Follow the path of Dao from infancy - Chapter 503

Chapter 503: Chapter 59 Watching the Opera, Suppressing the Demon
 

“Liangzhou?”

The waiter heard Li Hao’s inquiry and, instead of showing impatience, his eyes suddenly lit up. He smiled and said,

“Sir, are you from Liangzhou? Then you must have seen that Haotian General, right?”

“Huh?”

Li Hao was surprised and said, “You know about that too?”

“Come on, who wouldn’t know!”

The waiter couldn’t help but laugh, “We are not far from Liangzhou. The turmoil there several months ago, when those damn demons besieged and attacked, has spread across all provinces. I heard that the old man from the Divine General Mansion of the Xia Family in our Youzhou even went to reinforce them.”

He spoke with a face full of curiosity and expectation, looking at Li Hao:

“They say that in that catastrophe, the demons came out in full force, countless demons swept across, the Demon Kings were flying everywhere, darkening the skies and turning the earth barren, like locusts passing through. At that time, Liangzhou was almost falling, but who would have thought a Haotian General would suddenly appear from nowhere and suppress all those demons? In the end, even a single war banner could intimidate countless demons. Is it true?”

“…”

Li Hao didn’t expect that the events of Liangzhou had already spread here, even a waiter in a small town in Youzhou knew about it.

*But it seemed normal, after all, it had been a few months, and the news, even if slow, would have spread by now.*

“Pretty much.” Li Hao asked, “So what’s the situation in Liangzhou now? Have the demons retreated? Is there still war?”

“It’s peaceful now. No demon would dare go to Liangzhou anymore. I heard the Royal Family has even sent troops there to clean up the aftermath. Not to mention demons, even a stray dog needs a tag to enter the city. They’re managing things very strictly these days.”

The waiter shared what he had heard.

Li Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that it was the Candle Fire God Couple who had been in charge of the Liangzhou battle back then, and the real forces of the Gragon Gate and the Holy Palace hadn’t gathered in Liangzhou.

*Now, the greatest Demon King who attacked Liangzhou at that time was standing right behind him, having already submitted to him.*

*Thinking of this, Li Hao didn’t say much more.* He went to his room and changed into the plain clothes the waiter had prepared, then glanced at the night outside. It was still early, and there was the sound of drums and gongs in the town.

Li Hao, in a good mood, said to Xiyan, “Let’s take you out for a stroll.”

“Sure!”

Upon hearing this, Xiyan became lively. Little Red-whisker wrapped around Li Hao’s wrist, rubbing curiously while transmitting,

“Was that Haotian General they mentioned you?”

“Yeah.”

“Is General a position? I don’t think there’s such a title in the Great Wilderness Heaven.”

Xiyan, having stayed in the Great Wilderness Heaven, obtained information from those who went to compete for the Tao Rhyme Blood Fruit. She had only a partial understanding of the Great Wilderness Heaven and knew nothing about the human race of the Dayu Divine Dynasty.

Li Hao smiled, transmitting patiently to her while taking her and the Candle Flame God out.

As for Ms. Yin, she remained in Li Hao’s Heaven and Earth Space.

Earlier, while healing Ms. Yin, he injected a large amount of Heaven and Earth Power. Ms. Yin had briefly merged with the Candle Flame God, seemingly touching the threshold of the Tao Realm, and was currently in a closed-door training.

In the night, Li Hao wandered around this countryside town.

The town might have been shabby, but the smell of family wood-fired meals in the air was full of the scent of the mortal world.

The stone-paved roads, old wooden stakes, and a small river murmuring past thousands of households.

Along the way, lanterns were hung everywhere, suggesting some kind of festival was going on.

Following the sound of gongs and drums, Li Hao arrived at the center of the town where there was a theater stage, and many people stood outside listening to the play.

The front seats were equipped with tables and chairs, where some of the town’s notable gentry and landlords sat, cracking melon seeds and sipping tea while enjoying the play.

Xiyan, like a curious child, grabbed at the chance to ask Li Hao about everything, finding whatever she looked at interesting.

The Candle Flame God, like Li Hao’s shadow, remained quietly beside him, inseparable, while he also silently observed everything around, the scenery of the mortal world reflecting in his eyes.

Children played outside the theater, engaging in paper sparrow fights, while elders occasionally clapped and praised the performance.

Li Hao walked up, handed over a piece of silver, and sat at a tea table, quietly listening to the grand opera.

*In the nights of the Great Wilderness Heaven, during short rests, he could only watch the stars and moon, playing tunes himself to pass the time, but here, it was a rare moment of relaxation.*

*But soon, Li Hao’s expression changed slightly, though he didn’t get up. Instead, he casually picked up some melon seeds from the table, cracked a few open, and tossed the shells to the ground.*

The shells, as they fell to the ground, suddenly shot up in the night, seeming to be caught by a breeze. They swirled up into the night sky above the town and then sped toward a hill a dozen miles outside the town.

There, a group of demons was rushing in the night wind.

As they gazed at the myriad lights of the small town and the lively sounds of drums and laughter, vicious smiles appeared on their faces.

But as the leading demon was about to speak, suddenly, a melon seed shell descended from the sky, like a black dot rapidly sweeping across.

Thud, thud, thud!

Wrapped in the Power of Object Manipulation, it swiftly penetrated their bodies.

A dozen demons died on the spot, not even realizing how they had perished.

Only one melon seed shell remained, lying beside the last demon’s corpse.

Inside the town, the opera continued. Outside, the moonlight quietly covered the corpses of the demons.

“Bravo,”

Li Hao echoed the crowd’s applause and cheers after a brilliant scene.

When the opera ended and the crowd dispersed, Li Hao followed them, taking Xiyan and the Candle Flame God back to the inn to get a good night’s sleep.

*Since coming from the Great Wilderness Heaven, it had been quite a few days since he’d had a proper restful night.*

As dawn broke the next day, the morning sun shone on the demons’ bodies outside the town. It was unclear who, caught by the morning light, first saw the corpses of these demons, screamed in horror, and then fled to the town, rushing toward the Monster Suppression Department.