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

Chapter 908 - 280: The Princess Consort, a Soul Capturing Bull Demon Riding a Dragon, Both Father and Daughter are 1000-Year-Old Divine Children? [Seeking Monthly Tickets]_5

Li Che and Zhang Ya, as Xi Xiʼs parents, received the greatest hospitality. Leaders of various noble families all came up to offer them a toast.

Zhang Ya was in high spirits, drinking one cup after another, her small face blushing brightly, her whole body seeming to radiate heat.

Li Che didnʼt persuade her to drink less. Feeling happy himself, he simply let her enjoy as much as she liked.

Meanwhile, Xi Xi sat next to Zhang Ya, indulging ravenously in the delicacies laid out on the table. Her little stomach seemed like a bottomless pit, as she swept food clean plate after plate.

”Daddy!”

”I finally got my wheels together!”

Still munching away, Xi Xi proudly showed off to Li Che, lifting her little feet into the air.

Instantly, sparks burst forth from beneath her soles.

Both her feet lit up with sweeping flames, accompanied by the metallic clanking of friction. Countless sparks danced wildly as two Prison Lotus Wind Fire Golden Light Wheels materialized out of thin air!

Supporting her body, the wheels lifted her off the ground and into the air. She tread lightly as though walking on flat ground, each step held steady by the spinning wheels beneath.

After showing off for only a moment, Xi Xi descended again, settling back beside Li Che.

She wore an expression of utter obedience and innocence.

Lv Taibai, his silver hair fluttering cleanly and freely, sat nearby. The Sect Masterʼs Wife swayed her little feet while seated beside him.

Occasionally Lv Taibai picked dishes to place into her bowl, and Sect Masterʼs Wife Xuan Qisha thoroughly enjoyed herself, her mouth glistening with grease from the feast.

After sharing a drink with Lv Taibai, Li Che served Xi Xi a roasted spirit chicken leg.

Beside them, Gongshu Jingjun walked over, laughing and raising his cup for a toast.

”Master Li, now that Xi Xi has become the Young Sect Master, you should feel at ease. Itʼs high time for you to focus on your work at the Divine Carving Ridge.”

”Youʼve inherited Elder Sunʼs Half-Saint Divine Sculpture legacy—donʼt waste such an invaluable gift.”

”In the future, if Elder Li truly ascends as the Divine Sculpture Master, it will undoubtedly mark a great celebration for the establishment of the Young Master,” Gongshu Jingjun said with a grin.

The Sect Masterʼs Wife laughed aloud, her mouth slick with oil as she gnawed at a chicken leg.

”Even though heʼs Xi Xiʼs father, a Saint-level Sculptor is not something just anyone can achieve, isnʼt it?”

”Divine Sculpting and Divine Talismans alike are easy to begin but difficult to master. Becoming a Saint Hand... far too difficult.”

”Better try achieving Half-Saint first. Only after becoming a Half-Saint Sculptor will there even be credentials to discuss Saint Hand status. Half-Saint is merely the threshold toward Saint Hand.”

The Sect Masterʼs Wife commented thoughtfully.

Li Che, hearing this, nodded in agreement...

”Mountain Master Gongshu, I havenʼt been idle lately. Iʼve been diligently studying Elder Sunʼs inheritance and have already mastered it. I think I can attempt sculpting a Half-Saint Divine Sculpture,” Li Che said.

Upon hearing this, Gongshu Jingjun froze mid-drink.

A glimmer of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

”Are you serious?”

Considering Li Cheʼs age and the short period since he obtained Elder Sunʼs dying gift—a painstaking Half-Saint inheritance...

He had already mastered it?

The Sect Masterʼs Wife scoffed lightly.

”Young man, do you think breaking into the Half-Saint realm is that simple? Donʼt be deluded into thinking that just touching the threshold allows you to craft a Half-Saint Divine Sculpture. Seeing the mountain and reaching the summit are entirely different things.”

”The saying ʼLooking at a mountain makes a horse die from exhaustionʼ holds true. Many Half-Saints exhaust their entire lifetimes to reach within armʼs length of the Saint realm, but that armʼs length... is an infinite chasm.”

The Sect Masterʼs Wife sighed deeply.

Her words reflected her own struggle: that armʼs length seemed agonizingly close, yet eternally unreachable.

Li Che laughed in response, his eyes gleaming as he glanced at the Sect Masterʼs Wife: ”Sect Masterʼs Wife, shall we bet on it?”

She wrinkled her nose: ”Why are you just like Xi Xi, so fond of gambling? No wonder youʼre father and daughter—carved from the same mold.”

”Little Jinzi, here, you eat too,” she said, handing another chicken leg to Jin Taixui, who stood quietly behind Xi Xi. Xi Xi turned her head around in confusion.

Wait—did someone just call Xi Xi cute?

Lv Taibaiʼs eyes sparkled momentarily as he focused on Li Che: ”What do you want to bet on?”

”Hey! Old Bai, donʼt go making decisions for me!”

The Sect Masterʼs Wife kicked her short legs restlessly, complaining.

Li Che chuckled: ”A small bet to spice things up.”

”Iʼll wager with Sect Masterʼs Wife... that within one month, I can sculpt a Half-Saint Divine Sculpture.”

”If I succeed, I hope the Sect Masterʼs Wife can craft a Divine Talisman for me.”

”Oh? What kind of talisman?” she asked curiously.

”[Small Divine Sky Five Thunder Shocking Killing Talisman]!”

Li Che declared.

”Huh? A Fifth-Order Middle Stage Divine Talisman? What do you need such a talisman for? This talisman... is very dangerous, with massive destructive power rivaling a full-force strike from a cultivator at the Divine Embryo and One Divine Transformation level.”

The Sect Masterʼs Wife said in surprise, narrowing her eyes suspiciously at Li Che. ”Moreover... how do you even know about this talisman? Itʼs recorded in the Xuanfu Divine Sectʼs Divine Talisman Record. Normally, outsiders wouldnʼt know of its existence.”

”Xi Xi talked about it, so I remembered,” Li Che replied, casually pinning the reasoning on Xi Xi.

Xi Xi, her mouth stuffed with chicken leg, mumbled incoherently: ”Mm-hmm, uh-huh? Yeah... sure.”

”I plan to integrate this talisman into an artifact mechanism,” Li Che said gently.

”Alright, bet accepted! Within one month, if you can sculpt a Half-Saint Divine Sculpture, Iʼll craft this Small Divine Sky Five Thunder Talisman for you free of charge.”

”If not, youʼll have to carve ten Divine Sculptures for me within a year to my specifications.”

Seeing that Li Che wasnʼt pursuing something overly reckless with the talisman, the Sect Masterʼs Wife readily agreed.

”Then let the Sect Master and Mountain Master bear witness to this wager...”

Li Che poured wine, offering a toast.

Gongshu Jingjun froze for a moment: ”Seriously?”

He inhaled sharply.

Was Li Che being too audacious?

One month...

To sculpt a Half-Saint Divine Sculpture?

Had he just glimpsed traces of Half-Saint essence and let them go to his head?

However, since both parties agreed, there was no objection from him.

Still, for twenty-four-year-old Li Che to achieve crafting a Half-Saint Divine Sculpture in a month...

If he truly succeeded...

Wouldnʼt he, like Xi Xi, be a once-in-an-eternity prodigy? Father and daughter both being eternal Divine Children?

Most merely saw Li Cheʼs excitement as the overconfidence of a novice glimpsing the Half-Saint realm.

Li Che drank the wine from his cup.

The corners of his lips curved into a subtle smile.

Suddenly.

The instant Li Che set down the wine cup, his brow Niwan pulsed slightly.

Within the Heaven and Earth chessboard.

A black chess piece swiftly coagulated and formed.

It was none other than the Confining God chess piece tied to Yellow Sword Wine.

It had been shattered ten times in succession?!

Who dared?!