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

Chapter 1186: Chapter 338: Emperor Xi Xi, Age 6, Makes a 14-Year-Old Cry; Pure Heart’s Fourth Molting, Fortune Favors the Bold

The mouth was bulging.

Crunching, crunching…

…

…

“The first pre-feast’s food is somewhat simple—a cup of the Seven Elements ‘Nourishing God Tea’, a ten-year-old small peach…”

“However, it’s also a very good thing. The Nourishing God Tea can stabilize Xi Xi’s divinity, which she just broke through to the Divine Minister state, while that ten-year-old small peach is quite good for augmenting Qi and blood.”

Lv Taibai glanced at the things on Xi Xi’s table and then lost interest.

The pre-feast banquet was indeed simple.

With a wave of a big hand, divine undulations surged, and Li Che felt the scene before him flash, disappearing from within the Divine Palace.

“As the pre-feast progresses, the small feast’s settings will get better…”

“A Che, you can actually start preparing for the ‘Hero’s Pre-feast’ too.”

The people returned to their senses at the Qianyuan Institute, and Lv Taibai said to Li Che.

Li Che nodded. Indeed, watching his daughter enjoy eating the peach made him somewhat tempted as well.

After Xi Xi’s first feast ended, Li Che didn’t linger any longer and bid farewell to everyone to return to secluded meditation.

Once back in his room, Li Che took out the Four Imperial Upper Divine Crystal he had acquired from Yue Huanglong.

However, as if he remembered something, Li Che flicked his fingers.

Buzz—

Inside the room.

A black chess piece twisted and slowly emerged, growing larger and interweaving into the form of Yue Huanglong.

“My lord.” Yue Huanglong respectfully cupped his fists.

“How much do you know about Noble Princess Consort Ji?”

Li Che inquired.

Yue Huanglong paused for a moment but answered truthfully. He came from the ancient Yue Family and knew a bit about Noble Princess Consort Ji.

“Noble Princess Consort Ji, whose name is Ji Yan, is currently the beloved consort of His Majesty. However, this love seems to be meant to balance the Empress, for His Majesty actually seems to favor Su Da of the Su Family more now.”

“Ji Yan is known for her volatile personality, perhaps due to past calamities. Her father once served in Jizhou, and Ji Yan also grew up in Jizhou but was once attacked by the Corpse God Cult. Fortunately, she was saved by Ji Moli, but since then, her temperament has become extremely volatile and domineering, with a strong desire to control…”

“Later, when His Majesty was selecting a consort, Ji Yan entered the deep palace as a daughter of the Ji Family. After giving birth to the Third Prince, she was promoted to Noble Consort, and afterward, she gave birth to the Young Prince Lu Chi…”

Yue Huanglong said.

Li Che nodded thoughtfully.

“A drastic change in temperament, volatile and domineering, with a strong desire to control… Does it mean this woman may hold grudges?”

Li Che said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Yue Huanglong nodded.

Li Che sat cross-legged in the room, a natural airflow blowing through his dark, flowing hair.

Clenching his five fingers, a white Thunder Chess Piece floated up and down in his palm.

In his eyes, lines seemed to interweave and crisscross.

“Ji Yan… besieged by the Corpse God Cult in Jizhou, saved by Ji Moli… could there be a connection to Ji Moli?”

Li Che squinted his eyes.

In his pupils, it was as if rewinding, reflecting the scene of Noble Princess Consort Ji returning to the Ji Family Mansion, destroying things in a rage, and planning to contact the power of the Su Family in the Divine Capital to deal with their father and daughter.

A fierce glimmer flashed briefly in Li Che’s eyes.

“Indeed very volatile, using the Su Family against me?”

Li Che chuckled, the Su Family indeed had some foundation in the Divine Capital, supported by their strongest guardians carrying resources, flourishing in the Divine Capital, backing the Third Prince for a chance at great achievements.

“Saying I ruined the Su Family… downright slander, I have granted the Su Family’s people… rebirth.”

With a flick of his fingers.

Su Leibao’s figure immediately appeared, holding the Golden Dragon Slayer Blade, bowing toward Li Che.

“My lord!”

“You disguise yourself and approach the Martial Saint of your Su Family who opened the Mountain Path… just say, the Third Prince ordered Yue Huanglong to slaughter everyone of the Su Family attempting to relocate to the Divine Capital, including a month-old baby in swaddling clothes…”

Upon hearing this, Su Leibao’s eyes slightly flickered.

“Understood.”

Yue Huanglong aside awkwardly revealed a smile: “Hehe…”

If Yue Huanglong said it wasn’t intentional, would old Su believe it?

Knowing he would become a colleague in death, Yue Huanglong definitely wouldn’t have acted so ruthlessly, affecting the workplace relationship.

Su Leibao didn’t even glance at this damned fellow.

He accepted Yue Huanglong into Mo City, while Su Leibao obtained the Sleeping Dragon Power of the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit, suppressing his aura, silently walking out the door.

Li Che slowly exhaled.

“Throwing mud… the old head of the Su Family has already been resurrected by me, what do you have?”

“Let the dogs bite each other.”

Even though the Divine Capital was strong, it did not mean that Li Che would simply endure quietly.

During the argument between Lu Chi and Noble Princess Consort Ji, Li Che had already quietly flicked a chess piece onto her body.

Though Noble Princess Consort Ji held a noble status, her abilities were average. As a Ji Family’s daughter and a consort, her actions were quite perverse. However, she could not be blamed for having suffered psychological trauma in childhood.

“But… having been involved with Ji Moli…”

Li Che’s gaze flickered slightly, feeling somewhat peculiar at heart.

Shaking his head, Li Che dismissed these gossip thoughts.

His five fingers clenched the Four Imperial Upper Divine Crystal.

Within his chest, the Dao Fruit [Pure Heart] throbbed vigorously, a vast suction burst forth, drawing in the pure and abundant divinity from the crystal into the Inner Scene of the Energy Center.

The divine fetus absorbed it, and it was taken in by one Golden Core after another.

Uncertain of how long it took, the sky outside turned dark and bright, bright and dark again.

Everything seemed to quiet down between heaven and earth.

“Exhale—”

“Inhale—”

With each breath; the world grew silent, and the mind calmed.

Li Che seemed to be enveloped within divinity, with the Heaven and Earth chessboard covering the sky, isolating any detection.

Uncertain of how long had passed.

A sound resembling morning bells and evening drums reverberated in his ears.

The heart’s every beat seemed to shake the Heaven and Earth Soul.

In that moment.

The world turned clear, when extreme adversity turns into prosperity!

In front of him, with slow-flowing radiance, a milky-white with a black background, the milky-white radiance formed words as it interweaved.

[Dao Fruit: Pure Heart (lv6,0%)]

Pure Heart!

Finally, the fourth transformation!