Chapter 1406
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Chapter 1406 Three-piece Set and Banned Drugs
The next few days were no different from Lin Qiye and the others’ experiences from earlier.
Playing cards, mahjong, singing, pole dancing, competing to see who could circle the island fastest while doing a handstand… as well as some entertainment activities that only someone with a decade of brain damage could come up with.
The only change was that Tangyu Sheng’s potential training resumed normally in the mornings, which meant that all the above activities were recovery activities conducted after experiencing a deadly beating and soaking in medicinal baths for three hours.
Time flowed on, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
In four large vats emitting steam and medicinal fragrance, Lin Qiye and the others floated on their backs, their injuries gradually healing and fatigue completely disappearing.
“Whew…” Baili Pangpang floated like a piece of braised pork in the tomato soup vat, gazing up at the azure sky and moaning comfortably, “I have to say, after soaking in these medicinal baths for so many days, I really feel my abilities have improved… Gun Brother’s secret formula is amazing, isn’t it?”
In front of the bonfire burning beneath the vats, Tang Yusheng crouched silently, adding firewood to Baili Pangpang’s vat.
After cooking Lin Qiye and the others for half a month, Li Qiangqiang seemed to find it boring, so he voluntarily handed this rare experience to Tang Yusheng. Now Tang Yusheng not only had to personally beat Lin Qiye and the others half to death and drag them ashore, but also was responsible for soaking them in the medicinal vats and adding firewood regularly to maintain the fire.
Tang Yusheng didn’t say much about it, just silently played the role of caretaker.
“Of course,” Tang Yusheng responded calmly to Baili Pangpang’s comment. “Uncle Li has his own unique insights when it comes to developing human potential, otherwise he wouldn’t have created something as extraordinary as the ‘Ghost God Inducer’.”
“The ‘Ghost God Inducer’ was created by Gun Brother?”
Tang Yusheng’s words surprised all four people in the vats simultaneously.
“You didn’t know?” Tang Yusheng asked in return. “Each generation of Commander-in-Chief has made enormous contributions to the Night Watchers.
The first Commander-in-Chief, Elder Nie Jinshan, ventured alone into Kunlun Void and obtained from the Queen Mother the foundation of the Night Watchers, which is the [Star Blade] in your hands;
The second Commander-in-Chief, Uncle Li, created the ‘Ghost God Inducer’ and installed it in the Night Watchers’ emblem, giving all Night Watchers ‘dignity’ and ‘gentleness’;
The fourth Commander-in-Chief, Wang Qing, wove cloaks for the Night Watchers that could function in any extreme environment, serving as a ‘shield’ symbolizing glory and identity…”
Lin Qiye and the others were stunned.
The straight blade, the emblem, the cloak.
From the moment they entered the training camp, Lin Qiye and the others knew about the Night Watchers’ three-piece set, but only now did they understand how much effort was hidden behind these three items.
Behind each item was the condensation of an era… and it was this century of accumulation that created today’s thousand-plus Night Watchers of Great Xia.
After a moment, Baili Pangpang couldn’t help but ask, “Then… Senior Tang Yusheng, what is your achievement?”
Tang Yusheng was silent for a moment, then shook his head, “What I’ve done is not worth mentioning.”
Seeing that Tang Yusheng was unwilling to elaborate, Baili Pangpang tactfully didn’t pursue the matter. Instead, it was An Qingyu who asked a question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time:
“I heard Gun Brother say before that only at the brink of death, by refining bone and blood into a weapon, merging body with arms, and supplementing with special techniques and instruments, can one create a heroic spirit attached to a weapon… but isn’t this so-called ‘near-death’ state too harsh for Night Watchers? How do you manage it?”
“What do you mean?” Cao Yuan didn’t quite understand.
“Let me put it this way, once someone at the Commander-in-Chief level takes action, they’re likely facing a deity far stronger than themselves. If so, trying to ensure they can escape from desperate situations with just a breath of life left, return to Night Watchers headquarters, and have their soul refined into a weapon seems unrealistic… Even if they could escape from desperate situations, they might not be near death and could still be saved upon return. If they can’t escape, they face death in battle,” Lin Qiye understood An Qingyu’s meaning and added,
“Fundamentally, the ‘near-death’ condition probably can’t be met every time.”
“You’re right,” Tang Yusheng nodded. “It’s difficult to ensure every Commander-in-Chief is in a ‘near-death’ state at the end of their life, so we have special methods.”
“Special methods?”
“Do you know why only the Commanders-in-Chief of Great Xia’s Night Watchers become heroic spirits?”
Lin Qiye and the others shook their heads.
“One reason is that the process of transforming from a remnant soul into a heroic spirit is extremely painful. Refining bone and blood into a weapon is not as simple as it sounds… and once you become a heroic spirit, you can no longer enter reincarnation. You can only endure eternal torment within Great Xia’s national fate. No one except the Commander-in-Chief of Great Xia’s Night Watchers has the obligation to bear such suffering.
Second is the ‘near-death’ state you mentioned…”
Tang Yusheng slowly explained, “Since the establishment of the Night Watchers, there has been a forbidden drug. Once consumed, it settles and accumulates in the depths of the soul. When the consumer dies in battle, the drug’s power is activated, putting the consumer’s soul into a ‘dormant’ state.
This state can generally last for 72 hours. Although life signs disappear and they appear dead, as long as the body is recovered and the drug residue in the soul’s depths is activated with secret methods, the remnant soul can be awakened again.
After awakening, the remnant soul forcibly extends life for 10 hours, and simultaneously, they enter a ‘near-death’ state…”
“So the reason successive Commanders-in-Chief could become heroic spirits after death is because they took this forbidden drug?” Baili Pangpang suddenly understood.
“That’s right, but this forbidden drug is only effective for 24 hours, which means we must take it daily at fixed times to ensure we’re within the drug’s effective period when we die in battle… Elder Nie, Uncle Li, myself, Wang Qing, including Ye Fan whom you know, we all took this drug every day during our lives,” Tang Yusheng seemed to recall something, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
“After swallowing this drug, there are side effects within half an hour, that kind of torment from the depths of the soul… not everyone can endure it.”
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Great Xia.
Night Watchers Headquarters.
Ring ring ring—!
At the urgent alarm, Zuo Qing, who had been seriously reviewing documents at his desk, came back to his senses and reached out to stop the alarm. He looked at the time and slowly pulled open a locked drawer at the corner of his desk…
Inside the drawer was a heavy medicine box, with gray pills neatly arranged in the recesses.
Looking at these gray pills, Zuo Qing sighed helplessly.
He took out one pill, swallowed it, and lay back in his office chair, seemingly waiting for something…
