Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 607 Arrest!
As the rainbow dissipated, the patients were seen with pale faces, trembling with their eyes closed, and unconscious. Apart from a large, swollen lump on their chests, the rest of their flesh and skin had clearly returned to normal.

"Alright, as long as we cut open the abscesses on their chests, release the filthy blood containing millions of corpse worm larvae, suture the wounds, and let them rest for a few months, they can recover to normal."

Qin Huai clapped his hands and said to the dumbfounded Ba Sihan beside him, "Api and I still need to go to places like Jinghu Village, Lahaizi, and Heifeng Cliff to treat patients and collect clues, so we won't stay any longer."

"Wait a minute!"

Ba Sihan glanced at his father, who had recovered, then suddenly turned and bowed to Qin Huai, saying, "My benefactor has done a great favor to our village by annihilating the Blood-Eyed Falcon Flock, and he even saved my father from a monster that was neither demon nor ghost. Now that my benefactor is going to the Beast Mountain, he must need a guide who is familiar with the situation inside. Ba Sihan is willing to follow my benefactor's orders!"

"Alright, then so be it. But to prevent any more ferocious beasts from attacking, give these talismans to the village's brave warriors as a precaution, to nip any potential problems in the bud."

Qin Huai pulled out a stack of Qingwei talismans that he had recently drawn in his spare time and handed them to Ba Sihan, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

"Alright, thank you very much, benefactor!"

Ba Sihan was grateful. Although he knew he might not be able to help much, he quickly arranged many things, asked Tianjian to help look after the village, and then flew into the sky with Qin Huai amidst the shouts of the crowd.

As the wind and snow intensified and the night grew dark, the village houses became indistinct and the lights flickered. The shouts of the brave warriors grew fainter and fainter, finally being dispersed by the fierce wind until they were almost inaudible.

The night sky was gray and hazy, the moon was like a hook, and thick snow clouds covered the horizon like an endless brocade; the desolate landscape was covered with ice and snow, which shimmered with a cold luster in the moonlight.

After treating patients in places like Jinghu Village and Lahaizi, Qin Huai carried Api and Basihan in his hands and flew swiftly eastward. The cold was intensifying, and the desolate, cold mountains stood tall and intertwined. Suddenly, he swept across a thousand miles in an instant.

After a short while, the three of them finally flew to Black Wind Cliff, the closest point to the Beast Mountain Range, and saw countless peaks beyond the reach of even the spirit apes.

The Beast Mountain Range stretches for hundreds of miles from south to north, its numerous precipitous peaks, like jagged blades, interlocking and layering, isolating the desolate wilderness from its eastern and western flanks. To the east of the Beast Mountain Range lies a vast, barren land, an eight-thousand-mile-long plateau rift valley, perpetually covered in ice and snow, devoid of any vegetation—the frigid Arctic. Three thousand miles further east lies the eastern edge of the Great Wilderness, bordering the Eastern Sea.

Qin Huai slowed down, hovered, and looked into the distance. He saw the Beast Mountain range, with its peaks scattered and stretching out like thousands of strange beasts crouching in disarray. At the junction of the mountains and the sky, crimson and purple eerie clouds and mists surged and rose, and a gloomy wind blew. Occasionally, white light would break through the clouds from the dark mountain peaks, illuminating the huge beast shadows.

Whenever a ferocious beast dwelling there lets out a sharp and strange roar, the entire mountain will immediately erupt in uproar, with strange cries and angry roars rising and falling in unison.

“My benefactor, the Black Wind Stronghold is located in the sheltered valley behind that hundred-foot-high black cliff.”

Ba Sihan pointed to the distant cliff that looked like a lone black fang protruding out, and said, braving the wind and snow.

"Walk."

Qin Huai led the two around the cliff, but all they saw was a ruined wall, with limbs and blood frozen into ice blocks, mixed with a few black feathers, making it look extremely messy.

"A village massacre? It must have been those ferocious birds!"

Api stared at the bird carcasses on the ground, shot down by arrows, his words filled with barely suppressed anger.

woohoo~
Suddenly, a deafening, piercing cry came from the Beast Mountain. Qin Huai turned his head and saw a precipitous peak behind the Black Cliff shrouded by a vast flock of birds, which circled and gathered on the mountaintop, screeching as they flew rapidly toward them.

With their extraordinary eyesight, everyone could clearly see that those strange birds with black feathers and red growths were Blood-Eyed Falcons.

Meanwhile, the other mountain peaks surrounding Black Wind Cliff, and the thousands of mountains and valleys behind them, all roared and howled wildly. Countless black shadows soared into the sky, blotting out the moon and the sky, their flapping wings sounding like a raging storm.

Countless wings flapped and crisscrossed, surging towards Qin Huai and his companions. Fiery-billed birds, steel-clawed vultures, winged tigers—tens of thousands of flying beasts and ferocious birds roared and surged like giant waves, threatening to engulf them.

In a short while, the flock of birds had already rushed over with a roar. Qin Huai exerted force with both hands, gently tossing Api and Ba Sihan onto the soft snow pile beside him. He drew out the Seven Sins Spear, and the True Qi of Returning to the Origin surged forth. Rainbow light appeared like threads, and lightning danced. The hundred-meter-long blazing spear light was unleashed with unrestrained force, slashing down towards the flock of birds.

Faced with these ferocious beasts of the desolate wilderness, which even those with a thousand years of cultivation might not possess, Qin Huai's Sin Blade was like a Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff) that kills upon contact and injures upon grazing. The rolling black tide burst forth, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

At the same time, the bear roared, its fist, as big as a casserole dish, transformed back into an even larger, jet-black bear claw, unleashing tremendous force as it slammed towards the sky, streaks of cold light flashing like lightning. The mournful cries of birds filled the air, and amidst the swirling snow and wind, broken feathers and flesh flew about, along with sprays of fresh blood.

With a loud shout, Ba Sihan drew two long, black Xuanbing Iron swords from behind his back with lightning speed. They flew up and cleaved the Blood-Eyed Falcon that was attacking Api in three pieces.

Bird carcasses fell in a dense rain, and in an instant, Qin Huai's sweeping gun emplacement had wiped out the beast tide that was attacking from all directions. Although the ferocious beasts of the desolate wilderness were fierce, they were also routed. Tens of thousands of flying beasts roared and charged, but they were unable to subdue the three ants-like creatures for a long time.

After a short while, these ferocious beasts of the desolate wilderness were finally terrified by Qin Huai's invincible power, and with a mournful howl, they turned and flew into the depths of the mountains.

"Chase!"

Qin Huai roared, his Guizhen Qi transforming into a giant hand that gripped Api and Basihan, and his entire body transformed into a rainbow of light as he chased after the Blood-Eyed Falcon Flock that he had deliberately spared earlier.

Perhaps it was because the shocking spear light had just dispersed the dense snow clouds that the moonlight shone brightly on the thousands of mountains and valleys, the sharp cliffs and craggy rocks, the piles of white snow, the steep peaks and icy slopes.

Qin Huai used his True Qi to conceal his own aura, hovering far behind the flying beast. After passing several jagged peaks, he finally saw a huge cave in the shadow of a recessed area surrounded by cliffs.

"There is indeed something fishy!"

As the cold wind swept across Qin Huai's glassy eyes, he could clearly see countless tiny spores in the air, their concentration many times higher than in the previous places.

The cave entrance is six zhang high and five zhang wide, with sharp rocks scattered around, resembling a giant mouth baring its teeth, ready to devour anyone who might enter.

Without hesitation, Qin Huai and his two companions rushed into the room. A foul, eerie wind swept over them, and countless bone fragments fluttered about, making them feel nauseous.

Following the cave, which was much larger than the previous Taotie bird's nest, Qin Huai soon led Api and the other to a fork in the road where the rock walls were covered with sticky, fishy liquid and the air was filled with an unbearable stench.

"Strange, even though it's located in the far north, how come the temperature here is higher than that of Juyan City, which is protected by the heat of Lieyang?" Qin Huai stopped in his tracks, his mind suddenly feeling uneasy.

After thinking it over, Qin Huai decided to choose the right fork, which had a relatively higher temperature and a steeper slope, and decided to stick to that path.

The cave passage turned downwards and became extremely steep. The three of them rushed down quickly, then went around the bend in the passage, and after walking for about several miles, they finally reached the depths of the mountain.

Looking along the way, the walls of the high and wide cave were slippery, with dark green liquid slowly flowing down, and there was nothing else.

The descending passage became increasingly steep and slippery underfoot. With each step, many dark green, slimy threads were dragged up. Qin Huai, with his extensive knowledge, had almost guessed that this foul-smelling slime was a carpet of microorganisms. The abnormal temperature inside the cave was also due to the large-scale reproduction of microorganisms, which released a lot of heat energy, making the environment here so strange.

After turning through a narrow passage, the three were suddenly greeted by a huge cave. At the bottom of the cave was a deep pool, and countless pale blue fluorescent lights floated on the surface. Batch after batch of ferocious birds and beasts threw the carcasses they had hunted into the pool, where they were swallowed by unseen maws and vanished in the blink of an eye.

[Breeding Gu Pool]: A breeding ground for Gu after being improved by Gu masters. It accepts all comers. As long as there are enough human and animal corpses, the mother Gu in the pool can reproduce a large number of Fine Snow Corpse Gu.

"This is the place. You two wait for me a moment while I go and capture the mother of the corpse worm."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Huai moved swiftly, his hands like lightning and his eyes like shooting stars. In an instant, he killed all the ferocious birds and beasts in the cave, and his colorful hand, formed from the Qi of Returning to the True Nature, reached straight into the deep pool.

Roar!
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard, and several enormous blue python-like creatures shot into the sky from the pool. The pool water surged, and the creatures flew about, suddenly coiling upwards and hooking onto the Qi-force hand. However, they were instantly roasted by the irresistible heat and curled up, exuding a rich aroma of meat.

"come out!"

Qin Huai roared, unleashing immense power from his Qi-infused hand. The water in the pool surged even more violently, and several blue pythons were forcibly pulled out, revealing their full forms. Under the rainbow light, an enormous monster stood proudly, its eerie blue eyes burning like will-o'-the-wisps. The monster was about seven zhang tall, its entire body a deep blue-black, resembling a giant octopus from the deep sea. More than a dozen enormous tentacles writhed and leaped like giant pythons. Daring not to provoke the Qi-infused hand any longer, it focused all its energy on the tiny, ant-like Qin Huai.

【Gu Luo Fish】: The Gu Master created the Corpse Gu Mother Body by using the He Luo Fish as the original and modifying it with eighty-one kinds of Gu poison. It has the strength of 100,000 jin and releases mixed poison at all times. Even a demon king (Seven Palaces) with three thousand years of cultivation would find it difficult to gain an advantage.

"Come die!"

Qin Huai shouted loudly, and his True Qi burst forth, engulfing the Gu Luo Fish in a surging wave of fire. It quickly burned the fish to the point of near death, rendering it unable to display its ferocity any longer.

"My benefactor, is this the culprit who unleashed the plague of the Cold Wasteland?"

Seeing that Api and Basihan were about to go down to the edge of the pool, Qin Huai hurriedly reminded them, "Be careful, this thing is constantly emitting corpse poison. You two must hold your breath and concentrate, lest you be ambushed."

Just then, Zero spoke up, reporting its discovery in his ear.

"My lord, your rainbow fire evaporated a lot of water just now, but the water level in the pool did not drop. I suspect there may be an underground channel at the bottom of the pool leading to another place. I suggest you investigate carefully."

Qin Huai nodded slightly, put the half-dead Gu Luo fish into the Kunlun space, glanced at the huge cave and, after confirming that he had not missed any clues, directly led A Bi and Ba Si Han into the dark pool. The Guizhen Qi Jin generated a water-repelling shield, which isolated the countless corpse Gu spores outside. They quickly sank to the bottom of the pool and found that there was indeed a wide tunnel with a diameter of several feet in a corner of the rock.

Qin Huai unleashed a burst of internal energy from behind, plunging directly into the winding tunnel. After a short while, his vision suddenly brightened, and he found himself at the end of the tunnel.

The three floated up and emerged from the water, just in time to see the sun rising in the east, the morning light shining brightly, and a glacier flowing ceaselessly from north to south between two deep, imposing valleys, heading straight out of the Beast Mountain.

"Oh no! It's the Clear River formed by the melting snow from Mirror Lake! Countless villages along this route drink from this water, and now that strange fish upstream is polluting the water source, our barbarian people of the Eight Clans in this desolate land are in grave danger!"

Feeling the bone-chilling cold emanating from the Qi shield, Api recognized the origin of the great river almost instantly and immediately roared.

"What a vicious scheme! It seems this curse is no accident!"

Once he understood the key to it, Ba Sihan was so angry that he immediately cursed and echoed the sentiment.

Roar roar~
Suddenly, the roars of beasts and cries of birds rose again. Countless birds and beasts burst forth from the vast mist and haze above the three of them, cascading down like waterfalls from thousands of mountains and valleys, fearlessly rushing towards them.

Qin Huai leaped to his feet, retrieved several high-yield Heavenly Explosive Bombs from his imprint space, and kicked them into the dense horde of beasts. His glazed golden eyes ignited with blazing flames, and the sudden appearance of a gravity field between heaven and earth caused countless ferocious birds to cry out in agony, plummeting and gathering together.

"The power of the king shall be used by me!"

Before the words were finished, the Tianrui bomb suddenly exploded. The rainbow flames, which could ignite anything, ignited the feathers of birds and beasts, and instantly spread across the wilderness like wildfire, turning all the rushing birds and beasts into charred corpses. Even when they fell into the icy water of the Qinghe River, the flames attached to them did not go out. The water and fire clashed, and countless wisps of mist rose up.

Even so, the beasts, who were naturally afraid of fire, did not give up their pursuit of Qin Huai and his companions, plunging down like moths to a flame.

Furthermore, the Beast Mountain was teeming with ferocious birds and demonic beasts. Smelling the stench of blood and the aura of the demons, they emerged from their caves and nests, surging in from all directions. In an instant, the clear, early morning light and the bright red glow of the sun were obscured by layers of black shadows with countless giant wings, and the chaotic cries echoed throughout the mountains.

"That's not right. No matter how ferocious and mindless the beasts of the Frozen Wasteland are, they shouldn't knowingly rush forward knowing they're doomed."

Now that things have come to this, Qin Huai has also noticed something amiss. His mind races, and he keeps considering all the possibilities.

More and more flying beasts appeared, one after another, turning into fuel to strengthen the Heavenly Rainbow Fire. A few were afraid and retreated, but soon they returned, their eyes glowing red. They no longer had any fear of the Heavenly Rainbow Fire and attacked the three of them in layers, which was very strange.

What's even stranger is that these flying beasts attacked and encircled the enemy with great skill and order. Although they were completely ineffective against the Rainbow Fire, they looked like elite soldiers who had undergone rigorous training.

"Is someone taming beasts?"

Thinking of the Corpse Demon Worm he had previously discovered inside the Blood-Eyed Falcon in the Beast Mountain, Qin Huai felt a chill and suddenly realized the key point.

(End of this chapter)