The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 91: Title and Reward [First Update]

The day after the Li family banquet ended.

The distant Yuzhou, the imperial city.

In that luxurious palace that attracted countless eyes from all over the world, but whose high walls were difficult to climb over.

An ancient temple that has stood for a thousand years, solemn and majestic, with a majestic dark golden dragon scale carpet stretching from the entrance to the steps leading to the dragon throne inside the temple.

Civil and military officials living in Yuzhou are displayed on both sides.

From the first-rank ministers, the Grand Tutor, the General, etc., to the fourth-rank officials such as the prefects of various states and the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, all bowed their heads and lowered their hands in a solemn manner.

The lowest ranking official among these officials could make the people of dozens of cities bow their heads and prostrate themselves just by stomping their feet.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"The Qingzhou Li family held a family banquet yesterday to announce to the world that the Li family has produced another divine son!"

Someone said respectfully.

The tall and majestic figure sitting on the deep and solemn dragon throne, although he looked old, had an upright body. He was wearing a black robe with nine black dragons. His eyes were as unapproachable as candlelight, and he looked down upon all the ministers.

Hearing this, a smile seemed to appear on his face.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Qilinzi is the Li Hao you blessed and named him fourteen years ago!"

"He is also the Minister of Justice who came here a few days ago to be conferred the title, the son of Marquis Xingwu!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The rest of the ministers could not help but praise and congratulate.

"Your Majesty saw that this boy had extraordinary talent fourteen years ago. He is truly like a star general descended to the mortal world. It is truly a blessing for me, Dayu!"

Someone said happily with excitement on his face.

"Fourteen years ago, the Marquis Zhenguo pacified the century-old plague of demons in Cangzhou, killed the great demon, and slew the demon king. Unfortunately, he was swept into the Netherworld-class Death River and died in Cangzhou. His heroic spirit has nowhere to go since then."

"Perhaps, this Li Hao is the reincarnation of the star general who defends the country, and is the new lucky general bestowed upon Dayu by God!"

Someone said passionately.

Facing the congratulations of the ministers, the figure on the dragon throne seemed to be pulled back to that sad day more than ten years ago with his thoughts in his eyes.

The baby who was gifted with the dragon blood jade has now grown into a young man. Is it possible that he has achieved such success?
A faint smile appeared on his face, and his eyes seemed to pass outside the palace, looking at Qingzhou thousands of miles away.

"Your Majesty, this boy is extremely talented, but he has never been famous before. I think the Li family needs to give an explanation."

When the congratulations were over, someone suddenly stood up and said, "You must be punished for deceiving your majesty!"

Everyone was surprised and looked sideways, only to see that it was the Marquis of the Helian family who was also from the Divine General's Mansion. Then they realized that this was not surprising.

Among the five great generals' palaces, those with closer relationships, such as the Wang family and the Li family, have marriage arrangements.

Where there is intimacy, there is naturally estrangement, and some even look down on each other, such as the Li family and the Helian family.

Seeing that His Majesty had not spoken, another general stepped out. He was a second-rank commander who had followed the Li family on the expedition. He said respectfully:

"My Lord, I think that Marquis Xingwu and his wife have been fighting in Yanbei for many years, leaving their young child alone in the courtyard with no one to rely on. Naturally, they want to hide their child's cultivation to avoid being secretly harmed and spied on. This is understandable!"

"Humph!"

Helian Boya snorted coldly, "Although my son is young, he is in the God General's Mansion and is protected by many generals. Who can harm him? Are you questioning the loyalty of those noble ladies of the Li family and think they will frame my son?"

Most of the ladies in the Li family have been granted ranks. For example, the eldest lady, He Jianlan, is a first-class state lady.

Although he had no real power, his status was extremely high and he could go directly to the palace to meet the emperor at any time. Even if he made mistakes, the criminal department could not punish him directly.

"I think that the Li family has been suppressing demons for many years and has killed countless demons. There are already countless demons that hold a grudge against them. There is nothing wrong with such precautions."

The governor still lowered his head and spoke.

Helian Boya sneered, "Are you saying that there are still demons in Qingzhou who dare to invade? Do you dare to look down on the Li family?"

"My Lord, I think the Li family is acting so cautiously, and it makes sense. Now that Li Hao has reached the Fifteen Li Realm, he has the ability to protect himself. If he can become a Grandmaster in a few years, he can go all over the world, so there will be no worries."

Another civil official stepped out and said with a smile, "Besides, the Marquis of Xing Wu has just returned and has announced it to the world. He has no intention of deceiving Your Majesty. It is just a trivial matter. Why should Your Majesty be so serious?"

"Since it is a small matter, we should not lie about it." Helian Boya continued.

Everyone shook their heads secretly, thinking that the Marquis's attack this time was unreasonable, but they were also used to it.

In all these years of the Li family's conferring of titles, the Helian family did not dare to say a word except for the death of the Li family's true dragon fourteen years ago, which caused universal grief. At other times, they would mostly interject.

Including this time when Marquis Xing Wu returned triumphantly from Yanbei, quelled the demon rebellion, repelled the Holy Palace, and made great contributions. The Marquis of the Helian family also argued for half a day about the prolonged war and serious loss of food and fodder.

During the more than ten years of fighting in Yanbei, many of the Helian family and their close civil and military officials were finding fault in the rear, and some even proposed impeaching Marshal Xing Wuhou and other unrealistic things.

But everyone knew that only the Helian family could say these words. If someone else had found fault like this, they would have been labeled a traitor and beaten to death long ago.

As for the Helian family, they have numerous merits. You can say that they have a very bad relationship with the Li family, which is well known to everyone, but you cannot say that they are treacherous ministers.

After all, the Helian family had shed a lot of blood outside the border, which was more than enough to dye a few cities red.

"Lord Boya is too impatient. This time, Lord Xingwu has made great achievements. Even if he gets into trouble at this critical moment, he will not be punished, let alone such a small matter..."

Many ministers thought to themselves.

At this time, Emperor Yu on the dragon throne raised his hand, calmed the debate, and said with a smile:
"Lord Liu is right. It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning. This time, Marquis Xing Wu fought and made great contributions, defending the border and sacrificing his family. His loyalty is known to the sun and the moon. Let's talk about the matter of Cangyu City."

Seeing that Emperor Yu had made up his mind, Helian Boya glanced at the civil servant, snorted coldly, and said nothing more. He just turned his head to look at the dragon pillar in the hall, expressing his dissatisfaction, as if to say, you guys chat, I won't get involved.

Everyone knew about this kind of thing. If the Helian family didn't get involved, it would be fine. If they did, they would definitely find fault. So no one paid much attention to him and started talking.

"Cangyu City was nearly destroyed. Yue Shuhong pleaded guilty and was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. The confession was written clearly. Thanks to the young master of the Li family, Cangyu City was saved. It is true that young people are heroes!"

"According to the number of demons he slew, he should be made a first-class viscount."

"You have made great contributions in defending the city. There are so many people in the city, I think we should give you another reward..."

Many ministers began to discuss the issue.

……

……

Jingzhou, in a jungle outside Feijiang City.

Trees tens of meters thick were squeezed and collapsed rapidly, and were scattered on both sides like weeds. A tiger more than ten meters long with hanging eyes jumped rapidly, with four huge eyes on each side of its body, shining with a ferocious and weird red light.

But at this moment, several of his eyes were stabbed, his eyes were closed, and bleeding continued to flow.

Suddenly, the tiger looked back. With a clang, a golden light came from the sky, and a figure emitting brilliant golden light and with a Buddhist wheel behind him rushed into the forest.

This Buddha-like soul had the face of a young boy. His expression was calm and without any murderous intent, but his attacks were extremely vicious.

"Roar!!"

The tiger roared and growled: "Li family, I will never let you go even if I die!!"

"Then go to die!"

The young man's spirit clapped his hands and the violent power suppressed the tiger.

A demonic shadow also appeared from behind the tiger and jumped out, but before it could get out several feet, it was suppressed by the golden palm of the Buddha's light.

"My children, avenge me. The one who killed me is the Qingzhou Li family—"

The roaring roar spread throughout the mountains and forests.

But it soon came to an abrupt stop, the demon soul dissipated, the giant tiger's body could not stop, and rolled forward, breaking more than a dozen large trees before it stopped. Its eyes were half-closed, and it was silent.

In the amber pupils, the figure of a young man chasing from the forest behind was reflected, until the young man stopped and the sand under his feet splashed on the tiger's eyes.

The young man watched for a while, then stomped on the tiger's head several times, cracking it.

"For killing this great monster, I should be awarded a first-class merit..."

The boy said to himself.

He was Li Qianfeng, who had come down from the mountains and entered the secular world.

He bent down and cut off the tiger's head. Just as he was about to leave, a purple bird, as small as a palm but with a faint chirping sound like a sharp arrow, flew over from the sky.

The young man was slightly startled, dropped the huge tiger head, and reached out to catch the purple bird.

This is the little demon bird raised by his mother. It is very good at flying. Its combat power may not even be at the Zhoutian realm, but even some warriors at the Shenyou realm may not be able to catch up with it.

The demon race's cultivation level is slow, but they have all kinds of magical powers, just like humans can cultivate rapidly.

Zi Que opened his mouth and spat out a creed as thin as oil paper.

Li Qianfeng rubbed it open and took a look. His slightly puzzled frowning expression suddenly changed.

Fifteen miles?

Li Hao? Who is that?

Seventh uncle’s son?
There was shock in Li Qianfeng's eyes. The key point was that the creed said that the other party was only... fourteen years old!

Four years younger than me?

He entered the Fifteen Mile Realm at the age of seventeen, but the other party was three years ahead of him!
Although these three years were not a huge amount of time before reaching the Heavenly Man Realm, they revealed the huge gap in their aptitude and talent.

Moreover, if Li Qianfeng remembered correctly, this speed of progress was even faster than that of Uncle Jiu!
The creed was instantly crushed into powder by two fingers.

Li Qianfeng's face was full of gloom. Originally, his target was only Li Wushuang, but the other party was in the Shenyou realm, so he did not feel too much pressure.

On the contrary, he also kept some of his attention on guard against his aunt's son and daughter, and her cousins.

There is also Sanniang’s only daughter, who joined the army at the age of fifteen and is now the cousin of the female general.

But they are older, and although they have made great achievements, the True Dragon looks more at aptitude. Among his peers, he has entered the Fifteen Mile Realm at the age of seventeen, so he should be the first!

But now... a Li Hao suddenly appeared.

A minor character that he had never noticed.

"It's impossible to advance so fast through my own practice. Uncle Jiu also entered the Fifteen Mile Realm at the age of fifteen. Could it be that the older generation took action..." Li Qianfeng frowned.

He recalled that the other party did not seem to have studied under a famous teacher and was staying at home.

This gives you the opportunity to come into contact with the older generation of the Li family.

But, before the true dragon is confirmed, shouldn't the older generation of the Li family be unable to influence the younger generation? This would be biased!
"It seems that when we get to the ancestral temple, we will have to ask our ancestors to come forward to verify this. Also, do we need to inform our master about this matter?"

Li Qianfeng glanced into the distance, and a light flashed in his gloomy eyes for a moment, but was eventually covered by a hint of arrogance:
"never mind."

He picked up the tiger head and quickly returned to Feijiang City.

"With this merit, I will go back and take a look in advance."

……

……

Qingzhou, inside the God General’s Palace.

After the family dinner, Shanhe Courtyard returned to tranquility from the hustle and bustle, but it was still much more lively than before. From time to time, concubines from various courtyards came to give gifts, bring their children, and greet Li Hao, hoping to become acquainted with the future true dragon of the Li family.

Among these illegitimate children, some are well-behaved and sensible, some are reserved and nervous, and some have learned to flatter.

Gradually, they all got to know Li Hao, which made Li Hao realize the difficulties these illegitimate children faced.

At the very least, he should feel embarrassed when forced by his parents to flatter another teenager, but some children have already mastered it.

This kind of thing seems to have nothing to do with maturity and experience. Some children are more eloquent and good at debate than adults. It is purely a difference in personality and character.

Li Hao's personality is rather laid back, he just lives day by day.

It's early morning again.

Li Hao was still sleeping soundly when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

He opened his eyes and looked around, and saw his father's beloved general Yu Xuan outside the door.

He turned over and asked, "Are you asking me to practice martial arts again?"

Yu Xuan thought of what happened that day, smiled bitterly, and said, "Young Master, the Marshal asked you to wash up and go with him to pay respect to the ancestor, and ask the ancestor to decide on the matter of the real dragon."

Li Hao raised his eyebrows, thought about it, turned over and sat up, and called Qingzhi to change clothes quickly.

Soon, after washing up, Li Hao opened the door, glanced at the young man, and said calmly:
"Let's go."

Yu Xuan knew that Li Hao was angry with him because of the painting that day, but he didn't care and stretched out his hand and said, "Young Master, please."

After passing through the corridor, we arrived at the main hall of the courtyard.

Li Hao saw his father who had already taken off his armor and changed into white clothes. However, his temperament was not as elegant as his fifth uncle's. Instead, his face had a solemn and majestic look, as if it was due to years of fighting.

(End of this chapter)