The Name of Eternity

At the end of Longguan Road is Cangya City.

Tianmen Pass is outside the city.

Cangya City is built against a cliff, with a vast city and towering walls.

There are majestic towers, arrow towers, and the city center where residents live and work. It is very lively and prosperous. It is also a trading place between Dayu Border and Beilin Kingdom, with a lot of carriages and horses.

But these are eight hundred years ago.

Today.

There is only a small earthen mound left here.

The words "Cangy" are engraved on the small earthen mound, which is the city.

A group of military camp tents surround the small earthen mound, firmly occupying it with the small earthen mound as the center.

At the edge of the tent, there are several battle flags.

The battle flag flutters in the cold wind, with the two ancient characters "Tianyuan" on it.

This is the flag of the Li family.

The five major divine generals' mansions each have their own titles, such as the Tianzhao divine generals' mansion of the Wang family, and the Tianyuan divine generals' mansion of the Li family.

At this moment, the cold wind was howling and the dust was sweeping.

On the cliff behind the military camp tent, there were graves of varying sizes, with tablets carved from tattered wooden blocks inserted randomly on them, serving as tombstones and as marks of the people buried inside.

Grunt, grunt.

Next to them, several soldiers with damaged armor were digging a pit with shovels.

Not long after, several more people brought a stretcher, on which was a hand, a broken thigh, torn armor, and a flattened helmet.

When the pit was dug, they put these inside and filled it with sand.

Then they found a tree, cut off a section and split it into a wooden tablet, carved a few words with their fingers, and inserted it on the grave.

On some stretchers, there were only a few fingers and fallen boots.

In this way, they were also buried, and four words were engraved on the wooden tablet:

Li Family Soldiers.

The cold wind whistled quietly, blowing through the military tents, passing through the gaps between the tents, squeezing out bursts of weeping and complaining.

Li Hongzhuang, wearing a bright red armor, stood expressionless in front of the grave mounds in silence.

Most of the wooden signs here have no names, because the fight with the demons was too tragic, and it was not easy to keep the whole body.

After the newly added graves were buried one by one, she reached out her hand, and the deputy general next to her handed her a pot of strong liquor.

She flicked her finger, kicked the cork, and poured the wine in front of these graves.

She drank the remaining mouthful.

It was like drinking with these warriors.

Then, she turned around and left without looking at it again.

She has been doing this for twenty years, and she has also seen this scene for twenty years.

From the deputy general who handed over the wine to the current commander.

Because her third brother and sixth brother, who used to help her hand over the wine, fell one after another.

So, although she was a girl, she still chose to stand up.

To hold up the sky for Daliangzhou!

Li Hongzhuang is the youngest daughter of Li Tianzong. She has nine brothers who are famous all over the world. Each of them is stunning and admired by everyone. The most evil brother among them is Li Junye.

But he also died more than ten years ago.

At that time, she was guarding this border and could not get away. She could not even attend the funeral of her ninth brother who had played with her in the courtyard since childhood. She could only shed tears on this battlefield.

She still remembered that her father said when she was a child that he gave her this name in the hope that she could find a good family and marry out.

From then on, she would take care of her husband and children, give up the sword and follow the book.

To avoid the pain of killing demons.

But since she was a child, she saw the scars on the soldiers who returned to the courtyard to report military information, and saw the empty tablets of the ancestors in the ancestral hall, and she knew that she could not give up the sword in her hand.

So, she practiced hard, worshipped a famous teacher, and practiced unique skills.

Then she went down the mountain and entered the world, using the three-foot-long sword in her hand to kill millions of demons outside the pass.

Here, she has been fighting for twenty years!

Twenty years of wind and frost and fighting have made her skin, which was as soft as a baby's, as cold and hard as rough sandpaper.

The flying black hair in her youth is now tied in a helmet, which has long been stained with grease and the blood of monsters, dirty and a bit fishy.

This is the most difficult thing for a woman to tolerate, but she has gotten used to it.

Except for her face, it is still so beautiful and charming, and has never changed.

But those eyes have changed from the clear and gentle ones to the cold and sharp ones like cold stars.

"Commander, I just counted them. 28 demons were killed, seven died, and twelve were injured."

Another deputy general came forward and reported to Li Hongzhuang.

Li Hongzhuang had no expression on her face. She had seen the previous battle and had a rough idea of ​​the casualties. She only said:

"The family sent a letter saying that reinforcements will arrive soon. Once the reinforcements arrive, we will withdraw and rotate."

"Now, have you found out where the reinforcements are?"

The deputy general shook his head slightly and was about to speak when a horn sounded outside the military tent.

The two of them changed their faces at the same time, and quickly set off, flew out, and soared into the sky.

I saw a few small dots approaching in the direction of Longguan Road outside the military tent. When they got closer, they could see clearly that they were a pair of young men and women, and a white fox.

"Why are there still people on Longguan Road?"

The two were slightly startled and flew away quickly.

They were guarding Tianmen Pass. Over the years, reinforcements have come one after another, but the number is not large. It seems that they have already abandoned Tianmen Pass.

And Longguan Road has long been occupied by monsters.

Even the reinforcements had to take a detour from Longguan Road, and some of them were defeated and suffered heavy losses on the Longguan Road.

"Military camp?"

At this moment, Li Hao and Ren Qianqian came over, both with puzzled faces.

I thought that the end would be Cangya City, but what I saw were military camp tents, potholes and cracks everywhere, some unprocessed demon corpses, and broken military flags, etc. It turned out to be a tragic battlefield.

At this time, Li Hao heard the horn and saw two figures falling from the sky.

"Who are you?"

Li Hongzhuang looked at the boy in front of her and felt that his face seemed familiar, and frowned in confusion.

Li Hao was about to speak, but suddenly fell silent.

I said that I would no longer be surnamed Li, so how should I call myself?

His eyes were a little confused, but he soon thought of a word and said, "My last name is Ji, you can just call me Ji Hao, I am here to replace your reinforcements."

"Ji Hao?"

Li Hongzhuang and the deputy general had never heard of this name, but when they heard Li Hao's next words, they were both happy and looked at the distance behind Li Hao at the same time:

"Where are they?"

The two were puzzled, and there was nothing behind Li Hao.

"I am." Li Hao said.

The two were stunned, and the excitement in their hearts suddenly fell, and they looked at Li Hao at the same time: "Just you?"

"Not just me."

Li Hao said: "This is my sword servant, this is just my little friend, the three of us."

As for Feng Lao, he had been hiding aside for a long time, and was also the support for Li Hao to dare to come to Tianmen Pass, but he could not introduce him to the person in front of him.

Feng Lao's identity was despised and scorned by the world, and was relatively sensitive. He was only a private friend of the Second Master and him, and no one knew it on the surface, otherwise it would have exploded long ago.

"..."

Hearing Li Hao's words, Li Hongzhuang and the deputy general were stunned, and their faces, which had been numb for a long time, showed some astonishment.

Looking around again, there was indeed no other breath.

Just this young man?

Reinforcements?

Li Hongzhuang was shocked and said angrily: "Are you kidding?"

After waiting for so long, looking forward to it for so long, the result was a teenager, and she was furious.

Li Hao shook his head and said seriously: "No, I am indeed here to replace you. In the next three years, I will come to guard here until I die."

"With you, you want to guard for three years?"

Li Hongzhuang was so angry that she wanted to laugh. One person guarding an isolated city? Even she didn't dare to say that!

"Is the seventh brother crazy!"

Li Hongzhuang ignored Li Hao and said to the deputy general: "Send a message back immediately and ask what Li Tiangang means. Is he really going to abandon it completely, or does he have other intentions?"

The deputy general took the order and was about to leave.

Suddenly, a figure flew over and landed in front of several people.

This was an old man in armor, with gray hair and a calm and restrained look.

He first glanced at Li Hao, then bowed to Li Hongzhuang and said, "Miss."

Li Hongzhuang felt the aura of the other person, who was also one of the Three Immortals, and looked at him carefully, but did not recognize who he was.

The deputy general next to him seemed to recognize him and said in surprise, "Are you General Li He?"

"Li He?"

When Li Hongzhuang heard the name, she thought about it for a while and was surprised. When she was a child practicing in the martial arts field, Li He had already made a name for himself outside.

This was a person from the previous generation of the Li family, the same generation as the second uncle.

But he was a bastard.

Among the bastards of that generation, Li He was one of the best.

"Miss Hongzhuang, please excuse me for a moment." Li He said.

Li Hongzhuang was a little confused, but she still flew to the side with him.

Li Hao and the deputy general stayed where they were.

Li Hao was not surprised by the sudden appearance of the old man. Although this was the first time they met at close range, the other party had been following him all the way from Qingzhou to here for five days.

According to what Mr. Feng said, this person was probably sent by Li Tiangang to protect him secretly.

Li Hao did not feel anything about this.

Most of the monsters on the road were dealt with by Mr. Feng and himself. After his injuries healed, he did not need Mr. Feng to deal with monsters below the Immortal Realm.

At this moment, when the other party was chatting privately with the little aunt, Li Hao also asked the deputy general:

"Isn't Cangya City at the end of Longguan Road? How long do we need to walk?"

The deputy general said in a deep voice: "Where you are standing now is Cangya City."

"Huh?"

Li Hao was stunned and looked at him in surprise.

Then he looked around, where was the city?

"After hundreds of years of war, the demons' attacks were frequent and fierce. Cangya City has been through so much damage and has been unable to repair the city walls and rebuild the magic patterns. The whole city has been destroyed."

The deputy general said: "Now there is only that place left. It is considered a city and the place where we guard."

He pointed to a small mound not far away.

Li Hao looked at it and was stunned.

The small mound was only a few meters high and disappeared with a casual shot.

This is... Cangya City?

He knew that the border war was tragic, but he didn't expect it to be so tragic.

The whole city was flattened to the ground.

"So, you are guarding here without anything as a cover, and you will fight against the demons?" Li Hao asked.

The deputy general said expressionlessly: "The only wall is our body."

"..."

After hearing this, Li Hao stopped talking.

Not long after, Li Hongzhuang and Li He returned.

Li Hongzhuang looked at Li Hao with a complicated expression and said, "You are Hao'er!"

Li Hao glanced at old man Li He, probably because he told the young aunt about the matter.

"It's me, now you believe it, you can withdraw your troops."

Li Hongzhuang's eyes were complicated and sad, and she said: "How could Brother Seven be so cruel? It was just a small conflict. Why did it happen like this? Where are the fifth uncle, second uncle, and sister-in-law? Do they not care?"

Li Hao shook his head slightly, not wanting to mention these things again.

"Hao'er, you are too impulsive. Go back quickly. If you stay here, you will die!" Li Hongzhuang said.

No wonder she thought the young man had a similar face before. Even though it was the first time they met, she didn't want to see her nephew act stupid.

"It doesn't matter."

Li Hao smiled slightly and said: "If you die here, you are at least considered a martyr. If you die elsewhere, you will be nothing."

"Why are you so stubborn, kid? Your father won't really kill you." Li Hongzhuang said with a sad look on her face.

Li Hao shook his head and said: "Little aunt, it's getting late. You'd better retreat as soon as possible. I heard that these soldiers have been guarding this place for many years. It's time to go back to visit their wives, children and mothers."

Hearing this, the deputy general next to him trembled, and his numb and chapped face seemed to be a little wet.

Li Hongzhuang suddenly fell silent, then shook her head and said: "Others can withdraw, but I will not leave."

She looked up at the small dirt hill behind her, even though it was no longer a city.

But this is still the place where the third brother and the sixth brother sacrificed their lives to hold on.

She wants to be here and fight until the end of her life.

"The heroic souls of the soldiers here still need someone to accompany them."

Li Hongzhuang's eyes were sharp and serious, and she said slowly: "I originally planned to wait until the reinforcements arrived, and I would stay here to continue fighting with the reinforcements, but since you are the only one now, my aunt will accompany you to continue killing monsters here. Kill as many monsters as you can." Just count how many!”

"This is the land of our Dayu Dynasty, and it is also the place where our Li family has guarded for many years."

"Unless the emperor orders it, we will never give in!"

Her eyes radiated sharp light, but her female body was as majestic as the Great Wall.