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Chapter 84: Dao Fruit Transformation, Dragon Elephant Vajra - Ascending the Tower 【Seeking First Day
Chapter 84: Dao Fruit Transformation, Dragon Elephant Vajra - Ascending the Tower 【Seeking First Day Subscriptions!】
The winter rain drizzled, mingling with the cold snow, showing no signs of stopping.
The An Family's residence.
Silence as usual.
As one of the four most low-key aristocratic families among the three great families of Thunderstrike City, the An Family maintained a low profile. Whether it was the Divine Foundation Ancestor or the family's legitimate heir, An Ruosu, who was also known as one of the three young masters of Thunderstrike City, they all kept a low profile.
However, despite their low-key nature, few forces dared to overlook the An Family.
Rumor has it that the An Family's true firstborn son was highly regarded by the Divine Sect and brought to cultivate within the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect. He was extremely talented and followed the high-level cultivators of the Divine Sect, receiving great importance.
This was the true foundation of the An Family.
Having someone in the Divine Sect was no ordinary matter; it was a foundation that the Yang Family, Xu Family, and the former Shi Family could not compare to.
At this moment, in the An Family's residence, the An Family's old patriarch, the only Divine Foundation Cultivator in the family, sat cross-legged on a couch, his white hair and robe contrasting with the sudden change in the fiery furnace, which emitted warmth and dispersed the damp cold brought by the winter rain.
"Yang Jing and the Ox Demon... are fighting on the main street."
"Cultivating the Divine Foundation, what audacity."
The old patriarch of the An Family stroked his beard and said calmly.
"This Ox Demon is arrogant and violent, not following any reason at all. Fortunately... our An Family never agreed to the City Lord's request to capture spirit children from the Xu Family's Divine Cultivation Academy."
Under the An Family's old patriarch, An Ruosu, one of the three young masters of Thunderstrike City, frowned and said, "That Ox Demon has mysterious means and is skilled in mechanisms. Perhaps this is why he dares to challenge a Divine Foundation Cultivator?"
"The Tang Clan's mechanism family, renowned throughout Great Jing, didn't they rely on their mechanism techniques to fight beyond their rank?"
"This Ox Demon... could he be a remnant of the Tang Clan...?"
The old patriarch of the An Family looked at An Ruosu with a serious gaze, "Be cautious with your words."
"Don't casually bring up such topics. Be cautious and prudent, stable, and assess the situation. Being cautious in times of peace and prepared for danger is the key to the family's long-term prosperity."
"Regardless of who this Ox Demon is... don't provoke him. Our An Family cannot afford to offend this plague god."
The old patriarch of the An Family spoke solemnly.
"We have sent the spirit child the City Lord's Mansion requested. We won't get involved in the Thousand Buddha Carving Feast, and we have also handled family matters. In two days, or rather, tomorrow, our entire family will leave Thunderstrike City and head to Golden Radiance Prefecture to seek refuge with your older brother."
An Ruosu sighed, feeling a bit reluctant, but still nodded.
"Yes."
Suddenly, the old patriarch of the An Family, who was sitting elegantly on the couch, raised his eyebrows, and his gaze intensified.
Instantly, white smoke rose from his body, forming a vague human silhouette that drifted to the rooftop, resembling a figure emerging from a dream.
This was the An Family's Divine Nature, Hundred Turns Troubled Dream!
Whoosh!
The sound of gasping in surprise, the smoke that had drifted to the rooftop instantly returned to the old patriarch's head and re-entered his body.
The old patriarch shuddered, his face filled with worry, "Ox... Ox..."
"Old Yang... is gone..."
Upon hearing this, An Ruosu's entire body trembled.
What?!
The old patriarch of the An Family lifted his head, his expression growing more anxious, "This Ox Demon... what a demonic thing!"
"The Shi Family, the Yang Family... is the next target not our An Family?!"
"Too terrifying..."
"Can't wait for three days."
"Quickly inform the clan members, the day after tomorrow, no... tomorrow!"
"Tomorrow, the entire family will leave the city."
...
...
The cold rain accumulated on the brim of the straw hat, then overflowed and turned into a curtain of water, dripping ceaselessly.
Cao Qingyuan's eyes narrowed as he knocked on the door, his hand hanging in mid-air, frozen.
The air seemed to have become stagnant.
As Cao Qingyuan opened the door, he saw a gentle and refined face...
For a moment, Cao Qingyuan felt dizzy and his head spun.
Li Che... how could he be here?
Isn't he the Ox Demon?
Shouldn't he be fighting with Yang Jing on the main street, and then being killed by Yang Jing, the berserk Divine Foundation Cultivator? But why... is Li Che here?
He looked leisurely and refined, showing no signs of having fought for his life.
Could it be...
Did I guess wrong?!
Cao Qingyuan's head buzzed, and his previous certainty seemed like a joke at this moment.
Zhang Xiangyang, who was following behind Cao Qingyuan, also had a baffled expression.
No... how could the person who opened the door be Li Che?
According to the young city lord's guess, the likelihood of Li Che being the Ox Demon was as high as ninety percent! But since Li Che appeared here...
Then who was the Ox Demon fighting with Yang Jing?
Confusion, all guesses are in disarray...
"Master Li... hehe, are you at home?"
Cao Qingyuan quickly recovered and looked at Li Che with a somewhat forced smile.
Li Che was surprised and puzzled, "Young City Lord, what do you mean...? Now that even the Xu Family's Divine Cultivation Academy has been raided, I'm worried about my daughter's safety. Where else would I go but home?"
"I dare not wander around. I must stay by my daughter's side at all times..."
Cao Qingyuan smiled and said, "That's not necessary... Those evil people who raided the Xu Family's Divine Cultivation Academy have all been secretly killed. Master Li, you can rest assured."
"That won't do... That Ox Demon is still outside, so frightening..."
Li Che shook his head, his face filled with shock.
Cao Qingyuan hesitated.
Something felt off...
Very strange!
His gaze lifted, and he looked towards the courtyard, where he spotted Xixi sitting under the eaves, riding a tricycle.
"I wonder what brings the Young City Lord here today?" Li Che asked bluntly.
Cao Qingyuan's gaze fell on Li Che, "Regarding the commission I entrusted to Master Li some time ago... I wonder if Master Li has started carving yet?"
"My father greatly admires Master Li, so..."
However, Li Che shook his head apologetically, took out a gold leaf, and returned it to Cao Qingyuan.
"I'm sorry, Young City Lord. I won't take on this wood carving task. I haven't started carving yet. My daughter encountered great evil and almost got kidnapped. My heart... can't settle down to carve, and the carvings I make won't be perfect. I can't accept imperfect work, so..."
"I'm sorry, Young City Lord, but please convey this to the City Lord on my behalf. I truly feel ashamed for letting down the City Lord's trust."
Cao Qingyuan's expression instantly turned cold.
"Master Li, this is a bit too much, isn't it?"
"After all this time, you accepted the commission. With your master craftsmanship, you could have completed the wood carving long ago. My father said he doesn't require a divine nature carving, just your master craftsmanship. It's not like a divine nature carving is beyond your abilities..."
"The difficulty isn't that great, it's just a simple task. Master Li, are you looking down on our City Lord's Mansion and not giving us any face?"
"Or perhaps, Master Li has been busy with other matters these days... and doesn't have time to carve the wood sculpture?"
The atmosphere suddenly turned tense, and the falling rain and snow seemed to be infused with the divine foundation nature emanating from Cao Qingyuan, becoming extremely sharp.
"Or perhaps..."
"Master Li, you are that..."
"Ox Demon!"
Cao Qingyuan's mouth opened, his voice booming like thunder, reverberating in their ears.
However, Li Che was not intimidated by this. His face filled with fear, he said, "Young City Lord, this is slander... you are slandering me!"
"Zhang Shenbu!"
But Cao Qingyuan remained cold-faced.
The rain suddenly seemed to freeze in place.
Behind him, the unique divine catcher Zhang Xiangyang, his face stiffened, took a deep breath, and stepped forward.
"【Fear Tracing Light】 seeks out the fear within, and I want to see if Master Li has truly been afraid of the Ox Demon these days, worrying about his daughter's safety!"
Zhang Xiangyang, wearing a straw hat, suddenly raised his head. His rugged face, with its flying beard, glared at Li Che. His eyes seemed to emit a faint blue light.
He stared at Li Che, and a river-like divinity surged out from his body!
【Fear Tracing Light】!
It was going to trace back certain fragments from Li Che's body!
Li Che frowned.
This Cao Qingyuan was too aggressive, making him want to...
Put on a mask!
However, just as he was about to make a move, a raindrop suddenly shot out from the courtyard with a whistling sound.
It smashed into Zhang Xiangyang's dissipating divinity with a loud crack.
Zhang Xiangyang's body shook, and his straw hat split in half from the center, propelled by the shooting raindrop. The powerful force caused Zhang Xiangyang to fall directly onto the alley's stone pavement, which was covered in rainwater.
A powerful surge of qi and blood slowly dissipated into the raindrop.
Zhang Xiangyang's face turned pale. He felt like he had just taken a stroll at the gates of the Underworld.
If that raindrop had intended to kill him, it could have instantly pierced through his head and divinity, leaving him thoroughly stunned.
"Who?!"
Cao Qingyuan's eyes narrowed.
He abruptly turned to look at the courtyard behind Li Che.
Only then did Cao Qingyuan notice the old man in blue sitting under the eaves, with a wooden chessboard in front of him, holding a black chess piece as he pondered deeply.
"The City Lord's Mansion is so domineering, casually using their divinity to pry into others' privacy. Don't you know that using 【Fear Tracing Light】 can have negative effects on a person's mental state?"
The old man glanced at Cao Qingyuan, causing Cao Qingyuan's hairs to stand on end.
Just one glance from him made Cao Qingyuan feel a sense of impending death.
It was as if he was facing some great terror.
"Who might you be..."
Cao Qingyuan released his grip on the sword hilt and asked with a respectful fist, his attitude softening slightly.
Whoosh...
Suddenly, a sound of breaking through the air rang out.
A tall figure appeared beside Cao Qingyuan. The newcomer wore a black and red official robe, his face gentle and elegant, adorned with a handsome beard. He smiled as he looked towards the old man sitting across the chessboard in the courtyard.
"Father..." Cao Qingyuan said respectfully.
"It's the Divine Sect's senior... Please forgive this junior's offense, senior."
City Lord Cao Guang, however, ignored Cao Qingyuan and continued to stare deeply at the old man under the eaves.
Li Qingshan held a chess piece, his gaze fixed on the chessboard.
Cao Guang seemed to be ignored, but he didn't seem to mind, as if it were a normal occurrence.
He still smiled as he looked at Li Che.
"Master Li... truly unwilling to carve for this official?"
"Unwilling to carve unless it's a divine nature wood sculpture?"
Li Che looked at City Lord Cao Guang, feeling an extremely strong sense of pressure for the first time, especially...
【Chess Sage】
In the Dao Fruit, the black chess pieces, each imbued with the divinity of the Temple Deity, seemed to tremble, causing them to move restlessly as if the chessboard itself was shaking.
"During these days, I've been worried about my daughter's safety, and my heart is still racing. I truly have no energy to focus on carving, City Lord, please forgive me."
Li Che bowed respectfully, neither servile nor arrogant.
"Okay, okay, Master Li is indeed a good father..."
"If Master Li is unwilling, then let's drop the matter..."
"As for the young one's speculation, Master Li, please don't take it to heart. How could the refined and gentle Master Li possibly be the cruel and ruthless Ox Demon who kills without hesitation?"
City Lord Cao Guang shook his head with a smile.
Then, he turned his gaze to the old man under the eaves.
"Senior, you must be from the Divine Sect, and you're probably here to test the divine children, right? May I ask which esteemed senior of the Divine Sect you are?"
Cao Guang inquired.
The old man with a black go stone in his hand gently placed it on the chessboard.
"City Lord Cao has quite an appetite for information, and you are indeed qualified to know my name..."
"I, from the Heavenly Origin Branch Sect..."
"Li Qingshan."
Upon hearing this, Cao Guang froze for a moment. In the next instant, his pupils suddenly contracted.
Li Qingshan?!
It was him! The martial artist with the cat mask who had reached the Grandmaster realm in physical cultivation, and whom he had encountered several times before.
In Cao Guang's narrowed eyes, a sense of tension and urgency suddenly surged...
"So it's Senior Li, the renowned Li Qingshan... Who in the martial world doesn't know of your name?"
"I bid you farewell."
After saying this, Cao Guang quickly pulled Cao Qingyuan, and they both vanished.
Only Zhang Xiangyang, the last Divine Catcher, remained lying on the wet ground, drenched by the rain and feeling utterly helpless.
Zhang Xiangyang struggled to get up, only to meet Li Che's deep gaze.
It seemed...
to be filled with greed and desire.
Zhang Xiangyang hurriedly crawled and ran away through the rain.
With his back to Li Che...
Zhang Xiangyang's hair stood on end, and a familiar feeling surged through him, reminiscent of when Zhou Ruoguan was killed, and he had frantically fled.
The feeling that his head could be smashed at any moment!
Li Che... must be the Ox Demon!
He must be!
Li Che regretfully withdrew his gaze, but then looked at Li Qingshan under the eaves with a hint of surprise.
Li Che could clearly sense City Lord Cao Guang's reaction.
"Li Qingshan..."
"Is he famous?"
Li Che muttered to himself.
While Li Che was surprised by Li Qingshan, Li Qingshan himself was also taken aback.
He was surprised that... Li Che had killed the Divine Foundation Cultivator from the Yang Clan!
Cultivating and killing a Divine Foundation Cultivator...
Disregarding the rank difference?!
How could Li Che have achieved this? His cultivated divinity rank wasn't high, and it wasn't a Four Sovereign Divinity like the 【Wrathful Prince】 cultivated by Lu Chi.
Most importantly...
After Li Che killed Yang Jing, when did he return to the study? When Li Che emerged from the study with his usual refined demeanor, Li Qingshan was startled, thinking that the Ox Demon might be someone else.
But after careful consideration, he could only attribute it to Li Che's ability to conceal his Qi and blood, allowing him to evade the Divine Foundation Cultivator's perception. Such a skill was indeed extraordinary.
"How did you manage to do it?"
Li Qingshan asked, of course, referring to how Li Che had killed the Divine Foundation Cultivator.
Li Che smiled gently and spread his hands.
He was honest but didn't reveal everything.
"A mechanism."
...
...
After Li Qingshan left, Li Che comforted his worried wife, Zhang Ya, and then returned to the study.
The Dao Fruit 【Chess Sage】 slightly vibrated, expanding its chessboard network to cover the surroundings, ensuring no powerful cultivators were spying. Once everything was secure...
Li Che sat on the wooden chair, his whole body relaxed, and he exhaled a long breath.
Inside the room, the charcoal stove quietly burned, releasing warmth that dispelled the chilly air.
Li Che's entire body seemed to resonate with a sense of relief.
The battle with the Divine Foundation Cultivator was exhilarating!
"The Divine Foundation Cultivator was indeed strong, with the fusion of two divinities, but it was still no match for the Divine Foundation Realm. However, the power of the 【Bodhi Blood Tears】 far exceeded my imagination, with its penetration, explosiveness, and lethality far surpassing the Wooden Crows!"
"It seems the 【Immortal Artisan Barrett】 has great potential..."
Li Che smiled.
But what truly stirred his emotions was...
His heart stirred.
A prompt appeared like a flowing light.
【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV2, 97%)】
"High-pressure stimulation greatly accelerates the maturation of the 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】. Only 3% left to go."
Li Che's eyes sparkled.
Without any hesitation, he utilized the complementary nature of the Dao Fruits, transferring the divinity from the 【Pure Heart】 Dao Fruit to the 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】, filling up the Dao Fruit. The next moment, Li Che felt his blood boiling beneath his skin.
Before his eyes, golden light suddenly flashed!
【Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV3, 0%)】
【Dao Fruit LV3, Evolve further, obtain Incipient Divine Ability "Dragon Elephant Vajra Ascend Tower"】
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