Chapter 287: with translation of chapter title, then ===GLOSSARY=== list of named entities appearing in these lines, using exact Engl
289. Chapter 285 Who says we can't live ten thousand years, wielding the knife to carve ordinary wood, myriad carvings pay homage to the saints【seeking monthly ticket】
Hunter King Assassin.
you.
Li Che's motion froze, his expression instantly turning marvelous; he didn't know what to say.
Lü Taibai, Li Che, Lü Taibai.
Sect Master, Hunter King Assassin, Xixi.
: none.
Hunter God Pavilion, faction.
price, Star Lodge Assassin, Martial Saint Divine Fetus.
Huang Jianjiu, Su Clan, Divine Symbol Half-Saint, Su Daoling.
The other party took the resources and then genuinely went all out, stopping Su Dao Ling.
Divine Fetus Cultivator, Huang Jianjiu, Martial Saint, Su Wenxi.
Lü Taibai gave Li Che a half-smile, poured a cup of wine, and took a sip.
"The Assassin God Pavilion has a relatively complex structure, with its own trained assassins as well as invited assassins residing there—after all, people want to earn resources, and the higher one's cultivation, the harder it is to find what they need; even if they do, the price is enormous."
"The Assassin God Pavilion is a relatively convenient place: complete the employer's mission, finish it, and you get the resources you need—very convenient."
: none.
Dao City, Hunter King Assassin.
: none.
Perhaps to put Li Che at ease, he detailed some matters about the Hunter King assassins.
"So, unless Hunter King assassins from other Dao cities enter Gan Yuan Dao City, otherwise… there will be no situation of Hunter King assassins hunting Xixi."
Third on the Bounty List.
: none.
Four Emperors Divine Nature Crystal.
Four Emperors Supreme Grade Divine Nature Crystal, Four Emperors Inferior Grade Divine Nature Crystal.
Lü Taibai's voice transmission sounded very bland; he really didn't have much desire for the Four Emperors lower-grade divine crystal.
: none.
Still, it was his strength that determined his horizons.
Hunter God Pavilion Assassin, Star Lodge Assassin.
Hunter God Pavilion Master.
"The Assassin God Pavilion's overall strength is indeed strong, but it's actually nothing to fear."
Qianyuan Dao City, Master.
He drank the wine in the cup, clicked his tongue, and continued the voice transmission.
"Sect Master… if an Assassin God Pavilion assassin makes a move and I accidentally kill them… would that affect the seniors?"
: none.
Lü Taibai: "Kill, just kill, kill however you like…"
"Assassins are strangers to each other; no one knows the other's true identity."
"The starry-faced mask of the Stellar Assassin is made by the Assassin God Pavilion's Pavilion Master; it alters and conceals aura—even I cannot see through it."
"So among assassins, there is no trust to speak of; even if they are companions this time, they could stab each other in the back next time."
: none.
"Becoming an assassin, one is already prepared to face death."
Lü Taibai said lightly: "Perhaps one day I will also die in the process of an assassination."
Hunter King.
"So-called Hunter King… what do you think?"
His indifferent words carried a hint of coldness toward life.
: none.
Dàjǐng Vassal King.
Hunter God Pavilion Master or Grand Master.
Professional Rebel?!
Li Che's eyes flickered, his heart trembled slightly, feeling… somewhat interesting.
"How about it? Interested? Want me to recommend you to join the Assassin God Pavilion as an assassin for fun, occasionally relax and earn some extra income—also not bad." Lü Taibai looked at Li Che and transmitted his voice.
A proper Hunter King–level assassin recommending an assassin is still quite easy.
Qi Blood Grandmaster, Divine Nature, Divine Appearance.
: none.
Lü Taibai looked at Li Che with a half-smile…
Divine Eagle Grandmaster.
: none.
Underworld, Underworld Fiends, Li Che.
"Rest assured, Xixi is with me, very safe… even if truly Hunter King assassins from other Dao cities come, I can block them."
Lü Taibai also didn't insist; he said with a smile, his words very confident.
Lü Taibai plus the sect leader's wife Xuan Qisha, this Divine Talisman Half-Saint, with this strongest couple protecting Xixi…… Li Che's heart also indeed felt much more at ease.
"Then Xixi will trouble the sect master." Li Che said with a smile; this time it wasn't a voice transmission.
Lu Taibai ate food and drank wine, feeling very good.
After finishing their meal, Li Che and Zhang Ya kept Xixi company, chatting and playing for a while, then said their goodbyes and left.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry, Xixi will become very strong, very strong, and will be able to protect you in the future!"
Xixi watched Li Che and Zhang Ya, who were holding an oil-paper umbrella, turn and go down the mountain path.
With hands on hips, she puffed out her little belly and shouted loudly.
The spring rain poured down, covering her in red flowers and green vitality.
Li Che and Zhang Ya turned back, looked at Xixi, gave a gentle smile, waved, and left.
Jin Taisui stood beside Xixi, holding an oil-paper umbrella for her, looking somewhat dazed.
Since childhood, his parents had abandoned him on Witch God Mountain, then thrown him into Guiyi Miao to train……
He simply did not know what familial affection was.
Following behind Xixi, he seemed to see many things he had never experienced before.
With parents like Zhang Ya and Li Che, Xixi was very happy.
Jin Taisui felt envious in his heart.
Xixi stood on tiptoe, watching her parents' figures disappear into the misty, rain‑shrouded mountain path, then let out a long breath and patted her raised chest.
"Go, Xixi, Great Emperor!"
"Little Jin, let's go! Keep cultivating! Today we also have to work hard!"
Xixi turned and took small steps, going "nie nie nie".
Jin Taisui heard this and stared blankly: "Um, ah... okay."
Xixi returned to the Grand Plaza, and under Lu Taibai's guidance, continued to grip the Hell Lotus Yang Divine Sword, beginning to practice Lu Taibai's personally transmitted sword technique.
The Great Emperor Xixi is working hard!
……
……
Li Che brought Zhang Ya for a leisurely walk along the rain‑soaked mountain path, and the couple spent a while admiring the scenery inside the mountain gate of the Qianyuan Divine Sect.
Occasionally one could see Guiyi Miao scattered among the mountains and forests, with a few loose Divine Sect disciples preparing outside Guiyi Miao to venture into the Gui Que and seek adventure.
"Elder Li."
Disciples who saw Li Che from afar would respectfully and warmly greet him and perform the proper rites.
Li Che is actually an elder of Divine Eagle Ridge; this elder… is even more popular than the inner‑sect elders, after all, disciples cultivating divinity all need the aid of Divine Eagle Intent Essence.
Li Che nodded gently, responded a bit, then continued his walk with Zhang Ya.
Occasionally strolling with his wife in the rain, smelling the fresh air and feeling the beauty of nature, is also quite enjoyable.
Zhang Ya clung to Li Che's arm the whole way, not letting go, her cheek even pressed against his arm; from time to time she lifted her head to look at her husband, her eyes shining.
"Husband, we should stay like this until we grow old; when we are old, we can still stroll among the Divine Sect mountains, together watching the rain fall, the flowers bloom, and the misty clouds."
"Sure."
Li Che laughed.
"Then promise me, let's pink‑swear!" Zhang Ya's big eyes sparkled; she tugged at the damp, slightly sticky strands of hair on her forehead and said seriously.
"Why are you just like Xixi, still wanting to pink‑swear like a child?" Li Che chuckled, though he did not refuse.
He reached out and hooked his little finger with Zhang Ya's fair little finger.
Flowers blanketed the mountains, and the spring rain seemed much happier.
The couple gently swayed their hooked fingers.
"Pink‑swear, hang‑till‑death — one hundred years… no, ten thousand years, no changing!"
Li Che's voice was gentle.
Zhang Ya immediately pressed her lips and let out a low laugh.
"Husband, you're silly — who could live ten thousand years…"
Li Che reached out, his slender fingers pinching a raindrop.
His gaze was deep, gradually drifting away.
"Who says… one can't live ten thousand years?"
……
……
He returned to the Elder's Courtyard in Disciple City.
Zhang Ya immediately ran to Jiao Shaoxiu's courtyard, as she also needed to train diligently.
After all, Zhang Ya well knew the talents of Xixi and her husband Li Che; if she couldn't keep up with them, she would only gradually grow old herself.
She wanted to stroll with her husband among the mountains, continuing to admire the flowers and watch the rain, but there would be no chance……
If it were due to her lack of effort, her husband would later only be able to embrace other women, strolling among the mountains to take in the full splendor of the misty rain.
Just thinking about it made Zhang Ya's fighting spirit soar, her eyes practically blazing.
She, Zhang Ya, must strive!
"Elder Jiao, please be sure to teach me cultivation!"
Zhang Ya stood as stiff as a ninety‑degree wooden pole, watching Jiao Shaoxiu, who was seated under the eaves instructing the children in the courtyard on cultivation, blink in surprise.
Afterwards, Jiao Shaoxiu stroked his beard and smiled, thus understanding what Zhang Ya had in mind.
"Good, from now on you will train together with the children."
Although Zhang Ya is an honorary elder of the outer sect, it is merely a title that comes with benefits, and she receives these benefits only because her daughter excels.
And Zhang Ya's own cultivation, actually, really isn't that good.
Jiao Shaoxiu teaching Zhang Ya now is more than enough.
"Then… I'll trouble Elder Jiao." Li Che clasped his hands, his dark robe fluttering, and spoke with a gentle smile.
Jiao Shaoxiu stroked his beard and smiled: "What trouble is this… I can't teach Xixi anymore, but teaching Xixi's mother is just the same."
"Hahaha, what a pity, you kid relying solely on divine condor techniques can already eat your fill, but old man I can't teach you anything."
Jiao Shaoxiu and Li Che chatted idly in the courtyard for a while.
"I heard tomorrow is the final deadline for your bet with the sect leader's wife; you… do you have confidence?" Jiao Shaoxiu asked, looking at Li Che pouring water over the charcoal stove to brew tea.
"Give it a try, you won't lose."
"The bet between me and the sect leader's wife isn't overly harsh to begin with."
"The sect leader's wife also counts as Xixi's teacher; even if I truly lose the bet, it's just carving some divine wooden figurines for her, merely practice, no loss."
"But if I win the bet, the meaning would be quite different."
Li Che's lips curled into a gentle smile, making one feel like basking in a spring breeze.
Jiao Shaoxiu naturally understood Li Che's meaning; the Qian Yuan Divine Sect has lacked a half-sage divine condor for far too long, and the divine condor affairs have long been thoroughly suppressed by the Xiao Lingyin Temple of the Xiling Dao.
If another half-sage divine condor appeared, it could catch a breath.
Looking at the refined and gentle Li Che, Jiao Shaoxiu felt deeply moved; no wonder he could produce a prodigy like Xixi with unparalleled talent—this young man Li Che, the more one looks, the more extraordinary he seems.
After watching Zhang Ya train earnestly for a while, Li Che bade farewell and left.
He let Nie Yang stay here, while Li Che alone walked away under an umbrella.
Returning to the elders' courtyard, Li Qingshan accompanied Madame Mu, enjoying the warm, moist spring rain full of vitality beneath the eaves.
After Li Che greeted the two, he slipped into the study.
He clenched his five fingers.
Li Che's whole body shifted position, reappearing, and he arrived at the independent workshop in Listening Thunder Alley.
Spring rain drifted, water droplets linking into chains.
Falling from a height of tens of thousands of feet like an arrow, before even landing in the courtyard, it was instantly evaporated by scorching qi and blood, turning into a rolling white mist!
Letting the white mist roil in the damp courtyard.
"Whoosh—"
"Inhale—"
One exhale, one inhale, like a great whale drinking, gods breathing forth and in.
Causing the white mist filling the courtyard to surge and undulate, rising and falling like waves crashing and churning.
Powerful divinity slowly welled forth, nearly filling every corner of the courtyard.
"Fifteen golden cores…"
"Seven emotions, six desires, emulating heaven and earth, exterminating evil pure yang!"
Li Che's eyes opened and closed, his gaze shining with spirited vigor.
The Emulating Heaven and Earth Numinous True Ape Method, being of the Three Pure sect, condenses golden cores that are the most massive, with the strongest qi pressure and rank suppression.
Next comes the Four Emperors sect, whose golden cores are condensed from the Six Desires Exterminating Evil Sword Immortal Pure Yang Method.
The Four Emperors golden cores are overall weaker by a notch compared to the Three Pure golden cores.
The Seven Emotions golden cores orbit Emulating Heaven and Earth, while the Six Desires golden cores are like six divine blades encircling the Exterminating Evil Pure Yang golden core!
Extremely unconventional and profound.
Following their unique meaning, they swirl about as if hiding a miniature cosmos.
"My golden cores… are quite different from those of ordinary divine cultivators; even compared to the golden cores of those who have undergone embryonic breath transformation, they are likely far inferior."
"Actually, I… can now be regarded as a divine fetus."
"My primordial spirit has not yet transformed into the heaven-and-earth soul of a divine fetus cultivator, so I cannot draw on heavenly and earthly power for my own use, and my golden cores have not yet been broken open to condense a true divine-transformed fetus; in terms of divine quality, I am slightly lacking…"
"But I have many golden cores; quality lacking, I make up for it with quantity… Moreover, the combined number of Three Pure and Four Emperors golden cores is large, and the Seven Emotions Six Desires golden cores overlap, leaving no gaps or omissions… they can be combined like a divine talisman array."
"Although I lack a heaven-and-earth soul and my rank suppression is inferior to that of a divine fetus… my fifteen golden cores, when released simultaneously, exert unrelenting pressure, plus the support of the Heaven-Earth chessboard's convergence!"
An alternative divine fetus…
Li Che felt he barely qualified as such.
"As for divine secret arts…"
Li Che's eyes flickered; for a divine fetus cultivator, the strongest means are naturally divine secret arts, which combined with secret techniques and vast divine power can unleash powerful bombardment strikes.
Li Che expressed understanding; divine cultivators are essentially spellcasters, martial artists… are merely pure flesh martial artists.
Giving a spellcaster the chance to unleash secret arts is naturally extremely terrifying.
"I don't cultivate many divine secret arts… but I possess the divine ability 【Myriad Phenomena Seal】, which combines the Tang clan's mechanism secret arts and the Nine Mechanism Seals, and can also produce the effect of divine secret arts."
Li Che's lips curled up, his mood good.
"The second Myriad Phenomena Seal, infused with divine power, becomes a tremendous slaughter…"
Li Che stood up.
His glabellar Niwan trembled; the Myriad Phenomena Seal divine ability was activated, and in the next instant, the divinity in his glabella was frenziedly drawn out.
Two resplendent golden cores, one black and one white, appeared, followed by thirteen small golden cores floating around them.
Hum—
At the same time.
The black and white divine pattern qi atop the two golden cores seemed to be drawn out.
Merged into the Myriad Phenomena Seal.
Boom—!
"Myriad Phenomena!"
Countless divine essences, like a chessboard grid, coalesced into a massive square seal.
It slammed down hard; instantly the air burst with a roar, like mountains overturning and seas surging, the airflow constantly churning, ravaging and intertwining without cease.
Even the void seemed to be cracked by the blow.
"So strong!"
Li Che's eyes narrowed, and in the next moment he was overjoyed.
This way, he could be considered to have some foundation of a divine-fetus cultivator.
"The Myriad Phenomena Seal… by fusing all the Myriad Phenomena Nine Divine Seals together, its destructive power becomes even more terrifying!"
"If I grow stronger still, such a seal could overturn heaven and earth!"
"Such power…"
"Why not just call it the Yin-Yang Heaven-Overturning Seal?"
Li Che, the creator of this divine-nature secret technique, was in high spirits!
Li Che doesn't know whether this world has a Heaven-Overturning Seal, and he doesn't care.
At worst, if the counterfeit meets the genuine, we can just change it back then.
Besides, in a head-on clash, the weaker one is the counterfeit.
Li Che studied a bit more, revised the details, increased the power and the initiation speed of its release, and so on.
For divine-nature cultivators, the most troublesome part of the divine-nature secret technique is guiding the initiation process.
After finishing his training in the divine-nature secret technique, Li Che also practiced martial arts for a while in the courtyard.
Condensing divine martial arts is not easy; even though Li Che has the talent of the Dragon-Elephant Diamond, a horizontal cultivation dao fruit, the further he progresses, the more he feels strained.
When the martial arts training ended.
Li Che changed into clean clothes, entered the house, took out a piece of ordinary wood, picked up the divine weapon carving knife set gifted by Su Huai Ming, the Su family's Divine Eagle Grandmaster, and began to carve with a focused mind.
For him, it was the transformation of the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit.
Together with the breakthrough in his divine-nature cultivation, his Divine Eagle technique improved further.
Under the God-Leading Divine Ability, the First Heavenly Summon Deity and the Second Heavenly Bright Deity both greatly helped him comprehend the divine rhythm of the temple deity.
The Semi-Sacred Divine Eagle—Li Che already had it firmly in mind.
Shush, shushsh…
Rain fell in drizzles, wood shavings rustled.
The carving knife in his hand became much slower than before, yet each stroke was more accurate and stable.
…
…
The next day.
Spring rain continued to fall, leaden clouds piled up in the sky, and spring thunder rumbled repeatedly.
Li Che rarely changed into the ancient, simple robes of the Divine Eagle Peak Elder; his black hair shone glossy and flowed, his whole person full of vigor.
Zhang Ya tidied Li Che's clothes; looking at his handsome, spirited appearance, her eyes practically blossomed.
"Husband, keep it up!"
"Nobody believes you can carve a Semi-Sacred Divine Eagle; you'll fiercely prove them all wrong!"
Zhang Ya clenched her small fists.
Over the past month, Zhang Ya had heard too many comments calling Li Che arrogant and overconfident.
A twenty-four-year-old Semi-Sacred Divine Eagle…
What does that mean?
It practically created a record for the Qian Yuan Divine Sect!
One dare not even imagine it!
So, not many people were optimistic about Li Che, whether disciples or elders—they all felt it was too fantastical.
They merely regarded Li Che's bet with the sect leader's wife as a casual favor returned to her.
After all, the sect leader's wife once took the young sect leader as a disciple, imparting the Way of Divine Talismans, and she even specially suppressed the Dragon Queen Consort on the street for Xixi!
So, everyone thought this was Li Che expressing gratitude to the sect leader's wife.
He walked out of the inner room.
Spring rain pattered.
Outside the house, Li Qing Shan, Chen Lao, Nie Yang, and others were already waiting.
Nie Yang embraced his sword, meticulous and extremely cold-hearted.
Chen Lao was also a woodcarver; now looking at Li Che with a complex expression, hearing that Li Che was going to carve a Semi-Sacred wood sculpture, everyone felt numb.
Chen Lao was considered Li Che's guide in the way of woodcarving, but only a few years have passed.
Li Che had already reached such a height.
Indeed… the world of geniuses is something ordinary people cannot comprehend and can only look up to.
"A Che, don't worry too much; even if you fail, it's not a big problem—there's simply no twenty-four-year-old Divine Eagle Grandmaster who has reached your level."
Chen Lao said.
Li Che smiled but said nothing.
"Let's set off."
Nie Yang embraced his sword, meticulous; hearing Li Che's order, he nodded: "All right, Elder."
Li Che slipped into the carriage.
Zhang Ya, Granny Mu, Li Qingshan and others waved under the eaves, seeing Li Che off.
The carriage tore through the spring rain.
It drove out of Qianyuan Dao City, galloping along the official road, heading toward Godcarp Ridge.
But today the road from Dao City to Godcarp Ridge is much livelier than usual.
Carriage after carriage galloped.
They are the carriages of Godcarp masters from various great and small clans.
The Godcarp master of the Zhou clan, Zhou Tianshui, and the Godcarp master of the Yun clan, Yun Haiyang—these two, who had a decent relationship with Li Che during the Godcarp Ridge elder assessment—seeing Li Che's carriage, immediately lifted the curtains and warmly greeted him.
Li Che's bet with the sect leader's wife is actually not important.
What matters is……
If Li Che can truly carve a semi-sacred Godcarp today, the significance would be enormous.
That would be the first semi-sacred Godcarp to emerge from Godcarp Ridge in hundreds of years!
And at twenty-four years old, he would be the youngest semi-sacred Godcarp in the history of the Godcarp Ridge of the Qianyuan Divine Sect!
For these Godcarp masters, this is a historic moment!
The commemorative significance is too great!
So they must come, even more excited and anticipating than Li Che.
After all, if Li Che becomes a semi-sacred Godcarp, perhaps… giving them some pointers, they too could have a chance to advance further?
These days, who doesn't want to make progress!!!
Godcarp Ridge, after an entire winter's accumulation, still has patches of lingering snow between the peaks, while more of it is lush greenness, nurturing the new growth rings of the spirit wood.
Li Che's carriage parked on the great flat.
The spring rain drizzled; holding an umbrella, he stepped down. Li Che wore an ancient simple elder's robe, his black hair bound in a cap, giving him an air of dignity.
The Godcarp masters gathered around, their eyes shining with excitement, anticipation, and fervor.
Ridge Lord Gongshu Jingjun, Elder Tang Xiejia, and two other elders, also dressed in ancient simple robes, had been waiting early for Li Che.
"A-Che, you've come?"
Gongshu Jingjun looked at Li Che, a hint of unusual color flashing in his eyes.
Because of Li Che's demeanor, that confidence seemingly emanating from his bones truly gave him a feeling utterly different from before!
Could it be……
Gongshu Jingjun took a deep breath.
Suddenly.
A pure sword light tore down from the high heavens, vast and mighty, like a meteor streaking across.
Lü Taibai wore a white robe, silver hair flying, a divine sword pattern on his brow.
Beneath his feet, countless sword lights converged into a colossal great sword; upon it sat Xixi and the sect leader's wife, two delicate little figures, while the Golden Tai Sui stood obediently atop, not daring to breathe.
And behind Lü Taibai.
There were also figures stepping through the void.
Elder Fang Hanshu, his scholar's robe fluttering, stroking his lovely beard, grasping a volume of sage texts, floated down.
Elder Zhao Fangzhou also arrived, as did Elder Ding Zi, bringing the newly accepted personal disciple Yun E, who floated over.
The Qianyuan Divine Sect's experts at the Martial Saint Divine Embryo level had practically all sneaked over.
"Greetings, Sect Leader!"
Gongshu Jingjun, Tang Xiejia, and the others all clasped fists in salute.
Li Che also clasped fists in salute.
Xixi stood beside Lü Taibai, overexcited, her little face flushed, utterly thrilled, wishing she could immediately fly into Li Che's embrace.
"Daddy, add oil!"
Xixi clenched her chubby little fists and said softly.
Sect Leader's Wife Xuan Qisha glanced at Xixi: "You wretched disciple! Don't I need to cheer you on?"
"The Sect Leader's Wife's master doesn't need to carve wood figurines..." Xixi said matter-of-factly.
Xuan Qisha rolled her eyes.
Indeed, competing for favor with the little girl's biological father is still hard to win big.
"Husband~ look at Xixi!"
Xuan Qisha immediately jumped up, grabbing Lü Taibai's arm, shaking and swaying.
Lü Taibai, long accustomed to Xuan Qisha's posture, smiled: "Then let me, as your husband, cheer you on?"
Xuan Qisha immediately flung his hand away, disdainful: "I don't carve Godcarps, what need is there for cheering?"
Lü Taibai: "……"
Women truly are a kind of miraculous creature.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Suddenly, a sound of breaking space shook, and countless spring rains were scattered.
Everyone felt an immensely powerful heaven-and-earth pressure!
That was an immensely powerful heaven-and-earth soul!
Li Che looked up and saw an old man wearing the robe of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau's Supervisor, holding a sandalwood chessboard, stepping through the void.
"Supervisor Sir, why have you come?"
Yun Haiyang and Zhou Tianshui, as first-class guests of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau, naturally recognized the Supervisor and hurriedly greeted him.
"I came to watch the liveliness, Sect Leader Taibai; you wouldn't drive this old man away, would you?"
o￠o
Supervisor Hong Shifo laughed hehe and said.
Li Che glanced at Hong Shifo, then looked toward the chessboard he was holding……
Inspectors…… all have peculiar hobbies, right?
Inspector Hu Yingyue of Jin Guang Prefecture carries an erhu every day and plays the erhu……
Inspector Hu Yingyue of Jin Guang Prefecture carries an erhu every day and plays the erhu……
Inspector of Qianyuan Dao City goes out carrying a chessboard……
Qianyuan Dao City, Inspector.
Are you preparing to smash enemies with the chessboard?
However……
Li Che possessed the 【Chess Saint】 Dao Fruit, making him quite sensitive to chessboards, and he couldn't help but glance twice.
【Chess Saint】
Hong Shifo narrowed his eyes: 'Li Che, guest officer, it seems you're quite interested in the Way of Chess, huh?'
guest officer.
'Another day, when you have time, come to the Qintian Supervisorate and sit down for a game?'
Qintian Supervisorate.
'My chess skill, in the entire Qianyuan Dao City, has no equal.'
'Sect Master Taibai, Sect Leader Yue Huanglong, and Feng Zhiqi of the Zhenmiao Office have all been struck down by me.'
Sect Master Taibai, Sect Leader, Yue Huanglong, Zhenmiao Office, Feng Zhiqi, all struck down.
Hong Shifo stroked his beard and smiled, a hint of anticipation.
Upon hearing this, Li Che's heart tightened; such chess skill……
It really makes one restless.
'I know a little about chess, so at that time I'll bother Inspector Sir.'
I'll trouble Inspector Sir.
Li Che laughed and said.
After the group exchanged pleasantries, they entered the independent workshop.
At the workshop of Godcarving Ridge, most woodcarvers and woodcarving masters stopped their actions, gazing at Li Che with a hint of fervor.
Godcarving Ridge.
Li Che's godcarving technique is beyond doubt, having inherited the Holy Hand Godcarving legacy of Elder Sun……
Holy Hand Godcarving Legacy.
Even if this attempt to reach half-sainthood in godcarving fails, his carving skill still holds great learning value.
half-sainthood in godcarving.
The Sect Leader's wife affixed a divine talisman, floating in midair.
Sect Leader's wife, divine talisman.
She crossed her arms over her chest.
She is a strong-willed person; since she made a bet, she is unwilling to lose.
'Are you ready?'
'Li Che, remember our wager!'
'No holding back! Give it your all! I don't want to end up being accused of selling favors!'
Sect Leader's wife Xuan Qisha spoke bluntly.
Xuan Qisha.
She has always seemed to have such a straightforward personality.
Li Che gave a gentle smile: 'Sect Leader's wife, rest assured, I will surely give my all.'
'After all, my godcarving technique… bears the painstaking effort of Elder Sun.'
Li Che said softly.
Whooo—
Wind and waves surged forth.
Li Che, under everyone's gaze, came to the workshop.
A pile of woodcarvings was placed in the courtyard; Li Che walked slowly over, his gaze sweeping over the pieces of wood.
A large pile of wood carvings was placed in the courtyard; Li Che walked slowly over, his gaze sweeping over the pieces of wood.
'Elder Li, do we need to prepare fifth-grade spirit wood?'
Elder Li.
Gongshu Jingjun asked.
Gongshu Jingjun.
However, Li Che shook his head.
'No need.'
His words fell.
Li Che grabbed from the woodpile a block of wood as tall as a person.
That wood block……
It seemed to be the most ordinary timber, not even spirit wood.
Just as Elder Sun, after his enlightenment, when he heard the Dao, took ordinary wood to carve a godcarving, the same as now.
Lü Taibai stood with hands behind his back, silver hair fluttering, his eyes revealing a hint of unusual color and anticipation.
Lü Taibai
Inspector Hong Shifo carried the chessboard, stroking his beard and smiling, his eyes gleaming.
Li Che took the wood, and the next moment a divine aura surged.
Boom——!!!
Boom——!!!
Hiss hiss hiss……
Grasping the spirit wood, Li Che's palm seethed with blazing qi and blood, evaporating the moisture in the wood, drying it.
Compared to spirit wood, ordinary timber is extremely fragile; for godcarving masters, actually carving a high-quality godcarving is even harder.
It's like carving on tofu; a slight mistake and it shatters.
And Li Che's gaze no longer wandered around, nor did he pay attention to the people nearby.
A faint tremor stirred at his glabella, and the next moment a radiant primordial golden elixir rose from behind Li Che!
radiant primordial golden elixir.
'This is——!'
Fang Hanshu, Zhao Fangzhou, and the other inner-sect elders turned pale with shock.
inner-sect elders
Because, the aura rising from Li Che at this moment……
They are really too familiar!
Lü Taibai sat in the Grand Tutor's chair, his light tapping motion paused; even he couldn't help but flash a hint of shock in his eyes.
"This is... the Six Desires Exterminate Evil Sword Immortal Pure Yang Golden Core!"
"The inheritance of the Six Desires Exterminate Evil Lü Xuan Sword Immortal's Guiyi Miao?!"
Hiss—
Many people around drew in a cold breath.
What more people were focused on, however, was...
Li Che's cultivation had actually broken through to the Divine Origin Golden Core!
So that's how it is!
No wonder Li Che felt confident inside!
The breakthrough in his cultivation is his confidence?!
He clenched a divine weapon engraving knife in his five fingers.
Under the gaze of the myriad eyes.
Li Che lightly scratched over the ordinary mundane wood.
The engraving knife tore through the wood's fibers, and a perfectly uniform wood shaving drifted down!
The second cut, the third cut...
Silky smooth!
He had it all figured out!
Return to simplicity and truth!
Li Che's knife was not fast, but extremely steady; the depth of entry, the angle, the length of the tear—all were perfectly under his control!
Li Che's heart sank completely, his mind fully immersed in the carving of the wood.
In his chest.
【Immortal Craft】 the Dao fruit throbbed violently.
It seemed to cheer and leap for joy at Li Che's current state!
When Li Che's ninth cut fell.
The mundane wood shavings scattered, and the rough embryo took shape!
At the same time...
Within the entire Divine Eagle Ridge Workshop, all the woodcarvers' unfinished carvings on their workbenches began to tremble!
As if at this moment...
Pilgrimage!
End of Chapter
