Chapter 108: Junior Brother Xu Qing, Are You There?

Inside and outside the room.

The mute young man trembled, the Captain looked curious.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed and he did not speak, but he noticed that what caused the other party's horror was the shadow under him.

At this moment, under Xu Qing's gaze, the mute young man's body trembled even more. His hands were tightly clenched, and sweat soaked his whole body like rain. Anyone here could hear the clicking sound from his legs.

That was the sound of bones and muscles fighting.

It seemed that his instinct was fighting fiercely with his heart and mind.

And if this continued, the passage of every breath was an unimaginable torture for him.

Xu Qing's eyes condensed, his gaze slightly restrained, he stood up and clasped his fists at the Captain, turned and walked to the door.

As he approached, the horror in the mute young man's eyes became thicker, but he seemed not to dare to retreat, just as if Xu Qing had seen the strange state back then in the forbidden area.

Until Xu Qing walked to his side, infinite horror rose to the extreme in the mute young man's heart and mind. Following a roar in his brain, white foam came out of the young man's mouth, and his body twitched violently.

Xu Qing frowned. He did not release any pressure, nor did he deliberately reveal killing intent. So after looking at the young man deeply, he walked out of the room and left this place.

And following his departure, for the mute young man, the horror also dissipated like a falling tide. Soon his body stopped trembling, and his expression recovered most of it, but the lingering fear in his eyes still made him not dare to look back at Xu Qing's departing back.

The Captain looked at this scene, strange light appearing in his eyes. He simply bit the apple and walked directly to the mute young man's side, walked around him, held the apple in his hand, and spoke in surprise.

"Do you know him?"

The mute young man shook his head.

"Don't know? Then why are you afraid of him?"

The Captain's expression was even more curious. It was really that this mute young man had been in the Murder Capture Department for half a month. In this half month, the other party was like Xu Qing back then, killing many wanted criminals.

And he himself was like a wolf dog, quite ferocious, and his eyes were full of hostility and caution when looking at anyone.

And today, it was the first time the Captain saw this mute young man so terrified.

Regarding the Captain's words, the mute young man heard them, but kept his mouth tightly closed and did not speak.

The more he didn't speak, the more the Captain wanted to know the answer in his heart. It seemed that he even forgot to eat the apple. After looking at the mute young man for a few times, his eyes suddenly flashed with sharp light, and astonishing killing intent erupted in his body instantly.

It did not spread, but was locked on the mute young man.

This killing intent was shockingly strong, directly making the mute young man tense to the extreme, his face pale and his body trembling, but... there was no such horror in his eyes as before, only unyielding intent becoming stronger.

Soon, the Captain withdrew his killing intent and sighed.

"You tell me why you are so afraid of him, how about I go to the Department Head to promote you?"

The mute young man remained silent.

"I forgot you can't speak, then write, write it down and tell me."

The mute young man was silent, shaking his head with determination in his eyes, as if he would not dare to say it even if he died.

The Captain was helpless and could only wave his hand to let the mute young man leave, squatting on the chair eating the apple, pondering continuously.

At the same time, Xu Qing, who walked out of the Murder Capture Department, looked back at the direction of the Profound Department, and looked down at his shadow again.

His previous feeling was that what the mute young man was afraid of was the shadow.

"He can feel my shadow?" Xu Qing muttered, his eyes cold.

Then he withdrew his gaze, thinking of the spirit stones the Captain said he still owed him, so he took out the bamboo slip and crossed out the question mark after the Captain's name on it again.

At this moment, on this bamboo slip, one could see that the Jin Gang Sect ancestor had been crossed out, the Mermaid boy had also been crossed out, the inn old man was still retained, but after the Captain's two words, there were several crossed-out question marks.

Looking at the question marks engraved and crossed out on the bamboo slip, Xu Qing was silent, then added the Third Prince's name, with a question mark after it as well.

A moment later, he put away the bamboo slip and went to the pharmacy in the city area.

It was not the one he often went to, but a larger shop. Here he saw the Foundation Establishment elixir.

The price was so exaggerated that even though Xu Qing was considered wealthy now, he still inhaled.

"One hundred thousand spirit stones..." Xu Qing returned to the berth silently.

Although his cultivation and combat power had reached an astonishing degree, Xu Qing's caution and care had not decreased in the slightest. Before taking out the Dharma boat, he checked the surroundings as always.

After confirming that there was no problem, he put down the Dharma boat and stepped into it quickly. Following the opening of the protection, Xu Qing walked into the herb room of the boat cabin. The first moment he sat cross-legged, purple light shone on his chest.

The suppression power of the purple crystal was drawn out by him and suppressed violently towards the shadow that was as usual under him.

After suppressing it three times in a row, Xu Qing stopped. This was his routine behavior.

Xu Qing did not know what this shadow was, but this was not important. It was enough to suppress it preventively and frequently.

After doing all this, Xu Qing began to refine poison.

"Seventh Peak Grand Competition..." While refining poison, Xu Qing pondered about the Grand Competition.

His cultivation had reached Qi Condensation Great Perfection at this moment. Although he felt that the Sea Mountain Secret Technique could continue to expand, Xu Qing understood that he had to prepare for the items needed for Foundation Establishment as soon as possible.

Regarding Foundation Establishment, he was not particularly knowledgeable, only knowing that he needed Foundation Establishment elixirs to increase the success rate of breaking through, and one was not very safe.

As for the principle of Foundation Establishment, the sect had reservations about knowledge in this area and needed to spend an extremely exaggerated amount of contribution points to view it.

If one did not want to spend, one could also buy it from others.

Xu Qing pondered and prepared to find a time to wake up the Jin Gang Sect ancestor to understand.

"Foundation Establishment elixirs are too expensive, I can't afford them, so I can only find a way to accumulate spirit stones to buy them through the Grand Competition." Xu Qing's eyes were restrained. After making a decision in his heart, as the sky outside approached dusk, his poison refining came to an end, and he began to practice cross-legged.

At the same time, the evening glow of dusk outside reflected on the port, as if spreading a layer of orange-yellow gauze over every corner of the port. All buildings looked as if they were rendered by it, and even the clouds in the firmament were all red.

In this evening glow, a beautiful woman wearing a light purple Dao robe, carrying a bronze ancient sword on her back, and wearing a ponytail was walking towards the Seventy-Ninth Port.

Her figure was straight, her appearance was beautiful, especially the ponytail and the ancient sword on her back, which made her have some heroic spirit, and with the status of a core disciple, she looked to have a unique charm.

Wherever she passed along the way, all disciples who saw this scene bowed down, and many disciples felt strange feelings in their hearts.

And she seemed to be in a very happy mood. Facing the disciples who bowed down on the road, she also nodded in greeting, until she walked into the Seventy-Ninth Port, her footsteps paused, her pretty face flushed, and her heartbeat seemed to speed up a bit.

Standing there, she took a few deep breaths, then took a step again, rushing straight towards... Xu Qing's berth.

Soon she arrived in front of the berth. Looking at the somewhat familiar Dharma boat, her expression overflowed with a happy memory, and she spoke loudly.

"Junior Brother Xu Qing, are you there?"

The Seventy-Ninth Port was not particularly lively on weekdays, but there were quite a few people coming and going, so that light purple Dao robe was very conspicuous here. So almost the moment the woman entered, it attracted the attention of many people.

And at this moment, seeing her actually speaking towards Xu Qing's Dharma boat, the disciples here all widened their eyes.

In the evening glow, the woman standing on the shore had her black hair dancing in the wind, and the wide Dao robe was blown backward by the wind, outlining the moving and graceful curves on her body.

And the evening glow fell on her beautiful and flawless face. I don't know if her face was red or dyed by the evening glow, but it looked extremely rosy, and even her eyes seemed to contain agility and spirit at this moment.

"It's Core Disciple Ding Xue Shijie!"

"Why did she come here... looking for Xu Qing Shixiong? Sigh, if only she came to look for me."

Amidst the sourness of the people around, Xu Qing, sitting cross-legged in the Dharma boat, heard the woman's voice outside. He frowned slightly, stood up and walked out, looking at the woman on the shore of the berth.

"Ding Shijie." Xu Qing spoke calmly, feeling a bit unhappy in his heart about being disturbed in his practice.

"Junior Brother Xu Qing, I came back a while ago and came to your place, but you weren't there. I know it's abrupt to disturb, but I have many doubts about vegetation during this period and want to ask Junior Brother to solve them."

Ding Xue looked at Xu Qing and spoke hurriedly. During her words, her right hand raised, and suddenly a spirit ticket was in her hand.

"Trouble Junior Brother Xu."

Xu Qing wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it after seeing the spirit ticket, his pockets were sufficient now, but the items needed for Foundation Establishment were many, and the prices were astonishing, and one hundred spirit stones were not a small amount.

So he nodded and stepped back a few steps, opening the protective cover.

Xu Qing was not at ease outside the Dharma boat, but in his Dharma boat, there was divine blessing and mixed poison, which was safest for him.

Seeing Xu Qing open the Dharma boat protection, Ding Xue was very happy. She jumped up with a graceful figure and came to the Dharma boat, standing in front of Xu Qing.

"Junior Brother Xu, where did you go a while ago? I heard you came back a long time ago." Ding Xue looked at Xu Qing and spoke with a smile.

"Ding Shijie, what questions do you have about vegetation? Please speak." Xu Qing did not answer this question. He did not hate Ding Xue. After all, the other party was very diligent and eager to learn at sea, but he still instinctively kept a certain distance from Ding Xue and spoke in a deep voice.

Seeing that Xu Qing was a bit guarded against her, Ding Shijie did not mind and hurriedly asked some questions she had prepared about vegetation.

Xu Qing heard it, pondered, and replied seriously.

One hundred spirit stones, he felt it was worth his detailed explanation.

At this moment, the sea breeze blew, and the evening glow like rouge permeated the Dharma boat with the wind, making the man and woman inside seem to be bathed in the evening glow, which had a unique charm.

This scene made other disciples around, and the patrolling cultivators on the shore, all feel more sour in their hearts.

At the same time, on the streets of the main city, a young man in a light purple Dao robe, regardless of his image as a core disciple, was running wildly towards the Seventy-Ninth Port with an anxious expression.

"Shijie, ah, how can you be so confused? Didn't we have a good time a few days ago? You you you... why did you go to look for him again."

This person was Zhao Zhongheng.

He was extremely anxious in his heart at this moment, especially thinking of the look in Shijie's eyes when she looked at Xu Qing during those few days at sea, and Xu Qing's move of not even wanting money at the end, his heart skipped a beat.

This was clearly the rhythm of wanting to make a move, which made him extremely panicked.

"No, I must go over quickly!"

"..." ===== CHAPTER 109 =====