I create patterns, regardless of your level of expertise.

Even Gao Yuanfan was drawn over, circling Zhou Hongtu twice with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Zhou Hongtu, you're not dead?!"

Zhou Hongtu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Gao Yuanfan, and said with a barbed tone, "Even if you die, I won't die."

However, even so, Zhou Hongtu himself was not entirely clear about what had happened.

After all, he was at a crucial juncture in his breakthrough, and his main focus was on that breakthrough, leaving little energy for other matters.

He vaguely remembered that Li Hao had blown his head off, but instead of dying, he was quickly repaired by a force.

Then Li Hao fed him something else, and he became completely unharmed.

If it were some kind of miraculous cure, I've never seen anything that heals so quickly; it worked right after I drank it.

Is this the kind of good thing he can enjoy?

Thinking of this, Zhou Hongtu quickly faced Li Hao, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "Thank you for saving my life, senior."

Li Hao accepted it calmly, then counted the time on his fingers.

"Yes, today is just right."

"As for the secret realm..." Li Hao looked at Zhou Luo, "Could other people possibly enter it?"

Zhou Luo hurriedly said, "The key to opening the secret realm is in my hands; no one else can enter. Are you preparing to go now, Senior?"

Li Hao pondered for a moment and said, "No, since others can't get in, the secret realm won't disappear. We can go there later."

"The wedding is the priority right now, and time is running out. We can go see the secret realm later."

After saying that, Li Hao looked at Zhou Hongtu and asked, "I need you and Gao Yuanfan to do a small favor together. Are you willing?"

Zhou Hongtu hurriedly said, "Senior saved my life. Now that you have given me your orders, I dare to brave even mountains of knives and seas of fire."

Li Hao waved his hand: "It won't be as bad as going through mountains of knives and seas of fire."

He thought for a moment, then with a flash, he took out a... wooden sword.

It is made up of small cubes and is shaped like a sword, but the hilt is particularly uncomfortable to hold.

Of course, it's not an ordinary wooden sword, but a wooden sword from the game "Minecraft".

In the game, a wooden sword deals five points of damage; in reality, that would be a peerless divine sword with a five-fold increase in damage.

"Take this. If he dares to run, kill him."

Li Hao handed the wooden sword to Zhou Hongtu, then pointed at Gao Yuanfan and said.

After all, Gao Yuanfan was just a rogue cultivator, and there was nothing they could do if he ran away halfway through.

Zhou Hongtu is different; the entire Zhou family is here, so he can't possibly run away.

However, Zhou Hongtu was extremely surprised and suspicious after obtaining the wooden sword.

After all, no matter how you look at it, what Li Hao gave him was a strangely shaped wooden longsword.

It's made of wood; it wouldn't even kill an ordinary person, so how could it be used to cut down Gao Yuanfan?

Li Hao didn't explain, but just smiled and said, "Why don't you try and see?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hongtu didn't say anything more, and casually swung his sword at Gao Yuanfan.

As the sword light flashed, Gao Yuanfan was shocked. He raised his hand, and his entire arm was covered with a layer of golden iron color. He grabbed the sword light with a claw and crushed it with a bang.

"You surnamed Zhou, are you serious?!" Gao Yuanfan was somewhat exasperated. If Li Hao hadn't been there, he would have definitely started a fight.

As for Zhou Hongtu, he was greatly shocked at this moment!

Who would have thought that this seemingly ordinary wooden sword was actually an unparalleled treasure!

Zhou Hongtu said with emotion, "If I had this sword before, I would have been confident of winning even if I faced Gao Yuanfan and Shui Yuelu at the same time."

Everyone around was surprised to hear this.

They didn't know how much effort Zhou Hongtu had just used, so they didn't know how terrifying the amplification of the wooden sword was.

But hearing these words now is enough to shock them.

After all, it was because of Shuiyuelu and Gao Yuanfan that Zhou Hongtu was forced into seclusion.

Now that his breakthrough has failed, all because of a wooden sword, he actually has the confidence to take on two opponents at once?!

Gao Yuanfan was equally surprised upon hearing this, then licked his lips and held out his hand to Zhou Hongtu: "Let me see?"

Zhou Hongtu looked at Li Hao for his opinion, but Li Hao simply said, "I'll let you use it now, whether you get it or not is up to you."

Zhou Hongtu definitely won't give it to him.

He clasped his hands and bowed again: "Don't worry, senior, if Gao Yuanfan dares to run, I will kill him on the spot!"

Gao Yuanfan was furious, but he didn't dare to vent his anger in front of Li Hao. He could only glare angrily at Zhou Hongtu.

Li Hao nodded and said, "Yes, it's about time. You can set off today and go directly to the Qingyun Sect. Their Elder in charge of punishments will tell you what to do then."

After a slight pause, Li Hao turned to look at Zhou Luo.

"If that young woman named Shui comes again, tell her that the Zhou family is now under my protection. If she dares to make a move, I will make the entire Shui Lan Palace pay with its life."

Zhou Luo was extremely excited upon hearing this and immediately knelt down: "Thank you, Senior!"

He knew all too well the weight of those words. He knew that even the royal family and the Qingyun Sect had to bow down to Li Hao.

Now that Li Hao has declared that the Zhou family is under his protection, even if they face the Qingyun Sect or the royal family, the Zhou family can stand on equal footing!

The Zhou family is no longer in any crisis!

"Alright, that's enough for now. I should probably head back."

"Get to work properly."

After giving Zhou Hongtu and Gao Yuanfan some final words of advice, Li Hao set off.

……

Rock City.

With only three days left until the wedding, the Song family finally began making large-scale preparations for the venue.

The venue for this wedding was the entire city of Yan.

All the buildings were rented out, and the people who originally lived there were temporarily moved to tents outside the city.

Of course, this is paid, not a forced eviction.

They all happily took the spirit stones and voluntarily moved them out.

Within a single day, the entire city of Yan was brightly lit and decorated with lanterns.

All the major powers that had received the invitations had set off, with some arriving early, such as the Zhou family, who had already made their way in the city.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this wedding attracted the attention of the entire Yue Kingdom.

As for Li Hao, he has been keeping a much lower profile these past few days.

After all, he wasn't very clear about the wedding process and was too lazy to give instructions, so he focused on consuming Starfire Pills these few days to get himself to the Three Difficulties Realm first.

The last day before the wedding.

The teams of most forces have already arrived. After all, this wedding, which is full of political implications, is very likely to affect the future landscape of the entire Yue Kingdom. Who would want to fall behind?

Even the members of the Qingyun Sect have arrived and settled in an inn in the east of the city.

There was no other way. When the groom was going to pick up the bride, the groom's family had to go to the bride's family home, which was naturally the Qingyun Sect. But that was too far away, so they had to bring Shen Lingyan to Yan City first.

As for why it's the vast majority...

The royal family did not come.

"It seems that the eldest princess has ultimately made a choice that I do not like."

Li Hao looked at the bright moon in the sky and sighed softly.

Beside him, Song Baicheng whispered, "Senior, the royal family is definitely confident. Should we make any preparations in advance?"

Li Hao simply shook his head slightly at this.

"No matter what preparations the royal family makes, they can't be as reliable as my preparations."

"Everything remains the same, put your mind at ease."

"Tomorrow, the wedding will be on time."