Chapter 50

Just as he stepped over the broken temple gate, Qin Shaoyou heard two night watchmen, who were carrying corpses, discussing.

"Hey, how come there's a chunk of flesh missing from this Eight-Armed Arhat's spider arm?"

"It is... but it's not strange. It was probably cut off during the battle. This kind of thing is common on the battlefield. I just picked up a few severed hands and carried them out with the corpses."

The two men chatted for a few moments, not suspecting anything. After searching the Eight-Armed Arhat's corpse, they were about to carry it outside.

Only Qin Shaoyou knew that the missing piece of flesh from the Eight-Armed Arhat's spider arm had actually been collected by the mysterious recipe book.

Unfortunately, the ingredients collected by the mysterious recipe book were not in large quantities, only enough for one or two meals. If he wanted more, he would have to take them himself.

But because of this, even if a piece of flesh was missing, no one would suspect anything.

Qin Shaoyou glanced around the courtyard and noticed that there were still many people cleaning up the battlefield. Xue Qingshan and Zhang Shilang were both in the main hall, making it a bad time to act.

After a moment's consideration, he decided not to rush into "restocking" here. He planned to wait until the corpses were transported out of the city for cremation and then find an opportunity to act.

At that time, there would be fewer people and no experts around, making it less likely to be discovered.

With this in mind, Qin Shaoyou walked straight to the two laborers carrying the Eight-Armed Arhat's corpse and said enthusiastically, "Let me help you."

Without giving the two laborers a chance to refuse, he picked up several of the Eight-Armed Arhat's severed arms, including the spider arm he wanted, and turned to walk out.

Outside the temple, he placed the arms on the last empty cart and then returned to the City God Temple to continue moving the corpses.

During the process of moving the corpses, Qin Shaoyou noticed that some of the corpses were not placed on the carts but were instead laid in a side hall of the City God Temple, covered with hemp cloth.

He learned that these corpses belonged to the fallen comrades of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

In the recently concluded battle, the Demon Suppression Bureau had also suffered significant casualties.

Seeing the bodies of his colleagues laid in the side hall, Qin Shaoyou felt a heavy heart.

Although he had long known that the reincarnation rate in the Demon Suppression Bureau was always high, this was the first time he had seen colleagues sacrifice themselves since coming to this world.

And the number of casualties was not just one or two.

Qin Shaoyou mourned for a moment before continuing to move the corpses.

He also checked the new recipes that had been unlocked.

In the battle, Qin Shaoyou had killed several Black Lotus Sect demons and executed many corpse puppets.

However, the corpse puppets had only given him two new recipes, and the Black Lotus Sect demons had only unlocked three, plus one from the ghost infant.

This surprised Qin Shaoyou: "Why only these few? Could it be that after unlocking a recipe from a certain type of demon, the probability of unlocking new recipes decreases?"

Unfortunately, the mysterious recipe book in his mind could not speak, so he could only verify this through practice.

The two new recipes unlocked from the corpse puppets were two desserts.

One was called Hard Skin Cake, and the other was called Mighty Crisp.

The names were simple and straightforward.

The ingredients used were not the flesh, bones, or blood of the corpse puppets, but various herbs.

Qin Shaoyou guessed that these herbs were used to create the corpse puppets.

After all, the characteristic of corpse puppets was their great strength and hard skin.

The effects of the two desserts were also consistent with this.

After consuming the Hard Skin Cake, it could enhance the hardness and toughness of the skin, complementing the Demon Bone Soup to achieve a body as hard as copper and iron.

The Mighty Crisp could increase strength, but it did not specify by how much. Qin Shaoyou would have to experience it himself after eating it.

However, in Qin Shaoyou's view, as long as there was an increase, it was good.

Even if the increase was small each time, it didn't matter.

He could eat it every day, at every meal!

One day, he would become incredibly strong, perhaps even a one-punch superman.

Moreover, as a martial artist in the Bone and Muscle Realm, he needed to train his bones, muscles, and skin to increase strength and defense.

These two desserts, when combined with the Demon Bone Soup, might help Qin Shaoyou advance to the next realm quickly.

Therefore, even though only two new recipes were unlocked from the corpse puppets, Qin Shaoyou was still very satisfied.

The recipe given by the ghost infant was called Clay Pot Rice, which involved cooking the ghost infant's soul into rice.

Although it did not grant any abilities, it could significantly increase speed after consumption.

Qin Shaoyou imagined himself being both hard and fast in the future and couldn't help but feel excited.

The three new recipes unlocked from the Black Lotus Sect demons, besides the Sauce Spider Leg from the Eight-Armed Arhat, included the Fried Ghost Cake from the Smiling Arhat and the Salvation Tea from other Black Lotus Sect demons.

Qin Shaoyou had already understood the effects of the Sauce Spider Leg.

Now, he mainly checked the Fried Ghost Cake and the Salvation Tea.

The method for making the Fried Ghost Cake was similar to frying ghosts, involving mixing the ghost's soul with medicinal mud and frying it in oil.

The effect of the Fried Ghost Cake granted Qin Shaoyou a new ability called "Ghost Binding."

According to the mysterious recipe book, the "Ghost Binding" ability could release blood qi to form shackles to bind demons and ghosts.

The strength of the "Ghost Binding" ability was related to Qin Shaoyou's own blood qi.

The more blood qi he had, the stronger the ability, and the more powerful the demons and ghosts he could bind.

This ability was likely related to the Smiling Arhat's ability to enslave ghost infants.

Speaking of which, the Smiling Arhat and the Eight-Armed Arhat, being close friends, both gave Qin Shaoyou new recipes and new abilities.

In comparison, the other Black Lotus Sect demons were not as helpful, giving only one new recipe among several of them.

Fortunately, the Salvation Tea did not disappoint Qin Shaoyou.

The ingredients for the Salvation Tea were the negative energies of resentment and death accumulated by the Black Lotus Sect demons.

These negative energies, after being boiled, fried, and steamed, and mixed with various herbs, were transformed into positive energy.

Drinking it could not only enhance cultivation but also improve understanding of Buddhist teachings.

As for how much cultivation would be increased, the mysterious recipe book, as usual, did not specify, leaving Qin Shaoyou to experience it himself.

But what does it mean to enhance understanding of Buddhist teachings?

Qin Shaoyou frowned.

Could it be that the monk was right? Do I have a connection with Buddhism?

But I don't want to be a monk...

Then, Qin Shaoyou became worried about another matter: how to collect the ingredients for the Salvation Tea, which were the resentment and death energies accumulated by the Black Lotus Sect demons?

This doubt did not trouble Qin Shaoyou for long.

When he was moving a Black Lotus Sect demon's corpse, he suddenly noticed that the resentment and death energies recorded in the Salvation Tea page of the mysterious recipe book had increased significantly!

He immediately understood.

"Is it that simple? Just touching the demon's corpse can extract the accumulated resentment and death energies?"

Qin Shaoyou became excited and began touching the other Black Lotus Sect demon corpses one by one after moving this one out.

Sure enough, he had a harvest each time, making him unable to hide his joy.

The night watchmen nearby, however, were horrified.

In their eyes, Qin Shaoyou hugging the corpses and laughing foolishly looked very strange.

"Qin Xiaqi... Is there something wrong with him?"

The night watchmen couldn't help but whisper to each other.

Qin Shaoyou quickly noticed this and hurriedly reined in his excitement, explaining seriously: "Don't misunderstand. I'm just happy that the demons have been punished and the victims have been saved. There's no other meaning."

"Uh-huh, we believe you," the night watchmen nodded, but whether they truly believed him or not, only they knew.

Soon, the corpses of the Black Lotus Sect demons and the corpse puppets in the City God Temple were all carried out, placed on carts, and transported out of the city for cremation.

During this process, Qin Shaoyou found an opportunity to secretly cut the Eight-Armed Arhat's spider arm into several pieces, wrap them in hemp cloth, and take them away.

The other ingredients could either be extracted using the mysterious recipe book or obtained from the herbal shop, making it quite convenient.

Although some people were curious about what Qin Shaoyou had wrapped in the hemp cloth, no one asked, assuming it was something he had taken from the corpses.

This kind of thing was secretly done by everyone, so no one found it strange.

Returning to the City God Temple, Qin Shaoyou saw his laborers resting against the wall under the leadership of Monk Ma and Scholar Zhu.

But he did not see Wei Lishi and Yao Lishi.

"Where are Old Wei and Old Yao?" Qin Shaoyou asked.