I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 197 - 167 No Side Effects_1

Chapter 197: Chapter 167 No Side Effects_1

"This place might become a dangerous land in the future." With his hair tied up past his waist, Zheng Yichen said to the three girls. The traces of the Demon Flower were completely gone, leaving only the Hellfire behind. And it seemed this stuff was like natural gas ignited underground, unquenchable...

"Why are you all looking at me?"

"I think Brother Chang Qing looks better now." Lin Yaoyao stared at the youthful-looking Zheng Yichen with long hair, contrasting it with his previously short haircut, which now seemed just right to them.

"Washing this hair is so inconvenient." Zheng Yichen tugged at his long hair that now seemed overly long due to his reduced age and height.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you treasure hunting."

Zheng Yichen told them, previously mentioning that after this matter was over, they would go to the ruins of other sects or similar places.

On the way, seeing the world restored to normal, Qi Xiangyun and the others still couldn’t feel happy. The sky was no longer covered with dense clouds, the red threads withered and died, the red mist disappeared, and the world’s color returned to normal. However, the destroyed wouldn’t be restored just like that.

The dead wouldn’t come back to life, and the destroyed remained in their ruined state, not to mention the aimlessly wandering Aberrant creatures and the like: "How many people are left in this world?"

Qi Xiangyun asked Zheng Yichen, somewhat lost.

"There should still be quite a few, right?" This statement was meant to be comforting.

...

"This is the Iron Sword Sect... Strange, it seems someone has been here." Qi Xiangyun looked doubtfully at the gates of the Iron Sword Sect. There were some faded bloodstains visible, but no Aberrant creatures moved about here anymore.

"Let’s go in and take a look." Adjusting the motorcycle to follow mode, Zheng Yichen walked into the gates of the sect called Iron Sword Sect and checked a corpse: "The Aberrant creatures here have been dead for a while, someone indeed came by."

He immediately thought of the Dusk hunter.

"...Let’s search, perhaps there’s still something useful left." Qi Xiangyun suggested, choosing this place because the Iron Sword Sect had unique methods in swordplay, rumored to turn any ordinary iron sword into something extraordinary within this sect.

In an important attic of the Iron Sword Sect, the entrance was violently broken into. Qi Xiangyun saw some mechanisms from Qi Family Town, but they were damaged beyond repair, causing her to pout involuntarily. Whoever did this was way too violent.

The entrance to the attic was broken, and few protective mechanisms remained. Books lay scattered on the floor, gathering dust. She picked one up and skimmed through it; it was a basic book on sword techniques, likely used for foundational training in the sect, and others recorded its history.

"The method of sword forging..." Glancing at another book, Qi Xiangyun took it with her. This book was left untouched by others but was quite informative for her. The Iron Sword Sect was indeed skilled in sword forging, and although it greatly differed from Renowned Sword Villa, the two had different characteristics.

She continued searching in other areas, finding more damaged secret compartments: "The important martial arts of the Iron Sword Sect are nowhere to be found."

"Then let’s move on to another place." Zheng Yichen wasn’t too disappointed; Blood Asura was an extremely formidable martial art on its own, and if they found other arts, they would only be secondary to their main practice, the Blood Asura.

Scouring for martial arts took almost a week’s time. Many sects had been ’looted’, and recent signs of looting indicated it happened within the last two days, likely by some survivors specifically searching for suitable martial arts.

Some sects still retained part of their vitality, and when Zheng Yichen’s party arrived, the entire sect became extremely vigilant. They didn’t feel any psychological pressure looting those extinct sects, but they left the well-preserved ones as they were.

They collected quite a bit overall. Some looted sects were not thoroughly picked clean, and hidden compartments still contained some treasures, which Qi Xiangyun, adept at mechanical techniques, methodically uncovered.

When they returned to the Dusk Territory, Zheng Yichen’s hair was almost dragging on the ground.

"Is this the place Brother Chang Qing came from?" Lin Yaoyao looked towards a site that resembled a Taoist temple in the distance, her expression hesitant. Zheng Yichen came from this place and would also leave from here. Over the past few days, Zheng Yichen had been saying that he didn’t belong to this world.

He was just here to solve a problem, and once it was resolved, he would return to where he came from.

"Yes, let’s go inside and take a look first." Zheng Yichen glanced at the three girls and silently increased his speed on the motorcycle. Arriving at the Dusk Territory, they could see many refugees, er, some leftovers from the Dusk mercenaries who stayed behind; they couldn’t be considered refugees anymore.

At least they didn’t have any problems with food and clothing. Those wanting to flex their muscles were promptly thrown out due to the presence of Dusk nun. The order in this place had always been good.

"This feels so strange." Liu Hongzhao entered the Dusk Territory and was visibly amazed. This was the place she and her father had planned to visit before they encountered mishaps on the way and nearly became sacrifices.

"It’s like time has frozen at dusk." Qi Xiangyun looked at the clear distinction of colors inside and out of the Dusk Territory, then at Zheng Yichen: "Brother Chang Qing, I don’t feel the kind of repulsion you mentioned."

"What about you two?"

Liu Hongzhao and Lin Yaoyao both shook their heads.

"That settles it then, you can consider this place to be a very special safe house," Zheng Yichen said under the gaze of some people as he found Prioress Tia, who had conformed to local customs and changed into a different set of clothes.

The nun looked at Zheng Yichen with a calm expression, undisturbed by his new appearance, and did not bring up the fact that he didn’t return immediately after dealing with the Demon Flower. She handed him her little notebook, which previously recorded 6 merit points, now showed 15 merit points, with a new +9.

"A Demon Flower is worth that much?" Zheng Yichen thought about the merit points he received for solving the cases involving Alien Phenomenon creatures before, which were usually two or three points, sometimes four.

"A comprehensive record," she said.

Alright, Zheng Yichen handed back the notebook to Tia and changed the subject, "Do you see any problems with me?"

"I think there are problems all over you," Tia replied, looking at Zheng Yichen’s new look. If he hadn’t asked, she wouldn’t have commented, but since he did, she wouldn’t hold back her views.

Zheng Yichen coughed slightly, "I thought you would understand what I meant. I’m asking if there are any other problems aside from my current appearance."

"No, you’re quite normal," Tia immediately averted her gaze, showing no curiosity about Zheng Yichen’s new ’skin’.

"Still considered human?"

"As long as you think you are, then you are," she replied.

Zheng Yichen did not continue the topic. He started unloading some things from the motorcycle, some of which he took to the storage area and some he put into his private room in the Dusk Territory.

The last and most important task was to take the giant sword left by the Battle Maniac Asura; this sword was comparable to the ones in Qi Xiangyun and her group’s possession, but of a different quality. Their swords were the main weapons of the Battle Maniac Asura, while the giant sword was at best a backup weapon.

What was crucial were the martial arts recorded on the sword. He wanted the Dusk nun to see if there were any unknown side effects to them.

"There is no normal side effect, and you won’t face the issue you’re worried about," Tia said after just a glance at the martial arts on the giant sword, giving Zheng Yichen a very definite answer, suggesting that even if someone learned this martial art, it would not lead to being controlled by others.

At most, when fighting with the Battle Maniac Asura, because he understood the martial art too well, the user would be completely suppressed by him in a fight, but situations where the martial arts indirectly or directly control the learner did not exist.

"The side effect is not within the range you’re worried about. Once the martial art is learned to a certain extent, it will prevent the learner from reincarnating after death," Tia clarified.

Zheng Yichen raised his eyebrows, "That sounds like a good deal?"

Looking at Zheng Yichen, Tia’s eyes conveyed a hint of, ’Are you serious?’ "Not reincarnating, but still dead," she said.

"I get it. The Battle Maniac Asura likes strong opponents. Alive, he wants to fight them. Dead, if they don’t reincarnate, it’s useful for his collection," Zheng Yichen figured.

To Zheng Yichen, such a side effect didn’t seem like a drawback at all; in fact, it might excite some people, no?

Not reincarnating literally meant that, but specifics depended on the world. In this world, not reincarnating was definite; in other worlds, it was not so absolute.

The Blood Asura martial arts could be learned by him too, and regarding the potential of this martial art... No problem. After learning it, he planned to focus mainly on developing his own extraordinary abilities rather than rely on this martial art as his primary strategy. He would think it over once he got home.

Zheng Yichen then went to where the three girls were resting. There, Liu Hongzhao was drawing a lot of attention, mainly because of her striking blood-red long hair that made the refugees there feel like she wasn’t a normal person. However, since they could enter the Dusk Territory, people didn’t say much.

They just made sure their own children didn’t approach the girls, who were eating snacks, out of curiosity.

"Brother Chang Qing, have you finished your work?" Lin Yaoyao’s eyes lit up as she saw Zheng Yichen return and immediately stood up.

"Yes," Zheng Yichen nodded, diving straight into the main issue and started to explain some matters, "You can continue training in Blood Asura; there are no issues with that martial art."

Battle Maniac Asura was quite decent, not having arranged any tricks. Yet what the Supreme Demon had done Zheng Yichen would not comment on, nor did he think it appropriate to judge, since the values of a Supreme Demon and a human weren’t the same. He conveyed in detail the information he got from Tia.

"And then?" Lin Yaoyao looked at Zheng Yichen with an expression of reluctance.

"...Then, it’s time for me to leave."