Dark Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 108 Shocking News

What is Zhang Qing's pursuit?

It is Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and even more powerful strength!

Only by becoming strong enough can one survive well in this world surrounded by darkness.

On several occasions, he dreamed that he died at the hands of ferocious beasts, evil spirits, and enemies.

The despair of fighting with all one's might but being unable to survive, though it only appeared in nightmares, was something Zhang Qing could never forget.

Therefore, he never slacks off in his spiritual practice!

Under such circumstances, why would Zhang Qing care about such a small profit as operating a waterwheel?

If someone else wants it, then let them take it!

Zhang Qing completed the handover process with his successor very smoothly.

However, before leaving, he had a talk with Village Chief Fan.

Although the carpentry workshop in Shiqiao Village has been established, the profit distribution plan previously set by Zhang Qing is absolutely unacceptable to his successor.

It's perfectly normal for newly arrived garrisoned cultivators to take away 90% or even all of it.

The villagers have just tasted the benefits, so if this leads to dissatisfaction or even resistance, they might be tempted to act against it.

The consequences will be very serious.

After all, it's rare to find a garrison cultivator as tolerant as Zhang Qing.

Therefore, Zhang Qing specifically reminded the old village chief to do a good job of persuading the villagers.

Village Chief Fan wholeheartedly agreed.

He's lived for sixty or seventy years, how could he not understand this principle?

The old monk could only sigh inwardly that the good days of Shiqiao Village had just begun, and were about to be interrupted.

He had absolutely no hope for the integrity of the new resident monk!

Zhang Qing had done all he could, and then naturally returned to the Xuanming Lower Academy without any worries.

The steward from the common hall returned with Zhang Qing and helped him complete the formalities.

Having achieved his goal, he clearly didn't want to cause any further trouble.

Therefore, Zhang Qing successfully shed the "prospective" label and officially became a member of the Xuanming Lower Academy.

He received two new sets of clothes, a new identity badge, and was even assigned a single room as his residence.

Previously, Zhang Qing had to pay fees for staying in the lower courtyard.

The dormitories assigned to formal disciples are completely free!

However, the benefits for formal disciples of the Xuanming Lower Academy are basically limited to these; they do not receive any salary or anything like that.

As the saying goes, sects don't support idlers, especially sects like the Xuanming Palace that lean towards the demonic path.

Zhang Qing wanted to learn new skills or seek guidance and instruction from elders, including renting cave dwellings and purchasing talismans and elixirs, all of which cost money!

The wealthy disciples can live a very comfortable life in the lower academy, while the poor ones have to earn and struggle on their own.

However, many tasks are posted in Xuntang every day, with varying levels of difficulty and rewards.

This is one of the important ways for outer disciples to earn merit points and talisman money.

Zhang Qing has just returned and has no intention of taking on any new missions for the time being.

After moving to his new residence, he began to seclude himself in seclusion, striving to truly improve his mastery of the "Mysterious Illumination Method".

As Zhang Qing's main cultivation method, he devoted the most time and energy to "Mysterious Illumination Light Method" and had already made some progress in it. However, he was assigned to play in the mud in Shiqiao Village, which slowed down his cultivation progress considerably.

Now that he has returned to the lower courtyard where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is relatively abundant, Zhang Qing naturally wants to seize every second to catch up with his cultivation progress!

This time, Zhang Qing went into seclusion for half a month.

His cultivation level has taken a very solid step towards the fifth level of Qi Refining.

After leaving the pass, Zhang Qing applied for a three-day training trip at the privy hall.

Major sects have strict rules, and the Xuanming Palace is no exception.

Even if it's just the outer sect's lower academy, the disciples are still subject to various rules and restrictions.

We cannot act recklessly.

Ordinary disciples like Zhang Qing need permission from the main hall to travel if they need to go out for a period of time.

Otherwise, once a task is assigned, the person will be nowhere to be found.

The consequences would be severe.

After obtaining permission to undergo training, Zhang Qingcai left the Xuanming Lower Academy.

Instead of hiring a carriage, he used the "Land Flight Technique" to speed along the highway.

After a journey that wasn't too arduous, Zhang Qing returned to Canglang Village.

He spent one night in the camp.

The next morning, Zhang Qing headed to the ancient ruins where he had hunted many times before.

It had been a long time since I'd been here, and this secluded ancient ruin seemed unchanged.

Zhang Qing landed on a broken stone pillar, looked around, and then whistled.

Before long, a lithe figure darted through the dense bushes and appeared in front of him in an instant.

It's Miaomiao!

Seeing that the catgirl was safe and sound, Zhang Qing couldn't help but smile with relief and jumped down from the stone pillar.

"Meow!"

As soon as Miao Miao saw him, she bared her claws, her big eyes filled with resentment, and she made a gurgling sound in her throat.

This shows she's very angry!

"Feel sorry."

Zhang Qing understood why the catwoman was so angry with him, and said with a wry smile, "I've been unable to come here lately because I've been busy with other things."

He was previously assigned to guard the village, so he couldn't leave his post to find the cat girl.

To express his apology, Zhang Qing took out a large bag from his storage bag—

Dried grilled fish!

He bought the dried fish from a restaurant in the outer city. The fish was made from small silver fish, a specialty of the Jade Belt River, and was carefully marinated and baked.

The price isn't cheap!

But Zhang Qing didn't care about the expense in order to make the kitten girl happy.

He had a premonition beforehand, which is why he made such preparations.

As it turned out, Zhang Qing's premonition and preparations were entirely correct.

As Miao Miao looked at the apology gifts presented by Zhang Qing with both hands and smelled the aroma of dried silver fish, her eyes became clear.

Meow~

She called out haughtily, then turned her head and took the dried fish.

Zhang Qing chuckled, sat down on a nearby rock, and asked, "Miaomiao, how have you been lately?"

He should have asked, because once he did, the cat girl's mood, which had improved after eating the fragrant dried fish, immediately returned to its bad state.

She huffed and puffed at Zhang Qing, then scribbled on the ground with her paws.

It took a lot of effort to make Zhang Qing understand the reason.

It turns out that the catgirl encountered trouble over the past month.

A group of cultivators, whose origins are unknown, have set their sights on her and have been frequently appearing in the vicinity recently, searching for her whereabouts!

Fortunately, Miao Miao's senses were extremely sharp, and she immediately fled into the depths of the ancient ruins at the slightest disturbance.

Nevertheless, she still encountered a danger while foraging for food.

I almost got caught by that group!

After this experience, Miao Miao became much more cautious in her actions.

It is not easily revealed.

But the group did not give up and continued their thorough search.

They seemed determined not to give up until they caught her!

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