I Have an Omen System-Chapter 59 - 57: Another Breakthrough
Qin Xuan stiffly picked up the Jade Tube.
He sent his Divine Sense inside and immediately understood.
[Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid: Refined from hundred-year-old Profound Steel Cyan Shadow Stone Marrow. This Spiritual Liquid can be used to control the Cyan Imperial Armor Captains or allow the Armor Captains to engage enemies on their own.
Those of a future generation who obtain this Spiritual Liquid may spread it throughout the world and recreate the glorious age of the Thousand Mechanisms!]
’This Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid is truly wondrous!’
Qin Xuan’s eyes were crimson as he clicked his tongue in amazement.
No wonder the Cold Nether Sect was fighting tooth and nail, even ignoring the legacy of the Thousand Mechanisms Transformation, all to find the refinement method for this Spiritual Liquid.
The reason the Cyan Imperial Armor Captains could operate on their own was fundamentally due to this Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid.
You could say this Spiritual Liquid was like gasoline for the cars of his past life—the power source for the mechanical puppets.
In other words, the Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid could activate the Array Runes carved onto the Cyan Imperial Armor Captains by the Puppet Sect, thus bringing the puppets to life.
If he could successfully reproduce it, it would be like having an entire army of puppets that could operate autonomously!
’The refinement method for the Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid isn’t difficult. The only limitation is that the main ingredient, Profound Steel Cyan Shadow Stone, is a Tier Two Spirit Rock, which isn’t easy to find.’
However, the Ancient Tomb Master seemed to have anticipated this problem, stating that the sarcophagus in his main burial chamber was made of Profound Steel Cyan Shadow Stone and could be taken as needed.
Qin Xuan stuffed the Jade Tube into his robes. His skin had turned a deep scarlet from devouring too much Qi and Blood.
Bluish-black veins bulged as the torrent of Qi and Blood threatened to spiral out of control, making his Dantian Qi Sea churn violently.
BANG!
Qin Xuan struck the wall of the octagonal stone chamber with his sword, carving out the entire bluestone sarcophagus.
Summoning his Copper Bone Shadow Soldiers, he opened his mouth and spat.
WHOOSH!
A gout of Nether Flame erupted forth. The violent Qi and Blood Essence in his body seemed to have finally found an outlet. Following the refinement method from the Spiritual Sense Jade Tube, Qin Xuan formed a hand seal and immediately began to refine the Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid.
...
「Three days later.」
Qin Xuan panted heavily, each breath seeming to carry the scalding scent of blood.
Fortunately, the crimson in his eyes had finally faded, though his face was still tinged with exhaustion.
"Hah... I’m never devouring so much Qi and Blood at once again. Feeling this stuffed is awful."
The fine Blood Pearls that had seeped from Qin Xuan’s skin had already formed a purplish-black blood scab.
The Qi and Blood Power from more than forty people had directly pushed his Cultivation to the peak of the Qi Cultivation Tenth Layer.
If not for his insufficient comprehension of his Positional Divine Techniques, he could have even taken the final step and reached the Qi Cultivation Eleventh Layer directly!
’Strictly speaking, I already have the power to achieve Earth Dao Foundation Establishment.’ Qin Xuan’s eyes shone brightly.
He could break through right now if he wanted to.
The reason Qin Xuan was able to break through to the Qi Cultivation Tenth Layer three days ago wasn’t just because of Fang Hong’an, but more so because he had consumed a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, the Fiery Blood Ginseng, on his way here.
If Qin Xuan were to encounter Sun Yuan, the one who refined the Blood Burning Pill, again, then ignoring the pressure exerted by the Foundation Establishment Realm and relying purely on the quality of his Demonic Essence, that pathetic Human Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivator would no longer be his match.
Before him lay a pool of viscous, indigo-colored solution, thick like rich grease, that emitted a faint, magical, grassy fragrance.
Qin Xuan’s spirits lifted.
’I almost forgot about you.’
"It’s a success!"
Several hundred pounds of Profound Steel Cyan Shadow Stone had yielded only about twenty liters of Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid.
Using his Divine Sense, Qin Xuan dripped a few drops onto a Cyan Imperial Armor Captain that had lost its mobility and was like a lifeless object.
CLANK!
The motionless Cyan Imperial Armor Captain suddenly raised its head. A cyan light flashed in its eyes, and Array Patterns all over its body lit up.
Qin Xuan could clearly sense it. Because he had refined the Thousand Puppet Spiritual Liquid himself, a faint connection formed between him and the Cyan Imperial Armor Captain through his Divine Sense and the array’s patterns.
It was being branded with his exclusive Spiritual Imprint.
’Can you stand up?’
The thought had barely formed.
The Cyan Imperial Armor Captain stood up with a clatter, knelt on one knee, and a harsh, metallic grinding noise issued intermittently from its throat.
"Qingyi... greets my Master!"
’Interesting. It understands me!’
Qin Xuan’s eyes lit up.
He was pleasantly surprised to discover that controlling this Bronze Puppet, which possessed the strength of a Qi Cultivation Peak expert, consumed less than a tenth of the Power of Divine Sense required to control his Copper Bone Shadow Soldiers.
Following the same method, after activating Qingyi, Qin Xuan used his Divine Sense to activate the remaining eleven Bronze Armor Captains.
"Qingyi... Qing Shier... greet the Master!"
The twelve Bronze Puppets spoke in unison. The sound was magnificent, a deep, metallic grinding that echoed throughout the hall.
"Good, good, good!"
Qin Xuan was extremely satisfied.
Twelve Cyan Imperial Armor Captains working together were far more than just twelve Qi Cultivation Peak experts.
He could clearly sense that Han Mo had been absolutely right: these twelve Bronze Puppets could truly contend with a Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivator!
The fundamental reason for this was that these twelve Bronze Puppets could jointly unleash a Divine Power Position—[Cyan Cicada Shell]!
’The haul from the Thousand Mechanisms Ancient Tomb this time has been massive. I wonder how Hou Qi and Xiao Ran are doing?’
But no matter how well they fared, they certainly couldn’t have done better than him.
However, Qin Xuan now had a nagging question.
The mission had stated that anyone who hunted down more than ten Cold Nether Sect Cultivators of the same Realm would receive the [Flame Demon] inheritance.
He had already killed seventeen, so why was there no reaction from his Identity Token?
’Could it be because the Puppet Sect’s Qi Mechanism is suppressing it, preventing the Sect’s message from getting through... Or did Xiao Ran and Hou Qi fail their mission?’
Either possibility was bad news for him.
Just then, the small, exquisite Six-winged Cyan Cicada Puppet in his robes vibrated gently, emitting a piercing chirp.
BUZZ—!
The entire Ancient Tomb hall began to shake violently. Dust rained down as the ground collapsed, revealing a bottomless spiral staircase.
’A tomb within a tomb?’
Qin Xuan’s expression turned grim.
A metallic stench ten times thicker than before assaulted his senses, like the smell of fresh blood mixed with the rot of a decaying corpse.
"No, it’s not a tomb within a tomb. It’s the exit!"
Qin Xuan’s pupils darkened. At the bottom of the spiral staircase, he could vaguely make out four tunnel exits—labeled A, B, C, and D—corresponding to the four Bronze Tombstones from before.
However, those four tombstones had all led to false tombs. Only the one he had chosen was the real one!
At the exits of the four tunnels, the corpses of Cold Nether Sect and Loose Cultivators were scattered about, lying haphazardly on the ground.
Besides them, there were also obvious traces of withered bones—clearly the remains of those who had been drained of their blood by fellow disciples of the Holy Sect. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
Qin Xuan also saw the body of the bald Wan Tao. It was decaying, clearly a victim of Hou Qi’s deadly poison. This was the source of the bloody, rotting stench.
A strong sense of crisis welled up within him.
Qin Xuan’s heart suddenly began to race. He immediately understood: Hou Qi and Xiao Ran hadn’t found their own opportunities and had already left.
Inside the entire Thousand Mechanisms Ancient Tomb, he was now the only one left alive!
