I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 119 - 99: Dragon Soul?

Racing swiftly along the Dragon-locking Dao, Qin Yuesheng showed no intention of controlling his speed, instead fully utilizing the Spiritual Swallow Body Skill to its peak.

As Qin Yuesheng got closer to the other end of Dragon-locking Dao, the invisible oppressive feeling grew more intense, a sensation akin to having a bone stuck in his throat, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Subconsciously, Qin Yuesheng heightened his vigilance, observing all around him to prevent any sudden attacks.

"Ugh!"

Chen Chun, who was like a kite left hanging in the air, couldn’t withstand this state akin to a rootless floating weed and instinctively began to vomit.

At that moment, a thunderous dragon’s roar suddenly erupted from below the Dragon-locking Dao, causing Qin Yuesheng’s entire body to tremble, nearly loosening his grip on the rope he was holding.

Two dragon heads, as large as carriages, suddenly emerged from beneath the Dragon-locking Dao, roaring at Qin Yuesheng, with sound waves threatening to shatter his eardrums.

Though Qin Yuesheng was already an Inner Power Realm martial artist, seeing such a sight still made his heart skip a beat, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.

Fortunately, [Forced Calmness] activated instantly, dispelling all the fear from his heart completely.

"Are there really dragons?" Qin Yuesheng incredulously stared at those dragon heads.

Before entering the underground palace, Youlan had already told them that although Dragon-locking Dao was just a normal stone dragon sculpture, it housed dragon souls within, which would unleash dragon roars and dragon cries at passersby.

If one couldn’t endure, they would be blown off Dragon-locking Dao, falling into the abyss below.

Despite Youlan’s prior warning, seeing the dragon souls in person caused Qin Yuesheng immense shock.

Hence, he unleashed all the Inner Strength from his Dantian into his legs, dramatically increasing his speed to widen the distance between himself and the two dragon souls.

However, Qin Yuesheng greatly underestimated the speed of those dragon souls. Even though he dashed at full speed, he was still chased down by the two dragon souls.

With a dragon roar, Qin Yuesheng suddenly felt his head heavy, his heart filled with melancholy, and the oppressive feeling bearing down on him grew heavier and heavier.

One dragon directly pressed a claw on the Dragon-locking Dao, the second claw swept towards Qin Yuesheng with immense force.

Instantly, the area around Qin Yuesheng dimmed visibly, as he looked up to see the dragon claw getting nearer.

Gritting his teeth, Qin Yuesheng rallied his spirits, immediately striking out with a saber, determined to challenge the dragon soul head-on.

Facing the dragon claw, Qin Yuesheng appeared very small, and the Evil-Subduing Saber in his hand seemed like a mosquito’s proboscis, a hornet’s stinger.

Insignificant to the extreme.

Bang!

As they made contact, the dragon claw scattered into debris, completely unlike the situation Qin Yuesheng had anticipated, which he thought would be hard to deal with.

"Phew!" The Soul-Catching Demon attached to Qin Yuesheng’s arm suddenly manifested a small cherry-like mouth, frantically sucking in the dragon soul fragments dispelled by the Evil-Subduing Saber.

In an instant, it was like a storm sweeping through, the entire dragon claw of the dragon soul becoming a delicious snack for the Soul-Catching Monster.

If not for the tremor from the other side of the Sea of Flowers already extending to the Dragon-locking Dao, you could see the rear part of the Dragon-locking Dao beginning to collapse. If Qin Yuesheng and Chen Chun didn’t hurry to the other side, they and their comrades would all fall into the abyss, never to return.

In this situation, Qin Yuesheng didn’t dare to stay and let the Soul-Catching Demon continue absorbing those dragon souls, he directly activated his agility talent.

Powerful sprint!

Instantly, Qin Yuesheng felt a surging and turbulent force suddenly manifesting within him, as if he had endless stamina.

Seeing the collapse behind him rapidly approaching, Qin Yuesheng suddenly kicked with both legs, his whole body ejecting like a cannonball at an astonishing speed.

Using Inner Strength + Spiritual Swallow Body Skill, Qin Yuesheng could leap six zhang in one step, but with a 100% boost from powerful sprint, he could jump twelve zhang per step in this state.

In just a few breaths, he completely put the collapsing menace behind him, drawing ever closer to the other end of the Dragon-locking Dao.

The Thread of Heaven, a narrow crevice between two cliffs, appeared as Qin Yuesheng ran along Dragon-locking Dao. He sensed the height of the mountains, the length of the cleft, like a bolt of lightning striking down from the sky, splitting a once complete mountain into two.

Upon leaping off the Dragon-locking Dao and landing on the opposite side, the full view of the Thread of Heaven unveiled itself in Qin Yuesheng’s eye.

The black mountain peak could only accommodate two people walking side-by-side, and deep within the Thread of Heaven, a hazy colorful light, reminiscent of dreamy glowworms, shimmered.

"Could this be the exit of Ten Thousand Flowers City?" Qin Yuesheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Youlan had said that passing through the Thread of Heaven, one could leave the small world of Ten Thousand Flowers City.

"Ugh." Chen Chun and others weakly lay on the ground vomiting.

But since these people hadn’t eaten anything recently, no matter how much they vomited, only saliva flowed from their mouths.

"Let’s go, this place is already on the brink of collapse, we can’t delay any longer." Qin Yuesheng directly dragged them into the Thread of Heaven.

Finally, all their figures disappeared into the Thread of Heaven.

...

The white porcelain wall gleamed brightly.

Suddenly, a group of figures fell out from within.

As Qin Yuesheng was about to fall, he quickly shot out his legs like a pigeon, forcing a forward roll in mid-air, finally landing steadily on the ground.

"Oh!"

"Bang!"

"Hiss, hiss!"

But Chen Chun and the others didn’t have this ability. They stumbled and fell to the ground like dogs eating dirt, clutching their knees and arms, howling in pain after quite a hard fall.

Looking around at the dilapidated state of the ancient temple’s grand hall, Qin Yuesheng sighed and smiled, "Finally, I’m back."

Before the words even finished leaving his lips, he felt a sudden, indescribable weariness erupt from the depths of his being, as if he had just fought hundreds of battles, and every joint in his body was unbearably sore and aching.

"Damn, the side effects hit so suddenly." Qin Yuesheng crashed to the ground, not even wanting to move a finger.

"Ah, where is this place?" Chen Chun held his head as he slowly got up from the ground.

When he saw his uncle sitting by his feet, he exclaimed joyfully, "Uncle? What are you doing here? Where have you been all these days? I’ve been looking for you everywhere."

Chen Chun’s uncle held his head, "Dung ball? Huh, why am I here?"

Chen Chun hurriedly said, "You took the mayor’s money; he asked you to come here to repair this porcelain wall, don’t you remember?"

"Oh! Now that you mention it, I remember. Yes, I came to repair something."

"Uncle, where have you been all these days? I’ve been looking for you for so long, I even reported it to the authorities."

"I... I don’t know either. It felt like I just took a nap and had a very long dream."

The other craftsmen also regained their senses one by one, but strangely, they all forgot their memories related to Ten Thousand Flowers City, including Chen Chun.

Among all, only Qin Yuesheng remembered everything clearly that had happened before.

"Sir, are you alright?" Chen Chun looked puzzled at Qin Yuesheng, who was sitting on the ground, as he seemed very exhausted.

"I’m fine." Qin Yuesheng weakly shook his head, subconsciously directing his gaze toward the porcelain wall.

But in an instant, Qin Yuesheng’s expression froze, his face filled with disbelief.

The surface of the porcelain wall had nothing on it!

The original exquisite and grand Ten Thousand Flowers City pattern had completely vanished, leaving the entire porcelain wall clean and flawless, devoid of any impurity.

It was as if it was meant to be this way.

"This!" Qin Yuesheng was too astonished to speak.

He suddenly remembered that one of the craftsmen was still trapped inside the Inner City of Ten Thousand Flowers City, and he had planned to first escape and then go to Cyan Yang City to find help to rescue him. Yet now...

Cough, cough, cough!

"Hey! Where’s Li Laoliu? Why isn’t he here?"

"No idea, we’re all here, where could he have gone? Come to think of it, why were we all lying here together? So very strange."

A loss of memory naturally leaves people confused.

But as long as Qin Yuesheng remains silent, these craftsmen could never possibly remember what they had just experienced.

"Amnesia might be good, it saves them from spreading this incident, adding yet another strange event to the world," Qin Yuesheng thought to himself.

As for the craftsman Li Laoliu, who would probably never be found again, Qin Yuesheng could only regret silently in his heart.

He truly had done his best to save people, but things took such a rapid turn that it was beyond his control.

Though Qin Yuesheng had successively slain the City Lord and the Consort of Ten Thousand Flowers City, those were one-on-one battles. If he had faced all the women of Ten Thousand Flowers City at once, he might have been torn to pieces by their collective natural forces in an instant.

Due to the amnesia, Chen Chun and the others assumed they were just too tired and decided to go home to rest first. Since Qin Yuesheng couldn’t move easily at the moment, he didn’t leave with them.

After each of them bid farewell to Qin Yuesheng, they left the grand hall one after another, leaving only Qin Yuesheng sitting there alone.

The side effects of the power burst couldn’t be eliminated in a short time; he could only wait for the weakness to fade away.

With no other choice, Qin Yuesheng crossed his legs and began practicing the Profound Celestial Scripture to pass the time.

The white porcelain wall remained, but Ten Thousand Flowers City was gone.

All the missing craftsmen who could be found had been found, and the matter of Jingci Town, for the moment, had reached a temporary conclusion.

Qin Yuesheng just needed to return to Cyan Yang City and report this to Bai Hao.

Once the period of weakness passed, Qin Yuesheng got up and left the ancient temple, quickly heading back to Cyan Yang City.

Days later.

Bao Sanxiao stood at the inn’s entrance, perplexedly looking out, as the inn’s assistant walked up beside him and handed him a cup of tea.

"Has that young man still not come back?" Bao Sanxiao reached out to take it and asked.

"No, shopkeeper. The bed hasn’t been slept in at all, and I haven’t seen that guest again in the past few days either."

Bao Sanxiao scratched his head in confusion, "Strange, he paid so much silver in advance, just to book a room for fun?"

"Shopkeeper, there are many tricks of the trade with today’s martial heroes, maybe he just got so busy he forgot all about it."

Bao Sanxiao took a sip of tea, "Alright, go back to work."

"Okay."