Starting with the Corpse-Eating Worm, he worked his way up to become the Left-Winged Immortal Lord.

"What is it?"

Xue Chen's expression changed.

He completely forgot about what had just happened.

The constable's words shocked everyone: "The Marquis of Chang Le is dead. The steward of the Marquis's mansion just ran to the county office and told me himself."

Xue Chen's expression froze, and he and Cheng Xiu exchanged bewildered glances.

Marquis of Chang Le.

Its name is Fang Zhong!

He was a descendant of Fang Zhan, a famous general of Liyuan Kingdom. Although his cultivation aptitude was low and he was not able to enter the orthodox lineage of Wufeng Temple, he still managed to cultivate to the fourth level of Qi Refining thanks to the blessings of his ancestors. He was the highest-level miscellaneous sect disciple in the entire Changping County.

His death will have a huge impact.

"Who did this?" Xue Chen asked hurriedly, and at the same time, he cracked his whip and spurred his horse toward the Chang Le Marquis's residence outside Changping County.

The constable said as he chased after them, "His life force was drained, and it was still Deng Hui. Moreover, it wasn't just Marquis Chang Le who died; many miscellaneous cultivators and unorthodox practitioners at the third level of Qi Refining who worked under him also perished..."

"It's Deng Hui again!"

Xue Chen's teeth were practically grinding to powder.

If Deng Hui is not caught after this incident, he will probably be the first to lose his position as head constable.

He might even lose his position as county magistrate.

Cheng Xiu also cursed inwardly. After all, Wufeng Temple was in charge of miscellaneous and unorthodox sects. Now that so many miscellaneous and unorthodox sects had died, not only would the temple lose a lot of offerings every year, but it would also really damage the reputation that Wufeng Temple had built up over the years.

If the deputy abbot were to blame him, he would be in deep trouble.

soon.

The two groups of people sped all the way to the outskirts of the Marquis of Changle.

Upon entering, led by servants of the Marquis's residence, they quickly arrived at the backyard, where the mummified corpses of Marquis Chang Le Fang Zhong and his entourage came into view.

However, Xue Chen immediately noticed something: the rockery and vegetation in the backyard were largely damaged.

There are still remnants of thunder magic on it.

However, Marquis Chang Le was not skilled in thunder magic.

The first-tier talismans also include those related to thunder magic.

That would most likely be left by a second-tier talisman!

Moreover, in front of Marquis Chang Le, there was a pile of ashes left after the talismans had burned out.

"Scatter immediately! Deng Hui has likely been hit by Marquis Chang Le's second-tier lightning talisman and must be injured!"

Xue Chen shouted immediately.

……

Wufeng Temple.

After Gu Qingyin's magic was exhausted, he returned to his own little house, and saw a food box as soon as he got to the door.

The food box smelled delicious; it was clearly meat from a spirit that Li Fu had sent.

"Master Li, you are truly a remarkable person. Even though you are penniless yourself, you still want to buy the flesh of spirits to help me recover."

Gu Qing sighed, then went inside and ate the monster's flesh clean, preparing to go to Fufeng Forest in the afternoon.

One reason is to retrieve the corpse-eating worms.

Secondly, it was also to have a chat and strengthen my relationship with Li Fu.

He knew very well that even though Lu Xingzhi treated him so well and truly regarded him as a disciple, if he became estranged from Li Fu, Lu Xingzhi might just bury him in the underworld at any time.

After all, Lu Xingzhi took him in because he was useful, not because of his amazing talent in unorthodox methods.

Gathering his thoughts, Gu Qing immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and began to absorb yin energy to restore his yin magic.

After three hours, the Yin energy in his body had recovered to about 70-80%.

I looked up and saw that the sun outside the window had already begun to pass overhead and was starting to set in the west.

In order not to return under the cover of night, Gu Qing left early and went to Fufeng Forest.

First, they collected the corpse-eating worms, and then they began searching for Li Fu.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, do you know where Master Li is?"

After encountering Liu Zaiyan and the others, Gu Qing asked them a question.

Liu Zaiyan and the others raised their hands in a salute, no longer displaying the same attitude they had when facing Gu Qing, but rather as if they were facing Li Fu.

"Brother Dao, someone came looking for us just now. Master Li and he just went in that direction." Liu Zaiyan pointed behind him.

Li Fu thanked them and disappeared into the white mist under their respectful gazes.

When they found Li Fu, he was already walking back.

Li Fu was pleasantly surprised to see Gu Qing.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, what brings you here?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "I came to thank Master Li for the monster meat, and I also stopped by to take a look around."

"You've come at the perfect time! I just heard some big news!" Li Fu said, looking eager to share.

"event?"

Gu Qing frowned.

Li Fu immediately recounted the story of how Marquis Chang Le was killed by Deng Hui, causing Gu Qing to frown deeply.

Then Li Fu continued, "Now, Constable Xue and Cheng Xiu have discovered the thief's whereabouts, and it is said that he was hit by the Marquis of Chang Le's second-tier lightning talisman and was injured, leaving behind extremely faint bloodstains that are very difficult to detect... Now, that guy Chen Ye has personally led people to chase him into the Lianwu Mountains."

Upon hearing this...

Gu Qing did not speak.

He only sensed something was amiss.

"Why did that person kill so many miscellaneous and unorthodox sects?" Gu Qing pressed.

Li Fu lowered his voice and said, "That Deng Hui is also a heretical cultivator. He killed people for cultivation purposes, most likely to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining."

"I see."

Gu Qing looked as if she had just realized something.

But his heart was filled with doubt.

Because he knew what Deng was looking for.

The other party's goal has always been to obtain the True Method of Foundation Building from the Bookworm. If they want to break through, why do they have to do it in Changle County?

The so-called traces were probably left intentionally by the other party, and the injury was more likely fake, with the purpose of luring Chen Ye and his group into pursuit.

"So it seems that Deng Hui already obtained the information he wanted when he first killed Daoist Li Shoutian of the Yizhuang and the Soul-Seizing Daoist Boy. The second time he came, he was most likely confirming it. After confirming that the Worm-Free Foundation Building True Method was in Fufeng Forest, he began to lure the cultivators of Wufeng Temple away from Wufeng Temple..." Gu Qing secretly guessed.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing felt a vague unease.

Because he was originally a Daoist boy who buried corpses in Fufeng Forest, if Deng Hui couldn't find the True Method of Foundation Establishment of the Worm Without Return in Fufeng Forest, and later found out that he had stepped into the first level of Qi Refining in a short period of time, he would definitely have some suspicions about him.

Given Deng Hui's ruthless methods, he would probably rather kill ten thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free.

"No, we can't come to Fufenglin."

Thinking of this, Gu Qing immediately decided to leave.

of course.

As he left, he didn't forget to remind Li Fu of something.

"Master Li, everyone in the temple has gone out to chase after Deng Hui. You must be careful while guarding Fufeng Forest alone."

This was said casually, like a friendly reminder.

Li Fu didn't take it seriously at first, but when he heard the first half of Gu Qing's sentence, his heart skipped a beat.

"You really gave me a good wake-up call!"

"What?"

Gu Qingming asked the question knowing the answer already.

Li Fu said solemnly, "What if some miscellaneous cultivators take advantage of the chaos to steal the Earthly Corpse Mushroom? Wouldn't I be the first to be caught in the crossfire? This happened once before. Two fellow cultivators died before that little thief was finally killed."

"Then you must be careful."

Gu Qing smiled helplessly.

Fine.

Regardless of Li Fu's intentions, at least the goal was achieved.

Gathering her thoughts, Gu Qing immediately took her leave of Li Fu.

After returning to the temple, he continued to meditate and practice to restore his Yin energy.

As night fell, Gu Qing headed straight for the shady area behind the mountain, but as soon as he stepped out, he saw more than a dozen Taoist priests rushing down the mountain.

Seeing this, Gu Qing immediately quickened his pace and headed straight for the back mountain.

The more people chase after Deng Hui.

The greater the chance of Deng returning to fight, the higher the likelihood of him coming back.

"Fortunately, there are still people in the temple to keep watch, so Deng Hui doesn't dare to attack easily. However, we also need to quickly improve the strength of the Corpse-Eating Worms or the Void-Shattering Stag Beetles."

If Chen Ye and the others truly cannot defeat Deng Hui, and Deng Hui cannot find the True Method of Foundation Establishment without the Worm's Return, he will most likely come looking for me! And I cannot hide in the temple forever; after all, my family is still outside.”

The words fell.

Gu Qing couldn't wait to enter the shady area behind the mountain.

[Two chapters completed.]

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