From the Valkyrie to the Endless

The skinny monkey rolled more than two feet away, and the sound of his broken ribs could be clearly heard.

Before he could swallow the blood rising in his throat, Shen Qing stuffed a specially made chili powder pill into his throat.

After repeating what he said before, Shen Qing sheathed his sword and said calmly:

"Tell everyone to cease fighting, bring all your men, and follow me."

Human hearts are uncontrollable, and mountain bandits are even more indecisive and cannot be trusted. It is more convenient to keep the bandit leader and use him. Scarface is the best example.

The old man stroked his skinny chest, coughing constantly, gasping for breath, and looked horrified. It was obvious that he was also frightened by the horrific reputation of the Heart-Eating Gu.

Shen Qing was not interested in his current mood, and took Zhao Yu to turn the bandit's lair upside down.

This time the harvest was much greater, nearly two hundred taels of gold and silver, as well as some very old medicinal herbs that were even more valuable.

During the search, they also found several women who were abducted to the mountain and were taken down the mountain by Shen Qing.

In addition to these external objects, Shen Qing now has more than 30 bandits under her command, enough for her to take on more powerful targets.

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Overnight, Shen Qing visited five thieves' dens and seized more than 2,000 taels of gold and silver and nearly 100 old medicinal herbs from previous years. This was a windfall.

She has nearly two hundred bandits under her command, and the strongest one has reached the sixth level of the acquired realm.

At dawn, Shen Qing finally stopped.

After daybreak, it would be difficult to move as smoothly as at night, and besides, she had run out of chili dough.

After counting all the spoils, Shen Qing and Zhao Yu each had a large package behind them, without a single penny left.

After a night of fierce fighting, the bandits were already exhausted and drowsy, lying all over the ground.

Shen Qing and Zhao Yu stopped making any noise, left quietly, and disappeared into the morning mist in the mountains.

"Not going back to Changling City?"

Looking at Shen Qing's route, Zhao Yu asked in confusion.

"Won't come back."

Shen Qing shook his head and said decisively: "Change the route directly and find an opportunity to leave Qianzhou."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 19 Situation

After realizing something was wrong when he just left the city, Shen Qing gave up the idea of ​​returning to the city.

If something unexpected happened, once Song Ruilin sealed off the city, forcibly conscripted warriors into the army, or directly started to attack the warriors, she would be trapped.

The current situation in Qianzhou is very unclear. If the war really breaks out, it will be easy to be affected.

Once the Great Xia court takes action, it will surely have a million troops on the border, with all the elite troops and powerful generals, and the outcome of the battle will be decided in one fell swoop.

Under the meat grinder of a million-level battlefield, even a Grandmaster would be in danger of death, let alone her who is only at the fourth level of the acquired realm.

Moreover, Qianzhou is adjacent to the border, and further north are the countries in the Northern Territory.

The relationship between Daxia and the countries in the Northern Territory is not harmonious. Just fourteen years ago, a shocking war took place there.

Later, the war was stopped because the Demon Slayer appeared in the world.

If we stay in Qianzhou any longer, we will easily get stuck in the quagmire and sink deeper and deeper.

Shen Qing didn't take those gathered bandits seriously. The chili dough could only scare acquired martial artists, but not innate martial artists.

Moreover, a bunch of bandits are not trustworthy at all. It is not surprising that they will stab you in the back. No matter how many chances they are given, they will never be able to achieve anything.

Even if he gathered tens of thousands of bandits and occupied the mountain as king, they would still be a mob and would never be able to defeat the three thousand armored troops in Changling City. They would be completely defeated as soon as they met on the battlefield.

At the same time, what made Shen Qing most alert were the many tragedies caused by the war.

The descendants of gods hide very deeply and may not awaken easily until death.

But under extreme painful stimulation, there is a certain possibility of awakening, and war undoubtedly greatly increases this probability.

If a few more figures like the Demon Slayer appear in Qianzhou, the world will be in real chaos.

As far as Shen Qing knew, among the descendants of gods that appeared in later generations, some of the most powerful ones had strength that could reach an unfathomable level. They could even enter the universe and absorb the power of the sun and stars to cleanse their bodies.

This kind of power has exceeded the limits of living beings and is enough to destroy the world.

These many reasons have forced Shen Qing to leave Qianzhou as soon as possible.

If the imperial court took action against Qianzhou, she would be able to see the situation more clearly as she was outside the matter.

"Where are you going after leaving Qianzhou?"

There was a hint of excitement in Zhao Yu's eyes. She had long been bored of staying here, and it would be the same wherever she went.

"Let's go to a remote and desolate place first, and then I'll take you to the imperial capital to see what the emperor looks like!"

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At noon.

Several bandit leaders who had assembled temporarily gathered together, discussed privately for a while, and then knocked on Shen Qing's door.

They wanted to know what this strange woman, who seemed like a divine soldier sent from heaven, was going to do next.

Tuk...Tuk Tuk...

After knocking on the door and waiting for a long time, there was no response. The bandit leaders looked at each other, and finally Scarface gritted his teeth and pushed open the door.

The room was empty and spotless, and there was not a drop of oil left in the oil lamp on the table.

"She's... gone?"

"We've been waiting for a whole night, and now she just walked away. What should we do with the heart-eating poison in our bodies?!"

"Are you leaving me to fend for myself?!"

The bandit leaders all looked terrified, and for a moment they were at a loss and extremely anxious.

No one can remain calm when there is a poisonous insect buried in the body that may take one's life at any time.

"Oh no!"

Suddenly there was a cry of surprise from afar, and a bandit stumbled up to the bandit leaders, looking panicked:

"Song Ruilin went into the mountains to suppress the bandits. He only brought a thousand armored soldiers with him. He killed everyone he saw along the way! Xuelong Village has been chosen!"

The faces of several bandit leaders changed drastically. Xuelong Village was already the largest bandit gang nearby, with more than one innate masters. It was obvious that Song Ruilin was serious this time.

"Where is Zhao Xuelong?" Scarface asked hurriedly.

Zhao Xuelong, the leader of Xuelong Village, is an invincible master who has achieved great innate power. He has been rampant in the surrounding area for more than ten years and is very famous.

"Zhao Xuelong fought with Song Ruilin for only three rounds before he was severely injured and surrendered!"

Hearing this, the bandit leaders felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

With just three moves, Song Ruilin was severely injured. He must have entered the realm of innate perfection.

"Song Ruilin is training his troops in the name of suppressing bandits. I have never considered this before."

After a long silence, Scarface spoke first: "The only way to save your life now is to surrender..."

"I'm just worried that Song Ruilin will look down on us. I don't know when this heart-eating poison will break out..."

"Since it is a military training, there must be bloodshed. I don't think it will end well."

Several bandit leaders had lost hope and looked as pale as death.

"If it was before, we were just a bunch of scattered sand and Song Ruilin would not be in our eyes, but now we have at least 200 people!"

Scarface spoke in a deep voice, with determination in his eyes:

"The war is about to start, and Song Ruilin must be short of soldiers and major generals. I think he will not refuse. I will go to meet Song Ruilin alone to show our sincerity."

Now, we can only risk our lives to survive.

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On the deserted road in the mountains, a carriage moved slowly forward.

Inside the carriage, Zhao Yu was counting his luggage.

"eighteen……"

Zhao Yu frowned as she looked at the elegant handwriting on a book. There were five words in total, three of which she didn't recognize.

Shen Qing, who was standing by, tilted his head and looked at the cover of "Eighteen Styles of Tiger-Slaying", and suddenly reacted.

All along, she had overlooked a rather important issue.

In order to save trouble, Zhao Yu's current practice is guided by Shen Qing. He practices in his body according to Shen Qing's internal force guidance.

Now that she has reached the second level of acquired cultivation, she doesn't even know the name of the technique she is practicing, let alone memorizing the Heart Sutra of the technique.

Zhao Yu had never been to a private school, so naturally he could not read. The few words he could recognize were only learned occasionally over the years.

This won't work. If you are illiterate, how can you be the ruler of the world? Even if you conquer the world, you won't be able to keep it.

"From today on, I will enlighten you and teach you how to read."

Shen Qing looked serious and quickly realized the seriousness of the problem.

Zhao Yu nodded repeatedly, very happy. Old Zhao had told her about this a long time ago.

Only by reading and writing can you succeed.

Although Zhao Yu didn't have much talent, Shen Qing himself wasn't much stronger either.

In her previous life, she hadn't even graduated from elementary school before she was hospitalized. All her thinking logic came from books.

After my first time traveling through time, I did have some memories of college, but they were not complete. The most profound memories were about the online romance and some basic common sense. I had almost forgotten everything else.