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Chapter 71: The Temple Deity's Head and Xu Family's Divine Child
Chapter 71: The Temple Deity's Head and Xu Family's Divine Child
The snowflakes were instantly shredded, exploding into powder.
Li Qingshan, wearing a cat mask, emerged from the strange temple with a hunched back.
He leaped onto a lush green pine tree, standing straight as a spear.
Beneath the black cat mask, his eyes shone with a faint light.
"Li Che, focusing his mind and spirit, has been observing for two hours. I hope he can endure and not be harmed by the temple deity's divine nature..." Li Qingshan muttered.
Then, he turned to look into the distance and saw a figure in a white robe and a white mask walking slowly through the snowy forest, with his hair blowing in the wind.
On the smooth and flawless white mask, there were no facial features.
The man had several statues hanging from his waist, each the size of a palm, carved with images of children, some reverent, others crying, each with unique expressions, lifelike and vivid.
However, few possessed divine nature, obviously not the work of a master's hands.
"You've appeared again..."
"After several encounters, are you seeking another battle with me today?" the white-faced man said, his voice slightly hoarse.
Li Qingshan narrowed his eyes, staring at the wooden carvings hanging from the man's waist: "Temple deity worship... Are you really daring enough?"
The man sighed lightly and shook his head: "It's just a desperate attempt in a hopeless situation... If you were in my position, wouldn't you do the same?"
"After all, we are just humble cultivators from the countryside, not the talented ones from the Divine Sects with abundant resources, nor the divine warriors of the Grand Scene Temple supported by the imperial martial arts treasury. Everything we have... we must fight for ourselves."
"Sacrifices... are also a gamble."
Li Qingshan shook his head, not saying more.
Everyone who does evil has their own reasons, and outsiders cannot sway their thoughts.
"Come on, although most of my divine nature has not left the mountain, I'll play with you."
Boom! Countless snowflakes exploded from the snow, and Li Qingshan's surroundings were enveloped in divine nature. Behind the white-faced man, a disc-like divine foundation rose.
The two clashed.
Li Qingshan intentionally veered off the battlefield, heading towards the depths of the forest.
...
...
Inside the strange temple, the candlelight flickered incessantly.
Li Che's heart pounded; this was the boldest thing he had done so far.
Even bolder than when he first made the decision to kill.
However, his impulse wasn't impulsive, as he had the "Thunderbolt Chess Sage." If he sensed something amiss, he could activate his Dao fruit and teleport to the chess piece anchor point within the city.
Li Qingshan had mentioned that the temple deity of a ten capital strange temple was equivalent to the divine foundation realm, far surpassing ordinary divine foundation cultivators.
But now, Li Che believed that a divine foundation-level existence shouldn't be able to block his Dao fruit ability.
With this thought, Li Che's eyes burned with determination.
His fingers opened and closed, gradually lowering onto the "Three-Eyed Wrathful Celestial Divine Child Statue" with its angry expression.
In an instant, an extremely hot sensation spread from his palm, as if he were grasping not a statue but a red-hot iron rod forged through countless hammerings!
Li Che's eyebrows furrowed, his mind filled with caution.
His arm glowed with a jade-like hue, shrouded in mist.
The embryonic form of his divine ability, Thousand Analysis Hand! Vaguely, strands of divine nature seemed to be drawn out from the temple deity sculpture, beginning to condense into the shape of a chess piece.
However...
Compared to the divine nature chess piece he had condensed from the deceased Zhao Xuan Hai, this was far more challenging.
It was like...
Pulling out a deeply buried wooden branch from the ground, its roots entangled underground, making it extremely difficult to pull out.
Nevertheless, despite the difficulty, Li Che remained patient, slowly... bit by bit, he tugged.
It was as if he was engaged in a tug-of-war with the slumbering temple deity.
A thick and resilient divine nature seemed to be extracted from the deity statue, gathering at the tip of Thousand Analysis Hand.
In Li Che's consciousness, two hours seemed to pass in a flash.
As the sky gradually darkened, Li Che immediately released his hand.
He retreated, jumping down from the altar.
Inside the strange temple, the candlelight flickered, and the wooden statues were brushed with red paint, as if watching him strangely.
Li Che, however, was unaware, his heart stirred, and he raised his hand.
A jade-like glow spread, and half a chess piece... appeared in the palm of his hand.
The chess piece was condensed from extremely dark divine nature, only half of it.
But the strength of this divine nature surprised Li Che; it was even more robust and terrifying than the divine foundation fragment he had obtained from the Shi Family Patriarch.
He narrowed his eyes, raised his hand, and his Pure Heart Dao fruit throbbed...
In the next moment, he expelled his pure divine nature, forming a white chess piece.
As his divine nature cultivation increased, the number of pure divine nature chess pieces he could condense also grew.
Li Che hid the divine nature chess piece under the altar as a coordinate anchor point.
Now that he could confirm drawing divine nature from the temple deity...
He naturally needed to find opportunities to visit and extract more.
First, he set an anchor, making future trips easier.
The sky was darkening, and Li Qingshan still hadn't arrived.
Li Che didn't wait any longer.
He turned to look at the Three-Eyed Divine Child Temple Deity sitting high on the altar, then with a sudden burst of strength, his body shot out, blasting towards the exit of the strange temple.
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Upon returning to the Inner City, Li Che removed his disguise, storing his mask, clothes, and other items in the Heaven-Earth Space.
Afterward, he ordered some wine and dishes from the Golden Radiance Pavilion and headed back to his courtyard.
His wife, Zhang Ya, was diligently practicing martial arts in the courtyard, standing in a horse stance. Ever since Li Che taught her martial arts, she had been diligently training every day, knowing that she started late and wanting to catch up to her husband through hard work.
"Husband," Zhang Ya called out, wearing a practice outfit that accentuated her slender waist and curvaceous figure.
A smile immediately appeared on Li Che's lips as he walked up to Zhang Ya and embraced her from behind. "Wife, do you need me to teach you some boxing techniques?"
Zhang Ya's face turned slightly red.
Old Chen, who had been sitting under the eaves drinking gourd wine, finally couldn't bear the lovey-dovey display. "Ahem, ahem, Li Che, I'm still here!"
"Can you two please not show off your affection in front of an old man?" Old Chen held up his gourd, annoyed.
"Oh, you're still here? I thought you'd gone for a walk," Li Che said, feigning surprise.
If you just change your position, you won't be able to see us, Old Chen thought, feeling indignant. This place is unbearable! Li Che is no longer as honest as he used to be! Old Chen, seething with anger, held his gourd and prepared to leave home.
"Old Chen, on your way, could you pick up Xixi and Lu Datou from the Divine Cultivation Academy?" Li Che asked with a faint smile.
Old Chen became even more annoyed. Oh, this is unbearable!
Nevertheless, Old Chen went to the Divine Cultivation Academy, picked up Xixi and Lu Chi, and left with Xixi in his arms, his face filled with smiles and indulgence. His thoughts of leaving home faded.
Li Che might be unfilial, but Old Chen had Xixi.
The next day, after Li Che sent Xixi and Lu Chi to the Divine Cultivation Academy, he went to the Independent Workshop.
Having reached the Qi Pulse stage in his martial arts cultivation, Li Che followed the standard practice of cultivating and transporting qi and blood within his body, nourishing the five organs, circulating the Minor Heavenly Cycle, and accumulating and strengthening his inner qi. This was the primary focus of cultivation at this stage.
It was a tedious and time-consuming process.
Li Che's cultivation of his divine nature had not been neglected either. He cultivated the Wrathful Maitreya's divine nature, refining Zhao Xuanhai's divine chess piece. It must be said that Li Che's cultivation of his divine nature progressed at an incredibly rapid pace.
The divine nature stream within his Niwan Palace was steadily growing stronger.
After completing a series of daily cultivation exercises, Li Che put on his bamboo hat and cute bull mask, transforming into the Ox Demon. With his mind focused, he activated the Wrathful Maitreya's Dao Fruit, observing the situation in the Strange Temple through the altar below. Only then did he initiate the teleportation of the Thunderbolt Chess Sage.
Li Che clenched his fist, grasping a white chess piece.
In an instant, his figure appeared within the dimly lit "Three-Eyed Wrathful Celestial Divine Child Strange Temple."
The temple was extremely quiet, filled with the pungent smell of candle smoke.
Li Che rubbed his hands and gracefully stepped onto the altar, beginning to absorb the divine nature from the temple deity.
It usually took about two hours to absorb half of a divine chess piece.
It would take two days to condense a complete chess piece.
This efficiency was vastly different from when he absorbed Zhao Xuanhai's divine nature, which was like night and day.
Time passed.
Ten days went by like sand slipping through one's fingers.
Li Che had not even considered carving the wooden sculpture he had promised Young Master Zhang Qingyuan.
Knowing the purpose of the City Lord's Mansion in summoning woodcarving masters, Li Che decided against carving the sculpture.
In the Strange Temple, Li Che skillfully jumped onto the altar, staring at the "Three-Eyed Wrathful Celestial Divine Child Temple Deity," who seemed both angry and aggrieved.
"Old buddy, I'm here again..."
"I'm almost done refining Zhao Xuanhai's divine chess piece... My Wrathful Maitreya's divine nature has also barely reached the 'River of Cultivation' level. After this, I won't have Zhao Xuanhai's divine chess piece to refine."
"Fortunately, the temple deity's divine chess piece is also of the 'Wrathful Divinity' lineage..."
"I just don't know how much more of the temple deity's divine nature I can extract. Is it enough... for me to cast the divine foundation?"
Li Che revealed a dazzling smile, showing his white teeth.
He skillfully reached out to touch the head of the Divine Child Temple Deity, which was almost lacquered.
......
Layer upon layer of dark clouds piled up.
The oppressive atmosphere was filled with lightning snakes, swirling within.
Cold raindrops fell from the sky, smashing into a powder upon impact, covering the Inner City.
In the Xu Family residence within the Inner City.
Outside the Divine Cultivation Academy.
The lightning illuminated a series of tall, dark figures wearing black robes, bamboo hats, and child masks, silently crossing the rain.
"There are still two divine children in the Xu Family's Divine Cultivation Academy..."
"The old man from the Xu Family has already made a deal with the City Lord's Mansion... It's understood that they will turn a blind eye..."
One of the tall figures adjusted his bamboo hat.
"Haha? Two divine children? Since they're here... we should capture all the divine children from the Xu Family's Divine Cultivation Academy."
"Act quickly, capture and take them directly to the City Lord's Mansion."
"Once this is done, our Yang Clan can organize our people to evacuate Thunderbolt City immediately."
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