Chapter 1252: Chapter 312: Human-shaped Soldiers

"You little bastard, you actually dared spit on me. If Lord Situ hadn’t ordered us to keep you alive to refine you into a Human-shaped Soldier, I would’ve gutted you long ago. I’ll shove a few more Elixir Pills down your throat, drain you dry and pour metal into you, then we’ll see how cocky you still act."

The newcomer was exactly that Manager from the City Lord’s Mansion who’d tried to extort fifty thousand Spirit Stones earlier.

Cursing nonstop, he wiped the spit off his face with his sleeve.

Human-shaped Soldiers?

Judging by what he said, could those neither-human-nor-ghost monsters in the courtyard last night all have been refined from living people?

That unlucky bastard from Lonely Moon Sea was going to be refined into that kind of freak too?

Little Zhiyo’s eyes rolled, and it shuddered hard.

"Bunny, target found. Follow him."

After that Manager walked past, Little Zhiyo and Little Evil Rabbit slipped after him.

Up ahead was the City Lord’s Mansion’s prison; Qin Xiaochuan, whom Situ Nan had taken a "liking" to, had been locked up in here for the last two days.

As soon as they approached the cells, Qin Xiaochuan’s booming voice came right at them.

Compared to the other prisoners locked up in the City Lord’s Mansion, Qin Xiaochuan still sounded full of breath and vigor.

"Where’d all you cowards from the City Lord’s Mansion go? Didn’t you say you were gonna beat this young master to death? Come on, one by one!"

The guards in the cells, and even the other prisoners, had all been tormented by Qin Xiaochuan these past two days until they couldn’t eat or sleep, everyone’s nerves frayed to the breaking point. They didn’t even notice when two demon beasts snuck inside.

Little Zhiyo and Little Evil Rabbit stealthily slipped into the prison.

"Tsk, Master and the others were worried that this Qin guy would be beaten to death. Look at him, alive and kicking."

The whole prison rang with Qin Xiaochuan’s loud voice.

Qin Xiaochuan was hanging on a torture rack in a spread-eagle position; aside from a few bruises on his nose and face, his complexion actually looked pretty decent.

That Manager from the City Lord’s Mansion was standing right in front of Qin Xiaochuan, face twisted with rage.

"You old bastard, it’s you again. Didn’t get enough of this young master’s spit last time? Come, come, let this young master spit a few more times for you."

The moment Qin Xiaochuan saw that Manager, he started bellowing again.

With his inborn "the more you beat me, the faster my Primordial Power recovers" physique, even the guards of the City Lord’s Mansion were scared of him by now.

Every other prisoner had been tortured into confession, but Qin Xiaochuan alone—no one even had the energy to keep hitting him.

"Qin Xiaochuan, don’t get cocky. Don’t think that just because you’re tough, this lord can’t deal with you. Hmph, you already took Lord Situ’s Poison Pill. Today, I’ll drain your blood and pour in gold. Three days from now, once you’ve turned into a Puppet, we’ll see how arrogant you still are."

Whenever this Manager saw Qin Xiaochuan, he normally ground his teeth in fury, but today his face was full of smugness. With a wave of his hand, he ordered men forward to pin down Qin Xiaochuan’s limbs.

He cackled eerily, pulled out a Dagger, and walked toward Qin Xiaochuan.

Bloodletting and gold injection? 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

What the hell was that supposed to be?

Qin Xiaochuan immediately felt something was off when he heard that.

Then he took another look at that Dagger glinting coldly in the Manager’s hand, and goosebumps crawled all over his body.

"Not good, that Qin guy’s in danger. What do we do? Master told us to keep an eye on him, we can’t let anything happen to him, but we can’t blow our cover either."

Little Zhiyo spun in circles anxiously.

"Little Zhiyo, don’t panic. I’ll think of something."

Little Evil Rabbit said confidently when it saw this.

Right, of course! Little Zhiyo remembered—Little Evil Rabbit had a pretty terrifying trump card.

As it spoke, its pair of heterochromatic eyes changed; "Calamity" activated, and a thread of black light invisible to the naked eye shot out, instantly sinking into the Manager’s back.

The Manager shivered violently, feeling a chill surge up his spine.

He didn’t think much of it, baring his yellow teeth as he walked and talked.

"Don’t even know what bloodletting and gold injection means? Let me enlighten you. The Human-shaped Soldiers refined by Lord Situ all have a Golden Body like Vajra. These Human-shaped Soldiers are refined from living people. To refine this kind of Human-shaped Soldier, the first step is to feed them a Golden Core, which slowly turns the person’s internal organs into Golden Stone. The second step is bloodletting and gold injection—cut you open, drain all your blood, then pour in golden water smelted from various rare ores. Once the golden water flows in, your flesh and blood will go ’whoosh’ and spray out. After the golden water solidifies, you’ll become a Human-shaped Soldier that’s invincible in attack and defense."

What a vicious refining method—this technique was a hundred times more evil than an Evil Alchemist’s.

So those humanoid monsters living in City Lord Yang’s courtyard had all been refined like this.

Even Little Evil Rabbit, who was born a demon beast, felt a chill of pure disgust at those words.

Qin Xiaochuan’s mouth went dry as he listened, goosebumps rising all over his body.

"Well, kid, scared now? Just thinking about your flesh and blood spraying everywhere, and golden water seeping into your skin inch by inch, makes me happy."

This wasn’t the first time the Manager and those guards had done this bloodletting and gold injection. The moment they brought up this brutal, inhuman business, they burst into loud laughter.

"Laugh my ass, you heartless bastards. Harm others and you’ll end up harming yourselves. Aren’t you afraid that one day you’ll end up just like me?"

Qin Xiaochuan forced himself to spit out a retort.

"Kid, not everyone has your kind of ’fortune.’ You think everyone gets the privilege of bloodletting and gold injection? Since you’re going to die, I’ll let you die knowing why. Only a very few who pass through the Vajra Formation can be turned into Human-shaped Soldiers. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for breaking through the Vajra Formation. Enough nonsense, I’ll start draining your blood now."

The Manager weighed the blade in his hand, like he was picking cuts of meat, choosing spots on Qin Xiaochuan’s body where he could stick the knife.

"You son of a—if you’re gonna kill me, then do it. Don’t grope this young master all over. This young master’s not interested in men."

Inside, Qin Xiaochuan was wailing; never in his life did he expect that he, Qin Xiaochuan, would fall into the hands of some petty villain.

He was so, so unwilling.

"Here it is, the heart. Lots of blood there—stab once and it’ll gush out like a spring."

The Manager grinned savagely, traced the Dagger over Qin Xiaochuan’s chest, and raised it to stab down.

Qin Xiaochuan clenched his teeth and shut his eyes.

Off to the side, Little Zhiyo and Little Evil Rabbit stared nervously, not daring to blink.

But when the knife came down, a streak of gold-plated luster flashed across Qin Xiaochuan’s skin, and the blade edge curled at once.

Turned out the Power of Reincarnation Gold in Qin Xiaochuan’s body had transformed his Primordial Power into Protective Gang Qi, which was triggered at just the right moment and saved his life.

Qin Xiaochuan let out a breath of relief.

The Manager, furious, tossed aside the Dagger in his hand.

"Don’t think this will save your life. So what if the Power of Reincarnation Gold is strong? I don’t believe even the top of your skull has formed Protective Gang Qi." Still unwilling to give up, the Manager ordered someone to bring him another Dagger.

Cold sweat poured down Qin Xiaochuan’s back. His Cultivation in the Power of Reincarnation Gold was limited; the spot at the top of his skull was extremely weak and couldn’t withstand that strike.

Above his head, the Dagger was about to drive down hard...