Follow the path of Dao from infancy

"I am here under your father's orders to protect you. Without a direct command from him, I will not leave."

"Old man, you'd better change your way of talking. Don't keep saying 'your father'."

Li Hao's eyebrows creased as he stared at the other person.

Li He was slightly taken aback, feeling a chill approaching.

He felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart. Although he had been transferred here temporarily and had heard about the father-son battle in Qingzhou City, in his view, what if there was a battle? After all, they were father and son; could they really sever ties completely?

"Young master, you are being rather disrespectful," Li He said earnestly, his face solemn.

"To you, or to whom?"

Li Hao's eyes narrowed, a black aura swirling around him, flashing dangerously.

Li He noticed it, but his straightforward nature compelled him to say honestly, "Of course, your father. As for how you treat me, I don't mind..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the young man on the ground suddenly burst into action.

With a whooshing sound, he threw a fierce punch.

Li He was slightly taken aback, his gaze instantly stern as he quickly blocked with a palm strike.

With a bang, two great forces collided, sending Li He flying backward, retreating several tens of meters before coming to a stop. His aged face was filled with shock.

Having observed Li Hao slay two Immortal Great Demons before, his previous experience was not as intense as this moment.

The power of Li Hao's fist was difficult for him to withstand.

"Considering you are an elder, I won't bother with you, but if you don't learn to speak properly, I will really make you shut up!"

Li Hao stood his ground, giving him a cold glance, without pursuing further.

Li He's face grew ugly, as he wanted to say something but stopped himself upon seeing the genuine chill in the youth's eyes, restraining himself.

If Li Hao had made a full effort like yesterday, he doubted whether he could have resisted, after all, his duty was to protect the young man.

"Hao Er!"

Li Hongzhuang called out in a frown when she saw Li Hao actually strike.

Li Hao glanced at her and said, "Elder Hongzhuang, I hope that aside from the arduous task of slaying demons, I can be a bit more pleased in my mood, and I hope you will conduct yourself accordingly."

Hearing Li Hao use such distant language, her face changed slightly as she gazed at him.

She did not know what had happened between this father and son to elicit such strong aversion from the child, even toward her, upon mention of Seventh Brother.

She sighed inwardly and remained silent.

Li Hao went back to his seat as if nothing had happened, continuing to write the secret manual.

Li He stood with his hands behind his back, but the palm that had caught Li Hao's punch was trembling slightly.

Fortunately, the healing ability of the Immortal Great was formidable, capable of regenerating limbs. Soon, the meridians in his arm became smooth again.

Li He looked deeply at the young man, feeling pity, and wondered if the letter sent to Qingzhou City had been received by the general.

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...

In Qingzhou City, at the Divine General Mansion.

A green finch flitted in through the window and landed beside the inkstone on the desk.

Its palm-sized body suddenly swelled to the size of a head, and a scroll of letter was squeezed out from its beak.

The middle-aged man in brown clothes at the desk quickly picked up the letter, spreading it open to read carefully.

After reading, his face turned darker with urgency, and he crushed the letter.

"My lord, is that a letter from the young master?"

Yu Xuan walked in upon seeing the green finch, his eyes revealing concern.

After all, that was the heir of the main house, whose talents, if nurtured, could be sufficient to suppress demons and monsters in the world.

"Humph!"

Responding to Yu Xuan's concerned tone, Li Tian Gang snorted angrily, eyes filled with rage:

"It's a reply from Li He. I was wondering why he's so stubborn, turns out someone's backing him. Uncle Two, Uncle Five, truly harmful. Do they really have to ruin Hao Er before they are satisfied?"

Yu Xuan was a bit taken aback and couldn't help asking, "My lord, what do you mean by that?"

Li Tian Gang was in no mood to continue.

The content of the letter had rekindled the anger he had managed to subdue over the last few days.

He had sent Li He to covertly protect Li Hao along the way, only for Li He to discover that another powerful figure was secretly following Li Hao, and he suspected it might be one of the top figures from the Four Stands Realm.

That's the Four Stands Realm, a place with few such individuals in the whole Dayu, so why would someone of such stature condescend to protect a child?

Undoubtedly, it was Uncle Two and Uncle Five who pulled strings, calling in favors from their old friends.

This was equivalent to wasting precious favors for nothing, and employing a Four Stands Realm expert to accompany a child was an enormous waste.

With this spare time, they could have slain numerous demons!

Most importantly, it went against his wishes.

He wanted Li Hao to go to Heavenly Gate Pass, to the frontier, to crush his stubbornness, to let him witness the terror between life and death, to let him realize that the outside world was not as comfortable and warm as the Divine General Mansion.

Now, with a Four Stands Realm expert secretly protecting him, how could he experience anything!

In doing so, did they really have to wait three years for the kid to return and sever ties with him? With the boy's stubborn nature, he'd likely harbor grudges after three years.

The more Li Tian Gang thought about it, the angrier he became, hoping that the Four Stands Realm expert wouldn't have the patience to accompany Li Hao for three years.

Given the boy's disagreeable temperament, it was unlikely the other party could endure.

However, if Uncle Two and Uncle Five indulged him and promised great favors, it was not impossible that they'd really accompany him for three years.

Thinking of this, he immediately set out to go find them for an explanation.

Just as he stepped out of the room, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The early winter snow had arrived.

Li Tian Gang obviously didn't care about the snowflakes, not bothering with an umbrella as he flew straight to Listening Rain Tower.