OBS Chapter 32 Free Attribute Points
Chapter 32 Free Attribute Points
The carriage swayed slightly, and the street scene outside the curtains slowly receded.
Huang Shujian leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, but the broken and bitter images in his mind still lingered.
The world has changed drastically.
He remembered a line of poetry he had read in his previous life.
Xing, the people suffer.die, the people suffer.
In this bizarre Republican-era world teeming with demons, the fate of ordinary people was like a flickering candle in the wind; the slightest ripple could extinguish them completely.
The Strange Baby Brothers are merely a twisted and tragic microcosm of this endless suffering.
Huang Shujian sighed softly.
But he did not regret it.
Sympathy is one thing, and lamentation is another.
When the brothers turned their claws on the innocent, they were no longer simply victims, and Huang Shujian could not sit idly by and wait for his doom.
From their perspective, there may be distorted reasons for their views.
But from Huang Shujian's perspective, and from the perspective of the ordinary people they killed without cause, they are evil spirits who harm people!
I will avenge them if I have the chance in the future.
But that doesn't stop me from killing them today.
As for how to change this world?
This thought only lingered in Huang Shujian's mind for a moment before being suppressed.
too early.
For him now, this proposition is too grand and too ethereal.
He can't even fully guarantee his own safety now, and he hasn't even found the assassin who tried to kill him...
If it weren't for the Pure Yang talent perfectly countering that strange infant last night, and if we hadn't laid out fishing nets and oil beforehand, the outcome would have been uncertain.
In a world where extraordinary powers exist, it is meaningless to talk about ideals and compassion.
Only absolute power, overwhelming strength, can form the foundation for changing one's own destiny and even influencing the destiny of others.
He's not strong enough.
Far from enough!
The desire to become stronger burned like wildfire in his heart.
Huang Shujian composed himself, then reached into the inner pocket of his robe and pulled out something.
It was a bead the size of a pigeon's egg.
It is dark green all over, but its surface has a cold, gloomy sheen, like solidified night.
It feels cool to the touch, has a hard texture, is neither gold nor jade, and has a heavy feel to it.
This was the bead he had obtained from the corpse of the strange infant.
He didn't know what it was before, but after digesting the strange baby's memory fragments, he understood.
This is the youth-preserving pearl found in the mouth of Consort Dong's corpse.
A type of jade burial object believed to preserve the body from decay. In tomb raiding jargon, it is also called "mouth-pressing money" or "face-stabilizing bead".
It now appears that Consort Dong's youth-preserving pearl was far more than just an ordinary anti-corrosion jade artifact.
The strange baby brothers gained extraordinary power and the talent of "microscopic perception" after obtaining this bead.
correct!
In the memories of these "monster babies," they were abandoned by their biological parents at birth and were thoroughly deformed orphans.
According to previous unofficial historical rumors, Consort Dong did not die of illness. There are rumors that she was pregnant with an illegitimate child, which angered the prince, and she was ordered to commit suicide and buried here.
The timing... seems to match up?
Is there a possibility...
Are the "Strange Baby Brothers" actually the child that Consort Dong was pregnant with back then?
So the warmth and safety that the strange baby could feel when it instinctively crawled into the belly of Consort Dong's corpse was not an illusion, but a resonance of some kind of bloodline or source?
He really... returned to his mother's embrace?
This speculation stirred a sense of melancholy in Huang Shujian, a feeling of the absurdity of fate.
However, whatever the truth may be, with the death of the strange baby, the separation of A Bao's head from his body, and the decay of Consort Dong's corpse, all of this has vanished like smoke, becoming dust of the past.
He was caressing the cool, youth-preserving pearl, these thoughts swirling in his mind.
suddenly!
The beads in my hand suddenly felt slightly warm without warning.
It wasn't a physical increase in temperature, but a strange, resonant warmth that vanished in an instant.
At the same time, deep within his mind, the dark blue panel reappeared.
A new message appeared in the center of the panel:
[Exceptional item detected. View/absorb?]
"Hmm? There's another surprise!"
Extraordinary items?
Are you referring to this youth-preserving pearl?
Without hesitation, Huang Shujian focused his mind on the "View" option.
The text on the panel changed rapidly:
[Extraordinary Item: Youth-Preserving Pearl]
[Source: Imperial Secrets of Dazhang Palace / Burial Objects]
[Quality: Rare]
Key Features:
Preservation and anti-corrosion: It can keep a corpse from decaying for a long time, making the appearance look like that of a living person.
Potential Activation: The bead contains special energy that can stimulate the physical potential of the person who comes into contact with it, inducing physical mutations or awakening special talents. However, the activation process is uncontrollable and is greatly influenced by the individual's own physical condition and will, resulting in random outcomes and easily leading to deformities or mental confusion.
Psychological impact: Can impact the target's mind, causing them to momentarily lose focus, become confused, and experience sensory distortion.
[Current Status: The bead contains 5 free attribute points]
[Warning/Side Effects: Prolonged close contact with the body or frequent use will lead to the continuous invasion of "yin and corpse energy." Symptoms include decreased body temperature, depressed mood, and the appearance of localized lividity or corpse hair. It requires the use of extremely strong yang internal energy or external force to harmonize and resist.]
As detailed information flooded his mind, a look of sudden realization flashed in Huang Shujian's eyes.
really!
This youth-preserving pearl is a truly extraordinary item.
The mutation of the Strange Infant Brothers and the awakening of their [Microscopic] talent stem from this.
If you choose to absorb these 5 attributes, the bead will lose its core function of activating potential, but the mental impact ability will remain, and it can be used as a special offensive treasure.
As for the side effects of the Yin energy entering the body...
A slight smile appeared on Huang Shujian's lips.
This is an extremely troublesome and even fatal problem for ordinary people, and even for most martial artists.
The erosion of Yin Sha and Corpse Qi can cause serious illness and shorten one's lifespan, or even gradually turn one into a ghost, like the strange infant brothers.
But for Huang Shujian...
He took a slight breath and felt the Mountain Lord's Heart beat steadily and powerfully within his chest, followed by a surge of warm, burning blood flowing throughout his body.
Extremely strong and yang, it repels all evil!
These side effects are ineffective for him; they might even become a whetstone for honing his [Pure Yang] talent!
Almost without hesitation.
Huang Shujian clenched his five fingers, holding the cool, youth-preserving pearl tightly in his palm.
absorb!
"Buzz—!"
A warm current instantly flowed out from inside the bead in my palm.
Like a gentle stream, it flowed quickly along the meridians of his arm into his body, eventually merging into his limbs and disappearing from sight.
The text on the mental panel refreshed again:
Free attribute points: 17
Huang Shujian spread his hands.
The anti-aging bead in my palm seemed to have dimmed slightly, and the faint glow on its surface had become weaker, but it still felt cool to the touch.
However, that unique charm has indeed diminished considerably.
"This is another way to acquire attribute points." Huang Shujian put the bead away again, his eyes bright.
"You can obtain them by hunting demons and monsters, and you can also obtain them by absorbing these extraordinary items that contain special energy!"
This means that, in addition to ascetic training and slaying demons, exploring ruins, searching for ancient artifacts, and even... seizing them from other extraordinary beings could all become ways for him to quickly accumulate power.