Chapter 13

Li Che held the wine cup without changing expression, savoring the warm old yellow wine.

The fragrant, astringent aroma filled his mouth, yet his mind had already drifted onto the Dao tree that rose from the vast earth.

His daughter turned one, and the Dao tree bore fruit.

Born a Dao fruit【Dragon Elephant Vajra】!

This is the second Dao fruit Li Che obtained; the first was【Immortal Craft】, enhancing his woodcarving talent, giving him the means to establish himself in this world.

He also became a woodcarver at Xu Ji Woodcarving Shop, moved into Xu Ji's manor, and ensured his daughter Li Nuanxi grew up safely to one year old.

Li Che already understood the importance of the Dao fruit.

So he had greatly anticipated the second Dao fruit, which finally bore fruit!

【Dragon Elephant Vajra (Dao fruit): flesh and blood like dragon and elephant, indestructible Vajra, peerless in horizontal training】

Before him, the prompt about the Dao fruit【Dragon Elephant Vajra】 surged forth like a tide.

In an instant, Li Che felt his qi and blood boiling and surging within, and vaguely, his flesh and blood seemed to undergo an earth-shaking change.

If willing, actively stimulating the Dao fruit could even cause the flesh to mutate!

However, with Chen Lao beside him, Li Che had no mind to study the special abilities of Dragon Elephant Vajra.

Flesh and blood like dragon and elephant, indestructible Vajra, peerless in horizontal training!

Li Che's heart surged, his mood excellent, he drained the cup of yellow wine in one gulp.

This is a Dao fruit capable of enhancing one's martial path!

It is also the Dao fruit Li Che urgently needs now!

This Dao fruit not only confirmed the truth of his daughter gaining a Dao fruit each year, but also made Li Che realize he must spare no effort to protect his daughter's safe growth……

Even, looking at his daughter…… eternal life!

Li Che's heart gave a slight jump; if his daughter were immortal, gaining a Dao fruit each year……

Then wouldn't he be able to amass Dao fruits in droves, and how far could he grow in the future?

"Yo, when did you start drinking so heartily, kid?" Chen Lao glanced at him oddly, his feelings stirred, Li Che drained the cup in one gulp.

Li Che smiled, his gentle gaze falling on Xixi, who was pushing a learning cart: "Time flies, the little girl is already one year old……"

Upon hearing this, Chen Lao's lips curled into a smile, his indulgent gaze returning to Xixi.

"Yes, she was tiny at first, now she's a bit bigger."

"Old man I have no offspring, no descendants… this little stinker Xixi, I get along well with her."

Chen Lao also drained the old yellow wine in one gulp, feeling refreshed, sweeping away gloom.

From now on, Xixi will be Chen Lao's own granddaughter!

Seeming to understand Chen Lao's meaning, Li Che poured him another cup; they clinked glasses and drained them.

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……

Training field.

Heavy snow swirled.

Several figures trained fervently in the training field, their qi and blood surging and boiling, scattering the flying snow.

Li Che changed into a training outfit and came to the training field.

In the distance, two figures saw Li Che, instantly halted their movements, and exhaled warm breaths.

Zhao Xuan was tall and slender, her black long hair tied up, extremely capable, she smiled and said: "Master Chen, have you come?"

"Isn't today Xixi's first birthday banquet?"

Another practitioner, Wang Zhengping, also smiled and said: "I and Zhao Xuan were just planning to finish training and head to the banquet."

"Hahaha, go, go, Xixi's first birthday—you uncles and aunts can't show up empty-handed." Li Che laughed.

"The banquet is set at Wai Cheng's Chunfeng Lou; Chunfeng Lou specially sent chefs and assistants, everything is taken care of, I have nothing to do, Xixi was taken away by Chen Lao, so I came to train out of boredom."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhengping pursed his lips: "The banquet at Chunfeng Lou—looks like we're in for a treat tonight."

After a few casual remarks, the three continued their martial practice.

Second shop manager Xu Beihu had said that if they wanted to perfect the skin-tempering, they needed diligent hard training for two years to achieve it; if lax, it might take longer.

Thus none of the three dared to be the slightest bit lax.

Li Che is considerably older than Zhao Xuan and Wang Zhengping; he is now twenty, yet three or four years older than them.

If not diligent, as age advances and qi and blood decline, progressing in the martial path will become even harder.

Thus Xu Beihu had said that for body-tempering, the most important thing is diligence, racing against time.

Over the past year, Li Che trained in the mornings, carved wood in the afternoons, and tried to craft mechanisms at night……

Busy and fulfilling.

Skin-tempering training was not neglected; he has now reached Mo Xiao Xiaocheng.

In terms of progress, he is even somewhat ahead of Zhao Xuan and Wang Zhengping.

Although Xu Beihu said body-tempering does not value talent, there will still be some slight differences.

Li Che has come to the training field now, of course, to test the【Dragon Elephant Vajra】Dao fruit.

Gripping the stone lock, his qi and blood surged; boiling blood from his flesh struck the skin membrane, causing it to flush red instantly, temperature rising, waves of heat rolling!

At the same time.

The【Dragon Elephant Vajra】Dao fruit, as he stirred his qi and blood, seemed thoroughly activated, beginning to buzz and jump!

Before him, a prompt instantly appeared.

【Dao fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv1, 1%)】

Joy welled up in his pupils; an invisible force spread through his body, striking the skin membrane, as if in an instant he had endured countless blows, rapidly accelerating his skin-tempering progress!

Li Che, who had only achieved minor success in skin tempering, suddenly felt his inner power surge, his skin membrane becoming incredibly tough, even faintly glowing—thanks to the activating power of his Dao fruit, he leapt straight from minor success to perfection in skin tempering!

Terms:

Skin Tempering Minor Achievement

Li Che

Dao fruit

Perfection

Unlike the Immortal Artisan's Dao fruit, the Dragon Elephant Golden Pill's Dao fruit only needs his diligent training to mature!

Terms:

Immortal Artisan

Dao fruit

Dragon Elephant Golden Core

Dao fruit maturity

In short, you can just grind it out!

No specific terms.

Li Che was overjoyed; a thought made the faint light on his body retract instantly, and his strong aura fully receded.

Terms:

Li Che

breath

It seemed as if he had been completely wiped from heaven and earth.

No specific.

Free to release and retract, an excellent Dao fruit essential for Yin beings!

Terms:

Yin person

Dao fruit

His qi and blood were fully retracted, revealing nothing.

Terms:

qi and blood

This way, I needn't worry that my rapid cultivation progress will arouse suspicion; my aptitude—Xu Beihu has been tested—would surely draw suspicion if I advanced too quickly, possibly even bringing disaster upon myself.

Terms:

Xu Beihu

aptitude

In such turbulent times, Xu's Shop could maintain its foothold in Flying Thunder City for two hundred years only if its methods were ruthless.

Terms:

Xu's Shop

Flying Thunder City

two hundred years

Therefore, one must never lower their guard against others.

No specific.

Li Che pondered for a moment, then let out a faint breath.

Terms:

Li Che

He practiced the Skin Tempering Cultivation Method in the training field step by step for half a day.

Terms:

training field

Skin Tempering Cultivation Method

Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv1, 2%)

Terms:

Dao fruit

Dragon Elephant Vajra

The Dao fruit maturity actually increased by 1%!

Terms:

Dao fruit maturity

This made Li Che's smile grow even wider; seeing that no one noticed, he opened the floodgates again, releasing the qi and blood power stored in his Dao fruit.

Terms:

Li Che

Dao fruit

qi and blood power

In an instant, his qi and blood surged again, reaching Skin Tempering Perfection; his skin membrane glowed with a faint golden light, his temples throbbed, and mighty power pulsed between his fists and palms.

Terms:

qi and blood

Skin Tempering Perfection

skin membrane

temple

fists and palms

After a 1% increase in maturity brought a power boost, Li Che's face lit up with delight—he now had the qualifications to assault the Opening Meridians Realm!

Terms:

after a round

maturity increase

power increase

Li Che

Opening Meridians Realm

He began cultivating the Internal Strength Method!

Terms:

Internal Strength Method

Moreover, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao fruit also has a special effect that can unleash Dragon Elephant Power; unfortunately, the training field is crowded, so Li Che cannot easily activate it.

Terms:

Dragon Elephant Vajra

Dao fruit

Dragon Elephant Power

training field

Li Che

But one can imagine that mobilizing Dragon Elephant Power would bring an even greater increase!

Terms:

Dragon Elephant Power

He then reabsorbed his qi and blood back into his Dao fruit.

Terms:

qi and blood

Dao fruit

Li Che tilted his head back as snowflakes gently fell onto his cheeks.

Terms:

Li Che

snowflake

cheek

The corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up.

Terms:

corner of mouth

In terms of personal martial prowess...

Terms:

personal martial power

The future is finally promising!

Terms:

future promising

He hoped to have the chance to slay that Spirit Infant Dharma Master!

Terms:

Spirit Infant Dharma Master

kill

(End of Chapter)