As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1673 - 438: As a Soul Capturer, You’re Teaching Me How to Do Things? Gathering Qi Fortune to Form the 12-Petal Mountain-River Golden Lotus [Monthly Ticket Requested]...

All the civil and military officials lifted their gazes upward, witnessing a golden lotus quietly blooming high in the sky over the Lotus Pavilion. Its radiant golden glow bathed the whole structure, making it seem as though everything was overlaid with a shimmering layer of gilded splendor!

"Luck Golden Lotus!"

"Hahaha!"

"The State Preceptor has triumphed!"

The Emperor swept his sleeve with grand flair, bursting into booming laughter.

This extraordinary phenomenon indicates that the mountain gate of a Divine Sect has been shattered, with a Luck Golden Lotus seized by the State Preceptor and absorbed into the Mountain and River Tripod!

Without question, this represents immense luck for the Da Jing Dynasty, bolstering the nation's overall fortune.

With every Divine Sect the State Preceptor conquers and each Luck Golden Lotus he collects, Da Jing's fortune grows stronger!

Guiding Da Jing to even loftier heights of prosperity!

"Should all Eleven Divine Sects be completely conquered, their fortunes harvested for Da Jing, merged with Da Jing's native Luck Golden Lotus, the twelve golden lotuses uniting would create a Twelve-grade Mountain and River Fortune Golden Lotus!"

"Da Jing would know no troubles, its national fortune lasting three thousand years!"

The Emperor's laughter rang out with unrestrained joy.

Mr. Lian's purple robes billowed as he lowered his head, the Emperor's robust chuckles reverberating through the Cloud Palace.

His eyes involuntarily twitched.

The very next instant, he bent low in a profound bow and declared loudly: "Heaven bless Da Jing, congratulations to Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live ten thousand years, may Da Jing endure ten thousand years!"

The civil and military officials clutched their white jade tablets as well, inclining in unison and shouting their proclamation.

"Heaven bless Da Jing, congratulations to Your Majesty!"

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Five fingers clenched tightly around a warm little tripod.

Li Che remained seated in the study, his eyes narrowed slightly, his dark robes rippling gently while his thick locks of hair floated quietly at his back.

He held the small tripod that Xie Yushen had lent him for closer inspection, concealing within it a Luck Golden Lotus from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect!

Xie Yushen stood deferentially at Li Che's side, his scholar's robe swaying softly as he fanned himself lightly with a feather fan.

"Lord, across Da Jing's Ten Great Dao, there exist Eleven Luck Golden Lotuses, and adding Da Jing's own national Luck Golden Lotus, gathering them all for Da Jing would make twelve in total."

Li Che's gaze shifted: "Once the fortunes merge, could it evolve into the Twelve-grade Mountain and River Fortune Golden Lotus?"

Xie Yushen affirmed with a nod: "The Twelve-grade Mountain and River Fortune Golden Lotus... remains the ultimate dream of every great dynasty in the Central Plains, a treasure craved across dynastic eras, but only the legendary Emperor from ancient times, the first of his kind, ever succeeded in assembling it!"

"Regrettably, that unparalleled Emperor harbored vast ambitions, aiming to eclipse the Martial Saint in the age untouched by the Strange Temple, employing the Twelve-grade Mountain and River Fortune Golden Lotus... in the end... he came just short, losing by a narrow margin, and met his doom amid the heavenly tribulation."

Li Che was well aware of the tale surrounding that inaugural Emperor of the human realm.

The mightiest figure from the time before the Strange Temple's rise, before any divinity had arisen.

An absolute prodigy born of heaven.

Li Che chose not to draw out the Luck Golden Lotus from the small tripod.

He handed the small tripod back to Xie Yushen.

"Old Xie, with the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect now conquered, what's our next objective?"

Li Che asked.

Xie Yushen's eyes gleamed, his feather fan moving gently: "To report to the lord..."

"Qi Tian City has been unsealed, as per the Great Supervising Minister's words, this Qi Tian City... holds deep significance, tied to the link between Inner and Earth Que in the Deceit Que Land, encompassing the mysteries of the Deceit Que Land and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths..."

"Without doubt, heroes from across the world will converge there..."

"Thus, the subsequent Divine Sect to target shouldn't be Haoran Academy in Jiangnan Dao; this subordinate thinks... Qingyun Daoxuan Fu Shen Sect is the better pick."

Hmm?!

Upon hearing this, Li Che's eyebrows knit together unavoidably.

"Xuanfu Divine Sect?"

Li Che's eyes sparkled with varied hues: "The spouse of Qian Yuan Divine Sect Master Lv Taibai hails from Xuanfu Divine Sect, do you know that?"

Xie Yushen nodded, only to shake his head afterward: "Lord... Xuanfu Divine Sect has faced certain incidents..."

"The Sect Master's wife, Xuan Qisha, if she so wishes, could very well storm back into Xuanfu Divine Sect... to conquer and dismantle it."

Xie Yushen's statement caused Li Che's brows to lift on their own.

He recalled that Xuan Qisha appeared to practice the Locking God Talisman...

Confined inside the Divine Talisman Tower, refining the Locking God Talisman, which reshaped her form into a child's.

Undoubtedly, some intent and ordeal lay behind it.

At this point, it became clear that the ordeal... stemmed directly from the Xuanfu Divine Sect!

"Lord, during the court's assault on Qian Yuan Divine Sect, Lv Taibai surely sought help from Xuanfu Divine Sect... yet received no reply."

"All because of that Xuanfu Divine Sect's Grandmaster... a grave issue arose."

Precisely what issue transpired, Xie Yushen lacked full clarity.

This matter delved into the Divine Sect's inner secrets.

Though Xie Yushen had pieced together bits of intelligence, grasping such hidden truths was far from simple.

Li Che refrained from probing deeper, gesturing for Xie Yushen to depart as he went back to sort out the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect, gearing up for the following expedition to conquer and shatter another sect.

In truth, Xie Yushen wasn't battling those mountain-shattering mighty sects for the Da Jing Dynasty's sake, but to amass the world's Qi fortune specifically for Li Che.

Silence abruptly enveloped the study.

Li Che reclined in his seat and let out a gradual breath. The danger from the Yin Yang pair had been neutralized, lifting a colossal burden from his chest at last.

His daughter Xi Xi was now safe from the perils of Divine Tribulation and the Poison Saint, which naturally soothed Li Che's worries.

Golden radiance gradually emerged before him.

[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (LV7, 10%)]

Once the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit hit LV7, the threshold for further ripening had surged dramatically.

Even after vanquishing a mighty foe such as the Poison Saint Gu Yin Xuan, the progress in maturity stayed minimal.

"As the Dao Fruit progresses further, raising it grows ever tougher..."

"And its pinnacle ought to be the Nine Transformations, Nine Transformations..."

Li Che sank into quiet thought.

From the visions mirrored in the Dao Fruit, even those formidable beings who once wielded Dao Fruits had apparently never attained the Nine Transformations realm.

Could Li Che himself reach it?

Besides, Li Che commanded possession of numerous Dao Fruits...

Choosing to set aside these musings, right as Li Che prepared to commence secluded cultivation in the study,

a thunderous noise abruptly resounded in his consciousness.

Sword light clashed with a sharp ring; it came from the pulsing of Lv Taibai’s sword light.

At this sound, Li Che halted his practice without delay, vanishing from the study in one stride to reappear on Taibai Peak's summit.

And at that moment, on Taibai Peak,

numerous figures milled about energetically.

Li Che spotted Supervisor Hong Shifu, along with Grandmaster Lv Qiankun and several others.

"A Che is here."

Lv Taibai, his silver tresses cascading freely, grinned as he noticed Li Che.

"The Great Supervising Minister at the Capital Divine Heaven Bureau's central headquarters broadcasted the news worldwide via the Qintian Observatories in the Eleven Cities, announcing Qi Tian City's activation... It's time for us to begin our preparations for departure."

Lv Taibai regarded Li Che and stated.

"For this trip to Qi Tian City, Qian Yuan Divine Sect's contingent will include the Grandmaster, myself, the Great Elder, and A Che all traveling as one."

"Old Zhao, Ding Zi, and the Fourth Elder, you'll safeguard the Divine Sect from now onward."

Lv Taibai directed.

Feng Zhiqi, his frame both towering and sturdy, clasped his fists in salute: "Sect Master, you can count on us."

"We'll depart in three days; even though Equal Heaven Temple's inheritance won't fully manifest for another month, arriving early in Qi Tian City allows us to engage with the Demon Race that controls it, those from the Ten Thousand Demon Cave and Ten Thousand Rivers; it's not essential to rush, yet we mustn't lag behind."

Prominent experts of Qian Yuan Divine Sect assembled atop Taibai Peak, exchanging thoughts among themselves.

Indeed, venturing to Qi Tian City carried immense weight, complete with the peril of demise.

Should all four perish, Qian Yuan Divine Sect would surely plunge into turmoil.

Yet, confronting such a monumental chance, Lv Qiankun and Lv Taibai couldn't bear to forsake it outright, for even relinquishing it meant that if enemies of Qian Yuan Divine Sect claimed it, the sect would still face dire straits...

In essence, the tide of destiny drives them onward in relentless pursuit.

Regarding Fang Hanshu, he was also joining the journey. Neither Lv Taibai nor Lv Qiankun hindered him, believing he had lingered too long at the Great God stage, and this presented a chance to break through to Divine Tribulation.

The talks wrapped up.

Li Che made his way back to the Elder Court in the Disciple City once more.

After sharing moments with his wife and telling her of his planned departure to Qi Tian City in three days, he retreated to his study to resume his cultivation.

He retrieved a Lower Three Pure Ones Divine Crystal, the prized possession of Gu Yangxuan.

Gripping the Lower Three Pure Ones Divine Crystal, Li Che shut his eyes, his Seven-orifice Exquisite Heart pulsing softly in the Inner Scene of his Brow Niwan.

Every pulse unleashed a mighty pull, drawing forth the divinity stored in the Divine Crystal.

Yet...

Every throb from the Seven-orifice Exquisite Heart appeared to include an extra ripple.

Li Che's eyes snapped open suddenly.

Given his heightened senses now, he effortlessly detected this added ripple...

Following a brief reflection,

Li Che's gaze brightened.

Joining his index and middle fingers, he ripped apart the Qiankun Space...

Clenching his five fingers, a Dao Yun Divine Crystal dropped straight into his grasp.

Eyeing the Dao Yun Divine Crystal briefly, Li Che held it in his left palm, his right still clasping the Three Pure Ones Divine Crystal.

A mere shift in his thoughts triggered the Divine Method.

Boom——!!!