Chapter 206

Xu Qing ignored her.

He felt that the little black bugs he wanted to research had not yet met his requirements; mainly, Xu Qing was somewhat dissatisfied with this method of biting from the outside.

"So my direction should actually be two: one toward larger, one toward smaller..."

After pondering, Xu Qing chose smaller.

Only in this way could it be silent and invisible, killing without a trace. So, for the next period of time, Xu Qing adjusted the direction of his research, continuing to refine and explore.

This feeling made him feel very comfortable, as if he were doing academic work, constantly searching for answers.

Even besides corpse poison, he added the poisons he had refined over the past two years. These poisons seemed very ordinary now, but Xu Qing felt that being eaten by the little black bugs and turning into anti-poison power was also acceptable.

"Once this poison refinement succeeds, it will be equivalent to me refining my first true type of poison, and it will be an active poison."

Xu Qing felt that compared to his previous poisons, the one he was refining now could be considered quite good.

Besides this, during this period, Xu Qing's spirit stones were also being spent like water, making his heart ache incessantly.

It was truly because the quantity and variety of herbs he bought were extremely large; he even spared no cost to buy some extremely expensive herbs to try.

And most of what he finally chose were poisonous herbs. While constantly feeding the little black bugs, he finally found the herbs that made the little black bugs smaller and smaller through trial after trial of poison testing.

It was just that this method was not perfect; it required multiple adjustments of dosage to try, and even more, it required the poison tester to cooperate with him to check their body.

But the wanted criminals in the Earth Department of the Homicide Department were all dead, and Xu Qing felt that the wanted criminals in the Heaven Department probably wouldn't last long either.

This made Xu Qing somewhat annoyed; he felt that his type of poison had reached a critical moment.

"Should I choose to go out to sea once..."

Xu Qing pondered, but gave up this thought, took out the sound-transmission jade slip, and issued a mission to the entire Homicide Department.

Soon, the disciples of the Seventh Peak Homicide Department rushed out like madmen, setting off an unprecedented wave of arrests in the port area of the Seventh Peak.

All wanted criminals, as long as they remained in the port area, were terrified. In a short time, with more wanted criminals being caught, the public security of the entire port area became exceptionally good.

At the same time, seeing Xu Qing making such a splash here, the Captain was not to be outdone. The Intelligence Department's operations were launched frequently, and traitors were caught every day.

Among them, the small fry were just recorded and punished by the Captain without much serious handling; his focus was on the big fish hiding. Just like that, the atmosphere of the entire port area was rectified.

In a short time, the fame of Xu Qing and the Captain grew even larger within the sect.

It was just that the Captain's fame came more from the title of "Mad Dog," while Xu Qing's... was "Ferocious Demon"!

The fact that he used all the wanted criminals in the Homicide Department to test poison had already spread, and to some extent, in terms of reputation, Xu Qing was even more chilling than the Captain's side.

But even so, Xu Qing's poison testing was not enough, so he set his sights on the Homicide Department prisons of the other six peaks, but was refused after negotiation.

Only the Homicide Department of the First Peak sent some imprisoned alien cultivators, so Xu Qing simply arranged for his subordinates to go to other districts to arrest wanted criminals.

Cross-district arrests were a major taboo, but Xu Qing couldn't care too much, and the Captain, seeing Xu Qing like this, simply started cross-district arrests as well.

The Intelligence Departments and Homicide Departments of the other six peaks were also anxious, so soon similar actions were launched in other districts. The entire Seven Blood Eyes was filled with an intense atmosphere of competition.

Finally, another half-month passed. When the Seven Blood Eyes army stepped onto the native land of the Sea Corpse Clan on the battlefield and launched a decisive battle with the Sea Corpse Clan, this intelligence and Homicide Department action within the Seven Blood Eyes finally came to an end.

The main reason was that Xu Qing felt that the wanted criminals he had caught were enough. His little black bugs had been researched to a very deep level; he had even fed them Black Elixirs.

And the overall quantity had also changed from the small half-bottle before to five bottles.

In each bottle, there were countless little black bugs gathered into a liquid-like existence. The size of these little black bugs was more than half smaller than the original version Xu Qing had obtained at the beginning.

Even if a single one were released, it would be impossible to see with the naked eye. However, the color was difficult to change; it was still black, so once the quantity was large, it looked like black mist.

Most importantly, their lethality: Xu Qing discovered after testing that once these little black bugs were inhaled into someone's body, they would instantly multiply and bite within the body, and in this process, they would also emit massive amounts of foreign matter and highly toxic poison.

And it was extremely difficult to clear. Once it entered the body, it was like marrow entering the bone, deeply buried, with immense power.

Xu Qing discovered after research that if it were the previous time he fought the black-clad girl, then with the current little black bugs, he feared that the black-clad girl would have died suddenly in a few breaths.

With this kind of power, Xu Qing felt that it should barely meet his requirements—able to threaten a Golden Core.

Unfortunately, Xu Qing had no Golden Core poison tester by his side, but he felt that there was a high probability it would have some effect.

"Especially, these little black bugs of mine can continue to grow." Xu Qing was very satisfied with this point, which was also the result of his constant research and purchase of herbs for refinement during this period.

"I hope there won't be a day when I really have to use a Golden Core to test the power of these little black bugs." Xu Qing's eyes revealed a cold glint, because once that happened, it meant he had to fight for his life.

At the same time, Xu Qing also dripped his own fresh blood into these five bottles of little black bugs; this was his method of controlling these countless little black bugs.

The little black bugs poisoned the enemies, and he poisoned the little black bugs!

These little black bugs had to absorb a drop of his fresh blood every period of time; otherwise, they would die suddenly. And the biological instinct of spirituality led these little black bugs, even if they had no intelligence, to instinctively protect Xu Qing.

Because only if Xu Qing lived would they survive.

Besides this, these little black bugs also needed to eat a large amount of herbs and poisonous herbs every day. This was also the daily feeding method, which cost a great deal. Even though Xu Qing felt he was already very rich before, he still felt the pinch now.

But he had an additional gain, and that was the black-clad girl.

The other party was still imprisoned in the Mysterious Department, but she no longer cursed. Every day she sat there very quietly. Occasionally, when new wanted criminals were caught and Xu Qing went over to test poison, this black-clad girl would immediately gaze at Xu Qing, the unusual feeling in her eyes becoming stronger each time.

She had proposed wanting to help many times, and judging from her expression, it was from the bottom of her heart.

This made Xu Qing feel strange. At the same time, the large reduction in spirit stones also made Xu Qing feel somewhat nervous, and the share from Zhang San would still take some time; after all, port construction also required a large number of spirit stones.

So Xu Qing thought of the magic artifacts he had harvested that had been sucked dry by the Jin Gang Sect ancestor and then forged to completion, pondering in his heart whether to find a black market to sell them.

But just as Xu Qing was weighing this matter, a red jade slip was transmitted from the battlefield to the Intelligence Department of the Seventh Peak of the Seven Blood Eyes!

A red jade slip represented an extremely important matter!

It was something that only a Peak Master could issue, no matter how far the battlefield distance was, it had to be sent back to the designated place in the sect at the fastest speed.

And until now, red jade slips for this war had only been issued three times, each time regarding a huge strategic opportunity of the war, requiring the sect to cooperate to complete it.

But this time... it had nothing to do with the war; this was issued by Seventh Uncle.

After the Captain received it, his divine sense swept over it, his expression changed drastically, and after a long while, he fell silent. The apple in his hand was placed aside, and he stood up, intending to find Xu Qing.

But the next instant, he hesitated, finally let out a long sigh, and still headed straight for the Dharma boat where Xu Qing was.

When the Captain found Xu Qing, Xu Qing was organizing those magic artifacts; he had already decided to go out once to sell these magic artifacts.

The Captain's sudden visit—Xu Qing originally didn't think much of it, but the Captain's expression was rarely solemn, which made Xu Qing somewhat surprised.

"Captain?"

"Xu Qing." The Captain hesitated for a moment, looking at Xu Qing, wanting to speak but stopping.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed, gazing at the Captain; he vaguely felt something was wrong.

"Xu Qing, the old man arranged a mission for me." After the Captain was silent for a few breaths, his eyes revealed decisiveness, and he spoke in a deep voice.

"This mission requires me to leave the Seven Blood Eyes and go to the Purple Earth, and it is very urgent. The old man cannot get away on the battlefield, otherwise, he would go himself. And the old man also asked me to ask you first: do you want to go on this mission yourself?"

Xu Qing's expression was gloomy; he naturally knew who the old man the Captain spoke of was.

"Captain, no need to hide it, what is it?"

The Captain looked at Xu Qing deeply and handed the red jade slip he had received to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took it, and after his magic power surged in, a piece of information emerged in his mind.

"My close friend, Master Bai, was assassinated and died in the Purple Earth this morning..."

Seeing this, Xu Qing's mind roared instantly, and his whole body seemed unable to stand steady, retreating a few steps.

His face turned pale in an instant, then blood color surfaced, the veins on his forehead bulged, and the hand holding the jade slip trembled slightly.

He seemed to be trying his best to restrain himself, his breathing rapid.

And in his heart, an intense sense of unreality rose. This feeling made Xu Qing close his eyes.

In the pitch-black world before his eyes, a tent seemed to appear, and a vicissitudinous, hoarse voice came from within, carrying majesty.

"Little one, you answer!"

"Little one, from now on you don't have to stand outside, and you don't have to take those messy herbs. Starting tomorrow, you come into the tent to listen to the lecture."

"Between us... you must know, heaven and earth are the guest houses of all living things, and time is the passerby of the past and present. As long as we don't die, we will eventually meet again. I hope that by the day I see you again, you will have become a talent."

In the pitch-black world, this tent shattered at this moment, turning into fly ash and disappearing from Xu Qing's eyes. Only the last sentence continued to echo in his ears, becoming eternal.

"As long as we don't die, we will eventually meet again." Xu Qing muttered, feeling his mouth somewhat salty, and slowly opened his eyes.

Master Bai—that was the first teacher who had truly changed his life.

When I got up to write this morning, I opened the monthly ticket list and felt somewhat unaccustomed.

Let me catch my breath~