Chapter 195: Half Returned

Zhang San was silent. After a long while, he gave a bitter smile, shook his head, and sighed.

"Lost in the Corpse Clan?"

"Smashed by a Core Formation." Xu Qing answered truthfully.

Zhang San looked at Xu Qing's calm expression and felt that his previous judgment was wrong. The guy in front of him should be a crazy person just like the captain.

Only at Foundation Establishment, yet he actually had the ability to let a Core Formation expert take action to smash his magic ship.

This kind of thing... is not something every Foundation Establishment cultivator can encounter, and furthermore, he returned alive.

"What about the captain?"

Zhang San couldn't help but ask. He felt that if Xu Qing was like this, the captain should be no better.

However, thinking that these two had indeed done such a big thing in the Corpse Clan, it seemed reasonable that the magic ship was gone.

"The captain..."

Xu Qing thought about the three Core Formation auras that appeared in the sky when he teleported away, and was silent for a moment.

"Forget it. When I refine the magic ship for you, I'll also build a coffin for the captain by the way. If it's not used this time, maybe it can be used next time."

Zhang San sighed.

Xu Qing nodded, said goodbye, and left.

Until he watched Xu Qing walk away, Zhang San shook his head and walked into his workshop for refining magic ships, pondering in his heart that since he was building a coffin, he might as well build two.

"Brothers for a while, they are both so crazy, prepare one for each, fair and reasonable."

At this moment, night fell outside. Xu Qing walked on the street, looking at the port and listening to the sound of the waves. The familiar feeling made his heart relax a lot.

"Then next, I will avoid the limelight in the sect first!"

Xu Qing pondered for a while and walked into the Criminal Investigation Department of Port 176.

As the Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Xu Qing's arrival caused tension among all the team members in the department, especially since the Criminal Investigation Department established in Port 176 was the headquarters of the Xuan Department.

And Xu Qing, as the Deputy Director, was responsible for the Xuan Department.

So his appearance made all the disciples in the Criminal Investigation Department respectful. Even outside Xu Qing's residence, there were Qi Condensation disciples from the Criminal Investigation Department acting as guards, listening to orders at any time.

The mute was also among them.

After Xu Qing walked into the house, he arrived quickly, squatted outside the gate, and looked at everyone with malice.

It seemed that in his cognition, regardless of whether they were people from the Criminal Investigation Department, as long as they got too close, they were his enemies.

Xu Qing clearly perceived the movement outside and also sensed the mute.

"Cultivating very fast." In Xu Qing's eyes, the spiritual sea inside the mute outside the house had reached about seventy zhang, which meant he had already stepped into the seventh layer of the Sea Transformation Scripture.

Reaching such a degree in a short time, although Xu Qing paid attention to it, he had no intention of exploring it. After all, everyone had their own secrets, and he didn't care about other people's affairs.

Just like this, time passed slowly, and half a month passed.

Although Xu Qing's return was low-key, it gradually spread. However, he was in the Criminal Investigation Department and had a fierce reputation, so although he received invitations to visit one after another, very few people came to disturb him on their own initiative.

Except for Huang Yan, Ding Xue, and others.

At the same time, in this half month, many things happened on the battlefield. The battle between the Seven Blood Eyes and the Corpse Clan reached a white-hot degree.

Especially a week ago, both sides launched a large-scale battle.

The Seven Blood Eyes divided their troops into seven routes and launched a general attack on the seven sub-islands outside the Corpse Clan, wanting to break through them.

The Corpse Clan tried their best to block, but the Seven Blood Eyes' division of troops was a mix of truth and falsehood. Four of the routes were just feints, and their strategic goal was not to occupy, but to contain.

The remaining three routes were the real sharp knives, with the goal of occupying the sub-islands, serving as a springboard so that the Seven Blood Eyes army could directly threaten the Corpse Clan's homeland.

This battle was earth-shattering and extremely cruel.

Although Xu Qing did not see it with his own eyes, the Criminal Investigation Department's files on the battlefield described this battle very clearly, and in the end, the Seven Blood Eyes did indeed successfully take down two sub-islands.

As a result, this war was extremely unfavorable for the Corpse Clan.

Even the high-level figures took action against each other many times, and the war had escalated on a large scale.

The rewards given by the Seven Blood Eyes were increased again, making a large number of Seven Blood Eyes disciples kill until their eyes turned red.

At the same time, regarding the bounty for the captain and Xu Qing, the original heat had decreased slightly due to this great battle, but soon the appearance of an additional bounty made Xu Qing's heat exceed that of the captain for a time.

This additional bounty came from the Corpse Clan's Daoist, Miao Chen!

"Additional bounty: whoever kills Xu Qing, this Daoist promises to complete ten things for them, within the scope of ability, anything is fine! And for those who provide correct clues, this Daoist also promises to complete one thing for them!!"

Miao Chen, as a Corpse Clan Daoist, had extraordinary combat power, and his fame was even greater. Even many foreign races had heard of him, so his additional bounty was immediately discussed hotly.

Subsequently, under so much attention, the battle between Xu Qing and Miao Chen was inevitably spread. This matter was not what Miao Chen wanted, but he had no choice. For him, as long as he could kill Xu Qing, everything else was secondary.

So he first added a bounty, making Xu Qing have more malicious gazes in the place where he was, and then he sent out another piece of information.

"Xu Qing, do you dare to come to the battlefield and fight with this Daoist? In this battle, others will not participate, only you and me!"

Xu Qing naturally saw these two pieces of information and ignored them directly. He felt that this Daoist Miao Chen was a bit silly.

Whether it was the attitude of life in the slums or the learning experience in the Seven Blood Eyes, Xu Qing was not interested in this kind of duel.

He preferred to sneak over secretly, cut the throat with one knife, and leave. This was cleaner and neater.

At the same time, in this half month, many things happened in the sect. The biggest one... was that a huge museum was built in Port 176.

Although this matter was hidden at first, it was of great importance, so it couldn't be hidden at all.

And Zhang San didn't hide it anymore; instead, he pushed the waves and added to the momentum. So soon, all the cultivators in the sect knew that only one item was placed in the museum of Port 176.

That was... the nose of the statue of the Seventh Corpse Ancestor of the Corpse Clan!

This nose would be open for exhibition on the day the museum opened.

All Seven Blood Eyes disciples could come to visit, and foreign cultivators could also come here to watch.

Once this matter came out, not only was the Seven Blood Eyes sect shaken, but the Corpse Clan side also heard about it, and the whole clan went crazy. There was nothing that made them feel more humiliated than this matter.

And the Seven Blood Eyes ancestor naturally heard about this matter, feeling quite happy. Even in his gratification, he directly wrote a piece of calligraphy, had someone teleport it back to the sect from the battlefield, and hung it high in this museum.

This calligraphy had only four characters.

"Nose tip on fire."

Xu Qing received Zhang San's sound transmission, left the Criminal Investigation Department, arrived at the museum that was about to be completed, saw the huge Corpse Ancestor nose, and the four characters hanging on the nose, and was stunned for a moment.

Zhang San on the side was also looking heavy.

"What do these four characters from the ancestor mean?" Xu Qing pondered and looked at Zhang San.

"This... could it be that he wants us to burn it with fire? Arrange a shape of being burned by flames?" Zhang San hesitated for a moment and muttered uncertainly.

Xu Qing was just about to speak when he suddenly sensed something and turned his head suddenly to look outside the museum, where it was empty.

"What's wrong?" Zhang San was stunned.

Xu Qing gazed there, his eyes narrowing. The next moment, his right hand suddenly raised, a dagger appeared in his hand, and he slashed fiercely to the side. The sound of slashing accompanied by a sound of surprise came from the direction where Xu Qing's dagger fell.

"Eh!"

Following the sound, there was a sound of whistling wind, which suddenly came from behind Xu Qing. Xu Qing was expressionless, the two life fires in his body exploded instantly, forming a heat wave that rolled towards the surroundings, and at the same time, he turned around and punched over.

The sound boomed out, Xu Qing's body stepped back a few steps, looking at the empty space not far away, where the void was distorted and it seemed that a figure was inside, also retreating.

"Chen Erniu." Xu Qing looked at the distorted area and spoke slowly.

"Call me Director!" A voice of exasperation came from there, but the captain's figure did not appear. Zhang San on the side also recognized the captain's voice and looked at the distorted fluctuation with surprise.

"Captain, you're back!"

"Of course, there was nothing dangerous this time, just being chased by dozens of Core Formation experts, but I escaped without any effort. I even went to the Corpse Clan battlefield and returned on the way."

The void transmitted the captain's voice, and then an apple floating in mid-air appeared out of thin air. With a crunch, the apple was bitten.

"Why are you still invisible?" Zhang San was curious.

In the void that Xu Qing and Zhang San couldn't see, a figure stood there. This person only had one leg and one arm left, his waist was about to break, his whole body had countless wounds, and several of them had pierced through his body.

Especially his face, which was bruised and swollen like a disfigured person, and his hair was scorched, as if burned by fire. It was the captain.

He endured the severe pain all over his body, tried hard to open his eyes that were swollen to only a slit, pursed his lips, and spoke proudly.

"I'm used to it. I think the invisible state is very good, convenient for doing many things, and as your superior, this state can highlight my identity even more."

As he spoke, he deliberately held the apple, opened his mouth, which was like a sausage, with all his might, continued to eat calmly, and added lightly.

"Those dozen or so Core Formation experts were played around by me. I even had time to visit the statue of the First Corpse Ancestor and took a pee there. It's a pity that thing is too big to move away, otherwise I would have planned to move it back and let you all go pee on it too."

"And the reason I am like this is also to take care of Deputy Director Xu. I am nothing. I can go in and out of the Corpse Clan three times with my eyes closed, but Deputy Director Xu can't. To cover for him, I even went to the Corpse Clan's palace for a turn."

"If I wasn't in a hurry to come back to find you, I would have planned to go to the place where the Corpse Clan ancestor is healing to see if I could get something back from him."

While the captain spoke proudly, his expression was swollen like a pig's head, and the pain all over his body made him tremble. The severity of the injury seemed similar to when he was crazy at Juying, but in fact, his body was almost shattered.

Obviously, it was not easy for him to escape back alive this time, but the dignity of being a superior made him unable to lose. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Xu Qing and transmitted his words again.

"Deputy Director Xu, this time I helped you so much, remember the fifty thousand spirit stones you owe me, don't forget to pay me back."

Xu Qing listened silently to the captain's words, lowered his head, and looked at the shadow on the ground that outsiders couldn't see but only he could perceive.

The shadow was currently posing as a figure with one leg and one arm, trembling all over while eating an apple. ===== CHAPTER 196 =====