“But this matter also enraged the Dragon Clan, and the Dragon Gate secretly plotted and accumulated strength. Decades ago, when my elder brother was guarding this Dragon City, Dragon Gate seized the opportunity and successfully breached the city gates.”
“That battle was so fierce that the sky darkened and countless died or were injured. The majority of the royal reinforcements were killed in action!”
Li Xiaoran’s gaze was deep and solemn as he said, “Therefore, when you turn eighteen, you will face an extremely perilous situation. But the good news is that this time we can look out for each other. If we really can’t resolve the situation, I also have other ways to save our lives!”
“However, it would be even better if it could be resolved along the way.”
He was guarding Mo River in order to assist his elder brother in defending Dragon City, to bring him relief.
Li Hao nodded slightly, although he had many questions, but at the moment he couldn’t speak, he could only wait until he could talk again to ask.
“Don’t ever think that cultivation is very simple.”
Seeing Li Hao’s calm expression, Li Xiaoran gravely advised, “The special rules of Mo River will interfere with your original Tao Realm perception. Therefore, you are essentially re-cultivating and relearning. You can try to remember your original cultivation techniques now, and you will understand.”
Li Hao was taken aback. He was about to say that cultivation wasn’t difficult, especially for someone like Li Xiaoran, who was akin to a reincarnated powerhouse. With his grasp of previous cultivation techniques, he should be able to rise rapidly. It seemed that passing through the Mo River might not be so hard after all.
But upon hearing Li Xiaoran’s words, Li Hao immediately began to recall his understanding of the Sword Tao and Chess Tao.
Thinking was fine until then, but as his thoughts ventured toward those areas, Li Hao felt as though he was blocked by a barrier, unable to truly recall them.
The feeling was too bizarre!
He clearly knew how to use a sword, but when he tried to remember, he forgot how to hold it!
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t remember!
It was like graduating from a college entrance exam, knowing that he had studied, and even excelled in the exams but when trying to remember in detail, he discovered he had completely forgotten what was written on which page of the textbooks!
He couldn’t even remember the questions from the college entrance exam!
Hadn’t this turned him into a university student?!
Li Hao was shocked.
Did this mean he had to re-cultivate?
Seeing the look of shock on Li Hao’s young face, Li Xiaoran immediately knew that Li Hao had tried, and with a slight smile, he said in a soft voice, “Don’t panic. Initially, you’ll need to rely on yourself to cultivate again.
But as your realm of cultivation becomes higher, the special rules will be less obstructive, and gradually you will be able to comprehend some of your original Tao Realm again.”
“That is to say, the faster you cultivate on your own, the more of your sealed cultivation memories will be revealed, and your cultivation speed will increase again later on!”
“Otherwise, truly starting from scratch, within just a dozen or so years, not counting the time acceleration during sleep, reaching the Heavenly Human Realm would already be the limit. Then, this Mo River would become an unsolvable place.”
Upon hearing this, Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief, his thoughts racing. He wondered whether he could continue absorbing experience through the panel while he was here.
Moved by the thought, he summoned the panel.
The characters danced before his eyes, and the panel indeed appeared.
Li Hao was surprised, but then he was stunned—the panel was as clean as his face, just like when he had first transmigrated.
“Does this mean that my original panel is within my original body, and now this body has a new one?”
Li Hao pondered in his heart. Both Mo River and the panel were enigmatic and inexplicable, and when combined, coming up with a solution seemed even more unlikely.
But the fact that the panel was still there was a relief to him.
Without the panel, although he wouldn’t become useless, the speed of his self-cultivation might not be as fast.
After all, reaching the Extreme Heaven-man Realm was achieved entirely through his own perception, which demonstrates that his Martial Arts comprehension abilities are quite respectable.
“Additionally, don’t zone out and leave the Divine General Mansion at night, as there may be Demons attacking at any moment,”
Li Xiaoran further cautioned, “Although this is the Divine General Mansion, it’s within Dragon City. The majority of things in Mo River are transformations of my elder brother’s obsessions, so there will be some inconceivable states of affairs. You need not be too surprised if you come across them.”
“Inside Dragon City, it is not safe. I will come to see you often. You should get some more sleep to quickly progress to the time when you start your Foundation Establishment and Body Refinement. We can talk about the path of cultivation after that.”
“You don’t have to worry, when you sleep and time accelerates for you, time on my side remains normal. I will live through each day, but you will feel as though only a blink has passed and several months have gone by.”
Li Hao nodded—this Fourth Master had detailed many things quite thoroughly, showing he was a person of meticulous thought.
After a few more words of guidance, Li Xiaoran let Li Hao rest and left the room.
Once he had left, Li Hao pondered for a moment and decided to look for a chessboard, ink, and other supplies. His accumulation of experience in drawing had been rather quick previously, and it wasn’t as safe here within Mo River compared to the courtyard in reality. He should start with drawing and poetry.
However, he needed to be able to speak before he could write poetry.
Soon, Li Hao also discovered that he couldn’t even walk yet.
With a wry smile, Li Hao lay down, preparing to first sleep until he could walk.
…
When Li Hao opened his eyes again from a deep sleep, he immediately felt that his body had regained a lot of vitality and had become much stronger.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard tapping sounds nearby. Lifting his gaze, he saw warm and gentle sunlight shining through. He was in a courtyard.
Looking at the design of the courtyard, it was indeed the Green Lotus Courtyard where his grandmother lived.
It was also in that courtyard where he had severed ties with his nominal father.
Li Hao’s gaze subtly shifted as he saw the courtyard again, his thoughts momentarily dragged back to the past, but he quickly reined them in.
Compared to the Green Lotus Courtyard in reality, the walls here seemed somewhat newer, and the clanging of taps resonated within the courtyard.
Li Hao looked over to see four boys practicing and sparring with each other in the courtyard, all wielding wooden weapons.
Their ages ranged from about three to seven years old.
And he himself was lying in the arms of a noblewoman, who was none other than his grandmother, Chen Hefang.
“Tiaro, watch your brothers practice carefully. One day, you’ll be just like them, strong enough to protect our family and country,” Chen Hefang said softly with a shallow smile, her face radiating a mother’s tenderness as she noticed Li Hao waking up.
Li Hao was momentarily taken aback, as the image of his grandmother from outside Mo River came to mind.
With six of the Li Family’s nine sons lost in battle, she turned to fasting and chanting Buddhist sutras, her hair already silver-white. Later, her only wish was for her children to live peacefully.
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Li Hao fell silent for a while, observing the four boys in the courtyard. The youngest of them was about three years old, yet his stance while walking and standing was impressively stable as he waved a stick around; his eyes were particularly bright and lively.
The three older children were sparring with each other in the courtyard.
Shout!
A wooden sword was knocked down, and the older child retracted his hand in pain, grumbling irritably:
“Tiangang, you’re cheating again!”
