I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 175 - 145: Lucky Town

On the night of the sealing battle, Qin Yuesheng’s Evil-Subduing Saber was broken during the fight with a formidable enemy. After retrieving the broken saber, Qin Yuesheng handed it over to Cao Zhengchun, instructing him to find a blacksmith to reforge the Evil-Subduing Saber according to his design.

Ever since obtaining the Celestial Demon Blade, Qin Yuesheng seldom had the opportunity to use this Divine Soldier, so he kept it, which inevitably felt like a gem gathering dust.

The main issue was that the Celestial Demon Blade was too eerie, capable of turning others into Celestial Demons with a mere slash, making it ill-suited as a daily weapon.

However, with the reforging of the Evil-Subduing Saber, Qin Yuesheng came up with a solution: to reforge the Evil-Subduing Saber into a bladed sheath that perfectly fits the Celestial Demon Blade. This way, the Celestial Demon Blade’s power would be nullified when injuring others, yet Qin Yuesheng could still carry it as his personal weapon.

A double benefit.

After leaving Huo Bang’s home, Qin Yuesheng immediately rushed to his family’s largest blacksmith shop, where Cao Zhengchun had brought the Evil-Subduing Saber for reforging.

The Qin Family Blacksmith Shop was an esteemed old brand in Cyan Yang City and one of the Qin family’s earliest ventures, staffed with many experienced old blacksmiths. Among them was an old blacksmith surnamed Zhao, rumored to have once assisted in the Chang’an Gunpowder Bureau, witnessing craftsmen forging firearms and cannons.

Upon stepping into the blacksmith shop, Qin Yuesheng was greeted by a bustling scene. In the central area of the shop stood a massive bronze forging furnace, open at the top, with flames bursting out and shooting through the roofless ceiling.

Beneath the bronze forging furnace, over a dozen blacksmiths were busily working, some forging, some quenching, and some polishing, while several muscular apprentices performed the less skilled task of bellows blowing.

To craft the Evil-Subduing Saber into a sheath for the Celestial Demon Blade, the dimensions had to be extremely precise. For safety’s sake, Qin Yuesheng naturally wouldn’t produce the actual Celestial Demon Blade for the blacksmiths to measure. Instead, he personally measured various dimensions and had Cao Zhengchun convey them to the blacksmiths.

At the moment, Cao Zhengchun was also in this blacksmith shop, and upon seeing Qin Yuesheng, he immediately stood up to greet him.

"Young Master, you’ve come."

"A whole day has passed. How’s the progress?" Qin Yuesheng inquired.

"Not finished yet, the masters are still rushing it." Cao Zhengchun shook his head.

"No hurry, I didn’t come to urge you. Here, take these." Qin Yuesheng handed the porcelain bottles of pills from his basket to Cao Zhengchun: "Inside are External Forging Skill and some body tempering pills, take them and train well."

"Y-young master, all of these for me?" Seeing the basket full of bottles and jars, Cao Zhengchun was stunned, visibly touched.

"Of course not, the pills on this side of the divider are mine. Those thirty or so bottles and this cultivation technique are yours. Take them and pack them separately; I’ll be taking this basket with me later," Qin Yuesheng immediately replied.

These pills, meant to enhance vision, were part of Qin Yuesheng’s experiments. The upper limit of the Biluo Eye was currently unknown, but each use imposed a great burden on the eyes. Qin Yuesheng intended to see if he could use these pills to strengthen the resilience of his left eye, allowing for the free use of the Biluo Eye.

Once Cao Zhengchun took out his items, Qin Yuesheng casually picked up a ready-forged knife in the blacksmith shop.

Due to the absence of the Evil-Subduing Saber, he was now using a long knife made of half pure iron. To activate his agility talent, Qin Yuesheng carried another knife with him. This way, he could utilize the ’dual-blade style’ capability.

"I’m going to Lucky Town today, and I’m not sure if I’ll be back tonight. If the sheath is finished, just take it back to the mansion and place it on the table in my room," Qin Yuesheng instructed before leaving.

As they say, never leave today’s work for tomorrow. The documents that Bai Hao left behind have already aged, posing increased danger to the local populace with each passing day.

Since Qin Yuesheng had no other commitments, the sooner the anomalies were resolved, the sooner he could set down a burden, so he immediately set off, leaving Cyan Yang City to head to Lucky Town.

While racing against time on the road, he consumed the Eagle Eye Pills from his basket, and just as Xu Chang mentioned, these pills indeed provided some benefit, making his eyes feel particularly comfortable, instantly washing away the usual fatigue caused by excessive eye use. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Once all the Eagle Eye Pills were consumed, Qin Yuesheng gained 4200 points of All-Purpose Essence, enhancing two more moves of the Spiritual Swallow Body Skill, substantially speeding up his journey and bringing him ever closer to Lucky Town.

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"How many children went missing last night?"

"Seven or eight, I guess. The children’s parents cried their eyes out. You tell me, how can a living person just disappear with shackles on their feet?"

"Didn’t the Witch Wei say already? Madame Earth is abundantly recruiting virgin boys and girls under her seat. When she takes action, mortals notice nothing at all."

"But I’ve always felt that explanation is unreliable."

Two elderly men were sitting beneath a big tree at the town entrance, sipping wine from gourds while chatting idly.

They didn’t notice a figure swiftly racing toward Lucky Town, moving at a phenomenal speed, covering ten-plus zhang with each step, a feat far beyond ordinary imagination.

"Finally arrived." Seeing the ’Lucky Town’ inscribed on the ’Turtle-Carrying Stele’ outside the town, Qin Yuesheng slowed his pace and headed toward the town entrance.

As he approached, he saw two old men chatting leisurely.

Qin Yuesheng didn’t interrupt but quietly sat aside, listening to their conversation.

After a while, Qin Yuesheng gleaned bits and pieces of the current situation in Lucky Town from their conversation.

Every day children are going missing, but no one knows where they’ve gone.

Moreover, these children disappear at night without any warning, making it impossible to prevent.

In Lucky Town, there is a so-called mystic woman by the surname Wei who claims that a certain Earth Goddess is taking boys and girls, and the families of those selected will be blessed in this life. Such talk is sheer nonsense.

People are people, and everyone should have a choice in what they do. If this Earth Goddess takes children without a word, where’s the goodness in that? It’s clearly a worldly demon.

Whether there are gods in this world or not, Qin Yuesheng didn’t know, but considering all the strange incidents he’s encountered were caused by some kind of evil spirit, he doubted the abnormal events in Lucky Town would differ much.

In an instant, Qin Yuesheng decided to make this mystic woman, Wei, his first investigation target.

So Qin Yuesheng immediately approached the two old men, asking, "Excuse me, where does this mystic woman Wei live?"

"Hmm!" One old man looked up at Qin Yuesheng, finding him unfamiliar, he scratched his chin involuntarily, "Are you here to have Wei tell your fortune or for a child blessing?"

"Hahaha, yes, here for fortune-telling."

"That old woman lives at the northernmost part of the town, the strangest-looking house there is hers," the old man said.

"Let me warn you, young man, that woman is a bit unorthodox. Keep your eyes wide open and be careful, or she might trick you into losing even your last pair of pants in a fortune-telling session."

Qin Yuesheng laughed, "Got it, I’ll remember."

Following the directions given by the two old men, Qin Yuesheng headed north into town, witnessing many weary-faced, grief-stricken men and women wandering aimlessly through the streets, shouting children’s names. It was likely these were the names of their lost children.

It must be said, staying in such an atmosphere for long is quite oppressive and heavy, as if sorrow could be contagious.

Finally, Qin Yuesheng saw the so-called ’strangest-looking house.’

It was a two-story building, painted red and blue, presumably with some plant-based dye. Besides, its exterior walls were adorned with various masks, and three yellow-furred monkeys, their necks bound with iron chains, sat by the door eating apples. As Qin Yuesheng approached, they scrutinized this stranger with their dark eyes.

"Is the mystic woman Wei here?" Qin Yuesheng called towards the open door.

Jingling! Jingling!

Immediately, a sound of bells came from within, and soon a tall woman in a feathered hat and black gauze dress came out.

Seeing her figure and appearance, Qin Yuesheng was momentarily stunned.

This was completely different from the image of mystic woman Wei he had imagined in his mind!

She was a beautiful woman with long legs and a slender waist. Her hips were wider than her shoulders, and her tall, long-legged figure was undeniably enticing.

"Are you mystic woman Wei?"

The woman nodded, "Yes, come in, let’s talk inside."

Seeing her turn to re-enter the house, Qin Yuesheng, holding the saber at his waist, followed her in.

The interior was quite dim, almost akin to the dungeons of Cyan Yang City’s prison, with a square table placed in the center and three high stools looking out of place, completely different from any chairs Qin Yuesheng had seen before.

"What do you want to know?" Mystic woman Wei asked, selecting a chair to sit.

On the table before her lay items like tortoise shells, copper coins, and long wooden sticks, looking every bit the part of a spiritual con artist.

Qin Yuesheng asked, "Lucky Town has been having frequent occurrences of missing children. How much do you know about this?"

Mystic woman Wei picked up the tortoise shell without raising her head, "It’s the will of the Earth Goddess. Those children have encountered a blessing of fortune."