All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 81 Heading to Liu Family Village, Mountain Spirits Cause Trouble?

Zhou Qing looked inward at his dantian and saw a small amount of pale blue wood qi slowly merging into pale blue water qi.

The two streams of true energy intertwined, becoming one.

"boom!"

Zhou Qing mobilized the two combined true energies within his body and struck out with his palm, creating a muffled explosion in the air.

"After the two streams of true energy merged, the speed of their circulation actually increased?!"

Zhou Qing was both surprised and delighted.

Neither the Green Wood Scripture nor the Azure Water Skill are the kind of internal skills that excel in combat, so the power of the two true energies did not increase significantly after they merged.

However, the increased speed of his internal energy circulation can further enhance his burst damage, which in turn improves his combat power.

Under normal circumstances, internal skills are different from external skills. Practicing multiple internal skills may lead to conflicts and mutual consumption of true energy.

Even if internal skills have complementary attributes, they will most likely only have no effect on each other, or they may have a certain promoting effect on cultivation, but the effect will not be obvious.

Otherwise, Wei Sheng wouldn't have made him give up cultivating the Azure Water Technique after cultivating the Azure Wood Scripture.

[Skill: Azure Water Skill]

[Progress: Level 1580 (2/3000)]

"Huh? How did the Azure Water Technique increase so much?"

Just now, when the true energy was merging, Zhou Qing had not yet noticed the changes in the Azure Water Technique on the jade tablet.

At this moment, as the fusion of true qi ended, he suddenly noticed that the progress of the Azure Water Technique had increased by as much as 100 points.

"Isn't it supposed to be water nourishing wood? Why isn't the Green Wood Scripture progressing as the true qi merges, but the Azure Water Technique is progressing faster instead!"

Zhou Qing nodded secretly.

"It seems that the Jade Tablet and the Wine Worm are working together!"

The jade tablet cannot directly enhance his combat power, but it always brings him surprises.

If the Azure Water Skill and the Green Wood Scripture continue to maintain this state, with both internal skills progressing in parallel, it won't be much slower than cultivating just one internal skill.

Cultivating a third-rate internal skill together, plus a second-rate internal skill that is close to first-rate, is faster than directly cultivating a first-rate internal skill.

Moreover, the fusion of the two internal skills may not necessarily be inferior to a first-class internal skill.

Shui Mu Shuang Hua!

Zhou Qinglian had already thought of a name for the fusion of the two internal energy techniques.

"Sir, the gentleman downstairs asked me to tell you to hurry up a bit." Just as Zhou Qing was experiencing the benefits of the fusion of true qi, the waiter's respectful voice came from outside the room.

"Tell him I'll be there right away." Zhou Qing got up from the bed.

"Yes!" the waiter replied, then turned and went downstairs to inform Chen Zhuo.

"Looks like he's in a hurry." Zhou Qing went to the clothes rack, took down his black official uniform, dressed himself neatly, put on his official boots, and walked out of the room.

When he arrived at the lobby on the first floor, Chen Zhuo, who was drinking tea, immediately stood up, grabbed the sword on the table, and nodded to Zhou Qing.

"Talking as we walk."

"Okay." Zhou Qing followed him out.

"Lord Yao wants us to go to Liu Family Village at the foot of Huanglong Mountain." After saying this, Chen Zhuo walked quickly towards the north gate of the outer city.

As soon as the two stepped out of the city gate, a bailiff in black robes led over two plump and strong horses.

"Can you ride a horse?" Chen Zhuo mounted the horse.

"I saw someone else ride it." Zhou Qing stepped into the stirrups, flipped onto the horse's back, and grabbed the reins.

A decent horse would cost at least ten taels of silver.

Zhou Qing could afford a good horse.

But it's unaffordable. Good horses need to eat concentrated feed, typically wheat, corn, peas, broad beans, soybean meal, rapeseed cake, etc. A good horse can eat more than an average person's food supply in a month.

In this world, ordinary people are far worse off than cattle and horses.

"Almost there. Giddy up!" Chen Zhuo flicked his whip, and his steed galloped away.

Zhou Qing followed suit.

The two figures quickly disappeared at the city gate.

"Here are the mission details, take a look." The two horses were four or five meters apart, walking side by side. Chen Zhuo took out a piece of paper from his pocket, crumpled it into a ball, and tossed it to his side.

Zhou Qing reached out and caught the crumpled paper, squeezed his legs tightly around the horse's belly, and opened the paper to examine it.

[At the foot of Huanglong Mountain, a series of people and livestock have gone missing from Liu Family Village, suspected to be the work of mountain spirits descending the mountain at night. Patrol Inspectors Chen Zhuo and Zhou Qing are ordered to arrive at Liu Family Village before noon to assist Patrol Inspectors Fu Zongchang and Fu Zongming in the investigation.]

"Mountain spirit?" Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow.

Generally speaking, the strange beasts and spirits in the mountains rarely leave the mountain range, because they are afraid of being hunted down by humans.

Unexpectedly, a mountain spirit dared to come down the mountain on its own initiative.

The fact that the mountain spirit deliberately chose to commit the crime at night indicates that it has developed intelligence.

Or perhaps someone impersonated a mountain spirit to commit the crime.

Therefore, the intelligence report states "suspected".

"At the foot of Huanglong Mountain." Zhou Qing thought to himself, leaving Black Wind Mountain to explore Huanglong Mountain would be a good idea.

Anyway, as long as he can get the favor of the mountain range, the Black Wind Mountain God can also become the Yellow Dragon Mountain God.

In less than an hour, Zhou Qing and Chen Zhuo arrived at Huanglong Mountain, located between Heishan Town and Ping'an County.

If the mountain road hadn't been so difficult to traverse, and if the two hadn't deliberately slowed down for fear of injuring the horses, they probably would have arrived much sooner.

However, they managed to arrive at the field ridge outside Liujia Village before noon.

Two young men dressed in black demon-suppressing official uniforms were questioning villagers who were doing farm work.

The two young men looked remarkably alike, almost like twin brothers. Both were in their early twenties, of medium build, with athletic physiques, well-defined facial features, straight, chiseled noses, bright, piercing eyes, and healthy tanned skin from years of martial arts training, giving them a vibrant and energetic appearance.

He's clearly a master in the Body Refining Realm.

The young man on the left was asking questions, while the young man on the right was taking notes in a small booklet.

Hearing the sound of Zhou Qing and Chen Zhuo's approaching hooves, the two looked up at each other simultaneously before continuing with their work.

A moment later, the two finished their questioning and walked towards Zhou Qing and Chen Zhuo.

"You guys are quite lazy, arriving right at mealtime." The young man holding the booklet looked displeased, slammed the booklet shut, and stuffed it into Chen Zhuo's arms.

Chen Zhuo took the booklet, glanced at Zhou Qing, and explained, "I was delayed on the way. I'll be more careful next time."

"My younger brother is a bit blunt, please don't take offense. My name is Fu Zongchang, and this is my younger brother, Fu Zongming."

Another young man smiled and changed the subject, looking Zhou Qing up and down.

"Could this brother be Zhou Qing, who recently joined us? We've all heard of your master, the Poison Demon!"

"Poison Demon?!" Upon hearing this, Fu Zongming's expression changed slightly.

"Greetings, Your Excellencies," Zhou Qing said, clasping his hands in greeting.

"We're all at the Body Refining Realm, so you can just call each other by name in private." Fu Zongchang bowed respectfully.

"Take a look." Chen Zhuo, who was standing to the side, finished reading the transcript and handed the booklet in his hand to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing took the booklet and prepared to look at it.

Fu Zongchang, who was standing to the side, said, "Based on our on-site investigation and the villagers' testimonies, it is indeed possible that it is caused by mountain spirits or other kinds of monsters."

However, the possibility of the Witch God Cult cannot be ruled out, since their expertise lies in raising Gu worms and controlling spirits.

(End of this chapter)