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Chapter 147: Xixi's Four-Year-Old Martial Arts, I'll Take You Out, Qing Shan! [Seeking Monthly Votes
Chapter 147: Xixi's Four-Year-Old Martial Arts, I'll Take You Out, Qing Shan! [Seeking Monthly Votes] (Part 1)
Golden Light City, Zhen Lei Peak.
Above the clouds, dark clouds loomed, and azure thunder rumbled, rolling in the sky.
The falling snowflakes were instantly evaporated by the thunder, turning into mist that lingered in the high sky.
At the foot of Zhen Lei Peak, the small courtyard where Li Qingshan lived.
It had long become a sealed-off area.
No one was allowed to approach easily, as the divine pressure here was too strong.
Even Primordial Foundation cultivators would feel breathless, as if their bodies were weighed down.
Vaguely, countless divine energies seemed to twist into a substantial form, as if about to completely condense into the image of a deity.
A temple stood tall.
Within the temple, on the statue of the Thunderous Demon-Slaying Deity, countless thunder snakes coiled, descending from the vast sky.
Li Qingshan was dressed in a blue robe, sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
The space between his eyebrows emitted a faint glow.
His entire body seemed to be sculpted like the divine image.
He did not condense an illusory form, planning to leap directly into the Divine Image Realm in one go!
Li Qingshan had been tempering his Thunderous Demon-Slaying Divine Foundation for a long time.
His Six Ministries Divine Foundation was extremely formidable, ranking seventh on the Divine Foundation Ranking of Yunzhou.
Originally, Li Qingshan had planned to directly build upon his Six Ministries Divine Foundation and charge towards the Six Ministries Divine Form.
However, his physical body couldn't bear the strain, so he had no choice but to settle for the Seven Elements Divine Form.
Later, he would slowly nurture his divine form, pushing its rank to a higher level.
Slowly opening his eyes, Li Qingshan's eyes seemed to have arcs of lightning dancing within them.
"One step too slow, and every step becomes slower... In cultivation, one must strive and compete. Being too cautious... I might never get another chance."
Li Qingshan murmured.
He exhaled and stood up.
Countless bolts of thunder pulled at his body, as if trying to make his hair stand on end.
Soon, Li Qingshan could feel that he was about to condense his divine form.
He shook his head slightly, "I wonder if I can successfully condense it..."
"Most likely, many people don't want me to easily condense it. It's too dangerous."
"But even if I fail, it's fine. I'm already content. Before condensing my divine form, I went to Thunderbolt City and found Mumu. Now, I have no more regrets..."
Li Qingshan walked around the temple on the mountaintop with his hands behind his back.
The gentle breeze was cold, and the winter chill was biting.
The falling snow couldn't approach, as the temple had a thunderous aura that formed an invisible field of repulsion.
Suddenly, Li Qingshan spotted a figure leaning on a python-headed cane, carrying a lunch box, slowly climbing up the stone path from the mountain's waist.
It was the elderly Mumu. She no longer had the charming and beautiful appearance of her youth, but in Li Qingshan's eyes, she was filled with warmth.
Mumu arrived at the temple and saw Li Qingshan resting. She smiled and lifted the lunch box.
The two elders sat at the stone table and chairs beside the temple. Mumu took out dish after dish of steaming hot food from the lunch box.
"My cooking skills aren't great. I learned a few tricks from Xiao Ya. You'll have to make do with it. You used to make fun of my cooking, and I still remember it." Mumu glared at Li Qingshan as she spoke.
Li Qingshan rubbed his hands and chuckled.
"Your cooking skills were indeed terrible back then. You could burn fish to charcoal, and when you boiled fish, you'd just throw in a live fish. When I lifted the lid, the fish was still lively, flipping its tail in the pot."
Recalling the past, Li Qingshan couldn't help but laugh.
Mumu glared at him, feeling indignant.
"We, as members of the jianghu, don't need cooking skills! I'm not running a restaurant!"
Li Qingshan burst into laughter, and the two began to eat and drink.
Although the dishes were ordinary, Li Qingshan enjoyed them.
"By the way, the Beggar Gang was wiped out today... by Ox Demon alone. Not a single high-ranking member was spared, and they were all slaughtered. I heard the Beggar Gang had colluded with the Corpse Deity Sect."
"Sigh... I heard that the Temple Administration rescued over a thousand pitiful girls from the Golden Fragrance Manor. It's just..."
Mumu spoke with righteous indignation. In her younger days, she had traveled the jianghu with a sense of chivalry, and she couldn't bear to witness such a tragic event.
Li Qingshan, however, slammed his chopsticks down, pounding his chest and shaking his head in sorrow.
He had missed it again!
That Ox Demon had eaten the spoils alone, behind his back!
He had gone off to do great deeds without him!
What happened to the 'Qing, Xiu, Niu, and Ma' combination?
He didn't need 'Qing', just 'Xiu, Niu, and Ma'!
Mumu had heard about Li Qingshan's collaboration with Ox Demon, and seeing Old Li's attitude, she couldn't help but laugh.
"You should focus on condensing your divine form first..."
"Otherwise, Ox Demon won't play with you."
Li Qingshan sighed, knowing that condensing his divine form was more important now. Many things were beyond his capabilities before.
But after breaking through to the Divine Image Realm, he could be more carefree.
For instance, this matter with the Beggar Gang...
He had heard about it, but it involved too many parties. The Beggar Gang was just the tip of the iceberg. There were also the four great clans, the five great sects, and numerous officials and nobles...
Li Qingshan planned to wait until he achieved the Divine Image Realm before taking action.
Unexpectedly, Ox Demon had taken the initiative.
"Never mind, they're all our people. As a member of the 'Qing, Xiu, Niu, and Ma' combination, Ox Demon's actions are as good as mine."
Li Qingshan began to console himself.
"So, you must succeed. Only by breaking through to the Divine Image Realm can you do many things you dared not do before."
Mumu propped her chin with her hand and spoke softly.
"I believe in you. You'll definitely succeed."
"Back then, so many of us traveled the jianghu together... Now, only you and I remain."
Li Qingshan fell silent.
The jianghu was vast, and many had died or gone missing.
"So, survive." Mumu caressed Li Qingshan's face and spoke softly.
Li Qingshan nodded.
"Promise me." Mumu said.
"I promise." Li Qingshan smiled, raising his hand to gently touch Mumu's forehead. Mumu fainted.
Li Qingshan quietly finished all the food, not leaving a single grain of rice.
Lu Chi hurriedly ran over.
"Master."
"Take Mumu to Xixi's home. You go with her, and from now until I achieve the Divine Image Realm, you won't go anywhere else. Just stay at Xixi's place."
Li Qingshan said.
Lu Chi was taken aback.
Was it that serious? With Master's talent, was it so difficult to condense the divine form?
Li Qingshan stood up, and his bones cracked with a loud sound. It was just a simple movement, but it seemed to provoke the thunder in the heavens to rumble in anger.
"If I were to fall, I'll have you adopted by the Sect Master, and he'll accept you as a named disciple. Your resonance with the Temple Deity was excellent, and you should have been under the Sect Master's tutelage. It was you who insisted on becoming my disciple."
"These years, I haven't taught you much... I won't inquire about your background. As long as you, Lu Chi, are my disciple for a day, you'll be my disciple for life."
"Li Qingshan's eyes softened as he looked at Lu Chi."
He patted Lu Chi's big head.
"Go on, Big Head Lu."
Lu Chi's eyes welled up with tears at Li Qingshan's words, which sounded like a last will.
"Master... You must stay alive."
"Wait for your disciple to serve you."
Lu Chi knelt on the ground, his expression on his big head was extremely serious.
Li Qingshan smiled, "Nonsense, of course I'll stay alive. Who wants to die?"
"Right, if I die, you'll be adopted by the Sect Leader, and you'll become Xixi's junior disciple..."
Lu Chi's face stiffened, and his eyes flickered.
So, he's thinking about that...
Li Qingshan couldn't help but laugh.
"You little rascal, you're actually tempted?"
"Get lost!"
As he watched Lu Chi leave with Mu PoPo, Li Qingshan stood at the mountain peak with his hands behind his back.
He knew that many in Golden Light City didn't want him to break through to the Divine Image Realm.
Especially after the Ox Demon incident.
The Ox Demon's arrogance and audacity had already angered the officials and elites of Golden Light City.
If there was another person in the Divine Image Realm, it would be Li Qingshan who could be just as bold and arrogant.
Those people would definitely not accept that.
Li Qingshan stood with his hands behind his back, bathing in the winter wind.
Suddenly, his face twitched.
"Why hasn't Li Che contacted me yet? What did Horse Face say? Could it be... that he stood me up?"
...
...
The winter snow covered the mountainside, and the willow branches were filled with crystal clear ice beads.
In the winter, the long street was quiet and cold.
The emerald-green willow branches on both sides of the street were covered in sparkling ice beads.
In the small courtyard of Falling Flower Lane.
It was surprisingly lively, with many people gathered.
In the courtyard.
Li Che sat in the center, holding an Eight Extremes Aura Crystal in his hand. He sat in the lotus position with his eyes closed, resting his mind.
A faint glow emanated from his mud pill between his eyebrows.
In his chest, the Pure Heart Dao Fruit pulsated, emitting a powerful suction force that madly drew out the aura from the Eight Extremes Aura Crystal.
Then, it was absorbed into the Dao Fruit and infused into the Pure Mind Spirit within the mud pill.
Once Li Che had drained the Eight Extremes Aura Crystal, it turned into a transparent crystal. Li Che opened his eyes, and a faint white smoke seemed to emanate from them.
He glanced at the crystal, and his fingers clenched tightly, causing his sinews to roar and hot air to radiate from his body, stirring up a thousand piles of snow.
The aura crystal instantly turned to powder.
"Aura crystal powder can suppress the power of the aura... When we previously suppressed the Beggar Gang's Golden Fragrance Manor, we used aura crystal powder to control the aura..."
"Those few Illusory Manifestation Realm cultivators couldn't even resist and were crushed by the firepower."
"So, there's still a lot of room for improvement with aura crystal powder. If it's combined with the Divine Ability prototype, Great Avalanche, and integrated into the Guanyin Lotus Bomb, when it explodes, it will suppress the cultivator's aura while suppressing the firepower..."
"It's simply vicious and sharp."
Li Che couldn't help but praise his own idea, so he carefully stored the aura crystal powder.
These were all valuable research resources and couldn't be wasted.
With a thought, a flash of light appeared before his eyes.
[Dao Fruit: Pure Heart (Lv. 3, 12%)]
After absorbing the aura from an Eight Extremes Aura Crystal, it could only increase the maturity by 5%.
The effect was greatly reduced, and it seemed that the Pure Heart Dao Fruit was becoming more and more picky.
"If I could obtain a Heptagonal Divine Essence Crystal, the first absorption effect would definitely be excellent."
Li Che couldn't help but feel a bit of anticipation.
Now, the only way he could obtain a Heptagonal Divine Essence Crystal was by cooperating with Nan Lihuo to assassinate the City Lord, Su Huaili.
In the small courtyard, Li Che practiced martial arts for a while and studied the new true intent, the Lu Xuan Sword Scripture. In a few days, he should be able to understand it and integrate it into the Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon Elephant.
The surging qi and blood in his body gradually subsided, and his tall figure returned to calmness.
"The sword techniques... don't seem to suit me very well."
After transforming into the Ox Demon, his eyes became like those of an angry vajra, and his body stretched to two meters and two centimeters, which was just right for wielding a halberd. But when he used a sword, he felt like Zhang Fei embroidering.
It was still more satisfying to wield a halberd.
After practicing for a while, Li Che left the small courtyard in Falling Flower Lane.
He left behind eight Painter of Immortals doppelgangers in the courtyard, seven of which were single Divine Foundation Realm doppelgangers, used for cultivation.
Li Che was not stingy and gave each doppelganger an Nine Stars Aura Crystal.
Li Che planned to keep the Eight Extremes Aura Crystal for himself to improve the maturity of the Pure Heart, even though the effect was greatly reduced, it was still a steady progress.
Another Painter of Immortals doppelganger was arranged to work on the research and development of the Lotus of Guan Yin Main Battle Tank, following the design concept of mechanisms.
"There's not enough Spirit Wood... If I want to make the Lotus of Guan Yin Main Battle Tank, I'll need a large amount of Spirit Wood materials."
"Of course, if it's made, it can be directly replicated using the Painter of Immortals Dao Fruit, but the initial investment is still necessary."
"The type of Spirit Wood needs to be screened, and it needs to be of high strength and resilience."
Li Che summarized his research plan, which had come to him in a flash of inspiration.
"Spirit Wood... To obtain high-quality Spirit Wood, I'll have to make a trip to the Divine Eagle Ridge. Elder Li Qingshan has always said that he would take me there. After he condenses his Divine Image, he should be able to take me there."
Although the Guest Scholar of the Heavenly Divination Bureau had access to Spirit Wood, to obtain high-level Spirit Wood, one could only go to the Divine Eagle Ridge.
In fact, according to Shangguan Qinghong, the Heavenly Divination Bureau's source of Spirit Wood was also from the Divine Eagle Ridge.
After arranging all the work, Li Che let his Painter of Immortals doppelgangers cultivate, while he leisurely went to the Fly Restaurant in the alley and packed some food to take back.
He returned to the Divine Sect's mountain gate.
Li Che first went to Jin Guang Peak to pick up Xixi from school.
The large courtyard on Jin Guang Peak was covered in swirling snow.
Xixi, small as she was, practiced martial arts in the courtyard, her qi and blood roaring, and faint traces of tiny crimson serpentine dragons seemed to coil within.
Around her neck, the Heavenly Yuan Vajra Circle whirled, and she wielded it with great agility.
Additionally, Xixi held a divine armament, a nine-star aura crystal short sword. Together with her ultimate skill, Mystic Thunder Golden Light Slaughter Sword Art, she practiced with the wind and snow flying, and the golden light that split the air created an unexpectedly grand scene.
Li Che watched quietly from a distance, a smile unconsciously rising on his lips as he watched Xixi practice.
(End of Chapter)
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