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Chapter 282: Mountain Unchanged, Beauty Gone, and a Fierce Welcome from the Netherworld (Part 2)
Chapter 282: Mountain Unchanged, Beauty Gone, and a Fierce Welcome from the Netherworld (Part 2)
.. My martial arts foundation is weak, and my divine nature is not gifted either. I couldn't even establish a divine foundation, so I'm just an ordinary person..."
"Plus, when I was young, I traveled the rivers and lakes, fighting with others, leaving hidden injuries that drain my life force. Now... I'm probably reaching my limit."
"The only regret is..."
"In this lifetime, I couldn't have a child with Li Qingshan."
Mu Po Po stared at the incomplete moon, pursing her lips.
"It's all his fault."
"He came too late."
"Too late."
...
...
The bet between Li Che and the Sect Master's wife quickly spread throughout Divine Eagle Ridge.
Within the Divine Sect, it wasn't a big deal, but in Divine Eagle Ridge, the bet between Li Che and the Sect Master's wife caused an uproar.
"Elder Li made a bet with the Sect Master's wife... to carve a Demi-God Divine Carving within a month?"
"This... isn't this a bit too arrogant? Elder Li did receive the Demi-God legacy from Elder Sun before his death, but that's all."
"A Demi-God Divine Carving... that's extremely rare. I don't think we have one in Divine Eagle Ridge, do we?"
"Elder Sun only touched upon the Demi-God realm before his death and infused it into the Six-Ear Two-Hearted Holy Saint's Divine Carving... How dare Elder Li accept this bet?"
...
Countless Divine Carving Masters were shaken by this news.
As Divine Carving Masters, they were well aware of the difficulty of creating a Demi-God Divine Carving.
It was even more challenging than a Great Master breaking through to the Martial Saint realm. Without talent, opportunity, and enlightenment...
One might be stuck for an entire lifetime!
Unlike martial arts cultivation, where diligent practice could bring about some improvement.
For a Demi-God Divine Carving, without insight, there might be no progress for decades.
The spring rain fell steadily.
The carriage parted the rain, its wheels crushing the thick mud, and entered the palace complex of Divine Eagle Ridge.
Li Che lifted the curtain and slowly stepped down, and in an instant, almost everyone's gaze in Divine Eagle Ridge was upon him.
Li Che didn't mind the various meanings and attitudes in their gazes.
He knew that the bet between him and the Sect Master's wife was causing a stir.
In truth, the bet wasn't a big deal, and there wasn't an overly excessive stake. It was mainly because Li Che was too confident.
To carve a Demi-God Divine Carving within a month...
It was like a fantastical tale.
Li Che didn't offer an explanation.
As an Elder of Divine Eagle Ridge, he didn't need to come here every day, but perhaps due to the bet, Li Che had Nie Yang drive him to Divine Eagle Ridge every day.
Unknowingly, half a month had passed.
During this half-month, Li Che had been quite diligent in Divine Eagle Ridge, which drew some light laughter from the Divine Carving Masters, who thought Elder Li was cramming at the last minute.
"Old Nie, Xiao Zhou, you can wander around or go to the training grounds to practice. I'll join you after I'm done here."
Li Che wore a dark blue tight-fitting shirt and smiled as he spoke.
Nie Yang clenched his fist in respect and then took Li Chengzhou for special training. Xixi becoming the Young Sect Master was a great stimulus for Li Chengzhou.
Li Chengzhou was also working hard to improve himself and catch up with Xixi's footsteps.
Li Chengzhou knew that his talent was lacking, so he could only try his best and, like a clumsy bird, fly to catch up.
Inside the exclusive workshop of the Divine Eagle Ridge Elder.
Lu Qingti knocked on the door, and after it opened, he saw Li Che sitting at the end of the workshop, holding a carving knife and moving around like a dragon and snake.
"Elder Li, the thunder-attributed spiritual wood you need has been found. The Peak Master asked me to deliver it to you," Lu Qingti said respectfully.
Lu Qingti himself was a Divine Eagle Master, but in terms of Divine Eagle techniques, he was far inferior to Li Che.
"Thanks, Qingti," Li Che stopped his hand movement and smiled.
Lu Qingti's Heaven and Earth Jade flashed with brilliance, and then the sound of crackling thunder reverberated in the courtyard.
The airflow became scorching, and the deep blue light continued to flicker.
"Thunder-attributed spiritual wood is quite rare..."
"High-level ones are even rarer."
A piece of spiritual wood with black thunder arcs jumping like a soaring phoenix was placed in front of Li Che, and at the same time, a powerful divine essence was surging.
Li Che held a piece of fifth-level lower-tier spiritual wood, the Wind-Thunder Dragon Coiled Wood.
But Li Che needed more thunder-attributed spiritual wood to craft the Immortal Art Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
Li Che, who possessed the Thunder Magnetic Body, had this ability.
Thunder-magnetic conduction, with positive and negative yin and yang poles...
The Wind-Thunder Dragon Coiled Wood only represented one pole, and another type of spiritual wood was needed to match the corresponding opposite pole to initially realize Li Che's concept.
Therefore, during this time, Li Che tried one thunder-attributed spiritual wood after another.
He wanted to find a fifth-level lower-tier spiritual wood that matched the Wind-Thunder Dragon Coiled Wood.
"Elder Li, this is the fifth-level lower-tier 'Dark Fire Black Phoenix Thunder Wood' provided by Elder Tang. It should be the last thunder-attributed spiritual wood in our Divine Eagle Ridge."
Li Che nodded, and his gaze fell on the spiritual wood, unable to move his eyes away.
"Dark Fire Black Phoenix Thunder Wood? Excellent!"
The Dragon Magnetic Body's Fruit of the Way in Li Che's chest was constantly throbbing, indicating that this piece of thunder-attributed spiritual wood met the requirements.
Seeing Li Che's satisfaction, Lu Qingti also breathed a sigh of relief.
Thinking of the bet between Li Che and the Sect Master's wife, Lu Qingti looked at Li Che, who was still studying the mechanism, and couldn't help but show concern.
"Elder Li... Although the stakes of your bet with the Sect Master's wife are not significant, we should still be careful. It's better to win, but if we lose too badly, we might become a laughingstock."
Lu Qingti said.
Li Che glanced at Lu Qingti, smiled, and waved his hand lightly, "I know what I'm doing."
Seeing this, Lu Qingti sighed and didn't say anything more.
Even if Li Che lost the bet, it wouldn't affect him much; it would only mean carving more divine essence wood statues.
But the impact on his reputation would be immense.
After sending Lu Qingti away, Li Che took the Dark Fire Black Phoenix Thunder Wood and placed it on the workbench. Holding Su Huai Ming's Divine Eagle carving knife set, he began to patiently shape the wood.
Li Che had already drawn the overall structure of the Immortal Art Super Electromagnetic Cannon, which was not a simple weapon but a mechanism that borrowed the power of heaven and earth by leveraging his own Thunder Magnetic Body to manipulate the magnetic field.
Shua, shua, shua—
The wood's cellular structure was cut and shattered, and the subtle sound of it falling to the ground echoed in the quiet courtyard.
...
...
At the same time.
Outside the Divine Eagle Ridge.
Li Che's Immortal in Painting clone, wearing a black robe with a faint black halo, was swiftly flying with Huang Jianjiu.
The Heaven and Earth Chessboard quickly vibrated, spreading out.
Scanning every inch of the surrounding land in an overhead manner, it was almost like a carpet search.
"Nothing..."
Whoosh—
Two towering trees swayed, and two figures wrapped in black robes landed on the tree trunks.
"A Two-Flower Demi-God Corpse, with a highly skilled method of concealing his aura... He should possess the Corpse God Pearl, a tool researched by the Corpse God Sect to specifically contain corpse energy and death energy..."
"Only those with high status in the Corpse God Sect are qualified to use it."
Huang Jianjiu had colluded with the Corpse God Sect, so he understood.
"Corpse God Pearl..."
Li Che also knew that Su Huai Ming had used the Corpse God Pearl to conceal his aura.
Even with the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, a bizarre investigative tool, he couldn't find the hidden power of the Corpse God Sect outside the Divine Eagle Ridge.
Not to mention anyone else.
Li Che was confident that with the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, his ability to search for the Corpse God Sect's evil people was no weaker than any Divine Embryo Great Deity.
With a thought, a faint golden light flashed in his eyes.
[Fruit of the Way: Chess Sage (LV4, 95%)]
For half a month, Li Che fully activated the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, constantly searching for the traces of the Two-Flower Demi-God Corpse of the Corpse God Sect in the vast wilderness outside the Divine Eagle Ridge.
This was to increase the maturity of the Chess Sage Fruit of the Way.
However, at the current progress, it might take another month to level up the Chess Sage Fruit of the Way to LV5.
It was too slow.
This speed was indeed a bit slow.
If the Chess Sage Fruit of the Way reached LV5, it could achieve the third transformation.
The Great Snow Avalanche and Black and White Extreme Collapse greatly enhanced the power of Li Che's Guanyin Lotus Bullet, becoming an extremely powerful killing method.
However, as the opponent's strength increased, the Great Snow Avalanche and Black and White Extreme Collapse were no longer sufficient.
"I'm not looking anymore..."
Li Che shook his head and spoke to Huang Jianjiu, who was using Soul Constrict.
"The opponent holds the Corpse God Pearl and completely hides their aura, even managing to appear exactly like an ordinary person, blending into the town at the foot of Divine Eagle Ridge. It's like finding a needle in the ocean."
"The Corpse God Sect... they came well-prepared this time, with a strong purpose."
"Perhaps they're brewing some grand plan, and before the plan erupts, it will be difficult for us to find the experts of the Corpse God Sect."
Li Che shook his head.
Currently, within Primordial Dao City, the evil members of the Corpse God Sect have almost completely vanished.
They must have received information about the Netherworld's assassination and thus retreated one after another.
Suddenly, Li Che thought of something, and his eyes flickered.
He snapped his fingers.
A loud dragon's roar exploded between heaven and earth, and a deep blue skeletal divine dragon tumbled between heaven and earth, finally transforming into the appearance of a Dragon Queen, who gracefully landed in front of Li Che.
The Dragon Queen slightly bowed, scanning her surroundings, but she didn't see You Liqing, feeling a bit of regret and disappointment.
"Greetings, Master," the Dragon Queen said.
"When I killed you before... you invited experts from the Corpse God Sect to help. Do you have a connection with them?"
Li Che, beneath his black robe, stared at the Dragon Queen with his eyes and asked.
"Yes, I came from Jizhou. Ji Maoli was in Jizhou, confronting the Corpse Gods... but it was actually just a show for the court."
"The relationship between Ji Maoli and the Corpse God Sect... is quite complex."
The Dragon Queen explained.
Her words were like thunder, causing Li Che's eyes to narrow slightly.
"Actually... they have a cooperative relationship, but I'm not sure about the specifics. You know... I don't hold much status in Ji Maoli's eyes."
The Dragon Queen spread her hands, and a hint of grievance appeared on her flawless beauty.
Li Che was speechless.
"You're almost turning the Peace Rebellion King into a Cuckold King. What more status do you want?"
"Can you still contact the hidden experts of the Corpse God Sect around Primordial Dao City?"
Li Che narrowed his eyes and asked.
Upon hearing this, the Dragon Queen pondered for a moment, then said, "I can try..."
Then, the Dragon Queen's watery deep blue eyes stared expectantly at Li Che.
"Master..."
"My Heaven and Earth Jade."
"The token to contact the Corpse God Sect... is inside the Heaven and Earth Jade."
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...
Primordial Dao City.
Thunder Listening Lane.
An independent workshop courtyard.
Lead clouds hovered high in the sky, and spring rain fell like oil, pattering and covering the sky.
As the temperature rose, the rain became warm, no longer bone-chilling like in early spring.
"Huff—"
"Suck—"
Rolling thunder rumbled, and vital energy surged.
Li Che's eyes flashed with brilliance, his black hair dancing wildly in the night wind. Powerful vital energy and heavenly energy burst from his pores, shattering the falling raindrops into powder and inverting the sky! Li Che's spine trembled, emitting a grating sound like metal rubbing against metal, his arms rippling like waves, and his long fist striking, distorting the air as if a blue eagle was soaring with outstretched wings!
Divine Seed martial art, Nine Heavens Divine Eagle Shattering Fist!
This was the Divine Seed martial art mastered by Su Wenxi! After swallowing a martial pill into his stomach, it was crushed by his powerful stomach walls, and an overwhelming force surged.
No one knew how long had passed.
Li Che finally finished his work slowly.
Although his combat power was extraordinary, he couldn't afford to clash head-on with a Martial Saint.
But Li Che never stopped his cultivation journey.
Xixi had joined Lu Tai Bai, the sect leader of the Divine Sect, ensuring her safety, but Li Che still didn't dare relax.
The terrifying pressure from Ji Maoli made Li Che dare not relax even a little, as Lu Tai Bai was slightly inferior to Ji Maoli in the Great Deity Spectrum and at the Heavenly Gate Pass.
Li Che naturally couldn't put all his hopes for protecting Xixi on Lu Tai Bai.
Sometimes, only personal strength is the greatest guarantee and protection.
The air current raged non-stop in the courtyard.
Occasionally, there were sounds of slapping, like a whip striking.
Li Che opened his eyes and looked towards the door. There, Li Qingshan, wearing a cat face mask, leaped in, sneaking in stealthily.
"Niu Mo... I finally found out about the bounty list of the Hunter Sect."
The cat-faced Li Qingshan hunched his back and walked step by step through the gentle spring rain.
"After Xixi became the Young Sect Leader of the Divine Sect, she never appeared on the bounty list, but now she's suddenly the third-ranked on the list... in just half a month."
Cat-faced Li Qingshan couldn't help but speak.
Li Che sat cross-legged under the eaves, his black robe swirling with blood-colored energy currents, and he slowly opened his eyes.
"Third..."
"What an impressive Hunter Sect..."
Li Che exhaled, his breath like a sharp sword, slicing through the air currents. "Xixi is still just a child..."
"Does the Hunter Sect really want Xixi dead?"
"They truly deserve to die..."
In Li Che's eyes, a coldness and killing intent gradually emerged.
"I want to see which assassins from the Hunter Sect accepted this bounty?"
Li Che stood up, his muscles suddenly swelling, twisting like twisted dough, gradually growing as large as a demon. A terrifying aura poured out like an abyss, and killing intent filled the sky! "The Netherworld will..."
"Welcome them."
First update, writer's block, wrote very slowly, this kind of transitional plot is the hardest to write, there will be another chapter tonight, strive to finish it early, keep reading, and support with monthly tickets and free recommendations! Li Che continues his efforts!
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