C19 (1/2)
After bidding farewell to Saibai Feng, Zhou Qing went to the counter to continue renting the two rooms for half a month before returning to her room.
Song Zixuan was sitting in a daze at the window with her hands on her cheeks. Upon seeing Zhou Qing enter, her beautiful eyes immediately curved into two crescent moons.
”Big brother Zhou Qing.”
Song Zixuan ran up and directly threw herself into Zhou Qing's embrace, intimately rubbing her head against his chest. Just now, the inn's main hall was filled with people, but now there were no more worries.
Zhou Qing rubbed Song Zixuan's silky long hair, a smile appearing on his face. His impatient heart, which was the result of continuous slaughter, also slowly calmed down.
”Big Brother Zhou Qing, I heard that someone said something big happened in the cave …” Are you hurt? ”
Song Zixuan suddenly thought of something, and a nervous expression appeared on her small face as she asked urgently.
”Silly girl, I'm so powerful, how could something happen to me?”
Zhou Qing smiled as he pinched Song Zixuan's little face, feeling warmth in his heart.
Song Zixuan was lonely and looked upon him as her only family, but wasn't he the same? From the moment he had been thrown into the voodoo water, the connection between him and the Zhou family had been completely severed.
Hearing Zhou Qing's words, a smile appeared on Song Zixuan's nervous little face.
It was rare for Zhou Qing to relax, so he did not concentrate on his cultivation. Instead, he brought Song Zixuan around White Ridge City for a day, before returning home at sunset.
After settling down Song Zixuan, Zhou Qing returned to his room and sat cross-legged on his bed, focusing on his cultivation.
The next morning, Zhou Qing returned to the Demon Hunt Squad's great hall.
Although it was in the morning, there were many cultivators entering and exiting the Demon Hunt Squad. Many of them had the scent of blood on them, and their clothes were still stained with dried blood. After accepting the mission, they hurriedly left.
Zhou Qing walked in and stopped before the bounty board.
The bounty list was divided according to the difficulty of the mission. From the bottom, there were ordinary rank missions, suitable for Spirit Opening Realm cultivators to accept. The top, Heaven rank mission was suitable for Spirit Realm mages to accept.
The yellow level mission's bounty points were only two digits, so Zhou Qing ignored it. His gaze swept across the middle level, the Earth grade mission that was suitable for Soul Condensation cultivators.
”Quest Location: Hidden Fog Forest; Quest Content: Hunting five Raging Flaming Bulls and taking their hide; Cultivation Level: Initial Soul Condensation; Reward: 1000 gold, 150 points; Quest Time: five days.”
”Quest Location: Near Jiuhua Village” ”Quest Content: Find the Evil Demon Green Shadow Hawk that harmed the village and kill it; Cultivation base, early stage of Soul Condensation; 1500 gold, 150 points; Quest Time Limit: 10 days”
”Mission location: Black Wind Stronghold of the Heavenly Calamity Mountain; Mission content: exterminate thirty bandits of the Black Wind Stronghold, as well as Great Master Zhao Zhangkong and Second Master Wu Yong; cultivation: Wu Yong is at the early stage of Soul Formation, Zhao Zhangkong is at the middle stage of Soul Formation; reward: 5,000 gold, 1000 points; task duration: 20 days”
The so-called Demon Hunt Squad didn't merely refer to demons, demons or cultivators. It also referred to all existences that threatened the normal order of the Profound Heaven Continent.
For example, some evil cultivators, or the bandits in the forest, they could all be called demons!
Every time he completed a Demon Hunt Squad, he could go to any city to submit a mission in the Demon Hunt Squad Hall. If he completed the mission, he would receive a bounty of money and a reward of points.
Demon Hunters' Demon Hunt Squads' contribution points would be recorded by the Wan An Chamber of Commerce. The sum of history points would reach the top 100, allowing them to enter the Demon Hunt Ranking!
There were no weaklings on the Demon Hunt Squad. Those who could make a name for themselves on the Demon Hunt Squad were all heaven's pride experts.
This was the supreme honor of all cultivators on the Profound Heaven Continent, and was also a symbol of status!
Zhou Qing subconsciously looked towards the center of the Demon Hunt Squad's great hall.
A three meter high spiritual stone stood there, and on it, a halo revolved, densely recording the name, cultivation, rank, and corresponding history of the Demon Hunters in the top hundred.
Demon Hunt Squad # 1: Profound Heaven Sect, Zong Lie, intermediate stage of Spirit Realm, 508,400 Demon Hunt Squad points!
Demon Hunt Squad's second rank: Zhou family, Zhou Xuanlang, early stage of the Spirit Realm, Demon Hunt Squad Points: 421573 points!
Seeing this, Zhou Qing's pupils couldn't help but constrict before he grinned mockingly at himself.
The words' Zhou Qing ', once number one on the Demon Hunt Squad Rankings, had already been quietly erased without a trace.
After a moment of silence, he smiled coolly and paid no further attention. He was not trying to escape, but it did not matter.
He was confident that it was only a matter of time before he regained his position at the top of the rankings for ”Zhou Qing.”
After accepting six Earth grade missions in a single go, Zhou Qing didn't stay any longer and quickly left the Demon Hunt Squad's great hall.
The Hidden Fog Forest was located 90 miles south of White Ridge City.
The vegetation here was lush, ancient trees reached into the sky, and fog surrounded the area all year round. It was the hiding place of many demons, and Demon Hunters often appeared there.
Zhou Qing held his breath, hiding behind an ancient tree. His eyes were fixed on a huge bison that was walking along a nearby stream.
This bison was more than three meters long, and had malevolent muscles. Its fur was scarlet red, and from afar, it looked like it was wearing a cloak of raging flames. It was particularly conspicuous in this forest shrouded in mist.
A low-grade earth-step demon, the Raging Flame Bull!
Demons were divided into three levels and twelve levels. The higher the level, the stronger the cultivation talent, and the higher the upper limit.
As long as a low-grade earth-step demon successfully matured, their combat strength would be equal to an early Soul Formation stage demon, or even stronger!
Zhou Qing accepted the Demon Hunt Squad's mission of killing five Raging Flames Bull. At the same time, he also needed to consume Earth Rank demon essence in order to temper his first special acupoint, so he directly rushed to this place.
With Zhou Qing's current strength at the peak of the Spirit Opening Realm, he could absolutely face this Raging Flame Bull head on.
However, this type of demonic beast loved to live in a group. Killing one would startle the entire group. If they accidentally provoked a group of raging bulls, even Zhou Qing did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to escape unscathed.
Therefore, he had to kill him cleanly and decisively, and it would be best if he could do so in one shot!
The Raging Flame Bull paced back and forth beside the stream with a vigilant look. After approximately half an incense's time, the alarmed look in its bewitching eyes disappeared as it lowered its head and started drinking.