r18novel Chapter 180: Soul-filled Land
Chapter 180: Soul-filled Land
About half an incense stick of time later, Yang Qing and a figure quietly escaped from the other end of the dense forest.
When he came out, Yang Qing was holding a storage bag in his hand and tossing it up and down for fun. In the storage bag were other herbs besides the Qi Ling grass.
There are about seventeen or eighteen kinds of species in it. Although each one is far less valuable than the Qi Ling Grass, they still have considerable value if taken outside.
Shen Tong knew very well that in order to get people to work for him, besides making promises, he also had to give them some tangible benefits, some sweetness that they could taste immediately. Otherwise, how could he get people to work for him wholeheartedly?
And the one following behind Yang Qing was naturally Shen Chan.
The girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, about the same age as Yang Qingnian.
At this moment, she had taken off her Miao costume, and was no longer wearing a black robe or black veil. She was now wearing a tight-fitting suit commonly worn by Chu people, which added a bit of heroic spirit to her petite and cute face.
Afterwards, Yang Qing used his magical power to see through walls and stayed far behind Huang's Trading Company at a distance of three or four miles.
Let them open the way, and walk solely on the path they have already walked.
During this period, Yang Qing also discovered a detail. At this moment, there were still two figures shrouded in black robes and black gauze in the caravan.
Yang Qing used his ability to see through walls to take a closer look and discovered that one of them was actually sculpted by Shen Tong using clay. He put on Shen Chan's black robe and pretended to be her and was still in the team.
After walking about ten miles along the mountain road, Huang's Trading Company found a hillside that was easy to defend and difficult to attack to garrison and rest, while sending out spies to keep watch from afar.
Seeing this, Yang Qing also took Shen Chan to rest.
Taking out the only iron bag from the storage bag, Yang Qing dug a hole in a few seconds and buried the bag.
Then he turned around and said to Shen Chan: "The caravan is resting in the front. We won't chase them, so we will rest here tonight.
But there is only one iron bag, so you should bear with it tonight."
After saying that, Yang Qing opened the lid of the iron bag towards Shen Chan.
At the same time, thousands of kilometers away, in Youyang Tuxing Palace.
Qi Liu, the current saint of the Tujia clan, was lying on the bed. Her skinny arms and bloodless face indicated that the life of this saint was about to come to an end.
Beside her, there were two people serving her.
The man was older and his name was Qi Yanshan. He was the second elder of the Tujia tribe. The younger girl was Qi Yanshan’s granddaughter, named Qi Muhong.
"Yanshan, how are you doing with the things I asked you to do?"
At this moment, the second elder of the Tujia clan was like a child in front of this old saint. When he heard her calling him, he hurriedly stepped forward and replied.
"In reply to your question, Aunt, I have already told the people at Yushou Mountain that Shen Tong has the Spiritual Awakening Grass, and I have also paid them the spiritual herbs and pills that they should have.
Just now, someone from the Beast Taming Mountain sent me a message through secret techniques, saying that they have already found out the strength of the accompanying caravan and have dispatched personnel to the ambush point.
Now they are urging us to send people to assist them.
This is the plan they made, please take a look at it, Auntie."
After saying that, he took out a note from his pocket and handed it over carefully.
However, Qi Liu shook his head and turned to speak to Qi Muhong who was standing beside him.
"I won't watch it, Hong'er, all of this is done for you, you can handle it yourself.
Now is the time for you to grow up. I have thirteen Houtu Guards under my command. They are my personal forces, and now they are all under your command."
Then, Qi Liu struggled to sit up, his face flushed with excitement, and continued speaking.
“Shen Tong couldn’t compete with me back then, and now, decades later, while I’m about to die, he brings his grandchildren to compete with me, haha!
Hong'er, promise me that you will be chosen as the Saint this time. I want Shen Tong to be trampled under the feet of my Qi family for generations to come."
Upon hearing this, Qi Muhong hurriedly adjusted the corner of Qi Liu's quilt and whispered.
"Don't worry, grandma, the position of the Saint will belong to my Qi family.
Last time I heard you say that Shen Chan has great talent, and he has cultivated the Ten Thousand Earths Returning to the Flow Art to the level where every detail is fully manifested.
But so what, my grandson is not bad at all!"
After saying that, Qi Muhong made a hand gesture, and the gray-black bracelet on his wrist instantly disintegrated and turned into a pile of mud-like things floating in the air.
Then, under Qi Muhong's control, the pile of mud quickly assembled into a centipede-shaped sculpture.
Moreover, the centipede's body grew larger and larger, far exceeding the size of the bracelet.
"Spirit-rich land!"
Qi Liu's eyes lit up, and then he looked at Qi Yanshan.
This soul-enriched soil is Qi Yanshan’s magic weapon. I never thought that he would give it to his granddaughter.
You should know that it is not easy to refine this thing. In the past, in order to refine this spiritual heavy soil, Qi Yanshan went nearly ten thousand meters underground to obtain the essence of the thick soil, and then combined it with various precious metal minerals to carefully nurture and cultivate it.
During battle, the soul-enriched heavy soil can expand a thousand times and can increase the power of various spells. It can be regarded as a substitute for the Tujia clan's sacred object - Xirang.
It seems that Qi Yanshan has spent a lot of money for his granddaughter.
Qi Yanshan nodded: "I just gave her this soul-enriching heavy soil a few days ago, and I didn't expect that she could refine it so quickly."
As the centipede took shape, the next moment, it seemed to come alive. Its scales were shiny black, and each of its legs was as sharp as a knife.
Finally, with Qi Muhong's order, the centipede let out a whistle-like roar, and more than a hundred centipede legs all over its body trembled together.
The next moment, the centipede's legs waved together and more than a hundred sword auras burst out.
For a moment, this room specially used for the saint to rest was filled with murderous aura and sword energy.
Fortunately, under Qi Muhong's control, the sword energy just wandered around and dissipated on its own after traveling a certain distance, causing no damage to the room.
"Good! The body is made of clay, and the murderous aura takes shape.
You have this ability, combined with this soul-enriching soil, even if you don't kill Shen Chan this time, I guess she won't be your opponent."
Qi Liu's face was filled with obvious uncontrollable joy.
"Hong'er, to be honest, grandma didn't think highly of your talent before, but since you were injured and fell off a cliff more than a month ago and have been recuperating at home, I found that you have completely changed.
Not only has his strength improved by leaps and bounds, but even his talent and level of hard work seem like a completely different person.
Good boy, it seems you have finally figured it out.
Seeing you like this, I, your grandmother, feel relieved to hand over the heavy responsibility of my Qi family for the next few decades to you."
Afterwards, Qi Liu called Qi Yanshan out and talked to Qi Muhong alone, handing over all his power and some trump cards to Qi Muhong.
At the end, Qi Liu grabbed Qi Muhong's wrist and whispered.
"Hong'er, grandma has one last thing to warn you.
My Tujia clan has only a few million people, and can only be regarded as a medium-sized force in these Hundred Thousand Mountains. Except for the missing ancestor in the Heavenly Soul Realm, there are only three or four other cultivators in the Earthly Soul Realm.
So, internally, we can use tricks to compete, but when it comes to facing the outside world, we must work together.
After you become the saint of our clan, Xirang will be handed over to you for management. But after that, the Shi family of the great elder and the Shen family of the third elder can only be suppressed appropriately, and must not be eliminated.
After all, if there is too much internal fighting, it will only benefit other surrounding forces."
"Don't worry, grandma. I, Hong'er, am the most united person." Qi Muhong nodded in agreement.
Half an hour later, Qi Muhong walked out of the room. At this moment, thirteen monks wearing khaki cloaks were already waiting outside the room.