I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely-Chapter 67 - 66: Thousand Forms Divine Skill

"Strange?"

Xu Qing pondered. He gazed at the ’Flesh Field’ before him, feeling that something was off, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on what it was.

Besides, Xu Qing’s Martial Arts had advanced to this Realm by consuming a great deal of Spiritual Food, and he had never felt anything strange. If there were truly a problem with Spiritual Food, no Martial Artist would eat it.

’I’m probably just overthinking things.’

"Xu Qing."

Du Cangying said, "From today on, you will stay in this secret underground chamber. You can comprehend the Dapeng Root Method on the golden stone slab every day, and you can also pick your own ’Level 3 Spiritual Food: Flesh and Blood Spiritual Food’ to sate your hunger."

"Very well."

Xu Qing thought for a moment and nodded.

"About the Jiang Family’s matter..."

Xu Qing asked.

"There’s no hurry."

Du Cangying said, "According to the Jiang Family’s instructions, there are still two weeks before the departure. Once you’ve completely learned or memorized the Dapeng Root Method, you should leave Qingbei Town directly."

"Okay."

Xu Qing nodded.

"Xu Qing."

Just then, before leaving, Du Cangying couldn’t resist asking one more thing.

"What is going on with you? Why has the Jiang Family set their sights on you?!"

"I’m not entirely sure."

Xu Qing shook his head. "But I can be certain that the young miss of the Jiang Family is not normal. Master, you should be careful."

"I understand."

Du Cangying replied.

With that, he left the secret underground chamber.

’Why, though?’

Xu Qing was also a little bewildered. He didn’t understand why he was being targeted either.

「The scene shifted.」

The Inner City of Qingbei Town.

The Jiang Family, one of the three great families.

Inside the estate.

More than two months had passed since the disaster in Qingbei Town’s Outer City. In these two months, Jiang Feiying had shown no signs of anything unusual. She was the same as ever, with nothing out of place.

In reality, Jiang Feiying’s boudoir had a secret underground chamber.

Inside the chamber, one could see mask after mask hanging on display.

They were so lifelike they looked as if they had been peeled directly from people’s faces.

Moreover, every mask had undergone a special refining process.

Upon closer inspection, there were a total of one thousand and seven masks.

That evening, Jiang Feiying returned to her boudoir. The gentle smile on her face vanished, replaced by a deadpan expression, devoid of all emotion.

CREAK! CREAK!

Then, Jiang Feiying opened the door to the secret chamber and walked straight in. Inside the chamber, Jiang Feiying’s body suddenly began to contort.

HUM! HUM!

An eerie aura emanated from her.

Immediately after, a mask peeled off Jiang Feiying’s face, slowly levitated into the air, and returned to its original place in the chamber.

A closer look revealed that without the mask, what remained of Jiang Feiying was merely an empty shell, a hollow body draped in a set of magnificent clothes.

SWISH!

Another mask descended, fitting snugly onto Jiang Feiying’s face. After this was done, Jiang Feiying, with a new mask and a new expression, gazed at the one thousand and seven masks.

"Just one more! I’m just one more short!!"

Jiang Feiying murmured softly, "Soon! It will be soon! I’ll have it soon! Once all one thousand and eight masks are gathered, the ’Thousand Forms Divine Skill’ can truly be perfected!"

As she finished speaking, Jiang Feiying turned and left the secret chamber.

RUMBLE!

The door to the secret chamber closed.

Jiang Feiying lay down on her bed and went to sleep, just as if nothing had happened.

「Time flew by.」

「In the blink of an eye.」

「Seven days later.」

Inside the secret underground chamber.

"Haaah..."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. He looked at the golden stone slab before him, a look of relief on his face. ’Seven days. It took me seven days, but I’ve finally memorized the entire ’Dapeng Root Method’.’

During that time, Xu Qing had also picked and eaten seven stalks of Blood and Flesh Spirit Ginseng from the Flesh Field to replenish himself, which was what allowed him to memorize everything in seven days.

’Du Cangying didn’t give me the golden stone slab, so the Encyclopedia of All Things can’t record something that doesn’t belong to me. I could only memorize the entire ’Dapeng Root Method’.’

’When the time comes, I’ll just have to write out the ’Dapeng Root Method’ from memory.’

’I should get going.’

Xu Qing stood up.

Soon, Xu Qing walked out of the secret chamber and emerged outside. In the main courtyard, he saw his senior brothers and sisters who had returned. Huo Yi and Du Luan were both there.

"Junior Brother Xu."

At that moment, Huo Yi and Du Luan were sparring in the courtyard. Their strength was not to be underestimated. Huo Yi had already stepped into the Dan Jin level, while Du Luan had reached the Peak of Transformation Stage, just one step away from Dan Jin herself.

"First Senior Brother Huo Yi, Second Senior Sister Du Luan."

Xu Qing clasped his hands in greeting.

"What are you doing here?"

Huo Yi asked.

"Yeah."

Du Luan also asked, "Why are you here?"

"..."

Involuntarily, the other senior brothers and sisters also turned to look at Xu Qing.

"*Ahem ahem*..."

Just then, Jin Hong hurried over, coughed lightly a few times, and said, "It’s like this. Seven days ago, Xu Qing came looking for Master. Master told me to arrange for Xu Qing to study the ’Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force’ for these seven days."

"Oh, so that’s what happened."

"Hahaha..."

The other senior brothers and sisters understood. They were reminded of the times Du Cangying had swindled them out of quite a bit of money, and they looked at Xu Qing with a sense of kinship born from shared suffering.

"Keep it up, Junior Brother!"

"*Cough cough*..."

"We all went through the same thing."

"..."

His senior brothers and sisters said.

"Senior brothers and sisters, why isn’t Master here?"

Xu Qing asked.

"An order came from the Jiang Family," Huo Yi said. "They’ve decided to move up the schedule. We should be leaving in the next day or two. At that time, we will all be accompanying the Jiang Family’s party to Moon River Prefecture City."

"Master went to the Jiang Family?"

Xu Qing asked.

"That’s right."

Huo Yi nodded.

"I understand."

Xu Qing said, "Senior brothers and sisters, I’ll take my leave now."

"Mm."

Huo Yi and the others nodded.

Among everyone present, only Jin Hong knew how immensely powerful Xu Qing was—that he was not at all weaker than their master, and had even defeated him.

Of course, Jin Hong didn’t dare say a word about it.

After that, Xu Qing left the Cangying Martial Arts Hall. Half an hour later, he returned to his own residence. After a moment of contemplation, he decided to leave Qingbei Town that very day.

"Master!"

Just as Xu Qing got back, Yu Hu arrived.

"Yu Hu."

Xu Qing frowned. "Why are you here? What about your parents? Have they left Qingbei Town yet?"

"Yes."

Yu Hu nodded and said, "Father and Mother are planning to leave today. They’ve made all the preparations. They just wanted me to ask you, Master, where we should go after leaving Qingbei Town."

"Qingfeng Town!"

Xu Qing thought for a moment, his mind drifting back. He remembered something his Grandpa Nine Fingers had mentioned. It was in Qingfeng Town that his grandfather, Nine Fingers, had found him.

"I understand. I’ll go tell my dad right now."

Yu Hu nodded. "By the way, Master, my dad also told me to ask if you want to travel with us."

"No need."

Xu Qing shook his head. "You all go on ahead."

"I understand."

Yu Hu said.

With that, Yu Hu left.

To be honest, the reason Xu Qing had Yu Hu and his family leave Qingbei Town was his fear that after he left, the Jiang Family might take their frustration out on Yu Hu’s family if they couldn’t find him.

As for the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, no matter what, it was still one of the three major martial arts halls in the Outer City of Qingbei Town. Its disciples were spread throughout the major factions and various places in the Outer City.

When the time came, even if the Jiang Family was displeased, they couldn’t just vent their anger on the Cangying Martial Arts Hall. If they did anything too outrageous, the Government Office wouldn’t just sit by and watch.

Of course, this was all Xu Qing’s speculation and his own perspective.

As for what the final outcome would be, Xu Qing couldn’t be entirely certain.

But, regardless, Xu Qing could not stay in Qingbei Town any longer.

At noon, Xu Qing finished packing. He put on the Evil Ghost Mask, took the Copper Coin Sword, and hung the Level 10 Iron Sword and Level 10 Wandering Dragon Sword from his waist.

Xu Qing carried a wooden box on his back, inside which was stored the ’Level 3 Spirit Food: White Jade Tiger Meat’.

Soon, Xu Qing arrived at the city gate.

"I’m out already?"

Standing outside Qingbei Town, Xu Qing couldn’t help but look back at the town and fall into thought. ’This was too easy.’

From start to finish, Xu Qing had encountered no danger or obstacles on his way out of the city. It was as if the Jiang Family had no idea he was leaving. It was so smooth that it felt abnormal to Xu Qing.

He had to remember, the Jiang Family was one of the three great families of Qingbei Town. Their influence should extend across most of the town. If they were truly targeting Xu Qing, it was impossible for them not to know he had left the city.

To be honest, Xu Qing had already prepared himself for a major battle.

However, it had been truly smooth.

Far too smooth.

Xu Qing had left the city without any obstruction whatsoever.

Of course, this was also because he had put on the Evil Ghost Mask and altered his build and appearance.

In addition, he had also used the Turtle Breath Technique to conceal his aura.

’It seems the Evil Ghost Mask and the Turtle Breath Technique came in handy after all.’

Xu Qing thought to himself.

"Let’s go."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. He gave Qingbei Town one last, deep look, pushed aside all other concerns, and turned to leave. Following the map’s records and routes, he headed straight for Qingfeng Town.

However, high on the city wall, in a relatively hidden corner, a bitter-smiling mask appeared, as if pasted onto the wall itself. Its gaze was fixed on the direction of Xu Qing’s departure.

VMM!

The next moment, the bitter-smiling mask vanished.

Evidently, while Xu Qing’s Evil Ghost Mask and Turtle Breath Technique could deceive others, they could not deceive Jiang Feiying.

"Hm?"

Xu Qing frowned and stopped. Just a moment ago, the Copper Coin Sword tucked in his robes had suddenly fluctuated, emitting a wave of heat that alerted him.

"What’s going on?"

Xu Qing scanned his surroundings but found nothing.

"Haaah..."

Xu Qing took a deep breath and quickened his pace. But Qingfeng Town was a long way from Qingbei Town. Even at his speed, he wouldn’t be able to make it before dark.

Halfway there, with the sky about to darken, he stopped to rest at a roadside inn along the main road.

"Waiter, a room."

Xu Qing called out.