Chapter Three Return to Heavenly Emperor City
[Second update today]
After saying goodbye to Ye Ruoyu, Zhang Hao accelerated his pace and rushed towards Tiandi City. The closer he got to Tiandi City, the more severe the depression in his heart. He finally returned to Tiandi City, which had been away for more than three years. Everything here made Zhang Hao miss him very much. He thought he would never have the chance to come back in his life.
On the back mountain of Mengxi Village, there were thin vines of dead trees and a few crows standing on the trunks without any spirit, napping with birds. Five short and lonely graves lined up in a row. Since no one had cleaned them for many years, they were already covered with tall weeds. A tall young man stood there with a sad face, and five powerful energy was exerted in his hands. The weeds on the top of the five lonely graves were gone, and the top of the graves was much taller. The young man knelt there and bowed three times, and then quickly left.
The ancient Tiandi City is still lively, but for Zhang Hao, things have changed. Everything here makes him feel familiar and unfamiliar. Zhang Hao did not dare to go back to Tiandi City Academy, for fear of causing trouble for the three old people, so he found an inn near the Li family and stayed there.
After more than a month of investigation, Zhang Hao finally found out the general situation of the Li family in Tiandicheng. The current head of the family, Li Shaojun, came here three years ago. It was said that he came to find someone.
That morning, Zhang Hao had just woken up and felt a little depressed. He wandered around the street alone. As he walked, he suddenly felt a chill behind his back. Zhang Hao knew that he had already set his sights on the master and was shocked. It was not that someone had recognized him. Zhang Hao did not look back and continued to walk forward as if he was fine.
"Little brother in front, please stay." An old man's voice came. Zhang Hao turned around and saw an old man with silver hair standing there, followed by two middle-aged men.
"Old Li Shaojun, may I ask my little brother the name of Gao?" Li Shaojun asked politely. When he saw Li Shaojun for the first time, Zhang Hao suddenly felt a very strange feeling in his heart. He had never seen Li Shaojun before, so why did he feel this feeling? Even he didn't understand. He also politely replied, "Boy Lin Wu". Zhang Hao did not dare to report his real name, so he randomly pinched a name.
After hearing Zhang Hao's name, the old man's face couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but it disappeared instantly.
"So it's Brother Lin. Can you have a meal together with me?"
"Okay" Zhang Hao didn't know why, so he agreed so readily.
To Zhang Hao's surprise, Li Shaojun actually drove the two middle-aged men back. At first, they were not very willing, but after being shouted by Li Shaojun, they left helplessly. Before leaving, they even stared at Zhang Hao fiercely.
Li Shaojun took Zhang Hao to a nearby restaurant and found a location close to the tower. After drinking three glasses, Li Shaojun looked at Zhang Hao and said, "When I was on the street just now, I saw the back of my little brother for the first time, which reminded me of someone, so I took the liberty to disturb me."
"You are kind to me, senior"
After taking a sip of wine, Li Shaojun looked sad, and his eyes were a little wet, "I came to have a son late. I was fortunate to have a son when I was forty, and named Li Chonglai. My child more than 20 years ago had a relationship with Xuanyuan Lu, the Xuanyuan family in the south. At that time, both families strongly opposed it. For this matter, I also issued an order, if he did not leave Xuanyuan Lu, he would expel him from the house."
When Mr. Li said this, he took another sip of wine, and Zhang Hao had already guessed what would happen.
"According to the family rules of the Li family, all those who are expelled from the family will be treated as rebels. The rebels will face the pursuit of the family. I said angry words to scare him at that time. I didn't expect that he really insisted on his own actions. I was really angry..." Li Shaojun had already started drinking non-stop.
"Senior" Zhang Hao couldn't bear to see an old man so sad, so he hurriedly stopped him. Li Shaojun separated Zhang Hao's hand and continued, "That year after I drove him out of the house, Xuanyuan Lu was also driven out by his family, and the two left the south together. Later, I heard that a little boy was born outside, and the last place they appeared was near Tiandi City. When I chased him, the two were gone. More than 20 years have passed, and I still couldn't find any news about them. The Xuanyuan family has been looking for Xuanyuan Lu, but unfortunately there is no information. I have been suffering outside.
I searched for more than ten years, and it was not until recent years that I remembered that their children might be in the area of Tiandi City, so I asked my family to come here to stay and look for their family of three. By chance two years ago, I found their names on the list of a mercenary group. After inquiring, I learned that the two of them entered the forest with the three more than 20 years ago because they were forced by life, and they did not come out again. The old man was already choking up, and Zhang Hao became more and more nervous as he heard it. The two people said were a bit similar to what they were grandparents, and asked, "What about them later?"
"Later, after I learned about their situation, I was always looking for the whereabouts of the boy. At first, I suspected that Zhang Hao, the most popular young master in the world in recent years. I sent someone to investigate his life experience. Unfortunately, I only knew that his parents had died when he was young and had been dependent on his grandparents for life. When he was sixteen, he passed away. In the end, even his childhood sweetheart was killed by the Lan family. I heard that he had demonized. I didn't see it with my own eyes. I don't know whether it was true or not. I also wanted to talk to him, but unfortunately I never had a chance."
"Hasn't he been chasing the Lan family all the time? If you look for him, it's equivalent to being against the Lan family," Zhang Hao asked deliberately.
"Hmph, what's the Lan family? If Zhang Hao is really a descendant of my Li family, I wouldn't dare to do anything randomly. There are people in their heaven, and there are people in our heaven, let alone..."
Li Shaojun felt a little out of control, so he stopped and continued to drink, and then said after a while.
"Little brother, you don't look like a local. It seems that there is no family member of Lin in the local area."
"Senior, I am from Qi." Zhang Hao had the intention of pretending to be Lin from the beginning, so when others asked, they answered naturally.
"Oh, yes, Qi State is a person surnamed Duolin"
"Little brother, I don't know why, I feel that I have a special relationship with you. If you have any questions in the future, I will come to Li Mansion to find me. I have something to do. Let's go here first today and say goodbye."
"Okay, goodbye"
After Li Shaojun left, Zhang Hao slowly recalled what he said. The more he thought about it, the more he felt. Coupled with Peng Zu's inference, he made him more determined to figure things out.
Li Shaojun left the restaurant and left Zhang Hao's sight. He stretched out his back and immediately turned into another person, not even a little old. He waved his hand to a wall. The two who had just left returned and said respectfully, "Head of the family, how about exploring it?"
"That kid has been wandering outside our mansion this month, and he should have something to hide from me. I have observed him carefully just now, especially when I talked about Li Chonglai and his wife, the concern he showed surprised me. If I guessed correctly, he should be Zhang Hao."
"real?"
"Well, it should be true, I just don't know what method he can use to cover up his breath, and even his appearance has changed."
"Although Li Chonglai and his wife were caught back to the Li family by us, he refused to tell where his son was. It was not until recently that we found some of the situations about his son. It should be Zhang Hao. Unexpectedly, we did not go to find him, but he came to the door."
"That's your grandson!"
"Hmph, that child born by the evil one is not worthy of being my grandson" Li Shaojun said angrily
"What should we do next?"
"We should not act rashly without being completely sure. I would like to ask the ancestor to take action to bring him back to the southern desert to confirm for the ancestor. The ancestor had fought with him before, so he should be able to recognize him in one go."
"That kid can fight with the distant ancestor without death?"
"When he was in Shennongjia, the Ancestor almost killed him, but was later rescued by Shennong."
"Shennong is still in the world? Hasn't it been disappearing for tens of thousands of years?"
"I don't know this either, but the ancestors will not lie to us."
"You guys go and follow that boy. I feel like he has begun to know something about his life experience. This adventure may be just for this matter. You must not show off. He can fight with the distant ancestor, which proves that his cultivation is definitely not lower than that of you."
"Ah?" The shock in the hearts of the two middle-aged people in the Li family can be imagined.
Zhang Hao was thinking about what the old man said, and the consciousness of the Divine Sword came from the consciousness of the Divine Sword, "Be careful, the old man was strange just now, and I felt that he had no intention of sadness in his heart." Zhang Hao was shocked, "Then why did he make up this story to lie to me?"
"He is not lying to you, but testing you. When you were exploring near Li Mansion this month, your whereabouts may have been exposed. I vaguely feel that there are masters in the mansion, and they are extremely dangerous masters. Their cultivation should be above the Immortal level."
"What should I do?"
"I just felt the aura of this old man. It is indeed exactly the same as the aura of the mysterious skill in your body that turned black. Even if you are not a descendant of the Li family, you also have a great relationship with them."
"Oh no, someone is here." The Divine Sword sent a little divine power into Zhang Hao's body. Zhang Hao's consciousness dissipated far away. Finally, he felt that there were two people hiding in a nearby corner. After discovering that it was the two people who had just driven away by the old man, he believed in the words of the Divine Sword. His whereabouts had indeed been exposed, and the Li family also began to take action. One thing he was very strange. The Li family's attitude towards him was very strange, and he did not feel the feeling of relatives at all. Zhang Hao felt something must be hidden behind him, and he had a lot of contact with him.
Zhang Hao quickly left the restaurant and walked out of the city. The two of them followed gently. When Zhang Hao took them to the suburbs, his figure flashed and disappeared into the bottom of a big tree. The two hurriedly chased after him.
"Are you two here to find someone?" Zhang Hao's voice came.
"Zhang Hao, don't pretend to be a ghost, come out quickly," one of them shouted.
"Okay" the two of them felt someone behind them, so they both slapped back and "touched" to Zhang Hao's body.
"It's the afterimage"
"Haha~" Zhang Hao's figure appeared in front of the two, shattered again, and it was another afterimage, and the two finally changed their color.
"Zhang Hao, is there anyone who treats your elders like this?"
Chapter completed!