89: A great harvest

"Ding! Congratulations, Master, for completing the Cave Exploration mission! Your Skill: Plucking Yin to Supplement Yang has been upgraded to 'Yin-Yang Harmony'! Not only is cultivation efficiency greatly increased, but it also achieves the miraculous effects of nourishing Yin and supplementing Yang, balancing both Yin and Yang, making women radiant, moisturizing their skin, and preserving their youth!"

"An upgraded version of Skill: Plucking Yin to Supplement Yang? Why do I feel like there's no change?" Qin Shou muttered to himself, having expected some heaven-defying new skill.

"Hehe, Master shouldn't be too greedy, you know."

Ling'er chuckled, "The Skill: Plucking Yin to Supplement Yang has major flaws; it's not a permanent solution. Using it for too long can easily drain a person and goes against the natural order. Master wouldn't want all the beauties around you to turn into mummies, would he? But this upgraded version is different; both you and the other person benefit, with Yin and Yang complementing each other. That's the way to make it last."

"There's such a thing? Then why were Ren Jing and Yan Yourong fine before?" Qin Shou couldn't help but feel a chill, as he had used this skill on them quite a bit.

"How could it be that fast? The Skill: Plucking Yin to Supplement Yang, for the other party, is like taking drugs. The first few times it's used, not only are there no side effects, but they might even feel extremely comfortable and radiant. But using it for a long time, gradually, all their essence, energy, and spirit will be absorbed by you, Master, eventually exhausting their life essence," Ling'er explained.

"There's such a thing? Then why were Ren Jing and Yan Yourong fine before?" Qin Shou couldn't help but feel a chill, as he had used this skill on them quite a bit.

"This kind of skill, which allows one to improve cultivation directly through relations between men and women without arduous practice, is so overbearing that it's naturally a Earth-tier skill. However, precisely because it's too overbearing, this skill generally cannot be used continuously on the same person. But this 'Yin-Yang Harmony' is vastly different; it doesn't deplete either party but rather greatly replenishes them."

"Who said there's no depletion? I lose several hundred million every time!" Qin Shou couldn't help but retort.

"Oh, right, what level skill is this Yin-Yang Harmony?"

"Yin-Yang Harmony is a Heaven-tier skill."

"Heaven-tier? Didn't you say the reward would be below Profound-tier?"

"Because this time, no new skill was rewarded; instead, an existing skill was upgraded. Therefore, it doesn't violate the system's reward rules."

"It seems this skill is indeed good. I don't want to drain all my rich female friends. If they're drained, who will give me money to spend? I still want to play with them slowly, so this isn't a loss." Qin Shou nodded in satisfaction, thinking how fortunate it was that this skill upgraded. Otherwise, if all his rich female friends became mummies, wouldn't he also become a demonic cultivator, like those from the Blood God Cult, wanted nationwide?

With that, Qin Shou carried Nuo Nuo out of the stone chamber and found that all the zombies, which were formerly Blood God Cult members, were now lying motionless on the ground.

"Ling'er, what's going on?"

"Master, raising zombies is a meticulous process, requiring extremely stringent conditions. How could it be rushed in a short time?

These people turned into zombies because they were affected by the Yin evil energy emanating from the ancient demonic cultivator who had been in the bronze coffin for over a hundred thousand years. Now, all that Yin evil energy has been absorbed by Nuo Nuo. Without the support of the Yin evil energy, and without years of absorbing underground Yin energy, these things naturally can't move and have become ordinary corpses."

"So that's how it is. It's a good thing, then."

Qin Shou nodded, not thinking much more about it. He carried Nuo Nuo down the mountain, then called a Ride-hailing service and headed straight for his rented apartment.

Now that the Blood God Cult was gone, Qin Shou no longer worried about people coming after him and could finally enjoy a few peaceful days.

Qin Shou brought Nuo Nuo back to his rented apartment. Since absorbing the Yin evil energy, Nuo Nuo had been unconscious, her little face flushed, looking as if she were drunk.

Qin Shou covered Nuo Nuo with his clothes, settled her in, then took a hot shower himself and slept soundly.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Qin Shou finally woke up.

As soon as Qin Shou opened his eyes, he saw Nuo Nuo fluttering her bright, clear eyes, tilting her head, and curiously looking at him. She looked utterly adorable.

"Brother, Nuo Nuo is hungry!" The little girl whined in a soft, childish voice, so sweet it could melt hearts.

Qin Shou thought to himself that this little girl was truly a big eater. Yesterday, she alone ate an entire wolf clean. Now, as soon as he woke up, he heard her calling out that she was hungry, and his own stomach started rumbling with cravings.

Qin Shou himself was indeed hungry. In the past few days, he had made a substantial profit from Ye Wuhuan, so it was a good time to treat himself. He was too lazy to cook and planned to go out for a good meal.

Qin Shou picked up his phone and already saw a payment text message: 1 million in Municipal Government bonus had been deposited into his bank account. As a "righteous person" who assisted the Police in solving the major Blood God Cult case, he had truly made a solid profit this time.

It must be said that the Municipal Government's efficiency was quite high. Qin Shou was very satisfied; he hoped for more such collaborations in the future.

To be honest, Qin Shou even felt that a mere 1 million was a bit too little.

One must know that this was a major case involving hundreds of lives. It was estimated that the rewards allocated from above amounted to tens of millions. He had risked his life to enter the tiger's den, expecting to get around two million.

However, 1 million was enough. Qin Shou calculated that he had also "conveniently" pocketed over 200,000 in cash from Ye Wuhuan.

Adding to that the valuable items on him, such as famous watches, gold chains, gold rings, and gold bracelets, Qin Shou roughly estimated that they would be worth at least 600,000. This meant that he had gained over 1.8 million from this operation.

Of this one million bonus, Qin Shou had promised to give 250,000 to Guo Gang. However, Nicknamed Guo Gang was injured this time and hospitalized, so Qin Shou planned to give Nicknamed Guo Gang an additional 250,000, making it 500,000. This way, he himself would net over 1.3 million from this venture.

With this money, Qin Shou no longer had to worry about insufficient funding for his future short video productions. In a few more days, Qin Shou estimated that the Municipal Government's demolition compensation should be coming down soon, at which point he would receive another substantial income.

Of course, for Qin Shou, the biggest gain this time was naturally not just money, but also the spatial storage ring and the completely black bead.

Ever since Nuo Nuo got that bead yesterday, she had refused to let go of it, even while she was unconscious.

Qin Shou couldn't help but ask Ling'er about the origin of the bead. According to Ling'er's explanation, the bead should be the magical artifact used by the ghost cultivator during his lifetime. It was extremely heavy with Yin evil energy. Ling'er guessed that the ghost cultivator used that bead to refine himself into a zombie.

In Ling'er's view, unless one was a ghost cultivator, an ordinary person who held that item could easily have Yin evil energy enter their body. At best, it would affect their luck; at worst, they would be plagued by ghosts and suffer damage to their soul.

But when Nuo Nuo held it, she could absorb Yin evil energy instead of blood to improve her cultivation. Moreover, the cultivation method of the Supreme Yin Scripture inherently required absorbing Yin energy, so giving this bead to Nuo Nuo was perfectly suitable.

Qin Shou thought about how hisNurturing system mission depended on Nuo Nuo growing up quickly, so he gave the bead to Nuo Nuo anyway, as he didn't need it himself.

As for the storage ring, it contained various magical artifacts used by the ghost cultivator during his lifetime, as well as his cultivation techniques, talisman arts, spells, and so on. There were many items, including some elixirs.

However, according to Ling'er's introduction, those elixirs were originally good things, but unfortunately, they had long since expired and lost their effectiveness, which made Qin Shou a bit depressed.

There were too many miscellaneous items, but Qin Shou was too lazy to study them for the time being. He would take his time to examine them thoroughly later when he had the chance.