As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1631: Heavenly Poison Rising Dragon Pill, the Ubiquity of the Underworld, the Old Dragon God Betrayed
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Yet Fang Hanshu didn't fall into complete despair, for a glimmer of hope lingered.
His gaze shifted to Li Che, clad in a black shirt embroidered with a golden lotus, hovering mid-air with a face that appeared kind and utterly innocuous.
Li Che appeared to notice Fang Hanshu's stare, turning his head just a bit and offering a faint smile: "Great Elder, there's no cause for concern."
"All remains perfectly steady."
Fang Hanshu felt a slight jolt of surprise.
He clearly couldn't grasp what Li Che implied by "perfectly steady."
"The Underworld exists in every corner."
After a brief pause, Li Che elaborated.
Moments later, he descended softly onto the city wall, extending his five fingers, and the Guanyin Lotus Main Battle Tank materialized at once, settling beside him as his palm pressed against it, his gaze gleaming with intensity.
At the same moment.Within the study.
Li Che's actual body sat there, his eyes glowing faintly.
Lv Taibai's push toward the Divine Tribulation Realm had caught Li Che off guard to some degree.
Thankfully, though, a transmission arrived from Gu Changqing, the Soul Capturing Alchemy Saint, announcing the successful creation of the Heavenly Poison Pill and the Nine Revolutions Rising Dragon Pill.
This effectively sealed the last element in Li Che's strategy for pursuing the Old Dragon God.
With a casual flick.
The dark chess token warped and grew in the air before shifting into Gu Changqing's profoundly deferential figure.
"Lord!"
Gu Changqing donned the garb of an alchemist, his expression brimming with thrill and zeal.
"Has it been successfully refined?"
Li Che inquired, a grin on his lips.
Certainly, soul capturing proved most effective for enlisting exceptional talents, such as Gu Changqing, this Alchemy Saint who delivered immense aid.
Li Che had once considered crafting pills on his own, yet his knowledge of alchemy remained shallow; he'd need to begin from the basics.
That would demand vast amounts of focus, far less gratifying than the current setup of simply ensnaring an alchemy saint to handle the pill-making.
"Divine Weapon Saint Hand, Divine Pill Saint Hand, Divine Talisman Saint Hand, Divine Sculpture Saint Hand, Divine Array Saint Hand... Among the five key fields, I've secured two saints already, and soon I'll pursue those for divine weapon, divine talisman, and divine array."
"Aiming to claim the title of true all-profession saint hand!"
Li Che burst into robust laughter.
The soul-capturing power was undeniably one of Li Che's own talents, wasn't it?
In that light, declaring himself an all-profession saint hand held no flaw at all.
"Let me take a look..."
Li Che narrowed his eyes, curiosity piqued by the Poison Pill.
Gu Changqing beamed, flicking his sleeves abruptly, causing a dark jade bottle to hover in the space before them.
Guided by thought alone, a sleek black pill, lustrous like fine jade and radiating light, emerged from the bottle—not looking like medicine at all, but more akin to a precious ebony gem.
Furthermore, an intensely potent aroma of herbs permeated the room, stirring the body and spirit into eager agitation.
Without prior knowledge, who'd suspect it was a Poison Pill?
All would mistake it for some exceptional Treasure Elixir!
"How does one deploy it? You can't expect folks to just gulp it down, right? They're no idiots; no one would recklessly consume a mysterious tablet."
Li Che eyed the Poison Pill appreciatively before turning to Gu Changqing with intrigued inquiry.
Smiling back, Gu Changqing explained: "Lord, this [Nine Revolutions Rising Dragon Pill] stands as the crowning achievement among the Heavenly Poison Pills from the Yin Xuan Ancestor, featuring a distinctive activation: directed by will, it spins—one turn releases mist, two turns thicken the mist, three turns... up to nine turns unleashing a celestial poison veil, forming the rising dragon effect that even deities struggle to counter."
Li Che grasped the pill's application right away from this description.
"A wide-ranging assault?"
"Exactly, Lord... And here's the Detoxification Pill; consuming it provides lifelong resistance to the Rising Dragon Pill's toxin."
Displaying utter devotion, Gu Changqing produced a pristine white jade bottle.
Li Che chuckled heartily.
He nodded, tipped out the Detoxification Pill, and swallowed it, noting its mild sugary taste.
White sugar—Gu Changqing had sweetened it with white sugar!
Li Che's eyes sparkled profoundly as he stowed the Nine Revolutions Rising Dragon Pill, giving Gu Changqing's shoulder a firm pat: "Excellent..."
"For any future successes, rewards will come early."
Having dangled that enticing promise to the captured soul.
Li Che then loosened up his frame.
Spreading his five fingers, he skipped the Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame for disguise, instead drawing forth the black-and-white Underworld Yama Mask and affixing it firmly over his features.
As his eyes snapped open, golden flames erupted and danced.
Clenching his fist, he gripped the Thunder Chess Piece securely in his hand.
His entire form then disappeared in an instant.
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The clash was on the verge of erupting!
As the imperial forces' Mystic Iron Spirit Wood Warships surfaced merely five miles from Qianyuan Taoist City.
Tension gripped everyone's hearts without fail!
Still, none backed away or wavered; each unleashed a powerful presence, poised in anticipation.
Bracing for the fight!
All knew full well that the empire's follow-up assault on Qianyuan Taoist City would strike with greater ferocity and gravity than before—the regime could stomach a single setback, but scarcely a repeat!
The array of powerhouses atop Qianyuan Taoist City locked their stares as well, projecting their might to bear down.
Rumble—!!!
Once the vessels came to a stop, Xie Yushen's gaze sharpened uncontrollably.
He glanced toward Grandmaster Huang Mei at his side, then distantly at Ning Caisen, the Seven Treasures Divine Sect's Sect Master, his eyes profound.
Meanwhile, the Old Dragon God, arrayed in gleaming golden armor, sported twin dragon horns that looked set to rend the heavens, his locks whipping wildly, exuding raw savagery.
Striding forward, he launched skyward.
In a flash, his figure twisted, reverting to his authentic True Dragon shape—a colossal hundred-zhang serpentine form manifesting above Qianyuan Taoist City, shrouded in ominous clouds, with dragon tendrils, horns, and scales gradually revealing themselves, all aglow with vivid sheen!