Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 505 - 443: Exclusive Tenacity Retention

"The habit of hoarding needs to be changed sooner rather than later."

Inside the Golden Cry Jade Beads, a chaotic array of various objects resembling a vast mountain made Qi Xiu hold his forehead in helplessness.

Perhaps it was because of those hard early years.

That later on, whenever he came across something, he had to pack it up and take it away.

After accumulating for so many years, there were many things he couldn’t even remember where they were, nor did he have any recollection of them.

Having searched for quite a while without a trace, seeing no end in sight, Qi Xiu had to perform a Daoist incantation, and from the center of his brows, countless strands of Spiritual Light surged forth, pouring into the Golden Cry Jade Beads like a small meteor shower.

He extracted three thousand residual souls from his Ancestral Aperture.

These residual souls revered him like a deity and possessed a certain level of wisdom and spirit essence, making them the perfect laborers for such tedious work.

After explaining what needed to be found, these residual souls immediately showed ecstasy.

Feeling an unparalleled honor to be of use to their lord, they meticulously noted the characteristics of the items to be searched and then immediately dove into the mountain-like pile of clutter to search carefully.

With these residual souls as helpers, Qi Xiu sighed in relief and waited quietly.

The efficiency of the three thousand residual souls was indeed high.

In a matter of hours, a Spell Jade was raised high above the head by a residual soul trembling with excitement, who offered it to Qi Xiu with both hands.

"Well done."

Taking the Spell Jade, Qi Xiu smiled and praised.

"To serve my lord, I would die a hundred deaths without regret..."

Upon hearing Qi Xiu’s praise, the residual soul trembled even more, and at the same time, its originally tattered and barely existent body that emitted black smoke began to solidify, faintly taking on the visage it had in life.

"Hmm?!"

Qi Xiu’s eyes narrowed, revealing a trace of astonishment.

This residual soul’s condition...

Why is it so similar to those with Tenacity Retention?

Looking at the dramatically changing residual soul before him, Qi Xiu flicked his fingertips, and an Innate Thunder Light burst forth, instantly reducing the residual soul before him to ashes.

With eyes slightly squinted, Qi Xiu observed the residual soul turned to ashes, waiting quietly.

A minute...

Ten minutes...

An hour...

Ten hours...

The ashes remained unchanged, showing not a hint of alteration.

Was I overthinking it?

Scratching his eyebrow, just as Qi Xiu was about to look away, the embers that had been motionless suddenly disappeared.

In its place, the residual soul he had shattered with Thunder Light reappeared before him.

Still wearing that spine-chilling devotion and fervor, even its aura remained unchanged.

The reappearing residual soul completely changed Qi Xiu’s expression.

Heaven above.

This time, it’s truly going to explode!

The tenacity of Tenacity Retention is unparalleled in the world.

As a reflection of the [past] in the [present].

This is a type of existence that is almost impossible to unravel.

Even a Primordial Spirit True Honor may not be able to completely deal with it, and the best outcome might be sealing it.

"If I could convert all the residual souls before Yama’s Palace into Tenacity Retention, wouldn’t that mean I would have an army exclusively mine, undying and even making a Primordial Spirit True Honor frown?"

At this thought, even Qi Xiu, who usually sought only self-preservation for himself and his family, couldn’t help but feel a surge of fervor within.

No way around it.

From the current residual soul’s condition, once transformed into Tenacity Retention, their core tenacity would still inherit the original state.

That means complete fervor and devotion towards himself.

In this way, he would have an army of Tenacity Retention completely obedient to his commands, invincible.

After the turbulent excitement in his heart, Qi Xiu took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"This residual soul is no different from the others, becoming Tenacity Retention couldn’t be a mere coincidence, certain factors must have triggered this transformation."

Carefully pondering everything that happened before the residual soul turned into Tenacity Retention, Qi Xiu’s gaze gradually became contemplative.

"Was it my praise?"

After some thought, Qi Xiu shook his head.

It couldn’t be such a simple reason; otherwise, the Hell Dao inherent in ’Yama’s Golden Chapter’ would have marked it long ago.

Moreover, if ’Yama’s Golden Chapter’ were capable of creating Tenacity Retention this easily.

It would have long become the world’s number one miracle scripture.

The Hell Dao wouldn’t have allowed Shenxiao Sect to obliterate it.

Leaning against a rock, the cold and coarse texture felt against his back, Qi Xiu’s eyes suddenly moved, gazing at the turbulent, ocean wave-like thick muddy fog around.

Is it because of... this muddy fog?

Or perhaps, the unique environment of the Southern Ming Wasteland?

The more Qi Xiu thought about it, the more likely it seemed; Tenacity Retention is an extremely rare existence, with less than five occurrences in clearly recorded history, and they eventually vanished due to tenacity enlightenment, dissipating by themselves.

But in this Southern Ming Wasteland, Tenacity Retention appears to flourish everywhere, ubiquitous, becoming commonplace.

If not due to the peculiarities of this land, it wouldn’t make sense at all.

To verify his speculation, Qi Xiu summoned another residual soul with a wave of his hand.

This time, he didn’t say anything to the residual soul; instead, he performed the Observing Qi Skill, the purple hue flooding his eyes as he observed it silently.

Kneeling before Qi Xiu, the residual soul touched its head to the ground, not daring to lift its head to even glance at the only devout faith in its heart.

However, in Qi Xiu’s vision, within this omnipresent muddy fog, strands of an inexplicable strange force were constantly pouring into the body of the residual soul.