The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 15 Defeat
Yanbei border, Yuanyue City.

The city was gloomy and gloomy, and the ground outside the city was full of scars and potholes. In a mountain forest a hundred miles away, there were huge figures of various shapes lurking here, with many demonic shadows, and some slender figures with human appearance, sitting cross-legged on the top of the mountain.

The ground here was covered in blood, corpses were scattered like firewood, and bloody skin was like rags, hanging casually on tree branches and stones.

At this time, a beautiful young woman was holding her other arm covered with armor in her hand and chewing her fingers. Her lips and cheeks were stained with bright red blood, but she didn't care.

Suddenly, a small black dot came rapidly from the sky. When it got closer, we found that it was a three-clawed black bird with a body length of more than ten meters.

It shrank its body, and when it landed on the ground, it had transformed into a handsome young man wearing a black scarf. He walked briskly towards the people sitting around, and then came to the young man in white clothes with a long harp across his knees.

The young man's fingers gently plucked the strings of the zither, producing lingering waves of sound, but his eyes were quietly gazing into the distance, at the city that looked like a stinking stone.

From there, one could vaguely see the dark clouds gathering over the city, as well as the blurry figures standing on the top of the city walls.

"Lord Bai."

The young man in the black scarf clasped his fists slightly, showing a respectful look on his face, and said to the young man in white: "I just got the news that the useless meat seed sent earlier failed and alarmed the God General Mansion. Now the whole mansion is on alert. I heard that the child is secretly protected by an expert."

"This can fail? It's useless!"

A burly, big man next to him frowned and grinned slightly, revealing sharp teeth that were not like those of a human.

"Didn't you say you had already sneaked up on that kid?" The beautiful woman who was chewing on the arm frowned, stopped chewing, and looked at the young man in the black scarf.

"It's been half a month. His identity must not have been exposed. How could he not find a chance to take action after so long?"

A young man with yellow eyebrows frowned and said, "In order to prevent the information from the God General's Mansion from being wrong, the Xing Wu Hou deliberately concealed the child's true situation. We specially sent this Zhou Tian Realm flesh seed over. If we kill him with a punch at close range, even the tenth level Tongli Realm will not be able to dodge it. Even if there are experts watching over him, he won't be able to react, right?"

The young man in the black scarf sighed and said, "I don't know the specific process. Who knew that thing was so useless?"

"Hmph, not only did they fail, they also alarmed the Divine General's Mansion. Once Li Tiangang hears this news, he will definitely send more people to protect them. Damn it!" The burly man snorted angrily again.

The young man in the black scarf nodded slightly: "If we want to assassinate him next time, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult. Since that meat seed has failed, there is no need to keep his family. Let the little guys below enjoy them."

“They’ve already eaten it all.”

The beautiful woman bit off another finger and spoke while chewing.

The young man in the black scarf did not say anything else, but looked at the young man in white who had stopped playing the piano, his eyes faintly revealing awe: "Lord Bai, what should we do next? Should we attack head-on?"

The others also looked at each other, waiting for his instructions.

Lord Bai's emotions did not seem to fluctuate too much. He stared at Yuanyue City in the distance and said softly, "The Li family is really a tough nut to crack. If we attack head-on, our losses will be too great."

"Yeah, those guys are unwilling to put in any effort. They are really bastards." The burly man said dissatisfiedly.

"Are you still going to assassinate him?" asked the young man in the black scarf.

Lord Bai turned his head and looked at him, saying, "What do you think?"

……

……

Since Li Hao was attacked, the security at the Divine General's Mansion has become even tighter.

He Jianlan dispatched strong men from the inner courtyard to guard the front yard and screened all the servants who had entered the mansion within the past three years one by one.

This incident caused a huge stir, but all the hospitals actively cooperated. After all, this assassination was too dangerous and everyone was afraid of it happening to their own children.

After tracing back through the Li family's intelligence network, it was discovered that the assassination was related to the demons in Yanbei.

Li Hao found the old lady and wanted her to conceal the news of the assassination and not let it spread to Yanbei or to the ears of the couple, so as not to disrupt the battle situation on the front line.

Hearing what Li Hao said, He Jianlan was stunned, looking at Li Hao's little face, and felt like something was grabbing her heart.

This child, who was nearly assassinated because of the war in Yanbei, was still worried about the impact on that side. He is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

However, the news of the assassination was too loud to be concealed.

The news was soon received on the Yanbei border.

Xing Wuhou, who was thinking about the layout in the military camp, was furious, and Ji Qingqing was also furious. They immediately saw through the thoughts of these demons and wanted to use Li Hao's death to shake the morale of the army and make them temporarily leave the Yanbei battle.

As soon as they leave, this side will inevitably be faced with a thundering attack.

It was impossible for Xing Wuhou to abandon the battlefield. While he was furious, he sent his trusted confidants back to his mansion that day to protect Li Hao closely.

News came from the mansion that the assassination attempt was averted by someone who was secretly watching over Li Hao.

But Xing Wuhou knew that he had not sent anyone to secretly guard Li Hao.

Shanheyuan has guards and is located in the Godly General's Mansion. He could never imagine that someone would assassinate a child.

If Li Hao showed amazing talent in martial arts, he would be concerned and would secretly send people to look after him to prevent the future prodigy of the Li family from dying in the cradle.

But a person without any talent in martial arts posed no threat, and even so, he was nearly killed.

And all this is because of the damn deadlock in front of us.

A few days later, on the Yanbei battlefield, the Li family’s military camp launched a thundering attack and wiped out a nest of demons overnight. When the news spread, all the demons felt the Li family’s anger.

…………

The days finally calmed down slowly.

Half a year later, Li Hao was seven years old.

The news of the assassination happened half a year ago, and now no one in the palace mentions it anymore.

The strong man sent back from the army by Xing Wuhou has been following Li Hao all the time for the past six months. He is a tall middle-aged man, serious and cautious in his actions. His name is Li Fu.

It is said that Li Fu was an abandoned baby many years ago and was adopted by the Li family. At that time, some people said that although the child had a tragic fate, he was born at the doorstep of the God General's Mansion, which was considered a fortune. So he took the surname Li and was given a single name, Fu.

In his early years in this Shanheyuan, Li Fu grew up with Xing Wuhou.

He is seven or eight years older than Xing Wuhou. He usually treats Xing Wuhou like an elder brother, but in the army, the two are in a superior-subordinate relationship.

At the same time, Li Fu was also Xing Wuhou's right-hand man and one of his most trusted people.

"Uncle Fu, you lose again."

In the pavilion, a game of chess ended, and Li Hao said with a smile.

Li Fu's serious face revealed a hint of helplessness: "Your father and I are of the same generation, you should call me uncle."

"But calling him Uncle Fu is a bit like convincing someone to lose." Li Hao pouted and said, "I only want to win when playing chess, I don't like to admit defeat."

Li Fu was speechless, because just because of this boring homonym, he ended up being a super generational figure.

"You can also call me Uncle Li."

"But this is the Li family. There are too many people with the surname Li. If I call you Uncle Li, I'm afraid you won't be able to tell them apart." Li Hao said.

Li Fu was helpless again.

"If you ask me, Uncle Fu, you shouldn't be named Fu. Since everyone says you are blessed... you should be called Li You."

Li Hao said seriously: "Look, Li You is such a nice name. You have you, you have everything, and the corresponding thing is perfect!"

Li Fu wanted to hit his little head. Unlike Xing Wuhou's strict personality, his son was very smooth-talking.

"Don't talk nonsense. If your father were here, he would definitely beat you up. You are so disrespectful." Li Fu scolded with a stern face.

"The problem is that he's not here." Li Hao said casually.

Li Fu was just thinking about disciplining him to prevent him from becoming more and more lawless, but when he heard these careless words, his heart seemed to tremble.

When Marquis Xing Wu went to war, he followed him, so he naturally knew that Li Hao was seven years old this year, and the Marquis had also been in Yanbei for seven years.

The situation in Yanbei made it difficult for Ji Qingqing, who had originally accompanied him to prepare for a quick victory, to withdraw and leave her husband in danger.

The child in front of you must be very sad to have been without his parents for seven years, right?
Li Fu felt a little distressed and softened his heart. He sighed and said, "Your father also has his difficulties. Don't blame him."

"I never blamed him." Li Hao said seriously.

Li Fu looked at his eyes, feeling a little warm in his heart and somewhat relieved, and said: "You are very sensible."

Are you sensible? Li Hao grinned.

At this moment, a half-grown figure returned to Shanhe Courtyard.

Li Hao turned his head and saw that Bian Ruxue, who was practicing in the martial arts field, had returned.

Now the little girl has grown into a young girl, and her tender face is still beautiful.

"Why did you come back so early today? Are you hungry?" Li Hao waved with a smile.

Bian Ruxue saw Li Hao and walked over with a sword in her arms. She looked a little unhappy and just said, "I'm not hungry."

"What's wrong? Did someone make you unhappy?" Li Hao joked.

Bian Ruxue gritted her teeth slightly, turned her head away with a stern face, and said nothing.

Li Hao had asked casually, but when he saw this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Nothing." Bian Ruxue stood up, holding the sword and ran away, running to the place where she usually practiced sword.

Li Hao thought about it, called the maid who accompanied her in sword practice, and asked, "What happened to Xue'er?"

"Reporting to the young master, Miss Xue'er was defeated in a sword fight in the martial arts arena." With Li Fu beside them, the waitress was still respectful even though she knew that the young master was a loser in martial arts.

"Just this little thing?"

Li Hao felt relieved and said, "It's just a loss. For a warrior, victory and defeat are common. Just go back and win again. Why, she can't afford to lose?"

The waitress hesitated, then lowered her head and said, "No, young master, the guy who defeated the young lady was quite abominable. He scolded you in front of you, so...the young lady is so angry."

"Ah?" Li Hao didn't expect that he was involved here. So, the little guy was standing up for him?
Li Hao glanced at the distance and saw the little girl who was already practicing sword there, but she looked angry.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he said to the waitress: "I understand, you go down first."

(End of this chapter)