I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 135 - 115: A Fearsome Foe Appears

As the days passed, the cold and wind in Cyan Yang City not only did not subside but became increasingly severe. Ordinary folks who knew nothing thought it was an impending epidemic and started preparing to flee Cyan Yang City with their families.

Rich people, however, because they have large family businesses rooted in Cyan Yang City, even if they wanted to migrate elsewhere, it’s not something they could achieve in a short time. Even if they did succeed, the outcome would inevitably be a significant loss of vital energy, possibly taking many years to recover. Under such circumstances, even the wealthiest families had to stay obediently in Cyan Yang City, living off their reserved medicinal herbs despite their fears.

As the saying goes, those with no shoes fear not the bare-footed, so it seems.

Under Qin Yuesheng’s set of sterilizing techniques, the hygiene situation within the Qin Mansion did improve somewhat. However, the servants and maids who caught the chill showed no signs of recovery and instead grew increasingly ill, gradually exhibiting symptoms such as fever, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, and physical weakness.

This led Qin Yuesheng to abandon using the medical techniques he knew to combat the chill, as it’s highly likely that this city-wide chill was not a natural phenomenon but the result of the Ghost Race’s clandestine activities.

According to what Huang Ting Daoist told him, the term "Ghost Race" was simply a generic name used by the Yellow Dragon Dao Sect for that kind of existence back then; not all ghosts are the same. They possess all sorts of innate abilities.

Just like the ghosts Qin Yuesheng previously vanquished in Cold Mountain Temple, some had poison-spurting, flying, or sonic wave abilities.

No one can be sure if there might be a ghost whose ability is to bring about a large-scale chill that’s impossible to cure.

If that were the case, then the only solution to resolve Cyan Yang City’s crisis would be to eliminate that particular ghost.

"Where exactly are these guys hiding in Cyan Yang City?" Qin Yuesheng muttered as he moved to the doorway, taking out the Spirit Fox Heart Eye to inspect the sky over Cyan Yang City.

Nothing appeared, leaving Qin Yuesheng perplexed. Previously, whenever malevolent energy appeared, it would manifest as a soaring dark aura in the Spirit Fox Heart Eye. Yet so far, using the Spirit Fox Heart Eye to scour through Cyan Yang City yielded no findings; any exposed ghostly anomalies had long been eradicated by the Qixing Supervisors.

Currently, Cyan Yang City seemed more normal on the surface than ever.

But to those in the know, this situation seemed all the more dangerous.

Because ghosts capable of concealing malevolent energy so deeply that it becomes indiscernible are far more feared than those that are exposed.

...

Night.

Cyan Yang City, the top floor of the Celestial Immortal Pavilion.

Ouyang Haichen stood beside the window, hands behind his back, gazing at the starry night sky.

A young maiden approached Ouyang Haichen from behind and softly said, "Sir, they can no longer wait over at the Five Plagues and Disasters."

"The seal’s whereabouts remain unfound. What use is their impatience? Do they dare to slaughter the city and dig three feet deep?" Ouyang Haichen said indifferently.

"The Five Plagues side seems to be planning to speed up the dissemination of the illness, to create an epidemic throughout the city, forcing all residents of Cyan Yang City to flee."

"Nonsense." Ouyang Haichen snapped coldly.

"If this draws the attention of human experts, not only will it be impossible to break the seal and rescue the Great Ghost Venerable, but it might cost us our lives."

Swoosh swoosh!

A moth suddenly flew in from outside the window. It was instantly enveloped by a radiant red light emanating from Ouyang Haichen’s mouth, sucked into a wide maw.

Crunch crunch.

Ouyang Haichen spat out a pair of wings, a hand-long crimson tongue waving in the air.

The maiden witnessing this scene seemed unfazed, not showing any surprise, clearly accustomed to it.

"I need to meet them personally to make sure they behave themselves. If they cause a big mess, forget about bringing in the Great Ghost Venerable, we might end up throwing ourselves into it."

Ouyang Haichen’s forehead suddenly split open, revealing a single dark green eye in the fissure.

"While I’m gone, keep a close watch on those clan members. Don’t let them cause any more trouble for me. Since they’re pretending to be courtesans, they should do so properly, abiding by the roles of courtesans. If another incident arises where someone hurts the guests like last time, I will personally clean up those unruly trash."

"Yes." The maiden nodded in acknowledgment.

Immediately, Ouyang Haichen leaped out the window, vanishing with a blink into the dark night.

...

Because of the chill, nightly activities in Cyan Yang City had become significantly sluggish.

Elders often say: holding pee can travel a thousand miles, but diarrhea stops you short of half a step. When illness is beyond cure, alcohol desires are banned. Facing life’s end, nothing is sought.

Now, either the patrons were constantly sneezing and blowing their noses, or the courtesans were as well.

Imagine two sickly figures entwined, embracing each other; a few words exchanged before a cough erupts, a few kisses before one sneezes. The scene couldn’t possibly be more picturesque.

Those hale and hearty naturally avoided intimacy with the infected for fear of catching the illness themselves.

Qin Yuesheng strolled alone down the road.

He wore a throat-tightening collar, a Celestial Demon purse at his waist, an Evil-Subduing Saber across his back, armor on his arms, and two Soul-Swaying Bells around his wrists, somewhat resembling a traveler of the martial world.

Due to being part of the Qixing Supervisors, Zuo Zonghao had been deploying various powerful tactics secretly in that sealed place, aiming to exterminate all the concealed ghosts in Cyan Yang City.

Naturally, Qin Yuesheng was also assigned a corresponding task, and leisure was not an option.

Patrolling Cyan Yang City at night was the task Zuo Zonghao gave him. Other than Qin Yuesheng, Huo Bang was also assigned.

Since both were new members and did not understand how those powerful setups should be arranged, they could only handle these laborious tasks.

Holding an Exorcism Toad in his left hand, a Spirit Fox Heart Eye in his right, Qin Yuesheng seemed like a feng shui master constantly scanning the streets.

"The nights in Cyan Yang City have become increasingly desolate lately, hardly anyone is out walking." Qin Yuesheng thought to himself.

Looking up at the sky, suddenly a dark figure streaked by.

"Hmm?" Qin Yuesheng widened his eyes.

That seemed like a human figure. Is someone flying???

Qin Yuesheng sensed something was wrong and hurriedly used the Spiritual Swallow Body Skill to follow.

Tap, tap, tap!

Qin Yuesheng sprinted swiftly across the rooftops, quickly drawing the attention of that figure.

It turned out that the other was not merely flying but had gliding wings like a bat attached to the lower part of his sleeves and clothes, allowing him to achieve short-term flight.

The commotion of Qin Yuesheng catching up quickly caught the person’s attention; he stopped, turned back, and stared at Qin Yuesheng.

His back was hunched, body thin, bald with no hair, and his eyes glowed with an eerie green light.

"Ghost Race?!" Qin Yuesheng was delighted.

Good fellow, finally encountered a living one.

"Hiss hiss!" The bald man growled low at Qin Yuesheng, raised his hands, and directly revealed his claws hidden in his sleeves.

Sharp as an awl!

"Alright, straightforward enough." Qin Yuesheng put away the Exorcism Toad and Spirit Fox’s insight and boldly rushed forward.

Whoosh!

The bald man scratched out with his claws, cold gleams flickering, Qin Yuesheng blocked with a single punch, the arm armor collided heavily with the opponent’s sharp claws.

Bam! Bam!

Qin Yuesheng had long known how tough the material of this arm armor was, capable of resisting the Celestial Demon’s evil blade. Although unsure how Huang Feng’s Four Wolves obtained such precious material back then, it didn’t prevent Qin Yuesheng from liking this arm armor very much.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Qin Yuesheng relied on just one arm to confront the bald man, his striking speed so fast that even the bald man with both claws couldn’t keep up.

If he used the Great Vajra Palm, Qin Yuesheng estimated that this bald man would be smacked dead in the blink of an eye, thus unable to use the opponent as a punching bag to test his physical prowess.

After ten punches, the bald man’s claws shattered, breaking into several pieces and falling onto the rooftop.

Qin Yuesheng grabbed the opponent’s neck with one hand and slammed him into the ground.

Boom!

The rooftop instantly collapsed, both of them fell downwards simultaneously.

Tiles flew, dust filled the air.

The bald man opened his mouth wide and bit at Qin Yuesheng’s arm, but how could the arm armor, so tough, be something he could damage?

At the moment of landing, Qin Yuesheng lightly slapped the opponent’s forehead, directly knocking this Ghost Race member unconscious.

"There’s such a big catch tonight, I can report ahead of schedule." Qin Yuesheng said with a smile as he picked up the Ghost Race’s body.

"What’s going on?"

At this point, a woman rubbing her eyes suddenly walked out from behind a curtain.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Qin Yuesheng grabbed the bald man and leaped out of the house, and didn’t forget to scatter a handful of silver, as compensation for collapsing the rooftop.

Excessive strength yet unable to precisely control his power, it’s such a headache.

Originally, Qin Yuesheng only intended to pin the bald man onto the rooftop, but who would’ve thought the excessive strength overflowed, directly shattering the entire rooftop.

Bringing the bald man to the Cyan Yang City yamen, the Cheng family mansion is still being arranged, Qin Yuesheng dared not take the bald man there, no one can say whether this Ghost Race might have some means to remotely notify companions.

If Zuo Zonghao’s side hasn’t been arranged yet, letting the Ghost Race know the location of the seal, that situation would be troublesome.

Seeing Qin Yuesheng’s arrival, the night watch government official immediately came up to greet him.

"Lord Qin."

"I’ve caught a dangerous criminal, take me to the prison, I want to personally lock him up." Qin Yuesheng said.

"This way, Lord Qin."

Led by the government official, Qin Yuesheng quickly dragged the bald man to the prison.

For the Ghost Race, such a highly dangerous presence, naturally, we must let him experience the top-level containment methods.

"Generally, for holding martial arts felons, how do you handle it? I mean those with very high martial skills." Qin Yuesheng asked.

"Pierce the pipa bone, cut the tendon of the hands and feet, pierce eighteen iron rings in the spine, connecting iron locks and copper walls, if necessary, torture daily." The government official introduced.

Qin Yuesheng nodded: "Alright, then do the same for him too, not a single step should be missed."