Chapter 107: Little Mute

Seven Blood Children Main City.

In the near-sea area, the winter wind carried tenderness, blowing into every corner of the street.

Unlike the severe cold of the Red Plain, this tenderness was wet, making it difficult for people to notice at first, until it penetrated into the bones and gradually became icy from the inside out, only then would they feel it.

And by that time, it was too late to resist.

Just like the disciples under the Seven Blood Children mountain, the cruelty hidden under the smiling face was like a needle hidden in cotton.

This was especially true for the Seventh Peak.

The disciples of the Seventh Peak seemed to have some talent in this regard. They were good at hiding, they could not want that vain dignity, they put interests first. Xu Qing's feeling about this was very profound.

Even though he was now considered to have integrated into the environment of the Seven Blood Children main city, and with the improvement of his cultivation, relying on ruthless means to establish a foothold in the Seven Blood Children, the dangers encountered had decreased, and he had gained fame.

But his caution and vigilance had never decreased in the slightest.

Because Xu Qing knew very well that among the Qi Condensation disciples of the Seventh Peak, the mutual slaughter of low-level cultivators could still be traced, while high-level cultivators here, especially after reaching Qi Condensation Layers Nine and Ten, were mostly deep in scheming.

They were good at disguising and even better at enduring, like poisonous snakes hidden in the dark. Once targeted by them, many times when they died, they couldn't find the real enemy.

In fact, it was not just these people who were like this, those who also struggled to climb up from the main city and broke through to Foundation Establishment, they would be more proficient in this regard.

Like the Third Prince...

At this moment, Xu Qing was walking in the main city of the Seven Blood Children. His expression seemed calm, but his heart was full of vigilance, and his appearance had not changed back to his original appearance.

He had been walking in this main city for most of the day, going to places where there were many people, constantly paying attention to the surroundings, constantly listening to everything.

He was looking for some possible clues to verify whether the matter of the Third Prince and the Mermaid Race was really calm, and he had great patience for such observations, walking from day to night.

When night fell, Xu Qing did not change back to his original identity. Even this return of his did not use his own token, but arrived with an anonymous jade slip.

The anonymous jade slips of the Seven Blood Children had already formed an industrial chain, and there were quite a few people who needed them, becoming the first choice for those wanted criminals and those who were not convenient to reveal their identities.

It's just that the price is extremely expensive, but the corresponding benefits are great, the most attractive of which is concealment.

The Seven Blood Children turned a blind eye to this. Although they occasionally screened, most of the time they ignored it. Of course, the premise is that you don't touch the rules and bottom line of the Seven Blood Children.

Xu Qing had killed too many wanted criminals, and he also had some such jade slips on him, so at night he found an open inn and stayed there.

Just like that, time passed, and soon three days passed.

During these three days, Xu Qing investigated many times, understood in various ways, and even spent some spirit coins to buy some information about the Seven Blood Children, without seeing any clues in it.

It seemed that the Mermaid Race matter had no follow-up, and the Third Prince really did not pursue it.

At the same time, what the disciples of the Seven Blood Children discussed the most during this period was the Seventh Peak Grand Competition.

Xu Qing heard about this many times in these three days, and most of the information he bought was about the Grand Competition.

It seemed that the attention of all disciples in the Seven Blood Children was placed on this at the moment.

Xu Qing thought about this, and deep meaning appeared in his eyes.

The Seventh Peak Grand Competition of the Seven Blood Children, once every thirty years, was very special. The choice of the battlefield was often in an area outside, and the process was extremely bloody and cruel.

For example, thirty years ago, the choice was the Mermaid Race island.

After a suppression-style Grand Competition there, the Mermaid Race became an ally of humans.

And the target this time had also been set, which was a small alien race on the Xishan Islands. This alien race was named the Lingbei Race. Most of the clansmen were ferocious and bloodthirsty, and the whole clan were sea pirates.

Relying on multiple larger alien races behind them to provide resources in exchange for protection, they were also active in the Forbidden Sea.

They posed a great threat to passing merchant ships, especially the merchant ships of the Seven Blood Children, which had been robbed by them recently.

This matter aroused the anger of the Seven Blood Children, so even though the other party returned it quickly, it happened to coincide with the Seventh Peak Grand Competition, so the location of this Grand Competition was arranged on this Lingbei Island.

This matter aroused great attention in the Seven Blood Children, especially the Seventh Peak disciples were eager to try, and all those who possessed the qualifications to participate were preparing. For a time, the price of cultivation resources at the port increased by about 20%.

And the qualifications and rules for participation were also released by the sect.

The Seventh Peak had a total of thirteen departments. Each department would select about four hundred people to form a team of more than five thousand cultivators as the candidates for this Grand Competition.

For these thirteen departments, the difficulty of selecting four hundred people was not small, not because of the number of people.

In fact, the number of disciples in each department was large. The large departments had thousands, and the small departments also had nearly a thousand.

The reason for the increased difficulty was that too many people wanted to participate.

The rewards for the Grand Competition were indeed extremely generous. The rule was that killing one Lingbei cultivator would gain ten thousand contribution points, and this was just the foundation. The higher the cultivation of the enemy killed, the more rewards.

The identity token would automatically record and distribute them uniformly after the Grand Competition ended. Such a wealth was enough to make too many disciples struggling for cultivation resources jealous.

And what made people inhale and even go crazy was the reward for the first place in this Grand Competition.

Core disciple status!

For countless disciples under the Seventh Peak mountain, every core disciple who could wear light purple Dao robes was like a god, noble to the extreme.

As the Captain said back then, if a hundred disciples under the mountain died, the sect would not care, and if one core disciple died, it would be a big deal.

So the madness of the disciples of each department could be understood.

But Xu Qing had no desire for the core disciple status.

If it were when he first came to the Seven Blood Children, the core disciple status would still be tempting to him, but now that his cultivation had reached Qi Condensation Great Perfection, for Xu Qing, breaking through to Foundation Establishment as soon as possible was his first priority.

In addition, Xu Qing felt that this matter was not so simple. The choice of the Grand Competition location on the Lingbei Race seemed to be confusing the outside world. Combining his previous analysis, Xu Qing felt in his heart that the real battlefield might be the Mermaid Race.

With such thoughts, while other disciples were striving for qualifications and preparing, Xu Qing observed cautiously for a few more days.

After confirming that there was indeed no follow-up on the Mermaid Race in the sect, and the Third Prince was the same, Xu Qing simply changed back to his identity, was cautious for a few more days, and his heart settled down.

Unless absolutely necessary, Xu Qing did not want to flee the Seven Blood Children at this time, because he was not far from Foundation Establishment. For the five thousand spirit stones per month after becoming Foundation Establishment, he wanted to obtain them very much.

Now that everything was as usual, Xu Qing returned to his usual life with vigilance, and a few days later, he received a notification from the Captain.

Regarding the secondary reward for the Night Dove operation back then, it had come down.

He was appointed as the Deputy Captain of the Sixth Team of the Profound Department of the Murder Capture Department.

His salary also increased, from the previous three thousand contribution points per month to six thousand.

"Xu Qing, you must thank me well for this matter. If it weren't for me fighting for you with all my might, how could you have this day of being promoted." In the Murder Capture Department, the Captain sat on the side, eating an apple while looking at Xu Qing with a smile.

His gaze looked up and down, obviously noticing the fluctuation of Xu Qing's cultivation, but his smile remained, and the apple in his hand was eaten very sweetly.

"Thank you, Captain."

Xu Qing smiled when he heard this. Since coming to the Seven Blood Children, he had barely learned some control of expressions, but it was still a bit unnatural.

"So don't forget the one thousand one hundred spirit stones you owe me." The Captain said happily.

Xu Qing's smile suddenly stalled.

"It's one hundred, I've already returned it to you!"

"Ah? Did you return it? Oh my, my memory is too poor. I remembered, you returned one hundred to me. Okay okay, you still owe me nine hundred, is that okay."

The Captain patted his forehead and sighed. Seeing that Xu Qing's expression seemed unnatural, and even his right hand was instinctively placed beside the leather bag on his side, he blinked.

"Xu Qing, are you going to this Grand Competition?"

Xu Qing did not speak.

"Xu Qing, I'll tell you secretly, based on my understanding of the sect's habits, this Grand Competition... is highly likely not that Lingbei Race!"

The Captain's expression was a bit excited. He squatted on the chair, took out two oranges, threw one to Xu Qing, and spoke while peeling.

Xu Qing took the orange and looked at the Captain.

"I estimate it should be a much larger alien island, and this alien race must be very fat, so the sect will release smoke to confuse the outside world. I have observed some famous insidious people in other departments recently and found that they all signed up secretly!"

The Captain became more excited as he spoke, and his eyes began to glow.

"These insidious people have actually saved enough spirit stones to buy Foundation Establishment elixirs recently and can go to break through at any time, but they suppressed their cultivation and didn't break through. Obviously, they are all waiting for this opportunity. They are all dog-nosed, with extremely keen sense of smell. You think they gave up the Foundation Establishment benefits after breaking through in these few months, so the plan is naturally greater. So this Grand Competition should be an excellent opportunity to snatch cultivation resources."

"You know, in the Grand Competition thirty years ago, many people made a fortune because of this, a big fortune, ah. I heard that the Second Prince, that woman, rose up like this last time. The wealth she scraped together is said to make some elders jealous. She snatched eight Foundation Establishment elixirs alone!"

"In addition, many people in the sect whose cultivation has reached the level but don't have enough spirit stones seem to have red eyes recently, all staring at this Grand Competition to accumulate spirit stones."

"Such a great opportunity to make a fortune, aren't you going?" The Captain looked at Xu Qing with a smile on his face.

Xu Qing still did not speak when he heard this. Regarding the Grand Competition location, his judgment was the same as the Captain's, and he had guessed in his heart where the final battlefield was.

"So this time, you must go. Make a fortune, ah. Do one job and it will be enough for Foundation Establishment."

"And there is a newcomer in the team. I'll call him for you to see." As the Captain said, he took out the token and transmitted the sound. Not long after, light footsteps came from outside the room where the Captain and Xu Qing were.

Soon the door was opened, revealing a young figure standing outside the door.

This young man's hair was a bit scattered, his little face was a bit dirty, and although he was wearing a gray Dao robe, it was bulging, and under the Dao robe, he was actually wearing a black dog-skin coat.

What is most noteworthy is this young man's eyes. His eyes carried sharpness and cruelty, as if it was not a person standing there, but a fierce little wolf dog.

The killing intent on his body was extremely heavy, as if he could erupt and swallow the enemy at any time. At this moment, following the opening of the door, he saw the Captain and Xu Qing in the room, grinned, and in his mouth... there was no tongue.

He was a mute.

Just, following Xu Qing's gaze, the mute young man's smile suddenly paused, his eyes widened violently, looking at the shadow under Xu Qing's seat, his expression changed drastically, as if he had seen some existence that made him terrified to the extreme.

His body trembled violently, his breathing was incomparably rapid, like a mortal meeting a god, his body trembling violently uncontrollably.

This scene made the room instantly... dead silent! ===== CHAPTER 108 =====

This scene caused the room to instantly... fall into a deathly silence!