All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 84 Step by Step
One night passed.

Zhou Qing opened her eyes and got up to stretch her body.

He practiced the Azure Water Technique all night and felt refreshed.

Including tonight, they have been in Liujia Village for nine days.

During those nine days, he spent most of his time in his room cultivating his internal energy.

Because Chen Zhuo didn't expect him to be able to solve the case, and as for the Fu brothers, he was the mole himself, so he wouldn't ask him to do anything.

[Skill: Azure Water Skill]

[Progress: Level 2005 (2/3000)]

"At this rate, if I buy another Qi-Consolidating Pill, I should be able to cultivate the Azure Water Technique to the third level within about twenty days."

Looking at the progress of the Azure Water Technique in his field of vision, Zhou Qing fell into deep thought.

The Fu brothers' plans for last night were also being monitored by Tiger Eagle and the Two-Winged Golden Silkworm Gu.

Give him a month to prepare, and he's confident he can deal with Lin Tianzheng, whose strength has been greatly reduced, on the night of the full moon on the fifteenth of next month.

Of course, having confidence is far from enough.

The Fu brothers' words reminded him.

He can find someone to collaborate with.

"The Fu brothers are back." At this moment, Chen Zhuo spoke up, interrupting Zhou Qing's thoughts.

The two brothers, Fu Zongchang and Fu Zongming, walked into the woods, yawning.

"You two have worked hard." Zhou Qing greeted them.

"It's not hard work, it's all for solving the case." Fu Zongchang clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"The rest is up to us," Chen Zhuo said solemnly.

"Excuse me, both of you."

Zhou Qing and Chen Zhuo entered Huanglong Mountain, north of the village, and hid in the woods at the foot of the mountain.

This way, if someone wants to go up the mountain to deliver a message, they can be secretly followed.

Zhou Qing had already sent Tiger Eagle to search the area around Huanglong Mountain.

Unfortunately, the miasma and fog on Huanglong Mountain were even denser, which significantly affected the tiger eagle's eyesight.

On such a massive peak, without a guide, finding a specific person would be extremely difficult.

Sending tigers and eagles to search the mountains is simply a way for them to familiarize themselves with the environment beforehand.

The two stayed from day to evening, but no one from Liujia Village came into the mountains.

When it was completely dark, the two Fu brothers also came into the forest.

Not long after, a figure stealthily slipped into the mountains under the moonlight.

"somebody is coming!"

Chen Zhuo's eyes lit up after waiting all day.

Only after the man groped his way up the mountain did Chen Zhuo prepare to follow him.

However, before he could act, Zhou Qing rushed out first.

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Although Zhou Qing's agility was good, he still made a noticeable sound when running at full speed.

"What are you doing?!" Chen Zhuo was shocked, but dared not shout at him. He could only use the Divine Wind Leg Technique to chase after him.

Fu Zongming was clearly taken aback.

"Big brother, what is he doing?"

"I don't know, follow them." Fu Zongchang frowned.

The two chased after them, their speed not much slower than Chen Zhuo and Zhou Qing.

When the two arrived, they saw that Zhou Qing had already pinned the gaunt village chief to the ground and bound him tightly with a rope.

"Sir, what are you doing?!" The village chief looked at the four people in front of him with a face full of horror.

"Do you think we don't know you're colluding with the mountain spirits?" Zhou Qing sneered.

"It's better to confess the truth! That way you can avoid some physical pain."

"Sirs, I'm innocent!" The village chief quickly looked at Chen Zhuo, whose face was pale, and the two Fu brothers.

"When we were here, you avoided going up the mountain like the plague. How come you went up the mountain in the middle of the night after we left?!" Zhou Qing's face darkened.

"You can refuse to confess, but once you're in the Demon Suppression Bureau, all sorts of torture instruments will be used against you, and I believe you'll confess!"

"I...!" The village chief was filled with despair, but Zhou Qing stuffed his mouth with burlap.

"Done. Now we don't have to worry about him biting his tongue and committing suicide."

Zhou Qing dusted off his hands and, as he spoke, lifted the village chief up.

At this moment, the Fu brothers looked at each other, their expressions strange. Chen Zhuo looked as if he had swallowed a fly, "Why did you act on your own!"

"Going into the mountains is too dangerous. No one knows how strong the mountain spirits are. It's best to go back and interrogate them first before sending anyone up the mountain," Zhou Qing said to himself.

"In that case, what role do we play?!" Chen Zhuo retorted.

"Does catching an accomplice not earn you merit points?" Zhou Qing was taken aback.

“Of course there are, but they are much less than completing a mission,” Fu Zongchang explained.

"Isn't it enough that it's there?" Zhou Qing said nonchalantly.

"Should we still go up the mountain?" Fu Zongming asked, somewhat uncertain.

"Let's take the prisoner back first. With such a commotion, we might have alerted the enemy. Besides, without interrogation, who knows if he'll lead us astray?"

Fu Zongchang pondered for a moment and said that he had decided to change his plans.

Judging from Zhou Qing's cowardly appearance, he definitely doesn't want to go up the mountain.

If Chen Zhuo were to go up the mountain alone and something were to happen to him, and they were to escape unscathed, it would only cause unnecessary trouble.

“Big brother is right,” Fu Zongming said, realizing what was happening.

The village chief didn't know the true identity of the messenger, so even if they were arrested, they weren't afraid of being discovered.

But they never expected Zhou Qing to be so 'brainless'.

After a moment of silence, Chen Zhuo nodded.

"It can only be this way."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Zhou Qing picked up the village chief like a chick and put him on Chen Zhuo's shoulder.

"You're short on merit points, so even if you manage to capture the person, it doesn't matter."

Chen Zhuo's face twitched, and after a long pause, he finally managed to utter, "Thank you."

Even though Zhou Qing was the one who messed things up, he couldn't get angry; he even had to thank him.

What is this?

"We're all colleagues, don't be so polite. Just remember to buy me a drink." Zhou Qing waved his hand with a smile. Chen Zhuo really had to thank him, otherwise, going up the mountain tonight would have been a very dangerous situation.

Chen Zhuo's lips moved, almost causing him to suffer internal injuries from holding it in.

"Let's go." Fu Zongchang looked at Chen Zhuo and sighed, with an expression that said, "I understand how you feel."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Qing's cowardice led to a lucky accident that saved the two of them from death.

In that case, we'll have to consider other options.

The four men took the village chief back to the county town.

After interrogation, the village chief confessed everything.

He discovered that his wife had been having an affair with a martial artist who passed through the village years ago, and that their son was not his biological child.

Provoked, he conspired with cultists to trick his son into going up the mountain to feed the mandrill with his own body.

Later, he was coerced by the cultists to help them refine human pills.

The so-called "human pill" utilizes the special constitution of the mountain demon, a type of spirit or monster.

The mandrill will refine the essence of the flesh and blood it devours and store it in its dantian, where it will condense into a blood pill.

If you feed it some precious medicinal herbs and herbs, the medicinal power of the Blood Pill will be even stronger.

Once the mountain demon's blood pill has enough potency, kill it and take the pill.

This method of alchemy is primitive and extremely cruel, but it can greatly reduce the chance of failure in alchemy.

Even those who have not mastered alchemy skills can still refine blood pills.

However, the practice of refining elixirs was explicitly prohibited by the Great Jin Dynasty.

Once discovered, they will be executed by slow slicing.

Of course, for those who follow the shamanic religion, these things are completely irrelevant.

Ultimately, the village chief was handed over to the authorities to await execution.

Afterwards, the case was taken over by two demon-suppressing envoys at the Tendon Refining Realm.

Because refining human pills would be punishable by death, but consuming blood pills would not.

After the mission is completed, the ownership of the Blood Pill will not be concerned by the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Although the people of the Demon Suppression Division dared not refine this precious medicine that could aid in the transformation of tendons and muscles, they still had the guts to try it.

Outside the gate of the Demon Suppression Bureau's stronghold.

Zhou Qing watched the two demon-suppressing envoys leave, then left the city alone, disguised himself, and headed to Jiulian Mountain.

If you miss the ghost market, there's still the black market.

(End of this chapter)