I was chased at the beginning, and I got the first quick sword

Chapter 581 No Name on the List!

The overall framework of Chu Qing's [Heavenly Ultimate Formless Divine Power] can be traced back to the Three-Part Returning Origin Qi.

He defined his own cultivation system using the Three-Part Returning to Origin Qi, and defined the Yin and Yang Qi and the Wind and Cloud Qi as the Three-Part Returning to Origin.

Using this framework, one can harness all one's inner strength, and there is nothing that cannot be obeyed or relied upon!
Therefore, the Three-Part Divine Finger, which extends from the Three-Part Returning to Origin Qi, can be said to be the essence of Chu Qing's internal strength, with all its mysteries contained in this flick of the finger.

When the wind rises, light gathers, first taking the yin and yang energies as its root, then entwining with the wind and clouds.

In this way, other internal energies can attach to it, greatly increasing its power!
It's no exaggeration to say that, looking across the world, there are very few people who can withstand this one finger strike.

But the leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult happens to be one of these few people.

His "Elegy of Heaven and Earth" evolved into "Song of Funeral," and its power was unparalleled in the martial arts world.

The internal force generated by the two fingers collided in mid-air in an instant.

With a loud hum, a tremendous force suddenly spread through the air.

Fortunately, there was no one in mid-air, otherwise they would have been injured by this force.

Now, just over ten miles away, a bird returning to its nest was accidentally swept away by this force, its body instantly split in two and fell to the ground.

Chu Qing's Returning Origin Strike was thus locked in a stalemate with [Elegy of Heaven and Earth].

This is also why Chu Qing, after obtaining the One-Stop Method, possessed a fierce determination within his inner strength—a determination to forge ahead relentlessly, never turning back until he hits a wall, and even if he does, he will not turn back.

Otherwise, they might not be able to withstand it.

At the same time, the head manager's attack was still escalating, aiming to join forces with the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader to kill Chu Qing on the spot!

Now, both the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader and the Grand Manager are actually regretting their actions.

They finally understood what Chu Qing had done today.

Leaving aside the previous disguise and concealment, those were minor details that neither truly deceived the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader nor caused any real damage.

The two people who were truly deceived and attacked Chu Qing were Wenrou and Yu Jiang.

Ultimately... it's insignificant.

The key point is that, after the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader and the Head Manager showed up, Chu Qing's actions, in retrospect, truly made the Head Manager want to stamp his feet and beat his chest in frustration.

At that time, Chu Qing's use of the "Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Am Supreme" technique to strike Li Juechen with the Bone-Melting Palm was the most crucial of all.

This caused Li Juechen to suddenly unleash his power when dealing with Song Chengdao and Dongfang Jinghong, breaking many of his bones.

The Heavenly Evil Cult Leader and the head manager locked onto Chu Qing with their auras, intending to suppress him and prevent him from having any other thoughts.

Once Li Juechen kills Dongfang Jinghong and Song Chengdao, Chu Qing will face a combined attack from three top experts.

If things develop to this point, Chu Qing will likely die.

However, the Bone-Melting Palm technique caused Li Juechen to fail at the last second before he could succeed.

Chu Qing acted decisively, killing Li Juechen with a single move.

Completely disregarding the fact that he was still being locked onto by the auras of the head manager and the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader... At that time, the head manager thought that Chu Qing was obviously eager for quick success and instant benefits and was willing to risk his life.

As it turned out, he killed Li Juechen and then used the Maha Boundless move to frighten away the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader, rendering his swordsmanship ineffective.

By this point, Chu Qing's task was clear: to dismantle their alliance and then defeat them one by one.

The wicked leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult was so frightened by the Great Immeasurable One that he turned and ran away. Chu Qing pretended to chase after him, making the head manager think that he had an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, so he thought of taking Jiang Li away.

Once the head manager shifted his attention to Jiang Li, Chu Qing immediately turned back and seized the opportunity to capture the head manager.

Before the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader returned, Chu Qing did everything he could to beat up the head manager, partly to weaken him and partly to kill him outright.

If this matter is accomplished, then the future leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult will be no threat at all.

However, the head manager was no ordinary person, and after a series of exchanges, he was still unable to kill him.

But after recalling it this way, the head manager realized that all his advantages had vanished.

If Chu Qing had joined forces not only with the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader, but also with Li Juechen, he could still so effortlessly wield a knife with one hand and make a finger gesture with the other.

One against two, displaying incredible power?
In his regret, he also elevated Chu Qing's status to an unparalleled degree!

This young man, who is not even twenty years old yet, must be incredibly cunning to be able to secretly unleash a Bone-Melting Palm when Li Juechen was in a crushing defeat and on the verge of death.
How deep must one's cunning be?

His subsequent actions, his decisions, and his understanding of human nature were all exquisitely precise.

Every step was a stroke of genius!

That's absolutely terrifying!
Therefore, at this moment, the head manager disregarded everything else and shouted at the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader:
"Even if it costs us everything, we must kill this man today, otherwise... our plans will be impossible!"

The leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult paused for a moment, then immediately nodded.

His murderous intent was no less than that of the head manager, and he was naturally eager to join forces with Chu Qing to kill him.

The two then exerted their strength again, instantly creating ripples.

In the manager's opinion, no matter how much scheming Chu Qing still had, it was all meaningless at this moment.

Three people working together could guarantee a safe kill, but now there are only two left. Although it will be more difficult, it's not impossible to kill him by force...

But what use is any amount of scheming against such a master?
Just as he was thinking this, Chu Qing suddenly turned around and looked at Dongfang Jinghong... Wait, why is there another Dongfang Jinghong?!

The head manager's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Oh no! He had been so focused on Chu Qing's problem that he had forgotten that Li Juechen, that good-for-nothing, hadn't even managed to kill Dongfang Jinghong.

The big thing is bad!

As soon as this thought arose, Chu Qing shouted:
"Dongfang Jinghong, what are you waiting for?"
“Take action!!!”

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Jinghong didn't say much. He twirled the Jinghong sword in his hand, and in an instant, dark clouds gathered above his head.

As the thunder rolled, the dark clouds split in two, and a hundred-foot-long blade of light descended from the sky, carrying the power of thunder.

This move, [Azure Sky Overlord Blade], is truly Dongfang Jinghong's specialty. Moreover, despite his repeated defeats, it has not only failed to diminish his sharpness but has instead made him even more formidable!

As Dongfang Jinghong pressed down with both hands, a hundred-foot-long blade of light crashed down.

The head manager suddenly looked up, and couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow in his heart. This Chu Qing... is truly hateful!
The thought only crossed his mind briefly before he considered turning around and running away.

As the saying goes, "Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately."

Not only are he and the leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult not married, but if Chu Qing dies, they will fight each other to the death. It's not worth risking your life for a temporary partner!
But if he wanted to leave, how could Chu Qing agree?

With a quick shift of the Qiankun Great Shift and the Shifting of Flowers and Jade, the knife that had been trying to leave Chu Qing's fingers was instantly stuck fast.

The head manager was both shocked and furious.

The leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult was greatly surprised...

He truly hadn't expected the head manager to be so loyal. Although the [Azure Heaven Overlord Blade] wasn't a particularly remarkable martial art to him, being caught off guard and taken a direct hit like that was something even the leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult couldn't withstand.

If he doesn't die, it's because he's stubborn.

Unexpectedly, even though the knife was about to cleave his forehead, the head manager's face was contorted with rage, yet he stubbornly refused to leave.

What a man!
The leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult had never admired anyone before, but at this moment he genuinely admired this head manager.

While admiring him, we couldn't really let the head manager die like that.

After all, once the head manager dies, Chu Qing's pressure will be greatly reduced, and with a single move of the Maha Wuliang, he will have to follow in his footsteps.

Therefore, whether he admired the head shopkeeper for being a man of integrity or simply wanted to cooperate with him to kill Chu Qing, the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader made a move in mid-air, striking the blade's edge with a palm.

This palm strike was no ordinary technique; it was called "One Thought God and Demon."

One thought can make you a god, another a demon.

Gods and demons can transform in a single thought, and so can the changes in palm techniques.

However, whether it was a god or a demon, the power of this palm strike did not diminish in the slightest.

It is an unparalleled divine palm technique created by incorporating the "Scripture of Good People" and the "Record of Evil People".

With a muffled boom, the hundred-foot-long blade of light was shattered into pieces by this palm strike just before it was about to kill the head shopkeeper.

Dongfang Jinghong was also hit by the backlash of the palm strike and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, flying backward.

He almost lost his grip on the Jinghong Blade.

However, when the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader struck out with his palm, the internal energy of [Elegy of Heaven and Earth] was greatly reduced. Chu Qing took advantage of this and drew in the head shopkeeper's sword intent, using the technique of Shifting Flowers and Jade to transfer it into the Three-Point Divine Finger.

In an instant, his internal strength increased greatly.

As the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader watched Chu Qing's finger strike relentlessly, he barely managed to respond when he heard the blade's chanting as it pierced through his face.

Chi Chi Chi!
How could they possibly cope with such a sudden situation?

The sharp blade light rolled down his arm, leaving several bloody marks on his arm and shoulder in an instant. It was a testament to his strong bones that his arm wasn't cleaved into a tassel.

The Heavenly Evil Cult Leader's defenses were breached by this attack, and he was sent flying backward.

While he was in mid-air, the blood scattered across the sky chased him back into his flesh and blood, and his mind was in complete chaos.

Chu Qing's finger strength is unparalleled, which is one thing, but why does his finger strength not only contain invisible sword energy, but also this terrifying knife intent?
Moreover, this sword intent clearly belongs to the head manager...

Did those two bastards team up?
So when the [Heavenly Overlord Blade] fell just now, the head shopkeeper neither dodged nor avoided it, not because of chivalry, nor because he wanted to force Chu Qing to his death.

Instead, they wanted to lure him into making a move... so that he would expose a weakness and be killed by Chu Qing in one fell swoop?

The thought flashed through my mind in an instant. Although I knew it might not be as I thought, I couldn't completely ignore it.

A moment of hesitation inevitably arose in my mind.

In that instant, Chu Qing, holding the head steward's blade, suddenly stepped back and pulled the blade forward.

The head manager wanted to escape, but the blade was locked by Chu Qing's internal force. Now he had no choice but to follow Chu Qing's rhythm and move forward. After taking a step, his chest suddenly trembled violently.

Chu Qing slammed into him with his shoulder, and a cracking sound was heard from his bones and muscles. Chu Qing's arm followed the blade up to his shoulder.

Click, click, click!

With eight consecutive moves—"Playing the zither and the se," "Criticizing the weak and attacking the weak," "Catching the wind and grasping the shadows," and "Holding onto the remnants and guarding the deficiencies"—Chu Qing's hands were covered with true energy that resembled dragon claws, which continuously pierced through the head shopkeeper's muscles and bones, and the sound of bones breaking rose and fell.

At the joints, they were all crushed by him.

The head manager couldn't help but let out a scream, and the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader also seemed to wake up from a dream.

He immediately plunged down, unleashing a strike of [One Thought God and Demon] at Chu Qing.

With a sudden reach of his other hand, the head shopkeeper was involuntarily taken away by the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader.

Chu Qing unleashed a palm strike, only then realizing the power of the [One Thought God and Demon]'s attack.

This palm strike not only changes between feints and real attacks, but also switches between two completely different styles.

Suddenly, it was like a gentle breeze and drizzle, continuous and endless.

Suddenly, it was like a violent storm, raging endlessly.

The difference between the two can be made in an instant, and different responses are needed to receive the attack... But the problem is, no one knows whether the force received in the next moment will be a gentle breeze or a torrential downpour.
Chu Qing simply snorted and unleashed a palm strike with all his might.

Then, three loud booming sounds rang out in mid-air.

The immense force caused everyone in the Forgetful Manor to lose their footing. Even the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader and the head steward he was holding were instantly blown more than ten feet away.

Chu Qing also staggered slightly.

Then the voice of the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader came:
"What you have done for me today, I will surely repay in the future!!"
"Chu Qing, we'll meet again!"

Chu Qing was taken aback:
"No, you're going to run away again!?"

The leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult completely ignored him... In order to escape, he even turned around, his body enveloped in true energy like a dragon, and in the blink of an eye, he was dozens of miles away.

Today's battle was a stroke of luck; being able to snatch the heavily injured head manager from Chu Qing's hands was already a stroke of good fortune.

However, this also gave the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader hope of victory.

If they can rescue the head manager, the two of them can plan carefully next time and join forces to fight against Chu Qing. Without Dongfang Jinghong's interference, Chu Qing will most likely be unable to defeat them.

Once Chu Qing is killed, everything will be much easier.

Chu Qing watched as the two disappeared in the blink of an eye, and instinctively wanted to chase after them.

But looking back at the Forgetful Manor... it seemed as if three blood-red treasure chests were beckoning to him.

"That's fine..."

Although we failed to kill the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader today, we did cripple the head manager.

The next time we meet, I'll have four more crimson treasure chests to bless me.

Even if these two join forces, they are no match for me... When that time comes, it will be their death!
With this thought in mind, he turned around and looked towards the Forget-Love Manor.

He then raised his index and middle fingers together, and with a whooshing sound, a long sword that someone had left on the ground suddenly flew out, weaving through the crowd and splattering blood.

At the same time, Chu Qing's task list progress skyrocketed... and in just a short while, it had reached its peak.

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(End of this chapter)