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Chapter 61: Woodcarving Master, Three Immortals Riding a Bull, and the Suspended Thought Sword
Chapter 61: Woodcarving Master, Three Immortals Riding a Bull, and the Suspended Thought Sword
The falling snow floated, chilling to the bone.
But Li Che's heart was filled with fiery excitement.
The fourth Dao Fruit's effect could be simply understood as a form of surveillance, ensuring his daughter's safety.
As long as the Divine Essence Chess Piece, condensed with his divine essence, remained by Xi Xi's side, he could appear at her side in the quickest manner should she encounter any danger.
For an old father like him, such a Dao Fruit was the most reassuring.
In Thunder City, the threat posed by the Spirit Infancy Sect had not yet dissipated.
Instead, it seemed to be intensifying, and Li Che was well aware of the intricate entanglements between the Spirit Infancy Sect and the City Lord's Mansion.
"Spirit Infancy Sect..."
Li Che's eyes narrowed, holding a white chess piece condensed with his divine essence.
This scourge, he wondered, when would it be possible to eliminate it?
"Is Elder Li currently investigating the Spirit Infancy Sect's headquarters? I wonder if he has made any progress."
"If we can eliminate the Spirit Infancy Sect, it will undoubtedly be a great blessing for Thunder City. Parents with children will be able to sleep more soundly at night."
Li Che exhaled.
Inside the workshop, he continued to study the Chess Sage Dao Fruit.
After condensing three white Divine Essence Chess Pieces, he couldn't condense any more, indicating that three pieces were his current limit.
"Only three pieces... One for Xi Xi and one for my wife, that should be enough."
"When the Chess Sage Dao Fruit reaches a higher level of maturity, the number of condensed chess pieces will also increase accordingly."
Li Che pondered.
With a thought, a flowing light appeared before his eyes.
...
[Name: Li Che]
[Bond: Li Nuoxi (Daughter)]
[Dao Fruits: Immortal Art (Lv. 3, 10%), Lion Elephant Vajra (Lv. 2, 49%), Pure Heart (Lv. 1, 20%), Chess Sage (Lv. 1, 1%)]
[Initial Divine Skill: Immortal Art · Thousand Analyzing Hands]
...
Seeing the overall improvement on the panel, Li Che couldn't help but smile.
"Once I break through to the Pulse Connection realm in my martial cultivation, I should be able to raise the maturity of the Lion Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit to 50%. Unfortunately, compared to the Immortal Art, reaching Lv. 3 in Lion Elephant Vajra is indeed much more challenging."
Stretching lazily, Li Che felt more and more hopeful about the future.
"Currently, what I lack the most are divine secret techniques. They are the primary means of combat for divine essence cultivators. The divine martial art I obtained from Guo Zhan, a blood exchange expert sent by Si Mu Bai, is barely usable."
The divine martial art Li Che acquired after killing Guo Zhan, titled 'Wrathful Cry Hundred Ghosts Thunder Arrow', was not a divine secret technique but a divine martial art.
It couldn't compare to Si Mu Bai's secret technique, which merged with the rain, making it impossible to predict his movements.
Unfortunately, Li Che didn't find this secret technique among Si Mu Bai's gifts.
However, after cultivating the Crying Wrath divine essence, Li Che was able to cultivate the divine martial art.
He had now reached a level of minor success.
Divine martial arts were more challenging to cultivate than qi-infused martial arts, as they required a higher level of divine essence mastery. Therefore, Li Che's progress was slower.
Li Che suppressed his spiritual energy, completely concealing his divine essence, while releasing his qi-blood to the level of Bone Tempering Perfection.
"Three years from beginner to Bone Tempering Perfection... That's not too exaggerated."
Li Che smiled.
At least, it wasn't as exaggerated as his hidden cultivation level.
He picked up a piece of wood from the courtyard and, using his inner strength, dried it before starting to carve.
After reaching Lv. 3 in Immortal Art, Li Che's woodcarving skills had improved significantly. Now, he had reached the level of a woodcarving master, capable of infusing divine essence into his carvings!
Li Che focused intently, and his chisel flowed smoothly, sending wood shavings flying. The flowing, silky lines carved out a 'Six-Armed Bodhisattva Crying Lotus Statue.'
The divine essence in the world seemed to be slowly drawn and attached to the wooden sculpture.
After completing the carving, Li Che used his inner strength to cleanse it, finishing the final step and storing it in the Infinite Space of the Pure Heart.
This thing... Li Che was keeping it for himself, to be used when cultivating the Crying Wrath divine essence, just as Si Mu Bai had done.
According to the cultivation methods recorded in the 'Nine Stars Crying Wrath Spirit Nurturing Scroll,' divine essence could be cultivated by absorbing it from the world or extracting it through woodcarvings, stone sculptures, paintings, and other objects imbued with divine essence.
However, most of these objects were woodcarvings, as many types of wood were naturally divine, like spirit wood.
Li Qing Shan once mentioned in a casual conversation with Li Che that even the Eternal Origin Divine Sect's headquarters had a dedicated 'Woodcarving Ridge' to recruit woodcarving masters.
The divine woodcarvings required by the sect's disciples were mostly crafted by these masters.
After completing his daily carving, Li Che spent some time studying the 'Bodhimanda Blood Tears,' the seventh-ranked mechanism in the 'Tang Clan's Mechanism Compendium.' Although this mechanism was challenging, Li Che was close to completing it.
Looking up at the sky, Li Che returned to the workshop's courtyard and took out the birthday gift he had prepared for Xi Xi.
The handmade wobbly cart, which was not a challenge for Li Che at his current skill level, would surely bring Xi Xi joy.
He secretly played with the wobbly cart in the courtyard.
Xi Xi was three years old, and Li Che was now a twenty-two-year-old Spirit Child...
A twenty-two-year-old Spirit Child playing with a wobbly cart shouldn't be a problem, right? After playing to his heart's content, Li Che carried the wobbly cart and left the independent workshop.
First, he went to the Golden Radiance Pavilion and ordered a table of fine wine and dishes. He asked the waiter to pack it up and deliver it to his family's courtyard in the Inner City.
Li Che's family had completely moved into the Inner City. With his abundant wealth, Li Che had purchased a courtyard with two entrances.
Even Old Chen had moved in with them.
Old Chen had originally lived in the Outer City for the peace and quiet, but now that Xi Xi had moved to the Inner City, he couldn't bear to be apart from her and decided to join them.
After ordering Xi Xi's birthday banquet, Li Che went to the Xu Family Divine Academy to pick up Xi Xi after her classes.
...
...
"Daddy, what's this?"
Xi Xi, held in Li Che's arms, wrapped her arm around his neck, her big eyes full of curiosity as she looked at the wobbly cart that Li Che was holding with one hand.
"Daddy made this as a birthday gift for Xi Xi. Come and play with it."
Li Che directly taught Xi Xi how to use it.
Behind them, Big Head Lu Chi widened his eyes and stretched his neck, watching Xi Xi happily wobbling on the cart. He couldn't help but feel a bit envious and eager to give it a try.
"Brother Lu Chi, do you want to try?" Xi Xi smiled, her dimples showing.
At that moment, Lu Chi felt that Xi Xi was like a celestial fairy.
However, sensing Li Che's deep and hellish gaze, like that of an Ox Demon, Lu Chi could only scratch his head and say, "I'm a big kid now. I don't play with such childish toys!"
Saying this, Lu Chi turned his head away, struggling to hold back tears of envy.
Xu You, dressed in a refined white shirt, followed behind with a gentle demeanor, but his eyebrows were filled with worry.
"Ah Che, after celebrating Xi Xi's birthday, I'm afraid I'll be busy again. The mysterious temple outside the city has caused another riot, and evil creatures are wreaking havoc. Many villages have been affected. The Xu, An, and Yang families from the Inner City have formed a team to clean up the mess, and I've been assigned to go out and participate in the cleanup mission."
Xu You said with a bitter smile.
Hearing this, Li Che frowned, "You're a direct descendant, why are you being sent on such a dangerous mission? Aren't the Yang and An families sending their younger branches to lead the teams?"
Xu You shook his head helplessly, "I'm used to it..."
"It's a good opportunity for some training."
Xu You's personality was indeed too gentle, always yielding and never asserting himself.
"You should stand up for yourself. As a direct descendant, you should claim the rights that are rightfully yours." Li Che advised.
Xu You nodded repeatedly with a gentle smile.
Li Che didn't say more. He raised his hand and patted Xu You's shoulder, and a 'Chess Piece' formed by the Pure Heart Divinity silently entered Xu You's body.
Xu You didn't even notice the anomaly and continued chatting and laughing with Xi Xi.
Night fell.
In the courtyard, the moonlight was cool.
After getting Old Chen drunk, who kept insisting he wasn't, Li Che bid farewell to his elder uncle's eldest son, who had come to celebrate Xi Xi's third birthday. He sat down under the eaves with Xu You.
They boiled water in a brazier, and green tea leaves danced in the bubbling water.
A cup of tea after drinking is a joy comparable to that of a deity.
Xu You held the green tea, roughly brewed by Li Che, and discussed Xi Xi's safety on her way to the Divine Academy.
"I've asked Mu Po Po to personally pick up Xi Xi at the entrance. She's an elder at the Divine Academy and can be trusted. When you go to pick up Xi Xi, she will also send Xi Xi and Lu Chi out of the academy..."
With the threat of the Spirit Infancy Sect still looming, Xu You dared not be careless. He was extremely concerned about Xi Xi's safety.
Li Che drank the hot tea and smiled, nodding. He stood up, pretending to go inside, and when he returned, he was holding a half-meter-tall statue.
"Old Xu."
"Take this 'Three Immortals Riding a Bull, Suspensive Thought Sword Statue'."
Xu You was startled.
Instinctively, he put down his teacup and took the wooden sculpture.
As soon as he touched the statue, he felt the Divine Essence of the Suspended Thought Flowing Sword within him slightly boiling.
This wooden sculpture... had such a strong Divine Essence! Xu You looked at Li Che in surprise and disbelief.
"Old Li, have you become a master woodcarver?"
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