Chapter 9 To Eat or to Be Eaten

"Gudu~Gudu~"

There was a sound like drinking water from Zhang Dahai's body.

The strong smell of blood hit his face, and Zhou Qing felt physically uncomfortable and wanted to vomit.

But his expression was a little excited, and he shouted in his heart: "Eat, eat! He forced me to do it!"

"Gudu! Gudu!"

Encouraged by Zhou Qing, the green silk Gu devoured Zhang Dahai's flesh and blood.

After a while, Zhang Dahai's body shriveled up, and his strong body became skinny and scary.

Zhou Qing endured his nausea, put his hand into Zhang Dahai's clothes and groped carefully, and finally found two hard lumps and some copper coins from the cloth bag on his chest.

"gone!"

Seeing that time was dragging on for a long time, Zhou Qing asked the green silk Gu, who was still unfinished, to return to his body.

He pulled away the silk thread wrapped around Zhang Dahai's neck and quickly left the alley.

"Ugh~!"

Zhou Qing returned home and as soon as he closed the door, he vomited all over the floor.

Friends who often kill people may be used to it. But it was his first time to kill someone, and this physical discomfort still made him feel very sick.

But if Zhang Dahai is not killed, he will have no way to survive.

He doesn't want to kill anyone.

It’s all the fault of this cannibalistic world!

After a while, Zhou Qing scooped up a ladle of water from the water tank and rinsed his mouth, then took out the plant ashes from the stove hole, buried the vomit and cleaned it up.

After taking care of this, he took the copper basin, sat behind the stove, took off his shirt and trousers, threw them into the copper basin, and lit the firewood.

crackle crackle crackle

Accompanying the firewood, Mai was gradually swallowed up by the flames. In the silent room, there was only the faint sound of burning wood.

Zhou Qing sat in front of the copper basin, and the bright yellow firelight illuminated the side of his face that had faded from childishness. As the flames swayed, the other half of his face flickered in and out, and was uncertain.

The stove and the wall formed a narrow corner, and the shadows reflected on the wall kept twisting, elongating, and twisting, sometimes like people, sometimes like ghosts.

When the fire gradually became smaller, the shadows on the wall gradually calmed down.

Zhou Qing opened his tightly clenched right hand, and in his palm lay two taels of broken silver and more than twenty copper coins.

[Occupation: Gu Master]

[Refining: Green Silk Gu]

[Progress: Growth Stage (725/800)]

[Effects: alcohol transformation, qi and blood combing, silk spinning, toxin resistance ()]

On the Jade Wat Board in the soul, the growth progress of Green Silk Gu has skyrocketed by 335 points!

In the past few days, he had caught two to three hundred poisonous insects for Green Silk Gu, and his growth progress had only increased by 72 points.

Although Zhang Dahai is physically strong and has strong Qi and blood, he has not yet entered the Skin Refining Realm.

At this time, the green silk Gu entered Zhou Qing's abdomen.

As the green silk Gu squirmed again and again, waves of heat emerged.

Zhou Qing felt an unprecedented sense of comfort filling his body.

"This feeling."

"Feed them with wine, poison, and blood food to help them grow and evolve. It turns out that blood food also includes humans."

Zhou Qing's voice lowered.

Wouldn't it be great if the green silk Gu devoured a few more healthy people?

Zhou Qing was startled by the sudden thought in his heart.

"I will not take the initiative to harm others, but if someone harms me,"

Zhang Dahai wanted to "eat" him, but if he was eaten, he would die.

"Puff!!" Qingsi Gu responded.

"If you have this kind of opportunity again in the future, I will give you a chance to perform," Zhou Qing said in a low voice.

This is a world where people eat people.

If others want to eat him, it is obviously reasonable for him to "eat" the person who harmed him in order to protect himself.

He figured it out.

"Part of this money should be part of Zhou Xian's money from selling silk, so it can be regarded as returning the property to its original owner."

Zhou Qing looked at the two broken pieces of silver in his hand.

Twenty taels of silver is only one tael away from the 30 taels of silver tuition required to sign up for Baiyun Martial Arts School.

"Once you have the status of a martial arts apprentice, your safety in the town will be guaranteed."

No rogue would dare to bully a poor person who is an apprentice in a martial arts school.

Uncle Liang, who lives next door, caught a treasure fish before, but was almost snatched away by the Wild Wolf Gang who controlled the fish market.

Fortunately, Baoyu was spotted by a martial artist from Zhui Feng Boxing Hall, and he bought it for ten taels of silver on the spot.

The four great refinements of skin, flesh, tendons, and bones require at least the bone refining realm to be called a martial artist.

The martial arts masters are all prominent figures in the town. Even the domineering Zhao family can only make friends with them and dare not offend them easily.

Naturally, the members of the Wild Wolf Gang did not dare to compete with a martial artist.

Fourth Uncle Liang was also very decisive. He was afraid that he would be remembered for getting the money, so he directly used the ten taels of silver to pay Liang Chao's tuition.

Zhuifeng Boxing Gym is one of the top three martial arts gyms in town, which gives Liang Chao a chance to change his destiny.

As long as Liang Chao breaks through the Skin Refining Realm, he will break away from the ranks of the lower class and become a "noble" warrior.

Different strengths will naturally lead to different circles.

By then, his friends and brothers will all be warriors.

Even if Liang Chao didn't make a breakthrough, relying on the friends he made in the martial arts school and some casual connections to find a way out would be ten times better than fishing. This is one of the reasons why many people at the bottom sharpen their heads and go to martial arts gyms.

In this world, practicing martial arts is the best choice for people at the bottom to transcend class.

"Zhang Dahai is dead. I may be suspected, but no one will think that I have the ability to kill him. After all, the difference in strength is here. But..."

Zhou Qing pondered in his heart.

This world doesn’t talk much about law, nor does it necessarily talk about evidence.

Can't gamble.

"Go and sign up at dawn!" Zhou Qing made a quick decision.

He put the silver close to his body, got up and entered the yard, then opened the door of the jam room.

"With so many cocoons, even if they are not reeled, they are worth at least one tael of silver. There is no reason why Baiyun Martial Arts School should not want them."

Zhou Qing looked around at the cocoons in the silkworm room.

If you sign up at Baiyun Martial Arts School right away, you won’t have time to go to the county town to sell silk.

As for selling in town, the price will definitely be lowered.

Instead of doing this, it is better to give the silk to Baiyun Martial Arts School directly and use the silk to pay for the money.

Become an apprentice in a martial arts school first, and then spend two or three days reeling silk.

Such high-quality silk could be sold for at least two taels of silver if a martial artist from a martial arts school came forward to sell it.

The merchants in the town might take advantage of him, a silkworm farmer with no background, but they would never offend a martial arts school for a few dollars of profit.

Zhou Qing just sat in the silkworm room for the whole night.

When the sky outside the window turned white, Zhou Qing stood up and moved his body.

He collected the high-quality silkworm cocoons in the square clusters and carefully put them into a clean and dry wooden box. Then he put the wooden box into the bottom layer of the basket, covered it with a layer of mulberry leaves, and then carried the basket on his back.

Looking at the much empty silkworm dustpan, Zhou Qing took a deep breath, walked out of the silkworm room, and locked the door.

This night, he thought a lot.

Thinking back to the past two months, life was worse than death.

He never wanted to live like this again.

Scared of poverty!

"Puff!" As if sensing Zhou Qing's mood, the Green Silk Gu comforted him, saying that as long as there was enough food, it could make the silk produced by these silkworms be of higher quality.

"Okay! Let's become stronger together! Fight this damn world to death!"

Zhou Qing faced the first ray of morning light falling from the sky and walked towards Shiqiao Lane in the east of the town.