The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 14 The softest place

what's the situation?
The skinny young man was confused for a moment and couldn't tell who the assassin was.

But feeling the huge force exerting pressure on his throat, he came to his senses and looked at the little boy in front of him with horror.

What kind of monster is this? He is less than seven years old, yet he has such terrifying power. Even if he has reached the tenth level of Tongli Realm and the divine blood of the marquis has been revived, it shouldn't be so exaggerated, right?
"Who asked you to assassinate me?" Li Hao asked, staring at the other party. At the same time, various information emerged in his mind. Playing chess was a means to get close to him, which meant that the other party's purpose of coming to the Godly General's Mansion was very simple - to assassinate him.

The skinny young man was silent for a while. The performance of the child in front of him, both in terms of strength and intelligence, was not like that of an ordinary six-year-old child.

He thought he was here to deal with a small piece of waste, but he didn't expect to uncover such horrific information.

"You are not a waste in martial arts. Is it your idea to hide your strength, or is it your father's arrangement?" asked the skinny young man with narrowed eyes.

The assassination attempt failed at this moment, and he felt the huge force in his throat that could be swallowed and released at any time. He knew that he had no chance of survival, so he calmed down instead.

Assassinating the direct bloodline from the God General's Mansion is a life-threatening matter, but unfortunately, the mission cannot be completed.

"Do you know my father?" Li Hao's eyes moved slightly.

"You're joking."

The skinny young man said in a cold voice: "Who in the world doesn't know Xing Wuhou? He is now stationed at the border. A few months ago, he was summoning martial artists from the north of Yan to help suppress the monster. He was well-received and had a great reputation."

Assist in suppressing the demon? Li Hao frowned. Could it be that the situation in Yanbei was already so difficult that they actually had to rely on the power of martial artists?

"Were you sent by my second mother?" Li Hao asked.

The skinny young man was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something, a trace of mockery flashed across his eyes, and he said, "You have been assassinated? I didn't expect that the iron-blooded God General's Mansion would be so corrupt inside. No wonder you pretended to be a waste. But speaking of which, I really didn't see you practicing. How many hours do you practice every day?"

I have been practicing with you... Li Hao looked him straight in the eyes and said, "You answer mine first, and then I answer yours. This is called an exchange."

The skinny young man raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help laughing. This kid was really interesting.

"I'm going to die anyway. You made me fail my mission and my family destroyed. Why should I tell you?" The skinny young man sneered.

Li Hao said: "Because I can see that you don't want to die, you are afraid of death, and there are many ways to die. I can give you a quick death."

The skinny young man's smile disappeared. He was silent for a moment and then slowly spoke: "The one who sent me here is..."

Suddenly, he shook his arm and punched Li Hao on the head.

Li Hao tilted his head slightly and dodged it easily. He didn't fight back, but just looked at him coldly.

The skinny young man felt his heart sink to the bottom of the valley when he was looked at, and a chill rose up in his heart. How could the gap be so big? He was a powerful Zhoutian Realm expert, but it was as if he had exchanged identities with this child. In front of him, he was like a child, and was completely seen through.

The latter's contempt made him withdraw his hand dejectedly: "You are such a monster."

"Tell me about it." Li Hao said coldly: "You should know that our Li family is a military family. We have captured countless prisoners and interrogated countless criminals. The torture methods they used are beyond your imagination. You can't die. If I can, I can give you a quick death."

The skinny young man's eyes twitched slightly. He naturally understood that the child in front of him was not lying, and he felt a little frightened in his heart.

"If I tell you, can you let me go?" the skinny young man asked with a little hope, hoping that the child in front of him still had a pure heart.

"Yes." Li Hao replied.

Phew... The skinny young man almost vomited blood. Do you have to be so straightforward? It's so fake that it can't be more fake. Do you treat me like a child?

He smiled bitterly and said, "It doesn't matter if I tell you. If the assassination fails, my family won't survive. I came from Yanbei, and the one who asked me to kill you was 'Lord Bai'."

"Lord Bai Shen?"

"That's right. He is one of the three demon gods of Yanbei. He is extremely powerful and is also your father's old enemy."

The skinny young man had a complicated look in his eyes. "Your father was a master at military operations, and the Li family army was fearless. Yanbei had already fallen a long time ago, and now the frontal battlefield has reached a stalemate. Lord Bai sent me to assassinate you in order to spread the news of your death from the God General's Mansion to the border of Yanbei, causing chaos in your father's army. If he leaves the battlefield and comes back, Yanbei can be conquered."

Having said this, he stared at Li Hao in front of him.

No one knew that this child was actually an important factor affecting the life and death of the people in dozens of cities in Yanbei.

Li Hao was stunned. It turned out to be because of Yan Bei.

The battle situation over there has actually spread to the Divine General's Mansion, which is tens of thousands of miles away.

"Your father is in charge of Yanbei. They have been through many battles and have no flaws. You are their only weakness, their softest spot."

The skinny young man said: "Only by starting with you can we defeat your parents, break through the Yanbei border, and allow the demon army to enter directly."

Li Hao was silent, digesting the other party's words, and after a moment he slowly said: "You are a human, why do you work for demons?"

The skinny young man was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Li Hao dimly, his eyes filled with envy and hatred: "Not everyone is as lucky as you. You won't understand even if I tell you."

"Is it?"

Li Hao looked at him calmly: "My parents left me when I was born, and I was framed by my relatives. Now I am being assassinated because of my parents. Do you think I have a good life?"

The skinny young man opened his mouth slightly, was stunned, and wanted to say something but stopped. However, he could not utter any more words.

Li Hao didn't say anything more, just said: "I promised you that I would let you die happily."

"Haha, you're a pretty nice person." The skinny young man came to his senses and forced a smile with a hint of sarcasm.

No matter what he said, death was inevitable in the end. There was some fear in his eyes. He didn't want to die, but he was afraid of death. Otherwise, how could he have fallen to the point of working for the demon?
Li Hao seemed not to understand the sarcasm and said, "Actually, I don't want to kill you."

"Oh?" The skinny young man sneered, obviously not believing it. "Because you are good at chess." Li Hao said seriously.

The skinny young man was stunned.

After a while, he came back to his senses and showed a bitter smile on his face: "But unfortunately, I have never defeated you."

"In the next life."

Li Hao began to exert force with his palms: "Don't practice martial arts in your next life. Just play chess honestly. At least you can live longer and more easily."

The skinny young man wanted to struggle, but seeing Li Hao's cold and calm eyes, he felt only despair in his heart, and said bitterly: "You are such a strange child."

In the end, Li Hao crushed him to death.

When he was about to suffocate, the skinny young man resisted fiercely again, but to no avail.

After getting rid of the assassin, Li Hao remembered that he didn't know the other party's real name.

The name of the servant used by the other party to sneak in was also given by the Li family.

but.

That’s all.

……

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After the assassin died, Li Hao called his servants and scared them half to death.

That night, the entire God General's Mansion was shaken.

The lights in each courtyard were all lit up, and the ladies who had fallen asleep in each courtyard hurried over, wrapped in their clothes. When they saw the body of the assassin lying in front of the chess table, they were all shocked.

What kind of place is the Godly General's Mansion that an assassin could sneak into it?
He Jianlan's dignified and calm demeanor disappeared. She hugged Li Hao nervously, looking him up and down: "Are you okay?"

"Auntie, I'm fine." Li Hao comforted her.

He Jianlan and the others were relieved only after checking that Li Hao was indeed unharmed. They then asked him about it in detail, and Li Hao told them the explanation he had already prepared.

The assassin attacked by surprise, but an old man stepped in and shot him dead when he was about to die.

Then the old man disappeared.

Li Hao thought, since an assassin was able to sneak into the Godly General's Mansion, there shouldn't be any problem for him to make up an old grandfather, right?

Since you don't even know the assassin, it's normal that you don't know other masters, right?

After hearing what Li Hao said, He Jianlan's heart was shocked, and some guesses suddenly emerged. Could it be that he was a military master secretly sent by Xing Wuhou?

Or... that elder of the tribe?
She suppressed her guess and did not doubt what Li Hao said.

After all, no matter how precocious Li Hao is, he is just a child under seven years old.

Moreover, he has not yet entered the martial arts world. If he does not have a master to protect him secretly, he will definitely die.

Afterwards, He Jianlan asked Xuejian to take Li Hao and the little girl Bian Ruxue to Changchun Courtyard to rest first to calm the children down.

She sat in the lobby of Shanhe Courtyard and called the servant who had played chess with Li Hao before, as well as the first servant who was startled by Li Hao's shout, and began to interrogate them carefully in the courtyard.

At the same time, she called in experts from the mansion to examine the assassin's body.

Soon, he learned the whole story from the servant.

When did the assassin enter the mansion, how did he display his talent in chess, how did he perform in front of the servants of Shanheyuan, how did he get close to them, etc.

Obviously, the other party had inquired about Li Hao's intelligence and deliberately approached him by playing chess. Everything was traceable.

In the second half of the night, the autopsy results came out. It turned out that the assassin was at the Zhoutian realm, probably around the third to fourth level.

This realm is considered to be a ranger with good cultivation in the outside world. It can also be used to do justice in the world and gain some fame. But in the God General Mansion where there are so many powerful people, it is definitely an extremely ordinary existence.

However, this level of skill is more than enough to kill a six-year-old child, it is even like using a butcher knife to kill a mosquito, which is very exaggerated.

Moreover, the other party had taken some special medicine that blocked his own qi, which led to no one noticing it.

Upon hearing this result, the ladies from each courtyard were all filled with fear. If the person assassinated today was not Li Hao, but their children, they would definitely be dead!

It was so terrifying that a killer from the Zhoutian realm suddenly appeared beside a child.

When Liu Yuerong heard the autopsy results, the random suspicions in her mind slowly faded away.

Even if Li Hao's divine blood had not been destroyed, it would have been impossible for him to kill the assassin on his own.

It seems that although the couple was living at the frontier, they had made sufficient preparations for their child.

Thinking of this, she was secretly afraid that no one should have noticed that she had drugged someone. After all, the attack was carried out by the Shuihua Courtyard, and there were also strong people in her courtyard.

(End of this chapter)