Looking at Xu Qing's receding figure, the old man's eyes flashed with killing intent. However, he didn't make a move until Xu Qing disappeared from the street.
Instead, in silence, the killing intent in his eyes slowly faded away.
A gigantic python's head hung down from the beam above and landed beside the old man. Gurgling sounds came from its mouth as if it was talking.
"Why didn't I kill him?" The old man rolled his eyes.
"This kid is a little strange. He gives me a very dangerous feeling. Unless I use my trump card …"
"Gulp, gulp."
"You're the trash. Your whole family is trash!
Eat, eat, eat. You only know how to eat. Alright, eat. "
The old man muttered a few words. The python next to him suddenly rushed out and bit Daoist Shu's corpse. It swallowed it and then slowly returned to the beam.
At this moment, Xu Qing went straight to the Department of Arrest in the night. After handing in the documents with ease, he received 15 spirit stones and went to a small breakfast shop opened by commoners in the early morning.
After drinking a bowl of hot soy milk and eating a few biscuits, Xu Qing was enthusiastically recommended by the shop owner. After hesitating for a while, he extravagantly ordered three eggs and ate them all. Then, he carefully returned to the berth of the spiritual boat.
His harvest this time was not only the 15 spirit stones on the surface. In Daoist Shu's leather bag, there was one spirit stone and some miscellaneous items. Xu Qing calculated according to the price at the port and found that he could sell them for two or three spirit stones.
"This method is still the most profitable," Xu Qing muttered and began to cultivate.
Soon, a day passed. When night fell, Xu Qing opened his eyes. He wasn't on night duty today, but he still walked out of the spiritual boat under the moonlight and approached Banquan Road.
Since waiting for rabbits could make him money, Xu Qing planned to do more.
Just like this, at midnight, Xu Qing's figure appeared on Banquan Road again. After walking around, he didn't stop at the same place as yesterday. Instead, he changed his position and stared at the inn motionlessly.
However, not long after, the wanted criminal didn't appear, but the old man of the inn did.
The old man walked out of the inn and stopped three meters away from Xu Qing. He stared at Xu Qing with a gloomy expression.
"Kid, you provoked me again and again. Do you really think I won't do anything?"
"No," Xu Qing said calmly.
"You …" The old man didn't know what to say when he saw Xu Qing's expression. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and spoke.
"What are you trying to do?
Squatting here every day? "
Xu Qing fell silent. After the span of a few breaths, he cast a glance at the old man and spoke in a low voice.
"I want to earn money."
"I want to make money too!"
Tentacles began to crawl out of the old man's eyes, and another crack appeared between his eyebrows. A cold aura instantly spread out.
As the aura spread out, the old man stared at Xu Qing and said, "If you continue like this, no one will dare to come to my inn. You've already affected my business."
"Now, leave this place!"
Xu Qing was deep in thought. He felt that the other party's words made sense. If this continued, no one would dare to come. Thus, he nodded and left, heading to the other side of the street.
That place was even more hidden.
At first, the old man thought that Xu Qing was going to leave. However, when he saw that Xu Qing had moved to an even more hidden location, blue veins popped out on the old man's forehead. He was so angry that he began to laugh. Without another word, he waved his hand, and his forehead split into two halves.
In the place where the old man's head had been, a red glow appeared. The red glow was filled with the will of blood, and shockingly, it contained a mass of flesh and blood covered with tentacles.
It was a shocking sight. The tentacles continued to spread out, and the old man walked toward Xu Qing with a ferocious expression on his face.
Dangerous ripples spread out, and the giant python in the inn poked its head out. Ropes appeared out of thin air and hung down from the street, trapping Xu Qing within.
Xu Qing's eyes narrowed as he looked at the approaching old man.
"This is the street, not your inn. I respect your rules, and I won't touch anyone in the inn. However, if you're so domineering as to demand that they can't touch anyone after they leave, that's a bit unreasonable.
"Don't tell me that if I stay here, the price of the room includes protection when I leave?" With that, Xu Qing looked at the old man. He had the feeling that the old man was a reasonable person.
The old man stopped in his tracks.
"So what if it includes protection?!"
Xu Qing muttered to himself, then pulled out a bag of spirit coins from his leather pouch. There were about two hundred of them, and he tossed them over.
The old man was stunned.
"Since protection is included," Xu Qing said seriously, "I'll pay for the room for two days. Now, you can protect me."
The old man held the spirit coins in his hand and stared blankly for a long time. He looked at the spirit coins, then looked up at Xu Qing. After a long time, he let out an aggrieved sigh. The two halves of his head closed up again, and a helpless expression appeared on his face.
"Gurgle gurgle …." The python's head poked out of the inn not too far away, and it made a sound.
"Shut up! I know what he said makes sense!" The old man glared at the python.
He was indeed a reasonable person, but … Xu Qing's words made sense, and he couldn't find a way to refute them.
Xu Qing hadn't broken his rules, and he had even given him spirit coins. If he insisted on his previous words, then according to reason, he would have to protect Xu Qing ….
All of this caused the old man in the inn to feel an intense sense of helplessness. He stood there and looked at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing looked back at him.
The two of them stared at each other. After a long time, the old man sighed.
"I'll tell you the clues about the two wanted criminals. Go catch them according to the clues. Don't come to my place anymore."
With that, the old man took out a jade slip, imprinted some information on it, and threw it to Xu Qing. He didn't return the spirit coins, and he walked back to the inn without looking back.
As he left, the ropes around him dissipated. The python in the inn raised its head and nodded at Xu Qing from a distance, as if it was greeting him. Then, it also disappeared.
Xu Qing looked at the jade slip in his hand. It gave him two locations and the names of the wanted criminals. After putting it away, he lowered his head and collected some powder that was difficult to detect from the surrounding walls. Then, he sprinkled some powder on the ground to neutralize it so that it wasn't poisonous.
After that, he walked across the street and headed to the place where he had been hiding. Along the way, he waved his right hand slightly, neutralizing all the poisonous powder on the ground and in the air. Then, he went back to the place where he had been hiding.
In the end, he dug out seven or eight green plants next to him.
Those plants couldn't survive. There were five types of poisons on them.
He had made preparations to change his position just now. Whether it was his original place or the more hidden corner across the street, he had placed poisonous powder there beforehand.
"He's been poisoned by my thirty-seven poisons, but it hasn't flared up immediately …" After dealing with the poison, Xu Qing turned around and looked at the inn. His eyes narrowed, then he turned around and quickly left.
After he left, the old man's calm expression instantly disappeared. His breathing quickened as he immediately rummaged through his medicinal pills. He found more than ten antidotes and swallowed them. Then, he quickly formed a seal and burned the leather pouch Xu Qing had given him.
The spirit coins inside also dissipated under the flames.
"That brat is too insidious. He's poisoned the whole way. Even the spirit coins he gave me are poisoned!"
The old man gritted his teeth. In truth, the reason he had compromised just now was because Xu Qing's words made sense, and also because … at that time, he had almost lost control of the poison in his body.
The latter accounted for most of the reason.
"He's so young, and yet he's already acting like this …. When he grows up, he'll be a living malignant star of the human race." The old man panted as he muttered to himself. Suddenly, a gurgling sound came from the roof beam.
"You like him?"
The old man sneered. "He likes you too. Didn't you notice? When you first appeared, he was looking at your guts."
The gurgling sound came to an abrupt end.
At this moment, it was deep into the night outside. Xu Qing sped along the street. Naturally, he didn't completely trust the location the old man had given him. After thinking for a moment, he took out his identity token and transmitted a message. Then, he put it away, muttered to himself for a moment, and continued on his way.
The first location was somewhat remote. After Xu Qing went there, he squatted for a long time and carefully observed it. In the end, he determined that although someone had lived there before, it seemed that they hadn't returned for a long time.
Therefore, he gave up and went to the second location.
The second location was a gambling den. There were many people here, and all sorts of voices could be heard. Xu Qing squatted on a nearby house and coldly observed.
According to the old man's jade slip, a wanted criminal named Sun Dewang had recently come ashore and gambled here every day.
This was not a human, but an outsider. His cultivation base was good, at the ninth level of Qi Condensation. He was usually active in the Forbidden Sea, doing pirate business, and was quite famous. The wanted jade slip indicated that he belonged to an organization called the Sea Ghosts.
This organization was one of the several active pirate forces in the Forbidden Sea.
As for Sun Dewang, the bounty on his head was extremely high, reaching forty spirit stones. The bounty came from many sources, and there were more than ten merchant ships adding to it.
This showed how fierce this person was on the sea.
Therefore, Xu Qing didn't act rashly. He observed for more than an hour, watching all kinds of gamblers going in and out. He listened to their discussions about gambling. Some were embarrassed, some were forthright, some were high-spirited, and some were bitter and at a loss.
After confirming that there were no strong spiritual fluctuations nearby, Xu Qing thought for a moment and didn't choose to go in and investigate. He still waited outside.
Just like that, time passed little by little. Four hours later, when the sky was about to brighten, Xu Qing finally saw his target.
It was a big fat man dressed in a brocade robe, looking like an official. He walked out of the gambling den, but after a few steps, he looked up warily. His gaze fell on the place where Xu Qing was hiding, and his eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous glint.
"Today is really strange. I lost all the money I made a few days ago, and now I'm meeting someone who wants to hunt me. A mere seventh level of Qi Condensation dares to hunt like others? Are you tired of living?
This is a good chance for me to recover some blood! "As he spoke, the big fat man took a step forward and rushed toward Xu Qing.
It was not far until daybreak. Xu Qing's eyes flashed coldly, and he also rushed out.
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