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

Chapter 880: Chapter 275: A Showdown of Foundations – The Princess Consort Wishes to Leave Dao City, Has the Underworld Released You from the Book of Life and Death? [Seeking Monthly Ticket]_2

The Sect Master’s Wife, with exquisite makeup, nodded slightly toward Li Che.

Evidently, everyone attached great importance to this final trial at Temple Guardian Pass.

It was rumored that the Yun Family was also providing special training for Yun E, and the Yun Family Patriarch, an ancient Divine Embryo Ancestor, had awakened from his secluded slumber to prepare a hidden card specifically for Yun E.

Furthermore, the Yun Family Patriarch had invited Divine Embryo Ancestors from the Zhou Family and Zhong Family to join forces, pooling the heritage of the three great families to support Yun E in striving for the position of Sect Master’s Direct Disciple.

Meanwhile, from the Da Li Royal Court’s Wushen Mountain, Jin Taixui had arrived with two formidable experts and taken residence in a guesthouse in Qianyuan Dao City. They shut the doors of the guesthouse and courtyard, isolating themselves from all prying eyes, leaving everyone uncertain about the hidden cards Jin Taixui had prepared.

Qianyuan Dao City was completely ablaze with excitement. The Qiankun Gambling House had even created new betting lines for the final outcome of the Temple Guardian Pass trial among the three contestants.

“The trial at Temple Guardian Pass, Sect Master Taibai deliberately granted a three-day buffer period, which is essentially time for everyone to prepare their hidden cards. Temple Guardian… as the name implies, may require a battle within the strange temple’s Strange Que.”

“The testing temple is set within the Nine-Foot Slaying Evil Subduing Demon Tianpeng Mysterious Temple, one of the Four Royal Mysterious Temples. Clearly… this is not about sending those three kids to destroy the temple. Attacking a Four Royal Mysterious Temple, even a Divine Fetus Great God would find it far from easy.”

On the Qintian Observatory Treasure Building.

Supervisor Hong Shifu sat in a chair, with a chessboard laid before him, playing a game of strategy against the Governor of the Temple Control Bureau, Feng Zhiqi.

Although Feng Zhiqi was merely a Martial Artist, his chess skills were surprisingly good.

“Normally, there’s no need for a three-day delay; it feels as though Sect Master Taibai is targeting the visitors from Wushen Mountain.”

Feng Zhiqi placed a chess piece, speaking in a deep voice.

Hong Shifu stared intensely at the chessboard, with bloodshot eyes almost visible. His hands gripped a corner of the chessboard, hesitating between flipping the board or not.

Hong Shifu, having dominated the Qianyuan chess scene for years, found it humiliating to be defeated by a coarse Martial Artist like Feng Zhiqi.

“The target isn’t Jin Taixui himself but the Great Witch God behind him.”

Hong Shifu ultimately refrained from flipping the board, closing his eyes in dismay. The situation was beyond salvaging.

This Feng Zhiqi—his chess skills were terrifyingly exceptional.

“Wushen Mountain, as the foremost divine mountain of the Da Li Royal Court, is the true ruler behind Da Li. Its existence dates far further back than Great Vista, even surpassing the oldest Divine Sect now within Great Vista’s borders…”

“During the prime of Equal Heaven Temple, Wushen Mountain was already remarkable, standing tall within the snowy peaks of the Great Desert…”

Hong Shifu narrowed his eyes.

“The heritage of Wushen Mountain is unfathomable, and especially that Great Witch God… absolutely frightening.”

“In terms of divination and strategic calculation, it’s no weaker than Divine Capital’s Great Supervising Minister.”

“The Great Witch God has sent Jin Taixui to participate in this Qianyuan Divine Sect’s Sect Master Direct Disciple trial. It’s certain that Jin Taixui has been provided with an extremely profound heritage…”

“Sect Master Taibai… is merely allowing the two little girls time to enhance their own heritage.”

Hong Shifu remarked.

Feng Zhiqi furrowed his brows, his robust physique cloaked in substantial qi-blood mist that seemed to become tangible.

“If Jin Taixui truly becomes Lv Taibai’s Direct Disciple and the Young Sect Master of Qianyuan Divine Sect… it will indeed create significant headaches for Great Vista, destabilizing its already precarious internal situation with irreparable fractures.”

Feng Zhiqi drew a deep breath: “So, during these three days, it’s a game of strategy and confrontation?”

“A contest between Sect Master Taibai and the Great Witch God?”

Hong Shifu brushed his five fingers across the chessboard, scattering the pieces.

Leaning back on his chair, he let out a faint smile.

“You could say that.”

“If Jin Taixui dares to utilize the power of the Great Witch God…”

“Lv Taibai surely won’t stand idly by.”

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Qianyuan Dao City.

Thunder Alley.

Inside the courtyard of an independent workshop.

The night was oppressive, with leaden clouds churning across the sky, blocking the moonlight. The rain had stopped, but the moonlight and starlight remained obscured by the cloud layers.

Within the courtyard.

“Hoo—”

“Haa—”

In the yard, the rolling sound of muffled thunder resonated, matching the turbulent black clouds swirling through the nocturnal skies.

It was the sound of Li Che’s blood, akin to mercury, surging through his veins, roaring explosively like thunder.

Li Che sat cross-legged in the center of the courtyard, his breathing steady and deep, with his pores expanding and contracting, exhaling wisps of mist that linger endlessly.

His Thunder Magnetic Dao Body ignited, though only at Level 2, with arcs of lightning continuously bounding across his physique, distorting the surrounding field.

With a grasp of his five fingers, a talisman floated out from the room and shot forward. It was a Mystic Thunder Talisman, which ignited into a blaze with interwoven thunderbolts resembling a Thunder Jiao Python, hurtling toward Li Che’s physical body under the control of his Divine Sense!

The ground trembled lightly, with the scent of singed flesh beginning to waft.

However, as the lightning shroud around Li Che dissipated, he emerged unscathed, with arcs of electricity still captured and surging around his body.

By harnessing the power of the Mystic Thunder Talisman, he tempered his body and refined his Thunder Magnetic Dao Body.

[Dao Fruit: Thunder Magnetic Dao Body (lv2, 20%)]

The newfound path to advancement allowed the maturity of his Thunder Magnetic Dao Body Dao Fruit to increase rapidly.

Perhaps, once his Thunder Magnetic Dao Body broke through to Level 3, he could successfully create the “Immortal Super Electromagnetic Cannon.”

With a focused mind.

[Dao Fruit: Chess Saint (lv4, 90%)]

While Xi Xi participated in Sect Master Taibai’s Direct Disciple trial, Li Che connected with her through the Flying Thunder Chess Pieces.

And as Xi Xi entered Qiankun Small Cave Heaven, Li Che had to sustain their connection, requiring him to further stimulate the Chess Saint Dao Fruit.

Thus, his Chess Saint Dao Fruit’s maturity level experienced some growth as well.