Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 155 Zhao Tiancheng's Killer

As the secret realm was breached, the storage jade recognized its master again and there was no one left in the tunnel.

As the favorite to win the championship, Zhao Tiancheng also left angrily.

In the tunnel, the escort agency's team was mixed in with a group of people heading towards Qinghe County.

When the secret book appeared, it attracted thousands of practitioners. As the secret realm disappeared, some of them went to Qinghe County, and some went to Qingyuan County.

"Hey, I didn't expect someone to intercept it."

"What are you cutting?"

"The storage jade, you see Zhao Tian became the storage jade, sacrificed hundreds of lives, and even found ten assassins, I thought the storage jade must be his."

"Yes, if someone hadn't cleared the level in advance and obtained the storage jade, I'm afraid more people would have died."

"Yes, in addition to the ten assassins, there are so many people trying to break through. This Zhao Tiancheng really doesn't take human life seriously."

"Hey, who is he? He's the son of the governor of Qianzhou. Do you think he values ​​human life as much as we do?"

The casual cultivators were all discussing this. They didn't want Zhao Tiancheng, a second-generation cultivator, to get the storage jade, and they appreciated the person who succeeded in breaking through the barrier in secret.

If someone hadn't successfully passed the level, many people would have died.

"Wang Cheng, this time it's all thanks to you." While speaking, County Magistrate Lu glanced at Captain Leng.

In the secret realm, Wang Cheng never left County Magistrate Lu. Captain Leng saw that the situation was not right and quickly fled.

Captain Leng turned his head and pretended not to hear what Magistrate Lu said.

The officials of the Wei Dynasty were separate.

The county magistrate is an official, and the yamen runners are clerks.

The county magistrate has to be replaced every three to five years, but the minor official can continue to work in one place.

The clerk is permanent, but the county magistrate is transient.

Wang Cheng was very grateful to County Magistrate Lu. After all, it was County Magistrate Lu who promoted Wang Cheng to the position of chief constable.

When Wang Cheng and Zhou Ping caught the human trafficker together, County Magistrate Lu promoted Wang Cheng.

Over the past year, Wang Cheng has purchased a lot of real estate and land in Qinghe County by virtue of his position as captain of police, and he has also received a lot of silver.

Even if Wang Cheng were to step down from his position as chief constable now, he would never have to worry about food and drink for several lifetimes.

Not only that, Wang Cheng relied on his position as a constable to collect a lot of money and buy elixirs, which repaired his hidden injuries.

After experiencing this life-and-death crisis, Wang Cheng felt that he might be able to break through to the ninth level!
"You are too polite, sir. I am your man. I will do whatever you ask me to do." Wang Cheng paused and said, "We should still thank the person who helped us through the secret realm. If it weren't for him, we would all die."

County Magistrate Lu nodded in agreement.

Magistrate Lu brought a dozen yamen runners and a dozen scholars from Qinghe County, more than half of them were killed or injured.

If someone hadn't successfully cleared the level and made the zombies disappear, they would probably have died in the secret realm.

"Yes, it's all thanks to the people who cleared the customs." said County Magistrate Lu.

County Magistrate Lu's words made Chen Chao and many other casual cultivators agree deeply. If someone hadn't passed the secret realm, who knows how many more people would have died.

Qinghe County, Zhou Ping’s residence.

Fan Shiyi, Xiaoqing, Liu Ruyan, and He Yunqing and her daughter were playing cards.

Liu Ruyan's eyes were filled with worry: "I don't know how Zhou Ping is doing. It must be very dangerous in the secret realm."

Xiao Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Fan Shiyi gave him a teleportation jade talisman. As long as he encounters danger, he can crush the jade talisman and teleport to the capital academy."

Liu Ruyan nodded, and the worry in her eyes disappeared.

He Yunqing asked: "Is there such a magical thing in the world?"

Fan Shiyi touched He Yunqing's hand and said with a smile: "There are many more magical things than this. Look, there are also cats that can do backflips."

Xiaobai was playing with her tail out of boredom. She flipped backwards and tried to catch her tail, but no matter how many times she backflipped, she couldn't catch her tail.

"Zhou Ping! Zhou Ping!" Xiaobai shouted angrily.

He Yunqing smiled faintly and pulled his hand away. Fan Shiyi always took advantage of He Yunqing when he was drawing cards.

Although outsiders knew that He Yunqing was infected with a serious disease, it was easy for Fan Shiyi to see through this lie.

Fan Shiyi knew that He Yunqing was in good health and had no illness at all.

"Miss, Miss Mingyue from the Music Bureau is here to see Master Zhou again." The little maid came in and said.

He Yunqing frowned: "Tell him that Zhou Ping hasn't come back yet."

The little maid said, "Miss Mingyue said that if Master Zhou didn't come back, it would be nice for him to come in and play cards."

He Yunqing's face immediately fell: "Show him away."

These days, not only Miss Mingyue, but also many people came to the mansion to look for Zhou Ping.

The big families in Qinghe County are almost breaking down their door thresholds.

As soon as Zhou Ping's Spring River Flower Rain Night was released, his worth instantly doubled. Everyone knew that a talented person had emerged in Qinghe County, and now they had to quickly catch Zhou Ping.

Some matchmakers even said that it was okay to be a concubine, even if it was the seventh, eighth, or tenth wife.

He Yunqing did not let these people in. Firstly, Zhou Ping was not there, and secondly, she did not want Zhou Ping, her backer, to run away with someone else.

Thinking of this, He Yunqing glanced at Liu Ruyan and sighed. Although it was very shameful, He Yunqing hoped that Liu Ruyan would work harder to take down Zhou Ping.

He Yunqing knew that Zhou Ping was not an ordinary person and that he would leave Qinghe County sooner or later and soar to the sky.

Even a character like Fan Shiyi could say "this piece of writing surpasses all others", which shows how well Zhou Ping wrote Spring River Moon Night.

Even though He Yunqing doesn't understand poetry and is not from the same industry, this poem has already become popular.

Everyone knew that a young escort wrote a good poem.

Even Fan Shiyi, the son of Fan Zhongfu, the foremost Confucian scholar, admitted that his poems were not as good as those written by Fan Zhongfu.

According to Fan Shiyi.

If the imperial examination had similar questions, Zhou Ping would have no problem becoming the top scorer based on this poem.

The Great Wei Dynasty valued culture over military affairs.

Not to mention Zhou Ping getting the top spot in the imperial examination, even if he had passed the imperial examination and become an official in the court, he would have had no shortage of women around him. I wonder how many people would have been eager to marry their daughters to Zhou Ping.

The talent of the top scholar!

He Yunqing finally made up her mind when she thought about it. She decided to have a good chat with Liu Ruyan in the evening.

In today's world, the He family cannot do without Zhou Ping as their backer and pillar!

In the tunnel.

Uncle Lame was resting with his eyes closed, while Zhou Ping, Chen Erdan and Scar were chatting.

Scar was the most seriously injured, but the light in his eyes was very strong.

For team warriors, only in battle can they experience martial arts and become stronger.

"Zhou Ping, you haven't seen that zombie. It's too powerful. You can't kill it or escape from it no matter how hard you try." Scar's spit almost flew onto Zhou Ping's face.

Zhou Ping had indeed never seen a zombie. When he entered the secret realm, the first zombie had already been killed.

"Come on, Scar, Zhou Ping has also been in the secret realm, and he cleared it with just three people." Chen Erdan curled his lips and said. Zhou Ping quickly explained: "Although there were three people, it was mainly the credit of the other two people. They let me into the secret realm, mostly because they thought the ghost bride could play a role in it. In fact, I didn't do anything."

Scar said proudly: "See, Zhou Ping has never seen a zombie."

"Zhou Ping, you can't rely on external things, you can't rely on Buddhist cultivation, and you can't rely on the ghost bride." Scar said proudly, "You still have to escort more and experience more life and death, so that you can become an eighth-grade warrior like me!"

Scar continued, "Even the head of the Yan family said that he didn't have my level of cultivation when he was my age. I was able to reach the eighth level of warrior only because I'm not afraid of death."

Chen Erdan curled his lips and said nothing. Scar was right. When he was escorting, he was always the first to rush into danger, so he encountered many life-and-death crises. This is why his cultivation quickly reached the eighth level.

"It's still too dangerous to escort a caravan." Chen Erdan looked at Zhou Ping and suddenly said, "Zhou Ping, I don't want to escort a caravan anymore."

The trip to the secret realm made Chen Erdan suddenly realize that he might die. Although escorting people made money, it was more risky.

Instead of doing this, it is better to find a job and live an ordinary life.

Zhou Ping was a little surprised, not knowing why Chen Erdan suddenly said this: "Yes, escorting is too dangerous."

Chen Erdan scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I mean, can you tell Miss He to let me find a job at the He's pharmacy."

Scar was also a little surprised when he heard what Chen Erdan said. He said in astonishment: "Erdan, are you serious? You really don't want to escort anymore?"

Chen Erdan nodded affirmatively: "Scar, I am not like you and Zhou Ping. You two are both bachelors. If one of you is full, the whole family will not be hungry. If you die, you die. I still have my mother to take care of. I can't die."

There aren't many people in Zhou Ping's family, and there aren't many people in Scar's family either. In this world, old people either starve to death or die of illness from overwork.

Scar is alone, so he has nothing to worry about, and he is very suitable for the profession of warrior.

Chen Erdan was very careful from the beginning and always avoided putting himself in danger.

However, the trip to the secret realm made Chen Erdan witness too many deaths of people with higher cultivation than himself, which made Chen Erdan realize the cruel struggle that cultivators may face.

So Chen Erdan prepared to retreat while the going was good.

Zhou Ping smiled lightly and nodded: "If you really want to, I can talk to Miss He and it shouldn't be a problem to find you a job in the pharmacy."

Zhou Ping can still help with this small favor.

The few of them chatted and laughed, and soon returned to Qinghe County.

Because one of the escorts had died, several people came to help with the arrangements, and by the time they finished their work, it was already late at night.

"Zhou Ping, there is a mass grave outside the city, go find my friend." Uncle Lame said.

Zhou Ping nodded.

Zhou Ping has fought with Uncle Bo's friend several times. Every time they fight, he can feel that the opponent's strength is getting stronger.

However, Zhou Ping’s current strength is not bad either.

In the secret realm, Zhou Pingru entered the eighth level, which made him wake up from the environment.

Now Zhou Ping already has three eighth-grade and one tenth-grade. His real strength is no different from that of a seventh-grade, not to mention that Zhou Ping also has the Demonic Blade Thousand Blades.

With the Demonic Sword Thousand Blades, Zhou Ping could easily kill a seventh-grade monster, and could also fight against a sixth-grade monster.

Zhou Ping arrived at the mass grave outside the city as promised. He had a guess about Uncle Bo's friend. Regardless of his figure and other aspects, Zhou Ping felt that Uncle Bo's friend was himself.

Make friends out of nothing.

It’s just that Uncle Lame’s friend’s leg is not lame, but healthy.

So although he had doubts, Zhou Ping still couldn't be sure of the identity of his friend Uncle Bo.

Zhou Ping used the perception range of the Heavenly Spirit Technique.

As Confucianism entered the eighth level, Zhou Ping's perception range increased by another fifty feet, and now it has reached three hundred feet.

Within three hundred feet, Zhou Ping could clearly sense the existence of everything.

Zhou Ping used his perception range not to deal with Uncle Bo's friends, but just to confirm whether there were other people here.

If there were other people around, Zhou Ping would still have to keep a low profile and not reveal his strength.

"Huh?" Zhou Ping sensed three people.

The three men were dressed in sergeant's uniform and were hiding behind a tree.

"Lao Zhang, now is a good opportunity to take action."

"Old Li, don't do it. Besides this kid, there are others."

"Old Chen, I think we should start now. The three of us are all seventh-grade! It won't be a problem to deal with one eighth-grade, or even two eighth-grade."

"Yes, Lao Chen, go ahead. He's only an eighth-rank warrior. I don't think the other guy is that strong either. Let's kill him together."

"Well, it's still early, let's kill them first, and then we can go to the Jiaofangsi to have some fun."

The three men were killers sent by Song Tixia. The reason for killing Zhou Ping was very simple. Zhao Tiancheng disliked Zhou Ping.

Zhao Tiancheng wanted to let Zhou Ping enter the secret realm, but was stopped by Fan Shiyi. This was disobedient to Zhao Tiancheng. In his life for so many years, Zhao Tiancheng always got what he wanted, and no one dared to disobey him.

So Zhao Tiancheng disliked the young escort Zhou Ping, so he arranged for someone to kill the young escort.

The three of them were already familiar with helping Zhao Tiancheng do such dirty things.

"Hey, I really miss the brothers Song Tianlong and Song Tianhu."

"Yeah, I think so too. In the past, these two brothers would have done all the dirty work."

"Yeah, if Song Tianlong can't handle it, the three of us can just do it in secret. There's no need for us to do it ourselves."

The three of them changed into their night clothes while talking in low voices.

Zhou Ping touched his chin. He didn't expect that Zhao Tiancheng would actually send people to kill him, and they were three seventh-grade ones. He really thought highly of him.

"Take action."

"Uncle Lame's friend" said.

Zhou Ping nodded and pretended to attack, but the next moment, three men in black came out.

Uncle Lame was a little confused, he didn't know what the three men in black were doing because he was also wearing black clothes.

"Your friend?" Zhou Ping asked knowingly.

Uncle Lame nodded blankly.

"Old Chen, leave this kid to me, and the man in black to you two. Make a quick decision and try to end the battle in a cup of tea."

"Lao Zhang, it won't take a cup of tea, ten breaths at most."

The three soldiers communicated with each other for a while, and soon one of them surrounded Zhou Ping, and the other two surrounded Uncle Lame.

Uncle Bo only now understood that these three people were here to cause trouble. However, he didn't know why they were here to cause trouble for him and Zhou Ping.

Is killing more valuable?

"You two can come together." Uncle Lame glanced at Zhou Ping, "You stand behind me first."

Uncle Lame's tone was very calm. He asked Zhou Ping to come here just to sharpen his knife, but he didn't expect that three people would come to die.

But this was exactly what Uncle Bo wanted. He knew Zhou Ping's tactics very well, and there was no point in fighting him, so he might as well find someone else to practice with.

"Hey, so arrogant! Let's go together and kill this guy first!"

(End of this chapter)