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

"The head of the Million Gambling House... is not here today. I must find an opportunity to eliminate him, for cutting the weeds requires removing the root."

Li Che's eyes were incredibly cold as he slowly closed them, his whole body radiating a dense murderous aura.

A moment later, he gradually opened his eyes, the killing intent slowly retracting.

These powers had set their sights on his daughter, then he, Li Che... had set his sights on them.

As long as he could eliminate them before they made a move on Xi Xi...

Then Xi Xi's safety would be somewhat secured.

"Daddy can't do much... I can only help you by disposing of some maggot-like creatures."

With a thought,

Two Qiankun Jades appeared in front of him.

One came from the Corpse God Cult's Ten Cities Corpse God Envoy, the other from the second-in-command of the Million Gambling House.

"It's been a long time since I've received such generous gifts from others."

Li Che was overwhelmed with emotions.

After arriving at Mansion City, he had indeed calmed down a lot. Previously, when he killed the Qin Mansion's shadowy scouts and Qin Yuqing, he hadn't had the chance to receive their gifts.

His heart was truly breaking.

To kill without looting the corpses always made him feel as if ants were crawling on his skin.

Calming his emotions, Li Che began to tally his gains. He broke the seals of the Qiankun Jade, and the contents were completely revealed under his divine sense.

Li Che first checked the possessions of the second-in-command of the gambling house.

Three thousand silver notes, a hundred Gold Leaves, and some scattered silver so massive in quantity that Li Che couldn't be bothered to count them.

Furthermore, there were the Ten Cities Divine Foundation Technique, a Middle Vehicle Divine Meridian Method...

Several weapons, all were merely ordinary fine iron weapons, which for Li Che, who had used Divine Weapons, really weren't very appealing.

Martial arts pills and medicines... not one bottle, which was somewhat regrettable.

But what truly stirred Li Che's emotions was...

Amongst the second-in-command's collection, there were actually two Ten Cities Divine Crystals!

"Acceptable, not as poor as I had imagined."

Li Che finally revealed a satisfied smile; two Ten Cities Divine Crystals weren't many, but... at least it was a gain.

When it came to possessions, this second-in-command couldn't even compare to Golden Light Prefecture City's noble families' Patriarch Shen Ji, but the two Divine Crystals made up for the gap.

Continuing to check his gains, this time he opened the blind box of the Corpse God Cult's Corpse God Envoy.

Unlike the wealthy second-in-command of the gambling house, the Corpse God Envoy's Qiankun Jade contained not much money, but Li Che immediately searched for Divine Crystals...

"I've struck it rich..."

His eyes slightly brightened, with a thought, Li Che poured out ten Divine Crystals emitting a faint white luster!

Among them, there was a Divine Crystal as large as a palm, containing a force that made Li Che, who possessed the rank of Temple God Divinity, feel almost suffocated by its hierarchical pressure!

"Eight Extremes Divine Crystal!"

Li Che's eyes narrowed, somewhat shocked!

This Ten Cities Corpse God Envoy of the Corpse God Cult... actually possessed an Eight Extremes Divine Crystal?!

It wasn't...

The Ten Cities Divine Envoy, actually had such wealth?!

"Perhaps... this Eight Extremes Divine Crystal had great use for the Corpse God Envoy?"

Li Che pondered.

But no matter what great use it had, now...

This Eight Extremes Divine Crystal, belonged to Li!

Thanks for the generous gift from the Divine Envoy, Big Brother!

Plus the two from the second-in-command, a total of eleven Ten Cities Divine Crystals, one Eight Extremes Divine Crystal!

Not counting the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal, it was almost more than Li Che's four months' salary!

Indeed, one can't earn big money by working a job!

Li Che was in an extremely good mood, the Divine Crystals for him meant saving a lot of time in ripening the maturity of the "Immaculate Heart Taoist Fruit"!

Just let the "Immaculate Heart" Taoist Fruit's maturity ripen to level 3, and he could awaken the Prototype of Divine Powers belonging to "Immaculate Heart"!

This would be the third type of Prototype of Divine Powers that Li Che had mastered!

"The wealth of these cultivators from the grand sects truly cannot be compared with the leaders of forces under subordinate fishing gangs..."

"Moreover, this Corpse God Envoy of the Corpse God Cult must have just infiltrated the Million Gambling House. These Divine Crystals, very likely, were his operational supplies, especially that Eight Extremes Divine Crystal... might even involve the Corpse God Cult's plans."

"One Eight Extremes Divine Crystal, eleven Ten Cities Divine Crystals, could they help me elevate "Immaculate Heart" to level 3?"

"If it's not enough, within Golden Light Prefecture City, there should still be quite a few Divine Crystals that belong to the Corpse God Cult's Corpse God Envoy..."

Li Che's eyes lowered, fiddling with the thickly divine, rank suppressing Eight Extremes Divine Crystal, he exhaled a breath.

The Corpse God Cult was no good thing...

Just consider it a way of removing harm for the people.

Apart from the Divine Crystal, the collection owned by the Corpse God Envoy was much simpler.

A Divine Weapon, specifically a long sword, emanated an extremely cold aura.

...

[Divine Weapon (Top-Grade Ten Cities): Ice Soul Bone Erosion Sword]

[Craftsmanship: Forged from century-old cold iron, mixed with the blood of the demonic insect "Bone Erosion", imbued with the Six Desires Body Touching Divinity, and quenched in Cold Ice Condensing Spring Water, this sword engages with "Body Touching Divinity". When drawn, it can erode a person's tendons and bones with ice!]

[Requirement: Six Desires Body Touching Divinity Technique, Cultivation as Riverlike or higher]

...

A divine weapon of top-grade quality from the Ten Cities, sadly, it required the cultivation of [Body Touching Divinity] among the Six Desires Divinity in order to wield it.

For Li Che, it was nothing more than a chicken rib—useless and not worth bothering about.

"Later, I'll sell it at the black market for Divine Crystals," Li Che stated unapologetically. After all, it was a divine weapon, not a cheap object, as he directly stored it in his Qiankun Space.

Apart from the divine weapon, it was the elixirs. He poured out an exceptionally dark elixir, with dense death qi spreading out from it.

Li Che immediately used Thousand Analyzing Hands to activate identification.

"Ninth Rank Superior martial arts pill... Corpse God Thousand Ghosts Death Qi Condensing Martial Pill! After consumption, it will erode the flesh with death qi, enduring agony to break through restrictions, and can be ingested."

"This is meant for those cultivators from the Corpse God Sect who have practiced the Cursed Corpse!"

Li Che frowned slightly, the identification by Thousand Analyzing Hands confirmed there was nothing wrong with the pill, just that its nature might differ from ordinary martial arts pills.

After storing away the elixir, Li Che turned his attention to the cultivation methods.

"Six Desires Body Touching compared to Corpse Cultivating Method," "Six Desires Body Touching compared to Corpse Divine Foundation Technique", these were two volumes related to Divinity.

Li Che glanced at them and then stored them away, not wanting to cultivate Six Desires Divinity for the moment.

Mainly because he had not yet perfected Seven Emotions Divinity. Delving into Six Desires felt like biting off more than he could chew.

Moreover, the Six Desires Divinity Method's malevolence... was even more severe than that of Seven Emotions, so Li Che preferred to proceed conservatively.

Apart from these, there was Divine Martial Arts!

"Corpse God Death Smoke Finger" Nine Luminaries Divine Martial Arts!

Once mastered, the fingers would wrap around with death qi, comparable to a deadly poison!

It was an exceptionally malevolent martial arts!

Li Che narrowed his eyes slightly, but remained calm and began reading through it.

After a while, with the martial talent bestowed by the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit, he had already started to grasp the basics of the Death Smoke Finger.

Apart from the difficulty in condensing the death qi, which was not a big problem, Li Che had the Death Qi Martial Pill, so he was still capable of practicing this martial art.

Not continuing with the martial arts cultivation, Li Che's mind shifted.

Streams of light shone forth from his pupils.

[Dao Fruit: Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv3,15%), Pure Heart (LV2,24%), Chess Saint (LV2,12%)]

The maturity of the Dao Fruits had all made notable progress.

Dragon Elephant Vajra had increased by 2% due to a fierce battle, not much, but at least it was a progress.

Pure Heart had not changed much, however, the Chess Saint Dao Fruit had grown quite a bit...

Clearly, it was due to a one-time siphoning and consolidating of the deceased's divinity chess pieces.

But the improvement could only be said to be very ordinary, to advance to level 3 seemed a distant prospect.

"If I could absorb the divinity from the Temple God at the Mysterious Temple, and consolidate Temple God Divinity Chess Pieces...that should speed up the process considerably."

"This battle, in my haste for a quick decision, I used a Temple God Chess Piece, and now, I only have six left..."

Li Che sighed.

Temple God Chess Pieces... once used, they are gone, but they are needed to fuel the Ascending Stance with their divinity.

"I need to find an opportunity to visit the Mysterious Temple..."

"However, the Temple Control Bureau's experts are stationed to guard every temple in Mansion City, and with Strange Que blocking the way, it's not easy to enter..."

Li Che suddenly felt nostalgic for that bald Temple God statue outside Fei Lei City.

"Forget it, out with the old, in with the new, there will always be new Temple Gods waiting for me..."

Li Che muttered.

Then clearing his mind of distractions, he took out the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal.

In his chest, the Pure Heart Taoist Fruit suddenly began throbbing violently, and a majestic absorbing force burst forth.

The subtle white divinity contained within the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal was furiously devoured by the Pure Heart Taoist Fruit.

Li Che suddenly opened his eyes, a slight flicker of shock in his gaze.

Yet he saw the maturity of the Pure Heart Dao Fruit ascended rapidly.

2%, 2%, 2%...

In almost a breath's time, it increased by 2%. This speed was much faster than Li Che had anticipated.

Li Che realized...

He had somewhat underestimated the divinity contained within the Eight Extremes Divine Crystal!