Chapter 89: Three Pure Corpse Deity Essence Consumption Righteous Technique, the Demon Head is Mysel

Chapter 89: Three Pure Corpse Deity Essence Consumption Righteous Technique, the Demon Head is Myself

After the banquet, Li Che returned to the courtyard with his family.

Once he had calmed his wife and Xi Xi to sleep, Li Che stepped out into the courtyard. Old Chen was already fast asleep, thoroughly drunk.

The night breeze gently stirred, and a figure in a blue robe sat quietly in the courtyard, immersed in reading.

Despite the dim night, Li Qingshan's exceptional eyesight allowed him to see clearly even in the darkness.

"Back already?"

Li Qingshan closed his book and spoke softly.

"Huff!"

Li Che exhaled a strong alcoholic breath, expelling the alcohol from his body. His eyes were clear, showing no signs of intoxication.

With his Vital Energy Martial Arts having reached the peak of Qi Meridian, ordinary alcohol could hardly make him drunk.

"From today onwards, Xi Xi will officially be considered a member of the Eternal Origin Divine Sect. The entrance examination in the capital city next February during the spring equinox will merely be a formality."

Li Qingshan said with a smile.

"In five days, I plan to leave Thunder City. At that time, without my deterrence and protection in Thunder City, there may be unforeseen changes."

"So, you should pack up and leave the city with me."

Five days later? Li Che was slightly startled. Was it that urgent?

"I've already stayed in Thunder City for a long time. Now that I've revealed my identity as a Guide of the Divine Sect, I can't continue to stay here."

"The Golden Light Prefecture governs many cities, and there are Spirit Children awaiting my guidance."

Li Qingshan gently tapped the Tang Family Mechanism Record with his palm. These days, he had been studying this book.

"Senior, won't you be accompanying us to the capital city?" Li Che asked in confusion.

"Lu Chi will accompany you. I need to visit other cities. By next February's spring equinox, I will arrive in the capital city to participate in the entrance examination... See you then."

"Xi Xi has exceptional talent, and I definitely want to take her under my wing. But I'm afraid others will be envious and try to snatch her away. Also, once we reach the capital city, the imperial court may set their sights on Xi Xi. A top-grade Spirit Child like her is quite tempting."

"The imperial court?"

"Yes, the Temple Enforcement Command of Dajing Town. Although the Dajing Court has lifted restrictions and allowed various noble families to cultivate Spirit Children, they won't hesitate when it comes to snatching talented individuals from the Divine Sects."

Li Qingshan let out a cold laugh.

"In the capital city and state capitals, it's common for people to offer great benefits to lure others to join the Temple Enforcement Command. They may promise you great rewards, but the key is whether you'll have the chance to enjoy them while staying alive."

"The Temple Enforcement Command of Dajing Town is very powerful, not weaker than any Divine Sect. However, their casualty rate is also extremely high. They rely on sacrificing lives to conquer temples, collect benefits, and suppress temple deities."

"I can only tell you this much. Once you reach the capital city, the decision will be yours."

Li Qingshan glanced at the night sky.

"Actually, my departure in five days is a calculated move. Some people are eager for me to leave, and only when I do will they dare to reveal their true intentions..."

"The disappearance of so many Spirit Children in Thunder City is related to the Spirit Infancy Sect, and the Spirit Infancy Sect..."

Li Qingshan looked at Li Che.

Li Che remained calm, "Is it related to the City Lord?"

"City Lord Cao Guang is the leader of the Spirit Infancy Sect... Many people know this."

"I really want to smash him with a hammer, but I can't do it yet."

"Most of my Divinity remains at the mountain gate, used to perceive the temple deity's Divinity and gather the Divine Appearance. So... even with my Grandmaster cultivation, I can't kill Cao Guang. After all, my strongest aspect is still my Divinity."

Li Che's heart skipped a beat.

"This Cao Guang... is so powerful? And he's also a Divine Foundation Cultivator?"

"Divine Foundation Cultivators vary in strength, depending on the techniques they cultivate and their physical martial arts prowess. Additionally, this Cao Guang... has a significant issue. He's likely deeply connected to the Corpse Deity Sect. That 'Thousand Buddha Feast' clearly demonstrates his immense appetite and ambition."

Li Qingshan's expression turned slightly somber.

Upon hearing this, Li Che's heart sank.

Corpse Deity Sect? Another strange sect?

"Senior, what is the Corpse Deity Sect?"

"The Corpse Deity Sect is a major strange sect sweeping through Dajing. They advocate practicing the Three Pure Corpse Deity Essence Consumption Righteous Technique, which allows them to consume the Divinity of corpses and transform it into their own. It's extremely evil. The Three Pure-level Divinity technique is naturally not passed down, but the simplified Corpse Deity Sect's 'Corpse Eating Technique' has become their means of corrupting numerous cultivators..."

Li Qingshan glanced at Li Che, hesitating before revealing some secrets.

Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind buzzed.

This description...

Why does it sound so familiar?

The Three Pure Corpse Deity Essence Consumption Righteous Technique, which consumes the Divinity of corpses and transforms it into one's own?

How is this different from his Thousand Analysis Hand absorbing Divinity and turning it into Chess Sage Dao Fruit pieces?

Li Che took a deep breath, his teeth slightly sour.

"How evil."

Li Qingshan wasn't surprised by Li Che's reaction. Most people would react this way upon hearing about the Corpse Deity Technique for the first time. "Indeed, it's evil. After all, it's a Divine Nature technique from the Three Pure Strange Temple. However, I've heard that it's also extremely difficult to cultivate, and it's easy to lose one's will, becoming a monster that's neither human nor ghost."

"Additionally, consuming Divinity can easily taint one with Corpse Qi, causing them to turn into a walking corpse..."

"In any case, Li Che, you must never touch the techniques and methods of the Corpse Deity Sect. If you do... your cultivation path will be ruined!"

"Once you experience the pleasure of consuming others' Divinity to rapidly improve your cultivation..."

"It will be difficult for you to calm down and cultivate slowly. Your temperament will be completely corrupted, and your martial and cultivation paths will be destroyed!"

Li Qingshan's expression turned extremely serious as he spoke with great gravity.

He was guiding Li Che, and because he had high hopes for Li Che, he wanted to ensure he didn't stray from the right path.

Those who cultivate the Corpse Deity Sect's 'Corpse Eating Technique' can't be detected until the late stages. Only when the Corpse Qi erupts and their will is completely corrupted will they be exposed, but by then, it's too late.

Li Qingshan worried that Li Che might veer off the right path.

However, thankfully...

Li Qingshan knew that Li Che was an Ox Demon, but the Ox Demon...seemed to only possess formidable martial prowess, while his Divinity was rather ordinary.

If his Divinity had also experienced a sudden surge, then Li Qingshan would truly have to consider if Li Che had been bewitched by the Corpse Deity Sect and cultivated the Essence Consumption Righteous Technique.

Li Che nodded like a chick pecking at rice, not stopping for a moment.

But his heart couldn't help but stir slightly.

Thousand Analysis Hand...combined with the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit, was it equivalent to the Three Pure Corpse Deity Essence Consumption Righteous Technique?

Fortunately, the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit condensed Divine Nature Chess Pieces, and refining them had no side effects, nor would it affect one's intellect.

But Li Che always had a feeling...

The demon was just his own illusion.

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Time slipped through his fingers like sand, and in a flash, it escaped through his fingertips.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Perhaps because they knew Li Qingshan was about to leave, these three days became noticeably lively in Thunder City.

The City Governor's Mansion also began to promote the Thousand Buddha Feast, inviting several troupes into the city for grand performances.

Li Che, however, had no time for entertainment. He went to the black market, retrieved the blood of the Three Sacrificial Animals and Five Domesticated Animals he had purchased, and left Thunder City, returning to his bamboo house.

What he obtained from Old Yang was the Nine Stars Heart Astonishment Shocking Firmness Divine Foundation Technique.

Although Li Che had extracted Old Yang's Divinity and condensed it into a chess piece, it would take a month or so to refine and elevate it to the Peak Tranquility River Cultivation Nature.

Therefore, there was no immediate opportunity to forge the Heart Astonishment Shocking Firmness Divine Foundation.

But Li Che's Wrathful Maitreya Divinity had long been cultivated to the Peak Tranquility River, so he could attempt to forge the Divine Foundation.

Grabbing the carving knife, he picked up the last piece of Spirit Willow wood. His inner qi surged through his meridians and flowed into the Spirit Willow, causing steam to rise.

After a moment, a faint light seemed to flicker on the Spirit Willow, and all the steam evaporated, thoroughly activating the wood's spirit.

This process was quite exhausting for his inner qi.

No wonder only woodcarving masters could use spirit wood; most of them had formidable martial cultivation, and after decades of tempering their vital energy, they possessed sufficient inner qi to evaporate the user asked for.

Sitting in a wooden chair, Li Che's mind retraced the woodcarving patterns taught by the Temple God.

The next moment, the carving knife shot out. Li Che clenched his five fingers, and the knife became like a swimming snake, flashing with bright white light as it moved across the Spirit Willow.

Wood shavings fell and flew horizontally in the bamboo house's courtyard.

Li Che was extremely focused, his mind concentrated. The knife tore through the wood's fibers, outlining rough lines, and with just a few strokes, the overall shape emerged.

The Immortal Craft Dao Fruit granted Li Che superb craftsmanship, making woodcarving a familiar task.

In about two hours, Li Che completed the carving and polishing of the final wooden statue.

"The third Spirit Baby Statue of the Tri-Eye Wrathful Lord..."

Li Che exhaled, and in an instant, all the wood shavings were blown away from the statue, revealing a lifelike wooden sculpture.

Three eyes, wrathful, sitting on a lotus platform, with fluttering robes and a braided bun.

The other two statues also had wrathful eyes, but their postures were different.

Li Che stood up, stretching his muscles and restoring his vital energy.

His vital energy surged through his meridians with a thunderous roar, and his aura became robust. He slowly practiced the White Tiger Gale Fist, tempering his physique with the transformation realm's boxing technique.

Without activating the Vajra Transformation, his muscle definition was already remarkable. Beneath his tight black clothes, his muscles brimmed with explosive power. With each move, the inner qi he circulated swelled beneath his skin, like little mice scampering about.

Slowly concluding the technique, his vital energy reached its boiling point, but his physique had already reached its limit, making further progress difficult.

"My Vital Energy Martial Arts has reached the peak of the Qi Meridian, and there's nowhere else to go..."

Li Che exhaled, and the air in the courtyard swirled like a hurricane.

This further solidified Li Che's decision to forge the Divine Foundation.

Moreover, with his upcoming journey to the Capital City, which was filled with numerous experts, potential dangers would increase, and breaking through to the Divine Foundation would give him more confidence to face these threats.

"Tomorrow, the day before I leave the city, I'll come here to forge the Divine Foundation."

He placed all the prepared items.

With a snap of his fingers, a white Divine Nature chess piece appeared in the bamboo house.

The next moment, he clenched his five fingers.

The Thunder City Chess Sage returned to the city.

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The night was quiet and still.

The cold wind rustled.

The sudden drop in temperature caused snowflakes to dance in the air, blanketing the earth in silver and enveloping the entire city.

The carriage wheels crushed the snow on the green stones, sending up a puff of snowflakes.

Xu You lifted the curtain, his face weary, and stepped out of the carriage, exhaling a white breath in his white clothes.

"Alright, you can stop here. Go back early, and I'll return home tomorrow..."

Xu You instructed Xu Ji's carriage driver.

"Third Manager, you should also get some rest. You've been working hard these days," said the driver, who still respected Xu You. After a brief concern, he whipped the horse and drove away.

With a sword at his waist and snowflakes adorning his black hair, Xu You glanced at the seemingly unfamiliar Thunder City, shaking his head lightly.

On his way back, the driver had told him about the recent changes in Thunder City.

The Yang Family had been annihilated by the Ox Demon, even their Divine Foundation Patriarch was killed. The An Family was so scared that they moved out of the city overnight. The Si Family fell into decline, and the Xu Family became the leading family in Thunder City.

It was all too sudden...

Xu You never imagined that so many major events would occur during his absence from the city.

Additionally, the Divine Sect Guide had arrived, and Xi Xi was an exceptional Spirit Child, shocking many. The woodcarving master Li Che was also a twenty-two-year-old Spirit Child, which astonished the entire city.

Xu You learned that Li Che's family was moving to the Capital City to participate in the Divine Sect's entrance examination in February of the following year.

"Is this our last meeting before we part ways?"

Xu You exhaled, and amidst the swirling snowflakes, he returned to the Xu Family Compound.

No one greeted him, and no one seemed to care about his return.

He entered his own courtyard, pushing open the door. Thick snow had piled up, and everything remained as he had left it.

The air was devoid of any warmth or vitality.

Sitting in his chair, he picked up the teapot, only to find it empty.

Xu You stared blankly, remembering how his mother would always have hot tea and food ready for him whenever he returned from the Divine Academy for his cultivation sessions.

He had been sitting alone in his room for almost half an hour.

He was waiting for his father to summon him.

However, no one came, as if his return held no significance to anyone.

Xu You smiled bitterly, wondering what he had been expecting. Shaking his head, he stood up, locked the door, and left with his sword at his side.

He walked straight out of the Xu Family Compound, heading towards Li Che's courtyard.

As he approached the courtyard gate, he could already hear Xi Xi's joyful screams from within.

He knocked on the door.

Li Che had sensed Xu You's arrival the moment he stepped into the alley.

Thus, the door opened as soon as Xu You knocked.

Li Che, dressed in a sleek black outfit, smiled at Xu You, who looked exhausted. "You're back?"

"Uncle Xu You!"

Xi Xi's screams echoed from the courtyard as she ran towards Xu You, stopping in front of him and tilting her head back, blinking.

Xu You couldn't help but smile, sensing the vibrant atmosphere in contrast to the emptiness of his own courtyard.

"You must be hungry. Good timing, Old Chen is here too. Let's have some wine together."

"Sure," Xu You said with a smile.

Shaking off the snow from his clothes, he stepped into the clean and tidy courtyard.

Under the eaves of the courtyard.

A charcoal stove radiated warmth, bubbling as it boiled water.

Old Chen, Chen Dabao, carried a jar of precious wine from the house, waving at Xu You.

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Xu Family Compound.

The Xu family's elder sat in his armchair, his aged face bearing a sickly flush. He coughed from time to time.

A faint scent of decay emanated from his body.

Below.

Xu Naming stood respectfully, while Xu Heli stood beside him, head bowed.

"Xu You is back?"

The elder asked softly.

Xu Naming nodded. "He just returned from the mission to suppress the strange temple's Temple God's Divine Nature and the resulting evil influence."

"As his father, shouldn't you go and comfort him?" The elder glanced at Xu Naming. "After all, he is your son."

Xu Naming's expression remained unchanged.

"He is nothing but a discarded child. What's there to comfort? His fate was sealed long ago..."

"Just like how my father never comforted my eldest brother..."

Xu Naming's tone was calm.

Xu Heli, standing beside him, dared not breathe a word, shocked by this revelation.

This secret... was something he had never heard before.

"Your brother... I wronged him..."

The elder's eyes clouded over, and he sighed softly.

Xu Naming shook his head. "No, I wronged my brother. I failed to break through the Divine Foundation... I am the one at fault, and I bear all the blame."

Xu Heli's body trembled beside him.

Xu Naming turned to Xu Heli.

"Heli, don't follow in my footsteps. You must do right by your third brother and break through the Divine Foundation..."

"Only then will you not let him down."

"Do you understand?"

His clear words echoed through the room.

Xu Heli lifted his head and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

His body stopped trembling, and he nodded.

"Father, I understand."

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The next day.

The mountains on the horizon were shrouded in white mist.

A light drizzle mingled with flakes of winter snow.

After a good night's sleep, Li Che woke up and went straight to the study, where he grasped the chess piece anchor point and teleported to the bamboo pavilion outside the city.

The pavilion was serene, and the winter rain, carried by the breeze, rustled the bamboo leaves, creating a sound like crashing waves.

After a night of rest, Li Che's spirit, energy, and vitality were all at their peak.

First, he braved the misty rain and snow, checking the various mechanisms and hidden weapons he had set up around the pavilion. Only then did he return inside.

He took a censer and lit the incense, the smoke curling and blending into the air.

Then, he used his inner qi to transform the blood of the three sacrificial animals and five domesticated animals, placing them in white bowls.

Li Che took out three wooden statues of the Tri-Eye Wrathful Lord Divine Child that he had carved.

He placed them in three different directions, forming a triangular arrangement.

After setting everything up, Li Che sat cross-legged in the center.

As soon as he sat down, Li Che felt a significant difference. The Divinity in the world seemed to boil, drawn by an invisible force, gathering towards his position.

"Is this... an array?"

Li Che couldn't help but feel curious.

It was similar to a sacrificial ritual array, which, once formed, would attract Divinity.

His mind stirred.

He expanded the Heaven and Earth Chessboard of the Chess Sage's Dao Fruit, keeping a close eye on the surroundings. If anyone intruded, he would be instantly alerted.

Only then did Li Che finally exhale.

Sitting on the meditation cushion, his mind flowed through the intricacies of the Three-Eyed Wrathful True Monarch Divine Foundation Technique.

The next moment, Li Che's eyes snapped open.

His vital energy surged and intertwined, his physical body suddenly tensing, muscles bulging, and his entire being expanding.

With his formidable physique, a mist of blood-colored fog enveloped him.

Li Che's eyes blazed with intensity, his black hair wild and fierce, embodying 'Wrath'! He raised his hand and pointed it at his brow.

The inner landscape of his Niwan Palace illuminated brightly!

Divinity surged like a raging river, accompanied by the sound of rushing water! The blood of the three sacrificial animals and five domesticated animals in the bowls began to disappear at a visible rate, as if being consumed by an unseen force.

And the wooden statues of the Divine Child placed in the three directions.

They turned blood-red! Suddenly, they emitted an enraged, heaven-shattering roar!

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