Zhou Qing’s expression remained indifferent as he took a step forward, extended a hand, and directly pointed to the space between Li Hong’s eyebrows, instantly initiating a soul search.
Very quickly, Li Hong felt the terrifying spiritual power invade him. His Nascent Soul trembled violently, and his eyes rolled back in disbelief, "You... you’re not in the Golden Core realm..."
With a muffled bang, as the soul search concluded and yielded no useful clues, Zhou Qing gently applied pressure, causing Li Hong’s Nascent Soul to shatter like fragile glass, turning to dust and dissipating into the air, leaving only a faint wave of spiritual power.
Seeing this scene, Chu Yu was scared out of his wits and hurriedly begged for mercy, his voice filled with terror and pleading.
"I was wrong, I was really wrong..."
Zhou Qing shook his head and said, "You did nothing wrong; you just feel you’re going to die!"
After saying that, he mercilessly conducted a divine sense probe and then crushed it.
Showing mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. You wish to survive, and so do we.
In this cruel world, there’s no place for delicate leniency.
At this moment, Lu Yaoyao watched the scene before her in shock.
Two Nascent Soul stage cultivators just died ?
They were so fragile?
Zhou Qing, however, acted as if nothing had happened, smiling gently, "What are you standing around for? Quickly, gather the storage bags."
Coming to her senses, Lu Yaoyao started searching around, while Zhou Qing slowly walked up to the corpse of the Thunderous Golden Toad, carefully examining it.
The poison pouch was completely shattered, the body severely damaged, and the Nascent Soul had long dissipated, leaving almost nothing of value.
"Never mind, because of you I learned the true method to find the Suanni relics. Rest in peace on your journey!"
After softly finishing his words, Zhou Qing mobilized his spiritual power, dug a large pit on the nearby empty land, and buried the Thunderous Golden Toad.
To prevent future passers-by from digging up its bones to sell, at least let it be in peace.
[Heart Mirror Points +8]
Hearing the prompt sound, Zhou Qing instinctively looked at Lu Yaoyao. As expected, she was running over excitedly with a bunch of blood-stained storage bags in her arms.
The "Good Judgment" tag above her head had also changed to "Very Kind" at that moment.
"Senior Brother Zhou, I found them all!" Lu Yaoyao exclaimed excitedly.
Zhou Qing nodded and seriously advised, "Check these storage bags yourself first to see if they can all be opened, just to be safe."
Upon hearing that, Lu Yaoyao once again admired Zhou Qing.
She had been careless. If one couldn’t be opened, it would mean a soul mark was still there, implying the other party wasn’t completely dead. They needed to be found immediately to prevent being backstabbed at a critical moment.
The reason Zhou Qing didn’t check them himself was to increase Lu Yaoyao’s life experience outside. She was still too naive.
Previously, when she went out with Li Daoxuan or He Han, they probably took care of these trivial tasks for her and even protected her very well.
Over time, it would only harm her. She could only survive better in this dog-eat-dog world by experiencing and learning more herself.
Fortunately, after a thorough inspection, she found nothing unusual.
Lu Yaoyao even categorized and reorganized the items in the storage bags, consolidating them into two bags before handing them to Zhou Qing.
The others could be taken back and handed over to the Task Hall, which were solid proof for earning points to exchange for valuable items.
"You keep them; I don’t need them!" Zhou Qing said, waving his hand.
He still had plenty of spirit stones on him, and if it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t have known about the Suanni relics here.
Moreover, after this was over, they could even visit the Blood Rock Mine nearby.
Based on the soul search information, only a few low-level disciples were guarding that place, and the warehouse still stored a large amount of Blood Rock Crystal Stone.
Lu Yaoyao repeatedly shook her head, insisting on splitting the spoils with Zhou Qing.
"Listen to me!" Zhou Qing’s tone left no room for doubt. After saying that, he clasped his hands behind his back and began pacing around, quietly waiting for the full moon to rise.
Seeing Zhou Qing’s demeanor, Lu Yaoyao had no choice but to accept, though her face was still beaming with a happy smile.
It had been a long time since she felt this pampered by him.
Time passed little by little, and as the bright moon rose, Zhou Qing immediately began practicing the Thunder Sword Skills.
In an instant, arcs of lightning flickered continuously on his body, enveloping him in a layer of dazzling lightning.
Then, with Lu Yaoyao, he walked around the area, holding his breath and focusing, quietly sensing the subtle changes in the atmosphere around him.
Until it was almost midnight, Zhou Qing suddenly sensed something, his eyes brightened, and he rushed in a certain direction at full speed.
At this moment, at the foot of the White Bone Mountain before them, a peculiar sensation seemed to emerge, a feeling that made Zhou Qing feel very familiar as if he had experienced it somewhere.
"This is... a Thunder Pool?"
Realizing this, Zhou Qing’s eyes were filled with disbelief. Immediately after, he sensed it again, becoming more and more certain that it was indeed the aura of a Thunder Pool below.
He remembered that when he was practicing the fourth form of Thunder Sword Skills in the Golden Thunder Sect, he absorbed a lot of pure Thunder Qi on the stone platform, so he was naturally familiar with this aura.