Chapter 285: Chapter 51: Setting a Banner Five Thousand Miles Away
Seeing his identity revealed by a mere glance from Li Hao, the boy’s expression slightly changed.
He quietly observed the calm and gentle-looking youth, finding it hard to connect him with the fierce figure he had seen outside the pass.
But he knew that with the slightest carelessness, he would lose his life.
“I pay my respects to the junior general.”
He respectfully saluted, then said somewhat nervously,
“Sir, I was sent here because, when you were sweeping the area outside of the pass, you destroyed the palaces of three Demon Kings, and they had us from Tianji Palace come to ask, how does the junior general plan to compensate?”
“Compensate?”
Li Hao looked at him with some surprise, “What kind of compensation do they want?”
“They hope that you will apologize and promise not to invade again, so as to avoid any interference with each other. That way, they too can assure that Heavenly Gate Pass will remain peaceful, allowing you to successfully hold it for three years,” the boy said respectfully, yet his voice trembled slightly.
Li Hao narrowed his eyes slightly and chuckled, “They even know I’ll be stationed here for three years. It seems you know quite a bit about me. Well then, tell them that the compensation is right here. They can have whatever they want, but they must come and get it themselves.”
“This…”
The boy looked troubled and said, “Junior general, we’re here to negotiate. Please don’t get angry. You can’t possibly stay at Heavenly Gate Pass forever. I advise you to think it over.”
“Hmm?”
Li Hao looked at him, his gaze suddenly intense as if it contained the weight of ten thousand catties, pressing down on the boy, scaring him so much that feathers appeared on his skin, nearly revealing his true form.
And his body, too, bent down and knelt on the ground.
“Junior general, please spare my life, junior general, please spare my life…”
The boy’s protruding bird beak frantically pleaded.
Li Hao’s gaze withdrew, and he said indifferently, “I’ve said what I needed to. If they want compensation, let them come here themselves. Hiding and still expecting compensation, did your Tianji Palace not tell them how I flattened their territories?”
The boy nervously said, “We told them, but they are very angry…”
Li Hao interrupted him, “Could it be that the real purpose of your visit is to test my patience, or something else?”
The boy’s heart suddenly constricted, scared out of his wits, but he managed a forced smile on his face and said,
“How could that be? Although Tianji Palace is a Demon force, we never participate in wars and have some cooperation with the Human Race. We are only here to pass on a message.”
“Oh, then tell me who you have cooperated with among the Human Race?”
“That, I do not know. My cultivation level is too low…” the boy trembled.
Tired of playing along with such a minor character, Li Hao said coldly, “Get lost.”
“Yes, thank you for sparing my life, junior general…”
Feeling the pressure on his body dissipate like a piercing chill, the boy quickly scrambled up, ready to leave.
“Wait a moment.”
Li Hao stopped him with a cold voice, “Just like that, leaving empty-handed? Qianqian, give him my military flag.”
Ren Qianqian was listening intently on the side, and upon hearing this, she was startled but quickly reacted, pulling out a military flag from the side of the courtyard and tossing it to the Bird Demon boy.
The Bird Demon boy caught it, looking at Li Hao nervously and confusedly.
“Take my military flag, go back to your Demon territory, and plant my flag on the mountaintop where I last traveled. Tianji Palace should know which mountaintop that is, right?”
Li Hao’s eyes were cold and piercing as he stared at the boy who was a Bird Demon, “Next time I patrol, if I see my flag has fallen or is damaged, I will once again sweep through everything outside the pass and will increase the range!”
“Furthermore, Tianji Palace should be more careful when you see me in the future.”
Feeling the undisguised killing intent from Li Hao, the Bird Demon boy was stunned and trembling all over.
A Demon, helping this young man plant a military flag?
And it could not fall or be damaged?
You should know that the distance Li Hao had previously pushed through was five thousand li outside the gate, which was deep in Demon territory!
Now, this young man was going to have his military flag stand under the eyes of all those Demons; it was a blatant humiliation and deterrence!
Domineering, brazen, and arrogant!
At this moment, in the boy’s eyes, the previously amiable and gentle youth had long disappeared, to be replaced by a sovereign Fighting God who looked down upon all, making people bow in trepidation!
“I, I understand.”
After the shock, the Bird Demon boy tremblingly agreed.
He knew the only reason he could walk out of here alive was to do this task for Li Hao. Otherwise, he would never be able to leave this courtyard.
When the Bird Demon boy left shakily, Ren Qianqian approached with an astonished expression and said,
“Young master, when you went outside the pass, you flattened the demon kings’ lairs?”
Li Hao nodded slightly, and seeing her astonished expression, he smiled and said, “Practice your sword well, and in the future, you can too.”
Ren Qianqian’s heart skipped a beat and she smiled wryly to herself; her pursuit had only been to surpass a Grandmaster.
Demon Kings… they are beings of the Four Stands Realm.
Nevertheless, Li Hao’s words seemed to open a much broader door for her heart, and her eyes sparkled with increased motivation for cultivation.
As she turned, eager to practice her sword, Li Hao called her back and asked her to bring some stationery because he wanted to write a letter.
Ren Qianqian obediently went to find paper in the room, puzzled, “Young master, who is this letter for?”
“To Liangzhou Military Department,” Li Hao said.
“Ah?” Ren Qianqian was confused; Li Hao didn’t seem to have a close relationship with them.
“This Demon from Tianji Palace came here, it must be a test for me,”
Li Hao said as he wrote the letter, “These Demons Kings asking for compensation, if their intelligence was accurate, they wouldn’t dare to mention it, let alone threaten me. I think this Bird Demon came here to test my limits, or whether I would actually be stationed here for three years…”