394: Chapter 393 Qin Yi's strength surges, Zhao Lintai suffers internal injuries once again.

"Great! With this thing, it's equivalent to having an extra life!" Qin Yi, inside his Sea of Consciousness, clenched his fists, ecstatic. "Bai Ruoxue, just you wait! Once I get out, I'll definitely make you pay!"

Suppressing his excitement, Qin Yi immediately said to the System, "System, pull up my six-dimensional attributes panel immediately. I want to see how much my strength has increased after the Breakthrough!"

With a 'ding' sound from the System, a light screen unfolded in his Sea of Consciousness, and his six-dimensional attribute data appeared.

[Host: Qin Yi]

[Strength: 34]

[Agility: 33]

[Intelligence: 35]

[Stamina: 36]

[Mental Energy: 38]

[Charm: 37]

[Realm: Mid-stage Dark Force]

[Technique: Fist Technique — Xingyi Quan (Major Achievement), Movement Technique — Divine Movement Hundred Changes (Second Layer), Body Refining Technique — Basic Body Forging Art, Internal Skill — Supreme Soul Suppressing Art (Perfection), Blazing Sun True Art (Entry-Level), Jade Maiden Heart Sutra (Entry-Level)]

[Special Skills: Eye of Truth (Advanced), God-level Driving Skill, God of Hackers (Entry-Level), God of Cooking, Firearms Proficiency (Elementary), Financial Prophet (Advanced), Jade Appreciation Master, Craft Master (Divine-Grade), God of Alchemy]

[System Items: purple gold life-prolonging pill x1, clear spirit pill Pill Formula x1, spirit gathering pill Pill Formula x1, hundred herb pill Pill Formula x1, dragon saliva liquid (Task Item), xuanwu domain suppressing ring, golden dragon longevity tripod fragment, Miniature Bionic Tracker x1, bionic disguise mask x1, basic strength enhancement potion x10, Elementary agility enhancement potion x10, junior misfortune talisman x1, longevity pill x2, Low Grade Spiritual Artifact dagger — qingying, type 54 pistol x1, bullets x4... (Several property items, omitted here)]

[System Rank: Level 1, Upgrade Experience: 49,285,798 / 100,000,000]

[System Points: 850]

[Pending Tasks:

1. Random Task — Patience brings peace, but taking a step back makes you angrier! Find the mastermind behind your family's bankruptcy and let them taste the feeling of being robbed! No time limit! Current task completion: 80%!

2. Special Task — Only children make choices; adults want everything! Establish two companies within one month and get them on the right track! Task completion: 80%, 19 days 7 hours 35 minutes left until the task ends!

3. Favorability Task — Within 48 hours, raise Si Hongbin's favorability to 90! 34 hours left until the task ends!]

[Remaining lottery chances for today: 0]

Looking at the skyrocketing six-dimensional attribute values, Qin Yi felt incredibly satisfied!

Among the people he currently knew, the strongest were only at the Peak of Hidden Strength. With his current strength at the Mid-stage Dark Force, plus the System's assistance, wouldn't it be easy to handle Bai Ruoxue if they met again?!

As Qin Yi thought this, his gaze slowly moved down the panel. When he saw the 'qingying dagger', his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately asked the System, "System, didn't you say before that the 'qingying dagger' is a Low Grade Spiritual Artifact and can be upgraded using dragon saliva liquid? Now that I have the dragon saliva liquid, can I upgrade the dagger?"

[Ding! Replying to the Host, yes! The Host only needs to soak the 'qingying dagger' in the dragon saliva liquid, then infuse it with your own True Qi, and continue tempering it. Once the dragon saliva liquid is completely absorbed and refined by the dagger, it can be upgraded to a Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact.]

[Medium Grade Spiritual Artifacts, besides having their power greatly increased, also have a chance to give birth to a 'Spirit Weapon'! Furthermore, because the Host uses True Qi to temper it, it will be deeply bound to the Host's consciousness. At that time, the Host can drip a drop of blood into the dagger to make the Spirit Weapon recognize its master. After recognizing its master, the 'qingying dagger' will be as easy to control as an extension of the Host's own arm.]

"A Spirit Weapon?!" After hearing the System's explanation, Qin Yi's pupils shrank, and his heart was full of shock! He truly hadn't expected that the Spirit Weapon he had made up to fool Si Yao actually existed!

"This world is too crazy; today is another day where my understanding has been refreshed!"

Qin Yi muttered to himself in his Sea of Consciousness, but he was in a dilemma—he had bragged earlier that if Si Yao wanted the dagger back, he would hand it over with both hands. If he broke his promise, wouldn't that be a slap in his own face?

It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with the dagger, but rather that upgrading the dagger required refining it with his own True Qi. If he refined it now, and it really birthed a Spirit Weapon, it would inevitably become close to him.

Forget it, let's put the matter of refining the dagger aside for now. After he gets out, he would talk to Si Yao about it.

Qin Yi's gaze continued to move down. When he saw the last three pending tasks, Qin Yi cursed inwardly!

There was still the task to increase Si Hongbin's favorability! Now that more than half the day had passed, if he couldn't see Si Hongbin, the task would definitely fail, and he would be in for some bad luck...

Thinking of this, Qin Yi dared not delay in the Sea of Consciousness any longer. His consciousness instantly detached, and his eyes snapped open.

But the moment he opened his eyes, he saw Si Yao squatting beside him, her clear eyes staring straight at him.

"Holy crap!" Qin Yi was startled, his body instinctively leaning back, and with a 'splash', he fell backward into the shallow pool, splashing a large spray of water.

"Hey, Qin Yi, are you okay?" Si Yao quickly bent down and reached out to pull him up.

Qin Yi stood up, wiped the water off his face, and looked at Si Yao. "My dear Young Miss, don't you know that scaring people can kill them? Why are you staring at me for no reason? You nearly scared me to death..." He said, raising his hand to pat his chest, looking shaken.

"Tch, you really don't appreciate kindness! If I hadn't seen you keeping your eyes closed the whole time, and your body was all red, looking just like a boiled duck." Si Yao curled her lips. "I was worried you had suffered Qi Deviation, so I kept watching you. And yet you don't appreciate it. Do you really think you're such a handsome guy that everyone wants to stare at you? Narcissist!"

Qin Yi then lowered his head to look at his body—sure enough, his bare upper body was still red, completely different from his previous fair skin. He figured it must have been caused by the 'basic strength enhancement potion' tempering his Meridians.

He reached out and squeezed his chest muscles, abdominal muscles, and arms, feeling that his muscles were much firmer than before. Then he clenched his fist, and could clearly feel the power surging within him. He calculated in his heart: "My strength value has increased by 12 points compared to before. I wonder how many jin of force I can exert with one punch now. If only I could encounter that black bear from before, I could test my strength!"

Seeing that he didn't speak but just kept touching his own body, Si Yao's cheeks turned slightly red. She curled her lips and threw out a sentence: "I said you were a narcissist, and you really started touching yourself. Shameless! Pfft!" Having said that, she turned and walked toward the corner of the cave, her ears quietly turning red.

"Hey, you can eat anything, but you can't just say anything! Who's touching themselves?! I'm checking the changes in my body, not touching myself!" Qin Yi hurriedly explained, but Si Yao didn't look back at all.

Just at this moment, the Giant Black Python, which had been resting with its eyes closed, suddenly moved!

Its massive body stirred the shallow pool with a 'whoosh', and the eyes of both Qin Yi and Si Yao shifted over involuntarily.

They saw the Giant Black Python twisting its body, swimming toward the direction of the Dragon Head Stalactite.

"Qin Yi, the python isn't waking up hungry and going to eat Zhao Lintai, is it?" Si Yao asked with a nervous expression.

"Holy crap, that's actually possible!" Qin Yi felt nervous as well. This Zhao Lintai couldn't just die; his System task wasn't completed yet!

Thinking of this, Qin Yi couldn't think too much and immediately stepped toward the Giant Black Python.

"Qin Yi, what are you doing? Don't go over there." Si Yao shouted at Qin Yi, her voice filled with unconcealable tension.

Qin Yi didn't look back, just gave Si Yao an 'OK' gesture, and then continued to approach the Giant Black Python.

Upon getting close, Qin Yi tentatively spoke, his voice very soft: "Um... Brother Python? Can we make a deal? Spare this kid's life. That guy is just a social scum, a piece of trash! Eating him will only dirty your mouth, Brother Python..."

Seeing that the Giant Black Python had no intention of stopping, Qin Yi hurriedly added: "Uh, how about this, as long as you let him go, once I get out, I will immediately organize people to build a temple for you? Burn incense? Offer tributes? Anything works!"

Just then, the Giant Black Python stopped its movement, its scarlet vertical pupils turned to Qin Yi, coldly sizing him up. It didn't pay any attention to his words, opened its big mouth, and bit toward Zhao Lintai on the stalactite.

"It's over!"

Qin Yi and Si Yao's hearts tightened simultaneously, and they instinctively closed their eyes, not wanting to see that bloody scene.

However, after waiting for several seconds, the expected screams, the sound of blood splashing, and the sound of flesh tearing never came.

Qin Yi quietly opened one eye, only to see the Giant Black Python had clamped onto Zhao Lintai's collar with its mouth, and with a violent flick of its huge head, it flung Zhao Lintai away!

"Pfft—!"

Zhao Lintai's body slammed heavily against the rock wall again, a mouthful of blood sprayed out, and he slowly slid down the rock wall.

At the same time, the huge impact actually woke the unconscious Zhao Lintai up.

Qin Yi turned his head back and looked at the Giant Black Python again. He saw that the Giant Black Python had coiled itself around the Dragon Head Stalactite, and its snake mouth was positioned exactly where the dragon saliva liquid had been collected previously.

The flickering of the snake's tongue made Qin Yi feel a bit guilty, fearing that the Giant Black Python would cause him trouble. However, fortunately, this Giant Black Python didn't seem to care.

"Brother Mang, thanks. I'll have people build you a temple and burn incense later." Qin Yi bowed to the black python, then quickly walked toward Zhao Lintai.