Chapter 104: A flattering review, Raven Grenade [asking for a monthly ticket! ]
"Has this boy ever been to the Third Prince Temple outside the city?"
The deputy supervisor's white robe fluttered in the wind as he squinted at the divine statue quietly placed on the tea table.
Although... it is only at the level of a tenth city, the divinity on it is very weak.
But for a wood carving master, a wood carving can convey what the sculptor wants to express, which is a meaning outlined and pieced together with techniques, lines, and textures.
The reason why masters are masters is that they have mastered a skill to the extreme. If they want to make a breakthrough, they can only make different presentations and expressions in their minds.
Some masters of freehand ink painting use only a few strokes, which may seem like random splashes of ink at first glance, but if you observe carefully, you will discover a unique beauty, a beauty with meaning.
Sculpture…same thing.
Gongyang Liancheng and the beautiful woman Gong Yunli were both confused by the deputy supervisor's words.
"What is the deputy supervisor talking about... the strange temple of 'Eight-armed Hell Lotus and the Angry Third Prince' outside the city?" Gong Yunli couldn't help but ask.
The deputy supervisor was dressed in white and had a delicate appearance. He looked like a handsome boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. At this moment, he glanced at Gong Yunli unhappily and said, "Little Gong, don't be so big-breasted and brainless..."
"Are there other prince temples outside the city?"
Gong Yunli felt embarrassed when she heard that. She looked down at her towering chest and thought, "The deputy supervisor... just likes to tell half-truths."
"That means he has never been inside and has never seen the temple god..."
"Li Che's Qi and blood cultivation is only at the level of blood transfusion, and his divinity is only at the level of nurturing nature like a stream... He can't even enter the Weird Palace, let alone the Weird Temple..."
“Even if we…even if we carry the power of the temple god and press into the strange temple, we may not be able to reach the temple platform and see the eight-armed angry temple god of the Third Prince.”
Gong Yang Liancheng on the side spoke in a deep voice.
"That's indeed the truth..."
"Even if that little fellow hid his cultivation, he couldn't have hidden so much."
The deputy supervisor nodded, walked to the front of the wood carving, raised his fingers, and gently stroked the marks on the wood carving with his fingertips.
He closed his eyes, and every inch of his fingers sliding across the wood carving seemed to give him a strange feeling that made his hair stand on end.
"I came up with this wood carving test question. I spent a few breaths to simply chisel out a rough draft, but this kid... not only perfectly followed my carving ideas and methods, but even incorporated his own understanding and feelings into the second half."
"He must have never seen the real Qi, but he was able to use his imagination to sketch out a Qi that was close to the real Qi."
"This child... resembles me."
The deputy supervisor slowly opened his eyes, a gentle smile on his lips.
He added: "This boy... has the potential to be a special guest official."
When these words were spoken, Gongyang Liancheng and Gong Yunli were shocked.
This evaluation... is too high!
Guest officials are usually divided into three grades, from third grade, second grade to first grade. First grade guest officials are placed in the Imperial Observatory in the provincial capital, and their status is even higher than that of the young supervisors.
Because of his status as a first-class guest official, he could be placed in the Imperial Observatory's treasure tower in other prefectures or even state capitals.
However, they were only junior supervisors of the Treasure Tower of the Imperial Observatory in Jinguang Prefecture. If they left Jinguang Prefecture and went to other prefectures, they would naturally be one level lower. If they went to a state capital, or even to the Dajing Divine Capital, they would be two or three levels lower!
Not to mention... the special guest official!
Gong Yunli shook his head in disbelief, the small peak on his chest shaking up and down.
"Deputy Supervisor, you are... praising a newcomer too much! You can't praise him too much just because Li Qingshan recommended him!"
Gongyang Liancheng came to his senses and his face turned dark.
Oh, Xiao Yunli, how can you talk to your boss like that? Is it okay to say that? You can't just grow some weight, you also need to... grow some brains.
As expected, the deputy supervisor frowned and said, "Praise to death? I praised a newcomer to death because of Li Qingshan?"
"Xiao Gong, do you remember how many rules there were for the official officials of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory that were jointly drafted by the Chief and Deputy Chiefs of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory in the Divine Treasure Tower?"
Gong Yunli: "There are a total of 108 regulations of the Imperial Observatory."
"Remember it well. Go back and copy it twenty times and show it to me tomorrow. If you make a mistake or omission, you will be fined one Divine Crystal of 10 Du."
Gong Yunli was immediately shocked and gnashed his teeth. "You are taking revenge for your personal grudges. This is too much, you old man pretending to be young!" The deputy supervisor's eyes condensed and stared at Gong Yunli.
"Thirty times!"
Gong Yunli immediately lowered his head unwillingly, forgetting that this old man had a magical power similar to telepathy.
"Deputy Supervisor, I still have to say that you shouldn't brag about a special guest official like that casually... You're flattering the newcomer too much!"
Gong Yunli was quite optimistic about Li Che, a good woodcarving master, easy-going and gentle. She liked him very much.
But to say that Li Che has the qualifications to be a special guest official... would be embarrassing for this young man.
After saying that, Gong Yunli picked up the hem of his white robe and quickly slipped away.
The deputy supervisor was speechless.
He looked at Gong Yang Liancheng.
"Mr. Vice-Superintendent has a keen eye for talent, and what he said makes sense. I also think that this boy has a promising future and is qualified to be a special guest official!"
Gongyang Liancheng shouted loudly, he would not be like Gong Yunli, who had big breasts and no brains, and whose head was filled with iron.
Why do you talk back to your boss? Gong Yanglian City Lord hits one...
A word of flattery is worth a fortune!
"Tell Xiao Gong not to spread this evaluation. She keeps praising him so much... I'm afraid she'll let it slip first."
The deputy supervisor is very tired. He has two subordinates, one is stubborn and the other is a flatterer...
It really smells both fragrant and stinky.
Gongyang Liancheng knew what was going on, and nodded solemnly: "The deputy supervisor is thoughtful and prepared for a rainy day. No wonder I am so happy to be the deputy supervisor..."
"Shut up, just go down if you're fine."
Gongyang Liancheng bowed deeply, placed his hands on the ground, and slowly walked out.
Inside the tea room, the aroma of tea wafts through the air.
Quiet as usual.
The deputy supervisor stroked the statue with his fingers, and in a trance, he seemed to see a figure holding up a red silk ribbon and stirring the vast ocean...
"Recommended by Li Qingshan..."
"With such a talent, he was not sent to the Divine Sect, but was sent to the Imperial Observatory as a guest official... Why? In another five years... it will be the time when the Four Emperors are angry and the strange gate of the Third Prince Temple will shake, causing strange disasters..."
"Corpse God Cult..."
“It’s a troubled time.”
The deputy supervisor withdrew his hand from the statue, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.
Suddenly, his fingers paused and his slender eyes opened.
"Or... is this fellow Li Qingshan suspicious of the branch sect of the Divine Sect?"
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After the rain, the sky cleared up and the sun rarely appeared from behind the thick leaden clouds, shining on the world and reflecting the sparkling water.
Li Che left the Treasure Tower of the Imperial Observatory in a very good mood.
He became a third-class guest official of the Imperial Observatory, and while enjoying the resources of the Imperial Observatory, he also got a lot of good things.
The most important thing is that he has got the tiger skin, which is enough to make many forces in the city fear it, and can ensure that his small family can spend some years in peace.
For Li Che, that was enough.
He doesn't want much, just a peaceful and stable life.
Quietly watch my daughter grow up and see her achieve success in cultivation.
This is an old father's simple and plain wish.
Li Che was in a good mood. After leaving the Imperial Observatory, he walked directly onto the wide and long street in the city after the rain, which was wide enough to accommodate ten carriages running side by side.
Smell the fresh air and bathe in the relaxing spring breeze.
Li Che planned to go to Liuxiang Pavilion, order a table of good wine and food, and go back to celebrate. He especially wanted to order a few more roast ducks from Liuxiang Pavilion, which Xixi and his wife both loved.
However, Li Che did not take it lightly, because Qin Yuqing... was killed by him after all.
Although Zichen did not leave any clues related to himself, even if the Qin family really came to his door, without evidence, he had the status of a guest official of the Imperial Observatory as a guarantee, and the other party should not be able to touch him.
However, nothing is absolute. What if the Qin family has another vicious woman like Qin Yuqing? The kind who will kill you if she wants to, and will kill any dog that passes by...
Therefore, Li Che still has to be vigilant and not relax.
Even in the capital city, this world is not safe, and he may have to walk on thin ice for a long time.
That’s right, Li Che’s mind moved, the chess saint’s Dao fruit trembled, and the chessboard of heaven and earth was spread.
Sure enough, the three gray-masked secret agents from the Qin Mansion who had been following and investigating him disappeared without a trace.
Once Qin Yuqing died, these three people would probably return to the Qin Mansion to report the situation.
It just so happened that they provided him with the certificate of admission into the Imperial Observatory, which proved that it was impossible for him to take action against Qin Yuqing.
After all, he shot Qin Yuqing from the other direction of the Imperial Observatory's Treasure Tower.
After ordering the food and wine, Li Che did not return to his own courtyard immediately, but first went to another courtyard he had purchased, the workshop courtyard.
Sit on a chair, boil some water and make a pot of tea.
Drinking a sip of good tea in the spring breeze will make your mood even more beautiful.
Afterwards, he began to sort out his gains from becoming a third-class guest official at the Imperial Observatory.
My heart was moved.
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【Name: Li Che】
[Bond: Li Nuanxi (daughter)]
[Tao Fruit: Immortal Worker (lv3, 68%), Dragon Elephant King Kong (lv3, 13%), Immaculate Heart (lv2, 18%), Chess Saint (lv2, 7%)]
[Magic power prototype: Immortal Work·Thousand Analysis Hands, Dragon Elephant Vajra·Climbing the Tower]
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Huh? Li Che glanced at the Dao Fruit feedback and saw that the Dao Fruit [Xian Gong] had increased its maturity by 20% at once.
I was slightly stunned. Could it be that the feedback from the statue I carved in the Imperial Observatory was so great? No, it should be because I completed "Namo Immortal Worker Bodhi Barrett" and carved the statue in the Imperial Observatory.
It’s not like Li Che hasn’t carved a ten-city-level statue before, but it’s a bit strange to increase the maturity so much, there must be a reason.
Could it be related to the image of the god stepping on the golden wheel and dancing with red silk in the four seas that he had imagined and then integrated into the wood carving? Li Che's eyes flickered, and his heart was slightly heated. If this was true, he might have found a way to quickly increase the maturity of the immortal fruit.
There was no rush to experiment. After all, it was already late, and it would probably be too late to carve a four-armed wooden statue of the wrathful Third Prince.
He clenched his five fingers and took out the other gains after becoming a third-class guest official from the Qiankun space.
A gleaming crystal fell into his hands.
A warm feeling surged out from the crystal.
"Divine crystals... Divine objects that can only be found in Guique. Miss Shangguan said that if you want to buy divine objects, elixirs, divine weapons, etc. from higher levels of the Imperial Observatory, you can't use worldly things like gold and silver, but... Divine crystals!"
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Li Che held the crystal in his hand, but what made him most emotional was the divinity contained in the divinity crystal...
It seemed to be a milky white pure divinity from the same source as the [Immaculate Heart]! "From the same source? Both are immaculate and flawless divinities?"
Li Che's eyes focused, and the next moment his spiritual consciousness surged out, attracting the divinity in the divine crystal. However, when his spiritual consciousness just came into contact with the divinity in the divine crystal, the [Pure Heart] in his chest suddenly began to beat!
It opened its mouth suddenly, as if crying out for food.
The divinity in the Ten Capitals Divine Crystals...
They were pulled out very smoothly and merged into the [Pure Heart].
[Tao Fruit: Immaculate Heart (lv2, 20%)]
Li Che: “!!!”
There was no need for the Thousand Analysis Hands. He directly absorbed the divinity in the Divine Crystal and enjoyed a smooth and fierce suck! The maturity of the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit was directly increased by 2%!
How can this be!
One Ten Capital Divine Crystal increases the maturity by 2%. If there are another 40 of them, wouldn't the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit be able to mature to level 3? !
A shortcut! In the courtyard, Li Che's eyes lit up, or rather... this is the correct way to open the [Pure Heart] Dao Fruit!
In Feilei City, he had no access to the divine crystals at all. He could only practice diligently and absorb the divinity between heaven and earth to cultivate his pure mind.
But when we got to the provincial capital... things were different because there were more resources.
Unfortunately, the monthly salary of a third-class guest official is only ten Ten-City Divine Crystals.
It would take a year to collect forty divine crystals...
Li Che exhaled: "It's okay... take your time, no rush."
Li Che was calm and composed.
"Besides, I have now become a third-class guest official. In addition to the monthly salary, I should be able to earn divine crystals through divine wood carvings..."
Li Che smiled and felt that the future was becoming more and more beautiful.
"Now, my Immaculate Heart's divinity has reached the level of nurturing nature like a river. If I want to condense the Immaculate Heart Divine Foundation, I'm afraid I have to reach level 3..."
If it were in the past, Li Che didn’t know how long it would take to accumulate, but now that he has the Divine Crystal, the speed will definitely be much faster.
Taking out the second divine crystal, Li Che activated his Pure Heart to absorb it.
In just three or four breaths, the divinity in the Ten Cities Divine Crystal was completely devoured, leaving only the dark and dull crystal.
"This is just the Ten Cities Divine Crystal. There are higher quality Divine Crystals..."
Li Che couldn't help but become more and more expectant.
The main thing is that this extremely smooth process of absorbing the divinity from the divine crystal makes Li Che's pores all over his body relax and feel extremely comfortable.
The absorbed divinity not only entered into the Pure Heart Fruit, but also cleansed and washed his body!
The three divine crystals were quickly devoured by Li Che.
The maturity of the Immaculate Heart Fruit has also reached 24%. Such rapid maturity makes Li Che even happier.
Looking at the three empty crystals, Li Che felt a little lost for a moment.
"Without its divinity, the divine crystal loses its currency function and becomes an ordinary crystal."
"but……"
Li Che suddenly thought of something and grabbed a divine crystal, thinking about something.
He burst out with the divinity within the divine base of [Three-Eyed Angry Lord].
However, he discovered that this kind of divine impact on the crystal stone of the divine crystal seemed to be blocked, and it became much more difficult to release and activate it.
"The divine crystal shell... is a good material for transmitting pure divine power. If it is integrated into the 'Spirit Wood Raven', it can be detonated by divine power to enhance the power of the explosion..."
"In addition, if the crystal powder of the divine crystal is exploded, it can even form a field that weakens the opponent's divinity..."
Ideas couldn't help but emerge in Li Che's mind.
His eyes lit up slightly. The reason why divine monks are so powerful is because of the oppression of their divine rank.
If the divinity is restricted and one can only rely on Qi and blood cultivation to fight...
Li Che has the [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit, which is unparalleled in horizontal training, and he can climb the tower...
Ordinary divine veins can be easily destroyed, but it might be a bit difficult to face a grandmaster.
The main reason is that his martial arts cultivation is only at the Xuanmai level, which is still a little weak. He must work hard to cultivate to the Shenmai level, and even strive to become a Zhenqi master.
If Henglian cannot suppress the opponent, in the divine crystal field, the opponent's divinity will be weakened, but he, Li Che... has the divine power of [Pure Heart] to use.
"It can be considered a small trump card."
Li Che smiled.
Immediately, he used his five fingers to crush the extremely tough divine crystal stone into small pieces, then took out the Nine-Star Level Gilded Blood-Stirring Spear, fiddled with it for a while, and ground it into a fine powder like lime.
"We can use the craftsmanship of the wooden raven to hide the divine crystal powder inside. When fighting, we can throw it out and it will explode to form a crystal powder field..."
"Ha... Just call it 'Raven Grenade'."
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The sky just turned gray.
Li Che returned home. Xixi sat under the eaves bored and stopped playing the tricycle because she was no longer interested.
She really wanted to set off fireworks, but her daddy definitely wouldn't let her.
Xixi looked up, her little face filled with melancholy that was not appropriate for her age.
"I really want school to start."
Xixi missed the days at Xuji Theological Seminary.
When Li Che came back, he saw Xixi thinking about life under the eaves, and couldn't help but take out the candied haws he bought.
When Xixi saw it, her eyes suddenly lit up and she ran towards her old father.
Li Che picked her up and handed her a candied haws. If Xixi had candied haws to eat every day, she would not be so eager to go to school.
At night, the waiters from Liuxiang Pavilion brought a sumptuous meal.
Old Chen was holding the wine gourd in surprise: "You are ordering food from outside again... so extravagant? It's not easy to live in the capital, spend sparingly."
His wife Zhang Ya was also a little surprised, but looking at the table full of delicious food, she thought that her husband must have some happy event to celebrate.
Li Che also called his uncle's family. His uncle's family lived in a small courtyard not far from theirs. Li Che bought it and let his uncle and cousin's family live there.
With Li Che's current financial resources, it is indeed nothing. He was raised by his uncle's family, so this little money is nothing.
My uncle, aunt, and cousin Li Zhengran and his family all came to the banquet.
When the banquet was half over, Li Che raised his glass and announced that he had become a third-class guest official of the Imperial Observatory.
After the announcement, everyone was stunned.
Old Chen almost choked on his wine: "Imperial Observatory? A third-class guest official?!"
"Li Che, you are eating the government's food?!"
Uncle Li Liang was even more surprised and excited. As a scholar, he was most excited that Li Che could enter the Imperial Observatory.
This is a completely different concept from when Li Che became a woodcarver at Xuji Woodcarving Shop!
After all, that was the power of the imperial court. Although a guest official was not an official, he was still considered half an official...
As for being an official, this scholar like my uncle is obsessed with it! "Okay, okay!" My uncle was so excited that he drank several glasses of wine in a row. He was immediately drunk and his eyes were moist...
Second brother, your son has made great progress!
After Li Che announced the matter, he broke off a roast duck leg for Xixi and then drank and ate quietly.
Under the candlelight, the atmosphere is harmonious and full of joy.
Li Che smiled gently, but soon frowned.
Because, in the perception of the chessboard of heaven and earth.
Two powerful auras are approaching rapidly.
Soon there was a knock on the door in the yard, and the yard suddenly became quiet.
"I'll do it, I'll do it..."
"I'll open the door."
The uncle wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, staggered to his feet, and was about to open the door.
Li Che appeared beside him without him noticing and pushed him back into the chair.
"Uncle, take your time drinking. I'll do it."
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