All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 95 Lightning Speed ​​Steps (First Update)
Are you awake?

Zhou Qing was overjoyed.

【Hungry.】

I'll buy you something to eat right away.

With a huge sum of three thousand taels of silver in his pocket, Zhou Qing headed straight for Baicaotang in the north of the city.

"Shopkeeper, bring me a bottle of your treasured Dragon Tendon and Tiger Bone Ointment."

After entering the shop, he slapped a thousand taels of silver notes on the counter.

Qi Guangyuan, dressed in a silk robe, quickly came out from behind the counter, clasped his hands in greeting to Zhou Qing, and showed a warm smile.

"Oh! Isn't this Lord Zhou? What brings you here!"

As he spoke, Qi Guangyuan kicked the worker next to him who was working.

"Xiao Li, are you blind?! Don't you know we have important guests? Why aren't you serving tea?!"

"Please forgive me, Master Zhou, I'll serve you tea right away." The waiter said with a smile, bringing over a chair.

Zhou Qing sat down and enjoyed the treatment of being treated like a "grandfather".

"Lord Zhou, please wait a moment. I will send someone to fetch the tiger bone ointment you requested immediately," Qi Guangyuan said, bowing.

Now, he respects Zhou Qing not only for his tiger skin, but also for his strength and his relationship with the Mu family.

“Go ahead.” Zhou Qing nodded.

"Lord Zhou, our shop has just received several bottles of high-quality Dragon Tendon and Tiger Bone Plaster. I wonder if you would be interested?"

The dragon tendons inside were extracted from the body of a demonic snake that was struck dead by lightning.

The ointment contains a trace of heavenly lightning power, making its body-tempering effect even stronger.

It is said that martial artists who applied this ointment experienced a significant increase in strength.

Qi Guangyuan said with a smile.

"Oh?" Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow: "And the price?"

"There are only three bottles available at the moment, priced at eight hundred taels per bottle." Qi Guangyuan's smile deepened.

"Are you sure the ointment contains the power of heavenly lightning? You're not lying to me, are you?"

Zhou Qing asked suspiciously.

This price is perfectly acceptable.

"Lord Zhou, you jest. Even if I had the guts of a bear and the gall of a leopard, I wouldn't dare to lie to you."

How can Baicaotang ruin its reputation of decades for such a small amount of money?

Of course, everyone's constitution is different, and I cannot guarantee whether applying the ointment will greatly increase strength.

However, there is no doubt that this ointment is indeed more effective at strengthening the body.

Qi Guangyuan said solemnly.

"Alright, give me one bottle to try first. If it works well, I'll come back for more," Zhou Qing said thoughtfully.

Qi Guangyuan's words may contain some exaggeration, but they are by no means entirely fabricated.

"The tea is here, the finest Biluochun, please have a taste."

Soon, the waiter brought a tray to the front hall and served a cup of hot tea.

"Please wait a moment, the ointment will be delivered shortly." Qi Guangyuan instructed Xiao Li to attend to Zhou Qing while he went to fetch the ointment himself.

A short while later, Qi Guangyuan returned alone and handed the ointment to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing took the exquisitely carved porcelain bottle, uncorked it, and took a sniff. A pungent, irritating smell assaulted his nostrils. If he concentrated, he could hear a faint sound from inside the bottle, like bubbles bursting in cola.

Just one whiff of it can invigorate your blood and energy.

Now that he has broken through to the Body Refining Realm, his Qi and blood have greatly increased, and his physical body is strong. Ordinary medicines do not have such obvious effects.

"Not bad, a good item." Zhou Qing put the porcelain bottle into his pocket.

"With the remaining silver, get me some 'positive' drugs, preferably the kind that works wonders. If that's not enough, I'll give you more."

"Alright! Please wait a moment!" Qi Guangyuan said hurriedly. There really aren't many people as bold and decisive as Zhou Qing.

Before long, Qi Guangyuan had gathered more than a dozen potent yang-enhancing drugs, and at Zhou Qing's request, he also brought out fresh live poisonous insects.

Qi Guangyuan smiled and saw Zhou Qing out the door before returning to the shop.

At this moment, Xiao Li, the waiter, came over and asked in a low voice.

"Shopkeeper, were those ointments we just sold the ones that the young master stole from the inner treasury?" "Shut up! If you don't want to get into trouble, keep these things to yourself. Be careful what you say!" Qi Guangyuan's face was gloomy.

Xiao Li quickly covered his mouth.

Watching Zhou Qing's departing figure, Qi Guangyuan shook his head and sighed, "He really sells his father's land without a care in the world."

This ointment was left behind by Xian Shennong, the founder of Baicaotang.

However, this ointment has been stored for too long, so its efficacy has been greatly reduced, but it is still more effective than ordinary dragon tendon and tiger bone ointment.

The young master was a compulsive gambler and had racked up a huge gambling debt. Fearing that the master would find out, he secretly took out the ointment to sell.

The first few bottles sold for a thousand taels each, but the effects were not as strong as expected, and several martial artists came to ask for a refund.

To avoid escalating the situation, each person returned one hundred taels of silver.

There are only three bottles left, so I'm selling them for a mere eight hundred taels.

"Hopefully, Master can pull through this hurdle; otherwise, Bai Cao Tang will inevitably fall into the hands of the young master sooner or later."

Qi Guangyuan sighed inwardly.

It's a pity the eldest son is missing; otherwise, the Xian family's legacy would never have been handed over to the youngest son.

Zhou Qing left Baicaotang and went straight to Zhao's Trading Company, intending to buy highly poisonous substances.

It turned out that an auction would be held in seven days, at which time some poisonous creatures of the level of strange beasts and monsters would be sold.

Zhou Qing was overjoyed upon hearing the news and returned to his house on the west side of Jiulianfang.

"It contains a trace of heavenly lightning power. Let me see if it's true."

Back in his room, Zhou Qing took off his robe, leaving him wearing only a pair of shorts.

He took out a porcelain bottle, poured out a blue-white liquid ointment, and carefully applied it to his legs.

"hiss--!"

Not long after the ointment was rubbed in, Zhou Qing felt a sharp pain in her legs, as if thousands of needles were pricking her.

Looking down, one could see that the leg muscles were congested and swollen, with bulging veins, wriggling slowly like earthworms as the blood and qi circulated.

Zhou Qing practiced his Shadowless Kick in the room, his figure flashing and leaping around.

After about fifteen minutes, Zhou Qing stopped.

He was sweating profusely and felt some soreness in his legs.

"The effect is alright."

The progress of the Shadowless Kick increased exponentially.

However, the medicine was not as potent as Qi Guangyuan had described.

"That's right. If it really had such strong medicinal power, it wouldn't only cost eight hundred taels."

Zhou Qing nodded secretly, and after resting for a while, continued to practice his leg techniques.

Seven days passed quickly.

Zhou Qing also finished using up a bottle of Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Plaster.

That day, he was practicing his Shadowless Kick in the courtyard when he suddenly jolted as he made a forward step.

Normally, he could only take three meters per step, but this time he rushed more than five meters.

"Ok?"

Zhou Qing was taken aback.

When I stepped forward, I felt as if an electric current surged through my legs, and my body instantly leaped five meters.

At that moment, a line of text appeared in his field of vision.

[Skill: Shadowless Kick]

Progress: Complete (5/800)

[Effect: Swift Step] → [Effect: Lightning Swift Step]

"This is."

[Lightning Speed ​​Step: Your legs have absorbed a trace of lightning power. When you unleash your leg techniques at full power, it will trigger lightning to stimulate your legs, greatly increasing your explosive speed.]

Using the Lightning Speed ​​Step consumes a lot of physical strength. Overuse can place a high burden on the body, leading to muscle strains and tears in the legs, and consequently damaging the body's energy and blood. The higher one's physical strength, the less energy and damage will occur when using the Lightning Speed ​​Step.

(End of this chapter)