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Chapter 1053: Chapter 216: Dayu War God, Mortal World Female Sword Immortal_5

Saying this, he mounted the horse and left without looking back.

On the mountain top, the sword in the hand of the woman in snow attire slightly trembled and loosened. She gazed at the paintings before her. Her eyes swept over to the room beside her, where the walls were covered with portraits, all of them depicting a young man.

However, each had a different posture.

One showed him sitting by a chessboard on the eaves, another showed him roasting at a bonfire, and another depicted him laughing with grease all over his mouth.

These were the images from her memories.

“You will come back…right…”

She gazed at the paintings in the room, murmuring to herself.

Outside Dayu State.

Li Ping’an led his team of trusted aides, who had slain demons, back to Qingzhou.

His expression was gloomy, and he said nothing all the way.

His trusted aides were all surprised, and someone asked, “Marshal, with such a great achievement this time, hasn’t Emperor Yu yet bestowed the title of Heavenly General upon you?”

“Indeed, without your expedition, Marshal, no one would have been able to stop the demons. The entire Dayu would have been in grave danger. We just killed it before it caused large-scale casualties. Isn’t this considered as having done great merits?”

“With your achievements and strength, Marshal, I believe it’s enough to bestow the title of Heavenly General. I heard that when the title was conferred to the Heavenly General back then, his realm was the same as yours, both in the Tao Comprehension Realm.”

“Could it be that Emperor Yu wants to suppress our Li Family and doesn’t want us to have two Heavenly Generals?”

“Hush!”

Li Ping’an, who was burying his head in riding, also turned around and fiercely glared at the speaking aide, with a cold face said:

“Once we return to Qingzhou, go claim a hundred lashes yourself!”

The trusted aide’s face changed, not daring to argue, just obediently answering in assent.

Riding along the way, as Qingzhou approached, Li Ping’an saw an imposing statue standing outside the walls of Qingzhou City.

The statue depicted a young man with a pleasant smile, yet his posture was straight, resembling an unparalleled Lieutenant General.

He glanced at it, his gaze becoming even gloomier.

This statue was known to everyone within Dayu, it was Dayu’s only Heavenly General, Haotian.

In Li Ping’an’s childhood, he often saw his parents being sullen for years, always seeming to have some concerns.

It’s often said that a mother knows her son best, but actually, children often have a clearer understanding of their parents than parents do of their children.

Since he was very young, he felt that there was always something weighing on his parents’ minds.

Even when they looked at him, their gaze frequently appeared absent, as if thinking about something else.

At first, he thought it was because he wasn’t smart or outstanding enough, which worried his parents, so he worked desperately hard, cultivated furiously, to absorb a large amount of mystical blood when he was six, building top-tier peerless foundations of the ninth rank.

His cultivation speed was meteoric, quickly surpassing his peers, far exceeding other direct descendants in the Divine General Mansion.

But at that time, aside from praises for him, he also frequently heard another name.

And when his parents heard about his outstanding performance, they didn’t show the smile he imagined; instead, sadness appeared in their eyes.

This feeling left him confused and bewildered.

He asked them about it, and his parents merely turned away, avoiding the topic, saying he misunderstood, then forced a smile for him.

But he wasn’t foolish, how could he not see the difference between a forced smile and a genuine one?

As he grew up, he heard more and more voices, and he seemed to understand that he had an exceptionally accomplished brother.

However, that brother left the Divine General Mansion, even renouncing the surname Li.

That brother was brilliant, the only Heavenly General of Dayu, eclipsing the five Divine General Mansions, known throughout the world.

He finally understood the reason, feeling angry and pained, and at about ten years old, he chose to leave home. He wanted to become stronger, to cultivate to higher realms, he wished to break that incredible cultivation record and catch up with the other’s pace.

With his efforts, coupled with the resources of the Divine General Mansion that fully cultivated him, his cultivation progressed rapidly, and he later apprenticed under the current Female Sword Immortal, honing his Sword Dao roots with his Sword Dao progressing by leaps and bounds.

With his military achievements, from Earl to Duke, to the conferment of the Divine Marquis, in just sixty years, he had already achieved the accomplishments of the Jiang Family Ancestor.

Meanwhile, he inherited the True Dragon of the Li Family, becoming the pillar of this generation’s Li Family.

In the Li Family, no one was not proud of him.

But inside his heart, there was always a thorn.

In the Mortal World, he’d cultivated to the Tao Comprehension Realm, gradually feeling he had reached a bottleneck, difficult to advance further. He wished to go to the world within the Immortal Gate, wanting to prove to the world that he would be even more outstanding, but at present was restricted here.

“The Jiang Family Ancestor’s record in Gan Tao Palace, above Tao Comprehension Realm, is the Saint Realm, the strongest in All Heavens are Saints, even she only barely counts as a Semi-Saint…”

Li Ping’an took a deep breath, preparing to return to Qingzhou this time, to heal his injuries, and then explore that Immortal Gate.

If he could become a Saint, everything would be different, everyone would recognize him!

The sound of hooves crossed the city gates, and the citizens along the street seeing the Red flood dragon warhorses and the figure on them, all cheered loudly, proclaiming Marshal Li’s triumphant return.

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