Chapter 7 The Path of the Flesh
In Changchun Courtyard.
He Jianlan sat on the polished golden nanmu armchair with a dignified manner. She listened to the young servant's trembling report in front of her, and her heart moved slightly.
I have heard that the child is precocious and smart, but it is a pity that he has no talent for martial arts, and his intelligence is wasted.
Thinking of the letter from the border, He Jianlan sighed in her heart and said lightly: "Xuejian, go and take care of the child, just don't tear up the book."
"Yes."
Beside her, a woman with almond eyes, red lips and fair skin answered softly.
…
The instructions of Changchun Courtyard were conveyed to the outside of Tingyu Tower. Li Hao looked at the little girl who came to supervise and was a little surprised, but he didn't care. After all, he was too young, and it was normal for the eldest lady to be worried about him entering the building alone.
Although they were both servants, Zhao Bo's status was obviously lower than that of the little girl named Xuejian, and she was stopped outside the building by the other party.
In the ancient building, the light was a little dim, and a layer of dust accumulated on the ground.
Bookshelves were displayed in the building, towering and huge. Li Hao walked and looked. There were wooden signs on the sides of these bookshelves, which were classified into categories.
There were sword techniques, knife techniques, gun techniques, weapons, poisons, etc.
There were various types of books, almost everything was available.
Li Hao couldn't help but sigh.
This small building could hold half of the martial arts world.
Not long after, Li Hao found the secret book of body training. The bookshelves were densely packed with various body training skills.
"Vajra Sutra", "Nine Transformations of the Divine Turtle", "Seven Star Seal", etc.
Li Hao casually took a secret book called "Stone Skin Hundred Refinements" and leaned on the bookshelf to read it.
The building was extremely quiet, with only two breathing sounds, one big and one small.
Xuejian followed Li Hao quietly like a shadow, with decent manners, and her temperament was even better than that of ordinary ladies from powerful families. She looked at this young master who had attracted much attention since birth, and a hint of curiosity was revealed in her eyes.
Sure enough, he looked very precocious, and he seemed to be able to read.
And he read it so carefully, can he really understand it?
Time passed.
Li Hao read the first chapter of the secret book repeatedly, understanding it word by word. After an unknown period of time, a message that made him happy finally appeared in front of him:
"I have learned the basics. Do you want to collect it?"
Li Hao directly chose yes.
Soon, the panel in front of him jumped out.
[Name: Li Hao]
[Age: 4]
[Cultivation: Ordinary]
[Sword Dao: Second Stage]
[Skill: Sea Boundless Tide (Ultimate) [Forbidden]]
[Flesh Dao: Not yet started]
[Skill: Stone Skin Hundred Refinement (Not yet started) {Forbidden}]
[Chess Dao: Second Stage (18/1000)]
[Chess Book Atlas Collection: 0]
[Skill Points: 0]
Seeing that the collection was successful, Li Hao was a little surprised. His guess was right. In this way, he could officially embark on cultivation.
But before that, he still needed to accumulate new skill points.
Thinking of this, Li Hao suddenly frowned again.
It’s very fast to gain experience alone, but it’s much slower to play against others.
It took three days to accumulate 18 experience points, and the tool man has been scared away.
I have to find a stable tool man... Li Hao muttered in his heart, stuffed the secret book in his hand back into the bookshelf, and then turned to the little girl behind him and asked: "Which floor is the best body refining secret book?"
Xue Jian was slightly surprised. This child actually knows how to refine the body?
Who taught him?
Could it be the lieutenant in the army who built his foundation?
The meridians are blocked, so he wants to take the pure body refining path...Xue Jian’s eyes flashed a flash of realization, and he said softly: "Reporting to the young master, the strongest body refining secret book collected in Tingyu Tower is on the sixth floor, I will take you there."
"Not on the seventh floor?"
Li Hao was slightly disappointed and said: "The strongest should mean the only one, right?"
"Because one is complete and can be practiced, and the other is a fragment, which can also be practiced, but not to the extreme." Xue Jian said.
Li Hao was a little surprised that the fragment can enter the sixth floor?
Soon, under the guidance of the little girl, Li Hao was carried to the sixth floor.
If he climbed by himself, he would have been tired by the third floor.
The higher he went, the fewer secret books there were in the building. By the sixth floor, there were only a few short bookshelves left. A quick look showed that the secret books on them only added up to 20 to 30 books.
However, Li Hao did not underestimate the number. The Li family had accumulated thousands of years, and these 20 to 30 books were probably worth a fortune if they were thrown outside.
Soon, Xue Jian brought the two body-refining secret books she mentioned back to Li Hao.
One was "Thousand Dragon Holy Body".
The other was called "Taichu".
The covers were a little damaged and old. If they were thrown into ordinary people's homes, they would probably become rags to pad the table legs.
Li Hao took them and flipped through them one by one.
Just the beginning of the secret book made him feel that it was very different from what he had read on the first floor before.
He... couldn't understand it at all.
The words above were extremely obscure, just like reading classical Chinese, oh no, it should be oracle bone script. I finally recognized a few words, but when they were put together, I couldn't understand them at all.
Li Hao's little face wrinkled together.
He continued to read for a while, but finally gave up decisively.
It was difficult for me to even get the basics.
"When I watched that kid practicing sword, he also watched for several days before he included "Sea Without Bounds". That was just watching people practice directly, this was self-study..."
Li Hao shook his head, and decided to wait until he accumulated enough art points and upgraded his physical body before trying again.
He let Xuejian carry him downstairs.
Although Li Hao wanted to learn other kinds of secrets, he obviously didn't have the energy for the time being.
Without art skills, everything was in vain, and the problem returned to... lack of tools.
After leaving Tingyu Tower, Li Hao said goodbye to the little girl who was very good at treating people, and then returned to Shanhe Courtyard with Zhao Bo.
"Brother Hao."
Seeing Li Hao coming back, Bian Ruxue immediately ran over, tripped and almost fell.
"Don't worry, don't worry." Li Hao said hurriedly.
"Where did Brother Hao go? Can you take me with you in the future?" Bian Ruxue flattened her mouth and looked at him eagerly.
In the past year, the little girl has been attached to Li Hao. At night, she would hold her pillow and sneak into Li Hao's room. Only in this way would she be willing to sleep obediently.
Li Hao drove her away several times at first, but the little girl woke up several times in the middle of the night and ran to Li Hao crying. The tearful look made Li Hao finally unable to bear it.
Fortunately, the bed was big and his body was small, so one more person would not be too much. The little girl slept peacefully and did not make any noise, so he let her do what she wanted.
"You have to be obedient. Just stay here. I will come back no matter where I go." Li Hao said while touching her little head.
The servants and maids next to him were used to this scene and were not surprised.
"Pin."
Bian Ruxue stretched out her little hand.
Li Hao had no choice but to coax her to pinky.
"No change, you said, whoever changes is a puppy." Bian Ruxue pouted slightly and said.
"Okay, okay." Li Hao had no choice.
...
In the following days, Li Hao was determined to show his talent in chess and began to arrogantly ask these servants and maids to play chess with him.
Whoever did not obey would be punished by Zhao Bo with three big boards.
After three boards, although the skin was not torn, it was enough to make the butt dare not touch the chair for a long time.
Under the tyranny of the young master, these maids and servants could only take turns to come to the table to play with him.
As time passed day by day.
Two scenes appeared in the courtyard. On one side, a big girl and a small girl were teaching Bian Ruxue simple swordsmanship and boxing.
This was not considered formal training, but just practicing postures and getting familiar with martial arts.
The process was occasionally painful, but the little girl was quite stubborn and had never cried because of such things.
On the other side, it was very lively.
A group of servants gathered in the pavilion. Li Hao played chess with one of them, and the people next to him were ordered to learn on the side.
Some of these servants knew nothing about chess, while some learned something from nowhere. Li Hao found that if he won against those who had chess skills, the experience gained was not 1 point, but 2 points, and sometimes 3 points!
On the contrary, even if he won against those who didn't know, he only gained 1 point of experience.
If the opponent accidentally made a foul, the whole game would be invalidated.
So, gradually, these servants didn't have to take turns, and Li Hao found two of the best chess players to accompany him every day to gain experience.
In the blink of an eye, Li Hao was five years old.
