While waiting for news from the Wang Family, Li Hao began his daily cultivation.
Despite now being able to slay those in the Dao Law Realm, it was a situation where he had to give it his all without reservation, which was still too reluctant…
This also aroused a sense of crisis in his heart.
Currently, his martial arts attributes:
Physical Body Dao at the 8th stage, Control Dao at the 7th stage, Body Path at the 6th stage, Sword Dao at the 6th stage, Fist Skill at the 6th stage.
And for artistic skills, Chess Tao at the 6th stage, Musical Rhythm at the 4th stage, Poetry and Books at the 3rd stage, Carving at the 3rd stage, Cooking Dao at the 7th stage, Artistic Path at the 7th stage, and Fishing Tao at the 5th stage.
Remaining Skill Points: 1.
Currently, only Cooking Dao and Artistic Path have achieved Spirit-Entering, while the most promising ones are Chess Tao and Fishing Tao.
Should he manage to achieve Spirit-Entering, the quality of his Body Path and Sword Dao, among others, could transform greatly.
But Chess Tao had just reached the 6th stage and was far from Perfection, and Fishing Tao was even further behind.
Fortunately, there was no bottleneck from the 5th stage to the 6th stage, as long as he had enough experience, it could naturally occur.
Li Hao had been slaying demons and enemies everywhere these past days and hadn’t really taken the time to calmly cultivate. Now that he had a rare opportunity, he took Feng along with him, along with a chessboard and Ren Qianqian, and traveled thousands of miles beyond the border to find a lake.
His strength condensed into a line, cast into the lake in an imperceptible manner, demonstrating the hidden line techniques of fishing.
The front of the line penetrated a small Fish Demon’s body, following its meridians like acupuncture, painlessly, the little Fish Demon unaware it was entangled by Li Hao’s line, still frolicking playfully in the water, none the wiser that it had become Li Hao’s bait.
“Feng, you should give it a try too.”
Li Hao said with a smile to Feng beside him.
Although his soul was damaged and Feng Boping’s movements were slow, years of fishing seemed to have become muscle memory, and without waiting for Li Hao to finish, he vibrated his Qi Force into a line stretching into the lake.
Seeing this familiar set of maneuvers, Li Hao could not help but smile.
He casually took out a tea table and chessboard from Heaven and Earth Space, Ren Qianqian made tea for Li Hao and silently meditated by the shore.
Li Hao spoke of the principles of the sword as he fished, as a way of discussing the Chess Tao with her.
A light breeze passed by, mingling the low voices of the youth by the lake with the intermittent sounds of cicadas in the distance.
While Ren Qianqian was deep in thought, Li Hao taught Xiyan how to play chess. Since he had brought her to experience the bustling life of the mortal world, naturally, he also intended for her to taste all kinds of joy.
At least in his opinion, playing chess was quite joyful.
Xiyan was very intelligent, and after memorizing the rules, she began to play quite well.
“What is he doing?”
In the distant woods, two figures stood there, a girl and an old man, who were Ying Xiaoxiao and the tea stall elder from the Qingzhou official road.
“If I’m not mistaken, he seems to be playing…” the tea stall elder said with a wry smile.
Ying Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes slightly, “I know, but isn’t he supposed to be cultivating?”
She looked at the young man by the lake, who seemed as free as a cloud or a wild crane, sipping tea, playing chess, fishing leisurely, showing no sign of sword practice or martial arts cultivation.
Was this the daily routine of the peerless genius?
The occasional relaxation might be just fine, but it seemed that during the time they followed him, they never saw the young man cultivate. Stay connected via empire
“He was able to slay a Buddha Lord in the Dao Law Realm while being in the Grand Tao of Peace Realm. Although that Buddha Lord’s union of Buddha and demon had some defects, being a forced fusion, it was still considered a presence in the Dao Law Realm. He must be comprehending the Dao…”
The tea stall elder’s eyes flickered as he spoke softly.
They had followed him all the way, and when Li Hao had slain the Buddha Lord, they were in a very distant place and had witnessed that battle.
“Comprehending the Dao, huh…”
Ying Xiaoxiao murmured thoughtfully. Indeed, given the young man’s current strength, he should be at the bottleneck limit of the Tai Ping Tao. As long as he comprehended his own Dao, he could step into the Tao Comprehension Realm.
“But his way of comprehending the Dao is really strange.”
Ying Xiaoxiao’s eyes flickered. She had seen many talented cultivators comprehend the Dao, but most of them would seek Cave Mansions to close up, or else gain experience in the mortal world. Unlike this young man who didn’t seek worldly experience but instead spent days with people close to him, leisurely enjoying their company.
By the lake, Li Hao’s eyes slightly brightened.
He quickly tightened the line, and the frolicking little Fish Demon was preyed upon by a Great Demon, nabbed in one bite.
Hooked.
Li Hao tugged swiftly, the lake water splashed, and the Great Demon was shocked, trying to spit out the little Fish Demon. But Li Hao’s line, like a spiritual needle, had already pierced through its body, yanking it out of the lake directly.
Fishing Experience +68.
The demon was at the Heavenly Human Realm. Seeing the young man on the shore, it exclaimed, “Ignorant boy, how dare you fish your grandpa? Die!”
But as soon as it finished speaking, it was dead.
The fishing line swiftly moved within its body, severing meridians and bones, and by triggering the 1% lethal attribute, the demon’s eyes filled with horror, quickly fading.
Li Hao casually flicked it onto the shore, collecting it into Heaven and Earth Space.
Lunch for today was settled, they would have grilled fish.
Li Hao cast the fishing line out again, extending it even further into the lake, several thousand meters away.
He continued to wait quietly, using another small Fish Demon as bait, following the same process as before.
Even with his current strength, a mere gesture could cause great upheaval, emptying this lake and killing all demons within, but that would ruin the fun of fishing.
He took a sip of tea, placed a piece on the chessboard, and seeing Xiyan with her whiskers tilted as if deep in thought, Li Hao smiled slightly, his gaze drifting far away, looking at the quiet blue sky and floating clouds. The mist seemed to form the appearance of a chessboard, with each cloud puff resembling a piece.
He was so absorbed in the sight that he had an epiphany.
Mountains and rivers, adhering to heavenly principles, resembled the crisscrossing lines on a chessboard.
The concept of “layout” originated from this small chessboard.
Mountains and rivers as the board, all creatures as pieces…