All professional Gu Xian

Zhou Qing crossed the mountain path with dense forests, avoided the mountain people, bypassed Liujia Village, and ran for twenty or thirty miles in one breath.

The tall city wall of Ping'an County appeared in sight.

Judging from the time, the morning market seemed to have just started, and the people from nearby villages and towns came to the market.

A long queue formed at the city gate.

"Hu~Hu~"

Zhou Qing panted, secretly complaining in his heart.

"I have to replenish my blood and qi when I go back."

After feeding the Corpse Worm Gu King with blood essence for half a month, his body was indeed weak.

Fortunately, he had a strong foundation and could recover after a period of rest.

The blood refining technique initially controlled the Corpse Worm Gu King, and then he only needed to feed his own blood essence every once in a while.

If the Corpse Worm Gu King's demand for blood food is regularly met, there will be no problem.

The Corpse Worm Gu King is the last trump card, not a conventional means.

Letting the Corpse Worm Gu King take action less will naturally reduce the risk of backlash.

When approaching the city gate, Zhou Qing took out the black iron token of the demon-suppression inspector from his arms, flashed it in front of the guard, and then bypassed the crowd and entered the city.

He returned to the house in the west of the city and found that the old lady was holding a broom and sweeping the dust and fallen leaves at the gate.

"Grandma, I'm back!"

Zhou Qing hurried forward.

The old lady raised her head and a kind smile appeared on her wrinkled face.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Every time Zhou Qing went out, he would tell her in advance. The old lady would not ask too much, but it did not mean that she did not care.

"Are you hungry? I'll go cook!"

The old lady put the broom against the wall and limped to the gate.

"Well! I want to eat the pancakes that grandma baked." Zhou Qing nodded heavily.

Go home, go home, only when there is a family, it is called going home.

"Okay!" The old lady agreed.

Looking at the old lady's slightly staggering steps, Zhou Qing felt that it was necessary to buy a maid to take care of the old lady.

Of course, this matter still needs to be discussed slowly.

With the increase of Zhou Qing's strength and ability to make money, the old lady doesn't need to work at all.

But since they are family members, they have to take care of their emotions.

They can't let the old lady feel burdened and feel useless.

At least he didn't plan to change a cook to do these things like cooking.

"It's so good to go home"

Zhou Qing stood at the bottom of the steps, looking at the open courtyard door, and took a deep breath.

He grabbed the broom on the side and swept the remaining fallen leaves at the door.

Then he followed to the kitchen.

The old lady made pancakes, and he got under the stove to light a fire and boiled water in another big pot.

I haven't taken a bath for half a month, and my body is very uncomfortable.

Although there is river water outside the cave in Huanglong Gorge, Zhou Qing is still a little uncomfortable with taking a bath in the coldest days of the year.

When the water boiled, the noodles were almost awake.

Grandma started kneading the dough, stuffing it with leeks, dried tofu, chili peppers, and minced meat, and preparing to make pancakes.

Zhou Qing took advantage of this time to go back to his room and take a nice bath.

After taking a bath, Zhou Qing ate more than a dozen pancakes in one breath, and still felt a little unsatisfied.

Grandma sat at the dining table, mending Zhou Qing's robe that he had just changed. Seeing that he had finished eating the pancakes, she put down her needle and thread.

"Ah Qing, is it enough? If not, I'll make more?"

"I'm full. Grandma's pancakes are delicious!" Zhou Qing wiped his greasy mouth.

Living with Grandma always reminds him of his grandmother in his previous life.

"If you like it, I'll make it for you often." Grandma smiled with wrinkles on her face.

"Grandma, I'll go back to my room to rest. Don't call me for lunch or dinner."

Zhou Qing got up and wiped his face and hands with a towel.

For the past half month, he had to feed the Corpse Worm Gu King while being careful to guard against possible Wushen Cult members.

He was always highly focused and had hardly ever slept a full night.

If it weren't for the breathing and true qi that could replace some of the rest time, he would have collapsed long ago.

What he needed most now was a good sleep.

"Okay." The old lady nodded, with some distress in her eyes.

She understood what the world outside was like. Her current life was hard-won and all depended on Ah Qing for support.

He had just become an adult and was still a child not long ago.

"Then I'll go to sleep." Zhou Qing smiled and nodded, and walked out of the kitchen.

The next day.

Zhou Qing woke up from a deep sleep.

He turned over from the bed, opened the window, and saw that the sun was shining outside, and the sun was past the zenith.

"It's so good to be alive!"

Zhou Qing stretched his body hard, and there was a crackling sound from his body, and his muscles and bones were fully stretched.

"Grandma?"

Zhou Qing saw the old lady sitting in an open space not far away, basking in the sun and sewing shoe soles.

"Ah Qing, are you awake? Are you hungry?" The old lady stood up and said.

"Yeah!" Zhou Qing nodded heavily, and his fatigue was greatly relieved.

It seemed that he slept from morning to noon the next day.

Looking at the old lady's back, Zhou Qing felt warm in his heart.

Zhou Qing changed into another clean uniform full of sunshine, and went straight to the inner city after dinner.

After entering the Demon Suppression Division branch, Zhou Qing went straight upstairs after learning that Yao Xuewei was working in the main hall on the third floor.

He just went up to the corridor on the third floor and hadn't reached the door of the main hall.

Bang!

There was a muffled sound from inside, which seemed to be the sound of slapping the table.

"What do you do for a living?! You can't even handle such a small matter!"

Then, Yao Xuewei scolded with anger.

"Send me more manpower now to handle it!"

"yes!"

The three inspectors walked out of the main hall in disgrace, and when they saw Zhou Qing, they all had awkward smiles on their faces.

When one of the inspectors passed by Zhou Qing, he patted him on the shoulder and whispered a reminder.

"My lord is in a bad mood, please use your skills to show your bright spots."

Since Zhou Qing captured Xue Zhong alive last time and proved his strength, and after receiving the silver reward, he invited the inspectors who were present at the time to have a drink, which made him familiar with most of the inspectors. .

"I understand, thank you, brother." Zhou Qing nodded.

He walked carefully into the main hall.

Yao Xuewei was sitting behind the desk, working on official documents with her head down.

"Didn't I say give in?"

Yao Xuewei's voice dropped when she heard the movement. She looked up and saw that the person coming was Zhou Qing. Her face brightened slightly and she nodded lightly: "I'm back."

"I have met you, sir." Zhou Qing bowed respectfully.

At this time, Yao Xuewei put on a black uniform again. Her eyebrows were dark and handsome, and a pair of willow-leaf eyebrows were drawn diagonally into her temples. Her whole person was full of heroism, without the gentleness she had in the cave.

"Well, the people from the Witch God Cult didn't show up, did they?"

Yao Xuewei put down the official document and writing brush and spoke calmly.

"Thank you for delaying the announcement. The people of the Witch God Sect don't know that Lin Tianzheng is dead yet, so they won't go to Huanglong Gorge in the short term." Zhou Qing said with fists in his hands.

There is a huge public notice board in the lobby on the first floor of the Demon Suppression Department. There will be portraits and information of wanted criminals on it.

When he passed by just now, Lin Tianzheng's portrait was still hanging in the lobby on the first floor.

"You don't need to thank me. I have discussed this matter with Master Xiao. He is ready to take a long-term approach to catch big fish."

Yao Xuewei said seriously.

"What do you mean, sir?" Zhou Qing was startled.

"Lin Tianzheng does not have the ability to refine so many corpses on his own, so he must be in collusion with the Witch God Sect.

What Mr. Xiao means is that the news of Lin Tianzheng's death will not be announced in the future.

Let’s see if anyone from the Wushen Sect will go to Huanglong Gorge to meet with Lin Tianzheng in the future. "

Yao Xuewei explained.

"That's it." Zhou Qing's face remained calm, but he secretly said it was a pity.

If more people knew about the cave in Huanglong Gorge, it would no longer be a secret.

Seeing that Zhou Qing didn't have any mood swings, Yao Xuewei raised the corners of her mouth slightly and continued:

"Master Xiao has entrusted this task to me, and the entire Demon Suppression Department branch is up to my command.

At present, even Master Xiao does not know the specific location of the cave in Huanglong Gorge. "

"My lord, what you mean is..." Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

"Yes, if you can cooperate with me to complete this mission, no one else will know this secret." Yao Xuewei nodded lightly.

"Thank you, sir! If I am just to serve as a secret sentry and keep an eye on the Witch God Sect, there should be no one more suitable than me." Zhou Qing said hurriedly.

If possible, he still wanted to take the cave as his own.

After all, it is a natural cave, and there is also an underground swamp suitable for refining corpses and raising Gu, which is not so easy to find.

"Okay, since you took the initiative to ask for help, that's the best. I originally wanted you to take this opportunity to repay my favor, but it seems you won't need it now."

Yao Xuewei thought of herself.

"Ah?!" Zhou Qing was stunned.

"What? Do you feel that you are at a disadvantage?" Yao Xuewei raised her eyebrows, her eyes were quite sharp, giving people a feeling of being calm and confident.

"I will be lucky to serve you for the rest of my life. I am willing to go through fire and water for you, no matter what!"

Zhou Qing said quickly.

"Glib tongue!" Yao Xuewei said coldly: "The water here is very deep. You can just do what you can. You don't need to show off."

"Yes, thank you for your concern, sir." Zhou Qing smiled.

"I'm just looking at Hong Yu's sake, you don't want it," Yao Xuewei said lightly. Halfway through, she seemed to think of something and suddenly stopped.

When Zhou Qing heard her mention senior sister, a charming scene appeared in his mind.

"Hmph!" Yao Xuewei saw that Zhou Qing's eyes were a little erratic and couldn't help but snorted, interrupting his thoughts.

"What happened before, if you were"

Yao Xuewei's voice turned cold.

"This subordinate doesn't remember anything!" Zhou Qing said hurriedly.

Seeing Zhou Qingpo's superiority, Yao Xuewei's face brightened slightly and hesitantly said: "Your senior sister and I are actually..."

"Understood!" Zhou Qing clasped his fists.

"What do you understand?"

"There are always some flowers in this world that are different from others, and the same is true for people. There will be some who are more special."

Zhou Qing considered his words carefully.

"you!"

However, when Yao Xuewei heard this, her face turned red and she looked angry.

"." Zhou Qing fell into silence. Isn't this tactful enough?

"Get out!" Yao Xuewei's chest heaved violently, pointing at the door.

"My subordinates, please retire." Zhou Qing bowed respectfully, turned around and left.

"return!"

"yes!"

Zhou Qing turned around.

boom!

Yao Xuewei put her hand into the lapel of her chest, then slapped the table, and two large banknotes appeared.

"This is the silver reward, take it!"

"Thank you, sir!" Zhou Qing stepped forward and put the two thousand taels of silver notes with a warm breath into his arms.

"Please do not leak any information about the demon corpses and divine weapons. This matter has nothing to do with us." Yao Xuewei suddenly lowered her voice and looked solemn.

Zhou Qing was shocked and his pupils suddenly dilated.

"I obey my orders!"

"Go ahead."

Yao Xuewei waved her hand.

"I'll take my leave." Zhou Qing left the main hall, his expression changing.

Yao Xuewei clearly didn't look at the secret book and scroll left by Lin Tianzheng.

It seems that the matter of the Heavenly Demon Corpse is not a secret to the top leaders.

"Forget it! I don't want to think about it. Unless the Heavenly Demon Corpse is in my hands, this matter has nothing to do with me."

Zhou Qing's mind turned rapidly.

Even Yao Xuewei, who came from a big family in the Central Plains, didn't want to get involved. He was just a small character now, how dare he get involved in the fight between these blood exchange realm masters.

"With these two thousand taels, I don't have to worry about money recently."

Zhou Qing walked out of the gate of the Demon Suppression Division, holding the silver note tightly, and took a deep breath.

It smells so good!

Zhou Qing went straight to Baicaotang and bought two of each of the three kinds of pills, Guqi Dan, Huanglong Dan, and Baicao Dan, and spent 780 taels of silver at once.

Then, instead of going home, he went straight to Yuyefang in the east of the city.

The main hall of Baiyun Martial Arts Hall is just to the east of Yuyefang.

Speaking of which, he had been in the county for so long, but he hadn't been to the main hall yet.

Wei Sheng's fourth disciple Yuan Fu was practicing in the main hall.

Like He Zhongdong, Yuan Fu also came from a big family in the county.

But compared to the He family, the Yuan family had a great martial artist in the blood exchange realm, who was the real tyrant of the county.

Zhou Qing was just trying this trip, after all, he had never met Yuan Fu.

And Yuan Fu said he was Wei Sheng's direct disciple, but in fact he had been practicing with the owner of the main hall, Jin Wanshan.

Baiyun Martial Arts Hall.

Front yard.

"Junior Brother Zhou wants to learn the follow-up content of Baiyun Palm. Have you already practiced Baiyun Poison Palm and Baiyun Pillar to perfection?"

Yuan Fu was surprised when he learned the purpose of Zhou Qing's visit.

"That's right. Please give me more advice, senior brother." Zhou Qing was very humble.

"It's true that heroes come from young people." Yuan Fu couldn't help but sigh, and then shook his head.

"It's not that I don't want to teach you, but I haven't practiced the White Cloud Poison Palm and the White Cloud Pillar to perfection. After I broke through the flesh barrier, I followed Master Jin to practice the Five Poison Palm. So I can't teach you."

"I see." Zhou Qing clasped his fists.

"I don't know Master Jin."

"Master Jin will naturally know the White Cloud Palm, but I advise you not to go to him." Yuan Fu lowered his voice.

"Master Jin has a very bad relationship with Master. If it weren't for my old master of the Yuan family insisting that I follow him to practice, I wouldn't be able to stay in the county.

If you want to learn the follow-up content, you can only wait for Master Wei to come back, or go back to Heishan Town to find the third and fifth brothers."

"Thank you for your doubts." Zhou Qing said seriously.

"Junior brother, this is your first visit, and I can't help you much. I'm really ashamed." Yuan Fu waved his hand.

"Brother, you are really embarrassing me. I should have come to visit you earlier. If you have time in the future, please come to Chunjiang Tower to have a chat."

Because of his preconceived notions, he thought that people from the local big families were not easy to get along with, so he never came to see Yuan Fu. Unexpectedly, he looked quite easy to talk to.

Zhou Qing felt that it was necessary to make friends.

"Okay, okay." Yuan Fu said with a smile, and sent Zhou Qing out of the martial arts hall.

"It seems that I can only go back to Heishan Town."

On the way home, Zhou Qing fell into deep thought.

The most urgent task is to control the Wood King Ding magic weapon, use the power of the magic weapon to raise Gu, and strengthen himself, so he must go back to Heishan Town.

But before that, he must restore his blood.

Three days later, Zhou Qing took advantage of the night to leave the city and went to Heishan Town without stopping.

[The Earth Evil Yin Array collapsed, and he currently obtained the favor of 'Black Wind Mountain', and the favor degree +4000. 】

[Profession: Mountain God (Black Wind Mountain)]

[Divine Power: Not Up to Standard (4032/10000)]

When Zhou Qing passed the foot of Black Wind Mountain, a line of text suddenly appeared in his sight.

“Ah?”

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