Chapter 586: Myopic (8/10, Bonus Chapter for 'Ruichi Tian Xia')

In the end, Chen Qin still refused to use Xiao Xuedou's Bone Powder on Jing Yan.

First, the success rate is far too low—not to mention he hasn't even studied the theory behind it; whether he can even sort it out and find a practical method to align the two, stacking their power, remains unknown; the failure probability is simply too high, not worth attempting at all.

Second…

Chen Qin extended his hand.

"Give it to me."

"What?" Jing Yan blinked.

"Lord Han's eyeball."

"... That's Lord Han's last remaining remains! You—you—you're going to do what?"

"Relax, I won't do anything reckless."

If Lord Han's eyeball still retains… maybe it could…

Various theoretical formulas flashed through Chen Qin's mind, but all of them depended on one thing: whether Lord Han's eyeball still held any Origin Power.

Others might not know, because few ever discussed the concept of Yu Level with Lord Han—what kind of being such a cultivator truly is.

But Chen Qin, due to his vast theoretical knowledge and intense curiosity, had once discussed the state of Yu Level cultivators with Lord Han.

Simply put, at the Yu Level, all power used is driven by Origin Power.

Only power that touches the Origin can truly harm a Yu Level cultivator—only then can they be truly destroyed!

When Lord Han came to Qingsi County, he once boasted he wouldn't die easily, relying precisely on his Origin Power!

Below the Yu Level, very few possess abilities that can strike at the Origin, so naturally, he didn't take the people of Qingsi County seriously.

But at that time, Lord Han's condition was reduced to just his head; his Origin Power could only serve as passive self-preservation, unable to be summoned for offense.

This touches on Martial Arts—Lord Han's entire skillset never involved studying how to attack and kill with only a head remaining.

Creating a Martial Art like that isn't impossible, but it would take years to develop, and the success rate would be extremely low.

According to Lord Han's own account, he had indeed considered researching a Martial Technique to use a single head to channel Origin Power for attacks.

But realizing he had only a few years left to live, he figured he'd die before finishing the research, so he abandoned the idea.

I bring this up only to emphasize one concept: the Origin!

What is the Origin? The source of life—that is the Origin!

Lord Han once stood at the Xian peak, but after his accident, he fell from the Xian peak to half-step Yu Level, then plummeted further into his current state.

Even so, that former Xian peak granted him immense accumulation.

His Origin Power was so profound, it could not be compared to an ordinary Yu Level cultivator's!

Simply put, his HP was extremely high, but his attack power couldn't match others'.

So he could take hits, couldn't fight back, yet was very hard to kill.

After all, his total reserves were that great.

Therefore, even Lord Han's remaining eyeball still had a chance of retaining some Origin Power.

For other Yu Level cultivators, if reduced to just one eyeball, the eyeball would almost certainly hold no Origin Power left—they'd be truly dead.

But Lord Han was different; having once stood at the Xian peak, every part of his body might still contain vast amounts of Origin Power.

So even just one eyeball still had a chance of retaining some Origin Power.

"So does that mean Lord Han is still alive?!"

"... Regrettably, that claim doesn't hold."

Chen Qin also wished Lord Han were still alive, but mere residual Origin Power is far from enough.

Various methods would still be needed to have even a slim chance of pulling Lord Han back from the Underworld.

Even if everything went perfectly, Lord Han's lifespan would absolutely not exceed a year… perhaps not even half a year—he'd die within two or three months, and he'd kill…

Chen Qin glanced at Jing Yan.

"By the way, are you really willing to be my test subject? The risk is huge—you might die."

"Uh… can you lower the risk?"

"Then I'll certainly push every aspect to its absolute limit before conducting the experiment on you."

Chen Qin pushed his nonexistent glasses, assuming a solemn expression: "After all, I'm a theoretical scholar! If the theory isn't perfected, I won't even touch the practical application!"

"Brother Chen Qin is awesome! Brother Chen Qin is number one in the world! Starting today, I'm your loyal fan! You tell me to chop people, I won't chop watermelons; you tell me to chop watermelons, I won't chop people!"

Chen Qin's face darkened—this guy had no filter, looked utterly unreliable.

But since Jing Yan was willing to be a test subject, he couldn't possibly make demands.

Having someone at all was already good—this wasn't the Underground Stronghold, where the Phoenix Organization didn't care about human lives and had plenty of raw material. Here, he only had Jing Yan, one fearless soul—what could he do but make do?

After carefully examining Lord Han's eyeball, Chen Qin's expression turned grim.

"What's wrong?"

"... Preliminary results are in—some Origin Power still remains in Lord Han."

"Isn't that good news?"

"Too little… and it's fading over time, slowly but inevitably—this is normal after Origin collapse. If we want to save Lord Han, we must act fast; our time is running out."

"Then why are we waiting?"

"... Jing Yan, I heard someone say you figured out the Underground Stronghold's passages—so your intellect should be decent. But after dealing with you, I feel you're not very smart."

Listen to that—does that even sound human?

Jing Yan felt frustrated—he was desperate to boost his power right now, and if you know your game character's dead, you're dead, how could you not panic? How could you be wise?

Wise my ass—Jing Yan wished a Wind Spirit Moon Shadow cheat would appear right now and max out his character's stats!

Too bad, no points to spend.

Besides…

Jing Yan was clear that the Underground Stronghold was something he had deduced through logical analysis based on the actual situation.

This scientific research stuff of yours—I don't even have the basic knowledge, how do you expect me to be wise?

Still, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

From now on, Qingchen is Jing Yan's bread and butter, his great big brother!

Whether he can turn his luck around, whether he can get a full meal in the 【United Front】 prison—it all depends on Big Brother Qingchen!

Now that Big Brother Qingchen is lecturing him, what can he do? Admit his mistake!

"Big Brother Qingchen is right, I'm actually really stupid, how could I be as smart as Big Brother Qingchen! To tell you the truth, Big Brother Qingchen is actually the one I admire—Ye Ge? Just a muscle-headed brute!"

"Ah, this... I think the big shot is pretty impressive, actually."

No way... no way someone can't see that Ye Ge isn't actually that smart, right?

Jing Yan quickly took the hint and stopped dwelling on the issue.

Otherwise, pointing out that Qingchen actually had no eye for people would be so awkward.

Isn't it precisely because he had poor judgment that he accepted us as experimental subjects!

So, poor judgment is great!

For someone as useless as me to be able to shine, nice—Brother Poor-Judgment!

As long as I haven't slept, today isn't over yet.

Two more updates coming later

(End of chapter)