"Wushuang, lend me some gold."
The woman opened her eyes, glanced at him, and frowned, saying, "Do you plan to waste your days like this?"
Li Yuanzhao shrugged slightly, speaking contradictorily, "You know, my family's strict because she's from the Xia Family."
"After all these years, you're still in the Ultimate Study Realm and haven't prehended the Dao Domain. Now, those demons from the Great Wilderness Heavenly Central State are being hunted everywhere by the mightiest in the mortal world. Even our Dayu isn't stable anymore, and you should start taking some responsibility." Li Wushuang said in a deep voice.
Li Yuanzhao grinned slightly, saying with a smile, "Ping'an is around, and even the demons in the Tao prehension Realm are no match for him unless the Tai Sui God from the Central State es in person. You know my aptitude; reaching this point is already the best I can do."
Li Wushuang stared at him and said, "But he has changed your fate!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanzhao suddenly fell silent, the intoxication in his eyes seeming to vanish, being as a dark crevice, with no emotion visible within.
After a while, his expression returned to its usual indifference, and he drunkenly smiled, saying, "Forget it if there's no gold, Wushuang, I'll go back home. The missus probably already prepared the washboard for me, haha."
Saying this, he turned and left.
Suddenly, a gust of wind rushed towards his ear.
He raised his hand to catch it, and it turned out to be a heavy bag.
As soon as it touched his hand, he knew it was a bag of gold.
"In the future, don't provoke Li Ping'an. He's not Li Hao. Be cautious, or he might really punish you."
Li Wushuang's voice came from behind, with a sigh.
Obviously, she had already sensed the incident outside the courtyard earlier.
Li Yuanzhao's body trembled slightly, remained silent for a while, then smiled and said, "I understand."
...
In the evening, the Divine General Mansion was exceptionally lively, with many distinguished guests visiting to offer their congratulations.
For the Divine General Mansion, Li Ping'an going to battle and returning victorious had bee routine, used to it.
However, other noble families wouldn't miss such a precious chance to ingratiate themselves, and arrived with generous gifts to celebrate.
Within the brightly lit Divine General Mansion, the atmosphere was inevitably bustling.
Beside the banquet in the main hall, Li Ping'an sat next to his parents. Earlier that afternoon, he had eaten the braised beans and meat his mother had prepared, so he had little appetite for the sumptuous dishes on the table, merely sampling a few bites.
Beside him, Ji Qingqing was also quietly eating her food.
On the other side sat a robust man with a square face, exuding natural authority.
From time to time, guests came to offer congratulations and toast him, but he only took a small sip with a rather indifferent response.
"Did today's training produce any promising candidates?"
Contrary to other guests at the table who were discussing how the Tao prehension Realm demons were causing chaos at the borders and highlighting Li Ping'an's martial prowess, Li Ping'an's family was relatively calm.
Li Ping'an casually picked up some vegetables with his chopsticks and asked his father beside him.
Li Tian Gang slightly nodded, saying, "There are two promising ones. With proper training next year, they can join your Unit Ping."
"That'll be a trouble for you, Father, to instruct them,"
Li Ping'an politely said.
Li Tian Gang seemed to sense his mood and turned, saying, "During this fight with those demons, you weren't hurt, were you?"
Li Ping'an couldn't help but smile, wondering if it wasn't too late to ask now.
"Tao prehension Realm demons are nothing worth mentioning." He stated calmly.
Seeing him say this, Li Tian Gang was reassured and said, "Indeed, now that you're also in the Tao prehension Realm, your words carry power, and you're not far from the legendary Saint status. The Tao prehension Realm is hardly a challenge for you."
Though maintaining his calm, Li Ping'an's mouth subtly twitched at these words.
He couldn't discern whether the speaker truly respected him, or simply didn't care about such matters.
Beside him, Ji Qingqing's keen intuition kicked in immediately, as she said, "Although Ping'an is also in the Tao prehension Realm, any demon who has attained this realm may have hidden cards up their sleeve. Caution is needed to prevent suffering a major setback."
Li Tian Gang shook his head, saying, "Ping'an has absorbed all the cultivation resources of our Dayu, equipped with a Divine Weapon and Armor, and even granted the Royal Cultivation Technique by Emperor Yu. He is the Dayu War God, and cannot be defeated by demons of the same realm."
Hearing this, Ji Qingqing rolled her eyes at him but said nothing further due to the presence of multiple guests, and instead addressed Li Ping'an:
"Child, remember your mother's words, always proceed with caution."
Li Ping'an smiled at her, nodded, and chose not to say more, lowering his head to eat.
Seeing his wife's gentle demeanor, Li Tian Gang couldn't help shaking his head with a sigh, rose from his seat, and said, "I'm full, I'll go rest first."
With that said, he turned and departed.
Such victory celebrations had long bee routine for both him and the Li Family.
Several days later.
Suddenly, an urgent report came from the Qingzhou border, delivered to the Divine General Mansion in Qingzhou City.
When this urgent report reached Li Ping'an, he was sitting quietly in the courtyard, contemplating the Tao.
Upon opening the urgent report, his previously calm plexion changed abruptly, saying, "Tao prehension Realm demons? Three of them?"
At the border city, Emperor Yu had the Heavenly Observatory research for many years and, several decades ago, finally developed a formation. Though it didn't possess defensive capabilities, it could detect the realms of invading demons.
The materials consumed by this formation were extremely precious, so it was employed only at the borders of each state, with the maximum detectability of demons up to the Tao prehension Realm.
Following its introduction, it greatly lowered the casualty rates of frontier soldiers.
After all, gaining early intelligence on the demons' realms facilitated deploying appropriate forces; otherwise, mistaking a demon of the Four Stands Realm for one in the Three Immortal Realms would spell disaster for the Vanguard Army.
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