Refining the Mountains and Rivers

“Qin Yu! Qin Yu! Hurry over here!” An eager voice shouted. The voice sounded breathless and when it fell into the ears, it titillated the imagination.

Qin Yu woke up from his trance and revealed a helpless look. This Feature woman was becoming increasingly strange with every passing day. He always thought that something was wrong.

Did she need to use that tone of voice just to call him over? If a stranger heard this, they would think that he had just been doing something more provocative with her.

He complained inwardly but he didn’t dare delay. Like a ghost, he quickly raced out and flew into her room.

As Qin Yu first surveyed the scene, his face stiffened. He had no idea what sort of problems occurred during the refining process, but her perfectly good clothes had been torn up and burnt all over again. Large swathes of her fair and clear skin were revealed.

The degree of exposure was even more eye-catching than yesterday. It was enough to give a person a nosebleed!

“What are you doing standing there? Hurry up and insert abyssal energy. Remember, you have to be very gentle. It is too frail right now and cannot withstand fluctuations that are too great.”

A mass of light floated in front of Feature. The lights surged with color, red, blue, and green. It gave off an incomparably chaotic feeling, like it would explode at any moment.

Qin Yu took a deep breath and steadied his mind. He braced himself and walked over. Before he could do anything, Feature grabbed onto him. ”Hurry and do it. Through your senses, I will tell you how much abyssal energy to put in.”

This woman…

When she hugged him so unexpectedly, he nearly leapt up in fright. If he really did that and any fluctuations of strength escaped, this sphere of light would have blown up.

He did his best to not pay attention to the astonishing touch from their contact. He stabilized his mind and started to slowly summon abyssal energy from within his body.

Immediately, Feature lowered her voice and said, “Slow down. Slow down some more. You are using too much abyssal energy.

“That’s right. Reduce it by another third. The speed can be a little faster. Do you see the light changing as it flashes? After it stabilizes, continue infusing energy this way for three breaths of time.

“Increase the output of abyssal energy by three times. Hurry up, we must cut through the mess with a sharp knife and bring these disobedient little things together.

“It will soon succeed. Maintain this rhythm for a bit longer and you can retire with your merits and leave the rest to me.

“Good. You may leave now. Remember to close the door and don’t disturb me.”

Qin Yu left and gently closed the door behind him. He finally let out a long breath that he had been keeping in. He subconsciously wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

With the firmness of his mind, assisting in injecting some abyssal energy wasn’t a problem. The key issue here was that in order to not affect the refinement process, Feature had pasted herself against him and was quietly whispering into his ear.

It was only today that Qin Yu truly understood the meaning behind the saying ‘Breathing like an Orchid’. While he wasn’t happy with what Feature did, her breath lifted the heart and mind.

Only the heavens knew that Qin Yu had to expend a great deal of strength to not reveal anything inappropriate.

He turned and glanced at the door. He bitterly smiled. This work as an assistant was a bit too uncomfortable.

This was absolutely taking advantage of someone and pretending not to know about it. The problem was that Qin Yu knew long ago that Feature wasn’t someone who was good to provoke.

And she had once vaguely affirmed this point.

Now that he had taken advantage of her, who knew what sort of price he would have to pay in the future? His intuition told him that this was absolutely something he didn’t want to face!

Stand firm! Stand firm! Don’t be fooled by that woman’s tricks! Who knew when she would suddenly flip over the table and become completely unrecognizable?

An hour later, wearing tattered robes and looking like a lunatic that just escaped from an insane asylum, Feature came screaming out from her room. She held a black pill in her hand.

“I’ve succeeded! I’ve succeeded! Hahaha, I knew that I was a true genius! I will inevitably become the future strongest demonic refining master in the abyss!”

Seeing her movements and her chest bouncing up and down as she jumped, Qin Yu took a deep breath and lowered his head. He pretended not to see anything at all, as if all he saw was nothing but a dream, begging his eyes not to be charmed.

Of course, only Qin Yu knew what the effect of this was. But looking at his expression as he lowered his head and turned his eyes away, it clearly wasn’t working out too well.

However, Feature had truly succeeded and managed to refine a demonic medicine. This was a bit beyond Qin Yu’s expectations. But when he thought about it clearly, if she could even refine something that could conceal her aura, this sort of basic demon medicine wasn’t much at all.

Certainly, while the demon medicine had been refined, the effects would only be known after experimentation. Then, Qin Yu decisively rejected Feature’s proposal to have him test the medicine. No matter how much she curled her lips, he remained stoic.

What nonsense, you want me to test the medicine just because you asked? What happens if I die?

“Qin Yu! Since you can’t recognize the goodwill of others, then go and bring back some abyssal demons. Remember that they must be injured. I want to see what the efficacy of this medicine is like.”

Qin Yu’s lips twitched. You think that there are injured abyssal demons everywhere? I’ll have to be the one doing it in the end.

But when he left the courtyard, he discovered that Feature’s mouth was actually extremely accurate.

An abyssal demon lay unconscious not too far away from the entrance. A large pool of blood had gathered beneath his body. While many other demons were coming and going, none of them stopped for him.

The beast tide was coming and everyone was racking their brains on how to survive this catastrophe. No one had any energy to care about the life and death of others.

He glanced around. Then, he grabbed this person and walked back into the courtyard.

Is such a severe injury enough to satisfy you? Mm, he’s solid to the touch too. Such a large body should be considered a good testing material!

Seeing Qin Yu immediately return carrying such a heavily wounded abyssal demon with him, Feature was pleasantly surprised. She greeted him and ordered him to put the person down.

But when it came to truly saving others, she was at a loss for a time. After thinking about it, she took out three pitch black demon medicines and told Qin Yu to mix them with water and feed it to him.

The unconsciously abyssal demon soon began to twitch and convulse. Blood spurted out from his hideous face and body, and soon he stopped moving.

Feature was stunned. “He died?”

Qin Yu examined him. He blankly said, “Not yet, but he’s almost there.” His lips twitched again and he rubbed his forehead. Was this what you meant when you said I cannot recognize the goodwill of others?

This abyssal demon had his stomach torn open and carelessly wrapped up and still didn’t die. Yet such a strong demon had died after taking that medicine. Qin Yu was fortunate that he had firmly rejected her, otherwise the person lying on the floor right now would be him!

“That’s not right. No, how can things be like this? There is absolutely nothing wrong with the demon medicine I refined so how can this be the result? This is impossible!” Feature had a look of complete disbelief on her face. When Qin Yu saw this, his own complexion darkened even further.

This demon is about to die, so what do you mean it is impossible?

Hohoho, you really are blind!

“Don’t let him suffer any longer. Killing him is also a form of mercy.” As Qin Yu spoke, he was about to finish the job.

Feature screamed, “No! Don’t touch him! He is my first test subject; you cannot kill him!”

Qin Yu was expressionless. “With this demon’s current condition, I cannot guarantee that he won’t suddenly explode. If you’re affected, don’t blame me for not having warned you.”

Feature bit her lips. “Anyways, you cannot kill him…then…how about throwing him outside the door? What if he survives somehow?”

Qin Yu laughed inwardly. He picked up the demon and tossed him a bit further away from the courtyard. If he really did die right at their entrance, things might be a bit troublesome.

This woman was such a hypocrite. How could she be so argumentative when it came to destroying the corpse and eliminating evidence?

“Qin Yu, trust me, there is absolutely no problem with the demon medicine. How about you try it yourself? What if it is because that demon’s physique has a problem and he was born unable to use the demon medicine I refined?”

Feature said earnestly.

Qin Yu pointed at his forehead, “Do I look like an idiot to you?”

He turned and swaggered away!

No matter what, it was impossible for him to test the medicine. She could go insane all she wanted, but he wouldn’t join in with her craziness.

Feature’s broken thoughts still came from behind him. “This isn’t right. How can this be? I definitely didn’t make a mistake! Ahhh! There’s no way I was wrong!”

…

My name is Sledgehammer. Yes, that’s right, the big iron hammer that is used to hit things very hard.

To us abyssal demons, things like names are all just aliases. There is simply no significance to them.

As long as one is strong enough, no one will dare laugh at you. This is what my father taught me. He also taught me that as a descendant of the Raging Cow Clan, I cannot admit I was wrong no matter what.

No matter who it was, as long as they dared to force me, there was no reason to talk, let’s just fight! I thought my father’s words were reasonable so I continued like this my entire life.

Wherever Sledgehammer went, he would deal with anything he was dissatisfied with. Those that dared to leap out at him would be pounded into the ground!

But as the saying went, if one walks along the riverside for a long time, how can their shoes not get wet? I rampaged through the abyss for many years and finally I met my match.

It was a hybrid crossbreed freak of the Tiger and Mastiff Clans. He actually dared to call me stupid. I think your grandma is stupid! I didn’t care about how fierce he was and rolled up my sleeves and fought.

The process was too painful and I don’t want to recall it. But I really couldn’t stand it after the battle. After pulling off his arm, I staggered away and fled. I went as far as I could before collapsing in darkness.

I originally thought I was dead, so can someone tell me how I managed to survive?

Moreover, my arms and thighs are clearly much stronger than before. I, Cow Sledgehammer, can feel an incomparable strength running through them.

Could this be the so-called blessings one received after surviving a catastrophe? Did my bloodline evolve?

When I woke up, I found a river and washed myself. I looked into the reflection and saw two thick black horns jutting out from the top of my head. I couldn’t help but cry tears of joy.

Father, so you weren’t lying when you boasted to me before! Our ancestor really was a Black Demon Cow!

Today, your son has awakened our ancestor’s bloodline. You can rest in peace now. I, Sledgehammer, will definitely become famous in the abyss. I will find you a few more daughter-in-laws and give birth to hundreds of babies, multiplying our cow bloodline!

But right now, I have something even more important to do. That tiger mastiff who dared to fight with me, your grandfather Sledgehammer has returned.

Hum hum hum, this time, I will have you understand what it means to have a bowl-like fist, it means to see red!