The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 135 Fatal Attributes

The falling winter snow covers the sky and the earth in silver.

Gusts of cold wind blew across the pass.

In the small fenced yard.

Ren Qianqian was practicing sword skills in the snow. The wind from her sword whistled, sweeping up the flying snow around her. She moved her body lightly, shuttled back and forth like a butterfly, and her sword moves with agility.

"Sword moves are only superficial. You need to comprehend the charm and true meaning of the sword's trajectory."

Next to him, Li Hao was squatting in the snow, carefully building a snowman.

He patted his hands on it, trimmed it, and from time to time he looked up at the girl practicing sword and gave her some instructions.

Ren Qianqian stopped when she heard that and asked in confusion, "The trajectory of the sword?"

"Ah."

Li Hao nodded. Seeing that the snowman was missing two branches for hands, he immediately stood up, bent down and picked up a branch from the nearby firewood room:
"Look, like this."

He took the branch and shook it gently, and the snow on the branch fell off. Then he threw it gently, and the branch swam back like a flower, catching all the snow that had just been shaken off, and it returned to the state it was in when he had just picked it up.

Ren Qianqian was stunned.

"Your sword must be connected with the surrounding environment, so that it is tight and sharp enough." Li Hao said.

He returned to the snowman, gently shook off the snow on the branches, and then stuck them into the snowman to act as two small dry branches and hands.

Ren Qianqian fell into deep thought, looking down at the sword in her hand. After a while, she started practicing again.

These days, in addition to Li Hao's occasional guidance, Li Hongzhuang and Song Qiumo would also give her some advice in their spare time.

But their instructions, like Li Hao's, will not stay on the surface of sword moves, but start from the perspective of a master and narrate their respective understanding of kendo at a deeper level.

This kind of advice has both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that it is like wind and fog, difficult to understand.

The good thing is that if one's comprehension is high enough, once one understands its meaning, one's progress in the way of the sword will be rapid. Controlling the sword with the sword's intent is equivalent to realizing and pursuing one's own path to becoming a master in advance.

Ren Qianqian continued to practice sword.

Li Hao continued to build the second snowman.

Outside the pass, an old horse suddenly came galloping.

The red-blooded horse galloped into the pass and stopped outside the courtyard.

Li Hongzhuang, who was watching the fire in the kitchen, noticed the situation and rushed out of the yard like a flash.

"You are...Liangzhou Xuanziying?"

When Li Hongzhuang saw the silver brand on the old soldier's armor, her eyes suddenly brightened and she asked, "Fifth Brother has come to Liangzhou? Is he here to help?"

The old soldier dismounted, bowed quickly, and handed over the military newspaper with both hands:

"The general has just arrived in Liangzhou and has sent me here to deliver military reports to the commander-in-chief."

Li Hongzhuang raised her hand to take it and looked through it quickly.

Soon, her expression changed slightly, and her eyes suddenly became sharp and cold:

"These demons actually dare to plot against Liangzhou!"

Closing the military newspaper, she took a deep breath and said to the veteran, "It's a long journey, why don't you come in and rest for a while."

"No, the general is still waiting for my reply. Commander, do you have any news for me to bring back?"

The old man bowed his head and said respectfully, feeling surprised in his heart. He had run all the way from outside the Great Wall and saw many corpses of monsters along the way. Even the once majestic Cangya City was destroyed by monsters as rumored. He thought this was a miserable military camp, but unexpectedly it was a warm fenced courtyard.

Reply... Li Hongzhuang thought that in addition to the information about the demons, the military newspaper also contained letters from home that were full of concern.

He asked her to beware of demons, asked about her recent situation, and asked her to take good care of Hao'er and retreat at any time... He didn't say much, but she could feel the warm care and concern from the fifth brother.

"Just a moment."

Li Hongzhuang turned back to the courtyard, asked Li Hao for pen and ink, quickly wrote a letter home, and gave it to the old soldier waiting in the snow outside the courtyard.

The old soldier stuffed the rolled up letter into his sleeve, then mounted his horse, said goodbye to Li Hongzhuang, and rode away with the whip.

After the old soldier left, Li Hongzhuang called Li Hao and handed him the military report.

"Fifth brother said that the demons outside Liangzhou are ready to make a move. Some cities have even been infiltrated by demons. These demons are planning to cooperate with the outside world and have the tendency to swallow up Liangzhou. They came here specially to take charge."

Li Hongzhuang glanced at Li Hao and said, "Our Tianmen Pass may be attacked by demons in the near future!"

Li Hao picked up the military newspaper and took a look. Seeing the concern of his fifth uncle in it, he immediately thought of the family dinner that day and the impression he left when he exchanged a few words with the other party.

He put his thoughts back and responded to Li Hongzhuang: "If the enemy comes, we will fight him; if the water comes, we will block it with earth; if the demon comes, we will start a big pot!"

"..."

Li Hongzhuang smiled bitterly, and then thought of the two people from the Four-Standing Realm who were in charge, so there was no need to panic. If a situation really occurred, she could still retreat in time. The only thing was that she didn't know when these monsters would invade.

After putting away the general's newspaper, Li Hao invited a few people to have lunch.

After the snow, there is an abundant source of water in Guanzhong.

Li Hongzhuang's hair, which was originally greasy and tangled, had not been invaded by demons in the past few days, so she relaxed. After washing and combing her hair, it became as silky as ink and floated behind her shoulders.

The blood-stained bright red armor had been cleaned, but she was still wearing it, ready for battle at any time. However, her hair was flying, and she looked much more refreshed than before, like a female general walking out of a painting.

Li Hao built several large wooden barrels and boiled snow into water at night to make his own hot spring.

Soaking in a wooden barrel, eating barbecue, drinking, and chatting casually with Mr. Feng, life is so happy.

This border area seems to have really become a place for holiday and leisure.

It was snowing heavily and it was miserable and cold, but because there was shelter, there was no need to be afraid of the wind and snow.

In the following days, Li Hao took Song Qiumo out hunting and hunting monsters during the day, and returned to the courtyard to rest at night. Their life was very regular.

The monsters he hunted gained him a lot of experience in painting, and he was about to upgrade to the sixth level.

While hunting, his fishing experience was slowly increasing, slowly extending towards the bottleneck of the sixth stage.

Unfortunately, the three immortal demons nearby seemed to have heard some news and evacuated from the vicinity of Tianmen Pass.

Li Hao found several caves, which were filled with a foul stench and the scent of the three immortal demons. However, after interrogating the small demons captured nearby, he learned that the big demons inside had left many days ago.

Li Hao collapsed these caves casually and left hidden fish marks here. If any demons passed by, they could come and investigate next time.

The days passed by.

While Li Hao was hunting monsters, his master's state of mind was slowly improving.

At first he was arrogant and asked the master about everything in the world.

This is much more difficult than the ordinary Grandmaster's path.

The world behind the door he kicked open was more vast than he had imagined.

What is everything?

What is the origin of all things?
Li Hao has been thinking about this problem.

Mountains, rivers, fish, insects, animals, etc. are all things.

But there are too many of them. If one were to learn them one by one, even if one had a lifespan of 100,000 years, the average person would not be able to learn them all.

Li Hao has the understanding of the sixth level of the physical body. He can comprehend the artistic conception of the View of All Things at a glance. It is not difficult to master them one by one, but what Li Hao wants is not diversity, but unity!

He wanted to merge the artistic conception of all things into one, but this was just asking for trouble and he could only accomplish it by himself.

While hunting everywhere, Li Hao and Song Qiumo were also traveling around the mountains and rivers outside the pass.

From understanding oneself to gaining insight into the world.

Li Hao saw bushes, flowers, the bright moon and the stream.

I saw the snow melting in the sun, and also the young leaves standing tall under the snow.

Everything has a force, but what is the commonality of this force?

Snow can freeze everything, but can be penetrated by a ray of sunlight.

Although the young leaves are weak, the snow cannot kill them.

Although birds and animals can walk and destroy trees, they shiver in the snow and hurried back to their nests after finding food.

So, what is the power of all things?
A gust of cold wind blew and brushed across his face. Li Hao looked at the distant mountains and nearby forests. He seemed to touch something in his heart, but it was gone in a flash.

As the weather gradually turns to winter, there are more and more days with snow.

Today, two demons within the range of fifteen miles were hunted, and Li Hao returned with Song Qiumo.

The number of monsters in the wilderness outside the pass is still much greater than that within the territory.

Outside the small fenced courtyard, Li Hao built some houses one after another.

Now that there are no demons attacking, these houses can be built without having to worry about being destroyed immediately.

Li Hongzhuang asked: "Are you planning to rebuild the original city?"

Li Hao just smiled and said: "If the demons don't come, it's not impossible."

Li Hongzhuang was thoughtful. These days, she occasionally left the camp to look for traces of demons.

But all the demons nearby were cleared out by Li Hao. She went deep into the outskirts of the Wanshan Demon King's territory and did not venture deeper. However, the number of demons in that area seemed to have decreased a lot, and there was no feeling of a large army of demons gathering.

This is somewhat inconsistent with the military news reported by my fifth brother.

But she did not doubt the information provided by her fifth brother, but an idea came to her mind.

Could it be that these demons are planning to take a detour because there are two people from the Four-Standing Realm guarding Tianmen Pass?

This guess could not be verified, so she could only wait and see. If there was still no movement outside Tianmen Pass, she would send a letter to inform her fifth brother and ask him to be on guard against other places.

……

Every once in a while, Song Qiumo would go to the nearby city to purchase supplies, including vegetables, noodles, seasonings for food and drink, as well as the drawing paper that Li Hao needed.

That day, after Song Qiumo returned, he brought back some extra good things for Li Hao.

A chess manual and two volumes of famous paintings.

These were all what Li Hao entrusted Song Qiumo to find for him.

Li Hao was overjoyed when he received the chess manuals and famous paintings, and immediately added them to his dashboard.

The chess manual is "New Learning of Chess".

It is a chess game that helps beginners get started quickly.

Li Hao pondered over it and integrated it into the Imperial Way, and the corresponding characteristics immediately emerged:
"New Chess Learning": The speed of controlling objects increases by 20%.

Compared with several other chess manuals, the characteristics brought by this chess manual seem ordinary, not as exaggerated as the Seven Star Lighting, but it is the same as the Wanxiang attribute. Once equipped, it releases effects all the time and is a passive skill.

It does not require extra consumption of Li Hao's energy, has no side effects, and the percentage is permanently increased.

In the future, when his speed in controlling objects increases to a higher level, this 20% increase will be even more significant.

As for the two famous paintings, Li Hao couldn't judge what special attributes they would bring, so he could only try to embed them into the physical path and the imperial path respectively.

A famous painting is "Shrimp in the Clear Spring", which is embedded in the physical body and brings the attribute of 20% affinity with water.

Li Hao didn't understand what this property was, but he could feel that after touching the snowflakes, he seemed to have a particularly intimate feeling.

It is also more comfortable to soak in the hot spring.

If you practice ice-related techniques, there seems to be a bonus effect.

Other than that, there is currently no use for birds.

Another famous painting embedded in the Imperial Road is "The Yellow Bird Catching Insects", which depicts a classic story of a mantis stalking a cicada while the yellow bird is behind.

The properties it brings are very strange:

When the attack is not revealed, it has a 1% fatal effect!
This effect seems to be similar to "Hidden Bow", where the killing move is hidden and the attack power can be doubled when not exposed.

But the hidden bow doubles the chance, and the probability is 100%.

But this is only one percent, pitifully small.

However, the words "fatal effect" seem to leave people with some speculation.

Does this mean that regardless of realm and defense, once hit, there is a 1% chance of fatality?

If this is the case, then the effect of this famous painting is a bit terrifying.

However, when Li Hao thought about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong and the effect seemed a bit useless.

When facing an enemy with a lower realm, he can be killed instantly by just raising his hand, and there is no need for its fatal effect.

If one's realm is high, it would be easy to see through his attack and it would be difficult to hide.

Unless you are in a fierce battle and fail to notice him, you will be ambushed by him.

But such sneak attack opportunities are rare. If you really launch a sneak attack, it is difficult to hit with a 1% probability. If you really hit, the luck consumed is simply outrageous. You have to be careful when walking normally, so as not to accidentally fall to death.

However, no matter what, adding an attribute is always better than having nothing.

This kind of extra power did not require him to practice, it was like picking it up for free.

Seeing Li Hao's cheerful look, Song Qiumo smiled and told him another piece of good news:

"In addition to these, I also found out the whereabouts of a famous painting. I heard that it is in the hands of a master."

"Oh?"

Li Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Can I buy it? What are the other party's requirements?"

"I just heard about it. I haven't met that master yet, but I have found out where he is. He should be going to Dayue City in Liangzhou in the near future."

Song Qiumo said, "I heard that there was a grand event in Dayue City a while ago. The people of Tianji Mountain invited all the masters in the world to discuss Taoism. That master should have gone there for this grand event."

"Grandmaster's discussion of the Dao?"

Li Hao was a little surprised.

This event is also mentioned in the interesting stories recorded in Tingyu Tower. It is a grand event that occurs once every sixty years.

Invite masters from all over the world to verify each other's martial arts.

These masters will also bring their own juniors with them, even if they just listen from the sidelines, it will be of great benefit to the improvement of martial arts.

Most masters retreat to the mountains and practice in the hills. They usually do not step into the mundane world and concentrate on studying their own martial arts. Only such a grand event can invite them to come down and learn from each other and verify their martial arts.

I heard that at past conferences, some amazing youngsters, after listening, kicked open the Heaven's Gate on the spot, and leaped from the Fifteen Mile Realm to become Heavenly Grandmasters, and their names spread throughout the world!

There are always one or two such young people appearing at every grand event.

Therefore, in addition to the Grandmaster, those geniuses in the Fifteen Mile Realm would also rush there upon hearing the news.

"Dayue City is quite far from here. Even if we run at full speed, it will take a day to go back and forth..." Li Hao said thoughtfully.

Song Qiumo said: "The Dayue City has a city formation. Although I have the travel order issued by the Dayu Dynasty, I am restricted to Qingzhou and can only travel freely to various cities in Qingzhou. As for Liangzhou, I need to go to the state government to register and review first, and I need Song Yufeng to come forward to guarantee me."

Li Hao knew that Song Qiumo could not help him with this matter.

Registration and review are both time-consuming.

Especially this kind of great demon king in the Four Realms, all states are extremely cautious about him.

After all, once the order is issued and the demon king is allowed to enter the city, if he suddenly starts killing people in the city, the city will be quickly destroyed.

I am afraid that before the news of the city’s destruction is reported, the demon king will be able to quickly sweep to other places, causing destruction one after another, which will cause great damage to the entire state.

Moreover, the princes and nobles in the city were extremely averse to such things.

The big demon king is like a tiger out of a cage. Even if you are told that it will not hurt anyone, no one is willing to take the risk.

Li Hao looked at Li Hongzhuang and said, "Senior Hongzhuang, can you help me go to Dayue City?"

Li Hongzhuang didn't expect Li Hao to be so obsessed with a famous painting, but after watching Li Hao paint these days, she could understand it. This nephew seemed to have put all his attention on these unorthodox ways and was not keen on cultivation.

Except for that night, she never saw Li Hao practicing again.

Obviously he has an extremely terrifying cultivation speed, but he has no interest in cultivation at all. Yet his realm is the best among his peers. Li Hongzhuang can only say that God is feeding food into Li Hao's mouth and forcing him to eat it!

"I'm too lazy to run. If you want it, why don't you go there yourself?" said Li Hongzhuang.

She had no interest in these famous paintings, but she loved them as a child and even embroidered them on handkerchiefs.

But after she picked up the sword, she never touched a needle again.

The only thing she saw was the snow and wind outside the pass, and the countless demons that needed to be slain.

Li Hao felt a little helpless, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was feasible.

In recent days, all the demons within three hundred miles outside the pass have been killed by him.

The demons further away seemed to be fleeing and hiding as well, so only a few could be hunted each time.

Even if I leave this place for a few days, it won't be a big deal.

"If you want to go, I'll watch over you for a few days." Song Qiumo saw what Li Hao was thinking and said lazily, leaning back on a chair covered with a soft blanket.

Li Hao smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Senior."

Song Qiumo rolled his eyes at him, seeming to be dissatisfied with the word "senior", but said nothing.

Li Hao could feel at ease knowing that Song Qiumo was taking care of him.

The effect of him staying here is far less than that of the other party.

Li Hao guessed that the reason why no demons were found these days was probably because the news of Song Qiumo's fight with the Dragon Lord had spread among the demon circles outside the pass, letting the demons know that although the Tianmen Pass was empty and the original army had retreated, it was now more terrifying than a large army guarding it.

Without the Demon King showing up in person and risking being wanted, this place will be unshakable!

"In that case, Qianqian, get ready and follow me to Dayue City. There seems to be a martial arts temple there. You can go to Jihun as well." Li Hao stood up and said.

Ren Qianqian's eyes lit up slightly and she responded quickly.

Li Hao rubbed the little white fox's head and said, "You have also entered the Soul Successor Realm. Where should you go to succeed the soul?"

(End of this chapter)