"What?!"
Li Fu, who was about to rush over to help, froze when he saw the black dragon suddenly fall from the sky.
He quickly looked around, realizing that the dark flash he saw earlier was a sign of outside help!
He used a technique to survey the area, looking around.
The top-grade spirit cultivation technique allowed him to extend his spirit for eighteen miles!
Although Li Fu wasn't a direct descendant of the Li family, he had achieved first-class military merit in the past. With the help of Li Tiangang, he managed to exchange for a top-grade spirit cultivation technique from the Li family, making him a strong figure in the spirit realm.
As he surveyed the area, he could see everything within eighteen miles, but he didn’t spot any figures.
At that moment, the strong man also realized what was happening. His expression changed, and he immediately searched for the strong helper but found nothing. He understood that the person had hidden themselves, not wanting to be exposed. He bowed and clasped his hands in gratitude:
"Thank you, senior, for your help. Please leave your name so that Wei Feng can repay your life-saving grace in the future!"
His voice carried fifteen miles away.
After a long time, there was no response.
Wei Feng couldn't help but smile wryly, thinking that someone capable of killing that dragon in one strike probably looked down on his little favor, feeling a bit regretful in his heart.
He turned to Li Fu and asked, "Could this senior be from your Divine General's Mansion?"
Li Fu was stunned, still wondering if it was the master behind the stranger who had made the move.
The Divine General's Mansion… there shouldn’t be anyone else besides me, right?
But could it be someone sent from the Four Courtyards?
He was puzzled in his heart and could only say, "I don't know, but since the senior was willing to help, we in the Divine General's Mansion will remember this kindness!"
As he said this, he bowed to the surrounding heavens and earth.
...
"I can sense my husband's aura..."
Thirty miles away, the mother black dragon's pupils suddenly contracted as she felt the powerful aura from afar gradually fading, until it completely disappeared.
She quickly looked at Li Hao, only to see him calm, as if he had just casually tossed a stone and was now leisurely watching her.
"What did you do to my husband?" the mother black dragon trembled as she spoke.
"What do you think?"
Li Hao smiled slightly and said, "Your husband probably won’t make it back. You can give up hope now. If you're willing to cooperate, I might consider letting you go."
The mother black dragon shook all over. She could only feel her husband's aura fading, but she didn’t know what had happened, as the distance was too great, beyond her spiritual perception.
However, Li Hao's demeanor made her extremely uneasy.
"Fine, what do you want to know? I'll tell you," the mother black dragon seemed to hesitate, suddenly changing her voice to a soft and delicate tone, showing weakness and helplessness.
Li Hao raised an eyebrow, immediately thinking of some tricks that monsters used to deceive people in stories. These creatures didn’t just act recklessly; when they were weak, they would also use sweet words to confuse and mislead.
"Don't give me any nonsense. Tell me about the situation with the Yanbei demon clan. Why do they keep attacking?" Li Hao said coldly.
The mother black dragon said softly, "Could you loosen your grip a bit? I’ll tell you."
"Stop stalling!" Li Hao snapped.
A cloud of mist dispersed, and the mother black dragon transformed back into her previous beautiful woman form. At this moment, her posture was like a willow tree bending down, her cheek still pressed under Li Hao's foot, showing her helplessness. Yet her expression was soft and charming, with tears welling in her eyes as she looked at Li Hao:
"Don't you understand how to cherish beauty?"
"I'm not interested in a rotten snake," Li Hao replied coldly.
A flash of anger crossed the black dragon woman's eyes. She hated being called a snake, but at this moment, to escape, she had to swallow her pride and said weakly:
"I don’t know much about Yanbei's situation. Just loosen your foot, and we can talk slowly, okay?"
Her hand slowly reached for Li Hao's boot, moving up to his pants.
Feeling the movement beneath him, Li Hao said coldly, "I admire your courage. Your husband just died, and you want to find someone else."
"Huh?"
The black dragon woman was taken aback, her eyes widening as she stared at Li Hao: "What did you say? My husband..."
Seeing the coldness in Li Hao's eyes felt like a heavy blow to her heart. She thought of her husband's rapidly fading aura and the scales that had been shot out...
Her eyes turned red, and the softness on her face disappeared. She looked at Li Hao with a fierce and crazed expression: "You killed my husband! I want you dead!!"
"I gave you a chance to live. Don’t take it for granted," Li Hao said.
"You want to know about Yanbei? Dream on!"
The black dragon woman seemed to go mad, roaring: "We, the demon clan, have sworn an oath to never betray the Sacred Palace. You will never learn anything! Die! I want you dead!!"
She clawed at Li Hao, even trying to bite his boot, her body twisting and transforming back into her dragon form.
Li Hao frowned slightly, not expecting her to react so strongly upon realizing her husband was dead. Could it be that demons also have real feelings?
Watching the black dragon thrash around wildly, Li Hao pressed down on her head again, subduing her.
However, the mother black dragon seemed to have lost her sanity, roaring and rolling. Seeing this, Li Hao could only put her to rest.
With a single blow, the dragon's head was crushed, and the piercing roar abruptly stopped.
Li Hao shook off the blood on his hands, glanced at the twitching dragon tail, and sighed softly.
He hadn’t expected to go through all that effort and not get any information.
As for the Sacred Palace and the Yanbei demon clan's plans to invade Dayu, he figured his father, whom he hadn’t seen in over a decade, would know more than he did.
Shaking his head, Li Hao didn’t linger any longer. He turned and stepped out, returning to the tea stand by the official road.
The dragon's corpse left behind would surely be found by Uncle Fu and the others, and they would take care of it.
Outside the tea stand.
Seeing Li Hao quietly walk in from the official road, everyone was startled, and Yu Wei jumped up in fright.
Li Yuanzhao was stunned and quickly rushed over, leaning close to Li Hao's chest, whispering, "Brother Hao, have you inherited the soul?"
Li Hao was slightly surprised, immediately realizing the reason, and nodded with a smile.
Inherited the soul? He had done that long ago.
"Really?!" Li Yuanzhao's eyes widened with excitement.
Li Hao looked at the excitement in his eyes, smiled, and patted his shoulder, saying, "It's just a small matter, nothing much. Have you all eaten enough?"
Li Yuanzhao was already used to Li Hao's casualness. He didn’t think it was a small matter and whispered excitedly, "If Aunt knows you inherited the soul, she will be overjoyed."
"Yeah."
Thinking of that graceful aunt, Li Hao felt a bit of respect. She had always treated him well over the years.
Time reveals people's hearts. When he first came and hadn’t adapted to the wealthy environment of this world, he had been naive about people's intentions and had suffered for it.
Now that he had spent more time with them, he had figured out the personalities of the ladies in the various courtyards.
For example, the Fourth Lady who adopted Yuanzhao was not an easy character.
She was very low-key in the mansion because she had no children of her own, appearing gentle and kind.
"Li Hao, where have you been?" Du Qiuyue asked curiously when she saw Li Hao approaching.
"I dealt with a demon," Li Hao smiled. He hadn’t planned to say anything, but thinking about their upcoming trip to Qizhou to hunt demons, it was good to make them a bit nervous so they wouldn’t be too relaxed and lose their lives.
"A demon?"
Everyone was taken aback, and Ren Qianqian looked at Li Hao, staring at him as if confirming whether he was telling the truth.
The old man at the tea stand was astonished and said, "Young hero, you said there’s a demon?"
Li Hao replied to the old man, "Boss, it’s getting dark. You should pack up and go home soon."
"Is there really a demon?" The old man was very curious.
Li Hao smiled but sighed in his heart.
He didn’t know why he sighed.
Not saying much more, he saw that everyone had eaten and drunk enough, so he called them to mount their horses and set off.
On the red blood horse, as they rode along, Yu Wei and Du Qiuyue seemed to feel that Li Hao had become familiar again, so they bravely asked whether he had really reached the soul inheritance stage.
Li Hao smiled and nodded, not denying it.
The two were dumbfounded, repeatedly exclaiming, not expecting that the strongest disciple from the Armor Courtyard was right beside them.
The girl holding the sword on horseback tightened her grip on the reins slightly.
As Li Hao and the others left the tea stand, a small bird flew through the clouds in the distant sky, heading far away.
In the bird's eyes, however, there was deep fear. It knew it had to bring this terrifying news back to Yanbei, to the White God.
The Li family has a son, fourteen years old, suspected to be a master!
There was no doubt that once this news got out, countless people would be shocked.
And the elders in the Sacred Palace would never allow another direct disciple of the Qian Dao Palace to appear among the human race.
After the bird and the horse-riding youth left, in the forest where the dragon's corpse lay, Li Fu and Wei Feng arrived, drawn by the strong smell of blood.
(End of Chapter)