Chapter 419

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

"Xu Pei Ling Shi?"

"Is that really Xu Pei Ling Shi?"

"The boat's right, don't know about the person!"

When Xu Zhangqing piloted the Broken Moon Flowing Frost into the Spirit Field Core, wherever he passed where there were people, he would draw their attention.

And every single one of them, without exception, looked extremely surprised.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing frowned: "Just how long have I been gone?"

Right then, the Pei Ling Shi Token hanging at his waist vibrated.

Then, Hua Lao's voice rang out from inside.

"Xu Zhangqing?"

"It's me!"

"You... you're back?"

"Yes."

"Come to the Management Office first."

"Okay."

The dialogue was very brief, but it was the first time Xu Zhangqing had heard anxiety in Hua Lao's voice.

Before long, the Broken Moon Flowing Frost docked below Pingdingshan; he familiarly trod the stairway, walking step by step toward the summit.

The people on the road all sized him up with looks of utter disbelief, and didn't even dare approach, carefully avoiding him.

By the time he reached the summit, this "phenomenon" had already developed from a minority to a majority; those gazes were bizarre to the extreme.

Finally, Xu Zhangqing entered the Palace with a group of people in tow, and saw Hua Lao.

To his surprise, he discovered the other party had been staring fixedly at the entrance, eyes full of hopeful anticipation.

Only when he saw Xu Zhangqing truly appear, and completely unharmed from start to finish, did he relax.

Xu Zhangqing stepped forward and cupped his fists in salute: "Steward."

Hua Lao looked him up and down, then asked: "Where did you go this past month?"

Xu Zhangqing froze for a moment, asking as if to confirm: "A month?"

Hua Lao nodded lightly: "The Gui Xu Secret Realm has ended, and you still hadn't returned."

Xu Zhangqing finally understood why everyone's gazes were bizarre; clearly he was a living person, yet they acted as if they'd seen a ghost.

He had originally thought seven or eight days had passed, ten days to half a month at most; he never expected that from leaving Xuanxin City to finishing his tribulation crossing, a full month had actually been used.

I'm afraid many people thought he was dead.

Hua Lao continued: "The Grain Master even personally made a trip to the Canglan Sea Region to look for you."

Xu Zhangqing was quite moved: "Thank you for the Grain Master's and Steward's concern!"

Hua Lao shook his head: "Find a time, you explain to the Grain Master yourself."

Xu Zhangqing nodded forcefully: "Yes."

Next he didn't rush to leave, but first submitted this quarter's task.

His own thousand-odd catties of Top-grade Spirit Rice.

Lin An's thousand-odd catties of Ordinary Spirit Rice.

After settling that, he then left the Core Management Office, and flew toward his own Spirit Field.

The further he went the more remote it became, and the fewer people he encountered.

Seeing he was almost there, he swept with his Divine Sense and discovered there were people at home.

And not just one, but two.

One was Hu Bugui.

The other was Ruo Qunshuang.

Hu Bugui wore a gloomy, worried expression, heaving long sighs: "Lao Xu, you didn't even leave behind a descendant, and you just left me like this?"

Ruo Qunshuang at his side pinched her hem; she was tongue-tied by nature, and didn't know what to say.

She had come here to demand cultivation resources; she never expected the other party had been missing for a month, his life or death unknown.

Hu Bugui glanced at her, then took a deep breath: "Rest assured, since it's something Lao Xu promised, even if he's gone, I'll help see it through."

Before Ruo Qunshuang could answer, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from outside: "Fatty, do you hope I don't come back that much?"

Hu Bugui's face fell: "It's over, I'm even having auditory hallucinations."

Ruo Qunshuang blinked: "Doesn't seem like a hallucination."

Hu Bugui froze for a moment, then turned his gaze toward the doorway, and instantly saw the familiar figure he had been longing for day and night; excited, he immediately leapt out: "Lao Xu~~~"

He embraced him in a tight hug, afraid he would disappear again.

Tears and snot, all flowed out.

Xu Zhangqing patted his solid back, teasing: "You've lost weight!"

Hu Bugui deeply agreed: "That's for sure, ever since you disappeared, I can only eat three bowls of Spirit Rice per meal now."

Xu Zhangqing asked curiously: "Where's Old Zhao?"

Hu Bugui replied: "He went to the Canglan Sea Region to find you, said 'alive we must see the person, dead we must see the corpse'."

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly: "You saw it too—I'm fine. Have someone notify Lao Zhao and tell him to come back as soon as possible."

Even though the flood dragons and clam dragons were gone, and Wu Lao, Xiao Meier, and others had also died.

But that didn't mean that place was safe.

After all, the Canglan Sea Region had now become Evil Water, nourishing countless water demons and sea monsters.

Hu Bugui wiped the tears and snot from his face, then said seriously: "Not just Lao Zhao—Senior Brother Lingbi, Senior Brother Sancai, Senior Brother Zhang, Han Su, and that female alcoholic all need to be notified."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing simply took out a stack of communication talismans: "I'll do it myself."

Hu Bugui said excitedly: "I'll go to Ling Beast Valley right now to slaughter a spirit beast, and we'll celebrate."

Xu Zhangqing nodded: "Fine."

Soon, Hu Bugui summoned his riding camel and jumped on immediately.

At that moment, Xu Zhangqing suddenly asked: "Why haven't you reached Foundation Establishment yet?"

Hu Bugui scratched his head awkwardly: "A bunch of things held me up, and you know, I have a Metal Spirit Root restricted by Fire—I can't do it on my own, I need a Foundation Establishment Pill."

Xu Zhangqing looked thoughtful: "Fine, I understand."

He himself was already at Golden Core, but his good brother hadn't even reached Foundation Establishment—how could that be.

Once things were wrapped up, he would personally refine a Foundation Establishment Pill for him.

Anyway, it wasn't difficult at all.

Afterward, Hu Bugui set off and left.

Only Xu Zhangqing and Ruo Qunshuang remained in the room, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Ruo Qunshuang didn't dare speak anymore, keeping her head down and clutching the corner of her clothes.

Xu Zhangqing saw it all, knowing this was his own fault, so he immediately took out the cultivation resources the other needed: "Take them."

Seeing this, Ruo Qunshuang hesitated slightly; she felt it wasn't right to ask for things at a time like this.

Xu Zhangqing saw through it at a glance and smiled: "Don't be embarrassed—I was the one who almost broke the contract; you're lucky you didn't apply to have the Criminal Punishment Department intervene."

Ruo Qunshuang waved her hands quickly: "I... I wouldn't."

Seeing her terrified expression, Xu Zhangqing laughed helplessly: "Don't misunderstand—I don't mean to blame you."

Hearing this, Ruo Qunshuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, then took the resources, stood up, and said: "Thank you, Senior Brother Xu, I won't delay your time any longer."

Xu Zhangqing stopped her, taking out a black-skinned watermelon as he said: "What's the rush? Eat a meal together before you go."

Ruo Qunshuang looked at the familiar watermelon and smiled brightly: "Okay."

Afterward, she sat to the side and ate watermelon.

Xu Zhangqing, meanwhile, activated the communication talisman in his hand and began contacting them one by one.

Lao Zhao was in the Canglan Sea Region, so he couldn't be reached.

Han Su couldn't be reached either for some unknown reason.

Fortunately, Li Lingbi, Li Sancai, Zhang Su, and Han Xin were reached.

Hearing that Xu Zhangqing was still alive and had returned home, the several were greatly surprised; they hadn't finished their tasks, but immediately rose into the air and flew toward the Spirit Fields!