All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 241 Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede, Taking Revenge on the Spot (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader)

"Since you have already made preparations, then after it is done, the Church of the Witch God will spread the word."

The old woman pondered for a moment.

"Thank you, senior!" Zhou Qing bowed respectfully.

"Go ahead." The old woman seemed a little tired, waved her hand, and indicated that Zhou Qing could leave.

"Junior, please take your leave."

Zhou Qing quickly retreated.

After Zhou Qing left, the old woman's face, which was as white as tree bark, suddenly turned as white as paper, and blood spilled from her mouth.

From the earthenware jar containing the golden silkworm gu in her hand, the gu seemed to be making restless noises, as if it might break out of the jar at any moment.

"Don't rush, old friend, another ten years will be enough."

The old woman did her best to soothe the golden silkworm gu, and then slowly walked back to the valley.

On the other side, Zhou Qing was heading towards Nanli County City.

Throughout the journey, he kept recalling the details of his conversation with the old woman.

He sensed something eerie about the other person.

In principle, third-tier Gu Masters are not allowed to appear in the Southern Frontier.

However, if the other party continues to hide in the stronghold of the Witch God Sect and does not come out, no one will interfere. Even a Grandmaster who has gathered three flowers at the top of his head would not be willing to easily provoke a third-level Venerable.

The old woman, being a third-tier Venerable, was far too easy to talk to.

"We need to find the right time."

Zhou Qing disguised himself and entered Nanli County.

If possible, he would love to fight Sima Changhe to the death; it would be best to cooperate and benefit both sides.

This way, we won't need to cooperate with the Witch God Cult.

It's relatively safer to cooperate with the imperial court.

In the past, Zhou Qing had to proceed with caution and prudence due to his lack of strength, and sometimes he had to make concessions. But he had worked hard to cultivate until now, all for this day.

After entering Nanli County, Zhou Qing sneaked into the Han family's residence at night, found Han Wending, explained his purpose, and asked him about Sima Changhe and Shuntian Prefecture.

Afterwards, he purchased some medicinal herbs in the city and left Nanli County, entering the Qilian Mountains.

Before he left, he told Wei Sheng to stall for time as much as possible.

Zhou Qing planned to hatch the Heavenly Fire Lava Centipede outside before returning to Black Mountain Town.

In this way, they have the confidence to overturn the table.

"Red Flame, you'd better step up your game!"

Zhou Qing arrived at the cave in the Qilian Mountains where he had rested before. He took out the Crimson Flame from his Yuan Aperture and placed it on the flat ground in the middle of the cave. Then, he took out a large number of Yuan Stones from his storage space and piled them around the Crimson Flame. He wanted to use the Yuan Stones to accelerate the Crimson Flame's plan.

"It seems we still need to find a way to cultivate the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass."

Zhou Qing stared blankly at the remaining spirit stones in the storage space.

He brought over 10,000 spirit stones with him on this trip, but now he has less than a tenth of them.

The second-tier Gu worm in his hand normally consumed several hundred spirit stones each month, and the consumption increased exponentially during its evolution. More than ten thousand spirit stones were used up in less than a year.

He had failed several times in cultivating the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass, and with the arrival of the Heavenly Silkworm, whose healing abilities were far superior, he stopped cultivating the Nine-Leaf Vitality Leaf.

However, it seems that the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass is far more capable of creating wealth than the Heavenly Silkworm, since the Heavenly Silkworm cannot be exposed casually.

"Once Crimson Flame has refined the power of the divine seed, we will venture deeper into the Qilian Mountains to search for the Life-Giving Leaf."

Zhou Qing has no plans to return to the Ice Spirit Clan anytime soon. Once Chi Yan refines the power of the divine seed and his strength advances further, he will have the confidence to explore the depths of the Qilian Mountains alone.

Although the Ice Demon Gu's flight ability cannot reach the speed of the Wanqi Zongyuan Dragonfly Gu, which can travel thousands of miles a day, it can still travel hundreds of miles a day.

The Ice Fiend Gu is a combat-type Gu worm, not a regular flying Gu worm. Combining with it and using its flight ability will consume more energy than using a regular flying Gu worm.

However, Zhou Qing's Gu Dao cultivation has now reached the late stage of the second level, and he also possesses first-class aptitude and abundant true essence, so he no longer cares about this consumption.

He roughly knew which areas had Vitality Leaves. Although he couldn't guarantee that they were all top-grade or superb, he could still cultivate them slowly if there were enough of them.

Two months passed quietly.

Rumble!
In a cave on the outskirts of the Qilian Mountains, a dazzling red light suddenly flashed, followed by a deafening roar.

The entire cave collapsed with a roar.

At this moment, a giant crimson centipede, twenty feet long, soared into the sky. Before the falling pebbles could even touch its carapace, they were blasted into dust by the terrifying heat emanating from its body.

"hiss--!"

The giant centipede roared to the sky, its sound like a dragon's cry, and the sound waves spread in all directions of the mountains and forests, shattering the nearby rocks and vegetation.

"So strong!"

Zhou Qing, standing not far in front of Chi Yan, felt the terrifying power emanating from Chi Yan and couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Now, the feeling he gets from Chi Yan is second only to that of the black dragon he encountered back then.

Judging by its size alone, it has grown from just over 20 meters to over 60 meters.

At this moment, Chi Yan regained its composure, lowered its head from its high position, and came to stand before Zhou Qing.

As the crimson flames drew closer, a torrent of violent heat erupted from its breath.

Even though Zhou Qing was its master and not targeted, he felt as if his body was melting, and could only use the Poison Dragon True Qi to isolate this extremely hot power.

At this moment, Zhou Qing noticed that there were two high protrusions on the carapace on the top of Chi Yan's head, as if they were about to grow sharp horns.

"Could it be that the Crimson Flame contains dragon blood, and after being stimulated by the spirit seed, its bloodline has reverted to its ancestral form?"

Zhou Qing looked stunned.

At this moment, as Zhou Qing injected his true essence into Chi Yan's body, a line of text appeared in his vision.

You have acquired a new Gu worm – Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede (Crimson Flame)

[Rank: Tier 2 Top Grade (Can be evolved and combined)]

[Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede: A mutated Golden-backed Centipede, evolving into a Corpse Poison Centipede, absorbing fire-attribute true essence and a spiritual seed, completing the transformation from yin to yang, evolving into a Heavenly Fire Centipede. Finally, with the help of the power of the supreme fire spirit corpse fire and the fire poison contained in natural magma, it completes its final transformation, evolving into a Heavenly Fire Lava Centipede. The Heavenly Fire Lava Centipede absorbs the remaining spiritual seed, refines the last trace of solar true fire within the spiritual seed, and breaks through its limits to evolve into this form.]

[Progress: Breakthrough (1/800)] [Effects: Heavenly Essence Flame, Rebirth from the Ashes, True Sun Fire]

"Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede?!"

Zhou Qing stared wide-eyed at the Crimson Flame, which had evolved once again.

"If the Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede had completed its evolution ahead of schedule, dealing with Lan Canghai might not have been so troublesome."

Having absorbed the remaining three spirit seeds, Crimson Flame not only greatly increased its strength but also entered the limit-breaking stage, enabling it to evolve once again.

In other words, as long as Zhou Qing continues to nurture him, Crimson Flame has a chance to break through to the third rank without needing to combine them.

【True Fire of the Sun: Drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, condensing pure yang fire, repelling all evil, and burning away all things】

"The sun is really hot, what a boastful tone!"

Zhou Qing was eager to test the power of the True Sun Fire.

"Go! Crimson Flame!" Zhou Qing jumped onto Crimson Flame's head and sent it heading towards the depths of the Qilian Mountains.

half a month later.

Zhou Qing returned to Heishan Town bathed in the glow of the setting sun; his trip had been incredibly fruitful.

With the Crimson Flame by his side, he had a smooth journey through the Qilian Mountains. Except for a few areas inhabited by powerful beasts, which Zhou Qing deliberately avoided, he looted every other place.

We have obtained dozens of Vitality Leaf plants.

When Zhou Qing returned to Baiyun Martial Arts School, he found that there were far fewer disciples, and the remaining ones looked listless.

"It's my sixth senior brother!"

"Sixth Senior Brother is back!"

When the apprentices saw Zhou Qing, they felt as if they had found their pillar of support and all gathered around him.

"What's wrong with you? You're so lax and careless," Zhou Qing said in a deep voice.

“Master Wei is injured, and the martial arts instructors have been sent to the mountains, so there’s no one to guide us,” one of the apprentices said as he stepped forward.

"Which Master Wei?!" Zhou Qing's expression changed.

"It was the head chef! It was that new captain who did it!"

Everyone quickly offered an explanation.

“Sima Changhe?!” Zhou Qing’s face darkened.

Where is Master?

"The head chef is recuperating in the backyard."

"I'll go take a look!" Zhou Qing immediately went into the backyard.

They entered Wei Sheng's room.

At this moment, Wei Sheng, with one arm in a sling, was seen leisurely sitting at the table drinking tea.

"Master?!"

"Aqing, you're back."

When Wei Sheng saw Zhou Qing appear, he stood up to greet him.

"What happened to your hand?" Zhou Qing asked quickly.

"Since you went out and didn't return, and Sima Changhe thought we were just going through the motions, he used the excuse of a friendly sparring match to give us a warning. It's nothing serious." Wei Sheng smiled nonchalantly.

"That's perfect, I can use this as an excuse to stay home and recuperate."

"You're courting death!" A murderous glint flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes. He hadn't expected that Sima Changhe would completely disregard them and directly attack Wei Sheng.

"Master, where is Sima Changhe now?"

"Aqing, don't be impulsive. We've already offended the Witch God Cult; we can't go against the imperial court anymore," Wei Sheng quickly advised.

"Don't worry, Master, I know what I'm doing." Zhou Qing nodded.

After the two talked for a while, he left the backyard and just stepped out of the martial arts hall when he saw two soldiers arrive.

"Martial Arts Master Zhou, our Commandant invites you! Please come with us to Ping'an County!"

"Looking for me?" Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow; he was certainly well-informed.

"Let's go."

Zhou Qing rubbed the red bracelet on his left wrist and nodded to the two of them.

When Zhou Qing arrived at Nanli County, it was getting dark.

He entered the inner city and went into a large mansion near the city wall.

"Hmph! Before the imperial court, before the Commandant, what do these Grand Martial Masters matter? They all have to submit!"

The soldier leading the way couldn't help but feel a little smug as he watched Zhou Qing enter the backyard with his head bowed and eyes down.

At first, they suffered a lot of humiliation from the local martial arts masters. Later, when the Commandant made a move, he killed the chicken to scare the monkey and injured the strongest one, Wei Sheng. The other martial arts masters immediately became obedient and would greet them with smiles from afar.

These people are unable to recognize their place and are attempting to challenge the imperial court.

“That’s right! The so-called ‘that’,” another soldier chimed in.

boom--!
However, before he could finish speaking, the entire house suddenly trembled violently, a crimson pillar of fire shot into the sky, followed by a terrifying shockwave that swept in all directions.

"My lord!!"

The soldiers around him were horrified; almost none of them looked alive.

Sima Changhe was seen being lifted into the sky by a figure shrouded in black robes, who was holding him up with one hand.

"Anyone who dares to oppose my Witch God Cult will suffer this fate!"

boom!
With a single flick of his hand, the mysterious man turned Sima Changhe into a bloody mist, leaving no trace of his body.

The entire Ping'an County town was thrown into chaos.

Soon, the martial artists found Zhou Qing, who was seriously injured and unconscious, in the ruins.

(End of this chapter)