After saying farewell to several people, Li Hao took Candle Flame God and Xiyan, and headed for the Wang Family in Yunzhou.
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Traveling day and night, crossing mountains, rivers, and Jianghu, despite taking a direct route, they still had to cross six or seven great states, a distance of nearly a million miles.
But this time, Li Hao had no mind to enjoy the local customs or sightsee along the way; he was in a hurry.
Candle Flame God galloped all the way, its hoofs of flame streaking across the sky. A day later, they arrived at the borders of Yunzhou.
Over Yunzhou, many powers and Sects stood tall, but all had the shadow of the Wang Family behind them. Since the Imperial Capital stripped away the border guards’ military power, the Wang Family’s influence had deeply penetrated these Jianghu powers, using the Sects as a cover for military training. Should the day come when Demons invaded Yunzhou, one would see a Yunzhou united as one.
Those seemingly disorganized Sects could produce armor and weapons of such quality it would make the Demons retreat.
As for whether that old man in the Imperial Capital turned a blind eye, well, no one could say for sure.
Candle Flame God descended, landing outside the Divine General Mansion of the Wang Family.
This resplendent and majestic Divine General Mansion was positioned in the center of Yunzhou City, as if it marked the absolute dominion of its occupants. Inscribed with the five characters of “Heavenly Illuminating Divine General Mansion”, its golden brilliance was dazzling and awe-inspiring.
Seeing the demonic aura emitted by Candle Flame God, the guards outside the Divine General Mansion were startled, but they quickly realized something and hurried inside to report.
Before long, a mighty sound of footsteps approached.
Headed by Family Head Wang Yongzhi, who appeared to be in his forties, followed by many influential figures of the Wang Family, most of whom either held titles or official positions, people of great distinction on any normal day. But at that moment, they hurried along, their expressions filled with curiosity and tension.
There had long been rumors about the extraordinary bearing of the young man, but they had never seen him with their own eyes. Although the young man had been ennobled and promoted, he had not yet met the Saint in the court, which was quite a rare occurrence.
Soon, as they reached the entrance, they immediately saw the youth seated on Candle Flame God’s back.
The young man’s complexion was fair and handsome, with deep, dark eyes as lustrous as polished jade, devoid of the arrogance and superiority they had expected. Instead, he seemed restrained and profound, possessing a loneliness and grace as if seated atop an empty mountain peak alone.
Wang Yongzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, then immediately bowed and said,
“You must be Haotian General, right?”
“Master Wang?”
Out of respect, Li Hao also dismounted from the powerful and strong Candle Flame God. Immediately afterwards, Candle Flame God transformed into a blaze, taking on the appearance of a young man with piercing eyes, and stood coldly behind Li Hao.
Beside Wang Yongzhi, two elderly members of the Wang Family fixed their gaze heavily and felt a chill in their hearts.
Although there were rumors, seeing with their own eyes that the ruler of the Great Void Realm had indeed been subdued by this young man was quite something.
Since the battle at Liangzhou, the ruler of the Great Void Realm revealed his strength to be that of a Half-step Tao Realm existence.
“Greetings to Haotian General.”
Many influential figures of the Wang Family also saluted Li Hao politely; everyone was very courteous.
Although they had previously heard that Li Hao had slain the Buddha Lord, they weren’t much concerned. But as time passed and more detailed intelligence came back, especially secretive reports from their people placed within the Buddhist community, it seemed the Buddha Lord might have been ascending to the Tao Comprehension Realm when he was killed by Li Hao.
This made them feel a bit alarmed.
After all, the strength revealed by the Buddha Lord had always been of the Grand Tao of Peace Realm.
Though sufficient to deter others, compared to the Wang Family’s long-accumulated heritage, and considering that a group from the Wang Family entered the Immortal Gate a thousand years ago—their monsters—though they were polite to the Buddha Lord, there was no real fear or awe.
The Wang Family also had strength comparable to the Grand Tao of Peace Realm.
Moreover, if the monsters from the Immortal Gate returned one day, they would surely not be far behind.
But the Tao Comprehension Realm was different; it represented the strongest under the Saints.
The True Person of Gan Tao Palace made the four corners of the world’s Demons not dare to act rashly, because the strength he exhibited was already of the Tao Comprehension Realm.
And no one had seen him fight with all his strength, so how much hidden power he truly had, no one knew.
For all the matters that required his intervention were resolved cleanly.
“Haotian General, please.”
Wang Yongzhi invited Li Hao with a smile on his face.
Li Hao also courteously exchanged pleasantries and followed them into the mansion.
Along the way, Wang Yongzhi took the opportunity to introduce many of the Wang Family’s powerful figures to Li Hao, clearly aiming to form connections.
The two elders nodded at Li Hao, one with a smile and a gentle demeanor, while the other had a calm expression, appearing neither warm nor cold.
The latter was Wang Zhenping, Wang Yongzhi’s uncle and the father of Wang Xiangru.
He remembered all the various remarks his daughter had sent back to her family, along with complaints from his grandchildren, so he had no favorable impression of the young man in front of him.
However, he knew that this young man was now different from before, with formidable strength and illustrious military achievements, so he would not provoke trouble unnecessarily.
When they reached the grand hall of the Wang Family, Li Hao asked impatiently:
“Master Wang, you mentioned earlier that you had found Mr. Feng Boping’s soul?”
Hearing Li Hao refer to Feng Boping that way, Wang Yongzhi thought of how the latter, in a fit of rage, had killed the Buddha Lord and felt a mix of emotions. He said:
“Haotian General, there is no need to worry. His Majesty has already explained it to me. The Thieve Saint’s soul might be fragmented, with not much lingering will, and is now trapped in a Netherworld Level Mo River.”
“When we found it, we had already had my second uncle Wang Zhendong personally attempt to clear it.”
Netherworld Level?
Li Hao inwardly let out a sigh of relief; it was not at the Youdu Level.
His previous venture into the Dragon City Mo River had been a narrow escape.
Even with his current strength at the Grand Tao of Peace Realm level, he could not say for certain that he could clear any other Youdu Level Mo River, as the rules of each Youdu Level Mo River varied.