Chapter 59: Divine Sect Qianyuan, Xixi is Three Years Old
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Lü Chimu glanced at the Bull Demon, who was as towering as a mountain, and slowly walked into the room.
An extremely powerful surge of qi and blood intertwined and spread, forming a wave that raged in all directions.
An indescribable pressure made Lü Chimu's hair stand on end.
No way...
Was he joking about the big head feeling good during the day?
In the dead of night, he really wanted to put it into practice?
Lü Chimu, sitting cross-legged on the bed, his face twitched slightly. The Divine Essence he had cultivated was already ready, and sparks leaped from his pupils.
If the Bull Demon really wanted to kill him, he, Lü Chimu, would call on the Third Prince!
Li Che glanced at the tense Lü Chimu.
Of course, he wasn't here to kill Lü Chimu. He, the Bull Demon… though not a good person, wasn't the type to kill innocents.
"What is your relationship with that old senior?"
Li Che said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Lü Chimu immediately understood who Li Che was talking about. His tense heart eased slightly, realizing that his master must have already informed Li Che.
"He is my master," Lü Chimu said.
"Are you people from the Divine Sect?"
Li Che glanced at Lü Chumu.
Inside the room, the air currents raged, and the wind and rain outside intensified. The window, pushed open, rattled incessantly.
Lü Chumu's body stiffened, but he gradually relaxed, not answering Li Che because someone else would provide the answer.
Li Che's eyes behind the mask narrowed, his fingers clenched, and a Wooden Crow slid from his sleeve onto his fingers. His other five fingers twitched, and the extremely fine and sharp Thousand Spider Threads were already taut and ready.
Because an additional figure had suddenly appeared in the room.
An old man with half-gray hair appeared, his face full of wrinkles, wearing a gentle smile.
Li Che hadn't even noticed how this old man entered the room!
"Young friend, there's no need to worry. If I wanted to deal with you, your resistance would be futile."
"But I am quite surprised at how you killed Si Mu Bai."
The old man said with a chuckle.
Under Li Che's black stretch clothing, nine large tendons were taut, every muscle in his body roaring and intertwining with qi and blood.
"Si Mu Bai, though knocked down to the Divine Essence level by Lü Chumu, still had the peak level of 'Nurturing Nature like a Stream'..."
"In theory, with your Essence Not Yet Formed, there's no way you could have killed Si Mu Bai."
The old man looked at Li Che with surprise.
Li Che's fingers gripped the Thousand Spider Threads, his alertness reaching its peak. His eyes behind the mask narrowed. "Just an ambush, nothing to be proud of."
"Ambush a Divine Essence? The perception of a Divine Essence cultivator is extremely keen. Once you make a move, they can sense your presence from ten zhang away. How could you ambush him?"
The old man shook his head, but he was somewhat concerned.
Being able to kill Si Mu Bai meant that Li Che's martial arts skills were commendable throughout the entire Feilei City.
If he wanted to find the main temple of the Spirit Child Sect, there might be an opportunity for cooperation.
"Young Li, this old man and Lü Chumu indeed come from the Divine Sect. We are cultivators sent down the mountain to select spiritual children for the Divine Sect. However, we arrived in the city early and did not attract the attention of the noble families and the city lord."
Sure enough, they were from the Divine Sect!
Li Che's heart tightened, but he did not relax.
The old man smiled, brushed off the rain from his body, glanced at the still vigilant Li Che, and said with a smile, "You don't need to be nervous. We, Divine Essence cultivators, don't care about your martial arts secrets. Although your Concealment and Bone-Hiding Secret Technique is good, it's not very tempting to Divine Essence cultivators."
"Divine Essence secrets, divine objects, divine weapons, and so on, are what Divine Essence cultivators pursue."
"Everything related to Divine Essence far surpasses martial arts, qi, and inner strength."
"Let me introduce myself."
"This old man is Li Qingshan, a cultivator from the Yunzhou Branch of the Qianyuan Divine Sect. This young man is my disciple Lü Chumu, at the Nurturing Nature like a River stage, belonging to the inner gate of the branch."
The old man looked at Li Che seriously, introducing himself formally.
Qianyuan Divine Sect!
A true behemoth. Although Li Qingshan was only from the branch of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, for the entire Feilei City, he was already a behemoth!
"The Dajing Dynasty has eleven provinces, thirty-six prefectures, and one hundred and twenty-six counties. Each province has a Divine Sect, each prefecture has a branch, and they jointly manage the strange temples with the Dajing Temple Department."
"Feilei City belongs to Golden Light Prefecture, which is in Yunzhou, under the Lingnan Region, and is governed by the branch of the Qianyuan Divine Sect."
The old man Li Qingshan gave Li Che a geography lesson.
Li Che felt a vast and rugged expanse rush toward him.
"Xixi's talent is excellent, extremely suitable for cultivating the Wrathful Divine Essence of our sect. Therefore, I came to you to ask if you would allow Xixi to join the Qianyuan Divine Sect branch..."
"With Xixi's talent, if she can establish her Divine Foundation before the age of eighteen, there's still hope for her to join the main temple of the Qianyuan Divine Sect."
Li Qingshan stroked his beard and said with a smile.
"Establish a Divine Foundation at eighteen?" Li Che was startled.
"Establishing a Divine Foundation at eighteen is the basic requirement for entering the main temple of the Divine Sect from the branches. Xixi has a chance. This old man has tested her Divine Essence, and she is an excellent spiritual child!"
"Excellent spiritual child? The Xu family said she was of superior quality?"
"Those born with Divine Essence, accompanied by their innate Divine Essence, not acquired through cultivation, are called spiritual children..."
Li Qingshan laughed heartily. "Our Qianyuan Sect's 'Divinity Insight Technique' can see through the essence, far surpassing the experience and discernment of Divine Essence cultivators in small cities."
"Young friend, would you be willing to send Xixi to our Divine Sect?"
Li Qingshan asked again. Lü Chumu, sitting on the bed, blinked his big eyes curiously.
Li Che thought for a moment and asked, "Letting Xixi join the Divine Sect... it's not impossible, but I have a question to ask."
"Ask away."
"Does the Divine Sect have the concept of accompanying cultivation? I want to accompany Xixi to cultivate in the Divine Sect, is that possible?"
Li Che was not willing to let Xixi go to the Divine Sect alone. If he couldn't accompany her... he would rather not let her go.
Xixi being far away from him made him feel extremely insecure.
Li Qingshan was momentarily stunned, then laughed and shook his head. "Of course, it's not only possible... This old man's descent to Feilei City was a bit late, allowing the Spirit Child Sect to run rampant, but I managed to protect a few good spiritual children."
"Xixi is one of them. A few noble families also chose a few, and there's one more..."
Li Qingshan's eyes grew more intense and warm, his gaze landing on Li Che, who was wearing a cute bull mask and had activated the Dragon-Elephant Vajra, towering like a mountain.
"It's you."
"A twenty-one-year-old spiritual child."
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Time passed like sand through the fingers, rapidly flowing.
Before he knew it, it had passed.
Since Li Qingshan's last conversation with Li Che, Li Che's mind had been buzzing.
He hadn't expected... that Li Qingshan would not only take an interest in his daughter but also in him.
A twenty-one-year-old spiritual child?
This phrase sounded a bit strange, like a twenty-one-year-old virgin. It wasn't particularly hurtful but was extremely humiliating.
Li Qingshan said that he had pure Divine Essence, and Li Che understood that it was due to the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit, which naturally absorbed Divine Essence, catching the attention of Li Qingshan's "Divinity Insight Technique."
Strictly speaking, the Divine Essence accumulated after the birth of the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit was indeed very fresh, qualifying as a "spiritual child."
This meant that Li Qingshan wanted both Li Che and his daughter to join the sect and cultivate together.
Li Che thought about himself training in the same courtyard with a bunch of kids who hadn't even reached his knees...
It just seemed so comically absurd.
Before he knew it, another half a year had passed.
Since the last Divine Foundation battle, the Si Family had fallen, becoming a target for the noble families to divide. Of course, the Si Family hadn't completely vanished; they were still barely surviving, but they had lost their status as a noble family.
All the good things within the clan had been plundered, and the loss of the Divine Essence techniques directly led to the Si Family losing its foundation.
After the fall of the Si Family, Feilei City entered a period of peace.
However, the calmer the surface, the greater the storm brewing beneath.
Lü Chumu had moved into Li Che's house, arranged by Li Qingshan to protect Xixi. Li Qingshan was investigating the Outer City Strange Temple and the Spirit Child Sect.
He told Li Che that the Spirit Child Sect was expanding and transforming the strange temple outside the city.
Therefore, he was secretly trying to find the main temple of the Spirit Child Sect and attempting to suppress the Temple Spirit that was about to awaken within the strange temple.
Li Che and Xixi's journey to the Divine Sect for cultivation, Li Qingshan said, would have to wait until the official recruitment day of the Divine Sect. They couldn't break the rules and join early.
Li Che didn't mind this.
Days passed quietly.
Time doesn't stand still, and seasons flow like a stream.
Cold winds blew, and the chill spread.
Before he knew it, another year of heavy snow had arrived.
Xixi was three years old.
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