"I now have the assistance of a high-quality Flood Dragon Blood Martial Pill, and in half a month, I will have reached the Mysterious Vein Perfection, qualifying me to challenge the Divine Vein..."
Li Che put away the Shocking Spear, stretched lazily like endless firecrackers exploding.
With a thought, he retracted all his Qi and blood, and his sturdy body was also concealed under the elastic shirt, the faintly outlined contours indicating the extraordinariness of Li Che's physique.
After practicing martial arts, Li Che began to cultivate the Divine Method.
Upon reaching the Divine Base Realm of the Three-Eyed Fierce True Lord Technique, after completely solidifying his foundation, it began to automatically extract divinity from the heavens and earth, enhancing his own body.
The next three Divine Methods—Angry Cry Town Ghost, Heart Shocking and Sturdy, Xuansi Liu Sword—had reached a degree of nurturing nature where one could start preparing to cast a divine foundation.
As for Chaotic Joyful Bewilderment Divine, because Li Che did not invest much effort in it, it was slower.
However, there was no rush; he would wait until the other three divine foundations had been cast.
After consolidating his divine cultivation for a while.
Flipping to the page, it was the Chief Supervisor's message.
Then turning to the main text, he began to read attentively.
As he read, Li Che became so engrossed that his expression subtly changed from time to time, sometimes in awe and sometimes in reflection.
Closing the book, Li Che closed his eyes.
"Divine Sculpting Technique... It's not just a wood carving art; it turns out to be an amalgamation of divine secret techniques and divine martial arts!"
"The divine secret technique, being of the Seven Element Rank, is known as the Divine Sculpting Technique..."
"And the divine martial arts is of ultimate study quality, named 'Thousand-Armed Divine Sculpture'!"
"Divine secret technique and divine martial arts both must reach the same standard, and only then is mastery considered accomplished..."
"Much effort was not in vain after all the trouble of search... it came effortlessly at last..."
Li Che had always wanted to find a True Intent Ultimate Study, and now... it was directly fed to him.
With True Intent Ultimate Study, he had a chance to challenge the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm!
Inside his chest, the Dragon Elephant Vajra, as if sensing his feelings, thumped loudly.
Details of the "Thousand-Armed Divine Sculpture" divine martial arts flowed through his mind.
A moment later, Li Che opened his eyes.
"Worthy of being a True Intent Ultimate Study, I went through it three times in my mind and still couldn't grasp the basics... looks like it needs several more passes!"
Li Che was somewhat amazed, as he would normally be able to grasp Superior Martial Arts by simulating them three times in his mind.
After all, the talent from the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit was truly remarkable.
Li Che stopped carving, his entire mind immersed in the cultivation of this ultimate study.
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...
Spring breeze stirred, the willows softly swayed.
Time, tickled by the wind, rolled past swiftly like gravel.
For half a month, Li Che's days became very regimented.
During the day, he went to the Qintian Observatory to work for an hour, then left for the workshop courtyard to carve the "Furious Zhong Kui Ghost-subduing Statue" while cultivating the ultimate study and comprehending the divine secret technique.
Unfortunately, Li Che's talent in divine secret techniques was truly average; it took half a month just to barely get started.
Whereas he had entered the realm of the "Thousand-Armed Divine Sculpture" ultimate study on the second day of practice.
Spring rain drizzled, the early spring being a rainy season, incessantly falling, unable to wash away the lingering melancholy.
In the workshop courtyard.
Li Che's Qi and blood burst out, in an instant throwing out an arm, numerous overlapping and densely packed shadows making it unclear which was the real hand and which was false.
Boom—!
With fingers together, he ferociously struck down, creating a booming noise as if a large drum skin had been hit, causing the air beneath his palm to visibly indent several inches!
The force contained in this strike would shatter the internal organs of an ordinary Xuanmai Warrior if landed on a human body.
Even a Divine Pulse Martial Artist would likely not withstand it, likely ending up severely crippled.
However, hitting the opponent with this strike was the challenge; the opponent, after all, isn't a dumb wooden statue standing still waiting to be hit.
"Whoosh—"
The roaring blood within him like burning in a furnace, numerous arm shadows layer by layer returned to his body, resembling the Thousand-Armed Guanyin retracting her hands, mystical and bewildering.
Li Che's eyes shone brightly, exhaling a breath of turbid air.
"Ultimate study Thousand-Armed Divine Sculpture... Minor Accomplishment achieved!"
"But, it will only get more difficult from here, Great Achievement level, that's crucial, its destructive power could even match Superior Martial Arts refined to the Transformation Realm." Your next journey awaits at
In the courtyard, the turbulent air flow slowly returned to calm.
Li Che then sat down in his chair, and began carving on the workbench.
In half a month, the Zhong Kui statue was finally about to be completed. It wasn't that he didn't want to speed up, but...
When carving the nearly identical image of Zhong Kui in his mind, it became extremely difficult to make each cut.
When he carved the Third Crown Prince, the carving could be so smooth, and Li Che felt it was related to the compatibility with the divinity of the Temple God from the tributary of Nine Dragons River...
Yet this almost Nine Luminaries level "Furious Zhong Kui Ghost-subduing Statue" was already nearly complete, just some final details to polish.
As the last knife trimmed away slivers of wood shavings.
The divinity between heaven and earth suddenly began to converge relentlessly.
The Tenth Order Spirit Wood, the sculpture of Zhong Kui made from Red Blood Spirit Sandalwood, began to emit a faint glow...
The surrounding howling wind never ceased; it seemed as though a "wahyaah" roar was resonating, with the vague and fleeting shadow of a robust figure with a leopard-headed, ring-eyed, and iron-whiskered visage flickering and dissipating.
Li Che took two steps back, satisfied.
His eyes bright, looking at the divine wood carving gradually overlapping with the image in his mind, somewhat dazed.
"Evil-Dispelling and Demon-Slaying Great General, Furious Ghost-suppressing, impervious to all ghosts!"