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Chapter 377: Cheating in the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, Li Bansheng's Rapid Ascension to the Five Thou
Chapter 377: Cheating in the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, Li Bansheng's Rapid Ascension to the Five Thousand-Year Peach Orchard (Part 1)
Whoosh—
Within the peach orchard, a sudden gust of wind seemed to stir, whipping through the trees, causing the branches and leaves of every peach tree to sway back and forth.
The rustling sound continued, echoing through the orchard.
It was as if the forest was listening to the waves, and all the sounds eventually converged into three words in Li Che's ears, or rather, within the perception of the Heaven-Earth Chessboard.
"Save me..."
Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly.
His body trembled, and every pore seemed to open up, as if scorching hot streams were erupting from within!
What kind of sound was this?
Where was this voice coming from?!
Li Che felt a sense of dizziness in his head, and the Dao Fruit of the Chess Sage within his chest cavity reacted with an unprecedented response and anomaly!
Greed, excitement, and longing...
Li Che had rarely encountered such a transformation of the Dao Fruit.
The longing emotion was like the thirst of withered grass in a desert, yearning for the nourishment of cool water. This longing will surged from within the Dao Fruit, causing Li Che's face to change involuntarily.
What was happening?
Li Che stood in the peach orchard, his eyes sharp and flashing. He quickly scanned his surroundings.
The Heaven-Earth Chessboard hovered high in the sky.
The mysterious voice continued to reverberate.
"Deeper... even deeper..."
Li Che turned his head towards a direction, where the depths of the peach orchard lay.
There, a fence separated another peach orchard, undoubtedly an area with older and more mature peach trees.
"Is it the five thousand-year, seven thousand-year, or perhaps the nine thousand-year peach orchard?"
Li Che furrowed his brows.
He could confirm that the pleading voice, the sound that made the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit yearn, was coming from the depths of the peach orchard!
"Also, whose voice is calling for help?"
"Is it a human, a demon, a ghost, or a peach spirit..."
Li Che felt utterly confused.
He kept guessing in his mind but couldn't make sense of it.
However, Li Che wasn't about to give up...
Because this was the first time the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit had shown such excitement, anticipation, and longing.
Li Che wanted to find out what was causing this reaction.
Moreover...
Li Che was also quite eager.
His Chess Sage's Dao Fruit had already reached a maturity level of 90% at the 5th level.
He was close to the fourth transformation and promotion to the 6th level. Once the Dao Fruit underwent the fourth transformation, it would be able to produce a Dao Lead.
For Li Che, the Dao Lead represented an incredibly powerful force and enhancement.
Whether it was the Dragon Elephant Fusion Furnace or the Seven Orifice Luminous Heart, they all provided Li Che with tremendous assistance, greatly enhancing his combat strength.
Li Che eagerly anticipated the Dao Lead from each Dao Fruit.
"I can't give up. The voice calling for help is so loud; I, with my kind heart, can't pretend I didn't hear it!"
"Wait for me, brother!"
Li Che's eyes gleamed.
"It seems I'll have to venture deeper into the peach orchard."
Li Che muttered to himself.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, perhaps due to the Dao Fruit's eagerness and enthusiasm, Li Che couldn't help but feel excited as well.
He closed his eyes slightly, and the Niwan Palace in his forehead began to pulsate vigorously. The Divine Embryo Secret Technique, Law of Heaven and Earth, started to retract.
In an instant, Li Che's black robe tore through the air currents, and he opened his eyes.
The Heaven-Earth Chessboard still hovered in the sky.
The pleading voice seemed to have merged with the wind and disappeared.
Li Che tossed a thousand-year-old Chi Fire Peach in his hand.
Within the peach orchard, he couldn't store the peach in the Qiankun Jade.
Li Che didn't mind; he flicked his finger, and the peach immediately floated up, suspended in the air.
With his current Heaven-Earth Soul power, manipulating a peach to float with his thoughts was a simple task that required minimal effort.
"Quick battle, quick advancement to the second round, five thousand-year-old peach orchard..."
Li Che spread his arms, and within his eyes, there was a faint flicker, as if lightning was crackling within.
The Niwan Palace in his forehead pulsated intensely.
The Golden Elixir of the Immortal, Li Xuan Sword Immortal, continued to refine the power of the Four Virtues Golden Heavenly King Temple Deity, striving to reach the Divine Embryo Realm.
Once this breakthrough was achieved, Li Che's confidence would increase.
"Within this peach orchard maze, the perception range of the Heaven-Earth Soul is only ten zhang..."
"Perhaps with the improvement of cultivation, the perception range will expand. The Heaven-Earth Soul and Celestial Perception of the Divine Embryo Three Divine Transformations cultivators may have a slightly larger perception range..."
"But it's still limited."
Li Che tried to perceive with Celestial Perception, but the range didn't increase significantly. However, even this slight advantage could be beneficial.
If used skillfully, it could create an element of surprise against weaker cultivators.
Nevertheless, it was too troublesome.
Li Che's Celestial Perception was capable, as his martial cultivation had reached the second opening of the Qi Sea. The Qi Sea Golden Pool even surpassed a hundred zhang in range...
With pure martial Celestial Perception, he could even rival a Three Opening Martial Sage.
Additionally, with the power of seven strange divine seeds, his burst of strength surpassed that of a hero.
However, this Hero Competition was held under the reflection of the Heavenly River Divine Hairpin, a Three Pure Divine Armament, used by the Empress.
Li Che couldn't easily unleash his martial cultivation.
Relying solely on his divine cultivation, Li Che would indeed face some challenges.
"This is too troublesome..."
"I have the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, so I can just cheat."
Li Che placed his hands behind his back and took a step towards the direction of the constantly shifting Peach Orchard Maze. If it were before, Li Che might have considered using the Heaven-Earth Soul to slowly pull and tug.
But now, there was a big brother calling out to him from the depths of the Peach Orchard, so Li Che naturally had to speed up.
He didn't want to waste any more time.
Gathering five peaches...
The difficulty wasn't that great.
With the perception of the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, Li Che immediately locked onto a hero trying to pluck a peach a hundred zhang away.
Within the Heaven-Earth Chessboard, and based on the aura emitted by this hero, he was a Divine Embryo One Transformation Cultivator. Not to mention... he was an old acquaintance.
A smile curved Li Che's lips, and as he tapped his toes, the soft frost grass seemed to be momentarily crushed by an invisible force, and then Li Che's entire body floated out like a ghost.
The Dragon Elephant Vajra Sage Fruit vibrated slightly.
The Sleeping Dragon Elephant characteristic was activated.
Li Che's entire body seemed to a black shadow within the maze, like a peach tree swaying and dropping its shadow.
Silent and invisible, hard to capture.
Even the Heavenly River Divine Hairpin's falling water curtain, was passed by Li Che, who had hidden his aura.
...
...
Capital City Second District.
The night was deep, and the spring rain was drizzling, pouring down like cow hair, and falling on the mortal world.
This Peach Banquet had lasted a whole day, and now in the night, the spring rain still hadn't stopped.
And after the Dragonlet Competition, the Jade Square, which had become a ruin, seemed to have been torn open, and as a jade hairpin passed through, a heavenly river appeared.
The heavenly river's falling water curtain reflected a scene.
The faintly glowing light scattered, dispelling the night.
The sound of rushing water echoed continuously, and the droplets falling from the heavenly river seemed to emit countless rays of light.
These rays of light intertwined to form a scene above the water curtain.
In the scene, divided into nine frames, it showed nine heroes in the Thousand-Year Peach Orchard within the Immortal Mother's Strange Temple.
Whether it was the many powerful figures seated behind the main banquet table in the greenhouse, or the cultivators on the walls of the Capital City Third District, all were staring at the scene presented by the heavenly river water curtain.
Nine heroes...
Each one was rushing, like headless flies.
In the peach orchard, every peach tree would change at any time, without rhythm or rules, and at any moment, the peach trees growing in the orchard would sneak past like a little princess lifting her skirt.
This was the first time everyone had seen the scene within the Immortal Mother's Peach Orchard.
As a treasure land that produced peaches that could prolong life and enhance vitality within the Three Pure Ones Rank Immortal Mother's Strange Temple, too many people were curious.
But the world didn't even know where this Three Pure Ones Rank Immortal Mother's Strange Temple was located.
So how could they find the peach orchard? Therefore, this time at the Hero Competition, the world had a chance to see the scene of the peach orchard, and naturally, everyone was excited, stretching their necks to look carefully.
But the moving peach trees made everyone a little dumbfounded.
Heavenly Origin Sect, main banquet area.
Xi Xi curled up in Zhang Ya's embrace, stretching her neck, staring at the heavenly river water curtain, and looking at the nine scenes over and over again...
But no matter how she looked, she couldn't find her father's scene!
Xi Xi immediately became unhappy, pouting.
"Why isn't there a scene of Daddy?!"
"It's no fun, not even a little bit! Xi Xi wants to see Daddy!"
Xi Xi said indignantly.
This heavenly river water curtain didn't understand anything.
It actually didn't give Xi Xi Emperor a single scene of her father!
But Xi Xi was soon attracted by the scene of the peach trees sneaking around.
"Hey, this peach tree is like a thief."
"In Daddy's words, it has a heavy stealing aura!"
Xi Xi pointed with her finger, amazed at the scene.
Originally, the peaches that Xi Xi loved to eat actually grew on such peach trees? Just as everyone ignored the scene of the heroes rushing around like headless flies, and began to focus on appreciating the scene within the peach orchard.
Suddenly—
The heavenly river water curtain trembled slightly.
Water splashed, and then the nine scenes suddenly collapsed, forming one scene.
In the scene...
A hero lay on the ground, dejected, amidst the mess.
As soon as this scene appeared, everyone paused...
Even the Celestial Master controlling the Heavenly River Divine Hairpin was momentarily stunned, her face full of strangeness.
"This seems to be the first hero of the Celestial Essence Sect... Liu Qing?"
"Yes, yes, yes, in the preliminary competition, he fought with Li Bansheng of the Heavenly Origin Sect and was instantly defeated!"
"Eh? Look at his disheveled state, it seems he was robbed, his peach was taken?"
"Probably, and it was taken too fast... even the heavenly river water curtain didn't react in time?"
...
The sound of whispers filled the air, and whether it was the main banquet area of the Capital City Second District, or the cultivators on the walls of the Capital City Third District, all exclaimed in surprise.
Seeing Liu Qing's desperate, angry, and slightly pitiful state in the scene, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
The first hero of the Celestial Essence Sect, was he a clown invited by the monkey? A professional comedian?
A professional instant-defeat hero?
In the preliminary banquet, Li Che swiftly defeated everyone, leaving them all stunned. And now...
In the main banquet, it was the same swift defeat, even the Three Pure Ones Rank Divine Armament hosted by the Empress couldn't react in time, missing the beat.
Celestial Essence Sect, the main banquet area.
Gu Changqing's face turned pitch black, and a cold hum escaped from his nose, followed by two hot streams.
Liu Qing was his direct disciple, and now this happened.
However, everyone present was now curious.
Who could it be...
A Hero who had crushed a Divine Embryo One Transformation Cultivator from the Celestial Essence Sect?
And to do so without being discovered?!
...
...
Thousand-Year Peach Orchard.
Liu Qing lay limp on the ground, his clothes disheveled. The peach he had just picked...was gone!
And what he lost wasn't just a single peach, but also the Qiankun Jade!
"That Qiankun Jade is your life's savings..."
That person had ambushed him, taking his peach and Qiankun Jade, and leaving behind those humiliating words.
Liu Qing's eyes were bloodshot, and he was so furious he almost vomited blood.
That bastard...
He was so strong!
Yet he still ambushed him!
A silent, stealthy ambush! By the time Liu Qing reacted, the person was already long gone, leaving behind the faint traces of the stolen peach tree's spatial movement...
Liu Qing couldn't find him at all! Liu Qing crawled up from the ground in anguish, but he had to admit that his opponent had effortlessly crushed him and then brazenly stole his peach and Qiankun Jade.
This indicated that his opponent possessed overwhelming strength, dominating him in terms of power.
That feeling...
Reminded Liu Qing of the preliminary banquet, his battle with Li Che.
In that battle...
He was also dominated.
Defeated in an instant.
And today, that familiar feeling returned.
Although he couldn't see Li Che, his intuition told him that the bastard who had messed with him was indeed Li Che!
"Even though I lost the peach...I still have a chance!"
"As long as I gather five peaches, there's still a chance to make it to the second round!"
Liu Qing took a deep breath, leaning his body as he started to dash and crash through the maze again, continuing his search for the peach trees bearing fruit!
...
...
Rustling—
The peach tree's branches and leaves rubbed against each other, like roots wriggling through the soft soil, moving swiftly.
Then, a figure slowly emerged from the darkness.
Two peaches hovered around him, the second one being a Thousand-Year Peach, an elixir peach with a fragrant aroma.
"Li Qing of the Celestial Essence Sect?"
Li Che smiled faintly.
He didn't intend to kill, merely taking the peach was enough. Additionally, due to his restraint, he also took Liu Qing's Qiankun Jade.
"Your life's savings."
Li Che brought his two fingers together, tearing open the Qiankun Space and throwing the Qiankun Jade inside.
He wasn't in a hurry to inspect the contents.
This time, by entering the Peach Orchard through the Western Mother's Divinity on the peach branch, Li Che vaguely felt that death here...was truly death! It wouldn't be like the preliminary banquet, where the Western Mother's Divinity could save them, but at the cost of some injuries.
(End of Chapter)
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