Chapter 171: Squeeze Him

Lin Zhangqing returned to his room, brewed a pot of Green Jade Spirit Tea for himself, and sipped it slowly.

He hadn't expected Chuyi to be so capable; it had only been out roaming for a day or two and had actually lured back a wife.

He would let them get familiar and used to things tonight. Starting tomorrow morning, he would slowly make contact with the newly arrived Golden Winged Bird to see if they could establish a relationship of trust with each other, using Chuyi as a link, and thereby tame it.

He would leave that for tomorrow. Now that he had successfully switched to cultivating the Five Elements Chaos Sutra, his daily cultivation plan had to be adjusted as well.

In the morning, he would cultivate the new fundamental method, the Five Elements Chaos Sutra. After resting for a while, he would begin cultivating the Thunder Control Technique (including the Geng Metal Divine Thunder and the Kui Water Yin Thunder), the Water Control Technique, the Five Elements Escape Technique, and some commonly used spells.

As for the Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique, after considering it, Lin Zhangqing decided to cultivate it occasionally. After all, with the Lu Youqiang family there, he shouldn't need to do everything himself in the future.

When he returned to the clan, he could just cultivate it while taking care of the spirit herbs and spirit plants.

The Thunder True Scripture would still be scheduled for cultivation two hours before resting, and he could probably squeeze out another hour or two every day, which could be used flexibly.

This way, his approximate daily schedule was arranged, and he would just execute it accordingly from now on.

Also, inside the Spirit Beast Bracelet, there were still three captives locked up, two of whom hadn't been interrogated yet. He would deal with them today! However, before that, he had to take out the array disk for the Small Five Elements Illusion Array and set it up.

No sooner said than done. He then released twenty-four Purple Crystal Scorpions, keeping them invisible in the surroundings just in case.

After thinking for a moment, he released the female cultivator first.

Suddenly changing environments, the female cultivator was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted, realizing that it was time for her to be dealt with.

Lin Zhangqing glanced at her. He estimated she was over thirty, and her appearance was decent; otherwise, the rogue cultivator leader wouldn't have taken a fancy to her.

However, this had nothing to do with Lin Zhangqing. He immediately said with an expressionless face: "If you don't want to experience that kind of extreme pain again, then answer whatever I ask. Do you understand?"

The female cultivator looked at him with trepidation and nodded, knowing that this time it concerned her own life and death.

Lin Zhangqing continued to ask: "What is your name? What are your specialties?"

"My name is Zhao Liyu. I am a First-Rank Upper-Grade Spirit Planter, and I also learned some Beast Taming Arts from Chen Biao." After finishing, she looked at Lin Zhangqing with longing.

Lin Zhangqing was a bit surprised, but still continued to ask: "Since you are a First-Rank Spirit Planter, why did you still become a rogue cultivator?"

Zhao Liyu shook her head and said: "As a loose cultivator, how could it be that easy? Even finding a spirit field to farm requires being exploited and even bullied in various ways."

"After working hard for a year, it was barely enough for basic cultivation. I had no savings, and I had to swallow my anger."

Lin Zhangqing didn't express anything upon hearing this and turned to ask questions about Chen Biao.

"What is the background of the Chen Biao brothers? Are they disciples of the Yuling Sect?"

Zhao Liyu thought for a moment, but still shook her head: "I haven't heard them mention that. However, I feel they probably aren't. It's possible they obtained the inheritance from somewhere else."

"If they were truly disciples of the Yuling Sect, they wouldn't dare to pass on the Beast Taming Arts, would they? Wouldn't that be violating their own oaths?"

Lin Zhangqing nodded, feeling that what she said made some sense, and asked another question: "After this mine cave is mined out, how do you plan to deal with these captured miners?"

Zhao Liyu hesitated for a moment before speaking: "The intention of the Chen Biao brothers and Liu Dongming was to silence them all."

"Otherwise, sooner or later someone will track us down and know that we obtained this entire Red Smelted Fire Copper mine vein."

"Liu Dongming calculated that refining it all into Red Smelted Fire Copper and selling it to the Wanbao Pavilion would be enough for all of us to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"So we must not be soft-hearted and leave such a huge hidden danger for ourselves."

Lin Zhangqing stared at her and asked seriously: "Then what is your own intention? How do you want to deal with these captured miners? I want to know your real thoughts."

Zhao Liyu hesitated, looking as if she wanted to speak but stopped. Although she hadn't spoken yet, Lin Zhangqing already knew the answer, and he already knew how to deal with her in his heart!

He raised his hand to stop Zhao Liyu, telling her not to continue. "Have you ever sold any of the ore you mined?"

Zhao Liyu hurriedly shook her head: "No, no. The intention of Chen Biao and Liu Dongming was to leave here after everything was mined out."

"To prevent news from leaking, no one else was allowed to leave privately. We would sell it and then divide the spirit stones."

"That's why there was so much ore that it couldn't be stored, and in the end, it was piled up in the mine cave."

Lin Zhangqing nodded; he had seen this with his own eyes.

By this point, he had basically asked everything he needed to ask, and Lin Zhangqing already had a decision in his heart regarding how to deal with her.

After knocking her unconscious, he put her back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

Subsequently, he released Chen Hu.

Suddenly changing environments, Chen Hu was stunned for a moment before reacting quickly.

Looking at Lin Zhangqing standing in front of him, he knew that this was the person who had ambushed them, and he became even more agitated, his face turning red, and he began to curse directly.

This man was indeed a tough guy. He probably knew he couldn't survive, so he just cursed to his heart's content.

However, Lin Zhangqing wouldn't indulge his unruly behavior.

The Purple Crystal Scorpion was an expert at dealing with all kinds of defiance. With a thought, a Purple Crystal Scorpion gave him a sting at the base of his thigh.

A shrill, sharp scream echoed in the array. Lin Zhangqing couldn't help but cover his ears; the sound was just too sharp.

Fortunately, they were inside the array; otherwise, the entire village probably would have heard it.

Chen Hu curled up in pain, then fell heavily to the ground, cold sweat streaming down his entire body, gasping for air. It took a long while for him to recover.

"Chen Hu, how is it? Was it satisfying? If it wasn't satisfying, I can give you another one!" Lin Zhangqing asked with an expressionless face.

Chen Hu's voice was hoarse as he struggled to speak: "What do you want to do?"

Lin Zhangqing said indifferently: "I don't want to do anything, as long as you answer a few questions for me, that will be enough!"

Chen Hu smiled bitterly: "Ask away, I'll tell you everything I know!"

As long as he could communicate, that was fine. He asked directly: "Tell me about the background of you two brothers! I'm quite curious; with your strength, you can be considered elites among Qi Refining cultivators."

Chen Hu sighed and didn't answer Lin Zhangqing's question directly, but stared at Lin Zhangqing and asked: "Will you kill me regardless of whether I tell you or not?"

Lin Zhangqing's heart stirred, and he decided to squeeze him. So he said: "Yes, I have no reason to let you go. Of course, if you have anything that can redeem your life from my hands, you can take it out."

"But let me make it clear first: I cannot leave a disaster for myself. I will cripple your cultivation and find you an ordinary village to spend the rest of your life."

"However, you should answer my question just now first! My patience is limited."

Chen Hu hesitated for a moment before speaking: "We were originally loose cultivators from the Yuling Sect's sphere of influence. We usually went into the mountains to hunt demonic beasts to earn spirit stones to exchange for cultivation resources."

"Of course, we would occasionally do some rogue cultivator business. Unexpectedly, one time in the mountains, we encountered an injured cultivator who looked like he had just fought with someone else."

"We couldn't help but make a move on him, and after a great deal of effort, we finally killed him. Later, when checking his storage bag, we realized that the person was actually a Core True Disciple of the Yuling Sect."

"We immediately knew we had caused a huge disaster, because the one who died was a Core True Disciple of the Yuling Sect, and they would definitely investigate to the end."

"We would most likely be found out, so we didn't dare to stay and immediately left the Yuling Sect's sphere of influence. We drifted to many places over the years before finally arriving here."

Lin Zhangqing's heart stirred. Could it be...

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 172 =====