All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 47 Lin Qiu Appears, Cooperation?
"what!!"

When the boy in the monkey mask turned to look at him, he was terrified.

"Pfft!"

He hardened his heart, used his broadsword to cut off his forearm, and ran into the forest despite the excruciating pain.

"Too late!" Zhou Qing raised his left hand, bent his middle finger, and three hidden arrows flew towards the opponent's back.

boom!
Suddenly, a muffled thud was heard, and the man in the monkey mask, who had just run to the side of a large tree that was as thick as a person's embrace, was suddenly sent flying backward.

"Puff puff!"

Three hidden arrows pierced his back in mid-air.

thump!
The man in the monkey mask fell to the ground and died instantly.

However, the fatal wound was not in his back, but in his chest. There was a noticeable dent in his chest, and his eyes bulged out.

At this moment, a boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old walked out from behind the tree trunk. He had an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were dark, bright, and piercing.

Zhou Qing's expression changed slightly, then he smiled and said, "It's Senior Brother Lin! I didn't expect to run into you here. Thank you for your help, Senior Brother Lin!"

"Junior Brother Zhou is truly a hidden master. I'm afraid you could easily have dealt with these two even without me. Junior Brother Zhou, please don't blame me for meddling."

Lin Qiu said calmly, his gaze fixed on the package on the ground.

However, what he saw was not the scattered silver coins, but the crimson centipede inside.

"Senior Brother Lin, you flatter me." Zhou Qing smiled and clasped his hands in greeting. He then walked to the package and carefully put away the scattered clothes and silver.

At this moment, Lin Qiu came to the side of the man in the monkey mask. The way he touched the corpse was so skillful that it was hard not to suspect that he was a frequent killer.

Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened as he approached the man in the minotaur mask. He pulled a package from the man's chest, which contained a few taels of silver and half a sword manual.

"To express my gratitude for Senior Brother Lin's help, I'll give you this sword manual and some silver."

Zhou Qing's eyes flickered, and he was about to hand the package to Lin Qiu.

"Junior Brother Zhou, you're too kind. I can't accept this," Lin Qiu declined.

“I came to the county town to buy medicinal herbs at the request of my senior sister, but I didn’t expect to encounter such a formidable person. If Senior Brother Lin has the time, why don’t we go together?” Zhou Qing suggested.

At the same time, he looked around and asked in confusion, "By the way, is your uncle also in the county town? Should we wait for him?"

"No need to look, my uncle went to the county town and won't be here for a while."

Lin Qiu's face showed a mocking expression.

"Junior Brother Zhou is indeed cautious."

"Senior Brother Lin, you flatter me," Zhou Qing said with a dry laugh.

At this moment, Lin Qiu flipped his wrist, and a palm-sized, emerald-green caterpillar appeared in his palm.

Zhou Qing glanced at it once, and his pupils dilated instantly—the Azure Silk Gu!

Lin Qiu put down the Green Silk Gu and crawled into the corpse of the monkey-masked man.

"Gudu~Gudu~"

The sound of gulping down food came from the corpse.

The once robust male body quickly withered and shrank.

"Junior Brother Zhou, why do you look like you're seeing Gu worms for the first time?" Lin Qiu said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Qing frowned slightly.

"Junior Brother Zhou was able to subdue the Golden-backed Centipede and make it work for you, so you must know some methods of Gu making, right?"
If this golden-backed centipede continues to grow, it could evolve into a powerful variant like the flying golden centipede.

Junior Brother Zhou is quite lucky.

Lin Qiu said calmly, his eyes fixed on Zhou Qing's package, a greedy glint in them.

"What do you mean by Gu refining?" Zhou Qing continued to feign ignorance.

"Junior Brother Zhou, don't you want to know the real cause of your parents' death?" Lin Qiu changed the subject.

"You mean my mother's death wasn't an accident?!" Zhou Qing's eyes widened, her face filled with shock.

Lin Qiu did not answer.

The Green Silk Gu emerged from the shriveled corpse of the monkey-masked man and then burrowed into the body of the minotaur-masked man next to Zhou Qing.

That's mine! Mine!

Erqing, who was lurking in the forest, was somewhat excited.

"Don't come out without my order!" Zhou Qing silently commanded Er Qing.

After the Green Silk Gu had drained the Minotaur masked man's life essence, it emerged again, its size now swollen to the size of a palm.

Lin Qiu took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and poured the bright yellow powder inside onto the two mummified corpses. *Sizzle*
The mummified corpse emitted plumes of white smoke, accompanied by the smell of burnt flesh. The body turned into pus, which slowly seeped into the ground.

“If Junior Brother Zhou had handled the aftermath like I did, there wouldn’t have been any hidden dangers.”

Lin Qiuyi was implying something.

"Let's go."

With that, Lin Qiu walked into the depths of the dense forest on his own.

Zhou Qing's eyes flickered, and he followed her inside.

Lin Qiu must have discovered that Zhang Dahai's death was suspicious.

Who would have thought that Lin Qiu also possessed the Green Silk Gu?

Erqing clearly stated before that he did not have any Gu worms on his body.

It seems that either Lin Qiu had a fortuitous encounter, or Lin Tianzheng gave it to him.

The two entered the depths of the dense forest, and seeing that there was no one around, Lin Qiu stopped.

“Junior Brother Zhou is a smart man, so I won’t beat around the bush with you. The reason your mother died was because she was poisoned with Gu worms, and the reason your father went insane is also for the same reason.”

"What?! Gu worms?!" Zhou Qing continued to play dumb. He didn't know how much Lin Qiu knew, and he couldn't make a move at this time.

“I came to seek cooperation with Junior Brother Zhou with sincerity, but you don’t believe me. Forget it, let’s wait until my uncle comes back and have him talk to you properly.”

Lin Qiu turned and left.

"Wait!" Zhou Qing called out to him.

"You talk about sincerity, but I haven't seen it. As for your uncle, I'm not familiar with him, and there's nothing to say to him. If he wants to harm me, he'd better think about whether he can get past Senior Sister and Master Wei."

"Junior Brother Zhou can't stay in the town forever and never come out, can he?" Lin Qiu sneered.

"Senior Brother Lin, why don't you first explain what the cooperation means?"

Zhou Qing frowned deeply.

Lin Qiu said calmly, "It's very simple. In this world, besides martial artists, there are also mysterious beings like Gu Masters, and my uncle is a Gu Master."

To be precise, he inherited the Gu Master's skills and, through his own exploration, became a Gu Master.

"The one that killed your parents was the Green Silk Gu he obtained from that Gu Master's inheritance."

As he spoke, Lin Qiu extended his right hand, revealing a palm-sized Green Silk Gu.

"There are a total of one hundred of these Green Silk Gu. One of them entered your mother's body and died along with the fetus. As for the other one, you should know about it."

Zhou Qing remained silent upon hearing this.

“At first, I didn’t detect any Gu worm aura on you. I didn’t expect that after not paying attention to you for a while, you were able to subdue such a strange species as the Golden-backed Centipede. It seems that although you didn’t obtain the Green Silk Gu, you had other fortuitous encounters.” Lin Qiu squinted his eyes.

“Everyone has their own secrets, doesn’t they? Senior Brother Lin came to find me behind Master Lin’s back, isn’t that the same thing?” Zhou Qing said calmly.

“Not bad.” Lin Qiu’s lips curled up. “My uncle released a hundred of these Green Silk Gu, hoping that one of them could evolve into a wine worm.”

"Do you know what a wine worm is? It's a real Gu worm! For martial artists, it has the wonderful effect of tempering the meridians and purifying true qi."

"A wine addict?!" Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened.

So, the mutated Green Silk Gu in Jiuquan might be a wine worm?
Temper the meridians and purify the vital energy.

If the wine worm had this ability, wouldn't it mean that it would inexplicably improve a martial artist's aptitude for training?

"How about it? As long as Junior Brother Zhou chooses to cooperate with me, I can now teach you the secret method of Gu refining that my uncle taught me." Lin Qiu took out a small leather booklet the size of a palm from his pocket.

The booklet's surface was tattered and riddled with holes from insects.

"The secret method of refining Gu?!" Zhou Qing's eyes lit up as he looked at the booklet in Lin Qiu's hand.

However, he quickly regained his composure.

"The cooperation you're talking about, it can't be..." Zhou Qing realized.

“It’s so easy talking to smart people, that’s for sure! I need you to help me deal with my uncle. If you can kill him, the alcohol worm is yours.” Lin Qiu put away the booklet.

"Senior Brother Lin, are you making fun of me? Making me, a mere Skin Refining Realm martial artist, deal with a Gu Master like your uncle?" Zhou Qing laughed in anger.

"Junior Brother Zhou, don't be impatient, let me explain in detail. My uncle has poor aptitude and has not yet awakened his inner potential, so he cannot be considered a formal Gu Master."

As for his martial arts cultivation, it was only at the Tendon Refining Realm.

If he hadn't possessed the Corpse Worm Gu King, he probably wouldn't have been able to defeat even an ordinary Bone Refining Realm martial artist.

Actually, he's not my biological uncle at all. He thinks I don't know, but my real uncle was eaten by the Corpse Worm King long ago!

Lin Qiu said resentfully.

(End of this chapter)