Wait, why is this blond guy a lolicon?

Jiang Ling and Song Ruyu are using time rewind and brute force elimination to find An Qingyu and Chaersu.

the other side.

The room was dimly lit.

An Qingyu had changed into a pure white hunting robe, the wide sleeves of which gleamed coldly in the dim light of the array.

Seeing the two of them standing still, I thought:

"I wonder how much talent those two would gain if they refined the Purple Gold Pill. If we add the human bodies from a whole ship's worth of refinements, perhaps in this lifetime... I might even have a chance to become a Great Yin-Yang Master!"

The human transmutation array beneath their feet was slowly activating, but it had not yet reached its peak operating power.

Charsu, his body as large as a mountain of flesh, lay beside the dragon and tiger-embroidered alchemy furnace, his shifty eyes darting towards it with envy.

"I'd heard long ago that Eastern wizards could use different temperatures of flame to refine various parts of a person into some kind of magical pill that could cure all diseases. Seeing it with my own eyes is truly spectacular..."

The flames of the bronze alchemy furnace, which was more than half a meter tall, gradually died down, and a small, purplish-gold ball rolled out. In the soundproof room, a dozen children saw the ball, burst into tears, and pounded on the glass wall.

But not a single sound could be heard.

Next to the glass wall, another batch of materials prepared for human refining had already had their skin peeled off while still alive, waiting to be thrown into the furnace when their kidney redness reached its peak.

Compared to the rapid industrialization of alchemy, the ancient slow-cooking method suited An Qingyu Ming's taste better.

Chalu picked up the Purple Gold Pill, handed it to An Qingyu, and then asked curiously:

"Hey, Yuming, do you Eastern wizards concoct these kinds of pills every day? Aren't you afraid of the side effects?"

In his view, the Purple Gold Pill is equivalent to the Nine Dragons Needle, and taking it will not reduce the power of high-level players.

It's at least a top-of-the-line item.

An Qingyu smiled graciously and swallowed the Purple Gold Pill:

"Purple Qi is the soul, and the Golden Core is the body. The younger the child, the more purple Qi will be in the Purple-Golden Core. As for the side effects... it's just sacrificing a little bit of rationality. Compared to becoming stronger, these are nothing."

Upon hearing that it would lower his sanity, Chalsoo quickly wiped his hands and laughed:

"Then why don't you just build a factory, tie thousands of women to small rooms, and then mechanize them... until they're ten months pregnant, then have them cut open batch by batch to extract the fetuses for alchemy. Wouldn't that be more efficient?"

An Qingyu noticed his little trick and sneered inwardly: Even if I ate a million Purple Gold Pills, I would still be a hundred times smarter than you.

However, appearances still had to be maintained. Besides, having consumed the Purple Gold Pill, he was in a good mood, so he calmly changed to a side-lying position and said with a smile:

"Charsu, let me tell you a story about my grandfather."

"My grandfather's name was An Seimei Tenmei. He was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1901. My father was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Kyoto University, and my mother was a woman from a local samurai family, who was also an Onmyoji (exorcist) priestess at the Tencho Shrine."

"He is a young and ambitious man of the empire, highly skilled in both Yin-Yang Master and medicine."

"In the 1930s, when the empire was thriving, my grandfather joined the glorious Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department and became the second director of Department 731 thanks to his talent."

"Fortunately, he was not tried in his later years, which allowed me to hear him recount the glorious past of the empire, which was also the golden age when the research on the Purple Gold Demonic Path progressed the fastest."

"As for the method you mentioned, he personally verified it in the last century, performing abortions on nearly 50,000 pregnant women. However, the results were not ideal. They discovered that the purple aura and the golden elixir were not inversely related, but rather had a hidden relationship similar to that between vitamin D and calcium absorption."

"If the proportion of purple qi exceeds a certain amount, the quality of the Purple Gold Pill will actually decrease."

Unfortunately, with the collapse of the empire and the lack of relevant experimental materials, the precise ratio was never calculated.

Recalling the glory of his ancestors seemed to make An Qingyu even happier. He loosened his collar, took out a bone necklace, shook it, and said:

"For every hundred experiments, my grandfather would take the toe bone of one of the participants and grind it into beads. The string I have has more than fifty beads, which can be said to be a condensation of my grandfather's life's work..."

Chalsoo, while eating pizza, joked:

"So when do you plan to go to the present-day Great Xia to conduct experiments and restore the glory of your ancestors?"

An Qingyu's expression froze, and he coldly snorted with a gloomy face:

"We can only blame our ancestors for their defeat! But sooner or later, we will learn from our mistakes and reclaim that land..."

"This is the very reason why the Black Dragon Group exists!"

Boom—Crack!

A deafening bang that ripped through eardrums suddenly exploded!

The heavy alloy deck overhead felt like it was being gripped by the claws of an invisible behemoth, emitting a sickening, unbearable groan.

Then, the violent force tore a huge gash open!

A sudden downpour of wind and rain poured in.

The cold, salty smell dissipated the residual heat and bloodiness of the alchemy furnace in the room.

"Found you..." an extremely cold voice came from above.

The lingering pleasure on An Qingyu's face instantly froze.

His neck stiffly rose little by little...

The muscular man in the gold-plated cardboard box hood, his golden armor gleaming, was holding a delicate, white-haired girl in his arms.

The striking bright red cloak fluttered wildly, mingling with the girl's snow-white hair.

It can be described as:

A gilded face conceals divine secrets, a crimson cloak flutters in the wind, reflecting the iron armor.

Embracing her delicate, silver-haired frame, her eyes, deep as an icy abyss, reflect the darkness.

With a flick of the palm, a thousand mountains trembled; the black iron, obeying the imperial decree, roared like a dragon.

The remnants of Japan's filth remain, yet the evil miasma of the West dares to invade.

With a single thought, I command gold to subdue demons and monsters; with a laugh, I slay evil spirits and offer sacrifices to the heavenly stars.

……

Just as Song Ruyu was panting and about to use Time Reversal again...

Jiang Ling frowned, reached out to stop her, and closed her eyes:

"Wait, I feel it..."

Observation Haki – unleashed once more!

This time, he scanned the bottom of the rear cabin, looking through the steel plates... He still couldn't find any trace of the two people, but he did discover something very strange—a blank space.

There was a completely empty space at the bottom of the rear cabin, without any breath escaping, like... a drop of clear water on an oily surface.

This is very abnormal!

"Found it, no need to backtrack, just charge straight ahead." Jiang Ling locked onto the target above, her expression hardening, and she pulled upwards sharply with one hand.

Snap... Snap... Boom!

The rear of the cruise ship was forcibly twisted open by a tremendous force.

The storm poured in, and the sea storm was getting worse.

"Found it," Jiang Ling grinned.

When Song Ruyu looked inside, she happened to make eye contact with a child in the second glass room whose skin had been peeled off and whose eyeballs were exposed.

"Ah...ah...ah..."

The child was about five years old. He opened his mouth as if to say something, and with his skin peeled away, you could clearly see how his muscles were trembling...

Song Ruyu: ...

An Qingyu stared blankly at the two, not understanding why they could appear from the meeting hall directly above his hiding place in an instant.

It was as if we knew in advance that they were down there.

Logically speaking...

Unless they search room by room.

Otherwise... it would be absolutely impossible to do!

However, now is not the time to worry about that. He swallowed hard and activated the Human Transmutation Array without hesitation!

buzzing...

A faint purple aura emanated from the cinnabar array beneath his feet.

However, the expected surge in mental energy did not occur. Instead, his mental energy was rapidly depleting, and wrinkles were visibly appearing on his skin.

"What?!"

An Qingyu was shocked and looked at the two people in the air in disbelief:

"My formation... only someone at the level of a Grand Onmyoji can modify it, and they... among them is a Grand Onmyoji!"

With tears welling in her eyes, Song Ruyu bit her lip and stubbornly turned her head away, saying:

"Please, kill them... okay?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Chalsoo turned and ran away, his figure disappearing in the blink of an eye.

He secretly rejoiced: "Luckily, I had a backup plan... my concealment technique is optical invisibility!"

"You guys can take your time finding my spot. And An Qingyu Ming... Heh, still standing there. No wonder you've been taking drugs and gone mad. Just be my scapegoat."

The storm was making the cruise ship rock and sway, and the sky was extremely dark, making it the perfect scene for optical stealth to take effect!

However, he was facing the Five Elements Time Emperor, who possessed the power of Observation Haki.

Jiang Ling raised his hand, and the iron element condensed in his palm into an iron cone.

Under high-speed rotation, the surface temperature rises instantly.

Then, the molecular motion rate is immediately restricted and the temperature is lowered, forming a martensitic steel cone with extremely high hardness.

"die!"

Boom—A shockwave erupted from the tail of the steel cone, piercing straight into Charsu's head.

boom!

Like a watermelon hit by a bullet, it burst open, spilling its juice everywhere.

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Jiang Ling's gaze also fell on the glass room number two, and a surge of bloody rage welled up in her heart.

The torrential rain lashed their expressionless faces, making them look like demons returned from hell in An Qingyu's eyes.

They are beings that I... can never defeat!

thump--!

Without the slightest hesitation, he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I'm sorry, I know I was wrong, please forgive me... I will definitely reflect on my actions, turn back from the wrong path, and be a good person from now on..."

"If you insist on killing me... what about the children?"

"I...I poisoned them. If I die, they won't have the antidote..."

It appears to be kneeling and begging for mercy, but it is actually a form of moral blackmail.

An Qingyu thought to herself, "As long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood..."

It would be even better if we could capture Da Xia alive and coordinate with Da Xia's inside agents to carry out some operations.

Perhaps they can even escape back as "international friends"!

Upon hearing this, Song Ruyu's face darkened. "Despicable... Only you would resort to such vile tactics!"

If what he said is true, and the children were poisoned, then he cannot be killed directly.

Whoosh whoosh—

Four steel nails pierced his palms and heels, pinning him firmly to the ground.

Jiang Ling spat out a mouthful of saliva, which was coated with a tiny bit of iron powder, and flicked it lightly.

The scattered droplets of liquid seeped into the children's foreheads.

"Killing you directly would be too easy on you," Jiang Ling said calmly.

"That's right! That's exactly what I've been waiting to hear..." An Qingyu Ming was overjoyed inside, but said calmly:

"My sins are unforgivable. If given a chance to reform, I will definitely change for the better... I really... I'm sorry!"

Behind him, a strange, pink, muscular man wearing a heart-shaped helmet slowly emerged.

"Dora—!"

"Yuan...Yuan Xiang?!" An Qingyu was shocked.

"What?!" Song Ruyu's eyes widened as well.

He stared blankly at the phantom, momentarily lost in thought.

Just how much worse am I than you...?

A bitter feeling welled up in her heart. Perhaps she would never have the chance to be on top of him in her entire life?

"Dula-dula-!"

Crazy Diamond suddenly swung his fist!

However, the target was not the bewildered An Qingyu Ming, but the defenseless, dying children.

Song Ruyu: ?

"You bastard... what are you doing...?"

However, when the fists landed on the children, there was no blood and gore as expected.

Instead, the children's skinned bodies gradually returned to normal, and the metal walls, like liquid, formed a semi-circle that enveloped them.

"Now, I can deal with you properly," Jiang Ling said, walking over expressionlessly.

He glanced at the bronze alchemy furnace beside him, then at An Qingyu Ming, who was trembling with fear.

"You...want to live forever, right?"

"How about I grant you 'immortality'? To be able to stay with your beloved magical artifact forever is a beautiful thing for an Onmyoji, isn't it?"

……

At 10:30 p.m., Yuan Meizi had a rare moment to relax.

She rubbed her lower back, lay down on the sofa, and watched the TV news without blinking.

[Recently, multiple geologists jointly reported that an active volcanic zone exists in the South China Sea and near the Indonesian archipelago, which may lead to abnormal weather conditions in shipping lanes... Several experts speculate that a new submarine volcano may erupt on the edge of the South China Sea...]

"Yawn... I wonder if there will be an earthquake in Japan. I need to be prepared."

Yuan Meizi rubbed her eyes, yawned, and called out towards the inner room:

"Kexin, Lingjiang~ Remember to go to bed early!"

A trembling voice came from Ouyang Kexin's room: "Ah... I know, Mom!"

【■】

In the next room, Ouyang Keling was staring intently at her sister's back through a small hole in the calendar on the wall, murmuring softly.

Sister... I'm sorry...