"Haotian, what a fine na. I wonder what kind of parents could raise such an outstanding child as you. On behalf of the Human Race in the Northern Domain Border, I thank you!"
As he spoke, he even bent slightly and bowed to Li Hao.
Seeing this, Li Hao was startled and quickly helped to hold the other's arm, but this Fourth Uncle was an Immortal King Realm expert, his arms extrely heavy, and Li Hao couldn't lift them, allowing him to complete the bow.
Su Zhenyuan saw Fourth Uncle being so solemn, and his heart skipped a beat. Even he, now honored as the Family Head, did not dare to rashly accept such a grand gesture from Fourth Uncle. He hurriedly said, "Fourth Uncle, the Ancestor wants to see Haotian, probably intending to nurture him well, which is also our intention."
Fourth Uncle stood up, patted Li Hao's holding arm, smiled at him, and then grumpily said to Su Zhenyuan:
"With this child's aptitude, having the Ancestor nurture him is a fortune for our Su Family. How could it rely be our intention? If he were outside, which Great Emperor wouldn't want to cultivate such a prodigy?"
Su Zhenyuan was dumbfounded and couldn't say a word.
Indeed, with Li Hao's talent, any other Great Emperor would be eager to take him in outside.
Nine Flowers and Nine Orders, he is already qualified to apprentice to a Great Emperor as a direct disciple, not to ntion the Tao Origin Immortal Seal, which makes him outstanding even among the Great Emperor's direct disciples. Moreover, Li Hao has astonishingly refined True God Blood along with factors like his century soul life, making him the strongest genius of all ti in his eyes.
"You…"
Fourth Uncle rolled his eyes at Su Zhenyuan, said no more, then gently said to Li Hao, "Go on, the Ancestor has been waiting for you inside for quite so ti."
Li Hao smiled and nodded, thinking that the other's initial call to the Family Head was purely to save face for Su Zhenyuan. Judging by his words, it was clear he still regarded him as a junior to be reprimanded, showing no reverence for the Family Head.
Su Zhenyuan imdiately intended to lead Li Hao inside, but was stopped by Fourth Uncle's extended hand.
"What are you going for?" Fourth Uncle looked at Su Zhenyuan with a strange expression.
Su Zhenyuan was stupefied, "The Ancestor has seldom awakened. I'm going to pay my respects to him."
"If the Elder wants to see you, he will summon you separately for inquiry." Fourth Uncle retorted grumpily.
Su Zhenyuan was rendered speechless, was he being stopped as the Family Head?
But here, being the ancestral land, he dared not intrude without permission, so he sheepishly said, "Then, I'll co next ti."
Fourth Uncle ignored him, rely gestured to Li Hao with his lips, "Child, the Ancestor is at the mountain top."
"Alright."
Li Hao responded, bid farewell to the two with cupped hands, then proceeded into Peach blossom Mountain.
The fragrant scent of peach blossoms wafted in, and Li Hao followed the path to the mountain top, where he saw Su Jiuzhe, draped in a gray-white robe, seated on the ground, surrounded by lush green grass, with a wooden table set beside him, laden with several dishes of snacks and two kettles of wine.
Peach blossoms drifted down, and two petals settled on his hair, unnoticed.
"You've arrived."
Su Jiuzhe slightly inclined his head, looking at the youth climbing up from below.
Li Hao ca before him and respectfully bowed, "Thank the Ancestor for your intervention and help."
"I didn't save you." Su Jiuzhe said indifferently, though with a semblance of a smile in his eyes as he glanced sideways at Li Hao.
Li Hao frankly said, "Thank the Ancestor for saving Miss Su."
"That's not what you want to thank for, is it?"
Su Jiuzhe's lips curved slightly upward, saying, "What you want to thank for, is saving the other Primordial Spirit within that child's body, right?"
Li Hao was stunned, his whole body trembled slightly, feeling utterly exposed in the face of those seemingly smiling eyes, as if stripped bare, standing in the wind and snow without any cover.
"Senior… knows?" Li Hao couldn't help but ask.
"Sit."
Su Jiuzhe pointed to a spot beside the small wooden table.
Li Hao followed suit and sat down, feeling sowhat excited, "Does the Ancestor have a way to make her awaken early?"
Su Jiuzhe raised his hand slightly, his gray-white sleeve slipping down to reveal a long, strong arm. He took a swig from a kettle of wine, then grabbed a dish of spirit fruit nuts from the small wooden table, tossing them into his mouth, eating as he spoke:
"Knowing, oh, it's a long story… In the beginning, it was a pact between her and , wasn't it?"
Li Hao's heart trembled with shock, a pact? With her?
"You know, Shi Miao?"
Li Hao reacted quickly and asked imdiately.
Only Ying Xiaoxiao's previous self, the Ti Elf born from Chaos Ti, would be eligible to know the Su Jiuzhe before him.
Su Jiuzhe nodded slightly, looking at the sea of peach blossoms before him and said slowly, "The initial pact, she bowed her head to the Celestial Venerable for ten thousand years to obtain this guidance…"
He shook his head lightly, not saying more, and turned to Li Hao, "Making her awaken early, I cannot do. This is her destiny, and at the suitable ti, suitable mont, she will awaken on her own, everything is destiny. Without reaching the Emperor Realm, one cannot transcend destiny, nor dominate destiny, I also won't help you disturb destiny."
Li Hao's heart trembled slightly.
Destiny?
The Nine Order Dao lacks only destiny, destiny is supre, beyond ti, beyond space, unspeakable, indescribable, traversing past and future.
Li Hao has seen many prodigies, but none speak of being able to touch destiny.
Regarding destiny, he himself has only a shallow understanding, having not touched it, let alone mastering it.
So, even as a peerless prodigy, even after a breakthrough to seal a king, he is still controlled by destiny, only surpassing to the Emperor Realm can one transcend?
Li Hao's eyes glead slightly, what then is his own destiny's end?
Su Jiuzhe gently clinked the wine kettles, saying, "Let's leave these matters. So, do you drink?"
"I do."
Li Hao ca back to his senses, agreed, picked up the wine kettle, thanked him, and drank heartily.
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