Chapter 149 – The Flesh and Blood of a Thousand People (2/2)

The several hundred skeletons had only managed to be smelted into this tiny prayer bead. Xiao An held the prayer bead between his fingers. If he wanted to gather a string of the Skull Prayer Beads, he would need fourteen at the very least. White bone spiritual artifacts were actually so difficult to forge.

This was also the reason why Xiao An had chosen the Skull Prayer Beads as his first spiritual artifact. Every single item recorded in the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty possessed devastatingly great might. They were not items he could forge and play around with at his current realm.

However, he could forge the Skull Prayer Beads one by one. There was no need for him to forge them all at once. He could take it step by step.

Xiao An held the prayer bead in his hand. He could sense that his mind was connected to it; it was as if the prayer bead was not an independent spiritual artifact, but a part of his body. The reality was not far from that either.

The flames in the pit subsided, returning to his skull. Only two balls of fire remained in his eyes. He leapt through the soil and left the pit by following Li Qingshan’s aura.

Having lost the invisible supporting force, the layer of earth on top immediately collapsed. It was discovered by people on the very next day. The remains of the Qian family had vanished into thin air. It became a mystery.

In the darkness, Li Qingshan opened his eyes as he smiled. “Xiao An, are you done?”

The glassy little skeleton stood before him with red and white mixed around in the flames in his eyes.

Li Qingshan rubbed his head. “You really are much more pretty.” At least from the perspective of a skeleton, that was.

Xiao An opened his hand and presented the Skull Prayer Bead like it was a treasure.

Li Qingshan picked up the prayer bead. “What is this?” The prayer bead suddenly broke free from his grasp and flew around the room. It formed a white blur as it produced a string of swishes. It was actually no slower than Zhou Wenbin’s flying sword.

Li Qingshan was stunned. “Is this… a spiritual artifact?” It was a mid grade spiritual artifact at the very least.

With a smile, Xiao An bent his finger, and the prayer bead in the air suddenly swelled in size, turning into a huge skull. The teeth chattered as they collided together, like it was producing a strange laughter. Its eye sockets contained red and white flames similar to Xiao An’s.

When a child obtained something good, he would obviously show it off to the person who was the closest to them.

When Li Qingshan learnt the whole story of Xiao An forging an artifact, he could not help but sigh emotionally once more. The Path of White Bone and Great Beauty sure was nice. This White Bone Bodhisattva was very thorough with his considerations. If there was no weapon, they would suffer against the enemy even if their abilities and techniques were powerful.

Due to being connected to the user, the white bone spiritual artifacts could be wielded with great ease, however Xiao An liked. As a result, it was even more powerful than regular spiritual artifacts.

In fact, calling it a white bone spiritual artifact was not particularly correct. Even though it was just a single prayer bead, it was far more powerful than just a spiritual artifact. However, due to Xiao An’s limited cultivation and materials, he could only forge it to such a level for now.

The Skull Prayer Beads were the easiest to forge, but they definitely were not the weakest. Fourteen beads formed the smallest string of prayer beads. It would be followed by eighteen, twenty-one, until one thousand and eighty, resulting in a total of ten levels. They could try immortals and buddhas and possessed boundless powers.

Li Qingshan expressed his admiration once again before asking about what he cared the most, “Can you sense just how many more sacrifices you need before you can rebuild your body?”

Xiao An lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers before raising his head and extending a single finger.

He still required the flesh and blood of a thousand people!

Li Qingshan said, “That’s a very formidable task, but at least we have some sight of it. Let’s go cause a massacre then!”

The moment he extended his finger, the world was destined to lose a thousand evil people.

On the same night, Li Qingshan went to the government office and received the silver from selling the property from the district magistrate. Although they had been sold in a hurry, there were still over a million taels of silver. It was enough to exchange for ten Qi Gathering pills from Zhou Wenbin.

They did not even wait for the next day. Li Qingshan hurried out of the city with Xiao An during the night. He did not even glance back at Ancient Wind city. He no longer had any plans to return here.

In the pond of lily pads on the mountainside, a carp swam around freely, shaking up the lily pads. Their destiny had ended today. Who knows whether they would meet again.

Li Qingshan strode through the darkness in a straight path. By dawn, he had already arrived at a port on Clear River. He boarded a large ship and sailed downstream, heading directly towards Jiaping.

In Jiaping city, Zhuo Zhibo said, “In other words, he really did defeat Qian Yannian?”

Qian Rongzhi said, “Yeah. I find it quite difficult to believe as well. That old coot Qian Yannian had weakened with age. He was far too useless. He probably never thought Li Qingshan would be a Body Practitioner, so he was careless, and Li Qingshan managed to get him. Looks like you’ll have to take action personally.”

When Qian Rongzhi left Ancient Wind city, she travelled slowly as she had hired a great cart in order to bring the spiritual artifact cauldron with her. She had only just arrived back at Jiaping.