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Chapter 86: The Drained Temple Deity, Three-Eyed Wrathful Vajra's Divine Foundation Technique
Chapter 86: The Drained Temple Deity, Three-Eyed Wrathful Vajra's Divine Foundation Technique
Even if a Divine Foundation Cultivator perishes, their divine nature will not dissipate for a short period, remaining within them.
At this moment, if one uses some secret arts, they can devour the divine nature within the corpse and make it their own.
Although there might be cases of incompatible divine natures.
Even if they are incompatible, one can still refine and extract them, removing the incompatible divine nature.
This secret art, originally from a high-ranked, bizarre temple, later became the foundation of a major evil cult in the Great Jing River and Lakes, creating one bloody feast after another.
Cao Guang's eyes flickered, and his heart trembled slightly.
He had obtained this technique from the cult...
But now, as he used it on Yang Jing's corpse, he couldn't sense any divine nature, which was very unreasonable.
"This Ox Demon..."
Cao Guang narrowed his eyes, and in an instant, it seemed like he had figured something out, looking somewhat enlightened.
"No wonder this Ox Demon's strength increases so rapidly each time it appears. It's not just his extraordinary martial talent; his divine nature also improves at an equally fast pace..."
"Turns out it's similar to mine, which explains it."
"But who taught the Ox Demon this technique? Why did it appear in Thunderstrike City? Is it targeting me? Or... is it here to pluck the fruit of my 'Thousand Buddha Carving Feast'?"
Cao Guang felt as if a shadowy figure was watching him in the darkness, like the most venomous snake in the world.
In the end, he chuckled.
"No matter what, this Ox Demon..."
"Even if it's someone from the same cult, I'm the senior, and the junior should act like a junior... Drink some soup."
"If you want the fruit, you'll have to keep your life!"
Cao Guang's eyes turned a few degrees colder.
Then, he glanced at Cao Qingyuan, whose body was covered in rotten flesh and shattered bones, with disgust.
"Clean up these disgusting things."
"Then... go to other cities and send people to bring back a few Spirit Children to fill the two vacancies."
"The Thousand Buddha Carving Feast... must be accelerated."
After speaking, Cao Guang strode away and disappeared around the corner of the hall.
Cao Qingyuan respectfully bowed, not daring to voice any objections.
But in reality, within Cao Qingyuan's lowered head, his eyes were burning.
Thousand Buddha Carving Feast...
The Temple Deity's blessing.
He had also been eagerly anticipating it for a long time.
...
...
"Gudong!"
A Python Blood Martial Pill dropped into his stomach, emitting a dull sound like a stone falling into a lake.
This was a pill that could only be taken after reaching the Pulse Opening stage.
As the qi and blood break through and enter the qi pulse, a small inner circulation route is formed within the body, running through the tendons and muscles, covering the five viscera.
Each circulation is a fusion of inner strength and qi and blood, forming a powerful wave of inner energy.
Li Che could feel the Python Blood Martial Pill rolling in his abdomen, gradually releasing its medicinal properties as it was digested by stomach acid.
Boom!
The instant the pill's outer coating ruptured, it was as if a python was wreaking havoc in his stomach!
The qi and blood seemed to be instantly ignited, his body feeling like a furnace!
The [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit trembled with a buzzing sound, as if a dragon was roaring and an elephant was trumpeting. The Python Blood Martial Pill was instantly crushed!
The powerful medicinal power surged like a whirlwind, driving the qi and blood, which roared through the meridians like a raging tide, scrubbing the five viscera!
Li Che's body even emitted a sound like metal rubbing against metal, his skin turning crimson.
"So domineering!"
Li Che's eyes opened, seeming to burn with flames. Normally, refining the Python Blood Martial Pill would require a slow process.
The [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit directly crushed the pill, forcefully stimulating the medicinal power...
Li Che's body resonated with a "Vibrant Boom," swelling in circumference and continuously expanding. His tendons trembled, and his entire body had a unique rhythm, driving the qi and blood to merge with the inner strength.
The Primordial Minor Heavenly Cycle Meridian Technique was almost squeezed to its limit by his body.
The inner energy constantly generated, filling the limbs and hundreds of meridians.
The Pulse Opening stage's meridians, unlike the external refinement of the body, such as Muscle Tempering, Bone Tempering, and the like, could be considered an internal process of tempering the physique, also known as internal refinement of tendons, muscles, and viscera.
However, while internally refining, one also needs to accumulate inner energy, and the growth of inner energy is the fundamental reason for the improvement of meridian cultivation.
Almost half an hour after taking the Python Blood Martial Pill, Li Che had completely exhausted and absorbed its medicinal effects.
Li Che's skin steamed with heat, making a sizzling sound. The inner energy circulating in the Minor Heavenly Cycle grew stronger, like a dragon emerging from a snake.
Li Che stood up, his eyes scanning.
[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV3, 5%)]
A single pill directly increased the maturity of Dragon Elephant Vajra by 5%, an impressive speed.
However, Li Che could understand that this was his first time taking a pill, so it was normal for it to have a good effect.
After this, if he continued to take more, the speed of improvement would certainly not be this fast.
"I'll just take a few more pills..."
Li Che was sweating profusely. After sensing his body's condition and finding nothing unusual, he took out another pill and swallowed it.
After all, these were martial pills found in the Yang Clan's treasury, so he didn't feel bad about taking them. The only drawback was the limited quantity; once they were gone, he might have to find another way to obtain more martial pills.
Feeling the medicinal power of the pill spreading in his abdomen again, Li Che's eyes deepened slightly.
"With the [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit, my ability to suppress the medicinal properties of pills is exceptional. I'm afraid it won't be long before I can break through to the Profound Pulse stage. But... Elder Qing Shan said I need to enter the Divine Sect to obtain the Primordial Profound Pulse Technique."
"However, I think it won't be long now...
"Elder Qing Shan has revealed his identity, which is probably a sign that he's about to return to the Divine Sect."
"I'll just wait a bit longer..."
"I have the Yang Clan's Divine Foundation Technique, and Elder Qing Shan said that a higher-ranked Divine Foundation Technique can cover a lower-ranked one..."
"So, I can hold back in martial arts..."
"But for the divine nature path, I wonder if I can try..."
"To forge a Divine Foundation..."
The morning light was faint, and the winter rain had just stopped.
The coldness of the early morning was becoming more intense.
The distant mountains were shrouded by a thin veil of mist, appearing like a brushstroke in a landscape painting from afar.
Xu Family, Divine Cultivation Academy.
Mu Granny had regained her peace, free from the clamor and noise of the children. Instead, she seemed a bit solitary and cold.
Holding a python-headed staff in one hand and scissors in the other, she was trimming the flowers in the courtyard that had been dampened by the winter rain.
Suddenly, a figure in blue appeared, landing in the courtyard and gazing at Mu Granny from afar, separated by the flowers.
Mu Granny was startled for a moment, but then she ignored the visitor and continued to trim the flowers with more force, causing the branches and leaves to fall with a rustling sound.
"Still got a temper, huh..."
Li Qingshan looked at Mu Granny and couldn't help but smile.
He reached out his hand, intending to ruffle the girl's hair.
However, the sharp scissors in her hand made a clanging sound as they opened, blocking Li Qingshan's palm.
"I'm not that little girl anymore. Don't touch me, or I'll cut you!" Mu Granny glared at him, raising her scissors.
"Hahaha, I'm all hard and tough now. Try cutting me if you dare!"
Li Qingshan's lips curled up as he burst into laughter.
This girl still had that familiar stubbornness, and after all these years, she hadn't changed at all.
Mu Granny humphed and put down her scissors. Li Qingshan was now a renowned strong cultivator on the Divine Foundation Registry.
She was well aware of his physical strength.
It was pointless to ruin a good pair of scissors.
"The grandmaster of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect is here to see an old lady like me? Your grandson... Li Shifu took him away. Go to Li Shifu and look for him there." Mu Granny pursed her lips and glared at him with a peculiar expression.
Li Qingshan's palm landed on Mu Granny's head as he had wished, gently rubbing it, "That big-headed kid isn't my grandson; he's just my disciple."
"When I gave that kid to you, it was not only to tease you but also to find an excuse to protect Xixi. That girl has an excellent divine nature, and I plan to take her to the capital and with her talent, she should be able to easily pass the sect entrance examination."
Upon hearing this, Mu Granny's eyes lit up for a moment, but soon dimmed, and her face turned cold.
"Alright, old lady here understands. You can leave now."
After saying this, she leaned on her staff and walked towards the courtyard.
Li Qingshan looked at the old lady's staggering figure and sighed softly, "Mu Mu, come with me. Although I'm observing divine physiognomies, I specifically arranged this trip down the mountain in my physical body to see you..."
"This time, I'll see who dares to stop me... I'll smash their heads with my hammer."
Mu Granny paused in her tracks.
"Li Qingshan, I'm already old..."
"Old, huh."
Li Qingshan gently walked up to Mu Granny.
Just like in the past, the green mountains and clear waters.
He gently caressed the girl's head.
He, Li Qingshan, could smash countless heads with his hammer, but only when facing a girl would he show such tenderness.
Looking at the distant mountains, Li Qingshan's voice turned gentle.
"It's fine. We can watch the evening glow together."
...
...
The Heavenly Origin Divine Sect's recruiter for spirit children had arrived.
City Lord Cao Guang personally welcomed them and, as per tradition, would host a banquet at the Golden Radiance Pavilion in three days. At the same time, he would gather the various great families and clans to bring the children from the Divine Cultivation Academy for divine nature testing.
The great families and clans within Thunderstrike City would all attend, even those reclusive Divine Foundation ancestors who had been in seclusion for years would make an appearance.
This was a major event in the city that happened once every few years.
It was a matter of saving face for both the sect and the court.
"The entire An Family is leaving the city? Heading to the capital of Golden Light?"
In the courtyard, Li Che was instructing Xixi in martial arts while listening to Old Chen, who had gone out for a stroll and returned with news. He was stunned.
The An Family...
Was their decision this resolute?
Just yesterday, Elder Yang had been killed, and today, the entire family was leaving the city, escaping unscathed.
The reputation of the An Family's old master as a master of survival was indeed well-deserved, and he was even taking the entire family with him.
Old Chen couldn't help but smack his lips in amazement.
Deep in Li Che's eyes, a hint of regret and sorrow flashed.
His divine nature of grief... had fled.
Now, if he wanted to obtain the cultivation method for the divine nature of grief, he might have to find another way. Cultivation methods were precious, and it wasn't easy to find them, even in the black market.
After finishing martial arts practice with Xixi and his wife, Zhang Ya, Li Che headed to the Independent Workshop.
Sitting on a wooden chair in the workshop, Li Che held a bright white carving knife, sculpting a divine nature wood carving.
Wood shavings fluttered down, carried by the winter breeze, and rose into the air.
In a moment, a lifelike wood carving took shape.
Capturing the divine nature between heaven and earth, he infused it into the wood carving.
Before his eyes, a floating light appeared.
[Dao Fruit: Immortal Artisanry (LV3, 29%)]
The progress of Immortal Artisanry was slow.
"Looks like I'll have to make more new mechanisms. There are still some mechanisms in the Tang Family's Mechanism Essentials that I can create. Also... the 'Namah Immortal Artisanry Barrett' I conceived might be a good fit for the penetrating power of Bodhi Blood Tears."
"Additionally, I need to improve the power of the Wooden Crows..."
"Artisanry skills do get more challenging as you progress."
Li Che's fingers danced, and the carving knife flew across the wood, starting to create a smaller 'Namah Immortal Artisanry Gatling' for Xixi. This girl... had been pestering him non-stop recently.
Of course, he would deliver it in the form of a Bull Demon and also give her a Heaven-Earth Jade to store the Gatling.
It could be considered a means of self-defense for Xixi.
Li Che himself was a little busy. He had to cultivate his martial way, create immortal artifacts, and refine his divine nature...
Standing up, his bones cracked and popped.
Powerful Qi and blood surged.
Li Che casually reached out and took out an adorable Bull Demon mask, placing it over his face.
Before his eyes, a radiant light flashed.
[Dao Fruit: Chess Sage (LV1, 89%)]
The speed at which the Chess Sage Dao Fruit was advancing... somewhat exceeded Li Che's imagination.
However, it was also within his expectations.
After all, it was the divine nature of an Elder Yang from the Yang Clan, condensed into a chess piece, which directly increased its maturity by a large margin.
With a clench of his five fingers, the Divine Infant Chess Piece of the Three-Eyed Wrathful Vajra True Monarch's Spirit Shrine, located outside the city, was instantly grasped in his hand.
Upon opening his eyes again, he had already appeared inside the mysterious temple with flickering candlelight.
During this time, Zhao Xuan Hai's [Wrathful Compassionate Buddha] divine nature had been exhausted, so Li Che used the temple deity's wrathful divine nature as a substitute, and the effect was surprisingly good, with basically no rejection.
Now, the [Wrathful Compassionate Buddha] divine nature had already reached the peak of Nature Cultivation Like River.
He was not far from forging the Divine Foundation.
"However, I haven't mastered the Divine Foundation Technique of the [Wrathful Compassionate Buddha]."
"This method... should be in the City Lord's Mansion."
After finishing the absorption of the divine nature, Li Che leaped down from the altar.
He glanced at the increasingly diverse divine child wood carvings arranged around him, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"The City Lord... or should I say the Spirit Infants Sect Leader's Thousand Buddha Carving Feast?"
"The purpose of the Thousand Buddha Carving Feast should be for sacrifice, awakening the temple deity through the method of sacrifice... But how exactly is this done?"
Li Che swept his eyes over the wood carvings, feeling as if countless spirit infant carvings were flowing with various emotions, making his heart restless and filled with anger.
Within the [Pure Heart] Dao Fruit, white divine nature surged forth, bringing a calm and peaceful mind.
Suppressing the urge to destroy these spirit infant wood carvings, as Li Qingshan had said that these wood carvings were used to worship the temple deity and had formed a connection with it.
If even one spirit infant wood carving were destroyed, the temple deity would sense it and awaken.
Li Che still had some apprehension towards the unknown temple deity and didn't want to face it.
He only wanted to quietly absorb the temple deity's divine nature; he had no intention of fighting the temple deity.
Breathing out a sigh, Li Che glanced at the three-eyed wrathful Vajra divine child placed on the altar.
Smiling, Li Che, wearing the Bull Demon mask, leaped onto the altar, standing steadily without a hint of wobbling.
Looking at the temple deity's wood carving with its lacquered head, Li Che extended his hand.
His palm covered the wood carving's head.
Suddenly, his hand turned jade-colored, as if enveloped in a thin layer of jade-colored mist.
It was as if his arm had been carved from jade, exquisite and magnificent.
Boom!!
The powerful absorption force burst forth from Li Che's hand, beginning to absorb the divine nature contained within the temple deity's wood carving.
One by one, black divine nature chess pieces slowly floated and materialized around Li Che.
They exuded a dark, swirling aura.
The temple deity's wood carving, sitting high on the altar, seemed to grow increasingly furious, like a child who had lost all his treasures.
The vertical eye between its eyebrows almost seemed ready to spin in anger.
Unfortunately, it was always just a little short.
Li Che's absorption force seemed to strengthen as he stepped into LV3 of the [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit.
The speed of absorbing divine nature was getting faster and faster!
Originally, he could only absorb half a piece of the temple deity's divine nature chess piece in two hours.
Now... in half an hour, Li Che could condense one.
One by one, the chess pieces with swirling black aura floated around him, and in two hours, four pieces floated around his body.
Together with the previously condensed pieces, there were a total of nine pieces of the temple deity's divine nature.
Perhaps feeling a bit unsatisfied, when Li Che was about to absorb the ninth piece of the temple deity's chess piece.
Li Che's powerful absorption force erupted...
But...
Li Che's eyes narrowed in surprise, astonished to find that he hadn't absorbed any divine nature.
The temple deity seemed to have been sucked dry by him!
No... how could it be sucked dry?
However, Li Che soon felt an extremely scorching heat emanating from the temple deity's wood carving.
The third vertical eye on the temple deity's wood carving, which Li Che had covered with his hand, began to roll.
"Pa!"
Suddenly.
One of the hands of the three-eyed wrathful Vajra divine infant temple deity's wood carving suddenly sprang up, grabbing Li Che's hand and holding it tightly on his lacquered head.
Boom—
Outside the mysterious temple, it was as if winter thunder was rolling, and electric snakes were slithering.
Inside the temple, all the candlelights flickered, casting distorted shadows of the spirit infant wood carvings, as if countless ghosts and demons were dancing wildly.
In an instant, the atmosphere turned cold and silent.
For a moment, the world seemed devoid of sound.
It was as if one could only hear the pounding of one's heart, like the rumble of thunder or the tolling of a great bell.
But none of that mattered... what was important was that Li Che felt a scorching hot current flowing from the temple deity's wood carving into his hand.
The jade-colored light on Li Che's hand flowed.
Information passed through Li Che's hand, slowly revealing itself in his mind.
...
[Divine Foundation Technique (Eighth Apex Superior): Three-Eyed Wrathful Vajra True Monarch Divine Foundation]
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