Chapter 15: Staring, guarding, it’s better to kill
"Spiritual Infant Statue?"
Li Che's eyes were extremely cold, and sure enough...
Even if he moved into Xu Ji's woodcarving shop and was protected by Xu Ji, he still couldn't completely avoid the Lingying Cult's covetousness for Xi Xi!
Just after the first-year banquet was held, the Lingying Cult showed up!
"The ghost lingers..."
Li Che clenched his fists, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
However, thinking back to the figure that just disappeared, his brows furrowed.
"This spiritual baby statue has never appeared since our family moved into Xu Ji's compound, but it appeared today... The only outsiders it has come into contact with are the helpers and cooks invited from Chunfeng Tower."
"However, these helpers and cooks have long been sent out of Xu Ji's compound by Butler Sun and are not allowed to stay. Therefore, they can be excluded. There are many master chefs in the surrounding courtyards. They are powerful and have keen senses... but the other party can hide it. They placed the statue of the spiritual infant in front of my yard..."
Li Che took a deep breath and felt that the wind and snow between heaven and earth were a bit colder.
A sharp color reflected in the dark pupils.
"That is to say... this member of the Lingying Sect... is probably an acquaintance of Xu Ji's woodcarving shop!"
There are people from the Lingying Cult in Xu Ji’s wood carving shop!
The chill seemed to penetrate his body along the pores at this moment.
"This possibility... is very, very big!"
"I've taken it a little bit lightly... How can there be an absolutely safe place?"
Li Che shook his head, staring at the staring Lingying wood carving on the ground, with a cold expression on his face: "There is someone from the Lingying Cult in the woodcarving shop...who could it be?"
Faces flashed through Li Che's mind, but in the end he still couldn't be sure.
Shaking his head, Li Che grabbed the glaring wooden sculpture on the ground. Qi and blood surged out from under the skin. His fingers suddenly glowed with golden light. With a "pop", the wooden sculpture was instantly crushed and exploded.
"I will find you..."
"Don't underestimate the obsession of a protective father."
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"The spiritual infant statue...appeared outside your courtyard?"
The next day, Chen Dabao, who had been sleeping soundly all night, suddenly condensed his eyes when he heard Li Che's words.
"Do you doubt that there will be followers of the Lingying Sect in the woodcarving shop?"
Chen Dabao narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.
Li Che nodded, but he couldn't guess who it was.
"It is indeed very possible that it is not easy to appear outside Xu Ji's compound, even in the outer city..."
"The followers of the Lingying Sect have spread in Feilei City for a long time. It's really hard to say if there are people in the shop who have become their followers."
"No, it should be said that it will definitely happen. The Lingying Sect... If they want to shake the rule of the powerful families in Feilei City, they must deploy people, and faith erosion is indeed the most effective way."
Old Chen said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will check it out. It's actually not difficult to check... Becoming a follower of the Lingying Cult is actually not easy to hide. If it is found out, I will tell you as soon as possible. Just keep an eye on it and be on guard."
"The third shopkeeper was sent out of the city to clean up the strange temple evil objects. During this period... there is actually no one in charge in the shop. This is also the best time for the other party to take action."
"However, even if I really know the other party's identity, I can't take action directly before taking action against Xiao Xiu..."
Old Chen frowned and said.
Li Che heard this and expressed his understanding.
The Lingying Sect spreads in Feilei City, and the followers of the Lingying Sect may be disgusted by various forces, but they will not go out of their way to kill and clean them up.
After all, until trouble occurs, it is just freedom of belief.
"But at least knowing who it is, I will feel more at peace and can be more defensive."
Li Che said sincerely.
When Old Chen heard this, he felt it made sense.
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Lao Chen's investigation lasted three days.
In the past three days, Li Che spent more time practicing. After all, the training feedback given by the [Dragon Elephant King Kong] Tao Fruit made him very motivated to practice.
After three days of hard training, the maturity level of [Dragon Elephant Vajra] has been increased to 5%. When the gate is fully opened to release the power of the Tao Fruit, it is more powerful than the perfect skin grinding, and its strength can reach a thousand kilograms.
However, in the end, it is just a complete grinding.
In the training ground, Li Che was sweating profusely, his skin was glowing red, the heat was rolling, and the air was hazy.
He put down the stone lock and lowered his eyes.
"Now I want to break through to open the meridians, and I need the method of cultivating the meridians... but I can't look for Xu Beihu. After all, the cultivation level I am showing Xu Beihu is just a complete skin grinding..."
Two days ago, Xu Beihu came to check his cultivation, and Li Che showed off his cultivation through skin resurfacing.
The full strength of microdermabrasion is not fully exposed.
But despite this, Xu Beihu was already very surprised. Within one year... he had reached the level of skin resurfacing, and his talent had already surprised Xu Beihu.
Unfortunately, Xu Beihu said that if you want to open the pulse cultivation method and the inner strength method... you need to perfect the skin grinding method. Li Che didn't want to expose his perfect ability in skin resurfacing. One year of successful skin resurfacing could be interpreted as extraordinary talent. Xu Beihu was only at this level at the beginning.
But if the microdermabrasion is completed in one year, that would be too exaggerated...
"So, this pulse-opening cultivation method and the internal strength method... I have to find it myself."
Li Che changed into clean clothes, his eyes flickered, and he thought slightly.
"I also have a lot of savings now. I can go to the market in the outer city. There may be cultivation methods for sale there, but I have to hide my identity before going there."
After finishing his training, Li Che returned to the workshop of the wood carving shop.
A few days ago, I took on a wood carving job to carve an "Eight Treasures Exquisite Maitreya Statue". The other party asked for a fuller meaning, and the price given was actually a gold leaf, equivalent to one hundred taels!
This is the highest-priced wood carving job that Li Che has received so far!
Grasp the carving knife, gently penetrate into the wood, tear the wood tissue, and shake off the sawdust like flying flowers.
[Immortal Worker] Daoguo beat slightly, Li Che's eyes were focused, everything around him seemed to have disappeared at this moment, and in his mind, all the carving techniques of the Maitreya statue came to his mind.
Lao Chen wore a wine gourd with pulp on his waist and knocked on the carved wooden door of Li Che's workshop with a serious face.
"Old Chen?"
Li Che asked softly as he was carving on the wood with a file in his hand.
"Found it." Lao Chen found a chair, sat down, opened the stopper of the gourd, took a sip of wine, and said in a deep voice.
"Who is it?" Li Che's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly paused while sharpening the file in his hand.
"Xu Ji Wood Carving Shop in the outer city. Over the past year, there have been quite a few wood carving masters and their families who believe in the Lingying Cult. When I checked, I was really shocked."
"But on the day when Xiao Xixi turned one year old, only one person who came to the banquet secretly believed in the Lingying Cult."
Old Chen shook his head, with a hint of horror in his eyes.
The expansion of the Lingying Cult... was faster and more terrifying than he imagined.
Li Che didn't care about this, he was more concerned about who was eyeing Xixi.
"who is it?"
Li Che asked again.
Old Chen sighed: "Steward Sun's second son, Sun Changbiao, has been married for four years and has never had a son. He is anxious. His wife was bewitched by the Lingying Cult, saying that worshiping the Lingying Cult can lead to children, so Sun Changbiao also worshiped. Go."
Sun Changbiao?
Li Che was stunned and thought of Butler Sun, who Xiao Yingying took the family to look after the yard.
Sun Changbiao was his second son and the master woodcarver of Xu Ji Woodcarving Shop. He was a three-knife woodcarver. He was usually gentle and gentle, but he didn't expect... that he would join the Lingying Cult.
Moreover, he also targeted Xixi.
Li Che took a deep breath.
"What is Sun Changbiao's strength?" Li Che asked expressionlessly.
Old Chen raised his eyebrows: "My talent is average. I have been grinding for three years. In the past two years, I just completed muscle opening and practiced the internal strength method..."
"Thank you, Old Chen, I understand."
A smile suddenly broke out on Li Che's face, and he thanked Chen Dabao with a smile.
"Don't be impulsive. You have just polished your skin now. You can't beat Sun Changbiao... Besides, you have no evidence. If you do it, you will lose your temper. It won't look good on Old Sun either."
Chen Dabao reminded Li Che, and then took another sip of wine: "Now that we know who it is... let's just be on guard against him and keep an eye on him."
"I'll take care of Xixi, so Sun Changbiao has no chance."
Li Che nodded silently.
Chen Dabao said nothing, stood up and left leisurely humming a ditty. Instead of going to work in his workshop, he padded familiarly to Li Che's courtyard to play with Xixi.
"Xiao Xixi, your Grandpa Chen is here!"
And the other side.
Li Che carved the eight-treasure and exquisite Maitreya statue step by step.
After finishing today's work.
Li Che stood up, put on his bamboo hat, took out a black poncho, and looked at the falling snowflakes from the sky in the courtyard.
"I said... don't underestimate the obsession of a protective father."
"I've obviously given birth to so many daughters, but just because I don't have any sons, you plan to trade my daughters for sons?"
"It's really...incomprehensible."
Reach out your hand and pick off a piece of snow.
Li Che's face gradually turned cold, and Lao Chen said...just keep an eye on him and be on guard.
But in Li Che's opinion...
Watching and guarding are not as good as...
killed.
(End of chapter)