I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 122 - 102: Malevolent Energy Soars at Cold Mountain Temple

Chapter 122: Chapter 102: Malevolent Energy Soars at Cold Mountain Temple

Drive! Drive! Drive!

The Qin family’s carriage raced along the main road, with Qin Yuesheng inside, cultivating the Profound Celestial Scripture.

This Internal Cultivation Method truly deserved to be ranked alongside the Celestial Demon Evil Blade, with an extremely high efficiency in converting Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into Inner Strength.

Qin Yuesheng estimated conservatively that after another seven or eight days of cultivation, he would be able to break through the Youjing Acupoint and step into the First Layer of the Internal Power Realm.

To be fair, this cultivation speed was already considered very fast. Thanks to Qin Yuesheng’s robust physique and the enhancement of such high-level Internal Cultivation Methods as the Profound Celestial Scripture, otherwise, it would absolutely take anyone else at least a month.

But even so, Qin Yuesheng still felt dissatisfied. He remembered when he was an external forging martial artist, any External Forging Skill or martial arts were at his fingertips, as long as there was enough All-Purpose Essence, it was just a matter of minutes to reach the highest level.

But as soon as he entered the realm of Inner Power, he was restricted by the ten major acupoints of the human body, restricting his powerful momentum of strength enhancement, it was truly a pity.

While Qin Yuesheng was lost in thought, the carriage had already stopped at the foot of the mountain where Cold Mountain Temple was located.

Qin Yuesheng got out of the carriage and jumped steadily to the ground.

"Master, do you need me to accompany you up?" the coachman asked.

"No need, just go back by yourself. I will return to the mansion on my own," Qin Yuesheng replied and walked straight up the stone path leading up the mountain.

Taking out the Spirit Fox’s Heart Eye and placing it in front of his eyes, Qin Yuesheng observed Cold Mountain Temple situated halfway up the mountain.

In the gray field of vision of the Spirit Fox’s Heart Eye, he saw more than a dozen streaks of black energy rising from Cold Mountain Temple, each one standing one or two meters tall, but the momentum was slightly less than that of Bai Hao and Master Huang Si at the Shui Manor that day.

"There’s quite a problem with this temple," Qin Yuesheng thought as he took out the Exorcism Toad. The closer he got to Cold Mountain Temple up the mountain, the faster the index on the Exorcism Toad’s glass plate rose, reaching over four hundred shortly.

This was the highest source of resentment Qin Yuesheng had encountered to date.

Evil-Subduing Saber, Soul-Swaying Bell, Soul-Shattering Roar, Soul-Catching Demon.

Qin Yuesheng checked his four-piece evil-banishing toolset and felt a lot more at ease.

With Qin Feng still bedridden, Qin Yuesheng had to find the whereabouts of the mysterious man. He needed to force him to reveal the cure for his father.

Upon arriving at the gate of Cold Mountain Temple, he saw two young monks sweeping the ground with bamboo brooms. Qin Yuesheng used the Spirit Fox’s Heart Eye to look at them.

No issues, they were both normal people.

Only then did he put aside the thought of attacking, circumventing them and entering Cold Mountain Temple.

As a Buddhist temple, Cold Mountain Temple naturally welcomed everyone, and the sweeping monks would not stop anyone from entering.

Qin Yuesheng easily entered the temple and, with the help of the Spirit Fox’s Heart Eye, walked towards the nearest streak of black energy to him.

On his way, he occasionally encountered people who had come to burn incense and pray to Buddha. Qin Yuesheng checked each person, only putting down his guard once he confirmed they were not problematic.

The place had numerous black energy streaks, making Qin Yuesheng quite concerned that Cold Mountain Temple might have already become a nest for malevolent spirits, which is why he acted so cautiously.

Soon, he arrived at the door of a side hall. The plaque on the hall was inscribed ’Arhat Hall.’ The light inside was dim, and sunlight couldn’t penetrate. Only a large number of arranged candles provided illumination.

Faintly, he saw a large cauldron placed inside the hall. Blue smoke curled up from it, though he didn’t know what was inside.

Qin Yuesheng gazed through the Spirit Fox’s Heart Eye, and sure enough, the black energy was clearly visible right before him.

Taking out the Soul-Swaying Bell and drawing the Evil-Subduing Saber, Qin Yuesheng stepped boldly into the hall, examining the surroundings as he walked.

In the dark environment, the massive statues of Gold-armored Arhats appeared even more sinister and menacing.

They seemed more like demons than Buddhas.

Crack!

Suddenly, a faint footstep echoed from the depths of the dark hall.

Qin Yuesheng instantly glanced in that direction and saw a figure slowly approaching.

In the light, Qin Yuesheng finally saw the figure’s appearance clearly.

It was a monk dressed in a kasaya with nine rings of scars.

"Young benefactor, this is not the place to ask for peace. Guanyin Hall and Mahavira Hall are where you should go," the monk said kindly.

"Master, aren’t the Gold-armored Arhats in the Gold-armored Arhat Hall also Buddhas? Why can’t we ask for peace here?" Qin Yuesheng continued walking forward.

The closer he got to the large cauldron, the monk quickly used a body technique, abruptly blocking Qin Yuesheng’s path.

"There are many taboos in Cold Mountain Temple. It’s normal you don’t know. You’d better leave the Arhat Hall quickly to avoid sudden incidents."

"Master, are you threatening me?" Qin Yuesheng’s eyes widened. "Monk, you don’t seem like a good person to me."

With that, Qin Yuesheng struck out with lightning-fast speed, delivering a palm attack with astonishing palm force, accompanied by a wind-breaking sound.

The monk in a kasaya hurriedly extended his palms to counter Qin Yuesheng’s attack.

Bam!

Their palms collided violently, and the monk was suddenly sent flying, crashing into the large cauldron.

"Puh! What... what kind of palm is this?" The monk fell from the cauldron, lying on the ground, vomiting blood and looking at Qin Yuesheng in disbelief.

"Great Vajra Palm." Qin Yuesheng drew the Evil-Subduing Saber and swung it across the monk’s face.

Immediately, his body emitted heavy black fog, swirling thickly and rapidly dissipating. Qin Yuesheng swept with a palm wind and instantly dispersed all the black fog.

On the ground now, there was no monk in a kasaya, but a creature dressed in a kasaya yet neither human nor ghost.

It had human limbs, but its head was like a bird’s, its mouth opened like petals of a flower, revealing inside at least several hundred reverse-hook sharp teeth.

Qin Yuesheng stomped heavily on the creature’s face, fracturing the ground beneath it into numerous cracks. Blood poured from its mouth at an even faster rate.

"What are you?" Qin Yuesheng asked.

"Gu...gu...you humans call me the ’Yìkè’..."

"Are you the outsider?" Qin Yuesheng looked at the monster beneath his feet, its ugly appearance causing great surprise on his face.

He had never imagined that the outsider would be such a thing.

"Yes." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"How many outsiders are hiding in this Cold Mountain Temple?"

"Five."

"Impossible." Qin Yuesheng increased the force with his foot.

When he ascended the mountain, he saw over ten streams of black energy shooting into the sky from Cold Mountain Temple through the Spirit Fox’s eye. How could there be only five outsiders, as this monster claimed?

"Really..."

"Do you know someone named Qin Feng? There’s a female ghost following him."

"I, I don’t know."

"Alright then, have a nice journey." With full force, Qin Yuesheng stomped, instantly shattering the monster’s head beneath his foot, bursting like a blooming flower.

Bai Hao once said that the appearance of outsiders was usually accompanied by natural and human disasters. Thinking of the widespread cold that recently swept through Cyan Yang City, Qin Yuesheng couldn’t help but believe it a little.

"I didn’t expect that outsiders would truly not be human." Qin Yuesheng dismantled the outsider’s body, finding only body materials, with no gains at all.

Thus, he could only continue approaching the grand cauldron, as this outsider seemed to treasure it greatly, indicating that it might be of significant value.

The grand cauldron was about one and a half persons tall. Qin Yuesheng easily leaped to stand on its edge and began looking inside.

But in an instant, his expression changed drastically.

Inside the grand cauldron, numerous iron rods were skewering infant corpses long dead.

Their bodies were a bluish hue, with clearly visible veins beneath the skin, each with pitch-black eyes, devoid of any whites.

From their mouths, wisps of cold white breath drifted out, all being absorbed into a black pill floating above the infant corpses.

Evil! Too evil.

This was truly a lair of heretical demons.

Qin Yuesheng jumped to the other side of the grand cauldron, simultaneously enveloping his right hand with inner strength in mid-air, grasping the black pill with his hand.

Instantly, a chilling sensation spread across Qin Yuesheng’s hand. If not for the inner strength enveloping it, this hand might have been in trouble.

[Yes/No—Dismantle ’Corpse Snake Ghost’s Inner Core’]

"Yes." Without hesitation, Qin Yuesheng made his choice.

In a flash, the black pill disappeared from his hand, turning into three crystal-clear, snow-white small pills.

[Dismantling successful, obtained ’Pure Essence Pill x3 (Consumable)’]

"Oh?" Qin Yuesheng was curious.

Since the super auxiliary tool indicated that it was consumable, he naturally wouldn’t doubt it and directly tossed one into his mouth, intending to test its effect.

The Pure Essence Pill melted immediately in the mouth, instantly forming a pure energy that surged into Qin Yuesheng’s body, directly reaching his Dantian.

"Hiss!" Feeling the surge within his Dantian, Qin Yuesheng couldn’t help but let out a moan.

Consuming this Pure Essence Pill could actually directly increase his inner strength!!!

The inner strength generated by this single Pure Essence Pill was equivalent to three days of arduous cultivation for Qin Yuesheng.

This feeling... is a bit exhilarating.

Without hesitation, Qin Yuesheng directly mobilized the inner strength within his Dantian to begin launching an assault on the Youjing Acupoint.

With this newfound inner strength, the Youjing Acupoint was instantly broken through by a third by Qin Yuesheng. If this progress continued, as long as he consumed the remaining two Pure Essence Pills.

Qin Yuesheng could break through the Youjing Acupoint and step into the First Layer of the Internal Power Realm today!

...

Meanwhile, at a certain place within Cold Mountain Temple.

A pair of cold white eyes suddenly opened, with two sharp fangs glinting in the darkness.

"My Inner Core?! Why can’t I sense my Inner Core anymore!!"

"Damn it!! What on earth is that Corpse Bird Ghost doing!"

Rumble!

The entity hurriedly stood up, and the surrounding area shook, as two more pairs of differently colored eyes opened.

"Corpse Snake, what are you up to? We’ve been setting up the Three Corpses Array for twenty-six days, and in just three more days, it will be complete. The rescue of the Corpse Empress is imminent. Don’t cause trouble, or if the plan fails, no one will be able to save you."

"I can’t sense my Inner Core. I need to check it out."

"I’ve long told you not to capture human infants to absorb corpse energy; it’s bound to attract the attention of those from the Seven-Star Watch. You didn’t listen, and now there’s a problem," another voice growled irritably.

"You all continue; I’ll be right back. There shouldn’t be any problem." With that, Corpse Snake dashed into the darkness.

"The Corpse Snake’s Inner Core was kept with the Corpse Bird, right?"

"Yes."

"Could someone have discovered the anomaly in that great hall?"

"No matter, with Corpse Snake going to check, there shouldn’t be any problem. The Three Corpses Array is not yet stable; let’s continue."