As a father, I just want to watch you live forever.

Xixi's birthday had just passed, and the weather was getting colder.

Winter plums stood proudly in the cold winter, stained with white snowflakes. The bluestone floor of the inner city's long street was covered with thick snow, dazzlingly white.

Li Che saw off Xu You, who led the team out of the city to eliminate evil spirits, and returned to his own courtyard in Qingfeng Lane.

Old Chen sat on a rattan chair, drinking old wine under the eaves, staring at the dry old tree in the yard, dazed.

"Old Chen, what are you thinking about?" After Li Che came back, he shook the snow on the oil-paper umbrella and asked curiously.

The focus in Old Chen's eyes returned, and he shook his head: "When people get old, they are prone to daze..."

"After a while, the Shenzong will send people to Feilei City to select spiritual children... If Xixi is safe and sound during this period, she will probably be selected to join the Shenzong..."

"Old Chen... I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to see Xixi in the future."

Old Chen sighed, picked up the wine gourd, and poured a few sips into his mouth.

After spending so much time with the child, if he suddenly had to be separated for a long time, Lao Chen would really feel blocked in his heart, and he would be eroded by endless loneliness and worries.

Worried about his own death in the future... and he couldn't bear to see the child.

"Then why don't you go with us to Shenzong to accompany Xixi to practice?"

Li Che said softly.

Lao Chen rolled his eyes and looked at Li Che as if he was looking at a fool: "A Che... you are still too young."

"Shenzong recruits disciples, and only family members can accompany them. Xixi enters the sect to practice, how can I be qualified to follow?" Lao Chen shook his head. After all, he is a man of several dozen years old, and he still knows some of the inside story of Shenzong.

Hearing this, Li Che couldn't help but chuckle: "Don't worry... Xixi won't abandon you."

"It's just to go to Shenzong, no problem..."

Lao Chen shook his head. How could the rules of such a huge organization as Shenzong be easily changed for you?

Li Che chatted with Lao Chen for a few more words, and then planned to go to the independent workshop to practice and work.

However, before he went out, there were rustling footsteps outside the courtyard.

Li Che looked up and saw the wind and snow were torn apart.

Two figures wearing crane cloaks came on the soft snow and knocked gently on the open courtyard door.

"Master Li, are you there?"

The visitors were none other than Xu Heli and Xu Beihu.

"Congratulations to Master Li on his promotion to the master of woodcarving in the Ten Capitals. This is a great honor for Xu Ji." Xu Heli had a gentle smile on his face and a divine sword on his waist.

He looked at Li Che with a bit of surprise and burning eyes.

Xu Heli had never thought that a mud-legged man who had worked hard in the outer city could become a master of woodcarving.

"It's just luck." Li Che responded with a fist.

It was obvious that Xu Ji didn't value this woodcarving master as much as imagined, otherwise it would not be Xu Heli who came, but the head of the family, Xu Nanming.

A woodcarving master, is not worthy of the head of the family to show his favor personally?

Chen Dabao, who was calm and composed, jumped up from the rattan chair in shock when he heard that Li Che had become a woodcarving master, and his jaw couldn't close.

What the hell, how come he didn't know that he taught Li Che woodcarving? No trust, right?

Old Chen stared at Li Che in doubt.

But he was an old man after all, so he quickly calmed down and kept many things in his heart without asking.

Xu Beihu beside Xu Heli also had a complicated expression, and the shock in his heart had not yet been digested at this moment.

"Master woodcarvers rely on real skills and craftsmanship, not luck alone?"

"Master Li, don't be modest. I heard that Master Li carved a statue of 'Three Immortals Riding Bulls and Asking for Swords' for my third brother yesterday? I wonder... Can Heli ask Master Li for a divine woodcarving?"

Xu Heli clasped his fists and said.

"Five hundred gold leaves, I will provide the shape and the spiritual wood. Although Master Li is a woodcarver of Xu Ji, according to the rules of woodcarving masters, Xu Ji will not take a commission..."

Five hundred gold, a woodcarving.

It's really a sky-high price.

But for divine cultivators, a divine woodcarving can help them relieve the hard work of a month, which is naturally worth it.

After all, if you want to build a divine foundation and practice... you have to race against time.

Li Che looked at Xu Heli in surprise. He came directly to ask for a divine woodcarving?

Xu Ji's attitude and reaction after he learned that he had become a woodcarving master were really...somewhat beyond Li Che's expectations.

Chen Dabao on the side also frowned.

Li Che thought about it carefully. The Dao Fruit of [Chess Saint] has greatly improved and helped his reasoning and thinking ability.

He soon figured out the reason.

"Boss, I just became a woodcarving master. I spent a lot of energy carving that statue for Xu You. I won't accept orders for the time being..." Li Che shook his head and refused this deal.

It's not that he doesn't want to earn these 500 gold leaves.

Rather, he plans to formally impact the Tongmai realm in the next few days, so that he can be more confident in the Qi and Blood Martial Arts.

Li Qingshan said that he would take him to the Weird Temple. Li Che took it very seriously, but he was also very cautious. The stronger the strength, the safer it is.

The smile on Xu Heli's face gradually faded. He never thought that Li Che would refuse, although the reason was reasonable.

But he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Then I'll bother you Master Li. Heli will come back another day to ask for the statue..." Xu Heli calmed down and bowed.

After Li Che returned the greeting, the two brothers Xu Heli and Xu Beihu turned around and left.

Old Chen looked at the two men's backs and frowned: "Ache, this order... you should actually take it."

"There is probably going to be a big change in Feilei City, which caused Xu Ji's attitude toward the wood carving master to change. He was worried that after investing resources, you would just slap your ass and leave... But after accepting the order, at least Xu Ji's attitude will soften. some."

Li Che opened the oil-paper umbrella and smiled: "It doesn't matter."

"Old Chen...I now have the confidence to refuse to accept orders."

After finishing speaking, he held the umbrella and walked into the snow.

Chen Dabao looked at Li Che blankly, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Unable to overlay the calm and confident young man in front of him with the nervous and timid figure who sought his help at Xu Ji Wood Carving Shop in the outer city.

Can time actually bring about such a big change in people?

…

…

In the luxurious carriage, the furnace water is boiling.

Dense steam filled the carriage.

Xu Hexi had no expression on his face, leaning on a soft chair and looking at the flying snow outside the car window.

"I was mistaken...I never thought that the clay-legged man back then could one day become a master of wood carving..."

"The fish jumped over the dragon's gate, and earth-shaking changes took place."

Xu Beihu poured a cup of tea for Xu Hexi and said with emotion.

"This is talent... To be able to give birth to a top-grade soul boy like Li Nuanxi, one's own talent must be quite good."

"What a pity..." Xu He shook his head.

Thinking of what the old man said to him, Xu Hexi lowered his eyes slightly, flashing a hint of anger.

You carve wood carvings for Lao San for free, and I spend five hundred gold leaves and you don’t even accept the order...

What a great face!

Shameless...

Slowly closing his eyes, Xu Hexi said to Xu Beihu: "Go to the city lord's palace, find Zhao Xuanhai, and tell him about Li Che becoming a wood carving master. Didn't he always want Li Che to carve wood carvings?"

"Just what he wanted."

When Xu Beihu heard this, his hand that poured tea suddenly stopped.

Boiling hot tea poured out.

…

…

The sky is getting dark and snow is falling all over the sky.

Snowflakes like goose feathers are scattered in the world, enveloping the atmosphere.

On the long street, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians.

Although the inner city is more prosperous than the outer city, the population is much smaller, so when it gets dark, there are basically not many pedestrians.

Zhao Xuanhai was wearing a bamboo hat, with one hand tucked into his chest. His burly figure looked like a bear walking in the world, but the ground was covered with snow. As he walked, he left no footprints.

"This Li Che...has actually become a master of wood carving, which is interesting."

"What a genius. The city lord will definitely like it. If the city lord's 'Thousand Buddha Sculpture Banquet' can get a master of wood carving, it will definitely be a success."

Most wood carving masters have been tied to wealthy families for many years and cannot move.

A wild new wood carving master, that would be so delicious.

"The Xu family simply chose to sell the newly minted woodcarving master, knowing that they could not stop the city lord's 'Thousand Buddha Sculpture Banquet'."

"As expected, he started out as a businessman. He is indeed cold-blooded and only pursues profit."

Looking up at the independent workshop in the alley, the Xu family directly revealed the location of the workshop to him.

"Li Che, Li Che..."

"When I spent money to treat you to a toast, you didn't want it. Now... just drink the fine wine."

Zhao Xuanhai stepped down, took out an angry boy's mask from his arms, and covered his face.

The sky is full of wind and snow.

They all seemed to be stagnant, as if they were being burned and melted by flames.

…

…

In an independent workshop.

Li Che sat quietly while Feixue swayed.

But just as it was about to land on the tip of his hair, it was twisted and torn apart by invisible force.

In front of him, Li Che made a chessboard out of nanmu, with vertical and horizontal lines arranged in it. However, there was not a single chess piece on the chessboard, it was completely empty.

He gently placed his palm across the chessboard.

Instantly.

In the chest.

The Dao Fruit [Chess Saint] trembled violently.

The spirit was lifted up in an instant, and the divinity between heaven and earth boiled, intertwined and condensed, and the lines formed an invisible chessboard.

Li Che slowly opened his eyes.

He saw...

At the entrance of the alley, Zhao Xuanhai slowly took out an angry child mask and covered his face...

I saw him walking step by step towards the workshop in the alley.

Like a black chess piece on a chessboard.

Can't wait...

Toward a death.

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