All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 39 The Death of She Quanyi, Professional Fusion!

The Green Silk Gu followed closely behind, using silk threads to hoist the Tai Sui meat up, its heart filled with longing.

[Refinement: Green Silk Gu]

[Progress: Complete Mutant Form (32/800)]

"Erqing is too eager to improve."

Looking at the professional data on the jade tablet, Zhou Qing realized that in more than two months, the growth rate of the Green Silk Gu had only increased by 31 points.

Ingesting ordinary poisonous insects has virtually no effect on it.

Ever since encountering the strange figure on the leeward slope north of Black Wind Mountain, Zhou Qing has forbidden the Green Silk Gu from going there.

There must be many poisonous insects and strange beasts there, but it is also very dangerous.

"Don't worry, we'll give you something to eat."

Zhou Qing rubbed the round head of the Green Silk Gu, then put the Tai Sui meat into a jar, picked up the basket, and prepared to go down the mountain.

"Wow!"

Just then, the cry of an eagle pierced through the clouds and miasma, echoing down from the mountain.

"It's in the direction of Jiuquan." Zhou Qing looked in the direction of the voice.

"Go and see."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Qing decided to join in the fun.

He found his direction and ran towards the mountaintop.

"Wow!"

Zhou Qing arrived at a bamboo forest nestled beside a stream.

A white-headed eagle with a wingspan of over four meters circled above the bamboo forest, occasionally swooping down.

Its target was a large, bright red centipede that was over five feet long.

In front of the giant centipede lay a middle-aged man with both legs severed. His face was bluish-black, his eyes were closed, and his life was unknown.

"Uncle She?!"

Upon seeing the man's appearance, Zhou Qing's expression changed.

"Go help!"

Zhou Qing immediately gave orders to the Green Silk Gu.

The Green Silk Gu leaped down and sped toward the giant centipede.

"Crench!"

The giant centipede clearly recognized its two old enemies, the Green Silk Gu and Zhou Qing. It immediately raised its upper body, opened and closed its mouthparts, and rubbed its carapace together.

"puff!"

The Green Silk Gu spewed out silk threads, which shot out like sharp swords.

The giant centipede curled up its body but did not dodge.

"Screech!" At the same time, the bald eagle circling in the sky also launched an attack on the giant centipede.

clang!
The silk thread struck the giant centipede's carapace, producing a metallic clang, but it could not break through its defenses.

Click!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the bald eagle swung its claws, shattering the giant centipede's shell, and seized its body, taking it into the air.

At this moment, Zhou Qing noticed that there were two smaller centipedes, each over a foot long, under the large centipede. However, their bodies were broken in two, and they had been dead for some time.

"Uncle She!"

Zhou Qing ran forward, helped up She Quanyi who had fallen to the ground, and checked his breath; he was barely breathing.

All that could be seen were the blackened and rotten parts of She Quanyi's broken legs, and the blood flowing out was blackish-red.

Zhou Qing pinched his philtrum and pulled out a paper packet containing antidote powder from his pocket. He had bought it a few months ago and hadn't used it yet.

Although Zhou Qing already knew there was no hope, she still fed him the medicine powder.

After about a dozen breaths, She Quanyi opened his bloodshot eyes.

"Yes, yes. Ah, Ah Qing."

"Uncle She, what's wrong? Why are you here?!" Zhou Qing asked hurriedly.

"I...I...Zhang Jian promised to give me ten taels of silver. My son wants to learn martial arts." She Quanyi trembled, his face full of pain.

"Is there anything you need me to convey?"

Zhou Qing's expression changed slightly. Seeing that he was exhaling more and inhaling less, he urged him to hurry up and give his last words.

"Take the silver to Xiao Wu for me; the rest is yours."

She Quanyi reached into his robes and, as if in a final burst of energy, uttered a complete sentence.

After saying that, he breathed his last.

"Sigh," Zhou Qing sighed and closed his eyes for him.

Although She Quanyi didn't finish speaking, he could roughly guess what happened.

Parents' hearts are truly full of love and worry.

Zhou Qing took a cloth bag from She Quanyi's bosom, opened it, and found some loose silver inside, totaling about fourteen taels.

In addition, there were two flatbreads and a leather map.

"Crack! Click!"

At this moment, a series of soft, crisp sounds came from the silent bamboo forest.

Zhou Qing turned his head and saw Chi Yan eating the corpse of the little centipede.

"Erqing, go check if there's anyone else around."

He gave orders to the Green Silk Gu.

The Green Silk Gu shot out in a flash.

"We should also go and see the cave where Jiuquan is located," Zhou Qing added to himself.

Before long, Chi Yan ate the corpses of the two small centipedes, then crawled to the side of She Quanyi's corpse and drank the blackish-red blood flowing from him.

"Don't touch the corpse!" Zhou Qing shouted to stop the little centipede as it tried to climb onto the corpse after drinking the blood.

Chi Yan paused, though he desperately wanted to, he dared not disobey Zhou Qing.

After more than two months of growth, it has developed basic intelligence.

The person in front of it is its boss's boss.

Not to be offended.

Zhou Qing tidied up the cloth bag again, then took off his hemp clothes and wrapped She Quanyi's mutilated body in them, placing it in the basket behind him.

Next, he put She Quanyi's dagger, bow and arrows into the basket.

Moments later, the sounds of battle could be heard from behind the hillside.

The Green Silk Gu returned to the bamboo forest.

The giant snake is here; we can't defeat it.

The Green Silk Gu flew back to Zhou Qing's shoulder.

"go!"

Upon seeing this, Zhou Qing picked up the basket and ran.

The crimson flames beneath their feet saw the giant python appear on the hillside, its hundreds of legs almost sending sparks flying.

In the end, the Green Silk Gu used its silk to entangle it and carried it away.

Zhou Qing ran all the way down the mountain, and only when he reached the location of the Wine Immortal Temple could he catch his breath.

The giant black-scaled python did not chase after them.

"I wonder how that eagle is doing?" Zhou Qing looked up at the mountain.

That eagle must have been the hunting falcon raised by She Quanyi. It was unexpectedly so magnificent, capable of rivaling that giant, sentient centipede. Unfortunately, She Quanyi himself was not a martial artist and was the first to fall victim to its malice.

Seeing that the black-scaled python had not caught up, Zhou Qing searched the vicinity but neither the falcon nor Zhang Jian could be found.

As darkness fell, Zhou Qing had no choice but to descend the mountain and deliver the devastating news to She Quanyi's son.

Zhou Qing headed straight for Caisang Village.

Guided by passersby, he arrived at the fenced yard in the corner of the village.

Inside the open mud-brick house, a thin, dark-skinned boy paced anxiously back and forth.

"Excuse me, is this Uncle She's house?"

Zhou Qing stood outside the fence.

"Yes!" The boy rushed out.

It was She Quanyi's son, She Wu.

"Are you Brother Qing from town?"

"Let's go inside and talk," Zhou Qing sighed.

She Wu's expression changed, and he opened the fence gate.

"Brother Qing, please sit down. I'll go brew you some wild mountain tea. My father makes this tea."

She Wu invited Zhou Qing into the house, then turned and walked towards the stove.

"No need, I'll just say a few words and then leave," Zhou Qing called out to him.

She Wu turned around, and under the dim, flickering light, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Uncle She asked me to give this to you."

Seeing that he had already guessed, Zhou Qing took out a cloth bag from his pocket and placed it on the table, then opened the bag.

"There were fourteen taels of silver inside, untouched."

"Where is my father? He..." She Wu's face was filled with fear and helplessness.

"I brought Uncle She's body back." Zhou Qing sighed and put the basket down.

"Dad!"

With trembling hands, She Wu lifted the burlap sack and burst into tears upon seeing She Quanyi's body, which was covered in black sores.

"Don't move! Your father was bitten to death by a centipede, and there are still traces of poison in his body."

Seeing that She Wu was about to hug the corpse, Zhou Qing quickly stopped him.

"thump!"

She Wu knelt down on the ground, pounding his chest and slapping himself hard.

"It's all my fault for practicing martial arts! That's what killed you!"

She Wu was heartbroken and in unbearable pain.

Zhou Qing shook his head and sighed, unable to offer any words of comfort. After all, the feeling of losing a father was different for She Wu than for him.

She Quanyi risked his life for his son's future.

Seeing that She Wu was crying so hard he couldn't breathe, Zhou Qing helped him sit down to the side.

After a while, She Wu regained his composure. He wiped the snot and tears from his face and asked Zhou Qing what had happened.

So Zhou Qing told him about the scene where he met She Quanyi.

She Wu also told Zhou Qing about how She Quanyi insisted on accompanying Zhang Jian up the mountain for ten taels of silver.

"Brother Qing, I will never forget your great kindness in my life. Please accept these." She Wu tied the cloth bag and presented it with both hands, along with the silver inside.

“This was left to you by your father, I can’t accept it,” Zhou Qing shook his head and refused.

He understood She Wu's feelings; perhaps he was just feeling too guilty and was punishing himself by rejecting all of this.

But to live, you need money.

“What’s done is done. Don’t let your father down,” Zhou Qing comforted him.

"Then you can accept these?"

She Wu regained his composure and handed the map from the cloth bag to Zhou Qing.

"Without this hunting map, how will you hunt to support yourself?" Zhou Qing was taken aback.

"After I bury my father, I will go to the county town to stay with my cousin. This time, it was because my cousin said that I have the aptitude for martial arts and that I shouldn't delay that my father..." Tears welled up in She Wu's eyes again.

"Alright then." Zhou Qing paused for a moment, then accepted the map.

“And another one.” She Wu came to the stove, pulled out a few bricks from under the stove, and took out a black cloth bag from them.

"Brother Qing, this is for you too."

"This is?"

"These are the hunting experiences and insights accumulated by the She family over generations," She Wu explained.

"Give this to me too?" Zhou Qing was taken aback.

"If it weren't for Zhang Jian's coercion and enticement, my father wouldn't have come up the mountain. I want revenge!" She Wu's eyes were filled with hatred.

"You want me to help you get revenge?!" Zhou Qing asked.

"If I succeed in martial arts, I will take revenge myself. If not, I..." She Wu paused for a moment.

“Okay, Zhang Jian, I’ll kill him for you. But the timeframe is uncertain, maybe a few months, maybe a year or two.”

Zhou Qing hesitated for a moment, deciding that he was going to settle things with Zhang Jian anyway.

"Thank you!" She Wu bowed deeply.

"It doesn't have to be like this."

Zhou Qing helped She Wu up.

Zhou Qing helped She Wu bury She Quanyi's body and then headed towards Heishan Town.

Back home, after finishing the dinner his grandmother had prepared, he opened the cloth bag that She Wu had given him.

Inside the bag was another, larger sketch, clearly showing the location as the north side of Black Wind Mountain, with some dried, blackened bloodstains on it.

In addition, there was a small thread-bound booklet with a worn-out cover.

When Zhou Qing opened it, he found that it contained records of the hunting experiences of several generations of the She family, similar to a diary.

There are also other methods for training falcons and hunting dogs.

You have obtained a new job awakening item – The Old Hunter's Notebook.

You have awakened a new profession—Hunter.

You have acquired a new skill – Mountain Search.

【Occupation: Hunter】

[Skill: Mountain Search]

[Progress: Beginner (0/800)]

[Effect: The veteran hunter's keen senses make it easier for you to spot strange beasts and spirits hidden deep in the mountains.]

[Current professions overlap; should the 'Mountain Guardian' and 'Hunter' professions be merged?]

[I. The guardian of the mountain awakens the divine duty of the 'Wine Immortal Child'.]

[Effect: You will receive more favor from the Wine Master.]

[Activation Requirements: A more devout faith.]

[II. Primarily led by hunters, awaken the divine office of 'Land God'.]

[Effect: Loses the favor of the Wine Master. Requires faith to awaken divine power.]

[Activation Requirements: None]

P.S.: No more chapters! These two chapters today are longer than the usual three, so please keep reading!
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