All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 83 Conspiracy
Liujiacun.

Beside the dirt road opposite the village chief's courtyard, there was an old locust tree. Zhou Qing and Chen Zhuo, who had sneaked into the village, hid in the shadows behind the thick trunk.

"You suspect the village chief?" Zhou Qing asked in a low voice, looking at the brightly lit main house.

“The day before yesterday, I got up in the middle of the night and heard the village chief talking in his sleep. He said, ‘It wasn’t me! It wasn’t me!’ and he seemed very nervous. I think he’s a prime suspect,” Chen Zhuo whispered.

"Have you informed the Fu brothers about this?" Zhou Qing asked.

"I told you," Chen Zhuo nodded. "The play they put on today was for the village chief's benefit."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Zhou Qing asked again.

"I was afraid you wouldn't be able to keep your composure, but who knew you would act like this." Chen Zhuo was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect Zhou Qing to be the most calm and collected one, who could see through the Fu brothers' act at a glance.

"If the village chief really is the mole, are you going to go up the mountain with him?" Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow.

"The village chief is just an ordinary person who has never practiced martial arts. I'm very confident that he won't discover me." Chen Zhuo was very confident.

"Are you sure you can handle the mountain spirit?" Zhou Qing asked in a deep voice.

"Whether they are mountain spirits or followers of the Witch God, they only dare to cause trouble in the small area of ​​Liu Family Village, which shows that they are not very strong."

Even if I can't handle it, I'm confident I can escape unscathed.

Surely there can't be an enemy whose strength rivals that of someone at the Muscle Refining or even Bone Refining realm?

Chen Zhuo analyzed.

“That makes sense.” Zhou Qing nodded, then asked, “What if there really is an enemy at the tendon refining or even bone refining level?”

"Better safe than sorry, but if everyone thought like you, we would be far from having enough manpower."

As I said before, I can handle the surveillance myself; you don't need to come along.

Chen Zhuo felt that Zhou Qing was being overly cautious.

However, it is also related to Zhou Qing's recent joining of the Demon Suppression Division.

If we exaggerate the difficulty of a mission based on mere speculation, wouldn't such a mission require sending experts like demon slayers and demon subduers?
"I hope I'm just overthinking it," Zhou Qing sighed softly.

Out of caution, he had tiger eagles patrol the skies.

Crimson Flame lurked in the woods at the village entrance.

Meanwhile, four two-winged golden silkworms were sent to monitor Chen Zhuo, Fu Zongchang, Fu Zongming, and the village chief.

In this potentially dangerous environment, he distrusts everyone around him equally.

Currently, Chen Zhuo seems to be the only one with a simple mind, but this may not be just an appearance.

He wouldn't make hasty conclusions about someone based on just a few days of getting to know them.

Chen Zhuo frowned slightly: "If I complete this mission well, I can exchange my accumulated merit points for a large potion needed for the Yi Jin Jing. When I'm about to break through to the next level, I will apply to Lord Yao to have you temporarily relieved of missions."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Zhou Qing didn't care at all about what Chen Zhuo said; who wouldn't want to lie down and relax?

Chen Zhuo fell silent. Zhou Qing either genuinely couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or simply didn't care.

Under the old locust tree, neither of them spoke again.

After a short wait, the lights in the village chief's main house suddenly went out.

"There's movement." Chen Zhuo's eyes lit up.

However, not long after, the sound of snoring came from the main room.

"Uh..." Chen Zhuo looked embarrassed and subconsciously glanced at Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing remained expressionless, his eyes fixed on his nose, seemingly lost in thought.

Behind Chen Zhuo's back, a thumb-sized, two-winged golden silkworm Gu landed in Zhou Qing's palm.

Zhou Qing lowered his head, his face slightly somber.

Fu Zongchang and Fu Zongming, those two brothers really hid things very well! A scheme within a scheme!
They pretended to have internal strife and left the village to trick the traitor into showing himself.

No one could have imagined that the mole was actually themselves!
'You have your brilliant strategies, I have my hundred poisons to listen to.' Zhou Qing sneered inwardly, thankfully he had been cautious.

This is truly a case of "searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly."

Lin Tianzheng was actually hiding in Huanglong Mountain to recuperate from his injuries.

'Today happens to be the night of the full moon on the fifteenth of the lunar month,' Zhou Qing looked up at the sky.

From this perspective, Lin Qiu was indeed telling the truth.

Lin Tianzheng's Corpse Worm Gu King does indeed leave his body on the night of the full moon to absorb the power of the moon.

However, Lin Tian was able to kill Feng Yixue, the county chief constable who had reached the peak of Bone Refinement and was at the half-step Blood Exchange Realm. Even though he was injured now and the Corpse Worm Gu King had left his body, his strength was further weakened.

However, to deal with him and the Corpse Worm King, it would be safer to have someone at the Bone Refining Realm take action.

Only by reaching at least the level of tendon strengthening can one have the ability to protect oneself.

Although Zhou Qing coveted Lin Tianzheng's secrets and Gu Master inheritance, he valued his life even more.

"The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish. It's a pity I don't know how to fish; I only know a little bit of basic net-weaving skills." Zhou Qing fell into deep thought.

"Go back and inform the Fu brothers first. I'll continue to keep watch here."

After a moment of silence, Chen Zhuo spoke first.

“Alright.” Zhou Qing nodded, and with the aid of the Divine Speed ​​Step, his figure disappeared into the darkness like a ghost.

"Hmm?" Chen Zhuo's gaze sharpened. He hadn't expected Zhou Qing, who specialized in palm techniques, to have such remarkable movement skills, unlike his seemingly ordinary appearance.

"That's just being overly cautious."

Chen Zhuo shook his head inwardly. Apart from that, Zhou Qing's temperament was quite to his liking.

Nothing happened all night.

Chen Zhuo waited until late at night until the Fu brothers came to take over monitoring the villagers before leaving the village and going to rest in the loquat grove not far from the village entrance.

When he entered the woods, Zhou Qing was sitting cross-legged, his palms facing the sky.

Meanwhile, the Fu brothers were talking quietly under the old locust tree in front of the village chief's house.

"They're quite cautious; they didn't go straight up the mountain."

Fu Zongming listened to the snoring coming from the main room and sneered.

“He’s not being cautious, he’s afraid of dying. On the night of the full moon, the old man’s control over the Corpse Worm King is greatly reduced. If he goes up the mountain now, the Corpse Worm King will not let go of this fresh blood meal.”

Fu Zongchang said calmly.

"Brother, what do we do now? After tonight, it will be difficult to test the old man's strength." Fu Zongming frowned.

"That's easy. Just leave a secret signal for the village chief and tell him to go up the mountain tomorrow night."

We'll help the old guy take out Chen Zhuo and Zhou Qing first, and then report to our superiors that they were attacked by cultists.

Ask the higher-ups to send over a few more demon-suppressing envoys. Or, just lure Yao Xuewei over here.

We told them this was blood food prepared for the Corpse Worm King. We acted first and informed him later. The old man dared not show any fear and had no choice but to fight.

"When the snipe and the clam fight, we, the fisherman, can reap the benefits," Fu Zongchang said in a deep voice.

“That’s true. Zhou Qing is a disciple of the Poison Demon, and Yao Xuewei won’t stand idly by. But…” Fu Zongming hesitated.

"Isn't this too risky? One wrong step and we're finished."

"Fortune favors the bold! Otherwise, are we going to be that old man's dog for the rest of our lives?! We're working for that old man, and it's only a matter of time before we're exposed." Fu Zongchang's face hardened.

"Let's do it!" Fu Zongming gritted his teeth and no longer hesitated.

(End of this chapter)