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

Chapter 759: Chapter 248: Emperor Xi Xi is astonished by the Great God’s talent, Dao Fruit suppresses the Three-point Double-edged Knife [Seeking Monthly Ticket]_3

Xi Xi was very nostalgic for her mother’s cooking.

Although Old Chen’s culinary skills were already wondrous beyond measure, the taste of her mother’s cooking still held an irreplaceable position in Xi Xi’s heart.

Old Chen was sitting under the eaves in the courtyard, puffing on a dry pipe, with Nie Yang cradling a sword in his arms, accompanied by the equally cold-looking Li Chengzhou sitting beside him.

It was as if they were watching Old Chen swallow clouds and spit fog.

And Xi Xi, squatting beside Li Chengzhou, looked obediently at him cradling the sword.

Seeing his daughter who gazed like a little ruffian, Li Che’s mouth twitched.

Xi Xi was so captivated by her looks that she didn’t even welcome her own father home?

“Master Nie.” Li Che looked towards Nie Yang and nodded.

“Elder Li, just call me Old Nie. As you are an elder of Divine Eagle Ridge and need to frequently travel between Divine Eagle Ridge and Qianyuan Dao City… It’s my responsibility to ensure your safety,” Nie Yang replied earnestly.

“Give me another half month; I’m about to break through,” Nie Yang said coldly.

After breaking through, Nie Yang would immediately attain the state of Sword Energy Blossoming and become a Supreme Grandmaster.

A newly advanced Supreme Grandmaster, even in Dao City, would be considered a top-tier powerhouse, so protecting Li Che should pose no problem.

Unless an assassin used Divine Fetus or a Martial Saint, Nie Yang would be able to hold on for a while until reinforcements from Divine Eagle Ridge could arrive to save them.

“Unless… an attack from the Underworld,” Nie Yang added, his eyes solemn.

However, Li Che’s family seemed to have very good relations with the Underworld.

The Underworld…

They wouldn’t attack Li Che, would they?

“Old Nie, relax, no need to be so tense, and don’t put too much pressure on yourself… I, Li Che, have been kind to others throughout my life, honest and upright, acting transparently, there should be no one out to take my life,” Li Che said with a warm smile.

Upon hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Nie Yang’s face.

Indeed…

He and Li Che were well acquainted.

An extremely honest and straightforward man.

Working at the Qintian Observatory, arriving on time every day, his days were spent either carving or cultivating, a life mundane and ordinary.

Such a man…

Who would think of killing him?

“Dinner’s ready!” From the kitchen, Zhang Ya called out with a smile, wrapped in an apron.

Xi Xi immediately stopped looking at Li Chengzhou. Caught between beauty and food, she tended towards the latter.

“Daddy! You’re back!” Xi Xi sprang to her feet, suddenly seeing Li Che and exclaimed in surprise.

Li Che really wanted to knock on his daughter’s smooth forehead.

“Go call Nurse Momo, and then wash your hands for dinner.”

“Old Chen, Old Nie, and Chengfeng, come and join us too,” Li Che called out with a smile.

Xi Xi, little as she was, flitted away like a gust of wind.

Sometime later, she came out supporting Nurse Momo from the warm interior of the house.

After dinner.

Li Che, accompanied by Zhang Ya and cradling Xi Xi, had Nie Yang drive them to Divine Talisman Tower to visit the Sect Master’s Wife.

Zhang Ya even brought along her specialty braised pork.

“Mom, the Sect Master’s Wife, little master, definitely wouldn’t like braised pork. She’ll be afraid of getting fat and not cute anymore,” Xi Xi opined.

“Xi Xi is not afraid; Xi Xi can help the Sect Master’s Wife, little master!” Xi Xi declared seriously, her chubby face earnest.

Then, she was gently thumped on the forehead by Zhang Ya.

“Elder Li, we’ve arrived at the Divine Talisman Tower.” Nie Yang reined in the reigns, and the majestic Flood Dragon Horse neighed, slowing down its pace.

Li Che, cradling Xi Xi and holding Zhang Ya’s hand, stepped out of the luxurious carriage, thanked Nie Yang, and together they entered the Divine Talisman Tower.

“Come up.” As soon as they stepped into Divine Talisman Tower, the cool and authoritative voice of the Sect Master’s Wife drifted down from the ninth floor.

Li Che clasped his fist in salute, then ascended with Zhang Ya and Xi Xi towards the upper floors.

Walking through the antique tower, immersed in the rich ink fragrance of the air, they climbed the dragon-shaped wooden staircase and saw mystical yellow vermillion talisman papers quietly mounted inside frames along the corridors.

Li Che moved slowly, his eyes scanning over each talisman, a hint of extraordinary color flashing in his gaze.

Within his chest, the usually serene Dao Fruit of the Fairy in the Painting stirred restlessly.

In his eyes, as if dark ink flowed, he committed every talisman to memory.

“Is this… a Locking God Talisman?” Li Che’s eyes slightly sharpened.

It was recorded in the “Da Jing Qingyun Dao Mysterious Talisman Divine Sect Talisman Record.”

The Locking God Talisman consumed both spent and unspent lifespan, also locking one’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit. Once unleashed, its power is tremendously frightening.

However, once all Locking God Talismans are unleashed, they can drain a Divine Talisman Master of their Essence Qi and Spirit in an instant. Powerful yet risky, it is one of the Sect Master’s specialties.

Li Che’s eyes shone, his heart slightly stirred.

Lifespan consumed… locked within the talisman?

However, the Locking God Talisman is a method of infusing oneself into the talisman, which is quite dangerous, similar to Divine Weapon Masters who enter the furnace to forge peerless Divine Weapons.

This is also a method for a Divine Talisman Master to break through their own limits of Talisman Making.

“The Soul Capturing is my Divine Skill… equivalent to my command, I capture their souls, they submit to me, and with a single thought, I can control their life and destruction,” he mused.

Soul Capturing was the act of subduing a deceased individual; they were originally dead but could be resurrected with this power. Could the Locking God Talisman be used to lock the lifespan of the captured soul?

This notion sparked a curiosity in Li Che, a desire to test it out.

If it were possible, he would have one more trump card.

At this thought, Li Che closed his eyes slightly, and in his mind, ink seemed to spread like a dense droplet falling into a basin of clear water, instantly diffusing like a dancing dragon.

The patterns of the dancing dragon were just like the Locking God Talisman’s patterns…

The Locking God Talisman was one of the Five Elders’ Divine Talismans, without any rank designation, because the strength of the Locking God Talisman depended on the amount of lifespan locked.

Li Che opened his eyes slowly, and began to trace the Locking God Talisman in his mind.