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Chapter 285: Who Says We Can't Live for Ten Thousand Years, Carving Ordinary Wood, Ten Thousand Carv
Chapter 285: Who Says We Can't Live for Ten Thousand Years, Carving Ordinary Wood, Ten Thousand Carvings, Pilgrimage to the Divine Wood 【Seeking Monthly Votes】 (Part 2)
They merged into the Ten Thousand Phenomena Seal.
Boom—!
"Ten Thousand Phenomena"
Countless divine essences seemed to condense into a huge square seal, like a chessboard grid.
It slammed down fiercely, and the air exploded with a crack, like an overwhelming force. The airflow surged and raged without end!
Even the void seemed to crack under the impact!
"So powerful!"
Li Che's eyes narrowed, and the next moment, he was filled with joy.
With this, he could also be considered to possess the foundation of a Spirit Embryo Cultivator.
"The Ten Thousand Phenomena Seal... When all nine Gods of Ten Thousand Phenomena Seals are combined, the destructive power becomes even more terrifying!"
"If I become stronger, this seal can overturn heaven and earth!"
"With such power..."
"Let's call it the 'Yin-Yang Reversal Seal.'"
Li Che, who had created this divine essence secret technique, was in high spirits!
Whether or not there was a Reversal Seal in this world, Li Che didn't care.
At worst, if a counterfeit met the genuine one, he could change it back later.
Moreover, in a direct confrontation, the weaker one would be the counterfeit!
Li Che studied it for a while, making adjustments to the details, increasing its power, and improving its casting speed.
For divine essence cultivators, the most troublesome aspect of divine essence secret techniques was the process of initiating them.
After finishing his divine essence secret technique cultivation, Li Che practiced martial arts in the courtyard for a while.
Condensing the Divine Origin Martial Art was not easy, even with Li Che's innate talent of Dragon Elephant Vajra. The further he progressed, the more challenging it became.
When his martial arts cultivation ended, Li Che changed into clean clothes and entered the house, taking out an ordinary block of wood and the divine armament carving knife set gifted by Su Huai Ming, a divine carving master of the Su family. He began to carve with focus.
For him, this was a transformation of the Immortal Craft Fruit.
With the breakthrough in his divine essence cultivation, his divine carving technique had further improved.
The first and second levels of the Divine Guidance Divine Ability, Summon Deity and Divine Illumination, greatly helped him in comprehending the divine aura of the Divine Image Temple Deity.
Li Che was already confident in carving a Demi-Saint Divine Carving.
Shush, shush, shush...
The rain fell, and wood shavings scattered.
The speed of the carving knife in his hand was much slower than before, but each cut was more precise and stable.
...
...
The next day.
Spring rain continued to fall, with leaden clouds piled high in the sky, and thunder rumbled.
Li Che, for once, wore the ancient robe of the Divine Carving Ridge Elder. His black hair was sleek and shiny, and he looked full of vigor.
Zhang Ya helped Li Che straighten his clothes, and as she looked at the handsome and spirited Li Che, her eyes seemed to be blooming with flowers.
"Husband, go for it!"
"No one believes you can carve a Demi-Saint Divine Carving, but you'll prove them all wrong!"
Zhang Ya clenched her small fists.
Over the past month, Zhang Ya had heard countless arrogant and conceited comments about Li Che.
A twenty-four-year-old Divine Carving Demi-Saint...
What a concept!
It's a record-breaking achievement for the Heavenly Origin Sect!
It's beyond imagination!
So, not many people were optimistic about Li Che, whether they were disciples or elders... They all thought it was too far-fetched.
They believed that Li Che's bet with the Sect Lady was merely a convenient way to repay her for a favor.
After all, the Sect Lady had taken the Young Sect Leader as her disciple and taught him the Way of Divine Talismans. Moreover, the Sect Lady had specifically suppressed the Dragon Queen Consort on the street for Xi Xi.
Therefore, everyone thought that Li Che was expressing his gratitude to the Sect Lady.
Stepping out of the inner room, the spring rain pattered down.
Outside, Li Qingshan, Lao Chen, Nie Yang, and others were already waiting.
Nie Yang held his sword with utmost seriousness, appearing extremely cold and stern.
Lao Chen, also a woodcarving master, watched Li Che with a complex expression. Hearing that Li Che was going to carve a Demi-Saint wood carving, he felt numb.
Lao Chen was Li Che's mentor in the art of woodcarving, but only a few years had passed.
And Li Che had already reached such heights.
Indeed... The world of geniuses was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people; they could only look up in awe.
"Che, it's not a big deal even if you fail. There's no one at your level who has achieved the title of Divine Carving Master at the age of twenty-four."
Lao Chen said.
Li Che smiled but didn't respond.
"Let's go."
Nie Yang, holding his sword with utmost seriousness, nodded at Li Che's instruction. "Yes, Elder."
Li Che climbed into the carriage.
Zhang Ya, Lao Chen, Mu Po Po, Li Qingshan, and others waved goodbye from under the eaves, seeing Li Che off.
The carriage tore through the spring rain.
It left Heavenly Origin City and galloped along the official road, heading towards Divine Carving Ridge."
Today, the road from the Dao City to Divine Carving Ridge was much livelier than usual.
Carriage after carriage was speeding along.
They belonged to Divine Carving Masters from various noble families, big and small.
Zhou Tian Shui from the Zhou family and Yun Hai Yang from the Yun family—these two Divine Carving Masters who had a good relationship with Li Che during the Divine Carving Ridge Elder's assessment—noticed Li Che's carriage and immediately lifted the curtain, greeting him enthusiastically.
Li Che's bet with the Sect Lady wasn't the most important thing.
What mattered was...
If Li Che could truly carve a Demi-Saint wood carving today, it would be of immense significance.
It would be the first Demi-Saint Divine Carving Master produced by Divine Carving Ridge in hundreds of years!
And at the age of twenty-four, he would be the youngest Divine Carving Demi-Saint in the history of the Heavenly Origin Sect's Divine Carving Ridge!
For these Divine Carving Masters, this was a historic moment!
The commemorative significance was enormous!
So, they had to come and witness it, even more excited and eager than Li Che himself.
After all, if Li Che became a Demi-Saint Divine Carving Master, perhaps... he could give them some pointers, and they might also have a chance to improve.
Who wouldn't want to progress in this day and age?!
Divine Carving Ridge, after a whole winter of preparation, still had remnants of snow adorning the mountains, but most of it was lush green, nurturing the growth of Spirit Wood and the formation of new annual rings.
Li Che's carriage came to a stop in the large square.
The spring rain poured as Li Che stepped out with an umbrella, wearing an ancient-style elder's robe, his black hair tied in a crown, exuding a sense of dignity.
The surrounding Divine Carving Masters gathered, their eyes shining with excitement, anticipation, and agitation.
The Ridge Master Gongshu Jingjun, the Great Elder Tang Xiejia, and two other elders were also dressed in ancient-style robes, having arrived early to wait for Li Che.
"Che, you're here?"
Gongshu Jingjun looked at Li Che, and a strange color flashed in her eyes.
Li Che's demeanor, that bone-deep confidence, gave her a completely different feeling from before!
Could it be...
Gongshu Jingjun took a deep breath.
Suddenly, a pure sword light tore through the sky, vast and majestic, like a meteor streaking across.
Lu Tai Bai, dressed in white, with his silver hair flying and an extraordinary sword mark between his eyebrows, descended from above.
Beneath his feet, countless sword lights piled up, forming an enormous sword, on which Xi Xi and the Sect Lady sat, two petite and delicate figures. Golden Taisui stood beside them, behaving well and not daring to breathe.
Behind Lu Tai Bai,
More figures arrived, walking on air.
The Great Elder Fang Han Shu, in a Confucian robe with his beard neatly combed, held a scroll of a Sage Scholar's Book and landed gracefully.
The Second Elder Zhao Fang Zhou had also arrived, along with the Third Elder Ding Zi, who had just taken on a new female disciple, Yun E, and they both floated over.
Almost all the Martial Saint Spirit Embryo-level experts from the Heavenly Origin Sect had secretly come to watch.
"Greetings, Sect Leader!"
Gongshu Jingjun, Tang Xiejia, and the others all bowed in respect.
Li Che also bowed in return.
Xi Xi stood by Lu Tai Bai's side, incredibly excited, her little face flushed with enthusiasm, eager to jump into Li Che's embrace.
"Go, Daddy!"
Xi Xi clenched her chubby little fist and said softly.
The Sect Lady, Xuan Qi Sha, glanced at Xi Xi. "You little brat! Don't I deserve some encouragement too?"
"But you're not carving a wood carving, Master," Xi Xi said matter-of-factly.
Xuan Qi Sha rolled her eyes.
Indeed, competing for favor with her daughter's biological father was a difficult battle to win.
"Husband, look at Xi Xi!"
Xuan Qi Sha immediately jumped and grabbed Lu Tai Bai's arm, shaking and swaying.
Lu Tai Bai was used to Xuan Qi Sha's antics and smiled. "Then should I cheer for you?"
Xuan Qi Sha immediately let go of his hand. "I don't need any encouragement for carving. I'm not even carving."
Lu Tai Bai: "..."
Women truly are a mysterious species.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Suddenly, a sound tore through the air, and countless raindrops were shaken away.
Everyone felt an extremely powerful pressure from the heavens and earth!
It was an incredibly powerful Heaven-Earth Soul!
Li Che looked up and saw an elderly man wearing the official robe of the Inspector of the Heaven Divination Bureau, holding a sandalwood chessboard and stepping through the air.
"Inspector, what brings you here?"
As first-class guests of the Heaven Divination Bureau, Yun Haiyang and Zhou Tian Shui naturally recognized the Inspector and hurriedly greeted him.
"Just here to watch the excitement, Elder Lu. Surely you wouldn't ask an old man like me to leave, would you?"
Inspector Hong Shi Fo laughed heartily.
Li Che glanced at Hong Shi Fo and then at the chessboard he was carrying...
Do all Inspectors have a penchant for unique objects? Inspector Hu Yingyue from Golden Light Mansion always carries around his erhu and plays it wherever he goes...
The Inspector of Heavenly Origin City carries a chessboard with him...
Is he planning to use the chessboard as a weapon in a fight?
However...
Li Che, possessing the Chess Sage's Divine Craft Fruit, was quite sensitive to chessboards and couldn't help but take a few extra glances.
Hong Shi Fo narrowed his eyes, "Young Master Li Che, it seems you're quite interested in the Way of Chess?"
"If you have time another day, come to the Heaven Divination Bureau and we can have a game of chess."
"My chess skills are unmatched in all of Heavenly Origin City."
"Elder Lu, Elder Yue Huang Long, and Elder Feng Zhi Qi from the Temple Management Division have all been defeated by me."
Hong Shi Fo stroked his beard and smiled, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, Li Che's heart suddenly froze. Such chess skills...
It was truly tempting.
"I know a little about chess, so I'll have to trouble you, Inspector."
Li Che said with a smile.
After some small talk, the group entered the Independent Workshop Courtyard.
Most of the woodcarvers and masters in the Divine Carving Ridge Workshop had stopped their work and were looking at Li Che with a hint of fervor in their eyes.
Li Che's Divine Carving Technique was undoubtedly exceptional, having inherited the Sacred Hand Divine Carving legacy from Elder Sun.
Even though he had failed to break through to the Divine Carving Demi-Saint realm this time, his carving skills still held immense value for learning.
The Sect Lady was floating in the air, with Divine Talismans attached to her body.
Her hands were clasped in front of her chest.
She was a strong-willed person, and once she made a bet, she was determined not to lose.
"Are you ready?"
"Li Che, remember our bet!"
"No holding back! Give it your all! I don't want to be accused of being indebted to anyone!"
Sect Lady Xuan Qi Sha spoke bluntly.
She had always been straightforward.
Li Che smiled gently, "Sect Lady, rest assured that I will do my best."
"After all, my Divine Carving Technique... carries the legacy of Elder Sun's heart's blood."
Li Che said softly.
Whoosh!
The wind and waves stirred.
Under everyone's gaze, Li Che entered the workshop.
A large pile of wooden carvings was placed in the courtyard, and Li Che walked slowly, his eyes scanning each piece of wood.
"Elder Li, do you need the fifth-grade Spirit Wood?"
Gongshu Jingjun asked.
However, Li Che shook his head.
"No need."
After speaking, Li Che reached into the pile of wood and pulled out a wooden block as tall as a person.
The wooden block...
Seemed like the most ordinary piece of wood, not even a Spirit Wood.
It was just like when Elder Sun had his epiphany and carved the Divine Carving after his morning enlightenment, using ordinary wood.
Lu Tai Bai stood with his hands behind his back, his silver hair flowing, and a hint of strangeness and anticipation in his eyes.
Inspector Hong Shi Fo carried the chessboard on his back, stroking his beard with a smile, his eyes shining.
As Li Che picked up the wood, his divine nature began to fluctuate.
Boom!!!
Hissss...
As Li Che gripped the Spirit Wood, his palm radiated a searing aura, evaporating the moisture within the wood and drying it out.
Compared to Spirit Wood, ordinary wood was extremely fragile, and it was actually more challenging for Divine Carving Masters to carve high-quality Divine Carvings from it.
It was like carving on tofu, where a slight mistake could lead to a collapse.
Li Che's gaze didn't shift to the surroundings, and he paid no further attention to the people around him.
His third eye between his eyebrows trembled slightly, and the next moment, a dazzling golden core rose from behind Li Che!
"This is..."
Fang Han Shu, Zhao Fang Zhou, and the other inner sect elders were shocked.
They were all too familiar with the aura rising from Li Che at this moment!
Lu Tai Bai, sitting in the grandmaster's chair, paused his gentle tapping, and even he couldn't help but show a hint of astonishment in his eyes.
"
"
Hissss...
Many people around sucked in a cold breath.
Even more people were focused on...
Li Che's cultivation, which had actually broken through to the Divine Essence Golden Core!
So that was it!
No wonder Li Che was so confident!
The breakthrough in his cultivation was the source of his boldness!
With his five fingers gripping a divine carving knife, Li Che, under the gaze of everyone, gently drew the knife across the ordinary wooden block.
The knife tore through the wood, and a complete strand of wood shavings floated down!
The second cut, the third cut...
Smooth!
Confident and poised!
Returning to simplicity!
Li Che's knife moved slowly but with great stability. The depth of the cut, the angle, and the length of the tear were all perfectly controlled.
Li Che's heart was completely immersed in the wood carving, his mind fully focused on the task.
Whoosh!
The wind and waves stirred.
Under everyone's gaze, Li Che entered the workshop.
A large pile of wooden carvings was placed in the courtyard, and Li Che walked slowly, his eyes scanning each piece of wood.
"Elder Li, do you need the fifth-grade Spirit Wood?"
Gongshu Jingjun asked.
However, Li Che shook his head.
"No need."
After speaking, Li Che reached into the pile of wood and pulled out a wooden block as tall as a person.
The wooden block...
Seemed like the most ordinary piece of wood, not even a Spirit Wood.
It was just like when Elder Sun had his epiphany and carved the Divine Carving after his morning enlightenment, using ordinary wood.
Lu Tai Bai stood with his hands behind his back, his silver hair flowing, and a hint of strangeness and anticipation in his eyes.
Inspector Hong Shi Fo carried the chessboard on his back, stroking his beard with a smile, his eyes shining.
As Li Che picked up the wood, his divine nature began to fluctuate.
Boom!!!
Hissss...
As Li Che gripped the Spirit Wood, his palm radiated a searing aura, evaporating the moisture within the wood and drying it out.
Compared to Spirit Wood, ordinary wood was extremely fragile, and it was actually more challenging for Divine Carving Masters to carve high-quality Divine Carvings from it.
It was like carving on tofu, where a slight mistake could lead to a collapse.
Li Che's gaze didn't shift to the surroundings, and he paid no further attention to the people around him.
His third eye between his eyebrows trembled slightly, and the next moment, a dazzling golden core rose from behind Li Che!
"This is..."
Fang Han Shu, Zhao Fang Zhou, and the other inner sect elders were shocked.
They were all too familiar with the aura rising from Li Che at this moment!
Lu Tai Bai, sitting in the grandmaster's chair, paused his gentle tapping, and even he couldn't help but show a hint of astonishment in his eyes.
"
"
Hissss...
Many people around sucked in a cold breath.
Even more people were focused on...
Li Che's cultivation, which had actually broken through to the Divine Essence Golden Core!
So that was it!
No wonder Li Che was so confident!
The breakthrough in his cultivation was the source of his boldness!
(End of Chapter)
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