Capítulo 34: Barathrum Cave
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"We should head to Barathrum Cave today," said Han Sen as he walked around in his golden Armor.
Qing Tian smiled at those words of Han Sen's. It has been half a month since Qing Tian had been in Qin Xuan's office and had managed to get himself on the same level of status as the leaders of gangs in Steel Armor Shelter.
Whenever he walked around the shelter, some people would avoid him and others would ask if he had a gang they could join.
It was annoying sometimes, but it was good to talk to some other people once in a while. Reminds Qing Tian that these are also real people and they weren't some simple background characters with no past.
Anyways, Qing Tian was ready for today.
Today was the day that Han Sen met Qin Xuan at the caves and eventually got in touch with her as Dollar. It wouldn't be such a bad idea to go instead as himself and then run into Dollar out of 'coincidence'.
"Sure, let's go there. The Quartz Scorpions are small and can be eaten in one sitting. You can fill quite a few geno points with those," said Qing Tian as he agreed to the idea.
Han Sen smiled and walked out of the forest, Qing Tian followed right after he put on his Black Knight armor.
Qing Tian felt a bit weird upon wearing the Black Knight armor, it was an extremely natural feeling but it was weird. It was like he and the armor had become one, like an exoskeleton.
It was part of his body, he could even feel the wind brushing against it.
'I hope I don't feel the attacks,' thought Qing Tian with a wry smile.
Thinking that far, Qing Tian took out his cracked sword and rubbed it against the armor. He felt the first few rubs, but as he got rougher with the sword on the armor, Qing Tian felt less and less of the sword on the armor.
'So, if the attacks are above the strength of a pinch, then I won't feel anything at all,' thought Qing Tian as he sheathed the sword.
The Black Knight armor, under the passive of the Tempered Star Jade Essence Physique, also began to feel a lot stronger and tough.
Qing Tian even smiled as he thought about something rather ridiculous, 'If I enter the Great Perfection stage, does that mean that even Sacred-Blood armor can reach the Super stage?'
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Walking into the cave, Qing Tian and Han Sen were attacked by quite a few Quartz Scorpions attacking their feet. Kicking a few away, Qing Tian walked around, hoping to find something unusual about the cave.
Hunting for a small amount of time, Qing Tian began to feel a faint presence deep into the cave.
"Han Sen, I'll be back in a while. I think someone is up front," said Qing Tian as he walked deeper into the cave.
Han Sen nodded and said, "Be careful."
With a wave, Qing Tian walked deep into the cave and found Qin Xuan leaning against some stalagmites.
It was dark, but Qing Tian could see fine in the dark after being affected by both his Qigong. The Myriad Bone Tempering Art increased his senses and the Tempered Star Jade Essence Physique increased his resistances, one of those being against the darkness.
It was like looking at QIn Xuan under a soft light, her face was a bit pale and the corners of her eyes were a pale blue.
"Who are you?" asked Qin Xuan, trying to sound normal and a bit tough.
Qing Tian chuckled and waved at Qin Xuan, "It's been a while Xuan."
"Xuan?? … Heaven? Is that you?" Qin Xuan smiled faintly as she realized that it was Qing Tian who had appeared and not some random man.
Qing Tian nodded and approached, "Yeah. I came out to hunt alone today since I didn't see Han Sen at all today."
"What's with the armor?" asked Qin Xuan as she relaxed and sat down next to the stalagmite.
"It's something I managed to get from a Sacred Blood creature," said Qing Tian as he approached Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan smiled and said, "Lying that you killed a Sacred-Blood creature won't get you more points with me."
Chuckling Qing Tian removed the armor and revealed his true self to Qin Xuan.
"Who said I was lying to you?" Qing Tian took a step close to Qin Xuan and gave her a smirk as he walked even closer.
Qin Xuan began blushing as Qing Tian walked even closer to her. She leaned back onto the stalagmite and looked away for a brief second, "Wh-what are you doing?"
Qing Tian pulled out his sword and thrusted it forward, passing right by Qin Xuan, "Don't move!"
"EEK!" Qin Xuan jumped, afraid of the sword that cut right past her.
Ktchi!
Qing Tian pulled back the sword and a Quartz Scorpion was hanging on the end of the sword, dead.
"You almost died to this Mutant Quartz Scorpion," said Qing Tian as he winked at Qin Xuan.
"... L-looks like your skill is the real deal," said Qin Xuan with an even more pale face. "And your fitness is also pretty high, I didn't see the sword moving until it was already next to me."
Qing Tian removed the Mutant Quartz Scorpion before tossing it away and putting away his sword as well. With a small smile, Qing Tian got down on one knee and apologized to Qin Xuan, "I'm sorry for startling you with the sudden sword attack, it was an emergency."
"It's okay, these types of things happen," said Qin Xuan with a smile on her face.
Qing Tian then sat down as well in front of Qin Xuan before looking at her seriously with concern, "Are you okay? You look sick. Your ankle looks swollen, were you poisoned by any chance?"
"I'll be fine in no time, just help me get back to the shelter. My Second-in-Command has an antidote for this," said Qin Xuan with a sweet smile. "Would you mind carrying me out of this cave, I'll make sure to pay you handsomely for helping me out."
"Haha, really? I'd like that," said Qing Tian as he used his hand to move back some hair strands in front of Qin Xuan's face.
Qin Xuan blushed and smiled at Qing Tian.
Turning around, Qing Tian lowered his body and offered Qin Xuan to get on his back. She hesitated for a second before moving onto his back and sighing happily.
Standing up, Qing Tian took his time getting out of the cave.
"You don't need that armor from before to deal with the Quartz Scorpion attacks?" asked Qin Xuan, a bit worried about Qing Tian's well being.
Qing Tian chuckled and said, "No need, I already defeated most of the ones coming this way."
"That's impressive," said Qin Xuan, whispering seductively into Qing Tian's ears.
Chuckling, Qing Tian walked on out of the depths of Barathrum Cave, eventually running into a man in golden armor.
"Dollar..." mumbled Qin Xuan.
Qing Tian also stopped and feigned to have just met the man for the first time, "So this is the great Dollar I've been hearing about."
Han Sen, hearing Qing Tian's remark, turned to look over to where the sound came from with a curious look on his face.
'Tian?'
Just as Han Sen was about to say something, he noticed Qing Tian was not wearing his armor and a beautiful woman was on his back.
"..." Han Sen instantly began acting like another person and secretive as he tried to leave the cave.
"Wait! I need to discuss some things with you," said Qin Xuan, stopping Dollar from running away.
Qing Tian knew instantly what they were going to talk about and decided to let Qin Xuan down for a second.
"Can you wait a few seconds for me?" asked Qin Xuan with a small smile on her face as she turned to look at Qing Tian.
Qing Tian shrugged his shoulders, "I can wait for a minute, but I will drag you to the shelter for the antidote."
"Ooh~… tough love, I like that," said Qin Xuan as she winked at Qing Tian.
Qing Tian just smirked and went to sit down a couple feet away as he started counting.
Walking up to Dollar, Qin Xuan put on a serious face, "I don't care about your grudges with Son of Heaven. I just wanted to know if you're willing to sell the Sacred-Blood beast soul and gear."
"I can sell the gear for a price," said Dollar as he stood there with his arms crossed.
"Two million for the gear..."
It was then that Han Sen and Qin Xuan began haggling for a price for the axe gear Han Sen had gotten when he killed the Sacred-Blood Bloody Slayer.
"Okay, I'll take the six million as is," said Dollar as he turned to leave. "Prepare the money and just send Su Xiaoqiao when the money is ready."
"Alright then," said Qin Xuan with a nod before turning to look at Qing Tian with a helpless look on her face. "Heaven~, come carry me~."
Qing Tian chuckled at Qin Xuan's attempt at trying to look helpless.
"I'm coming," said Qing Tian as he walked next to Qin Xuan and had her climb onto his back.
"This is nice," mumbled Qin Xuan with a smile on her face.
"I can do this for you the next time you get hurt," said Qing Tian with a light chuckle.
Qin Xuan smacked her lips and said, "Who would want to get hurt again."
Pouting, Qin Xuan turned to look away and remained quiet for the rest of the way. It wasn't until they arrived at the entrance of the Squad Office of Steel Armor Shelter that Qin Xuan finally said something.
"Thank you," she said as she slid off Qing Tian's back, purposefully letting her breasts rub on Qing Tian.
Qing Tian said, "Get in their and get your antidote."
Giggling, Qin Xuan placed her hand on Qing Tian's arm before leaning in and giving him a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you again for helping me out. Your handsome reward is a date with me."
"That sounds like a great reward," said Qing Tian as he waved her goodbye.
Qin Xuan was leaving before pausing and running back to Qing Tian, "Wait! Let me give you one more thing before I go. I can't give you anything better, but I will make it up to you later."
With that said, Qin Xuan gave Qing Tian a pet beast soul, the iconic pet of Han Sen's, Meowth.
'I should probably give Han Sen this pet, and if my pet theory works, he can get a Super pet that can evolve continuously instead of Holy Angel,' thought Qing Tian as he looked at the sleeping cat inside his Sea of Consciousness.
'This works great for both Han Sen and me.'
Qing Tian quickly began thinking about traveling to Glory Shelter once more since the Larva Super Creature was over there, the Super Aqua Reaper. There was also the other Super creature that might also be a 2nd gen creature and beyond, the turtle that gave birth inside lava.
These creatures were good for Han Sen to try out his pet theory, though he needs to get another Sacred-Blood pet beast soul until then. He will have to wait until the Martial Arts Contest begins and he can get his hands on a Sacred-Blood pet beast soul.
He has also been keeping an eye out for Sacred-Blood pet beast souls online from shelters that are nearby and in Steel Armor Shelter. Though no luck so far since pet beast souls are rare and Sacred-Blood creatures are even more rare.
'I have three ways to get a Sacred-Blood pet beast soul,' thought Qing Tian as he sighed. 'If I can't manage to get a Sacred-Blood pet beast soul from buying them or getting it from the Martial Arts Contest, then I might have to kill Holy Angel and get her beast soul...'
Qing Tian thought about it with some regret, but it also didn't matter too much. Holy Angel wasn't going to change much either way in both forms. Either she becomes a pet beast soul or eats a Divine Marionette Pellet, she will become completely submissive to Qing Tian and listen to his every order.
The only difference would be the memories of her life in both forms. As a beast companion, she keeps her memories of her life and as a beast soul, she loses all individuality.
Even as a super beast soul, she retains only a bit of it of her personality.
'Hmm… I guess I can't turn her into a beast soul,' thought Qing Tian with a wry smile.
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