Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 582 Reunion with the Tapir

The Nine Heavens Thunder Blade is incredibly powerful, without a doubt. As someone who has personally experienced its power, Qin Huai even believes it can be compared to certain unique-quality weapons within the True Martial Arts Fruit.

However, once the Scale · Jiazi 226 is released, without the support of the fruit's will and the power of heaven and earth, it's hard to say whether it can still display the divine might of purple lightning as before. Moreover, if the power of the lightning blade inside is exhausted, how to replenish it is also a problem.

Does this mean we have to buy tickets every time we return to Linzhi Zhenwu to replenish our supplies?
Considering the tens of thousands of points required for the True Martial Arts Fruit, Qin Huai felt it wasn't worth it.

Moreover, what he urgently needs now is not a collection of weapons to enhance his already impressive arsenal, but rather a trump card that can deliver a decisive blow against a powerful enemy.

It could be some expensive consumables, or a powerful killing move with severe side effects, but a cold weapon with an upper limit similar to the Seven Deadly Sins is really not very useful.

This direct confrontation with the God-Slaying Demon truly caused Qin Huai, who had been enjoying smooth sailing since entering the world, to suffer a major setback. It also made him realize his current situation. Since it was difficult to improve his overall strength by relying on external things, having his clone undergo the inheritance trial and become an agent as soon as possible became the top priority for continuing to move forward.

However, considering the requirements of the first stage of the Return to Truth Path, Qin Huai was unsure whether he should first search for the components of Lu Wu's inheritance or undergo the trial of Taotie's inheritance.

"Forget it, let's try a two-pronged approach. Anyway, the application for the Taotie Inheritance Trial still needs to be reviewed by the guild. Maybe we can take advantage of this time difference to find the inheritance parts."

After weighing the options for a full fifteen minutes, Qin Huai finally decided to give Kaiming's clone a break, suspend the official salvage mission, and turn to investigate the true nature of Luwu Heavy Industry with the [Flowing Dream] fruit he had previously obtained. At the same time, he also had Ninja Zero submit the application for the Taotie Inheritance Trial to the guild.

"As for this offering reward, Ninth Master, may I ask for a [Replica of the Divine Weapon - Heavenly Punishment]? Durability doesn't matter, the key is that the power must be great enough. It would be best if it had the original version's effects."

No sooner had Qin Huai finished speaking than Yan Fu gave his answer.

"can."

The response was so swift, it was as if Zhuo Jiu had been waiting for Qin Huai all along.

The next instant, a massive black bubble suddenly appeared in Qin Huai's personal space, bursting open with countless tiny, deep black lightning bolts, revealing the Heavenly Punishment Giant Bow inside, which was entirely dark purple, with four bone arrows embedded in each of its two bow arms, and had a somber tone.

Qin Huai felt a sudden weight in his hand as he gently stroked the bowplate, which was carved into the shape of a bat's head. A bone arrow rested on it, gleaming with an eerie, unsettling light.

【Heavenly Punishment (Imitation)】

Category: Cold Weapons
Quality: Special

The features are as follows:
【Heavenly Punishment】: Severing all life force; those wounded by the evil arrow cannot heal themselves by any means.

【Evil Rakshasa】: Each time an arrow is fired, it unleashes a fierce roar from a Rakshasa, captivating the mind and confusing the soul.

【Unpredictable】: Each arrow will be randomly selected from nine Heavenly Punishment Evil Arrows, its power is unpredictable and hard to fathom.

Note: Be careful of accidental injury!
Qin Huai had some idea of ​​the power of the Heavenly Punishment Arrow.

After all, he was there when Li Shimin and Dongfang Wudi were killed by the arrow of Tianzhu, and the scene of the ten blazing suns exploding and sweeping across the world was still vivid in his mind.

Next, Qin Huai obtains the special purchasing privileges [Qin Emperor's Treasury] and [Xiang Yu's Armory] by killing the corpses of Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng and Xiang Yu.

【Twelve Golden Men】: Twelve mechanical puppets guarding the Qin Emperor's treasury. They possess the peak strength of the Eight Extremes and can form a battle formation to delay enemies at the Seven Palaces level.

The price for a single purchase is 5000 Yanfu Points; purchasing the entire set costs only 50000 Yanfu Points.

Note: "The First Emperor collected all the weapons in the empire, gathered them in Xianyang, melted them down to make twelve bronze bells and statues, each weighing a thousand shi (a unit of weight), and placed them in the palace."

【The Elixir of Immortality】: A thousand-year-old Crimson Tai Sui nurtured by the essence of creation, fiery red like blood, shaped like coral, and bright and clear like solid ice.

It can be used for medicinal purposes and is also edible. Simply swallowing it will increase your awakening level by 40%, but it will shorten your lifespan by ten years. If it is prepared by a physician or chef who is skilled in traditional Chinese medicine and dietary therapy, its effects may be enhanced and its toxicity reduced.

Price: 6000 Yanfu Points
【Five Jade Lamps】: It is seven feet five inches tall, with a coiled dragon at the bottom holding the lamp in its mouth. When the lamp is lit, its scales and armor move, shining brightly like a row of stars filling the room.

Using mermaid oil as candle oil, a flame can expand into a sphere of light with a diameter of seven and a half feet, repelling all ghosts and preventing all evil from invading.

Ineffective against malevolent spirits of the seventh rank or higher.

Price: 4000 Yanfu Points
【Bone-Illuminating Mirror】: It can see the intestines, stomach, internal organs, three souls, and seven spirits of all things in heaven and earth, and can easily detect the lesions. If the person looking in the mirror has evil intentions, they will be bold and agitated, and cannot hide their true feelings.

Note: This is an excellent tool for testing the loyalty of subordinates, but its effectiveness is subjective.

Price: 2000 Yanfu Points
【Jade-handled Bronze Axe】: A token of the ancient Chu state, a ritual object used by Xiang Yu when he raised his army in Kuaiji. The axe is inlaid with the Nine Phoenix totem of the Chu people's belief, containing a large amount of Nine Phoenix power. It is a key evolution item for seven Yama-fu heritages, including Jiuying, Xiangliu, Guiche, and Baqi. After use, the above Yama-fu heritages will evolve into the Nine Phoenix.

Note 1: Please note! Because the Nine Phoenix Inheritance already has a successor and all the parts have been collected, this evolution cannot proceed!
Note 2: Other inheritances will gain a massive amount of awakening points by absorbing the power of the Nine Phoenixes, with 60% for feathered creatures and 30% for the rest!

Price: 10000 Yanfu Points
[Huan Chu Military Talisman]: Summons three thousand Jiangdong Hellfire War Souls for your command. They are fully armed and fearless, and the duration is three days.

Price: 9000 Yanfu Points
Special Rewards:

[True Martial Arts Borrowing Certificate]: Due to your outstanding performance in the Eighty-One Battles, Zhuo Jiu, the master of the True Martial Arts Fruit, has decided to give you an extra reward. You can use this borrowing certificate to freely travel between the True Martial Arts Fruit's Scripture Pavilion and the Jambudvipa Crown to read all the alchemical and martial arts classics it has collected.

Priced at 1 Yanfu Point.

There are many good items. Apart from the library card, which is extremely compatible with [True Martial Primordial] and is practically free, every other item can be described as a rare find in the auction house.

Qin Huai thought for a moment, then first acquired the [Essence of Immortality], which could replenish a large amount of Free Awakening Points. He then took a screenshot of the information about the [Jade Handle Bronze Axe] and sent it to Qi Liancheng. He listed all the remaining purchase rights, except for the [Twelve Golden Men], on the auction house.

As for the [Twelve Golden Men], he didn't buy them all. Instead, he kept only one to study and see if he could create a replica alchemical puppet. The remaining eleven were broken into individual pieces and listed at auction with higher prices. After settling the accounts for this Yanfu incident, Qin Huai had less than 150,000 Yanfu points left. Of these, 50,000 were points earned by his various clones from exchanging valuable items from different fruits during this period, which was just enough to compensate for the previous expenses on the Ruiqi Mimicry.

Enduring immense pain, he once again separated the various states and abilities. Under the main body's arrangement, the three clones each went their own way. Ma Fu went to the Ghostly Winter to continue the experiments related to the Billion Stars Project. Taotie used the [Borrowing Card] to return to the True Martial Scale and immerse himself in the martial arts manual, hoping to use this time to forge his own unique fundamental martial arts. Kai Ming went to the Yama's Mother Crown, intending to suspend the recent official salvage operation and devote his energy to finding the parts of Lu Wu's inheritance.

After managing his clones, Qin Huai didn't linger on the Yanfu tree trunk. He left Baisha Beach and returned to the present world.
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"Oh, you're back? You've got some quick moves on. How did things go?"

In the chaotic yet orderly laboratory, Su Ling, wearing an immaculate white coat, sipped instant coffee and looked at Ma Fu, whose front foot had just stepped out of the root channel and seemed unchanged.

"I ran into a native at the peak of the Six Divisions. I tried everything I could but still couldn't defeat him. If it weren't for Ninth Master's intervention, I'm afraid I would have been done for."

Ma Fu shrugged, took the tablet computer from Wei Yueyan, and casually asked, "The third group should have already cultured live organisms using the sample tissues I provided earlier, right? How were the results?"

"So you can already spar with the peak of the Six Divisions? It seems that the Path to Return to Truth that Qin An created is quite valuable for research."

Hearing Ma Fu's question, Su Ling was too lazy to answer, and instead focused her attention on the True Martial Battle that Qin Huai had experienced, as if she was trying to confirm something.

"Hmm? I thought Lord Ghost Lord knew the whole process of the [Eighty-One Battles], but it turns out Ninth Master didn't invite you to the True Martial Scale?"

Ma Fu keenly sensed something from Su Ling's murmurs and immediately asked another question without showing any emotion.

"Ah, Zhu Jiuyin did say that we should go and take a look, but neither the old man nor Houtu went, and I had things to do. In addition, there is an inherent gap between the Five Insect Lord and the Five Immortal Lord, so I stayed in the cold winter and didn't move. Anyway, you will come back sooner or later. If there is anything new, I can ask you then."

Su Ling chuckled, adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses, and said casually, "Zhu Jiuyin just sent us a message saying that he discovered a secret about the power of the Qilin on you, which may be related to the former Mao Master. I wanted to ask if you have any special feelings about it. Of course, it's okay if you don't want to say."

'The power of the Qilin, a hidden treasure? The mimicry of the auspicious Qilin?'

Upon hearing Su Ling's question, Ma Fu's mind raced, and he almost instantly thought of the previously dazzling Ruiqi mimicry. However, he didn't feel anything special, so he cautiously replied, "No, after all, that secret treasure isn't in this clone of mine, so it's hard to say what kind of extraordinary feeling it has."

"Oh, never mind then. Let's do the experiment. The Seventh Group conducted several control experiments with your clones. Although they weren't born in the ninth year of the Heavenly Cycle and didn't have air bubbles, their biological tissues clearly had stronger resistance to the Leaf Sea than ordinary people. I guess it's because..."

Seeing that Ma Fu's words were watertight, Su Ling did not ask any further questions, and instead began to talk about the focus of the next experiment.
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"Hey, Mo, this is Qin Huai. Where are you right now?"

Kaiming walked along the long coastline of Aranya, surrounded by desolate wilderness.

"Um, I'm eating skewers in Qiqihar. Did you need something?"

In the dusty and stained night market, a tapir dressed in brightly colored clothes lay lazily on a moon chair, its flip-flops propped up on several large green sticks, its mouth bulging as it chewed on something.

The barbecue stall owner, with a large head and thick neck, stood beside the glowing red charcoal grill. His oily face was covered in sweat, and a large handful of meat skewers made from bicycle spokes sizzled and dripped oil onto the charcoal, creating a thick cloud of smoke.

"Are you free tonight about the successor components? Let's talk about it when we meet."

"Just come here. There's a barbecue stall at the top of the Salon Night Market. It's very impressive, and the owner isn't much thinner than me. You'll understand when you see it."

After hanging up the phone, Mo glanced almost imperceptibly at the middle-aged man in the hardware store across the street who was intently working on a machine tool, and casually said to the barbecue stall owner, "Boss, give me ten more 'Empress's Meat Sandwiches'! Putting everything else aside, the meat from Qiqihar, paired with your skills, is absolutely the best!"

Looking at Fatty Wang (the tapir) giving a thumbs-up, the boss laughed heartily, took the cigarette from his earlobe, lit it in the charcoal stove, and said with a contented sigh, "That's right. In this city, my skills, if not in the top three, are at least in the top five. Otherwise, how could I dare to set up such a large business? If you don't believe me, go and ask around. Every time the neighbors get hungry at night, they come here for a few skewers to satisfy their cravings."

"Hey boss, I have a question for you. It's getting late, and all the restaurants that don't do business should be closed for the day. Why is Yuxiang Hardware Store still open? Is that sheet metal worker rushing to finish a job?"

The tapir raised its chubby chin towards the hardware store, took the horse mackerel handed to it by the owner, and casually asked a question.

"Hey, you know, Lao Mou, he doesn't smoke or drink, and he doesn't like going to foot massage parlors. He just likes cars and all sorts of new gadgets. But you could say he's always rushing to finish his work. His son has congenital heart disease, and the medication alone costs a lot of money."

The barbecue stall owner was very talkative. Through his words, Mo quickly formed an image in his mind of a middle-aged man who was laid off and was desperately trying to earn money for his seriously ill son.

"This world is not easy for anyone."

After making a couple of remarks and seeing off the increasingly busy barbecue stall owner, Baku looked at the skilled middle-aged man in the hardware store, but didn't rush over to strike up a conversation. He just continued eating skewers and drinking, watching the football match broadcast on the big-backed TV, as if the conversation had just been casual chatter.

About two hours later, the surrounding guests changed tables one after another. Kaiming, who had taken a plane and arrived in Qiqihar by the Three-Eyed Globe Helicopter, finally sat down in front of the tapir.

"Boss, give me twenty of each of the specialty skewers, and a piece of Sheffield Lime, and we'll settle it all together later."

Kaiming took the menu from the tapir but didn't even look at it. He ordered and took his drinks with practiced ease, like a regular customer who had been there countless times.

"Okay, now!"

The barbecue stall owner turned around and shouted, then ignored the tapir table and continued his kebab-grilling business.

"Why the rush tonight? Is there some progress on that thing?"

Considering the crowded and inconvenient environment they were in, Kaiming gave a single glance, and the tapir, who had been searching for a long time in the mortal realm, immediately understood. The Sumeru Illusion [Mirage] opened, completely isolating the sound of their conversation.

"Pretty much. Actually, I was involved in the Yanfu incident before. There was a force called Luwu Heavy Industry in it. I guessed that there might be clues about the components of the Luwu inheritance, so I planned to come and discuss it with you."

Kaiming nodded and began to recount his experiences with the [Flowing Dream] fruit.

(End of this chapter)