Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 644 Secret
Unlike common weapons and armor, Yanfu tokens that can conceal one's aura and hide one's whereabouts are extremely rare. Even though Qin Huai was in front of the logistics warehouse of Three-Eyed Globe, he only managed to find two pieces of equipment that were barely usable.

One of them was a closed iron helmet in the shape of a long, narrow triangle, with short, thin ventilation holes, which looked quite like an enlarged version of a sharp cone.

The Judge's Murderous Skull

Category: Helmet

Quality: Legend

Special effects:

[Power of Judgment]: Once equipped, it will disregard the holder's original physical attributes, granting immense strength and the body of a rhinoceros, capable of easily destroying grass, trees, bricks, and stones, and even knocking over hard alloys.

[Body Inherited from Sin]: Immune to pure kinetic damage; only attacks imbued with supernatural power can pose a threat to you.

【Silent Land】: When equipped, you will be constantly surrounded by mist, which will block most detection skills and reduce your own presence.

The other item was a simple obsidian bracelet, gleaming with a lustrous sheen, looking no different from the antique ornaments sold at the Panjiayuan market.

【Steady Stone Shackles】

Quality: Special

Category: Foreign object

Special effects:

【Steadfast】: Standing firmly on the earth, one can continuously draw spiritual energy from it to restore energy and physical strength.

【Breath Lock】: Consume energy to completely lock in one's own dissipated aura, thereby achieving the purpose of concealing oneself.

"Director Li, these four items will do. As for the other [Jade Purification Dew], I'll take them all."

After carefully selecting only these five items from the [Yun Guo Ku], Qin Huai had just finished speaking to Li An'nan when the wisps of smoke coalesced into physical objects and fell into his hands.

【Jade Dew】was obtained by Three-Eyed Glory from a fruit with a Journey to the West theme. It can cure plagues, prolong life, and clear sleep and dreams. Although there is not much in stock, only half a catty, its effects are very strong. Qin Huai tasted it and it was enough for him to get rid of five moderate-intensity demonic possessions.

"That's all? Won't you pick anything else?"

Li Anan glanced at Qin Huai, who was already fully equipped and looked rather strange, and asked while suppressing a laugh.

At this moment, Qin Huai had a huge triangular cone-shaped head, an obsidian ring under the engraved tiger on his left arm, and a Qingfeng Seven Star Sword in his right hand. A flowing purple ribbon gently encircled his body, making him look strange no matter how you looked at it.

"Quality over quantity. This is enough for now. If there are any other needs, the main body will speak up."

Qin Huai shook his head, and after experiencing the effects, he put away all the equipment. He picked up the two A4 sheets of paper on the table and said goodbye to Li Anan, "Seven days later, I will enter [Yu·Bingzi Twenty-Seven] to prepare for exploration. Please make logistical preparations at that time."

"Go ahead, the company will always be your strongest support."

After saying that, Qin Huai vanished into thin air and returned to Yanfu.
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"Six merits, promoted from Jinshi to the next level."

“Zang Er, Zheng Qing was demoted to Si Cheng.”

In the antique-style room, Qin Huai (Lu Wu) was playing the "Promotion Chart" with Zhao Jianzhong and Hou Tu. His blue chess piece was stuck in the Nine Ministers and Six Ministries, far behind Zhao Jianzhong, who was just a few steps away from becoming one of the Three Dukes and ending the game.

"Deqi rose to the rank of Grand Tutor, and that was the end of his career."

Zhao Jianzhong put down the silver notes he was holding, looked at Qin Huai, and slowly said, "This promotion chart is indeed similar to Ying Tianshou's, except that it has very little constraint on the parties involved in the gambling. Cheating and swindling are not prohibited. Even if the loser wants to turn against the table, there is nothing you can do about it."

"The purpose of this thing is more like to open up an unstable channel to transfer something from the loser to the winner, but how exactly to use it is up to you to figure out."

After listening to Zhao Jianzhong's insightful analysis, Qin Huai nodded and began to think further about the possible uses of this prop.

Zhao Jianzhong had met Ying Tianshou when they first met, and knew that at Ying Tianshou's gambling table, everything in the world could be wagered, and the winner would take away what they won. Inheritance, lifespan, soul—anything was possible. And in Ying Tianshou's gambling, cheating was absolutely impossible; whoever lost, the bet had to be honored, whether it was Zhao Jianzhong or Cao Yuanchao, everyone was treated the same.

In comparison, the power of the promotion chart is much weaker, and its greatest use is probably in the "gambling" and "betting".

"Big guy, you've already put that Taotie clone into place, right? How does it feel? Do you feel any disharmony with your original body because the split soul is too strong?"

Houtu stared at Qin Huai, her beautiful eyes sparkling, and casually asked as if it were nothing.

"Not yet. It's possible that the previous Human Immortal Martial Arts and Ether Dragon Body have actually raised my rank. Now, the only thing lacking is the inheritance, which is why there hasn't been a major problem with the coordination of my soul and body."

Qin Huai thought for a moment and then shook his head.

"That's true. If you hadn't used your personal growth ability to overtake others, you wouldn't have been able to complete the Taotie inheritance trial so easily."

Houtu took out two tiny ice creams from the refrigerator, handed one to Qin Huai, peeled one for herself, and continued, "When I saw the requirements of the Yanfu incident, I thought you were going to cling to a powerful force and use the indigenous power to complete the inheritance trial."

“Those demons in the Great Wilderness are too cunning, and their words are hard to discern as true or false. Using their strength against them is indeed a good method, but it takes too much time and I don’t know how long it will take. I thought that cutting the Gordian knot would avoid any unforeseen complications, so I came down to the Great Wilderness with the third brother and took a multi-pronged approach. Fortunately, the final result did not disappoint.”

Qin Huai took the ice cream and continued the conversation.

"That kid Chaos sent me a government-sponsored salvage application. It says that in seven days, Taotie will enter [Yu·Bingzi Twenty-Seven] to search for and salvage Di Ting. You know about this, right?" Houtu ate a thumb-sized piece of matcha ice cream and clapped her hands.

“I know. When the inheritance trial was about to end, I asked Director Chaos to come to the Great Wilderness to help. I owe him a favor, so we discussed prioritizing his needs for the salvage operation. This also gave Kaiming a break and allowed him to finish the exclusive Yanfu project that had been put on hold.”

Qin Huai nodded and casually said, "Lord Houtu, I heard from the Chaos Director that [Feather·Bingzi Twenty-Seven] is very special? I feel that the demonic influence inside that fruit is very similar to the evil spiritual energy I once encountered."

"【Heavenly Jiazi Six】? Indeed, they are quite similar. The essence of these two types of pollution is actually chaotic and disordered knowledge that is difficult to understand. As for the flesh and blood deformities and the derivative appendages, they are just external manifestations and not something that is difficult to deal with."

Hou Tu glanced at Zhao Jianzhong, who was calmly stroking the mahjong tiles, and casually gestured, and her laptop landed on the mahjong table.

"Big guy, let me test you. Do you know why our current world is [Heavenly Jiazi Nine] instead of [Heavenly Jiazi One]?"

"Hmm? Isn't it because nine is the greatest number, the most yang and the most noble?"

Qin Huai was taken aback. He hadn't really thought about why [Heavenly Jiazi Nine] was called [Heavenly Jiazi Nine] instead of [Heavenly Jiazi One].

“Old Zhao, with his current strength, there are some things we can tell him.”

Hearing Houtu's tone shift to him, Zhao Jianzhong nodded slightly and said, "You tell him about it."

"The reason why [Heavenly Jiazi Nine] is only ranked ninth is simple: there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. The eight fruits before it are so high in energy level and so large in size that they are like stars in the solar system in the sea of ​​leaves, even more dazzling than [Heavenly Jiazi Nine], and cannot be ignored. Therefore, the early walkers ranked them from first to eighth according to the size of the fruits that are visible to the naked eye. As the first of the sixty-year cycle of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Jiazi axis represents Yang wood and Yang water, symbolizing the beginning of all things. Nine is the ultimate Yang, and the three Yangs bring prosperity, which also coincides with the origin of the walking bubble. Therefore, our present world was designated as ninth by Old Man Zhao."

Houtu paused, a look of reminiscence and remembrance in her eyes, and continued, "Because the fruits from Tianyi to Tianba are too dangerous, and the native inhabitants of these fruits include many of the Five Elders and even the Four Emperors, Old Man Zhao has given a strict order that even the Lord of Yama cannot enter these fruits alone unless there is an emergency."

"Why? Is it because these fruits also have native inhabitants who can travel through them?"

Qin Huai, considering the uniqueness of Yanfu's journey, said with some uncertainty.

"The journey through Yanfu is unique and is the greatest treasure of [Heavenly Jiazi Nine]. You don't need to worry about that. The law enforcement council established this rule because of a heinous incident, which is why this prohibition was issued."

Zhao Jianzhong gazed at Qin Huai, his expression calm and serene, and slowly said, "Thirty-five years ago, Zhuo Jiu of [Zhu Jiuyin] pursued Si Fan Sheng Ku, taking with him five members of the Six Divisions, including An Xiangqian of [Zhenwu] and Lai Yuntai of [Tianying], and Qin An, who had already subdued the immortal insects and completed the second stage of the Divine Court, into [Tian Jiazi Six]. Although they successfully captured and killed Sheng Ku and obtained much information about Si Fan, they also lost three members of the Six Divisions due to the encirclement and attack by the natives of the fruits. Only Zhuo Jiu used his [Liberation] authority at the critical moment to bring Xiangqian and Qin An out, and then reported the matter to the Enforcement Council, prompting us to make the decision to seal off these eight fruits and prohibit any unauthorized exploration."

"So Ninth Master and Mr. Qin have such a past. Then, old man, do you know why I received spiritual knowledge from [Heavenly Jiazi Six] when I was dreaming about [Heavenly Jiazi Nine]? Is it because the two fruits were relatively close to each other?"

Qin Huai, thinking about this question that had troubled him for the first half of his life, finally couldn't help but ask it.

“In the Book of Changes, six is ​​a yin line and nine is a yang line. As the saying goes, yin is within yang, not opposite to yang. It is not surprising that such a strange thing that connects yin and yang can appear in such a great fruit.”

Zhao Jianzhong looked at Qin Huai and said meaningfully, "You've been on the special talent list for so long, you must have some experience. Putting aside everything else, just take that kid Ren Ni. If we hadn't intervened early, who knows when he might have lost control of his abilities and opened up a root channel to a certain fruit. If any dangerous substances flowed back through that channel, the damage would be much greater than your dreams."

"That's what you said."

After thinking about it carefully, Qin Huai realized that it was indeed the case, and stopped worrying about it.

However, unnoticed by him, Houtu raised an eyebrow at Zhao Jianzhong, as if exchanging glances.

Zhao Jianzhong seemed not to notice, shook his head slightly, and continued, "I'm telling you these things today because [Divine Travel] is special. I'm afraid you might not be able to suppress your curiosity at any time and fall into a dangerous place that no one can save you, so I said a few more words."

"Don't worry, sir, Qin Huai understands."

After saying this, Qin Huai bid farewell to the two Yama Lords whom he greatly respected and left the Mother Crown.
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"Hey, second brother, the sample of [Tianrui Yake] is ready, but it's too potent. I'm afraid only you can handle it. Want to give it a try?"

"Understood, I'll go back to Anxi to take it right away."

Sitting cross-legged in the secret chamber, reading through a large amount of internal reference data of the Mother Crown, intending to find the commonalities of the Bingzi Axis Fruit and seek a solution to break the deadlock, Taotie released the split soul resonance and instantly returned to the desolate Anxi Desert.

Taotie retrieved the dazzling, shimmering [Tianrui Yak] from the shared personal space of its five avatars. The Yak looked similar to Ether Dragon Blood. Taotie examined it closely, and [a fleeting glimpse] revealed several characters.

【Tianrui Yake Dragon Blood Enhancement Potion (First Generation)】

Type: Consumables
Quality: Legendary!
The effects of the mythical potion (Heavenly Jiazi Nine Human Gene Version) specially developed for the Tianrui species are as follows:

1. Gain the status [Tianrui Yake], which comprehensively strengthens the physical body based on the concentration of dragon blood in the body, gradually awakens additional Word Spirits and improves proficiency as if taught by a teacher (this effect will devour and continue to devour statuses gained from walking in the future that are weaker than this effect).
2. Based on the Word of Power possessed by the Heavenly Species, immediately upgrade and strengthen it, and include it in the individual's Secret Treasure Enhancement Effect.

3. Fully embark on the path to godhood. Every battle, injury, alchemy, enlightenment, and other situation in the future will gradually increase the concentration and purity of the dragon blood of the Tianrui species, continuously gaining the power of Nidhogg until mastering all the words of power and completely becoming a mythical dragon (Six Divisions).

(Consuming dragon-type inheritances or slaying dragons will grant additional Nidhogg power.)

Note: Based on the research findings of the Big Ben Research Institute on gene potions and myth potions, Tianrui Dragon Riders created a special type of myth potion using the blood of the Tailong, which is rich in myth factors, as its core. It is only effective on Tianrui species and its subspecies.

"To fully embark on the path to godhood? That's true. Once the Ether Dragon Body goes berserk, only the Martial Immortal and the Taotie inheritance can suppress it. It really can't be done without me."

Thinking back to the time when Tianrui was boiling over, Taotie, unable to suppress its savage and bestial nature, nodded and plunged the forearm-thick potion directly into its heart.

Almost the instant the medicine entered his body, an excruciating burning and stinging sensation spread throughout his entire body. It felt as if his limbs and bones were being swept over by a swarm of ants with iron teeth and copper fangs. Countless desert dunes were shattered to pieces. Qin Huai did not suppress the destructive urge that arose from this, and the hundreds of moves of the Guizhen Martial Record flowed out like mercury.

Heavenly Qi, Earthly Power, Saint King Stance.

Devouring Heaven Technique, Earth-Destroying Finger, Sky-Splitting Sword, Boundless Blade, Sin-Killing Spear, Vajra Body, Mountain-Crushing Fist, Sea-Breaking Palm
The Heavenly Fruit has a time flow rate of 10, which means he has about two months left.

(End of this chapter)