Chapter 62

And at this moment, hearing this Golden Core realm senior brother say that there was absolutely no possibility of Zhou Qing being alive, Lu Yaoyao panicked instantly.

She hurriedly ran to her master, Cao Zhengyang, knelt on both knees, and said urgently: "Master, I beg you, you must save Zhou Shixiong; he just made such a great contribution to the sect, and now he has an accident here—it doesn't make sense in terms of reason or emotion!"

Looking at Lu Yaoyao, who was pleading, Cao Zhengyang's expression was also extremely ugly.

He first helped Lu Yaoyao up and comforted her gently: "Don't worry, your master is here."

Afterward, he turned his head and said to Elder Duanmu Shu: "Why don't I go in and take a look?"

Elder Duanmu Shu immediately refused: "This place is a location that my Taiqingmen has carefully arranged since its establishment; that thing has been sleeping for many years, and once it is awakened by perception, it will not distinguish between friend and foe, and at that time, the entire cave heaven might be destroyed; the cost is truly too great."

Cao Zhengyang responded: "I understand, but we must find out where those wandering souls came from; throughout the generations, we have never discovered such things, and a perfectly good place for training has now been forcibly turned into this appearance."

Elder Duanmu Shu sighed slightly: "Last time, we all went in to check; once the gravity is lifted, those wandering souls disappear without a trace, and every time we enter, we can stay for at most one day; if we don't retreat in time, great danger will occur."

"Then what should we do now? We can't just pile up corpses to force our way in, right? What's more..." Cao Zhengyang hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by a burst of exclamations.

"Someone is coming out, look, someone is coming out."

"It's Junior Brother Zhou; he actually came out alive—it's simply incredible!"

"How on earth did he do it? And it looks like he wasn't injured at all?"

Just as everyone was discussing, someone exclaimed.

Hearing the sound, Lu Yaoyao stood up immediately; when she saw Zhou Qing's pale face as he walked out unsteadily, she was overjoyed to the point of tears and hurriedly flew forward.

Cao Zhengyang and Elder Duanmu Shu, whose words had been interrupted, were also instantly stunned on the spot.

The two figures flashed and instantly appeared in front of Zhou Qing.

"Are you... alright?" Elder Duanmu Shu asked hurriedly.

Zhou Qing had an appearance of being physically exhausted and said slowly: "Reporting to the Elder and Master Uncle, this disciple has not failed the mission; the gravity zone has been lifted, I... I am fine, you don't need to worry, it's just that I suffered some internal injuries, fought fiercely with the wandering souls for a long time, my meridians are exhausted, I'm dizzy, my ears are ringing, my heartbeat is accelerating, and I'm nauseous and want to vomit, that's all."

"I ask the Elder to send me back first; I'll borrow a mid-grade spirit stone from my master to supplement myself, and I should be able to recover a little after sleeping for a few days."

Zhou Qing said weakly.

Hearing that the key had been opened, Elder Duanmu Shu subconsciously looked at the bronze gate in front and secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Facing this little scheme of Zhou Qing's, how could she not understand it?

Without a second word, she directly took out two mid-grade spirit stones and handed them over.

"No need to borrow from your master; this is a reward for you, go rest over there first!" Elder Duanmu Shu said.

Looking at the two mid-grade spirit stones handed over, Zhou Qing's eyes lit up immediately, but he still suppressed his excitement and took them with trembling hands.

"Th-thank you, Supreme Elder!" Zhou Qing said.

Cao Zhengyang, who was standing to the side, shook his head with a bitter smile; he didn't expect this child to be so greedy for money.

Didn't you just get rewarded with a rare superior-grade spirit stone not long ago? That's enough for you to cultivate slowly.

Elder Duanmu Shu then took the opportunity to hand over a sword-shaped jade slip: "Still the same as before, I'll make the decision for you and choose it; to be able to escape from the mouths of these wandering souls twice in a row, I have to say, these wandering souls really can't do anything to you."

"You can consider yourself their nemesis; this 'Cang Lei Sword Art' is quite suitable for you. This sword art can trigger the power of the Cang Lei, and the sword momentum is as swift as thunder; it not only possesses powerful attack power but can also cause impact to the enemy's soul, especially against evil things!"

Hearing Elder Duanmu Shu's words, Zhou Qing's waist didn't hurt anymore, and his legs didn't ache anymore; he hurriedly took it.

"Many thanks, Supreme Elder!" For a moment, Zhou Qing was as happy as a nineteen-year-old child.

Cao Zhengyang was also somewhat surprised; he didn't expect Elder Duanmu Shu to take out such a rare sword art as a reward.

She was especially tolerant toward this child; it seems he is deeply favored.

"Sect Master, time is tight, I'll go in and try it first; you send them out first!" Elder Duanmu Shu said to Cao Zhengyang.

Cao Zhengyang nodded and, after hesitating, said: "I'll come in later to see if those wandering souls came out of that coffin."

Elder Duanmu Shu nodded, then said nothing more and stepped into the bronze palace gate in one stride.

"Zhou Shixiong—"

Seeing the Supreme Elder leave, Lu Yaoyao came over to support Zhou Qing.

Seeing that Zhou Qing was fine, she couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

【Heart Appraisal Point +5】

The 【Good Man】 above Lu Yaoyao's head immediately changed to 【So Amazing】.

How could he not be amazing? He crawled out of a group of wandering souls in a certain-death situation, and not only that, he also completed the task excellently.

The others were even more envious.

"Cang Lei Sword Art," that's the same as the "Silver Dragon Hand"—a high-level technique that even if you have many task points, or even spirit stones, you have no channel to exchange for.

Now Zhou Qing has already taken two, and even asked for two mid-grade spirit stones on the way, and the Supreme Elder wasn't even angry.

Envy and jealousy!

Cao Zhengyang looked at his disciple's admiring appearance and also smiled at Zhou Qing.

Luck is actually also a part of strength.

"Alright, everyone follow me!"

After Cao Zhengyang finished speaking, he blindfolded everyone and took them out...

"Old Four, Old Four, you came back alive?"

Zhou Qing had just happily returned to his own courtyard when he saw Yan Xiaohu peeing with one leg on a tree root under a big tree in front of the gate.

At this moment, seeing Zhou Qing, he greeted him happily, then hurriedly shivered and ran over.

He grabbed Zhou Qing's face and touched it all over.

"That old woman didn't do anything to you, did she?"

"Seeing you being taken away by her, I really broke into a cold sweat for you!"

Zhou Qing immediately pushed him away with a disgusted look and hurriedly wiped his face.

"Third Senior Brother, what you're wiping on your hands isn't sweat, it's urine stains, damn it! Also, is your urine poisonous? Such a large patch of grass was peed to death by you!"

Zhou Qing pointed to the grass under the tree and said.

It didn't have many days to live when he appraised it last time, and now it had long since died completely.

Yan Xiaohu smiled awkwardly, hurriedly wiped his hands on his body, and then asked: "What did that old woman want with you?"

"Nothing much, just went into the cave heaven again," Zhou Qing said.

Yan Xiaohu said "Oh," then seemingly thinking of something, said: "I have inside information that in three days, people from the Green Feather Immortal Sect will come; on one hand, to mourn Bai Xi and the others, and on the other hand, to bring gifts to thank us."

"Cui Yingying will also come, focusing on thanking the two of us; after all, the turning point this time was the area we searched. Are you excited? The gifts must be very valuable."

Zhou Qing looked at his Third Senior Brother, somewhat confused.

No, where did you get so much inside information?

The sect doesn't even know yet, but you knew first.

And you also know about the Cangyan Dao Palace Master Sikong Yan sending his own disciple to chase the disciple of Immortal Xuanyou.

Do you have a wide range of informants?

"Third Senior Brother, don't forget what Master said; maybe the Green Ox Ridge affair was a trap deliberately set by the Green Feather Immortal Sect, and we still don't know who the other party is," Zhou Qing reminded.

Yan Xiaohu nodded: "I know, I know, why are you as nagging as the Second Senior Sister now? I'm just thinking, since Cui Yingying has already determined that it was us peeking at them bathing in the villa, and now we are the ones who saved them, what do you think she will think when she thanks us?"

"What else could she think? Fate plays tricks on people. Enough, Third Senior Brother, I'm in a bad mood today and want to go in and rest. Also, don't pee there anymore; the wind blows the smell of urine into the courtyard!"

After Zhou Qing finished speaking, he returned to his residence with a dejected look.

Watching the courtyard gate close with a bang, Yan Xiaohu scratched his head and returned to that tree again.

Looking at the dead lawn, he looked around and then quietly crouched down to sniff it with his nose.

"Damn it, could someone have secretly poisoned me?"

(End of chapter)