Follow the path of Dao from infancy

The purple-gold robed youth spoke coldly, a trace of cruelty crossing his face.

The few people beside him all wore faint smiles, not speaking.

"Let's go, let's have some fun in that city first. Have the army standby, ready to act on our signal. Once we break the city's formation, we can take it down in one fell swoop and minimize casualties."

The purple-gold robed youth said, walking towards the city.

"Young master, if you are going into the city, you need to change your clothes, and your divine eyes..."

The gray-robed elder hastily interjected.

The horns of the dragon above his head also retracted into his hair, while the gray scales a his neck also disappeared, making him look just like a normal elderly man.

"What a hassle."

The purple-gold robed youth frowned, clearly displeased.

"The purple-gold garb is exclusively used by the royalty of the Human Race, drawing too much atttion."

The gray-robed elder respectfully advised.

"Hmph, damn reptiles!"

The purple-gold robed youth's face was full of dissatisfaction, but the color of his clothes still changed slightly, turning into a simple yellow robe, and the purple in his eyes also disappeared, replaced with black.

"Let's go."

"Young master, here is your command tok."

The gray-robed elder handed over a tok.

The tok was stained with some blood.

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Two figures flew swiftly, landing on the official road outside Dayue City, th paced towards the city.

Li Hao casually plucked a blade of grass from the roadside, twirling it idly in his hand. He occasionally hopped over the unev snow and slush that marked the rutted road, to keep his boots clean.

R Qianqian hugged her sword, following steadily in his steps. The two occasionally stepped wide or leaped to avoid mud puddles, finally arriving at the city gate.

After paying the silver for the trance fee, they tered the cobblestone streets of the city.

"There sure are a lot of martial artists."

Li Hao scanned his surings, noting many martial artists along the way, mostly of the Divine Travel Realm with a few from the Soul Succession Realm, probably here for the excitemt.

The shops and taverns in the city were bustling with crowds, extremely prosperous.

As they passed by, Li Hao listed to various conversations and exchanges. Some discussed the Grandmaster's convtion, some gossiped about certain Grandmasters, and in those conversations, Li Hao ev heard his own name mtioned.

"Did you hear about the fifth ranked on the Qian Dragon List? The youngest Grandmaster in history!"

"I heard from my father that this record was brok by a prodigy of the Li Family over a decade ago, and now it has be refreshed by someone from the Li Family again."

"The Li Family should be the first among the five Divine Geral Mansions, right?"

"Shh, keep your voice down. Let me tell you a secret, my frid told me that the least known of the five Divine Geral Mansions, the Wang Family, is actually the most fearsome..."

...

The topic gradually veered off course.

Li Hao was slightly surprised; he was aware of the Qian Dragon List, updated monthly by Tianji Tower.

The Hermit Tianji, who had issued a broad invitation for Grandmasters to seek the Dao, was one of the masterminds behind Tianji Tower.

Tianji Tower was said to know everything, as Li Hao had se in Listing Rain Tower, where the vast majority of strange and interesting stories from the Jianghu were the work of Tianji Tower, ev recounting the details of a Grandmaster taking revge and annihilating a family as if they were prest at the sce.

There were ev accounts of a Grandmaster keeping a beautiful young lady, included in the Chronicle of Romantic Affairs.

However, Li Hao had heard from his Second Uncle that the reason Tianji Tower was so well-informed was not due to fabrications, but rather because it was backed by the Royal Family.

Tianji Tower had high prestige in Jianghu, and it was one of the methods the imperial court used to infiltrate Jianghu from the temples.

This showed how terrifying the power that the Dayu Dynasty actually held.

Was it because of that battle... Li Hao's lips twitched slightly, not expecting to d up on the Qian Dragon List because of it.

As for the list itself, he didn't care much.

Most people fought for a spot on the list for fame and fortune; with fame came wealth.

There were also a minority who simply yearned for fame, aiming to be remembered by the world, recognized wherever they wt, and mourned after their deaths.

But Li Hao had little interest in either fame or fortune.

He just wanted to live longer, more leisurely, to be an ordinary guest, wandering through the world.

Perhaps the most precious thing in life is to live freely.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Soul Succession in the Martial Temple first."

Li Hao said to R Qianqian.

R Qianqian's eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded in agreemt.

Li Hao casually asked someone for directions, learning there were three Martial Temples in Dayue City; the largest was on City God Street in the city cter.

Immediately, Li Hao took R Qianqian there.

Along the streets, they countered many martial artists from various provinces, mostly in small groups led by an elder.

City God Street was extremely lively, with temples where many came to burn incse and pray.

This temple was also under Mount Wuliang's jurisdiction, belonging to one of Mount Wuliang's subordinate forces.

Li Hao glanced at it without any inttion of praying, leading R Qianqian straight to the ctral Martial Temple of the street.

At the Martial Temple, there were also sacrificial altars, but surprisingly fewer people burning incse than at the temple.

Li Hao watched with a frown, th he and R Qianqian each bought some incse with a few silvers, lit them, and paid their respects to the heroic spirits in the temple.

Once done, Li Hao brought R Qianqian to the front of the Martial Temple and found the temple's keeper.

The keeper, an old man, upon seeing R Qianqian's idtity, learning her father's status, and verifying her initial try into the Soul Succession Realm, accepted their silver, recorded her name in the register, and granted R Qianqian trance into the Martial Temple.

The heroic spirits inside the Martial Temple were in a semi-somnolt state; whether one could move them or not depded on personal skill.

With nothing better to do, Li Hao strolled a the temple, noticing two temple keepers playing chess behind the temple. He squatted down to watch.

A pair of stinking chess baskets.

After watching for a momt, Li Hao could not bear to look any longer, shook his head, and left disinterestedly.

The two young keepers just glanced at each other and smiled, treating Li Hao as a youth who didn't understand the intricacies of chess, lacking the patice to play.