Chapter 49: Do You Sell Corpses? (Fourth Update)

The sea wind blew, lifting Xu Qing's hair.

He walked forward, letting the wind blow his hair, blow his trouser legs, like a blade about to be unsheathed, his eyes filled with cold light, looking at the woman who changed direction and left.

Xu Qing hesitated for a moment. He did not want to kill on his first day here, so he took back his gaze and continued to walk toward the inn.

But the tree wanted to be quiet, but the wind did not stop.

At this moment, the sea wind blew ashore, and the chill was even stronger.

The seven or eight big men chasing the woman ahead, among them a person with a scar on his face, seemingly the leader, sneered after seeing this scene.

"Regardless of whether it's true or false, take this kid down for me too! The fluctuations of the sixth or seventh layer of Body Tempering, I think he also has contribution points!"

During his words, these seven or eight people immediately split into two groups, four chasing the woman, and the remaining four rushing straight to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing frowned, his gaze swept over the four people approaching. These four were also not ordinary, they were all cultivators, most of them were at the sixth layer of Qi Condensation, and they all looked like they were mainly body tempering.

But he really did not want to kill as soon as he came to this city, so he retreated to avoid it, and transmitted low words.

"I don't know her."

"Little brat, I don't care if you know her or not, consider yourself unlucky!" The big man rushing toward him sneered, waved his hand and punched directly, and the other three also struck one after another, among whom one was holding a knife while grinning.

In the moonlight, the cold light of the blade shone, and it was also smeared with poison.

Xu Qing lowered his eyelids.

Some people in this world always like to wander before the ghost gate. He did not want to strike, but since the other party had killing intent, Xu Qing's body flickered in silence, and he did not retreat anymore.

Instead, his whole person was like lightning, appearing instantly in front of the person who punched, and his left hand raised and landed on this person's forehead.

The speed was swift and astonishing.

With a bang, no scream was transmitted. Under Xu Qing's astonishing power comparable to the Great Perfection of Body Tempering, this big man's head exploded directly, flesh and blood blurry. Xu Qing's expression was calm, he took a step out, arrived in front of the knife-holder, and bumped into him with his shoulder amidst the other party's horror.

This knife-holder, half of his body collapsed suddenly.

Then Xu Qing threw two punches through the air toward the remaining two whose eyes widened and expressions changed drastically.

These two were just about to retreat, but there was a fluctuation in the mid-air in front of them, instantly covering them. Instantly, these two bodies trembled violently, blood spat out, their chests sunken, completely shattered, and they died.

Everything was just two breaths, all four died.

This scene made the four big men who had split their troops not far away also pause their footsteps, staring at Xu Qing with a blank expression, each of them feeling their scalps were about to explode.

"Mis... misunderstanding... we..." That leader, the arrogance from before disappeared completely, his body trembled and he was just about to speak, but seeing the coldness contained in the gaze Xu Qing swept over, his heart shook crazily and he retreated crazily.

And the moment he retreated, Xu Qing moved.

The next instant, the other three besides this leader trembled, spat out blood one after another, and their temples revealed blood holes, falling to the ground and dying.

Xu Qing's figure was revealed from beside them, took back his blood-stained fingers, and walked one step toward the leader who was fleeing.

Xu Qing's habit was not to kill if possible, but once he struck, he had to erase the hidden danger.

At this moment, after a flicker, he approached the other party, and Xu Qing raised his right hand with a cold expression, about to fall.

"Fellow Daoist, I am a person of the Night King, do not be impulsive..." The leader was horrified, his expression desperate and he hurriedly spoke.

Xu Qing's right hand paused, looking at the big man in front of him who was pale and trembling strongly.

"Seven Blood Eyes disciple?"

"Not Seven Blood Eyes, but..." The big man was stunned, answering subconsciously, but before his words were finished, Xu Qing's right hand had already fallen, patting on the big man's forehead.

With a bang, blood splashed everywhere.

Xu Qing bent down, wiped his hands on the corpse, raised his head to look at the pitch-black distance, and pondered for a while. He was not familiar with the terrain here, so he did not go to find the woman who had fled.

But he remembered the other party's appearance.

Then

At the entrance of the inn, an old man appeared at some point. This old man was wearing a robe like a shopkeeper's, was somewhat hunched, his face full of age spots, his skin sallow, looking sickly.

After noticing Xu Qing's gaze, he grinned, revealing yellowed teeth, and smiled.

"Kid, are you selling those corpses? Eight corpses, how about ten spirit coins each?"

Xu Qing was stunned; it was the first time he had heard of someone wanting to buy corpses, so he gave the old man a vigilant look, said nothing, and lowered his head to process them.

After being rejected, the old man shook his head helplessly.

"What a pity, what a pity; these freshly dead corpses are the freshest."

After a while, Xu Qing finished processing and looked at the inn, feeling hesitant in his heart about whether to stay there.

Seeming to see Xu Qing's hesitation, the old man outside the inn spoke with a smile.

"You look like you just arrived here. Nearby, basically, except for my place, everything else is closed. Eighty spirit coins or eighty contribution points per night; I don't cheat the young or the old."

"Contribution points?" Xu Qing looked at the old man; he had previously heard the woman who framed him mention contribution points.

"Sure enough, you're a newcomer. You'll know about contribution points later; they have the same value as spirit coins." The old man grinned.

Xu Qing frowned; he felt that everything in this city was strange. Spirit coins and contribution points had the same value, someone wanted to buy corpses, and the room prices were so outrageous.

"Don't complain that it's expensive. The nights inside the main city are not peaceful. Other inns that are open don't have cheap prices. My rooms here now only have two left." The old man spoke with a fake smile.

Xu Qing pondered for a while, looked at the sky, and then looked at the old man. While thinking, he narrowed his eyes and scanned the street, where a blood shadow was rapidly approaching, its target being this very inn.

After approaching, a cultivator's figure was revealed; without a word, he threw out a leather bag full of spirit coins, stepped into the inn, and disappeared.

"Now there is only one room left." The old man weighed the leather bag in his hand and spoke with a smile.

Xu Qing thought for a moment, simply walked over, gave the spirit coins, and opened the last room on the second floor. Before walking into the room, he asked the old man, who was smoking a pipe at the counter downstairs, a question.

"What use do you have for buying those corpses?"

The old man looked up and grinned.

"I keep a little pet at home that just loves this stuff. It's a pity you won't sell them to me. If you have such things in the future, remember to sell them to me; the price is negotiable."

Xu Qing was silent, glanced at the old man, and walked into the room.

Here, he checked carefully, and after confirming that there was no issue, Xu Qing pushed open the window and looked outside.

In the dark night, the city was pitch black, and the bright moonlight from the sky spilled down, as if draping a mysterious veil over this black city.

In the distance, the wooing of ship whistles on the sea surface traveled with the waves, and within the beams of the lighthouse, one could faintly see huge boats slowly sailing in.

Looking at these, Xu Qing remembered the words of the female disciple beside the teleportation array, and in his heart, he realized that this city was like a deep pool, hiding too many dangers. He also finally knew where those faint bloody smells came from; after all, he himself had just added a wisp of blood to this city.

Here, compared to the environment he lived in before, there was a big difference in architecture and cleanliness, but at its core, it seemed there was no difference.

"It is a chaotic world after all..." Xu Qing muttered, no longer thinking about these things, but instead considering the upcoming entrance test.

"Although there is a high probability I can pass the test, I must also be prepared. If I don't pass, where will I go? Also, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor is currently my biggest threat; I must improve myself as soon as possible and then kill him."

In these thoughts, the sky outside grew darker and darker. Although there were no roars of strange beasts or eerie sounds, as the wind blew in, it brought with it clamor and wanton laughter, full of the dark side of human nature.

Xu Qing was accustomed to it, ignored it, and lowered his head to take a cloth bag from his body.

This item was something he had looted inside the Jin Gang Sect, and he had also checked it on the road, feeling extremely surprised in his heart.

This cloth bag looked very small, only the size of a palm, but in reality, after opening it, it contained a universe; the amount of items it could hold was as large as a bed.

He had heard of this kind of item in the scavenger camp; it was called a storage bag.

In the area where Xu Qing lived before, storage bags were extremely rare items, their value was astonishing, and they were very difficult to buy.

Just this storage bag alone was enough to make the Jin Gang Sect feel the pain, not to mention that it also contained many elixir bottles inside, all filled with Dust-Clearing Elixirs.

A full thirty-plus pills.

And compared to this, what surprised Xu Qing even more on the road was the one hundred and ten... spirit stones inside!

Xu Qing had never seen spirit stones, but the Lei team had once popularized some knowledge to him during a meal, which included spirit stones.

They were items far more precious than spirit coins; one piece was equal to one thousand spirit coins, made of high-concentration spiritual energy, and could be used directly for cultivation at critical moments. Each piece was worth a fortune, and since they had described their appearance, Xu Qing recognized them.

These items were his biggest harvest inside the Jin Gang Sect; as for other miscellaneous items, compared to the storage bag and spirit stones, they were nothing.

And even though Xu Qing had checked them many times on the road, after organizing them at this moment, he was still shocked by this windfall; this was the greatest wealth he had obtained since he was a child.

"If I don't pass the test, then this money should also allow me to accelerate my cultivation in this Seven Blood Child main city..." Xu Qing muttered in a low voice, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

No matter where he was, no matter how the next test would go, for Xu Qing, cultivation was something that could not be interrupted; this was the foundation of his standing in the world and the best guarantee for survival.

After all, in a chaotic world, things that seem eternal, like the rising and setting of the sun, might also change one day.

Anything is possible.

The only thing that remains unchanged is the law of the jungle.

And... in Xu Qing's experience, places with many people are even more dangerous than forbidden zones, because the sinister nature of the human heart is the hardest to judge.

Especially this Seven Blood Child main city, which clearly hides danger and mystery.

For a teenager, this is also a forbidden zone.

Another kind of forbidden zone.

And~~~