I Can Strengthen Infinitely

Chapter 405 - 264: The ’Legacy’ of the Underworld Ox-Head Soldier

The Yin Soldier’s double-bladed fork used by the bull-head was five feet long, forged entirely of unknown dark iron, with a handle wrapped in unidentified leather, weighing approximately seven hundred pounds, making it unusable for ordinary people.

After all, it was a weapon used by Yin Soldiers, and its effectiveness was extraordinary. When Qin Yuesheng picked it up, he found it extremely comfortable to handle. However, this rare double-bladed fork, apart from stabbing and smashing, could hardly be utilized for many enemy-killing techniques. Moreover, Qin Yuesheng wasn’t skilled in any fork methods, so it inevitably became just a brute force weapon.

Still, it was undeniable that the double-bladed fork’s quality was superior, far surpassing the Celestial Demon’s blade, which broke early in battle. Even without corresponding techniques, Qin Yuesheng had to use it as his weapon.

"Daoist, the souls of these two are locked by the bull-head with chains. Do you have a way to open them?" Qin Yuesheng pointed at the tied souls of Dong Zhou and the eunuch and asked.

"I’ll give it a try." Huang Ting strode forward and began to try to unlock the chains with his own methods.

These chains were not of the mortal world; forcibly hacking and melting them would not work. They had to be unlocked by special methods.

Huang Ting drew a dragon with his two fingers, and a tender white flame appeared at his fingertips, directly pointed at the chains.

Bang!

In an instant, the chains trembled thoroughly, and Huang Ting was unable to react, the whole person flew up like a bag. It was Qin Yuesheng who quickly used the Star-Picking Hand to catch him halfway, saving him from falling awkwardly.

"Cough!" Huang Ting spat a mouthful of blood, staining the chest of his robe, his face full of shock. Dumbfounded, he said, "There is residual divine sense of the bull-head Yin Soldier within these chains, the counterforce is unexpectedly strong. Young Master Qin, I’m afraid this won’t be solved in a short time. I must take it back to the mountain observatory, use the earth fire to refine it for forty-nine days, and perhaps I can erase the divine sense on the chains."

"So troublesome..." Qin Yuesheng glanced at him, walked directly to the chains, reached out to activate the decomposition function.

[Decomposition successful, obtained ’Netherworld Dark Iron x10’ ’Yin Soldier’s Residual Consciousness x1’]

Suddenly, the chains dispersed at once, turning into more than ten pieces of black refined iron falling to the ground, clanging loudly. Qin Yuesheng collected them one by one.

Huang Ting was dumbfounded seeing this, speechless.

The shock received tonight seems a bit overwhelming.

With the chains’ confinement gone, the souls of Dong Zhou and the eunuch regained their freedom instantly, but for some reason, their expressions were dull, and they were about to casually drift away.

Huang Ting got up and said, "Yin Soldier techniques are extraordinary. The souls of these two were bound by the bull-head Yin Soldier’s magical artifact. Their souls are likely wounded. Young Master Qin, quickly paste these two talismans on their bodies, and I shall cast spells to bring their souls back."

Seeing Huang Ting waving two Yellow Talismans over, Qin Yuesheng reached out, grabbed them, and threw them with skill, hitting the souls of Dong Zhou and the eunuch accurately.

It’s quite intriguing; souls are inherently shapeless, yet these mundane talismans can adhere to them, instantly halting the souls of these two in place.

Huang Ting, after being countershocked by the bull-head’s divine sense within the chains, was not gravely injured and immediately got up to cast spells to bring the souls of Dong Zhou and the eunuch back.

Qin Yuesheng meanwhile walked over to pick up the Celestial Demon’s blade that had fallen to the ground, which had already broken in half. Seeing this divine soldier now dim and dull due to its destruction, Qin Yuesheng couldn’t help feeling a bit wistful.

Earlier, he had heard from the bull-head Yin Soldier that this Celestial Demon’s blade was from the hand of a Celestial Demon beyond the heavens, seemingly in Yin Soldiers’ eyes, it wasn’t considered a treasured weapon.

Qin Yuesheng had already understood this.

Back in Yangzhou Prefecture, after the battle at Gold Dragon Silver Phoenix Pavilion, he had plundered the entire underground vault of Gold Dragon Silver Phoenix Pavilion. Under Ah Song’s guidance, he discovered a cloth embroidered with various celestial demons descending to the mortal realm.

In the hands of each Celestial Demon was a Celestial Demon’s blade; when anything is abundant, it naturally isn’t rare.

"You’ve accompanied me for so long, fought many enemies together, who would’ve thought you’d break so unexpectedly today." Qin Yuesheng knew such divine soldiers could not be repaired by ordinary blacksmithing skills. Since he couldn’t use a broken blade as a weapon, he decided to decompose it.

[Decomposition successful, obtained ’Celestial Demon Essence x1’]

Appearing in Qin Yuesheng’s hand was a sea bowl-sized ball, soft like gelatin, with a red vortex swirling inside.

It was as light as dust, with no discernible volume.

"Another material whose use I’m clueless about." Qin Yuesheng shook his head helplessly.

He had obtained many similar materials, like the iron box from the White Lotus Saint Envoy in Wujiang River on his journey, he decomposes it every day but has yet to succeed.

Or the power of celestial fire obtained from Elder Huai in Antong County.

These things, Qin Yuesheng never knew how to use them, so they remained stored away.

Putting the Celestial Demon Essence away, Qin Yuesheng glanced at Huang Ting, who was casting spells to recover the souls of the duo, realizing there were no other trivial matters, he headed towards the room where Ah Jiu lived.

Earlier, the bull-head Yin Soldier was about to enter Ghost Gate, only thwarted by Dong Zhou’s sudden shout, which led to subsequent unforeseen disaster.

If he remembered correctly, Dong Zhou seemed to be shouting something about "Ninth Princess..."

Now that there was a moment of leisure, Qin Yuesheng recalled this matter and planned to check on Ah Jiu.

As soon as he entered the room, he immediately heard the sound of sobbing, and Qin Yuesheng followed the sound to find Ah Jiu lying on a round table draped with a green velvet cloth, softly weeping. It was evident that she was trying to suppress her voice, making it hard to detect.

Seeing her shoulders trembling slightly, Qin Yuesheng asked, "Ninth Princess, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Ah Jiu lifted her head upon hearing him; her face was slightly flushed, her tears resembling raindrops on a pear blossom, and her expression was both sad and frightened. Upon seeing Qin Yuesheng’s face, she stammered, "Brother."

Qin Yuesheng shuddered at once. Her voice was sweet and soft, with a hint of charm, like a small hand scratching at your heart, making one’s heart itch unbearably.

"Ninth Princess, what’s wrong with you? Dong Zhou just came out calling for me." Qin Yuesheng asked.

"I... I don’t know either." Ah Jiu’s expression seemed somewhat weak.

Qin Yuesheng thought the blush on her face didn’t seem to be from crying and reached out to press his hand on her forehead.

"Oh!" Ah Jiu was startled, and her face immediately turned redder, her expression shy and bashful.

"So hot." Qin Yuesheng remarked.

Since escaping from Chang’an, Ah Jiu had been traveling in the open, exposed to the elements, and constantly shocked and frightened, leading her to harbor hidden illnesses within her body.

Throughout the journey, Linghua had taken great care of Ah Jiu, as if she were her own daughter.

Though Ah Jiu was a princess, she wasn’t arrogant and willful, particularly loyal and compassionate. Witnessing Linghua’s death tonight, her heart naturally filled with sorrow and sadness.

The repressed emotions within her exploded all at once, resulting in her current state of chills and fever.

According to Qin Yuesheng, she had caught a fever.

"Ninth Princess, you’re sick. I’ll go find a doctor to take a look at you right now." Qin Yuesheng said.

Ah Jiu nodded obediently and replied, "Brother, just call me Ah Jiu."

"Alright." Qin Yuesheng wasn’t someone who believed that a princess or emperor was inherently superior to others, unlike Linghua and Dong Zhou, who would have vehemently objected; he agreed directly.

The two eunuchs from Wugeng Sect were pursuers sent from Chang’an and couldn’t be left alive. After Huang Ting restored the souls of Dong Zhou and the eunuch, Qin Yuesheng immediately dealt with the two eunuchs.

It’s worth mentioning that they also had the Nine Yin Extreme Dao Scripture’s Internal Cultivation Methods on them, but like Guang Zhao, these scriptures only contained the first volume, which wasn’t of much help to Qin Yuesheng.

Dong Zhou, having unexpectedly encountered such events, even as a Qixing Supervisory Officer, couldn’t help but feel terrified.

Having been a Qixing Supervisory Officer for so many years, he had never encountered such a formidable opponent. Because of the soul leaving the body, people inevitably suffer a severe depletion of Primordial Qi and become extremely weak, so Qin Yuesheng let Dong Zhou rest.

With Linghua now dead, he still had to stay behind to protect Ah Jiu.

After leaving to bring a doctor, who was sound asleep in his bed, from a Qin family clinic to the residence to examine Ah Jiu, Qin Yuesheng went into an empty room on his own to check the items he had just disassembled from the Yin Soldier Bull’s Head.

[Netherworld Soldier Seal] A square seal of pale purple with some black hues, with a sturdy bull sprawled on the seal.

[Corpse Dissolving Soldier Skill] This is a spell that can directly transform living people into undead soldiers. Judging by its effects, it’s considered heretical, and it’s unknown where the Yin Soldier Bull’s Head obtained it.

[Spiritual Sense Hundred Refinement Skill] A spell that can temper one’s own Divine Sense.

[Damaged Nether Chain Mail] The attire worn by the Yin Soldier Bull’s Head, but because Qin Yuesheng used the ’Sha’ character technique to corrode it momentarily, the chest area was now somewhat damaged. It’s worth mentioning that this is a Magical Artifact that can be expanded and contracted through Divine Sense.

[Yin Soldier’s Fate Attributes]

[Replenishing Essence Pill x5]

[Qi Replenishing Pill x5]

Essence, Qi, and Spirit, the three major internal elements for Martial Artists. It is said that to break through to the Grandmaster Realm, these three elements are the most crucial.

Previously, Jiang Taicang went to great lengths to refine a Nourishing God Pill, using hundreds of human souls as materials, yet he never managed to complete the refinement before his death.

However, now Qin Yuesheng obtained ten Replenishing Essence and Qi Replenishing Pills, which are of the same precious level as the Nourishing God Pill, in one fell swoop, making it a huge gain.

This also proved from another perspective that the Yin Soldier Bull’s Head was extremely powerful, hence yielding so many Replenishing Essence and Qi Replenishing Pills from its disassembly.

"I forgot about this thing." Qin Yuesheng took out the Yin Soldier’s Residual Consciousness he’d just obtained from disassembling the chain, and immediately began examining it.

This Yin Soldier’s Residual Consciousness contained a part of the memories of the Yin Soldier Bull’s Head. By examining it, one could see important information hidden within these memories.

Qin Yuesheng, of course, immediately immersed his consciousness into it.