I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 36 - 35: Instant Explosion

Qin Yu’s failed return significantly affected morale.

Even experts in Outer Skin and Bone Forging were injured like this. Qin Feng truly had no solutions for the moment, and couldn’t even consider going to Hulao Stronghold to settle the score.

The Mountain Guardian Escort Agency only had ten martial artists skilled in external forging. None were as strong as Qin Yu. This time, Qin Yu planned to retrieve the stolen item from Hulao Stronghold and took six people with him, but all were lost there.

To say they weren’t worried would be a lie.

Qin Yuesheng ignored the aftermath and returned to his own room directly.

Under his instructions, Cao Zhengchun had long gone out to purchase dan pills. As long as the All-Purpose Essence was sufficient, Qin Yuesheng could rapidly enhance his strength. Thus, how many dan pills Cao Zhengchun could bring back was crucial.

"Outer Forging Third Realm—tempering tendons, forging bones, refining skin." Qin Yuesheng pressed on his arm: "I’ve barely even reached the refining skin stage.

Though Xu San used Thundercrash to harm Qin Yu, his actual strength was genuinely in Outer Skin and Bone Forging, and Hulao Stronghold housed quite a few external forging martial artists.

If I want to eradicate Hulao Stronghold and reclaim the stolen item, lacking the strength in Outer Skin and Bone Forging would make it rather difficult."

Qin Yuesheng dragged out his box of medicinal ingredients from under the bed, opened it, and began to devour them.

"Eating raw medicinal herbs isn’t very effective. If I could master the technique of refining dan pills, I could produce and sell them myself. Unfortunately, in this region of Cyan Yang City, only the West Qi Mountain Temple can refine dan pills, and they’ve recently sealed off the mountain for unknown reasons, refusing visitors."

Qin Yuesheng sighed silently.

Dan pills are not civilian items but are considered a luxury, albeit a less sophisticated one. Even a more common dan like the Small Rejuvenation Pill is refined by sects and factions.

Each dan pill comes with its formula. It’s a closely guarded secret.

Effect-wise, dan pills naturally outperform brewed medicine, but they’re more expensive, usually one to two times the cost.

Ordinary people use brewed medicine, ointments, and patches to treat ailments. Only wealthy families use dan pills.

Qin Yuesheng had tried the effects of drinking medicine before. After experimenting, he found it was only slightly better than eating raw medicinal herbs, practically negligible.

Dan pills are indeed more potent.

Qin Yuesheng wanted to learn the art of dan pill refinement, but it’s reportedly harder than learning internal cultivation methods.

After an hour and a half of stance training, Cao Zhengchun suddenly walked in from outside carrying a leather bag.

"Master, there’s bad news."

Qin Yuesheng said, "What happened?"

"All the dan pills in Cyan Yang City have been sold out. I only managed to buy these."

When the leather bag was opened, it revealed a pile of bottles and jars, more numerous than those brought back last time.

Qin Yuesheng frowned slightly: "Sold out? Is someone else secretly buying them besides me?"

"That’s what the shop keepers and medical hall doctors said. Usually, Cyan Yang City’s dan pills come in from two supply channels: imported from elsewhere or purchased directly from West Qi Mountain Temple.

With West Qi Mountain Temple closing its gates, they stopped selling dan pills, causing a supply crunch in the city. Many people self-initiated purchasing sprees, so now there aren’t many dan pills in the whole city,

though stores are busy purchasing from outside to meet demand, which will take some time."

Qin Yuesheng rubbed his forehead: "This isn’t good news, especially running out of dan pills at such a crucial time."

This time, Cao Zhengchun’s outing was quite fruitful, bringing back over eight hundred taels worth of dan pills for Qin Yuesheng.

Among them, a bottle of ’Tiger Bone Bear Gallbladder Elixir’ was the most expensive, priced at two hundred taels of silver.

Qin Yuesheng didn’t care too much, indulging in a feast while Cao Zhengchun quietly waited beside him.

Seeing someone gulp down medicine so recklessly was indeed an unusual sight.

"I have another task for you."

"Master, just say it. I will do my utmost."

Qin Yuesheng lightly tapped the table with his fingers: "Find a reliable person to craft a mask for me."

"What kind of material do you need, Master?"

"Material doesn’t matter, but it must be breathable, comfortable to wear, and not easy to fall off."

"Yes, right away."

The encounter with that child last night inspired Qin Yuesheng. When traveling the martial world, there are times one must conceal their identity.

In such situations, a mask is extremely important. Otherwise, tying a cloth around one’s face, as Qin Yuesheng did last night, looked quite foolish.

Luckily, the night was dim, and the moonlight faint, preventing Qin Yuesheng from exposing his face. Even so, merely covering it with a cloth wouldn’t have effectively concealed his identity.

After consuming all the dan pills Cao Zhengchun brought back, Qin Yuesheng’s All-Purpose Essence increased by 568 points.

With more martial arts in his possession, Qin Yuesheng’s decisions on point allocation became more comprehensive.

His primary task now was to destroy Hulao Stronghold and retrieve the items for the Qin family’s Mountain Guardian Escort Agency, thus preserving its reputation and trust, ensuring future business opportunities are not affected.

In the escort business, reputation and trust are everything. Without them, who would trust you with valuable escort consignments? Without business, there’s no income source.

It’s all interconnected with no room for slack.

For this reason, Qin Yuesheng focused mainly on enhancing his strength in his point allocation this time.

Since it’s about increasing strength, power and agility were the first choices.

With high power, you could unleash blows of a thousand or several thousand pounds, even without knowing martial arts, it’s enough to kill someone with a single punch.

What kind of concept is a punch with thousands of pounds of force?

But having great strength is useless if you can’t hit your target, so improving agility is equally crucial.

If your agility is high enough, you can continually evade various attacks from the enemy, making it impossible for them to hit you. Naturally, you will find yourself in an unbeatable position.

With a single breath, a surge in strength quickly increased when you spent 20 points of All-Purpose Essence to reach 6.0. Qin Yuesheng unexpectedly found he couldn’t increase it any further.

Upon closer examination, he saw the small plus sign next to strength had turned a dull gray.

"Limited again?" Qin Yuesheng’s expression was puzzled.

However, he soon discovered the problem.

A person’s strength originates from their body; the body is the foundation.

When one’s strength increases, it undoubtedly implies the enhancement of physical qualities. Otherwise, if a person’s physique is ordinary yet possesses abnormal strength, the outcome would inevitably be physical collapse.

This is a law of the human body, a setting engraved into the genes at birth. Even a super assistant cannot ignore it.

Thus, the limit of 6.0 strength is what Qin Yuesheng’s current body can withstand. Further increases would only have disadvantages.

Understanding this point, Qin Yuesheng decisively transferred 10 points of All-Purpose Essence to physical qualities. Sure enough, strength could soon be increased again.

"External forging skills can enhance physical qualities. My current All-Purpose Essence is not very adequate; adding both physical qualities and external forging skills would make All-Purpose Essence seem very tight." Qin Yuesheng contemplated for a moment and then made a decision.

Enhancing external forging skills to gain physical growth means there’s no need to spend All-Purpose Essence on increasing physical qualities.

Moreover, increasing external forging skills not only boosts physical qualities but also strengthens his defense power, which appears to be a higher value approach.

Currently, Qin Yuesheng’s Iron Cloth is at (0/40) proficiency.

All-Purpose Essence –40

Iron Cloth (0/80) Minor Success

All-Purpose Essence –80

Iron Cloth (0/160) Mastery

His muscles began compressing at a visible scale, with muscle lines faintly visible.

Upon exerting a little force, Qin Yuesheng found his entire body as hard as stone, skin tough enough to resist pressure, showing considerable resilience with enhanced defense capacity.

"There are 418 points left." Qin Yuesheng thought for a moment and temporarily stopped his intention to further enhance Iron Cloth.

Instead, he began allocating points to Iron Armor and Diamond Hand.

These martial arts not only provided Qin Yuesheng with inherent power but also uniquely enhanced passive abilities of the super assistant.

Considering that each two levels of martial arts provide one passive ability, continuing to increase Iron Cloth’s benefit pales in comparison to improving other martial arts.

The remaining 418 points of All-Purpose Essence were insufficient to promote Iron Cloth to two more levels, not to mention other martial arts Qin Yuesheng needed to enhance.

All-Purpose Essence –10

Iron Armor (0/20) Entry-level

All-Purpose Essence –20

Iron Armor (0/40) Proficient

All-Purpose Essence –40

Iron Armor (0/80) Minor Success

All-Purpose Essence –10

Diamond Hand Entry-level.

–20

Diamond Hand Proficient.

–40

Diamond Hand Minor Success.

"There are 278 points of All-Purpose Essence left." Qin Yuesheng thought slightly: "Lightweight Skill doesn’t need further enhancement for now, Nourishing Essence Technique doesn’t greatly improve strength and can be delayed, more points can be allocated to the fist and blade skills, and the rest used on the Profound Celestial Treasure Mirror."

Qin Yuesheng’s forte in martial arts is primarily the Tiger Crane Double Form Fist. Now possessing the Evil-Subduing Saber and Celestial Demon Blade, he cannot overlook Blade Skill. Otherwise, having a divine weapon would be wasted without utilizing its true power.

Spending 70 points of All-Purpose Essence to elevate Sea One Slash to Minor Success Realm, spending 40 points of All-Purpose Essence to elevate Tiger Crane Double Form Fist to Minor Success Realm.

Qin Yuesheng only felt his entire mind was about to burst.

Accomplishing five martial arts to Minor Success in rapid succession, which would take others decades, was achieved by him in less than half a candle’s time, and various martial arts experience, usage insights flooded Qin Yuesheng’s mind all at once, causing an intense headache.

Fortunately, Qin Yuesheng had a burst of intuitive insight, suddenly thought of something, and allocated 30 points of All-Purpose Essence to the Spirit attribute.

Instantly, his headache symptoms disappeared altogether, replaced by a surge of clarity and active thinking.

"Indeed, no attribute is useless; raising them all provides significant help." Qin Yuesheng couldn’t help but direct his gaze towards a super assistant attribute he had always ignored.

Allure.

"Could this thing be useful to me?" Qin Yuesheng couldn’t help but question in his heart.

Roaming the martial world requires exemplary martial arts skills. Allure seems unlikely to help one when facing danger. Only two iron fists are a reliable reliance.

"Enough pondering, thinking is useless, let’s add 30 points and see the results."

All-Purpose Essence –30

Allure 1.0→4.0 (You begin emitting a unique allure)