What kind of magic? This is called cultivating immortality!

"No, no, no, this is an opportunity. No one in this world can deceive me." Zhong Hui was full of confidence, putting on an unfathomable appearance. "It's just that with your current Golden Core realm perspective, you can't see the mystery at the moment."

Seeing that Cang Xing didn't believe him, he took out the medicinal herbs inside and introduced them one by one in a serious manner: "Look at this ginseng. This is not an ordinary old ginseng. This ginseng has many roots and nine main roots by nature. It has a bit of red on its body. It is the Nine-Rooted Crimson Dragon Ginseng, which can only be cultivated by nourishing it with dragon blood. This honeysuckle is a rare spiritual plant that has grown for thousands of years in the land where the sun never sets. And this medicinal herb that looks like a radish is actually an extremely rare natural treasure, the Jade Long Cloud."

He went on and on about the extraordinary origins of each medicinal herb, completely unaware that Cang Xing's expression was growing increasingly strange, his eyes filled with helplessness and speechlessness.

When Zhong Hui finally finished explaining, Cang Xing could no longer hold back and said very sincerely, "Child, you've been tricked."

"Throughout the myriad realms, since the birth of this Emperor, no one has ever been able to deceive me," Zhong Hui said confidently, head held high.

"Alright, it's your own bonus anyway..." Cangxing sighed inwardly, no longer dwelling on the matter, and casually asked:

"Which Chinese medicine shop did you buy these medicinal herbs from?"

"Not sold by the shop."

Zhong Hui looked on with reminiscence, his tone tinged with a hint of melancholy: "When I was out searching for Foundation Establishment Pill materials, I happened to meet a fellow Daoist who was selling magical artifacts at a roadside stall. We hit it off immediately and chatted happily. When he learned that I was collecting Foundation Establishment herbs, he reluctantly parted with his treasured collection of herbs and sold them to me at a low price. Moreover, this man was kind-hearted and only wanted worldly money; he was truly a rare and benevolent person."

In the end, he couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, realizing that such kind and simple-hearted people are now extremely rare in the cultivation world.

Cangxing was completely speechless.

She had originally planned to find out the store's address and use her private power to shut it down, thus punishing this kind of unscrupulous merchant who cheats people.

To my utter surprise, the other party turned out to be a street vendor, making it difficult to find him now.

Cangxing couldn't be too harsh, so he forced a smile. Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he came up with a rather unkind idea.

She clapped her hands, looked at Zhong Hui, and smiled very gently: "By the way, you still have the rest of the money on you, right? Why don't you give your card to your sister for safekeeping? Don't worry, I will never embezzle or use it. If you need money in the future, just tell your sister."

Why does this sound so vaguely familiar? Zhong Hui squinted at Cang Xing's kind smile.

After thinking for a moment, he still couldn't figure out the problem. He readily nodded, handed over the bank card, and said politely, "Thank you very much. I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on it in the future."

Cangxing quickly put the card away, feeling relieved.

While secretly chuckling to herself, she couldn't help but think: I never thought that the excuse parents use to trick their children out of their New Year's money could be so effective with a little modification... A whole 4.17 million yuan, I'll have to keep it safe from now on, and I can't let this silly boy get tricked again.

"Wang!"

A dog's bark brought her back to her senses.

Seeing that Zhong Hui was about to take the medicinal herbs back to his room, Cang Xing quickly reminded him, "Since you bought the puppy, you have to take good care of it. You promised me before that you wouldn't keep forgetting to feed it."

Zhong Hui turned his head and said, "I have already said before, that is not a dog, it is a white tiger, an evil-eyed white tiger!"

This doesn't look like a white tiger at all, it's just different skin color... Cangxing nodded helplessly, "Okay, okay, white tiger, white tiger, but no matter what it is, you still have to feed it."

"It is an ancient species. You have to let it hunt on its own so that its bloodline can be quickly activated and it can revert to its ancestral form."

"..." Cang Xing slapped his forehead. "Never mind, it's fine now. The weather is nice, you should hurry back to Fang Ri Lian."

"Oh."

Zhong Hui turned and left.

Seeing this, Cangxing thought to himself: This is all because of his family of origin...

Her imagination ran wild again, and in the end, her eyes welled up with tears as she murmured to herself, "At worst, I'll just have to work harder in the future. Besides Xiao Zhonghui, I'll take care of another dog, just like raising another son..."

"I think of my mother's words every night..."

Just then, her phone rang. Cangxing wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and took out her phone to look at it.

Altai?

Chapter 36 The Revival of the Living Dead

Cangxing stared at the caller's name on her phone screen, and her mind instantly recalled the major event she had experienced last time, which was definitely not a pleasant memory.

What started as a simple case investigation turned into a direct confrontation with the big boss. If Jiangbei's head, Xiao Henu, hadn't arrived in time, the Floating Light Squad would likely have been wiped out by the Gluttonous Witch.

Despite her worries, she had a duty to fulfill, and even if a truly troublesome problem came her way, she had no reason to refuse.

With her slender, pale fingers pressing the answer button, Cang Xing spoke first, her tone tinged with wariness: "Altai, could something have happened again in Fangyuan City?"

"There are currently no abnormalities in Fangyuan City."

The voice on the other end of the phone was calm, and Cang Xing had just breathed a sigh of relief when Altai added, "But something has happened in Tai'an County. At 2 a.m. yesterday, an abnormal situation occurred at a private cemetery in Tai'an County where the dead were coming back to life. The resurrected dead have no consciousness and only attack and destroy indiscriminately, and the number of resurrected dead is increasing. As of now, dozens of people have died and hundreds have been injured in Tai'an County. The magical girls stationed there are unable to handle the situation and have already asked us for help."

I knew this guy's phone call was never good news... Cangxing sighed slightly.

She quickly realized something was wrong and frowned, asking, "This shouldn't be the case. If I remember correctly, the person in charge of Tai'an County is still Qian Jia, right? Didn't she successfully advance to the second star level half a year ago? And her magic ability is fire. Let alone resurrecting the dead, even if there's a zombie horde like in the movies, she could burn it all to ashes. How could she not be able to solve it?"

"The root of the trouble isn't the resurrected dead, but the entity hiding behind the scenes that controls their resurrection," Altai patiently explained. "I've already checked the relevant information. There are only four registered witches who possess the ability to control the resurrection of the dead. The strongest among them is the Death Witch, but she's always been in the Western Continent, so you don't need to worry about encountering her; the other two are four-star, and the last witch's strength is comparable to a three-star."

"But whichever one of them has their eye on Tai'an County, it's far beyond what Qianjia can handle. Fortunately, the witch hasn't shown herself yet; she's just constantly reviving the dead and causing destruction, so the situation is still under control. Tai'an County is, after all, an affiliated district of Fangyuan City, and Qianjia has formally submitted a request for assistance. For both moral and legal reasons, we must step in to help."

She paused, a hint of helplessness in her voice: "I originally planned to have Yingguang help resolve this; with her abilities, she would be more efficient. But then, an anomaly also broke out in another city at the same time, and she's already there dealing with the situation."

"Therefore, in Fangyuan City, only you, me, Muyue, and Zhong Hui remain. Fangyuan City is, after all, a densely populated core city. Your strength and mine are only three stars, which is insufficient to guarantee the city's safety. Muyue, who is at four stars, cannot travel for work. Zhong Hui is currently too weak to travel for missions. The matter of Tai'an County can only be entrusted to you now. With your addition, even if the mastermind is a four-star witch, she won't be able to cause much trouble."

A two-star and a three-star magical girl working together, while unable to defeat a four-star witch, can still hold them off and hold them off until reinforcements arrive.

Moreover, witches rarely take the initiative to act; they usually create calamity beasts to cause destruction. When they see something beyond their control, they will normally choose to retreat.

Of course, the gluttonous witch last time was purely accidental.

"No problem, that's what magical girls are supposed to do."

After listening to Altai's long speech, Cangxing did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly changed the subject and added, "However, I have a small request. I would like to take Zhong Hui with me on this business trip. I'm not comfortable leaving him alone at home."

What could an adult possibly worry about? Altai was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the phone, and finally replied with just two words: "Whatever you want."

In any case, as he said before, Zhong Hui is currently not strong enough, and even if he stays in Fangyuan City, he will not be of much use.

"I didn't expect you to be so perceptive." Cang Xing said with a grin after receiving permission.

"How can I communicate with someone who has no humanity? Alright, let's get going."

Before Cangxing could react, Altai abruptly hung up the phone.

"Was that guy... insulting me just now?" Cang Xing looked down at the darkened phone screen, lost in thought with a serious expression.

"Squeak~"

Just then, the door was gently pushed open, and Zhong Hui walked straight through the living room into the kitchen.

A moment later, he turned back, looked at Cang Xing who was still standing there lost in thought, and asked in a calm tone, "When do we set off?"

"You heard everything, right? If there's no problem, then we'll get right now..."

Cang Xing subconsciously turned around to answer, but before she could finish her sentence, her gaze fixed on the object in Zhong Hui's arms. She blinked in confusion, pointed at the object, and said with a puzzled expression:

What are you doing with the rice cooker?!

Zhong Hui's expression turned serious. "This is an alchemy furnace. I intend to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill on my way to Tai'an County."

Cang Xing looked bewildered and said speechlessly, "Although this is a multi-functional rice cooker that can cook rice, soup, and porridge, can it be used for alchemy?"

Zhong Hui nodded: "Yes, you can."

"How do you refine it?"

The moment he asked that question, Cangxing slapped his forehead in exasperation, feeling like he'd gone mad.

Zhong Hui didn't pay much attention to her actions and explained in detail with a serious expression: "It's very simple. Light a fire, add water, put in the spiritual herbs, first use a large fire to melt the spiritual herbs into liquid, then turn to a small fire to condense the liquid into a pill, and that's how you can refine a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"You used fire to heat the rice cooker?" Cangxing's lips twitched.

"Correct."

"This thing is made of plastic! It will explode if you heat it with fire!"

Zhong Hui looked bewildered: "What is plastic?"

Cangxing finally decided to give up dwelling on the issue, reached into Zhong Hui's arms and took the rice cooker, saying:

“It’s a long journey, and it’s inconvenient to bring this. I’ll buy you a new rice cooker when we get to Tai’an County.”

“That works, but…wouldn’t it be too expensive?” Zhong Hui asked hesitantly.

Compared to spending 300,000 on medicine, how expensive could a rice cooker be? Cang Xing placed the rice cooker on the sofa, took Zhong Hui's hand, and said:

"Let's set off quickly, as Tai'an County is quite a distance from Fangyuan City."

Before Zhong Hui could say another word, she grabbed him and quickly walked out.

"boom!"

The door slammed shut, and the room was instantly empty.

"Wang!"

The puppy, having eaten and drunk its fill, woke up and let out a clear bark.

It wandered around the house, but couldn't find a single person anywhere.

After wandering around for a while, it returned to the empty food bowl, wagged its tail, curled up into a ball by itself, and fell asleep again.

The two who left home had completely forgotten about their dog.

The two had already gotten into a taxi and were speeding towards Tai'an County.

Chapter 37 Arrival in Tai'an County

Tai'an County is an ordinary small city.

The permanent population here is no more than 500,000 per year. Most of the residents in the city are elderly people and left-behind children, while most of the young and strong people have gone out to work and earn money in big cities.

This small town has nothing particularly outstanding about it. Its economic development is mediocre, its local resources are scarce, and its education is underdeveloped, failing to cultivate talent and thus completely failing to attract the attention of foreign investors.

The only advantage it has is that it's quiet and peaceful.

Compared to those densely populated metropolises, this place can even be called a paradise.

This brings us to the target of the witch's destruction each time.

Their goal has always been very clear: destruction, bringing ruin and disaster to the world.

This is why bustling metropolises are constantly plagued by witches, with various terrifying disasters occurring one after another. The witches of Crimson City joining forces to invade and the Gluttonous Witch of Fangyuan City are the best examples.

This secluded little town couldn't possibly attract the witch's interest.