resentment."

Jiang Lichen asked, "Is there war outside again?"

Li Hao nodded. "The Imperial Palace was almost destroyed."

The Imperial City's plea for help did not reach Heaven's Gate Pass, which was under swift attack by Demon, and the soldiers far away on the Border Pass were unaware of it.

Although Great Yu's Intelligence transmission was relatively fast, it couldn't withstand the vastness of his territory.

Upon hearing Li Hao's words, Ren Qianqian was shocked. That was the Imperial Palace, the place she held in the highest esteem, and it had almost been destroyed.

Compared to her, Jiang Lichen merely raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "Since you're back, the trouble there must have been resolved, right?"

"Um."

Li Hao said, "But it seems that many Imperial Clan have been killed. Don't you plan to go and take a look?"

Jiang Lichen's eyes flickered slightly as he said indifferently, "I have no children to worry about, nor a wife to love, so there's nothing for me to visit."

Li Hao could tell that he had a story in his heart, but he didn't ask any more questions. Some things that have been brewing for a long time cannot be resolved in just a few words.

As Li Hao settled into the Small Courtyard, the imperial edict spread throughout the various prefectures. While the outside world was abuzz with discussion, Li Hao took Ren Qianqian to Angling in the Demon Lake, hundreds of miles Outside the Pass.

To Li Hao's regret, perhaps because he had wiped out the area too thoroughly and created too much of a deterrent effect, he sat by the Demon Lake for a whole day and, apart from eating four or five oranges, gained nothing.

It seems the Demon have all been scared away... Li Hao Dark Dao to himself, that's why he missed his chance.

He didn't use his Divine Sense to explore the bottom of the lake. As a proud Angling, he relied on fishing skills and his eye for the water to make judgments. Using his Divine Sense would be no different from casting a net directly, offering no sense of accomplishment.

As dusk approached, Li Hao returned carrying a Demon he had killed in the mountains.

"Tonight we're having roasted wild boar."

Li Hao returned to the Hedge-Enclosed Courtyard.

"Young master, did you Angling this yourself?"

"Um."

"But it seems to be a mountain Demon."

It is amphibious.

"Oh..."

After a quick meal and drinks, Li Hao replenished his Chess Piece to 180.

As night deepened, he went to the Mountain Summit where he used to sit with Old Feng, carrying a small pot of wine, and drank while admiring the cool moonlight.

After finishing the wine in the pot, Li Hao opened his palm, and the Golden Paper of the Mo River appeared, recording several of his merits in the Mo River.

Li Hao's mind sank into the Golden Paper, and he quickly entered the Merit Treasure Trove.

Numerous treasures of merit are displayed inside, floating like golden balls, which can be redeemed based on merit.

Li Hao looked at the Power of Reversing Fate. Originally, this item was extremely useful, equivalent to a second life, but now he was facing beings at the Dao Inquiry Realm who could deceive the heavens, so it was of little significance to him.

Li Hao flipped through the list and saw that, in addition to Divine Power, the Extreme Realm could also exchange for the Heaven and Heaven and Earth Meridian.

However, the Heaven and Earth Meridian requires 30,000 merits, and Divine Power requires 10,000.

However, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form is absent, as are the other Extreme Realm that follow.

The items that can be exchanged are quite limited. What might be treasures to others, making them Bloodline and thrilled, are things that Li Hao can only pick and choose from.

The Dao Comprehension Fruit can help Dao Hearing, but it is only a matter of probability, not a guarantee of success.

Li Hao planned to exchange for one, but he didn't intend to use it for cultivation; instead, he Dao Hearing to Dao Hearing for Cooking.

He is now at the Eighth Dan of the Path of the Physical Body and wanted to add more points, but was prompted that he needed to Entering the Dao.

It seems that once one reaches the bottleneck of the Eighth Dan in the Path of Cooking, one needs Dao Heart to continue climbing. Using this Dao Comprehension Fruit in Cooking would make Entering the Dao much easier.

However, the prerequisite is that he must first raise his Path of Cooking to level 8, otherwise the probability of Dao Hearing will decrease.

In addition, Li Hao also saw the Poetic Heart and Carving Heart State of Mind inside.

Just like Sword Heart, it only requires 100 merit points.

Without saying a word, Li Hao immediately redeemed it.

However, aside from Heart Entry, there was nothing to exchange for Entering Spirit, which left Li Hao quite disappointed.

Otherwise, with his current Chess Dao, Angling, and other Art Skill, he could Entering Spirit, Spirit-Entering State of Mind, he could have raised his Sword Dao, Movement Method, and so on to at least the Seventh Dan.

The attributes that Li Hao currently possesses:

Path of the Physical Body 8th Dan, Imperial Dao 7th Dan, Body Movement Dao 6th Dan, Sword Dao 6th Dan, Path of the Fist 6th Dan.

In terms of Art Skill: 6th Chess Dao, 4th dan in Musical Rhythm, 3rd dan in Poetry and Literature, 3rd dan in Sculpting, 7th dan in Cooking, 7th dan in Painting Dao, and 5th dan in Angling.

Art Skill Point Remaining: 1 point.

With the exchange of the two State of Mind —Poetry and Literature and Sculpting, and Sculpting— Li Hao's Poetry and Literature in both immediately improved to level 4, breaking through the bottleneck.

You can accumulate experience again until you reach the Sixth Dan bottleneck.

The Art Skill Point have also increased to 3.

The series of battles had prevented Li Hao from having a proper chance to cultivate.

He didn't rush to exchange for the Dao Comprehension Fruit, but instead focused on improving his Path of Cooking experience.

In the days that followed, everyone saw Li Hao bring back a Demon from Outside the Pass every day and host a feast for the entire city.

Numerous Demon Cooking delicacies from land and sea, which were served on the tables of the soldiers in the city, allowing everyone in the city to enjoy a feast.

Li Hao transformed into a cook and devoted himself to cultivation.

Several months later.

With each Cooking session for the Demon King, Heaven's Gate Pass has become a culinary capital, attracting people from all over to flock here.

Now that the war is over, the top Demon forces outside the Great Yu Beyond the Border have been basically wiped out. The Demon forces of the Star Moon Academy, which are secretly controlled by Yu Emperor, have gathered Demon from all sides and formed the largest Demon force today.

The Dynasty was under the rule of Yu Emperor, and so were the Demon Outside the Pass the pass.

The states that had been plagued by frequent wars in recent years have finally begun to recover and quiet down.

This stability led to frequent commercial trade between the states, and more and more people traveled around. In Heaven's Gate Pass, many of Li Hao's old friends, as well as disciples of the Tan Palace Academy, came to visit and travel.

In the Hedge-Enclosed Courtyard, Evening Primrose, disguised as a Red Skirt Girl, followed Li Hao.

Song Qiumo also arrived. Li Hao had mentioned her to Yu Emperor that she now enjoys the honor of being the guardian beast of the Great Yu, and temples have been built for her. Her Waist Tag contains the Magic Array marks of various states, allowing her to freely enter and exit the entire territory of the Great Yu.

Meanwhile, in Li Hao's Heaven and Earth Space, the Candlelight God and his wife absorbed the Buddha Master's Sarira. This Sarira retained the power of the Buddha-Demon Unity. Coincidentally, the Candlelight God and Madam Yin were originally twins, and after absorbing this relic, their bodies began to merge, forming a large sphere, which would Awakening at any time.

As for Li Qianfeng, who had been abandoned in the Heaven and Earth Space and whose cultivation had been crippled, Li Hao had him sent back to the Li Family, thus ending this long-standing feud.

As Cooking more and more, using ingredients of Demon King level, Li Hao killed all the Demon King Beyond the Border Liang Prefecture. So he went to the Great Wasteland Heaven to capture some.

In less than six months, he finally Perfection 8 levels of Path of Cooking experience.

Without hesitation, Li Hao waited until his experience reached a bottleneck, then found a Lone Peak and exchanged for the Dao Comprehension Fruit in the Merit Treasure Trove.

This Dao Comprehension Fruit is as green as Liuli, with markings on its surface, a dazzling radiance within, and a unique fragrance emanating from it.

Li Hao glanced at it twice, then directly gnawed and swallowed it.