I Can Strengthen Infinitely

Chapter 478: Chapter 293: Celestial Evil Curse (Part 3)

Whether a martial artist or a cultivator, the meridians through which True Qi and Inner Strength flow are more or less the same, and Qin Yuesheng is very skilled in this regard.

"The Buddha statue that guy got from you, where did you get it from?" Qin Yuesheng asked, grabbing Wang Mazi’s head.

His hand gripped Wang Mazi’s head like an iron clamp, causing pain at the top of his head, as if his skull might explode.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch."

Looking around, Qin Yuesheng noticed the cabinet that Wang Mazi hadn’t yet closed, and he got a clear view of the Buddha statues inside.

"Tell me, what’s the origin of these things, and what’s going on with this eye?" Qin Yuesheng pointed to the single pupil at Wang Mazi’s brow as he asked.

"Heh, heh heh, hehehe..." Having overcome his initial panic, Wang Mazi inexplicably calmed down. Facing Qin Yuesheng’s questions, he not only didn’t panic, but instead let out a cold laugh.

"That’s the Celestial Evil Curse, you can’t undo it. Either join the Celestial Evil Sect and work for the Sect Leader, or wait to die from bodily decay after seven days. You have no choice."

"Why did you give him the Buddha statue - what was your purpose?" Qin Yuesheng continued to ask.

Song Qiusheng stared at Wang Mazi like a knife, his two wives dead in agony without leaving complete corpses. If what Qin Yuesheng said was true, then Wang Mazi couldn’t escape the connection.

"I was just following orders. The sect told me to send these Evil Heart Bodhisattvas out, and as for what happens to those who take them home, even I don’t know." Wang Mazi looked at Song Qiusheng: "It seems your Evil Heart Bodhisattva caused trouble, didn’t it?"

Hearing this, Song Qiusheng was furious and immediately rushed forward to strangle Wang Mazi: "You harmed me! You harmed me! I’ll kill you!"

Wang Mazi, with his meridians sealed by Qin Yuesheng, was just an ordinary person and no match for Song Qiusheng. He was choked until his face turned red and his eyes widened.

Qin Yuesheng certainly couldn’t let this key clue be lost, and immediately pushed Song Qiusheng aside, saying to Wang Mazi: "Tell me everything you know about the Celestial Evil Curse."

"Ha! I pledged myself to the Celestial Evil Sect, my loyalty as clear as day and night. No matter how much you torture me, you’ll never get a word out of me!"

Qin Yuesheng gave him a meaningful, half-smiling look, then immediately injected a surge of Nine Yin Internal Power into Wang Mazi’s brain.

Instantly, the icy energy entered his brain, chilling it far beyond ordinary pain. Within three breaths, Wang Mazi was in tears, his expression collapsing.

Compared to common torture, Qin Yuesheng’s method was superior.

"Stop! Stop now! I’ll speak, I’ll speak." Unable to withstand the torment as tears froze in mere moments, Wang Mazi wailed out loud.

Qin Yuesheng withdrew his hand and smiled: "Not so tough after all, are you?"

Wang Mazi, having suffered greatly, dared not respond. He rubbed his neck and then slowly spoke: "The Celestial Evil Curse is a means for the Celestial Evil Sect to control people. I don’t know the specifics, but as disciples of the Celestial Evil Sect, we can use the Celestial Evil Curse for cultivation."

"These Buddha statues, they’re given to you by people from the Celestial Evil Sect?"

"Yes, they told me to distribute these statues. I also don’t know what purpose they serve."

Qin Yuesheng said: "Where’s the Celestial Evil Sect’s base? Take me there now."

Wang Mazi’s face curved into a bitter smile: "I’ve never been there. Every time my master comes to me."

After pressing him further, Qin Yuesheng finally confirmed that Wang Mazi wasn’t lying; he really knew very little.

Sorting through these clues, Qin Yuesheng formed a rough theory about the night’s events in his mind.

The dense malevolent aura and eerie phenomena in Chengshan City are closely linked to this Celestial Evil Sect, and possibly with the Ghost Race’s involvement, while Song Qiusheng brought the Killing Heart Bodhisattva home under the illusion of his wives’ pregnancy - mere incubators for malevolent spirits.

The specific motive the Celestial Evil Sect has in Chengshan City remains unclear. What Qin Yuesheng suspects is the potential involvement of the Ghost Race behind all this.

"Who all took those Buddha statues from you? Tell me each one, clearly." Qin Yuesheng threw Wang Mazi to the ground.

The Killing Heart Bodhisattva can spread the Celestial Evil Curse. If the curse can’t be broken, the afflicted will suffer decay and death within seven days. Qin Yuesheng certainly can’t let these sinister things continue to spread.

According to Wang Mazi, cultivating the Celestial Evil Sect’s technique allows the curse to aid in cultivation instead of being a life-threatening omen.

However, Qin Yuesheng won’t attempt this for the time being. Already affected by the curse, he can’t risk delving deeper by practicing the Celestial Evil Sect’s technique.

For Qin Yuesheng, the sole objective is to find this Celestial Evil Sect, discover how to break the curse, and destroy it.

Under such coercion, Wang Mazi had no choice but to comply, painstakingly documenting what Qin Yuesheng wanted to know for Song Qiusheng to note.

"I’ve told you everything I know; can you let me go now?" Wang Mazi asked hopefully.

Qin Yuesheng said: "Help me with one last thing."

"Wha-what is it?"

"Didn’t you say you have a master in the Celestial Evil Sect? Find a way to lure him out for me. If you capture him, I’ll let you go; otherwise, prepare to not live past tonight." Qin Yuesheng said calmly.

Faced with such obvious threats, Wang Mazi dared not refuse, reluctantly agreeing with cold sweat all over his face.