Chapter 214 True Strength
When this soul seal fell, Ying Bao's pair of empty eyes seemed to have a different kind of emotion when he looked at Qin Ziling.
"Good!" Qin Ziling's face showed joy when he saw that he had tamed a high-level silver corpse. He quickly waved his hand and collected the four high-level silver corpses and An Tian.
The mist continued to gather and turned into a black cloud, carrying Qin Ziling and slowly landing in the mountains and forests.
As soon as Qin Ziling landed on the ground, the dark mist and miasma turned into wisps of black smoke and was absorbed into the Ghost Gourd.
In the forest, Xiao Qing watched Qin Ziling slowly descending from mid-air. There was nothing in the sky except floating white clouds and a red sun hanging in the sky. Even though she already knew that Qin Ziling was much stronger than her, she was still stunned and felt a chill on her back.
Wu Dong plus his high-level silver corpse is equivalent to a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining!
For such a powerful figure, even if a sect leader takes action, it would probably take some effort and cause some big noise.
As a result, her elder brother was very good. He secretly ordered her to lead people into the mountains. Then a black fog came down, and it disappeared in just a dozen breaths. Wu Dong and his high-level silver corpse disappeared.
If Xiao Qing hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it was true.
"Brother, has your strength reached the Grandmaster level?" After a long time, Xiao Qing couldn't help but blurt out.
"I just have many tricks. These tricks are nothing more than fancy tricks against truly powerful masters, but they can be very effective against people below the level of quasi-grandmaster. Moreover, Wu Dong was so arrogant that he foolishly chased you in the air. He could not bring out the true combat power of a high-level silver corpse. I was unintentional and that's why I was able to take him down so quickly.
As for my true strength, I'm definitely not at the Grandmaster level yet, but I should be at the Quasi-Grandmaster level, and it probably wouldn't be that easy for a Grandmaster to kill me." Qin Ziling thought for a moment and replied.
Although Qin Ziling gave a negative answer, Xiao Qing became even more frightened and felt a chill at his bones.
She had never thought that Qin Ziling's strength had reached the grandmaster level, but when she saw Wu Dong and his high-level silver corpse disappear too quickly, she blurted it out subconsciously.
As a result, Qin Ziling's true strength was revealed.
A twenty-one-year-old quasi-grandmaster!
And how long has it been?
And according to her understanding of her elder brother, he always spoke conservatively and left room for maneuver!
"Don't think too much and go back quickly!" Qin Ziling saw Xiao Qing's horrified expression , smiled and patted her shoulder and said.
Xiao Qing looked at Qin Ziling deeply, then turned around and quickly returned to the battlefield.
On the battlefield outside Chenglin County, the trend of defeat was temporarily stopped because Yu Hongshan and Wang Tangzhu led their troops to join the battle and the commander of the Fangliao County army was being hunted down by Wu Hufa. This was beneficial to the morale of Chenglin County.
However, when Xiao Qing came running from a distance, with her straight and beautiful figure getting closer and clearer, the Fangliao County army suddenly burst into cheers and shouts like a mountain torrent.
Morale is high!
On Yu Hongshan's side, seeing that Xiao Qing turned back so quickly and there was no one behind her, his face turned pale as paper.
"This is impossible!" Yu Hongshan exclaimed.
Compared with Yu Hongshan, Hall Master Wang rang the bell without saying a word, asking the silver corpse to block Xiao Wenyi, while he himself ran backwards quickly.
"Run away!" Seeing Hall Master Wang turn around and run away, the corpse drivers who controlled the zombies were quickly scared out of their wits. They shouted and ran away in all directions, not even caring about the zombies.
The distance at which they could control the zombies was very limited, and they had no way of controlling the silver zombies with the help of magic tools like Hall Master Wang, who could do so from over 200 meters away.
Once they ran away and kept a distance from them, the zombies could no longer do any harm to them.
"Kill!" Seeing the enemy army defeated, Xiao Qing kicked the ground with both feet, and the whole person rose into the sky like a green dragon, flying dozens of meters in the air, and at the same time threw the spear in his hand forward.
The Qinglong Spear tore through the void with a "whoosh", dragging a long air wave, and then fiercely pierced Hall Master Wang who turned to escape, lifting him up and nailing him to the city wall.
Watching the Qinglong Spear carrying Hall Master Wang's body whizzing through the air, and then piercing into the city wall with a "bang", hanging him on the spear, the whole world suddenly became quiet.
"The county magistrate is mighty!"
"The county magistrate is invincible!"
Then, waves of roars broke out outside Chenglin County, one louder than the other.
Yu Hongshan looked at this scene, suddenly put away his knife, looked at Zheng Xinghan and said: "Young man, can you tell me who killed me?"
"Zheng Xinghan, my master is Zuo Le, the head of Hantie Academy!" Zheng Xinghan replied in a deep voice, looking at Yu Hongshan with indescribably complicated eyes.
Once upon a time, the old man in front of him was one of the two most powerful figures and masters in Fangqiao County, and Zheng Xinghan could only look up to him from below.
But now, the old man in front of him was about to die under his knife!
"So you are Zheng Xinghan. I didn't expect you to become a great bone refining martial artist at such a young age. I have also heard of your master Zuo Le a long time ago. He is just an unknown martial artist.
I just didn't expect that in such a short time since I left the county town, you and your disciples have risen to high positions like dazzling stars, while I have ended up like this. Fate plays tricks on people, which is really frustrating! Okay, give me a quick death, and cut faster!"
After saying that, Yu Hongshan closed his eyes!
Zheng Xinghan looked at Yu Hongshan deeply, then raised his knife and slashed.
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After a year and a half, Chenglin County returned to the name of Fangqiao County.
When Xiao Qing's army marched into Chenglin County, local merchants and gentry came out to kneel down in front of the road to welcome them with an uneasy mood.
Xiao Qing comforted the merchants, gentry and common people of Chenglin County, promised to forgive the past, and gave a good burial to the Chenglin County soldiers who died in the battle outside the city.
As for the soldiers of Fangliao County who died in the battle, they would naturally be transported back to the county city for a proper burial.
Soon, Xiao Qing returned to Fangliao County, while Zheng Xinghan stayed behind to guard Chenglin County. The specific candidates for the county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant, etc. had to be reported by Xiao Qing before they could be implemented.
However, the Great Qi is now in chaos, and many places have their own military forces. The personnel appointments in places like Fangqiao County have basically been finalized by Xiyunzhou, and the court just needs to go through the formalities.
The good news from Chenglin County was quickly delivered to the governor's office by express horse.
Xiao Qing deliberately suppressed the matter concerning Wudong and did not mention it a word.
There are only a few people who know Wu Dong's identity, whether in Chenglin County or Fangqiao County.
Wu Dong only appeared for a moment and then disappeared.
Therefore, for the lower-level soldiers on both sides, it was natural for them to think that he was not strong enough and was killed by Xiao Qing.
They would never have imagined that Wu Dong was one of the six guardians of the Corpse Demon Sect's Nandingzhou branch, equivalent to a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining.
Xiao Qing suppressed the matter and did not mention it. Jin Yichen, a disciple of the Golden Sword Sect, also took a Yuanhua Dan from Qin Ziling, and he would not report it to the Judge's Office.
Anyway, even if it is exposed in the future, he will just pretend that he doesn’t know Wu Dong!
Putting aside the matter of Wudong, the gains and losses of a small county like Chenglin County under the name of a small county are naturally not a big deal for the top leaders of Xiyun Prefecture.
Of course, Xiao Qing's quick capture of Chenglin County and the killing of Yu Hongshan and the head of the Corpse Demon Sect's Nandingzhou branch did cause some fluctuations, but they were soon overshadowed by other major events that took place in Xiyunzhou.
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Chenglin County, the inner courtyard of the county government office, the study of the former county magistrate.
Qin Ziling sat on a sandalwood chair, carefully flipping through a book he found in Wudong's storage ring.
The title of the book is "Nine Evils Heavenly Corpse Secrets", which records the personal practice and methods of corpse refinement.
"Nine Evils" actually refers to the practice method of corpse refiners, and "Heavenly Corpse" refers to the method of corpse refinement.
However, although the words "Heavenly Corpse" are mentioned in the book, in fact, the method of refining corpses only records the silver corpse. The personal practice of the corpse refiner is also only recorded up to the realm of true essence.
Obviously, when one reaches the Golden Corpse realm, one is already involved in the secret "methods" that are usually kept in the mountain gate and cannot be taken out, and can only be passed on orally.
Although the "Nine Evils Heavenly Corpse Art" does not record the more advanced techniques involving "law", it records the most basic techniques of the Corpse Demon Sect in great detail and completeness.
As Qin Ziling looked through it carefully, the fragmentary memories in his mind about the Corpse Demon Sect's cultivation techniques left by Li Mo gradually connected into one because of these detailed and complete records of the basic techniques. He also gradually understood many profound principles in his mind, including those about corpse refining and the profound truths about darkness and death.
"Li Mo is really lucky. He accidentally obtained the 'Immortal Galaxy Visualization Method', which allowed him to use the brightness and immortality of the galaxy to suppress and eliminate the erosion of his body by darkness and death caused by practicing the 'Nine Evils Heavenly Corpse Art'. It's a pity that he was discovered by a powerful man for some reason and was killed halfway. Otherwise, with his opportunities, he might become a great man in the future." Qin Ziling slowly closed the book, feeling quite emotional.
"Knock knock!" There was a soft knock on the door.
"Senior Brother Zheng, please come in." Qin Ziling put away the book and said lightly.
Zheng Xinghan pushed the door open and walked in, then bowed slightly and said, "Big Brother, I have already found out that the Corpse Demon Sect is secretly refining corpses in a cave on a strange rock mountain fifteen miles north of the county. I have ordered Bao Yingjun to lead people to seal off the strange rock mountain and not allow anyone to approach."
"Okay, ask someone to take me to see it." Qin Ziling said with a hint of joy on his face when he heard it.
The Yingbao that Wu Dong had refined was much inferior to the Si Shou and the Great Ape Two in terms of physique potential, but it already had a few hints of golden light on its body. Apparently Wu Dong had already begun to refine it using the method of refining a golden corpse, hoping to have it evolve into a golden corpse.
As Wu Dong, appearing in a small place like Chenglin County must be related to the alchemical corpse.
