All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 86 Barbarian Siblings, Copper-Skinned Gu Appears!
"Deal." Seeing that the bidding was getting slower and slower, Zhou Qing didn't wait any longer and readily handed over the snakeskin in exchange for three hundred taels of silver.

After putting away the banknotes, he left the street and walked deeper into the area.

He used two of the ten snakeskins to make inner armor, auctioned one, and gave one to Wei Sheng. He sold four today, leaving only two.

Speaking of which, this black-scaled giant python is really valuable.

So far, he has never encountered a beast or spirit more valuable than this.

'Are there really people who aren't afraid of death?'

Zhou Qing entered another street and discovered that two people were following him.

But he didn't care.

The Gu worms haven't had any meat in a long time.

When Zhou Qing walked to the innermost street of the village, his gaze suddenly sharpened.

The roadside stalls had been moved into the wooden hut. Inside the simple hut was a tall iron cage, not containing strange beasts or monsters, but people.

These people included both men and women. The men were either tall and muscular or slender and handsome.

The women were either beautiful or had hot figures. Their clothing and attire were mostly exotic, and there were even young girls with blonde hair and blue eyes, priced as high as eight hundred taels.

"Barbarians?"

Zhou Qing frowned slightly.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped, and with a quick movement, turned into the alley next to him.

He took a pink silkworm cocoon out of the leather bag.

Erqing, which had remained unresponsive since its evolution, suddenly showed unusual activity just now.

"Puff puff." Erqing's voice came through the silkworm cocoon.

"You mean, among those people just now, someone was carrying a Gu worm?!" Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

Among the Five Streams Barbarian tribes, there is indeed a group that raises poisonous insects and exotic beasts; could it be that one of them is among them?

Zhou Qing immediately returned to the street and checked each shop one by one.

When he walked to the innermost shop, Erqing reacted.

【here. 】

Zhou Qing stopped and saw a boy and a girl locked in the iron cage in front of him. They both looked to be eleven or twelve years old.

The two slumped in the cage, their bodies filthy and emaciated.

If it weren't for the occasional twitch of his eyes on his numb face, he would look almost like a dead person.

The two were not bad-looking, but each had a dark mark on their cheek that looked like an irregular black flame, making them appear quite ferocious at first glance.

"Would you like to buy slaves, esteemed guest? The Five Streams Barbarians have the best goods!" The shopkeeper wasn't wearing a mask; he was a shrewd-looking fat man.

"So ugly? You call this a good product?!" Zhou Qing looked at the price tag of two hundred taels on the cage with disgust.

Upon hearing Zhou Qing's words, a hint of anger flashed in the eyes of the boy in the cage.

"Honorable guest, please don't misunderstand. The two together are two hundred taels, not just two hundred taels each." The fat man said with a smile.

"That's expensive. These two look so skinny, are they sick and about to die?" After Erqing confirmed it, Zhou Qing was no longer in a hurry.

"Are you deliberately picking a fight?!" The smile on the fat man's face faded considerably.

"This is a descendant of the barbarian race! Once he comes of age, his brute strength will be comparable to that of a martial artist who has broken through the barrier."

“You’re not even an adult yet,” Zhou Qing retorted.

"Just tell me if you want it or not?" The fat man's face darkened.

"One hundred and fifty taels, that's the most I can give," Zhou Qing said calmly.

"Deal!" The fat man smiled again, as if changing his expression like a face in a Sichuan opera.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Qing's lips twitched, and he took out a hundred-tael silver note and a fifty-tael silver ingot.

"You have a discerning eye, esteemed guest. I guarantee you won't lose money on this deal." The fat man's smile grew even more enthusiastic.

He then summoned two martial artists to open the cage, bind the boy and girl's hands and upper bodies, and then handed the ropes to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing took the rope and led the two out of the shop.

The two initially struggled, but faced with Zhou Qing's absolute power, they had no choice but to follow him.

"As expected of the barbarian race, they are really strong."

Zhou Qing was deeply moved. These two children probably hadn't had a proper meal in a long time, yet they still had so much strength.

Zhou Qing led the two out of the black market and away from the desolate mountains. When they passed a loquat grove, he stopped and looked at the two men in black hanging not far behind him.

"Something's not right. This idea feels a bit tricky."

"go!"

Upon seeing this, the two men in black paused for a moment and then turned and left.

Zhou Qing was taken aback. Had he been too calm?

I still lack experience.

After waiting a while longer and seeing that no one was following him, he had no choice but to leave the woods.

Zhou Qing led the two into the Jiulian Mountains.

"Clang~"

The long sword was drawn, and with a flash of light, the ropes binding the two men snapped and they fell to the ground.

In front of the two of them, he took out the flatbread and water bag from the leather bag.

At this moment, the boy opposite him changed his expression.

Zhou Qing threw the food and water over.

The two were taken aback for a moment, then picked up the flatbread and water bag and began to wolf it down.

Zhou Qing decided to try diplomacy first, since live Gu worms were far more valuable than dead ones.

Lin Qiu killed his Green Silk Gu with a single palm strike before he died, which was a terrible waste.

These two children, at such a young age, already possess Gu worms; they must have an extraordinary background and may even know information about Gu masters.

If it were possible to negotiate, Zhou Qing wouldn't mind letting them off the hook.

After all, he wasn't a bloodthirsty person.

After the two finished eating their flatbread and drinking their water, the girl on the left spoke first.

"What does Your Excellency desire?"

Her accent was strange, and she spoke haltingly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

Since the barbarians have their own language, the fact that the girl speaks the language of the Great Jin Dynasty further demonstrates her extraordinary origins.

"It's reasonable to repay your life-saving grace with the Gu worms on your bodies, isn't it?" Zhou Qing said with a smile.

"What did you say?" The girl was taken aback.

"What... Gu worm?" The boy asked, his face full of confusion.

"I don't want to use violence, you'd better not force me! Are your lives less valuable than mere Gu worms?"

Zhou Qing's voice turned cold as he raised his right hand, and a large centipede, more than three feet long, crawled out of his sleeve.

"Golden-backed centipede?! A mutation?" the boy exclaimed.

"Hand over the Gu worms and I'll let you go!"

Crimson Flame swooped down, its enormous maw opening and closing repeatedly.

The boy's face changed drastically, and his entire body suddenly turned yellow.

clang!
Chi Yan was sent flying by the boy's punch, making a sound like metal clashing.

"Hi~!"

Having been repelled, Crimson Flame became even more ferocious and was about to attack again.

Zhou Qing was faster; his figure moved like a ghost as he swiftly approached the boy, striking him in the chest with a palm.

boom!
With a muffled thud, the boy collapsed to the ground and did not get up.

"It's pretty hard." Zhou Qing didn't continue his attack. He felt as if his palm had hit a lump of iron.

"Stop!" After realizing the difference in strength between the two sides, the girl took the initiative to back down.

She stretched out her right hand, and in her palm appeared a flat, wide, oval-shaped insect that resembled a stink bug.

The insect was orange-yellow all over, radiating a metallic luster like brass.

"Here you go, the copper-skinned Gu."

P.S.: The upstairs apartment has been under renovation for three days, and I haven't been able to sleep at all while staying in a hotel. My sleep schedule is completely messed up, and I feel like I'm about to explode.

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