Chapter 59

Lu Chi blankly stared at the burly, mountain-like ox demon, then slowly walked into the house.

The extremely overbearing qi and blood intertwined and permeated, forming qi waves that scattered wildly.

An inexplicable pressure made Lu Chi's hairs stand on end.

No way……

Saying in broad daylight that twisting the big head feels good—you're not joking, are you?

At this late hour, you really want to give it a try?

Lu Chi sat cross-legged on the bed, his face slightly trembling; the cultivated divinity was already gathering strength, ready to erupt, with sparks leaping from his pupils.

If the ox demon really tried to kill him, Lu Chi would summon the 【Third Prince】!

Li Che glanced at the tense Lu Chi.

He certainly wasn't here to kill Lu Chi; the ox demon... although not a good person, he also wouldn't slaughter innocents indiscriminately.

"What is your relation with that old senior?"

Li Che said in a low voice.

Upon hearing that, Lu Chi instantly understood whom Li Che was referring to; his tense heart eased slightly, realizing that his master and Li Che must have greeted each other beforehand.

"That's my master." Lu Chi said.

"Are you from the Divine Sect?"

Li Che glanced at Lu Chi.

Inside the house, the air currents surged; outside, the wind and rain grew fiercer, the pushed-open window clattering incessantly.

Lu Chi's body stiffened, then gradually relaxed, but he did not answer Li Che, because someone would give the answer.

Li Che's eyes narrowed beneath his mask; he clenched his five fingers, and a 【Wood-crossing Crow】 slipped from his sleeve onto his fingertips, while the other five fingers twitched, the extremely fine and sharp myriad spider silk already taut and ready.

Because inside the house, a figure suddenly appeared.

The old man with half-white hair appeared at some unknown time, his face full of creases bearing a gentle smile.

Li Che hadn't even noticed how the old man entered the house!

"Little friend, no need to worry; if I were to deal with you, your resistance would be futile."

"But I'm quite astonished—how did you kill Si Mu Bai?"

The old man said with a hearty laugh.

Beneath Li Che's black elastic clothing, nine major tendons were taut; his muscles all over his body roared like coiling dragons, qi and blood intertwining.

"Although Si Mu Bai had his divinity shaken by Lu Chi's blow, he still possessed the peak level of 'Nurturing Like a Stream'……"

"Logically speaking, since your nurturing is not yet complete, you basically have no possibility of killing Si Mu Bai."

The old man stared at Li Che in astonishment.

Li Che hooked his five fingers onto the myriad spider silk, on high alert, his eyes narrowed beneath his mask: 'Just a sneak attack—nothing to be proud of.'

"Sneak attack on a divinity? How keen is a divinity cultivator's perception? Once you move, even ten zhang away they can sense your movements—how could you sneak attack?"

The old man shook his head, yet he was somewhat concerned.

Being able to kill Si Mu Bai shows that Li Che's martial arts methods are worthy of praise throughout Fēiléichéng.

Next, he wants to find the headquarters of the Spirit Infant Sect, so there's a chance to cooperate.

"Little Li, I and Lu Chi are indeed from the Divine Sect; we are the cultivators sent down the mountain this time to select spirit children, except we came down early, entered the city early, and have not attracted the attention of the Shijia Zhuzu and the city lord."

Indeed, they are people of the Divine Sect!

Li Che's heart gave a slight jolt, yet he did not relax.

The old man smiled, shook off the rain on his body, glanced at the still-wary Li Che, and said: "You needn't be nervous; we divinity cultivators won't care about your martial arts secret arts; your breath-concealing and bone-hiding secret technique, though not bad, is not particularly tempting to us divinity cultivators."

"Divinity secret arts, nurturing divine artifacts, divine weapons, etc., are what divinity cultivators pursue."

"Everything related to divinity far surpasses martial arts, qi and blood internal strength."

"Let me introduce myself."

"I am Li Qing Shan, a cultivator of the Yúnzhōu branch of the Qianyuan Divine Sect; this child is my personally transmitted disciple Lu Chi, whose nurturing is at the River level, belonging to the inner door of the branch."

The old man looked solemnly at Li Che, which counted as a solemn self-introduction.

Qianyuan Divine Sect!

A true colossus—although Li Qing Shan is merely from a branch of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, for the whole Fēiléichéng he can already be considered a colossus!

"The Dàjǐng dynasty has eleven circuits, thirty-six prefectures, one hundred twenty-six prefectures; each circuit has a Divine Sect, each prefecture has a branch, and together with the Dàjǐng Temple Office they jointly suppress the Guiyi Miao."

"Fēiléichéng belongs to Jinguang Prefecture; Jinguang Prefecture is located in Yúnzhōu, under the Lingnan Circuit, and is thus administered by the branch of the Qianyuan Divine Sect."

Old Man Li Qing Shan gave Li Che a brief geography lesson.

Li Che only felt a vast, boundless wilderness rushing toward him.

"Xixi's talent is excellent; it is extremely suitable for cultivating our sect's Fury Divinity lineage. That's why I came to you, to ask if Xixi could join our Qianyuan Divine Sect branch……"

"With Xixi's talent, if she can forge a divine foundation before eighteen, there is still hope to enter the Qianyuan Divine Sect main sect."

Li Qing Shan stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Forging a divine foundation at eighteen?" Li Che's heart jolted.

"Forging a divine foundation at eighteen is the basic requirement for a prefecture's branch to enter the Divine Sect's main sect…… Xixi has hope; I have tested her divinity, and she is an ultimate spirit child!"

"An ultimate spirit child? The Xu family said it was only high-grade?"

"Those born innately containing divinity, accompanied by the nascent divinity, not acquired through later cultivation, are thus called spirit children……"

Li Qing Shan laughed loudly: "Our Qianyuan Sect's Gazing Nature Technique can fathom the origin; it cannot be matched by the experience and eyesight of a small-town divinity cultivator."

"Little friend, are you willing to send Xixi into my Divine Sect?"

Li Qing Shan asked again, and Lu Chi, sitting on the bed, blinked his big eyes, looking curious.

Li Che pondered for a moment, then asked: "Letting Xixi enter the Divine Sect…… is not impossible, but I have a question I'd like to ask."

Ask away.

I don't know if the Divine Sect allows companion cultivation? I wish to accompany Xixi into the Divine Sect to cultivate together—is that possible?

Li Che naturally wouldn't feel at ease letting Xixi go to the Divine Sect alone to cultivate; if he couldn't accompany her, he'd rather not let her go at all.

Xixi being too far from him left her with no sense of security.

Hearing this, Li Qingshan froze momentarily, then gave a light laugh and shook his head: 'Of course it's possible, not just possible… Though I came down the mountain to Fēiléichéng a bit late this time, allowing the Spirit Infant Sect to run rampant, I still managed to protect a few decent spirit children.'

"Xixi is one of them; several great clans also picked a few, and there is still one…"

After Li Qingshan finished speaking, the smile in his eyes grew increasingly intense and fervent, his gaze falling on Li Che, who wore a cute ox mask, had activated the Dragon Elephant Vajra, and was stalwart as a mountain.

"It's you."

"A twenty-one-year-old spirit child."

Time flowed like sand between the fingers, slipping away swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, it had passed.

Since the last time Li Qingshan and Li Che laid their cards on the table, Li Che's head has been buzzing.

I never expected…… Li Qingshan not only took a liking to his daughter, but even wouldn't let him off.

A twenty-one-year-old spirit child?

Hearing that, it felt rather strange, like calling a twenty-one-year-old a virgin—low harm, but highly insulting.

Li Qingshan said he possessed pure divinity, and Li Che realized it was the 【Immaculate Heart】 Dao fruit, naturally drawing in divinity, which caught Li Qingshan's attention with his 'Gazing Lust Technique'.

Strictly speaking, the divinity produced after the birth of the 【Immaculate Heart】 is indeed fresh enough to be called a 'spirit child'.

In other words, Li Qingshan wanted both Li Che and himself, desiring that father and daughter enter the sect together to cultivate.

Li Che imagined himself training in a courtyard with a bunch of kids who hadn't even reached his knee height…

He couldn't help but feel the situation was oddly comical.

Before he knew it, another half year had passed.

Since the last Divine Foundation War, the Si family had been overthrown, completely reduced to a target for the great clans to carve up; of course, the Si family hadn't been eradicated yet, still lingering on, but it had utterly lost its status among the great clans.

All the family's valuables had been looted, the divine arts lost, directly causing the Si family to be utterly devoid of foundation.

Yet after the Si family's downfall, Fēiléichéng actually entered a period of peace and safety.

But in fact, the calmer the surface, the greater the storm brewing beneath.

Lü Chi took up full residence in Li Che's home, also arranged by Li Qingshan to protect Xixi, while Li Qingshan himself was investigating the Guiyi Miao in the outer city and the Spirit Infant Sect.

He told Li Che that the Spirit Infant Sect was causing the outer Guiyi Miao to expand and transform.

Therefore, he tried to secretly locate the Spirit Infant Sect's main altar, and also attempted to see if he could suppress the deity about to revive within the Guiyi Miao.

As for Li Che and Xixi going to the Divine Sect to cultivate, Li Qingshan said they had to wait until the Divine Sect officially opened recruitment before they could join; they couldn't bypass the rules to enter early.

Li Che didn't mind that at all.

The days passed peacefully, one after another.

Time does not linger, the seasons flow like water.

The cold wind blew, the chill spreading.

Before he knew it, another year of heavy winter snow had arrived.

Xixi, three years old.

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