Dark Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 106 Guardian

Just after noon, Zhang Qing left his house and began his routine inspection.

As the resident monk of Shiqiao Village, his daily life was extremely dull and monotonous, with no entertainment whatsoever.

If you want to have some fun, you have to travel hundreds of miles to the outer city.

However, Zhang Qing also had responsibilities, although according to the rules he could leave the village once or twice a month.

But if anything happens during that time, it will still be his responsibility.

In order to get through the next six months peacefully, Zhang Qing has stopped even going hunting.

I live each day in a routine.

As soon as he left the village, a string of "little tails" followed behind him.

These are all children from the village.

The villagers of Shiqiao Village have a great deal of awe for Zhang Qing, the resident cultivator. They are always trembling with fear when they see him, and wish they could kowtow to him three times and bow nine times.

This is actually quite normal, because Zhang Qing essentially holds the power of life and death over them.

However, Zhang Qing never abused his power to bully others, nor did he regard these poor farmers as ants; his attitude was always mild.

Over time, everyone realized that Zhang Qing was quite different from other cultivators.

The first to react were the village children.

They knew that by following Zhang Qing on his inspection of the village, they would not only avoid angering the cultivator, but might even receive some treats!

Everyone thought Zhang Qing was kind, so they were all very bold.

However, Zhang Qing had already given away all the maltose in his storage bag and hadn't gone to the city to replenish it, so he stopped and waved to the children.

These children were obedient; seeing this, they stopped following.

After leaving the village, Zhang Qing walked along the riverbank, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding rice paddies.

The rice has already turned yellow, and the heavy ears of rice have bent the stalks. It will be ready for harvest in another half month.

The rice paddies here only have one harvest a year, and other grains are planted after the autumn harvest, so the farmers work very hard and almost without rest all year round.

Winters in the Los Angeles area aren't very cold, so the lack of a winter slack season is both a bad thing and a good thing for them.

After all, the cold winter is very difficult to endure!

Zhang Qing returned after inspecting the area within Shiqiao Village, as the sun was setting.

When he returned home, he saw a simply dressed young girl cleaning her yard.

Upon seeing Zhang Qing return, she quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, sir."

Zhang Qing waved his hand: "No need for formalities."

The girl's name was Xiao Cui. She was originally arranged by Village Chief Fan to serve him in his daily life, including warming his bed.

But with a Daoist partner like Little Fox Girl, how could Zhang Qing possibly be interested in a plain-looking village girl? So he didn't accept her offer and simply asked her to come to his house every three days to do some cleaning and tidying.

After all, he has many secrets, and it is not a wise choice to have an outsider in the house.

Xiao Cui was quite dutiful; every time she came over, she would clean the house inside and out spotlessly.

They didn't do anything out of line.

Xiao Cui straightened up, her face flushed: "Master, I'll finish cleaning right away."

Zhang Qing smiled and said, "That's fine. You can go back now."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of cured meat from his storage bag and handed it to the other person: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Thank you, sir!"

Xiao Cui accepted the five or six-pound piece of cured meat with both hands, feeling extremely apprehensive. She really wanted to kowtow to Zhang Qing to express her gratitude.

Her family of seven can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

Normally, it's good enough if we can just fill our stomachs.

Therefore, Zhang Qing's reward was truly very generous.

This piece of cured pork is so big, just a few slices for each meal, enough for Xiao Cui's family to eat for several months!

How could I not be grateful?

But she knew that Zhang Qing didn't like people kneeling and bowing to him.

So I just endured it.

"Go."

After sending Xiao Cui away, Zhang Qing leisurely took out a barbecue grill and a bag of charcoal from the kitchen and placed them in the yard.

Before long, wisps of smoke rose as the charcoal fire grilled the meat skewers, and an enticing aroma of meat quickly filled the air.

Zhang Qing ate and drank, taking bites of meat and sips of wine as he grilled, and he was in a very happy mood.

Night slowly fell.

Darkness enveloped the land, and the entire village fell silent.

In the quiet room, Zhang Qing, who was circulating his internal energy, suddenly felt a twitch between his brows and abruptly opened his eyes.

In that instant, his soul and consciousness entered the little puppet's body.

And this wooden puppet is standing on top of the big tree in the corner of the yard right now!

Although Shiqiao Village is far from the Black Mist Zone and is basically unaffected by the Black Tide, ferocious beasts and evil spirits are rarely seen, and it is usually quite safe.

However, rare does not mean nonexistent, and occasional raids by bandits and thieves do occur. Therefore, as a resident cultivator, Zhang Qing cannot afford to lose his vigilance; otherwise, if something happens, his days at the Xuanming Lower Academy will be over.

Since there was no night patrol team in the village, he would release the little puppet at night to climb up the tree and act as a sentry.

To monitor the entire village.

This way, Zhang Qing can be alerted immediately if any danger arises.

Since he arrived in Shiqiao Village, apart from those two guys from Yunlan Lower Courtyard suddenly coming over to cause trouble, Zhang Qing has not encountered any other problems.

The past few nights have been peaceful.

However, trouble is brewing tonight.

The next moment, Zhang Qing used the little puppet to lock onto a suspected threat!

Several miles to the southeast, a wolf-like monster was quietly approaching the village, its movements furtive and clearly not benevolent.

As a wondrous object, the little puppet possesses extraordinary qualities. Its perception transcends day and night and is closely related to Zhang Qing's spiritual consciousness.

The stronger Zhang Qing's spiritual sense is, the wider the monitoring and reconnaissance range of this wooden puppet becomes.

The strength of one's spiritual awareness is directly proportional to the level of one's [divine soul] attribute!

Therefore, although the monster that invaded Stone Bridge Village moved silently and was good at stealth, its movements were as conspicuous as a light in the dark within Little Puppet's perception range.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Qing immediately got up and left the room, suddenly using his flying technique to leap over the high wall in an instant.

It flew towards the location of the target.

Throughout this process, he continued to monitor the monster's every move through the little puppet.

Before long, Zhang Qing spotted his target.

call!

He raised his hand and revealed his palm, and a ball of blazing fire instantly materialized, transforming into a lifelike fire crow.

The next moment, Zhang Qing casually waved his hand, and the newly formed fire crow immediately took off into the air, spreading its wings that burned with blazing flames, drawing an incomparably bright trajectory in the dark night sky, and swooping down on the sneaky monster from above.

The monster had just reached the outskirts of the village, and before it could even get close to a single house, the fire crows had already descended from the sky.

boom!

In an instant, the blazing flames completely engulfed the monster!

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