67: The separation of the living soul and the birth of the new [Pharmacist] "Infinite Blue"!

Yellow sand filled the sky, and the ancient City of Rouran twisted in the heatwave.

Beneath the city ruins, a majestic energy pulsed silently, each undulation causing the ground beneath their feet to tremble.

Dragon Vein.

“You want to strip the Dragon Vein?”

Qian’s voice trembled uncontrollably, the color drained from her beautiful face as she stared intently at Tang Yan.

Zi Luo, standing nearby, was full of questions. “Yan, don’t scare me, I’m timid.”

“It’s not a joke.” Tang Yan’s tone was calm.

He pointed at the motionless puppet, medicine child Qin, standing not far away.

“I want to use the Dragon Vein’s energy to forge it into an absolutely loyal [Apothecary - Diligence] with infinite Chakra.”

This plan was too insane, completely exceeding the scope of Ninjutsu and Forbidden Jutsu.

“I don’t agree!” Qian stepped forward, blocking Tang Yan, her attitude resolute.

The three Uzumaki clansmen who had followed also exchanged glances, and the elder in charge, Uzumaki Qinghai, leaned on his Sealing Staff, his palms sweating.

They were here to help seal the Dragon Vein, not to participate in a suicide ritual.

The air solidified, the atmosphere tense.

“Bang!”

Zi Luo punched his sturdy chest, emitting a dull thud. He grinned, revealing a simple and honest smile.

“Yan, you’re truly a lunatic.”

“However, I like it.”

“Since you’ve decided, I’ll go crazy with you! What do you want me to do, just say it! Is it to knock that Dragon Vein’s head crooked, or to demolish this city? I’m good at demolishing cities, where should I start?”

Zi Luo’s declaration caused Qian’s tense shoulders to slump slightly.

She looked at Tang Yan’s unruffled eyes and knew she could no longer persuade him.

Once this man made a decision, ten Tailed Beasts couldn’t pull him back.

She finally let out a long breath, the worry in her eyes replaced by determination.

“Do you need the Dragon Vein’s energy to leak, or use Genjutsu to interfere with its will?”

A slight curve finally appeared at the corner of Tang Yan’s mouth.

“Neither.”

He looked at Uzumaki Qinghai, “Elder, I trouble you all. I only need you to suppress the main energy of the Dragon Vein for three seconds the moment I strip its energy.”

Uzumaki Qinghai looked at this young man, who possessed astonishing charisma despite his age, and then at his two equally extraordinary companions. Finally, he slowly nodded.

“Three seconds, we’ll do our best.”

The ritual was ready.

Three Uzumaki clansmen stood in a triangular formation, simultaneously forming hand seals. Three Chakra chains, shimmering with complex runes, burst out of the ground like three golden giant pythons, tightly coiling around the restless energy underground.

“Evil Sealing Method!”

The earth shook violently as the Dragon Vein sensed the threat and began to resist frantically.

The golden chains were stretched taut, emitting an unbearable hum, and gruesome cracks appeared in the ground.

Tang Yan stood at the Dragon Vein’s seal, with medicine child Qin directly opposite him.

He closed his eyes, forming a hand seal that no one had ever seen before.

His consciousness sank deep into the Dragon Vein, to touch the “Life” soul within it that represented vitality and vigor.

The stripping began. The Dragon Vein already had a nascent consciousness; it knew its treasure was about to be lost.

“Roar—!”

The Dragon Vein underground let out an invisible roar, and its immense energy completely spiraled out of control!

“Oh no! We can’t suppress it!” Uzumaki Qinghai exclaimed, blood already spilling from his mouth as his body suffered a backlash.

The golden Chakra chains snapped inch by inch!

A torrent of purple energy burst through the surface, transforming into a ferocious dragon head that opened its massive maw, intending to completely devour Tang Yan at the center of the formation!

“Yan!” Zi Luo’s eyes were bloodshot, his muscles bulging as he roared, ready to use his own body to resist it head-on.

Just at this critical moment, Tang Yan, who had kept his eyes tightly closed, suddenly opened them!

There was no pain in his eyes, only a cold, almost ruthless calm.

“Now!”

Instead of dodging, he actively charged towards the rampaging energy torrent, pushing the “Life” soul, which was about to break free, entirely into medicine child Qin’s medicine box!

At the same time, his hand seals were so fast they left afterimages.

“Four Symbols Seal: Modified!”

A massive sealing array spread out behind medicine child Qin’s medicine box. It was no longer a simple suppression, but rather like a greedy whirlpool, frantically pulling and compressing the rampaging Dragon Vein power, along with the “Life” soul, that had burst out of the seal!

Inside the sealing array, there was absolute chaos. The purple Dragon Vein energy was like violent lightning, tearing everything apart; while the gentle green light, representing the essence of life, was like tenacious vines, constantly repairing, entwining, and penetrating.

The two forces, in extreme repulsion, were forcefully squeezed, colliding, annihilating, and being reborn!

Tang Yan’s body trembled violently, sweat soaking his clothes, but he gritted his teeth, pouring all his mental energy into controlling the seal.

He was not trying to destroy the Dragon Vein, nor was he sacrificing the ‘Life’ soul; rather, he was creating a brand new balance within this destruction!

Finally, with the help of the Ten Thousand Aspects Heavenly Gadget, all the chaotic energy was compressed into a fist-sized orb of light.

Half of the orb was the violent purple of the Dragon Vein, and the other half was the gentle green of the Life Soul. The two distinctly different forces rotated at high speed within it, forming a strange yet stable vortex.

Crack! Crack, crack, crack!

medicine child Qin’s joints emitted a series of dense popping sounds, as if rusted machinery had been injected with scalding magma. The originally dead red glow in its eyes was replaced by a vibrant emerald green light filled with the breath of life.

That light was agile, profound, and no longer cold.

【Puppet medicine child Qin has completed evolution. New unit [Apothecary - Diligence] has been born.】

Tang Yan slowly stood up, his body swaying abruptly, and Qian, quick-witted, immediately helped him steady himself.

He felt as if his body had been hollowed out; the deep-seated weakness and emptiness from his soul made it difficult for him to even stand. An uncontrollable chill rose from within him.

Qian held his arm, her fingertips feeling the coldness beneath his skin, her hands trembling slightly, but she remained silent.

Tang Yan broke free from her support, steadied himself, and slapped the scroll behind him, releasing a puppet.

He extended his hands, and long-unseen Chakra threads stretched from his fingertips, connecting to the six spare puppets around him.

This time, the feeling was completely different.

The Chakra threads were no longer merely control strings; they were more like conduits for energy.

As his will moved, the immense power of the Dragon Vein and Life Soul from the medicine box behind Pharmacist Qin flowed ceaselessly through his body, and then through the Chakra threads, into the other five puppets!

“Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!”

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”

“Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!”

The six puppets, without needing any hand seals, instantly formed a formation and simultaneously released Ninjutsu of different attributes! Wind and fire intertwined, earth and water rose together; for a moment, the light of various Ninjutsu illuminated the ruins as bright as day.

Qian’s eyes were also filled with shock. She could feel that the power of each Ninjutsu released by the puppets was comparable to that of an experienced Jonin, and there was no sign of Chakra depletion. Even more terrifying, this energy output and conversion were perfectly chilling.

Beside them, Uzumaki Qinghai, who had just recovered from the backlash, leaned on his Sealing Staff, watching everything with an expression as if witnessing a miracle. He murmured, “This isn’t sealing jutsu… this is creation… using a soul as a vessel, and the Dragon Vein as a spring… ”

Tang Yan felt the subtle sense of emptiness within his body, and the almost absolute control over the six puppets that transmitted through his fingertips. The concept of [Three Souls Seven Spirits: Mechanism Heart] had finally taken the most crucial step.

He still needed four core puppets and eight “Mechanism Hearts.” By then, he would possess ten truly immortal, inexhaustible puppet legions.

He gazed distantly in the direction of Hidden Sand Village, Rasa’s cunning face flashing through his mind. The Kazekage’s open conspiracy? The Village’s factional struggles?

A confident and cold smile played on Tang Yan’s lips. In the face of a brand new power system, those things seemed so insignificant.

“The game can begin,” he whispered.

“But this time, I am both the player and the board.”