Chapter 65: Gurgle Gurgle (Third Update)

Gazing at Xu Qing's departing figure, the old man in the inn had killing intent shining in his eyes, but until Xu Qing disappeared at the end of the street, he did not choose to take action.

Instead, in the silence, the killing intent in his eyes slowly faded away.

A giant python head hung down from the beam above him, landing beside the old man, and bursts of gurgling sounds came from its mouth, as if it were speaking.

"Why didn't I kill him?" The old man rolled his eyes.

"This kid is a bit evil; he gives me a very dangerous feeling, unless I use my trump card..."

"Gurgle gurgle."

"You are the trash, your whole family is trash! Eat, eat, eat, you damn well only know how to eat. Fine, eat then." The old man muttered a few words, and the python beside him suddenly rushed out, bit the Mouse Daoist's corpse, and swallowed it fiercely, only then returning slowly to the beam.

At this moment, Xu Qing was rushing straight to the Murder Investigation Department in the night. After handing it over with ease, he obtained fifteen spirit stones and arrived at a breakfast shop opened by commoners in the early morning.

After drinking a bowl of hot soy milk and eating a few pancakes, under the enthusiastic recommendation of the shopkeeper, Xu Qing hesitated and luxuriously ordered three eggs, ate them all, and only then carefully returned to the magic boat at the berth.

The harvest from this trip was more than the fifteen spirit stones on the surface. In the Mouse Daoist's leather pouch, there was also a spirit stone and miscellaneous items. Xu Qing calculated according to the harbor's prices and found that they could also be sold for two or three spirit stones.

"This method is still the most profitable." Xu Qing muttered and began to cultivate.

Soon a day passed. When night descended, Xu Qing opened his eyes. Today was not his night duty, but Xu Qing still walked out of the magic boat in the moonlight and approached Banquan Road all the way.

Since waiting for the rabbit to hit the tree stump could make money, Xu Qing planned to do a few more jobs.

Just like this, at midnight, Xu Qing's figure appeared on Banquan Road again. After walking a circle, he didn't stop at the place from yesterday but changed to a position, gazing at the inn without moving.

But this time, not long after, he didn't wait for a wanted criminal, but he waited for the old man from the inn.

The old man walked out of the inn until he stopped one zhang away from Xu Qing, his expression gloomy, staring at Xu Qing.

"Kid, you provoke me again and again, do you really think I won't take action?"

"No." Xu Qing said calmly.

"You..." Seeing Xu Qing's appearance, the old man didn't know what to say for a while. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and spoke.

"What exactly do you want to do? Squatting here every day?"

Xu Qing was silent. After a few breaths of time, he glanced at the old man and said in a deep voice.

"I want to make money."

"I also want to make money!" Tentacles began to drill out of the old man's eyes, and a slit cracked open on his forehead again, and the cold aura spread instantly.

"If you go on like this, no one will dare to come to my inn. You have already affected my business." Amidst the permeation of this aura, the old man stared at Xu Qing and spoke word by word.

"Now, leave this place!"

Xu Qing was thoughtful. He felt that what the other party said made sense. If things went on like this, indeed no one would dare to come, so he nodded, left the position he was in, and went to the other side of the street.

There, it was more hidden.

He thought Xu Qing was about to leave, but seeing that the other party had actually changed to a more hidden position, this scene made the old man's veins bulge, and he laughed in anger. Simply no longer speaking, he waved his hand, and his forehead cracked open completely. His head split into two, tilting to both sides.

And where his original head was, a red light appeared. This red light revealed a bloody intent, and inside it was wrapped a mass of flesh and blood permeated with tentacles.

Amidst the shocking sight, those tentacles spread continuously, and the old man walked toward Xu Qing incomparably ferociously.

Amidst the spread of bursts of dangerous fluctuations, the giant python in the inn also revealed its head, and ropes appeared out of thin air in many positions on the street, shrouding Xu Qing within them.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed, looking at the old man walking over, and spoke slowly.

"This place is the street, not your inn. I respect your rules, and I don't move inside the inn, but if you domineeringly demand that they can't move after leaving, it's not very reasonable."

"Could it be that living in your place also includes protection after going out?" Xu Qing finished speaking and looked at the old man. He felt that the other party was a reasonable person.

The old man's footsteps paused.

"What if it does!"

Xu Qing pondered, took out a bag of spirit coins from his leather pouch, about two hundred or so, and threw them over.

The old man was stunned.

"Since it includes protection after going out, then I'll pay for two days of room rent. Now you can protect me." Xu Qing said earnestly.

The old man held the spirit coins, stunned for a long while. He looked at the spirit coins, then looked up at Xu Qing. After a long while, he let out a frustrated sigh, and his split head closed again, revealing a helpless expression.

"Gurgle gurgle..." Not far away in the inn, the revealed python head made a sound.

"Shut up, I know what he said makes sense!" The old man glared at the python.

He was indeed a reasonable person, but... what Xu Qing said all made sense, and he couldn't find a place to refute it.

The other party indeed didn't break his rules and gave him spirit stones. If he insisted on his previous statement, then according to reason, he would have to protect the other party now...

All of this made the old man's sense of helplessness very strong. Standing there at this moment, he looked at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing looked at him.

The two stared at each other for a long while, and then the old man sighed.

"I'll tell you the clues of two wanted criminals. You go catch people according to the clues, don't come to my place anymore."

After speaking, the old man took out a jade slip, branded some information, and threw it to Xu Qing. He didn't return the spirit coins and walked toward the inn without looking back.

As he left, the ropes in the surroundings dissipated, and the python in the inn raised its head, nodding at Xu Qing from afar as if greeting him, and then disappeared.

Xu Qing looked at the jade slip in his hand. Inside, it gave two locations and the names of the wanted criminals. After putting it away, he lowered his head, took back some powder on the walls around the location that was very difficult to detect, and sprinkled some neutralizer on the ground to make it non-toxic.

Then he walked across the street and walked toward the place where he had hidden before. On the way, his right hand waved slightly, making all the poison powder on the ground and in the air along the way neutralized, and he handled it this way at his original location as well.

Finally, he also dug out the seven or eight green plants beside him.

Those green plants couldn't live anymore; they contained five types of poison.

The change in his position was a preparation he had already made. Whether it was his original location or the more hidden corner across the street, they had been set up with poison powder by him beforehand.

"After being poisoned by my thirty-seven poisons, it actually didn't break out immediately..." After handling the poison, Xu Qing looked back at the inn, his eyes narrowing, and turned to leave quickly.

And after he left, the old man's calm expression in the inn disappeared instantly. Breathing rapidly, he immediately flipped through elixirs, found more than ten types of antidote pills, swallowed them, and then pinched seals rapidly to burn the pouch Xu Qing had given.

The spirit coins inside also dissipated under his flames.

"This kid is too insidious, there is poison all along the way, even the spirit coins he gave me were smeared with poison!" The old man gritted his teeth. In fact, the reason he compromised just now was partly because Xu Qing's words made sense, and partly because... at that time, he was already unable to control the toxins in his body that were about to break out.

The latter occupied the majority of the factor.

"At such a young age, acting like this... when he grows up, he will be a living star of disaster for the human race." The old man gasped for breath, and as he muttered, a gurgling sound came from the beam.

"You like him?"

"He also likes you, didn't you notice? When you first appeared, the position he looked at was the part of your body where your gallbladder is." The old man sneered.

The gurgling sound stopped abruptly.

At this moment, the night outside was thick. Xu Qing galloped on the street, his speed very fast. He naturally wouldn't fully believe the location given by the old man, so after thinking about it, he took out his identity token to transmit a message, then put away the token, pondered for a moment, and only then continued to move forward.

The first location was somewhat remote. After Xu Qing went there, he squatted for a long time and observed very carefully, finally determining that although someone had lived here before, it seemed they hadn't returned for a long time.

So he gave up and went to the second location.

This second location was a gambling den. There were many people here, and all kinds of sounds spread in all directions. Xu Qing squatted on a house not far away and observed coldly.

According to the old man's jade slip, a wanted criminal named Sun Dewang had come ashore recently and gambled here every day.

This person was not human but an alien race, with extraordinary cultivation—Ninth Layer Qi Condensation. On normal days, he was active in the Forbidden Sea, doing the business of a sea pirate, and had quite a reputation. The wanted jade slip pointed out that the other party belonged to an organization called Sea Ghost.

This organization was one of the several active sea pirate forces in the Forbidden Sea.

As for Sun Dewang, the bounty amount was extremely high, reaching forty spirit stones, and the sources of the bounty were numerous, with more than ten merchant ships cumulatively adding to it.

One could see the ferocity of this person on the sea.

So Xu Qing didn't act rashly. He observed for more than half an hour, watching the various gamblers coming in and out, listening to their discussions about gambling. Among them were those who were embarrassed, those who were bold, those who were high-spirited, and those who were bitter and confused.

After determining that there were no high spiritual energy fluctuations nearby, Xu Qing thought about it and didn't choose to enter to check, but continued to wait outside.

Just like this, time passed bit by bit. Two hours later, when the sky was about to brighten, Xu Qing finally waited for his target.

That was a fat man wearing a brocade robe, looking like a wealthy old master, walking out of the gambling den. But after walking a few steps, he looked up vigilantly, and his gaze actually landed on the place where Xu Qing was hiding, his eyes narrowing instantly, revealing a dangerous glint.

"Today is really evil. I lost everything I made in the last few days. Coming out, I also met someone who wants to hunt me. A mere Seventh Layer Qi Condensation dares to learn to hunt people? Tired of living? Just right to get some blood back for me!" As he spoke, the fat man stepped forward, rushing toward the place where Xu Qing was.

At this moment, it was not far from dawn. A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes, and he also rushed out.

Surprised? Unexpected? ~~~

Nearly 12,000 words updated today~~

Sincerely applying to participate in the fan fiction competition with this chapter, hoping that all you handsome guys, beautiful ladies, and the administrators will approve...

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