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Chapter 566: The Great Prosperity of the Eight-Leaf Dao Essence Crystal, and the Ruyi Staff Unsealing the Great Sage Equal to Heaven? [Please Vote] (Part 2)
Chapter 566: The Great Prosperity of the Eight-Leaf Dao Essence Crystal, and the Ruyi Staff Unsealing the Great Sage Equal to Heaven? [Please Vote] (Part 2)
If he doesn't...
The Young Emperor's reputation in the Dark Heavenly Court will likely crumble instantly!
"Good!"
Ji Shaohao's face lit up, not expecting Li Che to agree so decisively!
Excellent!
This is what an outstanding Immortal Artisan should be like, full of vitality and the right spirit!
Those old hands in the Xuanxiao Heaven should take a good look at this!
Ji Shaohao's gaze on Li Che grew even more intense.
"This is a seven-leaf Dao Essence Crystal, a token of my appreciation!"
Ji Shaohao, feeling delighted, generously handed a Dao Essence Crystal to Li Che.
Li Che's face showed great joy, and he accepted it without refusal.
Ji Shaohao's expression softened, as accepting his gift meant Li Che had taken on the task and would do his utmost to secure the slot.
Ji Shaohao left with a satisfied smile. Among the ten immortal artisans he had recruited in the Xuanxiao Heaven, he only truly favored Cang Che.
He wasn't really that keen on the other artisans.
This artisan, who had earned the praise of Great Immortal Zhao Yuan, was the only one who stood a chance against the divine sculptors from the Mystic Demon Lair and Black Mount Sumeru.
Ji Shaohao turned and left, returning to his own courtyard.
Meanwhile, Li Che casually fed the Dao Essence Crystal, which Ji Shaohao had given him, to the "Old Huang" meatball in the Purgatory City.
Old Huang’s meatball grew even larger, with the grand Dao energy surging within it...
The terrifying sword qi, restrained but not released, made Li Che feel a strange sense of unease.
The Divine Artisan Gathering was about to be held in the Doutian Palace City, a true grand event.
Gathering in the Doutian Palace City of Taasu Heaven were not only the divine sculptors who had come to participate in the gathering, but also wandering cultivators from various heavens and regions, as well as many ancient village divine sculptors sent to the Doutian Palace City for learning, with all their village resources poured into them.
These people were the ones who came to enjoy the spectacle and learn.
The wandering cultivators, all of whom had formidable cultivation, were at least at the Divine Being realm. How could they be wandering cultivators otherwise?
Some of the stronger cultivators among them even had the Dao-Cutting realm!
They were the type who spent all their resources as soon as they got them, not wanting to take a single penny home.
With all their resources invested in themselves, they were free from the limitations of their villages.
Doutian City was large enough that even with the dense influx of cultivators from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the city's operations were unaffected, and it even stimulated the city's economic prosperity.
Many inns were fully booked, and many taverns were directly reserved, with the chefs’ spatulas sparking from the constant use.
When Ji Shaohao generously led Li Che, Xixi, and Cang Yuan, among others, whom he favored, out to dine, he witnessed this bustling scene.
Li Che couldn’t help but be amazed.
The chefs in Doutian Palace City were indeed skilled, perhaps influenced by the alchemists of the Doutian Palace City.
Cooking and alchemy share a similar art.
Days passed in such leisurely times.
Whenever Ji Shaohao had free time, he would take Li Che, Xixi, and others out to dine, and this young emperor’s enthusiasm for dining out broadened Li Che’s horizons.
He was truly a dining-out emperor!
Because cultivation was impossible in Doutian City—after all, one needed the Fireproof Pill, which was expensive and not worth wasting resources on just for cultivation in Doutian City—everyone focused on improving their divine sculpture techniques.
Li Che, however, had no such worries. He replicated a large quantity of Fireproof Pills, giving many to Xixi so that the little girl could ignore the threat of the Earth Vein Fire and continue her cultivation.
If one could overcome the fire poison in Doutian Palace City, it would be a paradise for cultivation!
After all, the Dao Essence Crystals used as sculpting materials, and the bricks and stones on the ground, were all made of divine essence...
One could say that the entire Doutian City was enveloped in a vast, mist-like divine essence storm.
The Heaven and Earth Chessboard suddenly rose into the sky, expanding and covering the courtyard where Li Che was staying.
"Sir, are you going to cultivate?" Cang Yuan looked at Li Che, who was sitting cross-legged and entering a meditative state, with a puzzled expression.
Li Che glanced at him and directly took out a hundred Fireproof Pills for Cang Yuan. "You should practice too."
Xixi had already excitedly taken a hundred Fireproof Pills from Li Che.
Xixi was overjoyed, taking the Fireproof Pills while cultivating in the courtyard.
The divine essence in the courtyard surged like a storm, rapidly enveloping her body.
Li Che, through the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, blocked out his perception. When the divine essence in the courtyard was completely absorbed, he would slowly release it, drawing in more from the outside to fill the courtyard, trying not to cause too much commotion.
Li Che also entered a state of cultivation.
He didn’t even need the Fireproof Pills. Mastering the Primordial Fire Tribulation, he was even quite interested in the Earth Vein Fire beneath Doutian Palace City.
He even considered trying to draw it in, but thinking of the consequences, he decided against it.
"Within this Doutian Palace City... there are so many powerful beings!"
After deploying the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, Li Che kept it minimized above the courtyard, afraid of being noticed by the powerful beings.
Even in his vague perception, he sensed no shortage of the fluctuations of the essence of heaven and earth.
Each essence of heaven and earth indicated a Nirvana Celestial King!
In addition, the life and death aura from the Nine Nether Life and Death Path made his Netherworld Dao Fruit throb.
The number of Nirvana beings in Doutian Palace City likely reached double digits, with some at the Nirvana Celestial King and Quasi-Celestial King levels!
Of course, the most important was the Eternal!
Since entering Doutian Palace City, Li Che had been extremely cautious. After all, the Eternal Lord was at the Heaven Eternal level, extremely powerful and terrifying.
He was an existence above Earth Eternal, and Li Che, in his current state, was far inferior.
Even with the ultimate technique of the Dao Body of Heaven and Earth, Li Che wasn’t confident it could withstand a Heaven Eternal.
However, he hadn’t sensed the presence of the Eternal Lord.
With an aura as elusive as that of the Qitian Temple Deity, it was incredibly difficult to sense.
The Eternal Lord was similarly imperceptible.
Li Che had once curiously asked Ji Shaohao about this.
"The Eternal Lord is suppressing that demon monkey..."
"The Prison Lotus Demon Monkey is no ordinary being. During the First Divine Tide, this monkey displayed strength on par with a Heaven Eternal. That Ruyi Golden Band Staff of his even killed an Earth Eternal and nearly teamed up with the Prison Lotus Daughter to overthrow the Dark Heavenly Court."
Ji Shaohao explained.
"During the First Divine Tide, besides the Prison Lotus Daughter, this demon monkey was the most ferocious. The Third Prince came next..."
"As for that True Lord Three-Eyed Erlang, he lives up to his name of barely defeating True Lords. He can fight anyone to a stalemate, but he causes the least carnage among the Prison Lotus Deities."
In the courtyard.
Air currents crashed and roared as Li Che sat cross-legged on the ground. His jet-black, robust hair danced wildly, and in his eyes, the two-colored rivers of the Dao twisted together like braids, surging and flowing.
Suddenly.
Li Che's eyes flickered, and the immortal light in them began to calm down.
He slowly exhaled, causing Cang Yuan and Xixi, who were cultivating, to stop their practice.
Li Che inhaled deeply, absorbing all the cultivation aura in the courtyard.
He stood up and opened the courtyard gate.
Outside the gate stood Ji Shaohao, dressed in a white robe, his black hair gleaming with divine light, his appearance handsome and radiant, as if he were glowing.
Seeing Li Che, Ji Shaohao immediately smiled warmly.
His gaze swept over the courtyard, noticing the scattered wood shavings and the divine sculptures that were halfway through, causing the divine energy to surge. His smile grew even wider.
He truly admired such diligent and ambitious Divine Sculptors.
As for the other nine Divine Sculptors from the Mystic Sky Heaven, they were all just interested in eating and drinking, which Ji Shaohao found quite unsatisfactory.
"Little Emperor, are you going to dine out again today?"
"Not today... The Divine Artisan Gathering is approaching, and I need to focus on improving my divine sculpting skills."
Li Che's face showed a hint of wryness.
Ji Shaohao laughed and waved his hand. He wasn't the type who liked to dine out every day; he would occasionally take a break.
"Actually, Cang Che, you've misunderstood. The Third Disciple of the Eternal Lord, King Golden Crane, is hosting a pre-gathering banquet at the Doutian Palace. He wants us to bring our most promising Divine Sculptors to make a good impression."
"I plan to take you there to leave a good impression on King Golden Crane."
Ji Shaohao said with a smile.
Li Che's mouth twitched... What was the difference between this and dining out?
"Fu Shaoxi, Shi Shaokai, and the Young Emperors of the Three Great Holy Villages will also bring their most promising Divine Sculptors to the banquet. This time... there might be a clash of divine sculpting skills in advance. Cang Che, don't let me down."
Ji Shaohao's expression turned serious.
As he finished speaking, Ji Shaohao lightly waved his sleeve, and a brilliant eight-leaf Dao Essence Crystal appeared.
"If Cang Che can make me proud at this banquet and outshine the Divine Sculptors under the Young Emperors of the Holy Villages, I will gift this eight-leaf Dao Essence Crystal to you!"
Ji Shaohao gritted his teeth, making a significant sacrifice!
This was an eight-leaf Dao Essence Crystal!
Even for a Young Emperor like Ji Shaohao, such resources were extremely rare!
It was a true top-tier resource!
Hearing this, Li Che took a deep breath, and the words of refusal he was about to say died in his throat.
Ji Shaohao was indeed wealthy and generous, offering too much!
An eight-leaf Dao Essence Crystal...
If given to Xixi for cultivation, it might allow her to rapidly advance her cultivation!
As long as Xixi's cultivation improved quickly, it could suppress the Prison Lotus curse...
So, Li Che was completely moved!
"Ji Shaohao! Rest assured, I will fight to the death to bring you glory!"
Ji Shaohao laughed heartily.
Then, he took Li Che's hand and led him out of the courtyard.
Of course, Li Che didn't forget to bring Xixi. There would surely be good things at this banquet, and Xixi would benefit greatly from it, helping her to advance in cultivation.
In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, resources were hard to come by, so they should take every opportunity to get what they could.
The father and daughter followed Ji Shaohao out of the courtyard of the Dark Heavenly Court.
They boarded an extremely luxurious dragon-drawn carriage, which traveled along the broad avenue of the Doutian Palace, where crimson flames cascaded like waterfalls on both sides of the road.
Soon, the carriage stopped in front of an extremely luxurious pavilion.
This pavilion was resplendent and magnificent, with jade-green tiles and carved beams. Divine light swirled around, and each tile was made of divine essence crystal, with intricate patterns carved by Immortal Artisans.
"The Drunk Eight Trigrams Treasure Pavilion!"
Li Che had heard of this treasure pavilion, the most luxurious place in the Doutian Palace.
Even when dining out, Ji Shaohao had never brought them here before.
Below the pavilion.
Luxurious carriages met.
Fu Shaoxi and Shi Shaokai stepped out of their luxurious carriages, each followed by a Divine Sculptor.
Their gazes naturally locked onto each other.
Li Che quietly followed Ji Shaohao.
However, before the three Young Emperors could clash, their expressions suddenly changed.
They abruptly turned their heads, looking deep into the Doutian Palace.
Boom—!!!
A terrifying explosion erupted!
A powerful and fearsome ape's roar pierced the air, breaking through the barriers as if lifting the lid off a pill furnace!
A golden staff, radiating tens of millions of lights!
Even Li Che was shaken to his core, staring in disbelief!
What?!
Could this be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven...
Escaping?!
(End of Chapter)
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