Chapter 445: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 445: Why!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Ling Beast Valley.

After several months, Xu Zhangqing set foot here once more.

But this time he came not to find a wife for Wangwang, but to find He Qi.

It was both a White Crane and had signed a contract with Chu Qiu, becoming a spirit pet sharing life and death.

Not long after, Xu Zhangqing arrived at Thousand Crane Forest.

The White Cranes here: some were nearly ten feet long, white feathers like piled snow.

Some were smaller in body type, even growing red flesh crowns on their heads.

"Stop!"

"Don't go forward anymore!"

"Human Cultivator, what brings you to Thousand Crane Forest?"

Just as Xu Zhangqing was preparing to enter, he was suddenly blocked by two White Cranes that could speak human language.

They looked tall and large, their beaks and claw tips tinged with blue-black.

Xu Zhangqing stated his purpose: "I am Xu Zhangqing, from Qingmu Peak, and I want to find He Qi."

Hearing this, the White Crane on the left shook its head and waggled its brain: "No, He Qi is injured."

Xu Zhangqing hurriedly said: "We know each other, please announce me."

The White Crane on the right cried "Ga," then flapped its wings and rose from the ground.

Whoosh—

At extremely fast speed, it transformed into a white streak of light and flew away.

At the same time, the remaining White Crane briefly explained: "Our clan distinguishes status by Dao Xing; He Qi is over a thousand years old and now lives in the depths.

I and it are merely gatekeepers, with no chance to make contact.

If you cannot meet, do not blame us."

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly: "Understood. If I cannot meet He Qi, I will turn and leave, absolutely not disturbing the two of you."

The White Crane on the left blinked its eyes, tilting its head curiously and asked: "You cultivator are truly polite; do you have thoughts of seeking a spirit pet?"

Xu Zhangqing smiled slightly: "Not for the time being."

The White Crane on the left's gaze dimmed: "What a pity."

One of the meanings of a spirit beast's existence is to find a suitable master.

It's just a pity that most cannot find one, and even cannot leave this place.

After a while, the White Crane that had just left returned.

Not only it, but beside it followed a White Crane with a red flesh crown on its head.

Although its body looked a bit smaller, the aura it emitted was even more powerful.

This White Crane landed, scrutinizing the person before it with its gaze, then emitted a slightly aged voice: "Are you Xu Zhangqing?"

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly: "That's right."

It called out: "Come with this old one."

After speaking, it rapidly spread its wings.

Xu Zhangqing, seeing this, jumped on and stood on its back.

The next second, person and crane rose into the air together, flying toward the depths of Thousand Crane Forest.

Along the way, one could see many White Cranes, large and small, no fewer than a thousand.

Arriving at the depths, the trees here actually became fewer.

At the center there were only a few trees, but without exception they were dozens to over a hundred meters in height.

Above were full of tree hollows, looking like beehives.

The old White Crane with a flesh crown brought Xu Zhangqing to land on a branch, then used its wing to point at one of the tree hollows: "He Qi is inside."

Xu Zhangqing saluted: "Thank you."

Before he could approach, a burnt smell came from inside.

As if something had been burned, the smell was extremely pungent.

Upon entering the tree hollow, he found it especially cool inside; in the depths was a nest built of branches, curled up in which was a featherless "crane."

Moreover, its body was covered everywhere with various burn marks, looking very pitiful.

Xu Zhangqing felt quite distressed, trying to call out: "He Qi?"

Suddenly, a bald head stretched out, and as its beak opened and closed, it emitted a female voice: "You're here."

Hearing the familiar voice, Xu Zhangqing couldn't help but ask: "How did you become like this?"

He Qi slowly explained: "An explosion occurred in Xuanxin City; to protect Chu Qiu, I used my own body to shield him."

Xu Zhangqing felt worried: "Your condition looks very bad."

He Qi comforted: "It's fine; the Crane King promised to personally heal my injuries."

Xu Zhangqing was surprised: "Crane King?"

He Qi briefly introduced: "The Crane King possesses a trace of phoenix bloodline, with unfathomable strength."

Xu Zhangqing breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

He Qi blinked his eyes: "You came to see me because you want to ask what happened back then, right?"

Xu Zhangqing affirmed: "Correct."

Recalling the situation at the time while speaking, He Qi said: "Actually, the matter is very simple. Beneath Xuanxin City are buried many Thunder Crystals, which contain extremely terrifying Li Fire Thunder."

Even at the Golden Core Stage, facing the power produced by this explosion, one still finds it difficult to resist."

You must know that anything that comes into contact with thunder is incomparably terrifying."

In an instant, the entire Xuanxin City was wiped out, and Evil Water submerged everything."

The scene at the time was incomparably tragic: some died, some were injured, and some fled."

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow and thought to himself: "The Thunder Crystals discovered previously contained Gui Water Thunder inside, so how did the Thunder Crystals beneath Xuanxin City instead become Li Fire Thunder?"

Could it be that there are people from the Huang Quan Alliance in Xuanxin City!"

He thought that after killing Wu Lao and Xiao Meier, everything would be fine."

But judging from the current situation, he still underestimated the seriousness of this matter."

However, the Huang Quan Alliance surely wouldn't kill their own people together, right?"

Unless these people left in advance before the incident occurred."

Thinking of this, Xu Zhangqing narrowed his eyes: "Why did Senior Brother Qin go missing, Senior Brother Chu suffer heavy injuries, and He Qi end up looking like this ghost?"

Moreover, out of nearly ten thousand people, only ten survived."

In contrast, certain people didn't even lose a single hair!"

Next, he asked some other matters."

For example, the Blue Water Demon Ape and the Mirage Dragon's Cangcan, wanting to know how they were."

Then he learned from He Qi that the Blue Water Demon Ape was captured by Zhao Lie of the Longhu Immortal Sect."

As for the Mirage Dragon's Cangcan, he wasn't very clear about it, mainly because he hadn't come into contact with it."

Seeing that he had asked enough, Xu Zhangqing prepared to leave: "I'm leaving. If you need any help, you can have the White Crane notify me at Hongfeng Valley."

He Qi gave a weak smile: "Thank you for coming to see me!"

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Leaving Ling Beast Valley, on the way back."

Xu Zhangqing happened to see three fishing old men, two of whom were especially familiar."

One was Hu Bugui."

One was Zhao Ziyue."

As for the person in the middle, he didn't know him at all."

He was about to go over and greet his friends, but discovered they had started arguing."

"You two good-for-nothings, you could catch Dragon Fish before, so how can't you even beat me now?"

"Master, I'm definitely stronger than Old Zhao, right!"

"Stronger? Stronger in what way?"

"I at least caught one, he didn't catch a single one!"

"I... I just had bad hand feel today……"

Seeing this scene, Xu Zhangqing instantly lost the thought of greeting them."

Instead, he rode Broken Moon Flowing Frost at extremely high speed, flying away from here toward Hongfeng Valley."

Along this way, he discovered that as the accumulated snow gradually melted, fresh tender sprouts grew on the grass."

For a Spirit Farmer, seeing this phenomenon finally let him breathe a sigh of relief."

However, as Xu Zhangqing got closer and closer to Hongfeng Valley, through Divine Sense scanning, he discovered someone standing at the entrance waiting for him."

This person was precisely Ji Mingxuan!