No taboos

Chapter 505 Pregnancy and Childbirth (10,000 words)
Du Jincheng's real name is Jiang Chuanqiao.

The pod and the four items inside form a complete set of crafted items called "Pregnancy".

In principle, each of the four items in the pod can change a person's destiny and alter their future life trajectory.

Another principle is that of the four items, the same person can only use one at a time, and cannot use two at the same time.

If you use them at the same time, you can only reincarnate and give birth to a new life.

However, Song Weiming did not hesitate to equip "Du Jincheng" with all of the equipment at once.

Du Jincheng's unauthorized actions outside the palace camp had already offended Song Weiming.

At that time, he decided that once "Du Jincheng" had completed his current mission, he could leave the stage.

There will be a next "Du Jincheng" to inherit the "pregnancy" and step forward when Shanhe Division needs him to save face for Shanhe Division.

Xu Yuan glanced at Xu Bo on the ground and couldn't help but shake his head.

This is truly a case of being too clever for one's own good; trying to outsmart others only led to one's own downfall.

Du Jincheng's bloodshot eyes, three times the size of his head, stared at Xu Yuan, emitting a bloody light.

Old Qin and his men suffered ruptured blood vessels just from being looked at by those eyes.

At this moment, the size of the eyeball increased dramatically, and the power of the trickery also increased dramatically.

Xu Yuan's blood was about to boil...

However, a destiny star quickly rose up and suppressed everything.

Upon discovering that his trickery was ineffective, Du Jincheng instantly became extremely agitated. He flashed forward and appeared in front of Xu Yuan, pressing the enormous eyeball against Xu Yuan's face like a horn!
The enormous, grotesque eyes scrutinized Xu Yuan at extremely close range.

His eyes emitted an even more intense light, like a blood mist that engulfed Xu Yuan.

But the "no taboos" policy remained firmly in place.

This trick had no effect on Xu Yuan.

Suddenly, the sword pellet leaped out of the blood mist, transforming into an embroidery needle, and pierced towards the giant eyeball!
……

At the inn, Song Weiming and his men had already packed their luggage, checked out, and left.

The hunchbacked brothers looked terrible, but their lives were saved.

As they walked out of the north gate of Champa, they glanced back at the city with a hint of resentment.

They were born with deformities and suffered the scorn of the world from a young age.

He is extreme and vicious.

Having suffered a major setback here, he came to hate the entire land.

He had already secretly vowed that one day, when he could raise the Ghost Back Teng Insect swarm again, he would find a chance to come back and devour all the living people inside and outside this city, turning them into bones!

Song Weiming rode his horse at the very front.

He held the reins with one hand, and with the other hand hidden in his sleeve, he secretly held the bean pod.

Through the pod, one can clearly sense everything that Du Jincheng has experienced.

One of his trusted confidants couldn't help but ask, "Sir, shouldn't we wait for the results?"

Song Weiming shook his head: "The outcome is already predetermined."

Xu Yuan is doomed.

"Pregnancy and birth" is a third-rate craftsmanship.

Even within the Shanhe Division, such artifacts cannot be used lightly.

The backlash was too great.

Moreover, this artifact is extremely heavy and can only be used by someone with a powerful destiny and whose life is inherently "precious".

People with a noble destiny are themselves an extremely valuable "resource".

With proper nurturing, their future prospects are limitless.

Using that money to manipulate "pregnancy and childbirth" is actually a huge waste.

For Shanhe Si, it wouldn't be something they would do easily.

Jiang Chuanqiao's destiny was already very auspicious; one would expect that someone with such a destiny would not die young.

But Shanhe Si has also gained experience in doing this kind of thing.

If one's destiny is noble, then find someone with an even more noble destiny to suppress it.

This is what made Jiang Chuanqiao "lose his mind," and his own destiny failed him, leading him to foolishly accept the "pregnancy."

With such a formidable set of third-rate craftsmanship, Jiangchuan Bridge will not lose.

In essence, what Xu Yuan has to face is not just the Jiangchuan Bridge and "pregnancy".

There is also the one in Beidu, whose fate is even more precious and can suppress Jiangchuan Bridge.

That person's destiny was also suppressing Xu Yuan from afar.

In Song Weiming's eyes, Xu Yuan was already a dead man.

If we don't leave now... once Xu Yuan is killed and Princess Ruicheng's anger erupts, we won't be able to leave.

Now that he's gone, no matter how much Princess Ruicheng reacts afterward, he can claim ignorance.

With the protection of the Mountain and River Bureau, I am sure to be safe and sound.

But suddenly, Song Weiming's hand, hidden in his sleeve, trembled, and his expression changed.

……

The sword pellet transformed into an embroidery needle and pierced into the enormous eyeball with a hiss.

The eyeball is so big that there's no need to aim carefully; you can just stab it forward.

Thick, foul blood gushed out like a fountain from the tiny needle hole through which the sword pellet had pierced!

The eyeballs can boil blood.

The internal pressure is also extremely high.

The tiny needle hole was instantly washed away by the dirty blood, turning into a wound the size of a fist!

Du Jincheng let out a beast-like scream and staggered backward.

The red mist emanating from the eyeballs dissipated instantly.

"Aww, aww, aww!" He rolled around on the ground in agony.

The huge eyeballs had shrunk by half.

Outside the North Gate, Song Weiming wondered: Xu Yuan's sword pellet was only fourth-rate, so how could it pierce through a third-rate craftsman's work?

Du Jincheng, of course, didn't understand either.

He dared to so arrogantly unleash his trickery on Xu Yuan's face because he was only a third-rate craftsman.

Unbeknownst to them, after Xu Yuan's sword pellet fused with the beggar's bowl, it gained a new ability:
Unparalleled in sharpness.

Although this eyeball was a third-rate craftsmanship item, it was undoubtedly the weakest in terms of defense among the four items in the pod.

That would naturally break easily with a single poke.

Du Jincheng stepped back several feet and slammed his right hand heavily on the ground... He was about to use that finger.

But Xu Yuan had no intention of countering his moves.

I'll wait until you've used all your tricks before I counterattack, and then I'll retaliate.

I am not made of wood.

The sword pellet pierced his eyeball, just as he was in pain and weakness.

Du Jincheng retreated, and Xu Yuan followed and attacked.

"The Ghost Doctor Steals Life!"
A large amount of blood gushed from Du Jincheng's eyes. This injury severely depleted Du Jincheng's life force, which was then replenished by Xu Yuan.

Du Jincheng felt a strong sense of weakness.

At the same time, Xu Yuan raised the ox-horn lamp.

Under the shroud of lights, Du Jincheng was forcibly transformed into an even more deformed monster!

Du Jincheng's arm turned into hair, his hair turned into teeth, and his teeth turned into arms!

The eyeball became his head, and his head became the eyeball.

This change is not a simple reversal of form.

Instead, it distorted Du Jincheng's "cognition".

When Du Jincheng wanted to use that finger, he would instinctively follow his own arm to find it.

But suddenly I realized that I had several arms.

He remembered that finger was on his right arm, but now... which of these arms was his right arm?

With this delay, Xu Yuan charged forward like a charging bull.

With his other hand, he grabbed in mid-air, and the sword pellet transformed into a yin-yang guillotine, slashing down at Du Jincheng's right arm!

One of the moves in the "Fighting Techniques" is "Splitting Mount Hua with Force".

It combines the "unparalleled sharpness" of the sword pellet with the "sword attack".

They were determined to take Du Jincheng's arm from him.

Xu Yuan used another trick, and instead of taking that finger, he took it away.

What was taken was only the arm—thus avoiding direct confrontation with the fingers of a third-rate craftsman.

Click!

Du Jincheng's right arm was severed and fell off.

That finger also detached from Du Jincheng's body.

The "Ten Thousand Souls Cloak" rose into the air, and a vast expanse of dark mist spread and enveloped it.

Under the cover of the Ten Thousand Souls Cloak, the ancient temple appeared behind Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan used the animal sinew rope to wrap the arm and the finger together, and threw them into the "Lingxiao".

Du Jincheng then completely lost the connection with his fingers.

He's not a genuine third-rate, or even fourth-rate, individual.

His actual skill level is only sixth-rate.

He didn't even know that "Lingxiao" existed.

"Ow—"

The pain of losing his arm made Du Jincheng roar even more frantically.

He wanted to re-examine his own understanding.

But he first needs to find where his "brain" is before he can continue thinking.

Now he thinks his eyeballs are his brain...

Xu Yuan charged forward again, this time spewing out "fire from his abdomen".

The fire in his abdomen ignited his "teeth".

The fang inside the pod can devour anything.

In terms of trickery, it means being able to "eat" anything, as long as it's of third-rate quality.

So flames can also be eaten.

He tried to activate the magic on his teeth, but found that instead of consuming the flames, he was set ablaze by them.

Moreover, hair is very easy to set on fire.

In Du Jincheng's view, his own "teeth" inexplicably caught fire!
"How could this be—" he roared, rolling on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames.

But finally, I've come to understand my own perceptions again.

……

Song Weiming's face suddenly turned ugly.

He thought it was a sure thing that Du Jincheng could kill Xu Yuan—but the situation took a sudden and dramatic turn for the worse!

Song Weiming frowned, unable to understand how things had turned out this way.
Logically, everything was very unfavorable to Xu Yuan.

He couldn't help but glance in the direction of Beidu: what about that person's fate, and how it suppressed Xu Yuan?

……

Almost simultaneously, in the capital city, in the Shanhe Division's headquarters, a high-ranking figure was leisurely pruning bonsai in his courtyard.

He used scissors to trim the excess branches and leaves, but accidentally, he snipped his own finger!
A cut immediately appeared on my finger, and a drop of blood fell onto the bonsai.

The nobleman was stunned for a moment; he couldn't remember how many years it had been since he had been injured.

The scissors in his hand were just ordinary iron.

Logically speaking, even if you really cut your finger, it's impossible to break your own skin.

But now, he's injured!
A slight ripple appeared in his usually calm eyes.

He put down the scissors and carefully cleaned away his last drop of blood.

Otherwise, this bonsai will probably transform into a terrifying monster before long!

Then, he put his mind to it and tried to find the reason.

"what--"

He exclaimed in surprise, then looked into the distance towards Jiaozhi: "It's actually..."

In the clash of destinies, I actually lost!
……

Du Jincheng realized that he still had fangs!
His favorite weapon, on the contrary, is his fangs!
Ruthless and direct!
He closed his eyes and opened his blood-red maw—

Xu Yuan immediately felt an irresistible and terrifying force gripping him.

You need to make yourself unable to move.

They could only watch helplessly as that gaping maw devoured them, just like Xu Bo had done before.

Du Jincheng grinned maliciously and lunged at it.

This is a complete domination of skill.

No matter how many moves you made first, or how badly you made me look, third-rate still crushes fourth-rate!
Once I switch in and can activate the craftsmanship, you'll never have another chance.

He took a bite—but Xu Yuan wasn't swallowed whole like Xu Bo; Xu Yuan disappeared!
At the crucial moment, "Unrestricted" demonstrated its resistance to trickery, and Xu Yuan moved aside by one step.

This small step caused Du Jincheng to miss his target.

Xu Yuan was covered in sweat, his clothes were soaked through.

He used almost all his strength for this step.

While "no taboos" did provide resistance, it couldn't completely negate the limitations of third-rate craftsmen's trickery.

Xu Yuan also relied on his fourth-rate physical strength from the "Dragon Transformation Technique" to forcibly break through the restrictions.

But after breaking away, Xu Yuan was free.

The sword pellet flew out, its back pierced with animal sinew rope.

This time, the sword pellet was still an embroidery needle, and the animal sinew rope was stretched into thin embroidery thread.

Sword pellets and animal sinew ropes are only fourth-rate; they would definitely be at a disadvantage against fangs.

However, the sword pellet has one advantage that the fangs cannot match.

The sword pellet is fast.

But the sword pellet's target wasn't the fangs, but... that gaping maw.

Sword Pill moved the needle with lightning speed, sewing up the upper and lower lips of that huge mouth!

Then, with a tug on the animal sinew rope "embroidery thread," the big mouth immediately closed!

The pain caused tears to stream from all three of Du Jincheng's eyes.

But this only fueled Du Jincheng's anger.

It's impossible to truly damage Du Jincheng's fundamental abilities.

The fang then pierced through the lip and grew out.

As long as the fangs remain, the "blood-red maw" will retain its ability to devour everything.

When the fangs appear, it will devour the animal sinew rope and the sword pellet together.

The animal sinew rope was still sewn onto his lips, but it didn't matter; he would even eat his own lips along with it!

Xu Yuan held on tightly to the animal sinew rope.

The sword pellet was threaded through the animal sinew rope.

Xu Yuan's skill level is at the fourth-rate level, and most importantly, he also possesses the "Dragon Transformation Technique" among the four fourth-rate levels.

He has a strong and powerful physique.

He actually managed to stop her.

The animal sinew rope was incredibly flexible; under that devouring trick, it was stretched to an extremely thin and long length, yet it wouldn't break...

As a result of this pulling method, Du Jincheng failed to swallow the sword pellet and the animal sinew rope.

However, the pulling on the animal sinew rope caused him excruciating pain in his lips.

In the end, the animal sinew rope completely ripped his lips apart, leaving them bloody and tattered!
Stealing chickens will not lose rice.

Du Jincheng was furious. He was already irrational, and now he was even more agitated.

Xu Yuan was still holding onto the animal sinew rope, and Du Jincheng, having endured so much pain, refused to let go, determined to eat the two items.

Suddenly, Xu Yuan put away the ox horn lamp and held up a water bowl in his hand.

There are only three drops of water in the water bowl.

Xu Yuan quickly poured out a drop.

As soon as the water came out, Du Jincheng didn't care about anything else and just drank it!

Little did they know, this was a drop of "sorrowful water".

After he ate it, it suddenly erupted, turning into a vast, raging river that drowned him.

The Sorrowful Water is of the third rank and can dissolve metal and souls.

Du Jincheng did not possess any metal treasures.

But he has a soul.

Xu Yuan kept provoking him, trying to make him lose his temper.

No matter what it sees, it swallows it whole with this trick.

It erupted from his abdomen, leaving him nowhere to hide.

This guy is only controlling third-rate artifacts. If I were to control the Great River of Sorrow to drown him, he might escape.

Now the great river erupted directly inside his abdomen, and Du Jincheng's soul quickly dissolved into the River of Sorrow, leaving no trace.

Xu Yuan felt a lightness in his hand as he retrieved both the beast tendon rope and the sword pellet.

He stood beside the Shangshui River, watching the mighty waves surge and the water roar—he felt a pang of heartache.

The ox-horn lamp and the three drops of sorrowful water were his secret means of fighting against third-rate people.

Especially the sap, every drop used is a drop less.

Du Jincheng was not a third-rate craftsman, but his third-rate works were really troublesome.

This forced Lord Xu to consume a drop.

……

Song Weiming has already traveled fifty miles from Champa.

Suddenly, the bean pod in my hand snapped in two with a crack.

Song Weiming's vision went black!
They lost?!
Four third-rate craftsmen's items, plus the suppression of fate by that being from Beidu... still couldn't kill Xu Yuan.

Song Weiming's facial features contorted in pain.

His confidence was greatly shaken.

If they can't kill them even like this, does that mean the Mountain and River Division can't regain its "face" at all?

This Xu Yuantian destiny is to restrain the Mountain and River Division!
Should I continue with this mission...?

Song Weiming's horse galloped away without stopping, and Song Weiming carried a sense of dishevelment as he "escaped".

Regardless of whether he will have to carry out this mission again in the future, at least for now, Xu Yuan, despite being suppressed by the fate of the one from Beidu, killed Du Jincheng, who was carrying four third-rate craftsmen's items—if he were to come after him with the momentum of a great victory, Song Weiming did not want to face him.

……

The grime slowly receded, revealing Du Jincheng's empty corpse.

He has returned to a normal human state.

On his forehead was a punctured eyeball.

A tuft of charred hair was wriggling and coiling around his neck, the strands piercing his veins and sucking blood to replenish himself and gradually recover.

The fire in the lower abdomen damaged the clump of hair, but it was too weak to actually burn it out.

Du Jincheng's lips split open into pieces, revealing a long, twisted fang.

Xu Yuan stepped forward, staring at the corpse... These third-rate artifacts were also something that Master Xu coveted.

Although the side effects are obviously huge, its power is equally enormous.

Xu Yuan first released that finger from Lingxiao—but after checking it, he found that all the artifacts were now in an "out-of-control" state.

In other words, these things will soon transform into powerful monsters!

"As expected, there is something controlling it."

This is not surprising.

After all, these third-rate crafts must have been bestowed upon Du Jincheng by the Mountain and River Bureau.

Shanhe Division could not possibly create an uncontrolled third-rate entity out of thin air.

Lord Xu felt a pang of regret and prepared to go into the city to invite Mr. Wenqi to come and suppress these out-of-control craftsmen.

But suddenly, I sensed that the sword pellet was about to move!
Xu Yuan's eyes lit up, and he released the sword pellet.

As the sword pellet fell, it transformed into a pool of golden liquid, first enveloping the fang. But then another stream separated out and enveloped the fur that was constantly sucking blood.

Then, even more greedily, it split into four, covering its eyeballs and fingers as well.

This made each clump of golden liquid extremely thin, barely enough to cover the target, making it very difficult to fuse with it.

The sword ball itself was already a level below.

It relies on the fusion power of the fetal gold.

For the first time, Xu Yuan felt: "My fetal energy is a bit insufficient. If I had another one or two ounces, it would be perfect."

But there wasn't time to find other embryonic gold, so Xu Yuan put the sword pellet back first.

Inside its own belly, it activated the ability to "feed" and began to refine it with the fire within its belly.

With the help of Zhuanmaru, quickly devour and fuse these artifacts.

Once inside Xu Yuan's stomach, the out-of-control state of these crafts was brought under control.

After all, it was suppressed by the powerful fire in its abdomen.

But Xu Yuan was also feeling very bad.

It felt like I had indigestion.

There's something in my stomach that I can't digest.

The "Dreams Come True" carriage faithfully followed behind Lord Xu.

Xu Yuan slowly moved his body and sat down in the carriage.

Lang Xiaoba and the others also chased after them, panting heavily.

Xu Yuan pointed to Lao Qin and the others beside him: "Save Lao Qin and the others first."

Di Youzhi quickly went over and gave each of the five people a medicinal pill.

Everyone scrambled to their feet for a moment.

Seeing Xu Bo lying unconscious to the side, Lang Xiaoba went up and kicked him hard: "I knew it, it must be this hypocrite who's behind this!"

After a while, Old Qin groaned and came back to life.

But she was still very weak.

Di Youzhi, with a somber expression, came over and reported to the Chief Justice: "The other four brothers could not be saved."

They've come all this way, bleeding to death, sir. It's terrible."

Old Qin is a martial arts practitioner with strong vitality; otherwise, he wouldn't have survived.

Xu Yuan sighed and instructed, "Provide compensation according to our rules."

"Yes."

In an era rife with evil spirits, how could the Exorcism Bureau, which specializes in handling bizarre cases, not cause deaths?

In fact, after Xu Yuan became the Chief Lawyer of Champa, due to his other abilities, the casualties on the Champa side were already far lower than in other cities.

"You are responsible for handling the aftermath. I will return now."

Di Youzhi also noticed that the lord's condition was not good, and immediately shouted, "Escort the lord back."

The brothers present then split in two, with half staying behind and the other half sending Xu Yuan back.

Not far after entering the city gate, they saw Ma Tianshou leading Mr. Wenqi to provide support.

The old man was extremely anxious, but Mr. Wenqi walked leisurely with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Xu Yuan return, Ma Tianshou breathed a sigh of relief.

Mr. Wenqi rolled his eyes and said, "I told you nothing was wrong, didn't I? You're worrying for nothing and scaring yourself."

Ma Tianshou ignored him and stepped forward to ask Xu Yuan, "How is it?"

Xu Yuan smiled wryly: "I guess I suffered some internal injuries. Don't worry, sir, it's nothing to worry about."

Ma Tianshou nodded, about to say something more, when Mr. Wenqi walked up from behind him, staring curiously at Xu Yuan. After examining him for a long time, he was about to make a move on Xu Yuan again...

Ma Tianshou stopped him, saying, "Sir, don't go too far."

Mr. Wenqi stroked his chin and asked Xu Yuan, "Do you need any help?"

Xu Yuan's eyes lit up: "Sir, do you have a solution?"

Mr. Wenqi clearly saw the problem with Xu Yuan.

"Of course there is a way. I happened to be watching from not far away when the first generation of the Mountain and River Division, 'Du Jincheng,' fought with someone. I have some understanding of this 'pregnancy and birth' technique."

Ma Tianshou's expression changed, and he said with displeasure, "You saw through Song Weiming's scheme long ago, but why didn't you..."

Without turning his head, Mr. Wenqi flipped a calligraphy copybook and slapped it onto the old man's forehead!
The calligraphy copybook has two characters: "不动" (unmoved).

The old man froze immediately.

Just like those zombies in the ancient folk tales of the Ming Dynasty, whose foreheads were covered with yellow talismans by Taoist priests.

Xu Yuan quickly pleaded, "Senior, please don't make things difficult for the old man..."

Mr. Wenqi just stared at Xu Yuan's belly, looking very interested.

"Never mind him, come back with me quickly. I've never seen anything like it before, how you handle pregnancy and childbirth..."

He pulled Xu Yuan back, and Xu Yuan gave his men a wink: carry the old man back.

……

Mr. Lan stood at the entrance of the yamen, glancing out onto the road from time to time.

He wasn't ordered out by His Highness—it was Mr. Cao who ordered him.

When His Highness insisted on coming out in person, Mr. Cao immediately knelt down.

Please advise Your Highness.

You can't go! You've already sent Mr. Wenqi out. If you were to personally stand at the gate and stare longingly... what would become of your reputation?

Then, without waiting for His Highness's approval, he quickly had Mr. Lan come out to wait.

Zhu Zhanmei and Xu Miaozhi also received the news and rushed to the yamen.

They did not go outside the city.

Ma Tianshou and Mr. Wenqi have already gone there. Even if they go, they won't be of any help and will only cause more trouble.

The two witnessed His Highness becoming increasingly agitated.

His concern for Xu Yuan was evident in his words.

The two women were no longer in the mood to be jealous.

My heart is filled with more self-pity.

At this moment, only His Highness could help Xu Yuan.

She has third-rate people around her.

However, neither of them had a third-rate member.

Even if the two of them joined forces, could they stand against His Highness?
Moreover, driving His Highness away from Xu Yuan would not help him but harm him...

Mr. Lan suddenly heard a series of chaotic footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw His Highness dressed in palace attire, lifting the hem of his skirt as he walked quickly towards him.

The hair ornaments on her head jingled.

Behind them followed Mr. Cao, Captain Shi, Zhu Zhanmei, Xu Miaozhi, and a group of armored soldiers.

Mr. Lan sighed inwardly.

Clearly, Mr. Cao ultimately failed to stop His Highness from "doing as he pleased."

Her Highness's obsession is too strong; if we forcibly prevent her from coming, her standards will drop.

Mr. Cao kept giving Mr. Lan meaningful glances from behind His Highness.

Mr. Lan knew it was his turn to take the lead.

Whether or not we can stop His Highness, we'll hold him off for as long as we can.

Mr. Lan then knelt down in the doorway with a thud: "Your Highness, please hear what I have to say..."

Princess Ruicheng's face was as cold as ice: "Stop talking..."

As a result, Mr. Wenqi had already grabbed Xu Yuan and rushed in like a gust of wind.

Mr. Wenqi ignored everyone's orders and strode inside, shouting, "Make way!"

Xu Yuan was being pulled along, and only had time to shout to Zhu Zhanmei and Xu Miaozhi, "I'm fine."

The three women breathed a sigh of relief.

His Highness regained his dignified demeanor.

The mischievous thought resurfaced, and she said arrogantly, "As expected, we still have to rely on my Mr. Wenqi."

The two cold-faced beauties could only lower their heads in disappointment.

……

Mr. Wenqi found a quiet room, went in, closed the door, and sealed the room with a calligraphy scroll.

“Take it out and let me see,” Mr. Wenqi said.

Xu Yuan wanted to release the sword pellet.

But it can no longer be controlled freely.

Xu Yuan vomited the sword pellet with difficulty and pain, in a manner similar to vomiting from overeating.

It was also covered by a layer of internal fire.

Mr. Wenqi eagerly stepped forward, nearly getting his eyebrows singed by the fire.

Mr. Wenqi showed no concern for Xu Yuan's suffering and waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Quickly put away this troublesome fire of yours."

Xu Yuan took a breath, and the fire in his abdomen subsided.

Mr. Wenqi finally saw the sword pellet clearly.

Then I became completely absorbed in it.

He kept talking to himself, as if he was trying to figure out how to deal with it.

Xu Yuan was left standing to the side.

Xu Yuan waited for a while, then simply found a chair and sat down.

There was still tea on the table, so I poured myself a cup and drank it slowly.

Mr. Wenqi kept coming up with solutions, only to reject them himself.

An hour passed by unnoticed.

Two hours...

Mr. Wenqi finally took out his pen, mixed his own blood with cinnabar, and began to write on the surface of the sword pellet!

His skill was profound; the sword pellet was not large to begin with, and every stroke of his brush was as delicate as a mosquito's leg.

The bright red cinnabar on the surface of the sword pellet seemed to float in mid-air.

He wrote hundreds of words, which sealed the entire sword pellet from the outside.

Mr. Wenqi's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

After finally finishing writing, Mr. Wenqi was panting heavily. Then he slapped his right hand hard, and with a snap, the fine words sank into the sword pellet.

In an instant, Xu Yuan felt as if he had taken a suitable stomach medicine, and the fetal gold began to rapidly digest and integrate the four craftsmen's objects.

Mr. Wenqi leaned back and sat sprawled out on the chair, completely disregarding his image.

"Take it back, it should be done."

"Mr. Wenqi said, panting.

Xu Yuan then put the sword pellet back.

Combined with the fire in the abdomen, the fusion speed is greatly increased.

However, Xu Yuan couldn't help but worry that since Mr. Wen Qi had written so many words on his sword pellet, might he have gained control over it?

Mr. Wenqi was a shrewd old man. He glanced at Xu Yuan and said, "Don't worry, I would never stoop to such a thing."

He tapped the table: "Tea."

Xu Yuan quickly poured it for him.

He was willing to serve someone who had helped him so much.

Mr. Wenqi drank his tea, took a breath, and then said, "I'm not doing this to help you; it's purely because I'm interested."

When I first saw this set of 'pregnancy and birth' techniques, I was very interested and wanted to study it, but the Shanhe Division and their cronies kept a very tight grip on it.

When I went to their door to borrow money, they actually kicked me out!

Xu Yuan thought to himself, "So that's how it is."

Clearly, the old gentleman suffered a loss at the hands of the Shanhe Division back then.

At the same time, I also admire him. The old gentleman truly deserves the title of "eccentric scholar," actually going to the Shanhe Division to ask for their most treasured possession...

"Hehe!" Mr. Wenqi laughed smugly: "I never expected that decades later, this set of things would still fall into my hands."

"I will definitely help you fully digest all of this, and the Mountain and River Division will never be able to return! Hmph!"

Mr. Wenqi became more and more smug as he spoke, crossed his legs, and started sucking the teapot directly from the spout.

If you had a handful of sunflower seeds on hand, that would be even better.

The four third-rate craftsmen were slowly dissolved, decomposed, absorbed, and assimilated within Xu Yuan's sword pellet.

Xu Yuan gradually understood the essence of this "pregnancy and birth" system.

This made Xu Yuan even more disgusted with the Mountain and River Division!

These four crafted items were all made from materials found on living people!
Many craftsmen liked to shape the things they made into the form of human figures.

Even craftsmen who are dedicated to perfecting their skills rarely actually use living people as materials.

The main material for these four artifacts is not only a living person, but also a baby in the placenta that is about to be born!

……

Song Weiming ran off in a panic, lacking the courage to return to Champa and see the outcome for himself.

Broken bean pods spilled from his sleeves.

His confidants were taken aback: "Sir, this is..."

Song Weiming said with a stern face, "Go to Hue City to take up your post first."

“But my lord…” a trusted aide reminded him, “Pregnancy and childbirth are no small matter.”

We should at least go back and collect its remains; otherwise, we won't be able to explain it to our superiors.

However, Song Weiming had already lost some confidence by this time.

I always felt that Xu Yuan was burdened with the destiny of "restraining the Mountain and River Division".

He was unwilling to go back and face Xu Yuan.

“It’s alright,” he said. “Although the pod is broken, its function is only to control the four crafts.”

The root of this 'birth' is not this bean pod.

The fundamental thing is…

Song Weiming almost let something slip.

The birth of a child is a taboo topic among the senior management of Shanhe Division.

The fewer people who know, the better.

One of the members of the Shanhe Division deliberately befriended a famous third-rate figure.

That third-rate person, without any sect or school, and not from a prominent family, was a prodigy, one in a million in talent.

This being was originally a woman, and was quite talented.

The two were deeply in love, but unfortunately, they both knew that they were destined to remain mediocre for life.

So they wanted to have a child to inherit their talents and then aspire to become second-rate.

Given their physical condition, conceiving would be extremely difficult.

Both of them made huge sacrifices and finally conceived a child.

Ten months of pregnancy, one day of childbirth—but on the eve of delivery, this being from the Mountain and River Bureau dissected his own uterus and took out the fetus!

She painstakingly conceived this child, her true purpose being to use the fetus to gather the purest essence of two or three tiers of blood to cleanse herself, in order to break through to the second tier!
The third-rate man was devastated and single-handedly stormed into the Mountain and River Bureau, but ultimately fled in serious injury.

However, the Shanhe Division ultimately failed at the last hurdle.

Although their strength has increased, they have not yet been able to defy fate.

But she was unwilling to give up after her failure, so she asked the craftsmen in Shanhe Division to "make use of waste" and use the material from her own unborn child to create this "pregnancy and birth" set!
What truly controls pregnancy and childbirth is the skin peeled off the fetus!
Each time you use "Pregnancy", you need to cut off a piece and make it into the shape of a bean pod!
As long as the piece of leather hasn't been used up, the four craftsmen's items can be forcibly taken back.

Therefore, Song Weiming was not worried.

All we need to do is report to our superiors and have the leather transferred from the General Headquarters to Jiaozhi.

Losing the right to "give birth" is indeed a serious mistake, but it's something that can't be lost.

……

After Xu Yuan's sword pellet assimilated the four crafted items, it underwent a significant improvement in essence, and was now a third-rate sword pellet.

A drop of "Sorrow Water" was lost, but the sword pellet was improved.

Xu Yuan felt he had made a good deal.

However, his own "business law" remained unmoved.

They do not consider this a "business".

Kenmaru has gained some new abilities.

First, the "fusion" ability of the fetal gold has been greatly enhanced.

This comes from that fang.

The second ability left Xu Yuan somewhat dumbfounded.

This ability comes from that finger.

With a flick of his finger, Lao Qin and the others followed without a second thought.

When it comes to Kenmaru, it becomes a kind of "provocative" ability.

Once the sword pellet appears, your opponent will fight you to the death and will never run away!

It was as if the appearance of the sword pellet was a huge humiliation to the other party.

But the abilities of the fingers are far more complex than that.

Another skill is "flicking".

The target level can be adjusted at will.

Limited to third-tier and below.

In other words, if he is an enemy, and he is originally third-rate, he can be demoted to fourth-rate.

If it's fourth-rate, then the range of fluctuation is much larger, and it can even be directly adjusted to sixth-rate.

If they are one of our own, someone who was originally a sixth-rate person can be promoted to a fifth-rate or fourth-rate person.

However, if you try to push it up, you can only barely move a fourth-rate company down to a third-rate one.

This third-rate is really subpar.

It's similar to how Du Jincheng gained third-rate combat power by relying on craftsmanship.

Kenmaru also inherited this ability.

This ability made Xu Yuan secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Even after Princess Ruicheng leaves and Mr. Wenqi is no longer by his side, Xu Yuan is not so afraid of Song Weiming.

The ability of that clump of hair is actually the most compatible with the sword pellet.

Hair itself can transform into countless "sword threads".

It was third-rate to begin with.

It was this clump of hair that played a crucial role in the process of Kenmaru's advancement to the third rank.

The sword pellet can now transform into countless sword threads.

It can also transform into a soft mass of fur.

Besides making people's blood boil, that eyeball also has a powerful "deterrent" effect.

And it can transform itself into something as huge as a mountain.

The larger it is, the stronger its power.

However, Du Jincheng's body could not support an eyeball as large as a mountain.

His limit would be if he grew to three times the size of Du Jincheng's head.

The sword pellet retains the "intimidating" and "enormous" power of the eyeball.

Kenmaru looked down on anything that made his blood boil and rejected it.

Sword Ball can now transform into the size of a giant ocean-going vessel!

And it grew to this size in the air.

Xu Yuan's dream of a "door panel sword" has now been super-enhanced...

However, Xu Yuan is currently finding it somewhat beyond his capabilities to control the sword pellet, which has undergone such a significant transformation.

After trying it out, Xu Yuan estimated that he could only control a giant sword that was at most five zhang long and two zhang wide.

In this state, the greatsword's "deterrent" power is enough to make even the most mediocre tremble and dare not fight.

Those below the fifth rank would be so stunned that their entire body would stiffen, unable to move, and they would watch helplessly as the giant sword smashed their heads.

At this point, the sword pellet has become Xu Yuan's strongest technique!
Xu Yuan happily retracted the sword pellet into his stomach and continued to refine it with fire.

Mr. Wenqi smiled and said, "Alright, you've taken all the benefits. Now let's talk. I've helped you so much, how are you going to thank me?"

(End of this chapter)