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

Chapter 597: Chapter 211: The First Day Xi Xi Didn’t Come to the Restaurant, Missing Her, Desire and Fear of the Jade Tower and Cold Immortal Mysterious Temple_2

That is a scene sealed in memory, somewhat distant now.

Skyscrapers, bustling streets…

The noisy images, like reflections in water, flowers in mirrors, as dream-like and illusory.

Safer by far than this world.

Li Che slightly lowered his eyelids.

Inside the restaurant, the owner came out holding a bowl of noodles.

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“I just made a simple bowl of noodles, make do with it.”

The owner in white placed the noodles in front of Li Che.

The broth was clear, the noodles like dragon whiskers, a perfectly fried fragrant sunny-side-up egg, garnished with green onions like bits of jade.

Looking at it made one’s mouth water, the rising steam fixing Li Che’s gaze in place.

The white-clothed owner took off his apron and sat opposite Li Che.

Watching the pleasantly satiated Li Che.

A faint, almost imperceptible, smile touched his lips.

He took out a piece of rolling paper and pinched some tobacco from the incense bag, rolled it into a slender cigarette, and tapped it lightly on the table.

Then, he placed it in the corner of his mouth and lit it with a match.

“Hisss—”

“Whoo—”

The smoke was intoxicatingly blurry.

“Xi Xi didn’t come; make do with this,” the owner gently said.

Li Che paused, suddenly finding the noodles less appetizing.

When Xi Xi came, it was braised pork, sweet and sour fish, a feast prepared; but when Li Che came, just a bowl of clear broth noodles?

How could there be such discrimination?!

Although Xi Xi was adorable, she was still his daughter, Li Che.

Could Li Che not even share a bit of his daughter’s light?

“What, can’t make do? Then don’t eat.”

The owner, squinting and puffing out smoke, said.

Li Che didn’t reply, instead he sped up his eating, quickly finishing the noodles and drinking every drop of the soup.

“Huha~”

Li Che set the bowl down, leaned back in the chair, and let out a contented breath of hot air.

Comfortable.

Watching the owner smoking the cigarette, Li Che squinted his eyes.

“Got one for me?”

Li Che asked.

The owner, holding the cigarette between two fingers, glanced at Li Che, thought for a moment, and elegantly rolled a cigarette for him, handing it over.

“Only one.”

Nothing beats a cigarette after a meal, pure joy like an immortal.

Outside the restaurant.

The Big Black Dog, watching the two enveloped in smoke, disdainfully covered its nose.

It lay on the ground, gazing at the hazy night created by the pouring Spring Rain.

The first day without Xi Xi at the restaurant, missing her.

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The next day, dawn.

Lead clouds tumbled above, brewing the Spring Rain.

Raindrops fell from the sky, splashing on cheeks, bursting into droplets, chilling the skin with the coolness of spring.

Yang Liu branches gently swayed, leaves fluttering.

After getting up, Li Che used the Thunder Chess Piece to teleport to the independent workshop in Thunder Alley of the Outer City.

He checked whether the Fairy in the Painting clones were slacking then practiced his Martial Arts a bit, circulating his Qi-Blood, condensing his Divine Gang.

Morning risen, full of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, internal organs revived from slumber, in excellent state, a perfect time for refinement.

After the session, Li Che’s Divine Gang count reached seven.

Of course, it was the Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon-Elephant Divine Fierce Energy that reached seven; Ten Thousand Dragons Subduing Gods and Primordial Heaven God Gang both lagged behind the first mastered Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon-Elephant.

Considering the amalgamation of three Divine Gangs, Li Che now barely possessed one Three Elements Divine Gang.

Blazing waves like Jiao Long surged endlessly throughout the courtyard.

Li Che’s skin reddened, each pore opened, unleashing tormenting heat waves.

His eyes sparked like lightning, his fingers struck the void.

Li Che stood in the courtyard, wielding the Xuanjin Eight Treasures Thunder Dragon Stick, rippling the air in waves.

Brow Niwan glowed, Primordial Spirit opened his eyes, Divine Light circulated, swiftly traveling through the meridians in his physical body, feeling the muscles and bones becoming increasingly robust, the bones seemingly radiating brilliant Golden Light!

The movement and strengthening of organs vividly appeared in his mind.

Among them, the transformations of the heart, lungs, and kidneys were particularly intense!

Extracting tremendous amounts of Essence Qi, rolling like tides from a great river!