As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life

Chapter 597: Chapter 211: The First Day Xi Xi Didn’t Come to the Restaurant, Missing Her, Desire and Fear of the Jade Tower and Cold Immortal Mysterious Temple_2

That is a scene sealed in memory, somewhat distant now.

Skyscrapers, bustling streets…

The noisy images, like reflections in water, flowers in mirrors, as dream-like and illusory.

Safer by far than this world.

Li Che slightly lowered his eyelids.

Inside the restaurant, the owner came out holding a bowl of noodles.

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“I just made a simple bowl of noodles, make do with it.”

The owner in white placed the noodles in front of Li Che.

The broth was clear, the noodles like dragon whiskers, a perfectly fried fragrant sunny-side-up egg, garnished with green onions like bits of jade.

Looking at it made one’s mouth water, the rising steam fixing Li Che’s gaze in place.

The white-clothed owner took off his apron and sat opposite Li Che.

Watching the pleasantly satiated Li Che.

A faint, almost imperceptible, smile touched his lips.

He took out a piece of rolling paper and pinched some tobacco from the incense bag, rolled it into a slender cigarette, and tapped it lightly on the table.

Then, he placed it in the corner of his mouth and lit it with a match.

“Hisss—”

“Whoo—”

The smoke was intoxicatingly blurry.

“Xi Xi didn’t come; make do with this,” the owner gently said.

Li Che paused, suddenly finding the noodles less appetizing.

When Xi Xi came, it was braised pork, sweet and sour fish, a feast prepared; but when Li Che came, just a bowl of clear broth noodles?

How could there be such discrimination?!

Although Xi Xi was adorable, she was still his daughter, Li Che.

Could Li Che not even share a bit of his daughter’s light?

“What, can’t make do? Then don’t eat.”

The owner, squinting and puffing out smoke, said.

Li Che didn’t reply, instead he sped up his eating, quickly finishing the noodles and drinking every drop of the soup.

“Huha~”

Li Che set the bowl down, leaned back in the chair, and let out a contented breath of hot air.

Comfortable.

Watching the owner smoking the cigarette, Li Che squinted his eyes.

“Got one for me?”

Li Che asked.

The owner, holding the cigarette between two fingers, glanced at Li Che, thought for a moment, and elegantly rolled a cigarette for him, handing it over.

“Only one.”

Nothing beats a cigarette after a meal, pure joy like an immortal.

Outside the restaurant.

The Big Black Dog, watching the two enveloped in smoke, disdainfully covered its nose.

It lay on the ground, gazing at the hazy night created by the pouring Spring Rain.

The first day without Xi Xi at the restaurant, missing her.

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The next day, dawn.

Lead clouds tumbled above, brewing the Spring Rain.

Raindrops fell from the sky, splashing on cheeks, bursting into droplets, chilling the skin with the coolness of spring.

Yang Liu branches gently swayed, leaves fluttering.

After getting up, Li Che used the Thunder Chess Piece to teleport to the independent workshop in Thunder Alley of the Outer City.

He checked whether the Fairy in the Painting clones were slacking then practiced his Martial Arts a bit, circulating his Qi-Blood, condensing his Divine Gang.

Morning risen, full of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, internal organs revived from slumber, in excellent state, a perfect time for refinement.

After the session, Li Che’s Divine Gang count reached seven.

Of course, it was the Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon-Elephant Divine Fierce Energy that reached seven; Ten Thousand Dragons Subduing Gods and Primordial Heaven God Gang both lagged behind the first mastered Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon-Elephant.

Considering the amalgamation of three Divine Gangs, Li Che now barely possessed one Three Elements Divine Gang.

Blazing waves like Jiao Long surged endlessly throughout the courtyard.

Li Che’s skin reddened, each pore opened, unleashing tormenting heat waves.

His eyes sparked like lightning, his fingers struck the void.

Li Che stood in the courtyard, wielding the Xuanjin Eight Treasures Thunder Dragon Stick, rippling the air in waves.

Brow Niwan glowed, Primordial Spirit opened his eyes, Divine Light circulated, swiftly traveling through the meridians in his physical body, feeling the muscles and bones becoming increasingly robust, the bones seemingly radiating brilliant Golden Light!

The movement and strengthening of organs vividly appeared in his mind.

Among them, the transformations of the heart, lungs, and kidneys were particularly intense!

Extracting tremendous amounts of Essence Qi, rolling like tides from a great river!

Feeling an unparalleled surge of strength and vitality, Li Che couldn’t help but let out a long howl!

High-pitched like a dragon!

Fierce like a tiger!

Feeling enlightened, Li Che’s eyes shone like Golden Light, he stepped forward, his body’s Qi vigorous, the void seemed pierced.

His figure flickered mid-air, spanning a distance of a dozen meters, changing direction repeatedly, until four times!

And the fifth, almost forming, countless afterimages merging and then vanishing.

Li Che stood in the courtyard.

Hands behind his back, his Mo Shan flapping.

He looked up, exhaling a stale breath: “Soon, Lingxu Baqi Step, nearly reaching the Master Realm.”

“Having mastered the Master Realm’s Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon-Elephant, Ten Thousand Dragons Subduing Gods, and Primordial Equal to Heaven Staff, advancing to cultivate Martial Saint Ultimate Study feels less challenging, like breaking through with unstoppable momentum.”

“This is the synergy among Martial Arts.”

Li Che was in high spirits.

He understood that for the remaining two Martial Saint Ultimate Studies, stepping into the Master level, condensing the Martial Saint’s True Intent, refining the Divine Gang, was just a matter of time.

After changing into clean clothes, Li Che stepped out of the courtyard, locking the door, and strolled down the alley.

Arriving at the restaurant, the owner was making dumplings.

“Whoa, homemade dumplings by the owner?”

“For Xi Xi.”

The owner glanced at Li Che, saying indifferently.

“Wait a moment.”

Then, wearing white, the owner stood up, entered the kitchen, and started boiling the dumplings.

After a while, he packed the cooked dumplings and handed them to Li Che.

Li Che smiled, thanking the owner, and familiarly left a Gold Leaf before turning and leaving. He used the Thunder Chess Piece to teleport back to his courtyard in Liuxiang Lane.