The head master has a new female apprentice

Chapter 226: The Horrifying Creatures Under the Cave Gravity Zone (6k)

Faced with Zhang Wanbao's reaffirmation, Zhou Qing nodded without hesitation: "Well, it would be even better if they could all be exchanged for top-grade spirit stones."

"Please wait for me for a moment, I'll go look for Mr. Fu!" Zhang Wanbao said, and left in a hurry.

After waiting for a while, I saw him coming back happily with a smile on his face.

"Brother Zhou, Grandpa Fu really likes those things. Grandpa Fu was upset for a long time because he missed the incident with the old Peng King in the Eastern Region. This time... forget it, let's not talk about it anymore."

"Everything inside is given to you at the highest price, a total of thirty-six top-grade spirit stones."

Looking at the storage bag that was handed back to him, Zhou Qing was delighted.

Those things are basically useless to him, it would be better to replace them with spirit stones.

"By the way, do you have any top-grade wood-attribute spirit stones?" Zhou Qing asked.

Zhang Wanbao shook his head and said, "I don't know about that yet. I need to go to the warehouse to check. Do you need to exchange it?"

Zhou Qing nodded and said, "Well, I need ten wood-attribute spirit stones."

Zhang Wanbao was surprised after hearing this.

Ten wood-attribute top-grade spirit stones, even with the most common exchange, would require a hundred top-grade spirit stones.

This is no small sum of money!

"Okay, Brother Zhou, have some tea and snacks first. I'll go check out the warehouse!"

As Zhang Wanbao spoke, he wiped the fine beads of sweat from his head, moved his fat body again, and hurried out of the inner room.

Zhou Qing looked at his back, smiled helplessly and shook his head.

In fact, he could have sent someone to check the warehouse, but because it was his own business, he paid special attention to it and was unwilling to delegate it to others.

Zhou Qing was deeply moved and had no choice but to wait patiently here.

After a while, Zhang Wanbao came back excitedly with a flushed face and panting.

"Brother Zhou, you're incredibly lucky! The warehouse just happened to have stockpiled ten top-grade wood-attribute spirit stones recently, and we had originally planned to ship them to the Lingyun Mansion headquarters this afternoon."

"If you had come a little later, these spirit stones would have been taken away."

Zhou Qing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked anxiously, "Can you leave these spirit stones to me?"

"Of course! I'm the boss here, after all. We can exchange them at a ratio of 1:9. A total of ninety top-grade spirit stones are needed. If you don't have enough spirit stones, I can guarantee you. All you need is an IOU."

Zhang Wanbao patted his chest and promised.

Zhou Qing felt a warm feeling in his heart as he looked at Zhang Wanbao, who was running out of breath and sweating profusely.

At this moment, he said with a smile: "All live, no discount!"

As he spoke, he directly took out the missing sixty-four top-grade spirit stones from his storage bag to make up for the shortage.

From the Infant Forming Pill from Third Senior Brother, the trade of Chaos Mysterious Gold, and the Soul Breathing Immortal Grass, the healing elixir that Master needed, including all the help he had provided some time ago, he had already troubled him enough.

At this moment, seeing Zhou Qing take out so many top-grade spirit stones at once, Zhang Wanbao's eyes were full of surprise, and he said, "Brother Zhou, you must have made a fortune recently!"

Zhou Qing shook his head and said, "How can I make a fortune? These are all my belongings."

Zhang Wanbao didn't ask any more questions and said, "Have some more tea and wait for me for a moment. I promise to get things done for you."

Having said that, he left again.

"Thank you, just walk, don't run!" Zhou Qing hurriedly shouted at his back.

At the same time, I was extremely excited.

I didn't expect that I could collect one of the four materials needed to plant the ancient Wudao tea tree so quickly.

Maybe the other three materials can also be found here.

But he seemed to be running out of money.

Zhou Qing looked at the storage bag. Now there were only sixteen ordinary top-grade spirit stones, plus eight fire-attribute and seven water-attribute spirit stones.

This morning I was thinking that I wouldn't have to worry about resources for cultivation for a long time, but in the blink of an eye, it seemed as if I was back to the time when I was penniless.

Especially since he is now a second-level formation master, he needs a lot of materials whether he is refining formations or breaking formations, which is another considerable expense.

If there is really no other way, it seems that I can only make money by refining formations.

Originally, he could have directly exchanged spirit stones with the second uncle, after all, he was offering a 50% discount.

But on the way back from the border, when he wanted to exchange them for the fire-attribute and water-attribute spirit stones needed for the four-color flowers, the second uncle told him that he had no food left.

In desperation, I had to find another way.

"Brother Zhou——" Soon, Xiao Cancan walked into the inner room with a storage bag in her hand and a smile on her face.

Zhou Qing was slightly stunned and asked subconsciously: "Where is Wanbao?"

Xiao Cancan curled her lips and said, "He ran too fast and got a stitch in the side. He's resting in the warehouse now."

Zhou Qing: "..."

"Check the quantity, is it correct? I want to send it to you. This fat guy still doesn't trust me, humph!"

Xiao Cancan stomped her feet in anger, her face full of reproach.

Zhou Qing quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "He's just worried about you getting hurt and feels bad for you. Don't overthink it."

As he spoke, he reached out and took the storage bag.

Zhou Qing felt excited when he saw the ten wood-attributed top-grade spirit stones emitting rich vitality and bright green light.

That's it!

But then again, Zhang Wanbao is at the Golden Core stage after all. Even if this physical condition is hereditary, he really should lose some weight.

Looking at Xiao Cancan and Li Shitao who was reborn after taking over another body, they are at the same realm. Both have reached the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm and are making steady progress.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, I heard that the governor of Longyuan County showed up at the academy with the Blood Forbidden Army some time ago. Did you see him?"

"Did your academy's Lin Daochen really become a Level 3 Formation Master?"

"Have you met the dean of Baiyu Taixu Academy? I heard that he founded this academy less than five hundred years ago, and it has already become the most coveted holy place by everyone in Haomiao Prefecture."

……

Xiao Cancan looked curious and took the opportunity to ask a series of questions.

Zhou Qingze looked outside the door and saw that Zhang Wanbao had not returned yet, so he had to explain to her with a smile.

About a minute later, Zhang Wanbao came back with an embarrassed look on his face and slow steps.

"Then you guys chat, I'll leave first!" After Xiao Cancan stood up, she snorted at Zhang Wanbao, pouted and turned away.

Zhang Wanbao opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Zhou Qing looked at the two men, smiled helplessly and shook his head.

These two people have been protected so well by their elders that they are still like children who have not grown up.

"He needs to be disciplined!" Zhang Wanbao sat down and said stubbornly.

"What did you say just now?" Suddenly, Xiao Cancan's head poked in from outside the door, staring at Zhang Wanbao with sharp eyes.

Zhang Wanbao's fat body trembled violently.

He quickly pretended to be nonchalant, picked up the teapot and poured tea for Zhou Qing, muttering: "This tea is not prepared well, I will make you a pot of good tea later."

Xiao Cancan rolled her eyes, looking disgusted, then turned and left.

Zhang Wanbao then breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his head, and then smiled awkwardly at Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing could only suppress his laughter and change the subject, saying, "By the way, Wanbao, do you have any spiritual soil here?"

Zhang Wanbao shook his head and said honestly, "I haven't heard of it."

"What about the black ice marrow?" Zhou Qing continued to ask unwillingly.

Zhang Wanbao still shook his head.

"Where's the Flame Spirit Flower?" Zhou Qing was a little disappointed. The thing he was most worried about had happened.

Zhang Wanbao suddenly looked embarrassed, because he had never heard of any of the three things Zhou Qing asked about.

Soon, he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately took out two jade slips from his storage bag, and made rubbings of them after pressing them against each other.

It took a while before he handed the copied jade slip to Zhou Qing.

"Brother Zhou, this contains the names and images of all currently known natural treasures. My Wanxiang Auction has spent countless years collecting and compiling these."

"But I've only memorized less than 40% of it so far. Maybe what you want is in there. You can take a look."

After hearing this, Zhou Qing was pleasantly surprised and quickly took the jade slip.

He couldn't wait to probe his spiritual sense into it, and in an instant, he was shocked by what he saw.

Because the catalog of various spiritual plants in heaven and earth in front alone is densely packed, with no less than 30,000 in number.

The actual amount of content is massive.

The records are also extremely detailed, including precise pictorial depictions of each spiritual plant, its form, texture, color, and even the shape of the fruit, all of which are lifelike.

In addition, there are detailed records of its growth habits and the corresponding uses that follow, which are all explained in great detail.

Such a priceless thing cannot be bought even if you have money.

Not only are these three things needed this time, but their impact on his future cognitive development and practical help is immeasurable.

"I'll pay for it!"

Zhou Qing was about to take out the money, but was quickly stopped by Zhang Wanbao.

"Brother Zhou, do you treat me as an outsider? Why are we even talking about money? To put it bluntly, do you think I'm someone who needs money?"

Zhang Wanbao looked sincere.

Zhou Qing had no choice but to let go of his hand that was patting the storage bag. For a moment, he really didn't know how to thank him.

"If you need anything in the future, just tell me!" Zhou Qing said.

Only then did Zhang Wanbao laugh.

The two of them reminisced for a while, and seeing that there were people outside the door constantly wanting to come in to deliver things, as well as some matters waiting for this guy to decide, Zhou Qing had no choice but to say goodbye.

When they got outside, Li Shitao casually asked, "Why didn't your foul-mouthed third brother come?"

Zhou Qing was about to speak when he suddenly had an idea. He sighed and said, "He's injured."

Upon hearing this, Li Shitao's originally calm expression suddenly turned worried, and she subconsciously asked, "How did he get hurt? When did it happen?"

But soon, realizing her own gaffe, Li Shitao stubbornly said, "He deserves it for being so slippery to get hurt!"

Zhou Qing couldn't help but smile when he saw Sister Tao, who had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

These two people quarreled as soon as they met, but they were the first people to know each other.

According to the third brother, before he joined the Taiqing Sect, he pretended to be a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits for others, and that's how he met Li Shitao. The two of them have been teasing each other all the way, but they also care about each other.

At this moment, Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Sister Tao, I'm just kidding you. He's fine. He just went out to help my senior brother. He will probably be back in a few days."

Upon hearing this, Li Shitao became furious and took two steps forward to hit Zhou Qing.

For a moment, my chest was filled with waves.

She said angrily, "You want a beating, don't you? But whether he gets hurt or not has nothing to do with me."

Although she said this, Zhou Qing clearly saw the sense of relief that flashed across her eyes.

Zhou Qingze left with a smile on his face as if he was escaping.

……

After returning to the academy's cave, Zhou Qing first fed some spirit stones to the old hen, and then couldn't wait to search through the jade slip.

There was simply too much content inside. Even with his spiritual awareness comparable to that of a mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm, it took him a whole day to finally find clues about the spiritual soil.

[Spiritual Soil: Special soil that may form in spiritual gardens opened up by ancient cultivators, or in environments that have been exposed to abundant spiritual energy for a long time. It contains rich and pure spiritual energy from heaven and earth.]

[It is generally used to cultivate rare and precious medicinal herbs, achieving twice the result with half the effort.]

Then, there were two lifelike portraits, which looked no different from ordinary soil.

However, it appears in two colors: light gold and light purple.

After seeing this, Zhou Qing couldn't help but frown.

Where can I find the spiritual plant garden opened up by ancient monks?

etc--

Soon, Zhou Qing suddenly thought of something.

"Maybe we can go and take a look!" Zhou Qing quickly took out the Shenxu Tiangong token and activated it with a top-grade spirit stone.

Soon they arrived inside the Heavenly Palace.

No. 6 was nowhere to be seen, but No. 4 and No. 5 were attacking their own penalty area.

As soon as Zhou Qing entered, he felt an unprecedented terrifying sense of gravity, which made him stagger and his body sway.

But this time, there was no wandering soul in the Divine Transformation Realm, but the ground suddenly began to shake violently.

A sense of voyeurism that exuded a death threat instantly locked onto him.

Zhou Qing's face changed. How could he forget such an important thing?

The next moment, the ground suddenly shook violently, as if some extremely ferocious creature was about to break out of the ground.

Zhou Qing defied gravity and immediately took out the broken sword. He transformed directly into the second human form of Jin Peng's true body, fully prepared for battle.

"Roar!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, a huge figure suddenly emerged from the ground.

When Zhou Qing saw the thing clearly, his pupils suddenly shrank.

It was a strange skeleton. At first glance, it looked very much like a dragon skeleton, but it was obviously different.

Because it also has four thick leg bones to support its huge body.

What is creepy is that the skull of this skeleton was hollowed out, and in the cavity, there was a dried corpse sitting cross-legged.

The clothes the mummy was wearing looked strangely familiar to Zhou Qing, but he didn't have time to think too much about it at the moment, because the mummy was a creepy blue-black color.

In the deep eye sockets, two balls of dark green flame flickered, staring at him intently.

A strong murderous intent surged towards him. Zhou Qing wanted to escape, but after breaking through to the Spiritual Transformation stage, the gravity in the gravity zone was more terrifying than ever before, slowing down his movements.

Moreover, the speed of this strange skeleton was beyond imagination. Before Zhou Qing could react, it had already arrived in front of him.

A thick leg bone swung over and hit him hard.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Zhou Qingru was struck by lightning and was blown away.

Even the hard Peng armor was torn into two bloody holes at this moment, and blood gushed out from the wounds.

Zhou Qing's face was filled with horror. This was the first time his defense had been broken since he started practicing the "Emperor Glory Sutra".

As he struggled to get up, enduring the severe pain, the skeleton let out a sharp whistling sound that seemed to pierce his soul, leaving him stunned.

The four-colored flowers in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly began to spin rapidly. Before he could wake up, the mummy in the skeleton suddenly stretched out an arm as dry as a stick and grabbed his head.

Zhou Qing was unable to dodge and felt a bone-chilling force coming at him. Then he heard a "cracking" sound and blood immediately blurred his eyes.

Then, as if being blown on the head by the corpse wax crow, his consciousness fell into complete darkness.

When he opened his eyes again, he had turned into a red dot of light again, staring blankly at the restricted area light curtain in front of him.

"I, am dead now?" Looking back, Zhou Qing was still in a daze.

Why does it feel like he was beaten to death in no time?

Is the backup plan left in the Taiqing Sect's cave so fierce?
No wonder the supreme elders did not dare to take the risk and could only let their disciples pass through the gravity area and open the key before they dared to enter.

"Just as Master said, this thing under the gravity zone is not a living creature, but a puppet-like existence!" Zhou Qing muttered to himself.

The strength of this puppet is definitely not at the Soul-Slaying Realm.

After all, from the founding of Taiqing Sect until today, there has never been a soul-slaying realm in the sect, so how can they create such a powerful puppet?
"But he must be stronger than the Supreme Elders, otherwise they wouldn't be so wary of him. Perhaps, he is about the same strength as County Magistrate Zhong Yao!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing's eyes suddenly lit up.

The ancestors of Taiqing Sect were quite capable.

However, the more Zhou Qing thought about the mummy in the skull, the more familiar it looked.

"It's the first headmaster!"

Soon, Zhou Qing suddenly remembered something, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

All the core disciples accepted by the masters of each peak of Taiqing Sect must go to the ancestral hall to pay homage to the portraits of all the previous masters.

The style and pattern of the clothes worn by the mummy just now are exactly the same as those worn in the portrait of the first generation headmaster Guo Guiqi.

After thinking it through, Zhou Qing suddenly felt respect.

It is said that the dead rest in peace, but the first generation leader forcibly transformed himself into a part of the puppet and chose to become the last line of defense of Taiqing Sect.

He also silently guards the restricted area, and in his own way, witnesses the growth of generations of Taiqing Sect disciples.

Zhou Qing sighed, feeling mixed emotions. He glanced at the light screen again and had no choice but to exit.

It is obvious that with his current level of cultivation, he cannot break through the gravity zone at all. Unless he goes in with his real body next time and leaves some tricks there, there may be a chance.

His original plan was to see if the soil beneath the giant tree with the huge black heart tied to it was spiritual soil.

Unfortunately, there is no chance at all in the simulation.

Then, he began to look for clues about the other two elixirs.

Not long after, information about Xuanbing Sui was discovered.

[Mysterious Ice Marrow: A spiritual fluid of extreme coldness and purity, usually present in the form of ice-blue crystals, with powerful nourishing and purifying properties.]

[For cultivators practicing ice-attributed techniques, it is an excellent auxiliary training material.]

[It usually exists at the bottom of a thousand-year-old cold pond, or deep in an ice cave in an extremely cold place, etc., and the probability of its birth is extremely low.]

Zhou Qing seemed to be thinking about something.

"Practicing ice-based techniques?"

Apart from Lu Yaoyao, the only people he knew were Lu Yuanzhi and No. 6. Perhaps they should have relevant clues.

After obtaining the magical medicine, No. 6 is still in seclusion, so the only person he can ask is Master Lu.

Find a time to test her opinion.

Finally, at night, he found the clue to the last ingredient, the Flame Spirit Flower, from the jade slip.

[Flame Spirit Flower: The flower displays a bright fiery red color, with faint golden flame patterns along the edges. It is an excellent medicinal guide required for many high-level elixirs.]

[It usually grows in extremely yang places, such as the edge of a magma lake or on a spiritual vein where underground fire is gushing out. It may even be born with some heavenly energy.]

Seeing this, Zhou Qing was pleasantly surprised.

In the third coffin in the restricted area, the entire small world has almost turned into magma, and there must be a Flame Spirit Flower there.

Moreover, the yin and yang energy that he refined was obtained from the second uncle.

However, there is a Fire Crocodile King there whose cultivation has reached the Soul-Severing Realm. Last time, he and the Second Uncle teamed up to give the opponent a hard time. How easy is it to go there again now?
"I feel a little bored!" Zhou Qing was helpless. He gently took out a branch of the ancient Wudao tea tree and couldn't help sighing.

Suddenly, his expression froze, and he immediately put it away, looked outside the cave, and then walked out.

The moonlight is like water, it’s still that tree, that figure.

"Have you been to the border recently?" the man in white spoke first.

Zhou Qing smiled but did not answer immediately. Instead, he moved his wrist.

"I'm really surprised that you can break through to the God Transformation Realm, but I think you still can't catch up with me!" The man in white spoke again.

Silver light flashed under Zhou Qing's feet, and there were crackling sounds of lightning.

"How do you know if you don't try!" After saying that, Zhou Qing instantly turned into a lightning arc and shot towards the opponent.

In the blink of an eye, he was close to the man in white. Just as he was about to reach out and pull his shoulder to see who he was, he took a step forward calmly.

This seemingly ordinary step seemed to contain some kind of law. Zhou Qing only felt a flash before his eyes, and the opponent appeared several feet away.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qing was shocked.

Without saying a word, he transformed into the second form of the Golden Peng true body and went up again.

The other party was obviously startled by Zhou Qing's change and immediately increased his speed. The two of them chased and fled in the night, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right.

After a long time, Zhou Qing stopped breathing heavily, and the other party also looked a little embarrassed.

In terms of speed, Zhou Qing was already fast enough, because he almost saw his profile several times.

But the opponent has definitely reached the late stage or perfection of the Spirit Transformation Realm, which to a certain extent makes up for the possible disadvantage in speed.

"Let's be frank, what is the cause of our feud?" Zhou Qing asked.

The man in white still had his back to Zhou Qing. Judging from the rise and fall of his shoulders, he was also adjusting his breathing. He then said, "I don't have any complaints. I just want to get to know you better. I've been here recently!"

Zhou Qing suddenly got goosebumps and turned away.

If he doesn't leave now, he'll vomit.

(End of this chapter)