The Imperial Guards, like Yama, slaughtered until the Empress cried out for help.

Outside the Xicheng Baihu Office is the famous Osmanthus Lane in Luoshui City, which is also one of the most famous food streets in Luoshui City.

On the street, Bai's Congee Shop has been the busiest shop in Guihua Lane in recent days.

The shopkeeper was none other than Bai Li, the leader of the helm. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and began humming a little tune as he tidied up the shop.

Just then, a man walked over and said, "Shopkeeper, give me another bowl of lean meat porridge, with plenty of meat."

"Sorry, we're closed. Something came up at home. Please come back tomorrow," Bai Li said with a smile. But when he looked up, he was stunned, because the person who had come to ask him the question was none other than the scholar.

Bai Li suddenly became suspicious and uncertain. Could it be that he had been exposed? But that didn't make sense. If he had been exposed, why did he come alone? Shouldn't he have brought a whole carriage of people to arrest him?

Bai Li asked, "Sir, didn't you just buy a bowl? Why are you here again? Did you spill the previous bowl?"

Bai Li began to test the scholar.

"No, I brought the porridge to my family. They said it tasted good and wanted to eat more, so they came here in person."

The scholar then hooked his arm around Bai Li's shoulder: "Shopkeeper, this is your chance, you must seize it and put in plenty of meat."

Bai Li turned to look in the direction the scholar was pointing, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Shen Qing was sitting in a chair, smiling and waving at him.

Bai Li reacted quickly, hurriedly cupping his hands in greeting to avoid making eye contact with Shen Qing.

He then turned to the scholar and smiled, "Alright, gentlemen, please wait a moment, we'll be right there."

After saying that, Bai Li went into the kitchen, opened a large pot and ladled out a bowl of lean meat porridge. Then he took out a purse from his pocket and his eyes turned fierce.

"Shen Qing? Nothing special. He ate a whole bowl of porridge and didn't find any poison. Looks like he's all talk and no action!"

"You dare come here to drink my porridge? I'll poison you!"

As she spoke, Bai Li poured the medicine powder into the porridge.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Li changed his expression and smiled as he placed the porridge in front of Shen Qing: "Sir, you've been waiting for a long time."

Shen Qing nodded, added some chili peppers to the porridge, stirred it casually, then picked up the porridge and gulped it down in a burst of air!

In just a few moments, Shen Qing slammed the bowl on the table: "It tastes good, boss, another bowl, please."

Bai Li paused for a moment, then walked back to the kitchen in a daze.

Back in the kitchen, Bai Li immediately covered her head: "Something's not right, nine out of ten things are wrong!"

"Was the dosage insufficient? Let's try again!"

Bai Li poured out another bowl of porridge and added even more poison to it.

However, the situation remained unchanged; Shen Qing picked it up and inhaled it rapidly.

"It tastes great, boss, another bowl, please!"

When Bai Li returned to the kitchen, something was already amiss.

"Could it be that Shen Qing is a body-cultivating student? Has a better physique?"

For the third bowl, Bai Li added even more poison, but Shen Qing remained unaffected.

By the fourth bowl, Bai Li's hand, which was adding poison, had begun to tremble slightly.

By the fifth bowl, Bai Li's forehead was already sweating.

By the sixth bowl, it could no longer be called porridge mixed with poison; it could be called porridge mixed with a small amount of lean meat.

But Shen Qing remained unfazed, gulping down the food in a whirlwind before slamming the bowl down: "Shopkeeper, another bowl, please!"

Back in the kitchen, Bai Li was completely devastated. She collapsed to the ground and pulled out the poison from her pocket.

"That can't be! Could it be that the White Dragon Cult is selling fake medicine?"

Bai Li trembled as she touched the poison with her finger and put a little into her mouth.

Not long after, Bai Li circulated his true energy, and a sharp pain came directly from his dantian.

This medicine is real!

That proves one thing: Shen Qing really isn't even afraid of poison!

Is he even human anymore?

Just then, Shen Qing's voice came from above Bai Li's head.

"Is this the poison you gave me?"

Bai Li trembled as she raised her head, and what came into view was Shen Qing's harmless face.

Shen Qing had somehow appeared behind Bai Li like a ghost.

Bai Li's hand holding the poison began to tremble violently: "This...no...is not..."

Shen Qing snorted: "I don't care what you have, just give it to me."

Shen Qing reached out and snatched the poison from Bai Li's hand. Then, to Bai Li's horror, Shen Qing tilted his head back and poured the entire packet of poison into his mouth.

Shen Qing smacked her lips and said, "It really has no taste at all, just like plain water. It's actually better mixed with lean meat porridge."

Bai Li's body began to tremble. He had only dipped his finger in it and eaten a little bit, and it was already incredibly painful. Yet Shen Qing had eaten it like a candy pill.

Well, that analogy isn't quite right either.

Taking too many sugar pills can indeed cause diabetes.

However, after Shen Qing consumed this poison, it did him no harm whatsoever; it only brought him benefits.

Suddenly, a fierce aura erupted, and Shen Qing's aura fluctuated violently.

His cultivation level actually broke through to the second level of the Grandmaster realm.

It should be noted that Shen Qing has only just broken through to the Grandmaster realm, and the Qi Sea of ​​a Grandmaster is already incredibly vast. The amount of precious medicine needed to break through to the next level is enormous.

But now, a packet of poison has actually enabled Shen Qing to break through a realm, which shows how valuable this packet of poison is. If it were placed in the Zhenfu Division's Hall of Merit, it would probably be worth nearly two thousand merit points.

Shen Qing grabbed Bai Li by the collar: "Hey! Do you still have any of this medicine?! Get it to me right now!"

At this moment, Shen Qing was no different from a ghost in Bai Li's eyes. It was one thing that he was fine after taking poison, but what was the big deal about him breaking through his cultivation level?

Bai Li's voice trembled: "It's gone, it's gone. This is what I got from the White Dragon Sect after giving up everything I had..."

Shen Qing pursed her lips. What kind of succubus was she?

In just one day, two men lost everything for Shen Qing.

First, Qin Chuan spent 5,000 contribution points to change Shen Qing's sword technique, and then Bai Li spent all his wealth to change Shen Qing's poison.

Has connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles? The ideal woman, right?

"White Dragon Cult, interesting. Tell me, what are your plans this time?"

"No...no plan, I just wanted to poison you."

Shen Qing smiled: "What? Don't you know anything about me, Shen Qing, within your White Dragon Sect? Don't you know what kind of torture those who fall into my hands suffer?"

As he spoke, Shen Qing grabbed Bai Li's arm with one hand, and a series of crisp cracking sounds rang out. Bai Li's mouth opened wide, and his expression was extremely painful, but he couldn't make a sound because Shen Qing directly sealed Bai Li's throat with his true energy.

A few breaths later, he patted Shen Qing's arm with his only remaining hand.

"I give up, I give up, I'll tell you everything, I'll tell you everything!"

...

After a short while, Bai Li collapsed to the ground, his body covered in sores, and his plan was laid bare.

Bai Li raised his head, wanting to beg for mercy, but Shen Qing was too lazy to talk to him. He raised his finger, and a domineering true energy surged into Bai Li's chest. With a snap, Bai Li exploded into pieces.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes. The White Dragon Sect wanted to devour the Imperial Guards of Luoshui City in one fell swoop. What a huge appetite they had.

Their first move was surprisingly made at the West City Hundred Household Office, which is quite interesting.

Shen Qing took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands and walked out of the porridge shop: "Scholar, take the brothers from the Hundred Households Office and go directly to the Zhenfu Division to find Qin Chuan, tell him the situation, and make preparations."

"And what about you, boss?"

Shen Qing smiled.

"Since we've prepared for so long, we can't let them down."

Time passed, and night fell.

The city of Luoshui is exceptionally lively at night, bustling with people and incredibly noisy, though undercurrents are swirling beneath the surface.

Outside the West City Hundred Household Office, three members of the White Dragon Cult at the peak of the Innate Realm appeared.

The man with the sword glanced around and asked, "Is the centurion's office a little quiet today?"

The man who had been shot chuckled. "Isn't it normal for the police station to be quiet? Do you think it's a market? Let's go in and take a look. According to the information from Chief Bai, Shen Qing has already taken the poison. Let's go in and check it out."

Bai Li conveyed the message to the followers after the scholar bought the lean meat porridge for the first time.

The group exchanged glances, nodded, and lightly leaped into the centurion's quarters.

The man wielding the sword looked grave: "Something's really not right today. The Hundred Household Office is too quiet. Let's go further in. If things don't look right, we'll retreat. Our lives are at stake."

The man with the gun scoffed, "Coward! Is Shen Qing some kind of ghost? Could he have known we were coming and evacuated the Imperial Guards? According to Chief Bai's information, Shen Qing should be wishing he were dead right now."

"If you're too scared to walk, just follow behind me."

After saying that, the man strode forward, and the other two exchanged a glance and followed.

However, not long after they left, in a dark place they had passed through, a pair of eyes slowly opened.

"Ghosts? Are they scary?"

I am Shen Qing.

They're coming to find you!