The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 252: Listening to Opera and Subduing Demons

"Liangzhou?"

When the waiter heard Li Hao's question, he did not show any impatience. Instead, his eyes suddenly lit up and he smiled and said:
"Sir, are you from Liangzhou? Then you must have seen that General Haotian, right?"

"Ok?"

Li Hao was surprised and asked, "You know that too?"

"Look at what you said, who wouldn't know that?"

The waiter couldn't help but laugh. "Our Youzhou is not far from Liangzhou. The news of the riot in Liangzhou a few months ago, when those damned demons surrounded and attacked, has long been spread to all states. I heard that the old man from the General's Mansion of the Xia Family in Youzhou even went there to provide reinforcements."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Hao with curiosity and expectation:

"I heard that during that catastrophe, demons came out in droves, countless demons swept across the sky, demon kings were flying all over the sky, it was so huge that there was no color in the sky and no green on the ground, it was like a swarm of locusts, leaving no grass behind. Liangzhou was about to fall, but who would have thought that a young general named Haotian would appear out of nowhere and suppress all those demons. In the end, a single battle flag could intimidate countless demons. Is this true?"

"..."

Li Hao didn't expect that the news from Liangzhou had spread here, and even a waiter in a town in Youzhou knew about it.

But it seems normal. After all, several months have passed, and the news will spread almost as slowly as before.

“That’s about right.”

Li Hao asked: "What is the situation in Liangzhou now? Have all the demons retreated? Is there still war?"

"It's peaceful now. No demon would dare to go to Liangzhou. I heard that the royal family has sent troops to clean up the mess. Not to mention demons, even a stray dog ​​has to put up a sign before entering the city. The control there has been very strict recently."

The waiter told him what he had heard.

Li Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the ones who were in charge of the battle in Liangzhou at that time were the Candle Fire God and his wife. The real power of Longmen and the Holy Palace was not gathered in Liangzhou.

And now, the biggest demon king who attacked Liangzhou in the past was standing behind him and had surrendered to him.

Thinking of this, Li Hao said nothing more. He went to the room and changed into the simple clothes prepared by the waiter. He glanced at the night outside. It was still early and there were loud gongs and drums in the town.

Li Hao was in a good mood and said to Xi Yan, "I'll take you out for a walk."

"Okay!"

Xi Yan became lively upon hearing this, and her little red beard rubbed against Li Hao's wrist, while she curiously transmitted her voice:
"The Major General Haotian that person just mentioned, is that you?"

"Ah."

"Is Major General a position? There doesn't seem to be such a title in the Great Wilderness."

Xiyan stayed in the Great Wilderness, and all the information she obtained came from those who went to snatch the Daoyun Blood Fruit. She had only a vague understanding of the Great Wilderness, and knew nothing about the human race in the Dayu Divine Dynasty.

Li Hao smiled, explained to her patiently through voice transmission, and took her and the Candle God out.

As for Madam Yin, she stayed in Li Hao's space of heaven and earth.

Previously, Madam Yin was healed and a large amount of power from heaven and earth was injected into her. Madam Yin also had a brief fusion with the Candle Fire God. It seemed that she had touched the threshold of the Tao realm and was now in seclusion.

In the dark of night, Li Hao strolled around this country town.

Although the town is run-down, the smell of firewood and cooking from each household wafts through the air, and the air is filled with the smell of fireworks.

Cobblestone roads, old wooden stakes, and a gurgling stream flow through thousands of homes.

There are lanterns hanging along the way, as if it is some festival.

Following the sound of gongs and drums, Li Hao came to the center of the town, where there was a stage and many people were standing outside the stage listening to the opera.

There were tables and chairs in the front row, where some of the town's prominent officials and gentry would sit, eating melon seeds, drinking tea and listening to opera.

Xiyan was like a curious baby, asking Li Hao all kinds of questions and was curious about everything.

The Candle God is like Li Hao's shadow, quiet and inseparable. Although his expression is cold, he is also observing everything around him, and the picture of the human world is reflected in his eyes.

Children were playing outside the stage, fighting with paper sparrows, and the elderly were clapping and praising the show from time to time.

Li Hao walked forward, handed over a silver ingot, came to a tea table and sat down, and also sat down and listened quietly to the opera.

At night in the Great Wilderness, during a short rest, I can only look at the stars and the moon and play music to pass the time. It is a rare relaxation here.

But not long after, Li Hao's expression changed slightly, but he did not stand up. He just casually grabbed the melon seeds on the table, cracked a few of them lightly, and threw the shells on the ground.

The melon seed shells that fell to the ground suddenly flew up in the night, like a gust of breeze, whistling over the town, and then rushed towards the hillside more than ten miles outside the town.

Here, a group of demons came in the night wind.

Staring at the lights of thousands of homes in the town ahead, as well as the lively sounds of gongs and drums and laughter, they had grim grins on their faces.

But just as the leading demon uttered a word, a melon seed shell suddenly fell from the sky and passed by quickly like a small black dot.

Puff puff!
Under the power of controlling objects, it quickly penetrated their bodies.

More than a dozen demons were killed on the spot without even seeing how they died.

Only a melon seed shell was left, falling beside the body of the last demon.

Inside the town, the opera continued as usual. Outside the town, the moonlight was silent, covering the corpses of these monsters.

"it is good."

When Li Hao heard the exciting parts, he followed the crowd around him and applauded and cheered.

After the opera was over and the people in front of the stage dispersed, Li Hao followed the crowd and returned to the inn with Xiyan and Zhuhuoshen to take a good sleep.

I haven't had a good sleep for a long time since I came to the wilderness.

The next morning, the sun rose and shone on the monsters outside the town. Someone saw the corpses of these monsters in the light of morning light, and was so scared that he screamed and fled into the town in panic, running towards the Demon Suppression Bureau.

The shabby door of the Demon Suppression Bureau was only half-closed. The two Demon Suppression Envoys had not yet put on their clothes and were still sleepy. After hearing the news, they rushed to the hillside in confusion. When they saw the corpses of the demons clearly, they were shocked and stunned.

The news of the demon's corpse outside the town spread quickly, shocking and frightening everyone in the town. However, Li Hao asked the waiter for the direction of Liyang City early in the morning, and rushed there with the Candle God.

Since he was here, he might as well take a look. Liyang City was in trouble, and the Xia family was also the Godly General's Mansion, and they had rushed to Liangzhou to provide assistance. There was no reason for Li Hao to just turn a blind eye and leave, after all, he was also a human.

They went forward along the official road, passing through two cities. When entering the city, Li Hao quietly covered Xiyan's body with his Dao domain, while the Candle Fire God relied on his own Dao domain to cover up his breath. Although they did not have the demon's pass, they also avoided the detection of the magic circle in the city.

The magic circle can only detect demons in the ultimate learning realm, and it is helpless against demons in the great peace realm who control the Dao domain.

Only the capital of a large state or an imperial city would have special magical weapons. Even the demons from the Taiping Dao realm could sense it if they set foot there.

But this thing is rare, and ordinary cities can only rely on magic circles.

Those two cities were also heavily guarded. Apparently, there were also attacks by demons there, but they were not as serious as in Liyang City.

When Li Hao passed by, he also helped them deal with the demons lurking dozens of miles outside the city.

For him, it was just a matter of thought.

Liyang City.

The border town in the northwest of Youzhou is surrounded by towering mountains on both sides, like a natural barrier, so Liyang City becomes the biggest obstacle here.

This is also the main road in the northwest of Youzhou. The Xia family has been heavily guarding it all year round. Losing Liyang City is equivalent to losing the northwest border of Youzhou, and will also lead to the loss of more than a dozen other cities. At this moment, dozens of miles outside the city, there are many corpses piled up, including demons and Xia family soldiers, and broken battle flags covering the corpses.

In the city lord's mansion, in the meeting hall, three staff officers and seven generals were all here. Among them were several young major generals from the Xia family. At this moment, they all had red faces and were holding back their anger.

"These damned beasts have cut off our food and supplies and are planning to trap us to death here!"

"These demons are trying to conquer us at the lowest cost. They are also playing tricks!"

"Should we ask for help from our family? There are two third-level immortal demons in charge of the demons, and we don't know if there are any hidden ones. If it weren't for the magic circle, we would have lost it long ago. There's no need to hold on."

"Ask for help? The demons in the Gluttony Valley are waiting for us to ask for help. Once the family sends people over, they may have already ambushed them halfway and killed them, intending to use us as bait!"

"That's right. The situation in the family is not optimistic either. The owner of the Gluttony Valley just went there and caused a big commotion half a month ago. Now we don't know where he is hiding."

"We are now guarding Liyang City. We cannot rely on our family for help in everything. We have to solve this difficulty ourselves. Otherwise, how about we follow the example of Duke Xingwu of the Li family in Yanbei and spread the news to let various noble families come to reinforce?"

"The situation is different. Yanbei is not defended by the aristocratic army. They are only a small part of the help."

"Smallness is also strength. It can always make those noble families bleed. They only know how to amass wealth and eat and drink, and oppress the people. When the demons come to kill them, they will just move away to deeper places. They have no sense of responsibility at all. Now is the time to let them contribute!"

"It's difficult. We don't have that much time to make calls now. I do have a suggestion."

"what?"

Everyone looked at one of the staff officers.

The middle-aged staff officer looked around, especially at several major generals of the Xia family, and whispered:
"How about we change the battle flag?"

"Change the flag?"

"That's right. You all know about Liangzhou. Why don't we send an elite force, change their armor, and hang the battle flag of Liangzhou Major General Haotian, pretending to be reinforcements from the interior?"

Hearing the words of the middle-aged staff officer, everyone was stunned, but the eyes of several Liyang city defenders lit up, thinking it was a good idea.

However, the three young major generals of the Xia family had ugly expressions on their faces. One of them was concentrating on thinking, while the other one said angrily:

"Impossible! This is Youzhou, our Xia family's place. We are not dead yet, but we are hanging a foreigner's battle flag?!"

The middle-aged staff officer also expected some opposition, and quickly said: "Now is a special period. As long as we can save the people and have an effect, we can save a lot of casualties of soldiers. This is practical."

"no!"

The young major general said angrily: "In Youzhou, we can only hang one kind of battle flag, and that is the battle flag of our Xia family! This is the headquarters of our Xia family!"

"This is just a temporary solution..." The middle-aged staff officer wanted to persuade him again.

"What if we put up that man's battle flag but it doesn't scare off these demons?"

Another person interrupted him and asked, "That person has long disappeared, and his battle flag has been studied by the demons in the past few months. How can it have such a strong deterrent effect? ​​Now people are everywhere using his battle flag to try to intimidate the demons. The demons have long seen through this, and the deterrent effect of the battle flag is no longer that strong."

"As generals, we can't be like those foolish people who listen to the mythical legend and really regard a teenager as a god. No matter how strong he is, after being missing in the Dead River for so long, his battle flag has long lost its deterrent power!"

"Yes."

The young major general said, "Don't pin your hopes on outsiders. Let's think about how to lure one of the three immortal demon kings out. Try to use the formation order to send it into the formation, and then we can beat the fallen dog."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged staff officer couldn't help but sigh inwardly, knowing that these young men from the Xia family valued and cared too much about the honor of the Xia family, which led to such a thoughtless rejection.

In fact, he felt that it would have some effect. If he was lucky, it might even create a gap and bring hope.

When they were discussing again, there was a sudden vibration sound.

Everyone in the conference room was startled and several generals rushed out.

A magic circle appeared outside Liyang City, with golden runes flashing. In the air outside the city, there was a middle-aged figure waving a sickle-like arm and bombarding the magic circle.

"stop!"

A young major general from the Xia family soared into the sky and shouted angrily.

"I thought you were sleeping. I want to wake you up."

The middle-aged figure chuckled, but did not stop. Instead, he continued to attack the magic circle a few more times: "Don't let your guard down, we will attack at any time."

His swaggering attitude made the young major general's face turn red with anger. He knew that the other party was trying to keep them tense all the time and not give them a chance to relax and rest.

They were still able to adjust and adapt, but the troops in the city were inevitably in panic and did not have such good physical and mental support.

"If you mess with my Xia family, you in Gluttony Valley will pay the price sooner or later!"

The young major general said angrily.

"Oh? What's the price? I'm here now, come out quickly and let me see you?" The middle-aged figure said with a sneer.

Several other generals also flew over and told the young major general not to be impulsive. One of the veterans stepped out, emitting the aura of the Third Immortal Realm.

Seeing this, the middle-aged figure immediately stopped and retreated several hundred meters, sneering: "I will come again tomorrow."

Having said that, he was about to leave.

The veteran rushed out and shouted, "This is not a place where you can come and go as you please!"

He rushed out of the magic circle and killed with explosive power.

The middle-aged figure retreated rapidly, and the two men chased him all the way, but when they were thousands of meters away, the veteran could only stop with anger. He saw that there were dense demons in front of him, and if he continued to chase, he would be ambushed.

"Ah."

Seeing that the other party did not fall into the trap, the middle-aged figure did not take it seriously. He chuckled, then called on the demon army in the distance and prepared to retreat.

But at this moment, a figure came on horseback on the official road in the distance.

The crisp sound of horse hooves trampling on the official road came slowly.

"Ok?"

"There are actually some fearless creatures who dare to walk along this official road. Do they also want to kill monsters and win fame?"

The middle-aged figure raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw the young man riding a horse on the official road, but ignored him. These young masters from noble families in the human race are very stupid, and many of them have died here recently.

He turned and flew straight away, but he didn't fly very far. After only a few hundred meters, he suddenly stopped.

It was because he felt that the momentum of the demons occupying both sides of the official road behind him was rapidly decreasing.

He suddenly turned around and saw a strange scene.

The young man came on horseback, and the horse's hooves were not in a hurry, but wherever he stepped, the tide of demons outside the official road that were ready to attack the young man and eat him quickly fell down in groups like withered wheat fields, losing their life force.

When the middle-aged figure turned his head to look, the young man also raised his head slightly and saw him.

The moment their eyes met, the middle-aged figure felt his heart shrink violently, and then an indescribable aura suddenly enveloped his body.

Bang!
His body exploded in mid-air.

(End of this chapter)