Chapter 107 [Mountain God] Returns! The Degree of Favor Has Skyrocketed! (4200 Words Long Chapter)

Zhou Qing walked through the forested mountain paths, avoiding the mountain people, bypassing Liujia Village, and ran for twenty or thirty miles in one breath.

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

Judging from the time, it seemed that the morning market had just started, and people from nearby villages and towns came to attend the market.

There was a long queue at the city gate.

"Hu~hu~"

Zhou Qing gasped and cursed secretly in his heart.

"You have to replenish your energy and blood when you go back."

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

Fortunately, he has a strong foundation and can recover after a period of rest.

The art of blood refining has initially taken control of the Corpse Insect Gu King, and then it only needs to be fed with its own blood essence every once in a while.

If the corpse insect Gu King's need for blood food is met regularly, there will be no problems.

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

Less letting the Corpse Insect Gu King take action will naturally reduce the risk of backlash.

When approaching the city gate, Zhou Qing took out the black iron token of the Demon Suppression Department 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 his grandma holding a broom and sweeping the dust and fallen leaves at the door.

"Grandma, I'm back!"

Zhou Qing stepped forward quickly.

Grandma raised her head, with a kind smile on her wrinkled face.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."

Every time Zhou Qing goes on a long trip, he will tell her in advance. Grandma won't ask any questions, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care.

"Are you hungry? I'm going to cook!"

Grandma put the broom against the wall and walked lamely to the courtyard gate.

"Yeah! I want to eat grandma's pancake." Zhou Qing nodded heavily.

Going home is called home only if you have family.

"Okay!" Grandma agreed.

Seeing his grandma's slightly staggering steps, Zhou Qing felt that it was necessary to buy a maid to take care of her.

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

As Zhou Qing's strength and earning ability improved, Grandma no longer needed to work.

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

Don't let grandma feel burdened and feel useless.

At least he didn't plan to find a cook to do the cooking.

“It’s good to be home”

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

He grabbed the broom placed aside and swept away the remaining fallen leaves from the gate.

Then he followed to the kitchen.

Grandma was making pancakes, while he got under the stove to light a fire and boiled water in another large pot.

I didn't take a shower for half a month, and I felt very uncomfortable.

Although there is river water outside the cave in Huanglong Gorge, Zhou Qing is still not used to bathing in bone-chilling water on such a cold day.

By the time the water boils, the noodles will be almost awake.

Grandma started to knead the dough and stuffed it with stuffing made of leeks, dried tofu, chili, and minced meat to prepare pancakes.

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

After taking a shower, Zhou Qing ate a dozen pancakes in one go, still feeling a little unsatisfied.

Grandma was sitting at the dining table, mending the robe Zhou Qing had just changed. When she saw that he had finished eating the pancakes, she put down her sewing.

"Aqing, is it enough? If it's not enough, I'll do it again?"

"I'm full. The pancakes made by grandma are so delicious!" Zhou Qing wiped his oily mouth.

Living with his grandmother always reminded him of his grandmother in his previous life.

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

"Grandma, I'll go back to my room and take a rest. You don't need to call me for lunch or dinner."

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

In the past half month, he had to feed the Corpse Insect Gu King while being careful to watch out for possible members of the Witch God Cult.

I was always highly focused and almost never slept a full night's sleep.

If the breath control and Qi had not replaced part of the rest time, he would have been unable to hold on long ago.

What he needs most now is a good night's sleep.

"Okay." Grandma nodded, with some distress in her eyes.

She understands what the world is like outside. Her current life is hard-earned and she relies entirely on Ah Qing to support her.

He had just come of age and had been a child not long ago.

"Then I'm going to bed." Zhou Qing nodded with a smile and walked out of the kitchen.

The next day.

Zhou Qing woke up from a deep sleep.

He stood up from the bed, opened the window, and saw the sun was shining brightly outside.

"It's good to be alive!"

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

"Grandma?"

From the corner of Zhou Qing's eye, he caught a glimpse of his grandma sitting in an open space not far away, basking in the sun and picking up the soles of her shoes.

"Aqing, are you awake? Are you hungry?" Grandma stood up and asked.

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

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

Looking at his grandma's back, Zhou Qing felt warm in his heart.

Zhou Qing put on another pair of clean uniforms that smelled like sunshine, and headed straight to the inner city after eating.

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

He had just reached the corridor on the third floor and had not yet reached the door of the main hall.

boom!

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

"What do you do for food?! You can't handle such a small thing!"

Immediately afterwards, Yao Xuewei scolded angrily.

"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 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 of the news. The people of the Wushen 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 Master 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 Cult, there should be no one more suitable than me." Zhou Qing said hurriedly.

If possible, he would still like 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 to do 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 calmness and self-power.

"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 Hongyu'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.

"My subordinates resign." Zhou Qing left the main hall, his expression changing.

Yao Xuewei clearly did not read the secret books and scrolls left by Lin Tianzheng.

It seems that the matter of the Tiansha Demonic Corpse is not a secret to the senior officials.

"Forget it! I don't want to think about it anymore. Unless I get the demon corpse, this matter has nothing to do with me."

Zhou Qing's mind changed rapidly.

Even Yao Xuewei, who was born in a big family in the Central Plains, didn't want to get involved. He was just a small role now and how could he dare to get involved in the battles between these great martial arts masters in the blood exchange realm.

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

Zhou Qing walked out of the gate of the Demon Suppression Department, holding the banknote tightly, and took a deep breath.

So delicious!

Zhou Qing went straight to Baicaotang and bought two pills each of Guqi Pill, Huanglong Pill, and Baicao Pill, spending 780 taels of silver in one go.

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 east of Yuyefang.

Speaking of which, he has been in the county for so long and has never been to the main hall.

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

Like He Zhongdong, Yuan Fu also comes from a large family in the county.

However, compared to the He family, the Yuan family has a great martial artist in the blood exchange realm who is the real tyrant in the county.

Zhou Qing only came here with the attitude of giving it a try. After all, he and Yuan Fu had never met.

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

Baiyun Martial Arts Headquarters.

forecourt.

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

Yuan Fu looked surprised when he learned Zhou Qing's intention.

"Exactly. Please give me some advice, senior brother." Zhou Qing lowered his stance.

"It's true that a hero comes from a young age." Yuan Fu couldn't help but sigh, and then shook his head.

"It's not that senior brother doesn't want to teach you, but I haven't practiced Baiyun Poison Palm and Baiyun Pile Kung Fu to perfection. After I broke through the flesh barrier, I followed Master Jin to practice Five Poison Palm. So I can't teach you. "

"That's it." Zhou Qing cupped his fists and said.

"I don't know about Master Jin."

"Uncle Jin naturally knows the White Cloud Palm Technique, but I advise you not to go to him." Yuan Fu lowered his voice.

"Uncle Jin has a very bad relationship with his master. If I, the old man of the Yuan family, had not insisted that I follow him in practice, I would not have been able to stay in the county.

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

"Thank you, senior brother, for clearing up the confusion." Zhou Qing said seriously.

"Junior brother is here for the first time. I can't help you much. I'm really ashamed." Yuan Fu waved his hand.

"Senior Brother said this, it really offends Junior Brother. Junior Brother should have come to visit Senior Brother a long time ago. If Senior Brother has time in the future, please give me a compliment in Chunjiang Tower."

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

Zhou Qing felt that it was necessary to make some friends.

"Easy to say, easy to say." Yuan Fu said with a smile and sent Zhou Qing out of the gate of the martial arts hall.

"It seems I can only go back to Black Mountain Town."

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

The top priority is to control the Wood King Cauldron Divine Weapon, and use the power of the magic weapon to raise Gu and strengthen himself, so he must return to Black Mountain Town.

But before that, Qi and blood must be restored first.

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

[The Earth Evil Yin Formation collapsed, and is currently favored by the ‘Black Wind Mountain’, with a favoring degree of +4000. 】

[Occupation: Mountain God (Black Wind Mountain)]

[Divine Power: Unrivaled (4032/10000)]

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

"ah?"

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