Chapter 225: Facing the Martial Saint Horse Face, My Daughter is Five Years Old [Seeking Monthly Tickets]
The spring rain is falling softly.
It hit the black tiles, making a ticking sound like the sound made when the hands of a clock are turned.
Under the eaves, Old Chen, who was brushing his teeth, suddenly stood up.
Looking over from a distance, a look of worry appeared on the old face.
Temple Guarding Division? And it was a Daocheng Town Temple Guarding Division! You know, the purpose of setting up a Temple Guarding Division in a Daocheng is not only to suppress strange temples, but also to fight against the Divine Sect.
Therefore, the Daocheng Town Temple Officials are definitely not an ordinary force.
It is far beyond the comparison of Jinguanfu Daocheng.
It is a real behemoth, not much worse than the authentic Qianyuan Divine Sect. Although there is a gap in foundation, the temple guardians who can be dispatched by the imperial court to Daocheng are all first-class masters.
Inside the house, Zhang Ya also came out, frowned, and hurried over.
"My husband..."
Li Che raised his hand and patted her shoulder gently.
"It's okay. Master Xie wants to talk to me about something. I'll just go over there."
Li Che smiled gently.
His attitude was very gentle, without any sign of anxiety or worry.
"As a second-class guest official of the Imperial Observatory, I went with the Imperial Observatory to visit the strange temple and see the gods there. Later, the strange temple disappeared... Maybe it was a coincidence."
Li Che's tone was very calm as he comforted his wife.
Xie Jing looked at Li Che and couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart.
After all, most monks invited by the Temple Guardian would feel uneasy.
The Temple Suppression Division is an extremely terrifying place for the practitioners in the world. It is a force specifically responsible for dealing with strange temples. It is filled with powerful men. Although there are not many divine messengers, each of them is extremely powerful.
Once you enter the Temple Guarding Office, if something happens, you will basically be unable to escape.
Li Che's calm and composed appearance immediately dispelled Xie Jing's doubts about Li Che.
Before Xie Jing came, he did doubt Li Che.
After all, there are some coincidences.
Such a coincidence happened to Li Che?
The two strange temples where Li Che went to visit the gods both mysteriously disappeared and evaporated from the world. How could this not make people make associations?
"Thank you, sir. Let's go."
"The innocent are innocent." Li Che smiled gently, his black shirt fluttering.
Xie Jing sincerely admired him: "Please."
After patting Zhang Ya on the shoulder and telling her not to worry about her safety, Li Che and Xie Jing left Liuxiang Lane, boarded the chariot of the Zhenmiao Division, broke through the slanting spring rain curtain, and headed towards the direction of the Zhenmiao Division.
Inside the carriage, water was boiled in a charcoal stove. The water was boiling hot, soaking the tender buds of early spring. Two or three green tea tips were thrown into the teacup, and when they were rolled by the boiling water, they stretched out like a stretching body.
The transparent tea water gradually turned into a turquoise color.
Xie Jing and Li Che talked about many things, mostly about what happened in Jinguangfu City.
The two of them come from the same capital city, so they have a closer relationship with each other.
"The imperial court will dispatch a new governor-general to the Jinguang City's temple defense department. After the resonance of the temple gods, the Eight-armed Hell Lotus Wrathful Third Prince's strange temple will probably fall into a long period of peace. If there is a riot next time, it may be a big deal..."
"Perhaps by then, I will be transferred back to Jinguang City."
Xie Jing took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
"Oh? You, the Temple Guardian, think that there will be a big riot in the Third Prince's Weird Temple in Jinguang Mansion?"
Li Che asked doubtfully.
"That's a must. Compared to the other four imperial temples, the Third Prince's strange temple is one of the strange temples that appeared in a relatively short period of time. Every strange temple will have a big riot..."
"That kind of riot... was called 'the return of the temple gods' by the wise and resourceful chief of the Imperial Observatory in the capital."
"Every Si Yu Weird Temple has experienced this. Before the 'temple god sublimation', the Si Yu Weird Temple was not in great danger. Even if the divine power was infected and spread, it was still within the controllable range."
"This is also the reason why neither the Divine Sect nor the imperial court has sent any strong men to station in the Third Prince's Strange Temple. However, when the 'Temple God Returns' is activated and the Temple God revives from death, I am afraid that the Golden Light Palace will become the center of the vortex..."
"By then, there will definitely be more than one Divine Fetus God or Martial Saint descending."
Xie Jing said softly.
He leaned against the soft backrest of the carriage, a solemn look in his eyes.
"and……"
"I think the Third Prince's strange temple in Jinguang Mansion may be a little different from the other Four Emperors' strange temples..."
"I have trained in the strange palaces of the two Four Imperial Mysterious Temples in Qianyuan Dao City..."
“Whether it’s the strange temple of [Miaodao Xiansheng Sanyan Zhenjun] suppressed by Qianyuan Divine Sect, or the strange temple of [Jiuchi Dangmo Zhuxie Tianpeng] suppressed by the four great families of Su, Zhou, Yun and Zhong…”
"None of them is as terrifying as the strange gate of the Third Prince's strange temple."
Xie Jing held the sword, a trance-like look in his eyes.
"It was a full-moon night. I hadn't even entered the Third Prince's strange temple. I was just outside the strange fog, but I could vaguely sense... a lot of terrifying beings, as if they were wandering in a line."
“The kind of terrifying pressure that would make the divinity and blood in my body unable to even flow if even a little bit of it leaked out…”
“It really makes me desperate.”
Xie Jing said softly.
"I don't know if it was an illusion, but I know... it can't be fake."
Xie Jing said in a deep voice.
"However, since then, I have never seen anything like the 'Parade of the Gods' again."
"The Daocheng Town Temple Authority also sent a great master who achieved unity of heaven and man to investigate, but... nothing was gained."
"They said I might be hallucinating from practicing swordplay, but I don't think I'm wrong."
Xie Jing's voice was a little low.
He seemed to have forgotten Li Che's existence and just wanted to find someone to talk to.
Li Che fell into silence.
He couldn't help but think of the scene he saw with his Star-Picking Pupil in the strange fog.
Isn’t it somewhat similar to what Xie Jing described as the “Parade of the Gods”?
only……
It is not the gods who are paraded through the streets.
But...
Endless demons and monsters! Li Che did not respond to Xie Jing, and even showed a bit of horror and surprise on his face.
"Thank you, sir... your words are really scary."
Li Che said.
Xie Jing was stunned and smiled bitterly.
"Master Li, just treat it as nonsense."
The wheels rumbled, the spring rain crushed the water, and the accumulated water cracked like a mirror.
The carriage arrived in front of the Zhenmiaosi government office, which covered a large area in Qianyuan Daocheng.
It is similar to the Temple-Towning Office in Jinguang Prefecture, or it can be said that the Temple-Towning Offices in various places have similar layouts, with towers lined up one after another.
In every pavilion, there are many gods from the temple who are handling official documents and recording information collected from all over the place.
Xie Jing led Li Che through the bluestone-paved avenue of the Zhenmiaosi government office.
Soon, they arrived at a majestic pavilion deep in the government office.
"Master Li, please."
Li Che nodded and stepped into the building.
Xie Jing clasped his fists and saluted towards the inside of the building, then closed the vermilion door.
As the door closed, it seemed as if even the light was cut off.
The main hall of the building is very large and spacious, with many bookshelves built with spiritual wood, and each bookshelf is filled with a large number of books.
Li Che took a quick look and found that they were all related to the strange temple.
"Coming?"
Suddenly, a middle-aged man in a gray cloth shirt slowly walked out from behind a bookshelf.
A very elegant middle-aged man, with his black, thick, vibrant hair tied up with a rope.
He dusted the book in his hands and blew away the dust.
He waved to Li Che cordially.
"You are Master Li Che, right?"
"sit."
The middle-aged man said with a faint smile. There was a unique feeling of calmness about him.
However, the [Dragon Elephant Vajra] Dao Fruit in Li Che's chest began to beat violently! It was as if he was not facing an elegant and easy-going middle-aged Confucian scholar, but an extremely terrifying blood monster! The terrifying flesh and blood Vajra! Very strong, extremely powerful! The flesh pill in Li Che's Dantian jumped violently, but the speed at which he controlled the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit to maintain blood flow did not change much.
Martial Saint?! Is it a Martial Saint?! Li Che was deeply shocked.
This middle-aged scholar in front of me is a martial saint? !
Li Che didn't know, but he had such a big reaction now...
Even You Liqing, who had three flowers on his head, didn't feel such oppression.
The middle-aged scholar was flipping through a book and seemed to notice that Li Che's attitude was a little restrained, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.
He smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous... I just came to talk to you. After all, you are a second-class guest official of the Imperial Observatory. Although you are not an official employed by the court, strictly speaking, you are also a colleague of mine."
"I am Yuwen Wenlong, one of the two general governors of Qianyuan Dao City."
Li Che sat on the wooden armchair.
"Did you know that the two strange temples you visited mysteriously disappeared?"
The middle-aged scholar asked as he flipped through ancient books.
Although his eyes did not fall on Li Che, the invisible sense of oppression was overwhelming.
Li Che shook his head.
The answer was flawless.
He believed that Yuwen Wenlong would not be able to find any clues, and as long as he did not admit it, no one would know that it was he who did it.
That's right, isn't it a great thing to make the strange temple disappear from the world? Li Che never leaves his name behind when doing good things.
"The disappearance of the strange temple... isn't that a good thing?"
Li Che looks honest and upright.
In fact, Yuwen Wenlong’s powerful spiritual sense had been locked on Li Che, but he did not find anything unusual.
片刻之后，宇文问龙合上了古籍，眸光终于落在了李澈的身上。
然而，宇文问龙并未回答李澈的问题。
“行了，李大师便先回去吧……诡异庙消失之事，李大师两次俱在，兴许真的是巧合。”
宇文问龙下逐客令。
李澈站起身，抱拳作揖。
“那便祝宇文总督司大人早日破案，寻到那令诡异庙消亡于天地之间的罪魁祸首。”
宇文问龙笑了笑，微微点头。
李澈出了楼阁，谢敬早已等候在外。
等到人影消失在了烟雨朦胧的春色之中。
一袭灰色儒衫的宇文问龙才是缓缓断开了视线。
“李澈……”
“不是他。”
“气息太弱了……肉身很强，隐藏了修为，但也不过是宗师后境而已……”
“而且，神性也没有那两尊庙神的气息……”
宇文问龙手指轻轻叩动桌子。
至于李澈能否在他面前隐藏修为……
宇文问龙笑了笑，有这个想法，简直就是对自己修为的一种侮辱。
他翻开书籍，其上记载的乃是李澈从飞雷城中做木雕铺的搬工开始的生平。
“短短四年而已……从一座小城的小世家木雕铺搬工，成长成为钦天监二等客卿？”
“擅长机关制造，又生了一个紫气千尺的神童女儿，得入神宗正宗，短短四年，父凭女贵，从一座小城爬到道城。”
他取来了狼毫，饱蘸浓墨。
双眸变得深邃，带着一抹看穿一切的睿智。
遂是在李澈的名字旁，徐徐的写下了两个字。
【马面】
……
……
谢敬把李澈送回了留香巷。
“谢大人，你可知总督司大人是什么修为？”
分别之前，李澈好奇询问。
谢敬笑了起来：“是否似乎感觉到很压抑，一切都被看穿的感觉？”
李澈不置可否，点了点头。
对啊，那神识太强了，李澈都不得不通过龙象金刚道果，泄露出些许气血，将自己的修为从宗师初境，暴露到宗师后境。
“总督司大人武道新晋……不弱神胎大神。”
谢敬只是这般神秘的说了一句。
随后便告辞离去。
“武道可战神胎，那自然便是武圣了……”李澈眸光闪烁。
这是他第一次见到武圣。
的确很可怕，蕴含的能量太过磅礴，仿佛数万枚神元真人神性棋子当量的大雪崩同时轰然炸开般。
而且最重要的是，宇文问龙竟是能够将这般能量尽数压制在体内而不泄露，且能成功掌控。
当真可怕且强大！
这是李澈第一次直面武圣，哪怕是一种气血敛藏，处于休战状态下的武圣，也有一种毛骨悚然之感。
“打不过……根本打不过……”
李澈吐出一口浊气。
“宇文问龙这等新晋武圣都如此恐怖，那姬魔礼这等在武圣之境走到极致，同时又是一位神胎大神的藩王……该有多可怕？”
一股强烈的危机感，顿时笼罩李澈头顶。
在一6一9一书一吧一看无一错版本！
未见武圣，如井蛙观月。
见了武圣，才明白……自己低估了武圣的强大。
先前三太子诡异庙的诡阙之中，在庙神共鸣之中，打爆了姬魔礼藏在姬海会血脉之内的武圣意志，让李澈产生了一种武圣不过如此的错觉。
李澈拍了拍脸。
“此世危险，先前的井中观月，不够稳健了，得改。”
“对任何敌人，都得以盛大的礼节待遇来对待。”
看了眼迷蒙的春色，李澈转身入了院子。
……
……
打落在黑瓦上的春雨，宛若漏铜钟上不断低落下的水珠，崩裂粉碎间的嘀嗒声响连绵不休。
时间在春雨晕染破碎之间，慢慢的流逝。
自从那一日镇庙司带走李澈进行调查无果之后，李澈便没有再继续以钦天监客卿身份去观庙神。
但是，李澈也并未就此放弃了对诡异庙庙神的招神。
毕竟按照李澈的修炼计划，他的七情神基欲要蜕变成为神相，最好还是都以庙神招神的方式进行。
因此，李澈并未放弃，而是另辟蹊径，选择了极其稳健的方式，无人能够发现他的方式。
虽然李澈不去观庙神了，但是，钦天监依旧会组织客卿们进行观庙神之举，因为唯有观庙神，才能让木雕大师的水平提高。
而李澈就可以将飞雷棋子藏在即将入诡异庙的钦天监客卿身上。
等到进入诡异庙后，李澈便远程操纵，让飞雷棋子弹抖落下，藏匿于诡异庙之中。
就像是播下一颗种子般。
另外，李澈只是在不断的落下棋子。
像是一位老成持重的棋手，不断的落子布局。
他选择的全部都是七元诡异庙，五座七元诡异庙都被他藏匿了飞雷棋子。
差不多半个月左右，李澈才会在夜深时分，进入到那座诡异庙之中，低调的进行招神仪式。
日子便在这般情况下，有条不紊的进行着。
神雕岭那边李澈去了一次，询问了一下长老考核的时间。
第一次去，那神雕岭的一位接待长老看李澈如此年轻，差点直接将他驱赶走。
若非李澈拿出了焦少秋的引荐玉佩，可能对方连给李澈开口说话的机会都不给。
这也让李澈感受到了神雕岭对于经验的看重。
难怪焦少秋说，他李澈想要成为神雕岭长老，有点困难……
他需要跟太多各地来的木雕大师争夺名额了，那些都是有几十年，乃至上百年手艺经验的木雕大师。
李澈学习木雕才多少年……
自然不被人看好，但对方看在焦少秋令牌的面子上，还是接待了李澈，且告诉李澈说长老考核若是开始的话，会提前通知他。
因此，李澈想要短时间获得出入神宗名额的机会，暂时算是没戏了。
不过，也幸好李澈能够带着张雅，随时于夜深人静的时候去见曦曦。
一开始，那山门乾坤道蕴匾额，还会因为李澈的出现，而有所感知，给出些许反应。
到后来，这乾坤道蕴匾额都开始摆烂了，任由李澈进进出出。
张雅每天都能见到女儿，倒也没有那么思念起来，也将更多的精神和心力放在了武道与神性的修炼上。
有李澈充沛的资源提供，张雅修炼根本不缺资源。
因此，时间一点一滴的流逝，李澈开始沉浸入了修炼之中，生活开始变得有规律起来。
他从钦天监那儿用之前敌人的慷慨馈赠，换购了一块五老灵木，名曰【血雷琉璃龙骨木】，以及不少六司级别的灵木。
灵木到了之后，李澈便开始制作金光府神雕岭岭主唐三甲老哥送他的唐氏机关纪要中的机关兽【血阳九神金刚猿】！六阶上位的机关兽！
但这绝对是一个浩大的工程。
整只机关兽，浑身上下的机关零部件足足有十三万九千八百七十二枚，每一个零件部位，都需要李澈手动打磨制作。
且对精度都有极高的要求！除此之外，这机关兽还需要机关九印的布置，需要将机关九印打入零部件中，且总共有一万枚零件需要打入机关九印，顺序不能出错，机关印的印记也不能出错。
幸而李澈有画中仙分身。
直接开启画中仙分身，开始紧锣密鼓的研究了起来！除了研究机关兽，李澈这些时日，还沉迷于炼化尸神之印。
这尸神之印被猿神神相一顿猛揍，居然还十分的硬气，李澈炼化起来极其困难！冥冥中，有无形的力量要阻碍他的炼化。
李澈锲而不舍，每天都用黑白极坍的力量去轰炸。
慢慢的，终于是撬开了尸神之印冰冷封印的内里，开始炼化祂。
每日练拳、蕴养神性、制作机关兽、打尸神印记……
日子过的极其充实！
李澈这些时日，甚至都没有去清剿乾元道城内潜藏着的尸神教邪人。
因为没必要，等他完成尸神之印的炼化，所有尸神教的邪人……
见他便如见尸神，至高无上的位阶压迫。
李澈直接就能轻松镇压他们。
到时候杀起来就将会轻轻松松，甚至不需要引起太大的波澜。
道城的日子太平缓，偌大的道城，像是一座巨大的机器般，不断运转。
日子一天天的丝滑流逝。
春过了便是夏，夏蝉鸣尽了生命，便来到了秋。
枫叶染红了天边的云霞，料峭的寒意从北方袭来。
天空飘荡起了鹅毛大雪。
寒风簌簌，刺骨冰冷。
乾元道城，苏家下辖的一座七元诡异庙。
李澈五指一攥，伴着一片飘落的风雪。
出现在了诡异庙之中，白色的烛火跳动，火光在刹那间变成了幽幽的绿色！
那是一位手持花篮的女子庙神，端坐在祭坛之上，端庄中带着几分邪异。
“哀之神性庙神……”
李澈戴着斗笠，脸上盖着牛魔面具，抬起手轻轻掸去了一片黑袍上的落雪。
下一刻，身躯陡然膨胀起来，一道又一道，连续九根狰狞弹抖的蛟龙大筋，从背脊之上鼓起，好似烧红的烙铁颜色，裸露出的肌肤好似千锤百炼的精铁。
叮的屈指一弹。
一声清脆之音炸开，好似有雷龙怒吼咆哮。
A stick intertwined with flashing azure arcs of lightning kept spinning in the air and finally fell into Li Che's hands.
With a "snap" sound, it was grasped by Li Che.
Li Che held the Black Gold Eight Treasures Thunder Dragon Stick in one arm. His body was sturdy and strong, and the thick black hair under his hat began to grow wildly.
"Go upstairs!"
The divinity of the temple god was squeezed out from the divine image and merged into Li Che's body.
The temple god in the altar seemed to come alive, bursting out with terrifying murderous intent and fighting with Li Che.
The corners of Li Che's lips raised under the mask, and thirty Five Element Divine Forces surged out madly.
The shadow of the stick has bloomed like a peacock spreading its tail!
Hunyuan Qitian Stick! The airflow was pierced and broken, and the strong wind raged across the sky!
The explosive blood and qi were like a boulder thrown into a lake, with layers of spreading airflows, raging and interweaving! After a moment, the temple god was violently dispersed by Li Che.
Using the magical power of [Summoning Gods], he was pulled into the chessboard of heaven and earth.
Boom boom boom! The strange temple began to shake and roar, the walls shattered, the rubble exploded, and an extremely thick green finger pierced through the strange palace and strange fog, and fiercely fell down!
The extreme anger was like a rolling thunder!
However, Li Che had already disappeared.
Outside the strange place.
A figure appeared at an extremely fast speed, tearing through the air and landing on the edge of the surging strange lake.
Yuwen Wenlong, who looked like a Confucian scholar, had a solemn expression.
"Another one..."
"Another strange temple has disappeared from the face of the earth."
“Who on earth is it?!”
"The sixth one!"
Yuwen Wenlong let out a breath.
The strong men of the Su family also came, and each of them looked extremely ugly.
"This is the fifth Seven Yuan Strange Temple that has disappeared under the jurisdiction of my Su family!"
"Who is that person? Why are they targeting our Su family like this?!"
Yuwen Wenlong glanced at the strong men of the Su family indifferently.
"You, the Su family, please think carefully... Have you offended anyone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuwen Wenlong tore through the strange fog and rushed into it. However, the divinity had become a thing of the past and the temple had long been empty.
…
…
Qianyuan Daocheng, Liuxiang Lane.
In the workshop courtyard.
Li Che clenched his five fingers and returned, and the air flow was turbulent, blowing away all the snow in the yard.
"The seventh temple god... summoned successfully."
Li Che didn't even take off his hat and just sat on the ground in the yard.
"The seventh statue, the God of Sorrow, is ready!"
Li Che's mind moved.
The next moment, he raised his hand and tapped the spot between his eyebrows.
The powerful divinity, like a storm, spread out from the center of her brows! The female temple god holding the flower basket, who was suppressed on the chessboard of heaven and earth, was entangled by the divine shackles and slowly pulled into the last round of the Seven Emotions Divine Base.
Originally, the female temple god wanted to resist.
But Li Che directly summoned the other six temple gods and stared at him.
The female temple god gave up struggling and chose to step into Li Che's divine base gracefully and not vulgarly.
The majestic divinity, as vast as the boiling rivers and lakes, surged around Li Che, causing a fierce howling wind.
Li Che slowly opened his eyes, his black robe fluttering in the wind.
The vigorous hair dances wildly.
Li Che raised his hand and pressed down hard with his five fingers.
In an instant, all the divinity returned to the ball of mud between his eyebrows, like mud sinking into the sea, without causing any ripples.
The wind stopped throughout the courtyard.
Everything became extremely quiet.
Only the pure white snowflakes fell on the roof, making muffled puffing sounds.
Li Che stretched out his hand and turned it over, with his palm facing the sky.
A piece of cold snow fell on his palm.
It was melted into clear water by his burning blood.
Li Che clenched his five fingers.
A smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
Look up...
Looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky.
I still remember that year, it snowed heavily.
He was carrying a frozen fish when he received the news that his wife had given birth.
"It's that time of year again when the sky and earth start to snow."
"My Xixi..."
"Five years old."
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