I will survive with proficiency

Inside Brother Joe's house.

Brother Qiao was tied to the bed with a spiritual rope, and he looked much haggard than two months ago.

A look of excessive indulgence.

There are many clearly visible spots on the skin on the face and the back of the hands.

Obviously caused by toxins.

Seeing Chen Ping coming in, he looked over pleadingly: "Chen Daoyou, give me a good time while I'm still awake. It's hopeless. I've seen other monks who had similar symptoms, and they couldn't be saved."

He Xiushi behind him cried again when he heard this.

"I don't have any regrets about returning to Daoism at this age in my life as a cultivator. The only thing I don't worry about is their wife. Fellow Daoist Chen, let me know what you know about my daughter. What do you think of my girl?"

Chen Ping: .

"Lie down first, you may not die yet."

Chen Ping sat down next to Brother Qiao who was about to ask for help, and held his wrist with one hand.

This toxin can only be transmitted through wounds, which has been verified by the City Lord's Mansion.

Moreover, even the city lord can help suppress it to a certain extent in the middle stage of foundation establishment, so there is no need to worry about safety for him.

After a burst of spiritual power was injected into Brother Qiao's body, Brother Qiao's eyeballs rolled.

Passed out.

Chen Ping felt and observed carefully. After his spiritual power continued to inject, the stains on Brother Qiao's body became much darker, which means that only his golden core power can achieve a good suppression effect .

As for whether the subsequent effects of the toxin can be completely eliminated, it is difficult to judge.

In view of the strength of his 'Nine Levels of Qi Training', Chen Ping had to stop because he was too 'weak' after conveying his spiritual power for a while.

Chen Ping glanced at Brother Qiao who had fallen asleep, and said to his Taoist companion:

"Fellow Daoist Qiao's toxin hasn't penetrated into the bone yet, so it's not too deep, so there should be some help. From now on, I'll try my best to come here to heal fellow Daoist Qiao every other day."

Cultivator He had seen his old Joe start to be alone, and wept uncontrollably. Now that he heard Chen Ping say this, he couldn't react for a while. After he knew that his old Joe was still alive, he quickly said yes, thanked him, and asked Chen Ping what he should pay attention to. matters.

Finally said:

"Chen Daoyou's great kindness and virtue, my family of three should keep it in mind. If Chen Daoyou needs anything in the future, just ask as soon as possible."

After a pause, he said again:

"The girl has gone out to collect medicine for her father these few days. When she comes back, let her visit Daoyou Chen."

Chen Ping couldn't laugh or cry.

This topic cannot be avoided.

"Then, City Lord Xia of the City Lord's Mansion, what are your plans for follow-up on this matter?" Chen Ping changed the subject.

"I heard that Senior Fu has already left the city, and went to the nearest Xiuxian sect to obtain the antidote to completely eliminate the toxin. In addition, he organized a herbal collection team to pick a large amount of a kind of spiritual material that is effective against this toxin. A certain suppression effect, my daughter just went with the team to collect herbs. I don't know about the others." He Xiushi introduced.

Chen Ping nodded.

He didn't say anything else, the city lord was willing to suppress the toxins for casual cultivators, and he was willing to spare no effort to find a way out for the monks who were in trouble. Maybe it was for the sake of profit, but it could also be seen that this person was not bad.

When Chen Ping came out from Qiao Daoyou's house, it was already dawn.

Seeing that the city defense is investigating the injuries of those injured one by one, monks who have been poisoned too deeply are an uncontrollable source of danger and need to be gathered in the city lord's mansion.

The street where Chen Ping is located is a wealthy area in the Sanxiu District of Haohan City.

Most of the monks living here are relatively high-level monks or monks with certain skills.

It is precisely because of this that many monks participated in the last hunting operation of the red swordfish monster.

There were many wounded.

Just as Chen Ping was about to enter his yard, he suddenly heard an exclamation coming from diagonally across:

"Damn it, Fellow Daoist Xi has completely lost control."

As soon as the words fell, there was a 'bang', and the door of that house burst open suddenly, and a figure in a gray robe jumped out from among the fire and light stones.

"Hey hey hey, everyone, go to hell."

The grey-robed monk was obviously the one everyone called Xi.

After Brother Xi's toxin attack, he was not only insane, but his combat power seemed to have increased countless times. Several city defenses were not enough for him, and they could only be beaten passively.

"Fellow Daoist Xi, calm down."

"Don't talk to him too much, he has completely lost control."

"Quick, retreat quickly. Neighbors, hide quickly. Cultivator Xi was originally trained on the ninth level of qi training. At this moment, the toxin has exploded and his strength has greatly increased. Don't face it head-on." A woman wearing a magic robe with a Xia family logo tattooed on her chest Xiu yelled.

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That monk Xi killed everyone with a few moves. He picked up a severed arm on the ground, opened his mouth wide and bit it, chewed it, smiled, and attacked again.

"Retreat, retreat quickly." The nun shouted.

But in the next breath, she felt something was wrong after running a certain distance, and glanced back while galloping, only to find that Brother Xi had collapsed in the yard.

There was a pool of blood on his body.

"Old Ancestor?" the female cultivator subconsciously called out.

But there was no response from City Lord Xia.

She quickly ran back to the courtyard where Brother Xi was, only to find that Brother Xi was completely dead.

For a while I didn't know what happened.

Diagonally opposite, Chen Ping shook his head and walked into his house.

The reason why Chen Ping didn't act immediately was because he was looking at whether Brother Xi was still saved.

Afterwards, judging from Brother Xi's performance, it should be hopeless, so he made the move.

This kind of thing is not dangerous to Chen Ping, it is simply a matter of little effort.

He doesn't mind making a secret move.

Back at the house, Chen Ping continued to draw symbols.

The same was true for the next few days, during which he occasionally suppressed the toxin for Brother Qiao.

A few days later, the city lord appeared in his house.

After seeing the ceremony, the city lord expressed his intention:

"Now the red swordfish monster is still in the sea outside the ferry. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to set up an ambush to kill it."

"Obtaining the corpse of the red swordfish monster may be able to unravel the mystery of the toxin. At worst, it will also help to find an antidote, which will help the recovery of the poisoned monks in the city."

"Secondly, if the red swordfish is not removed, there is always a sword hanging in the sky of the vast city, and the monks here are living in uneasy life. I don't know if Chen Daoyou is willing to participate. My Xia family should be very grateful."

Chen Ping could understand City Lord Xia's invitation.

Now that Haohan City is in short supply of high-end combat power, Fellow Daoist Fu went out of the city to obtain the elixir. Except for City Lord Xia himself, 90% Qi training is the highest combat power in the city.

Since the last siege of the Red Swordfish, a group of monks in the late stage of Qi training lost their combat effectiveness.

This makes the vast city, which is not rich in combat power, even worse.

What Chen Ping just didn't understand was why the red swordfish was still there?

"Didn't it used to be said that monsters would only stay for a month or two at most before leaving? Why is the red swordfish still there?" Chen Ping asked.

"Not only did he not leave, but he continued to attack the monks near the sea, and even left the water and entered the land area of ​​the vast city to attack our monks. This time is unusual. I killed its cubs, and the red swordfish took revenge again. I'm afraid I won't leave so easily." City Lord Xia shook his head.

Chen Ping didn't expect that so many things would happen outside while he was drawing talismans in the house every day.

He nodded:

"Although I don't live in the vast city permanently, since I have already lived here temporarily, I can be regarded as a member of the vast city, and I should contribute. It's just that I only practice 90% of my energy, and I'm not enough to look at monsters in the second-order late stage. ...Does City Lord Xia have a plan?"

Seeing that Chen Ping agreed, Lord Xia hurriedly said:

"My Xia family has ruled the vast city here for hundreds of years, and I still have some background. This time, even if I take out all the cards of the Xia family, I will fight for it."

Chen Ping asked:

"When will City Lord Xia plan to encircle and suppress the Red Swordfish?"

"This can't be too urgent. We need to form a strong enough team. It will take about ten days. We will inform Chen Daoyou at that time."

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"Thank you again, Fellow Daoist Chen." City Lord Xia thanked before leaving.

"City Master Xia, you don't have to be polite, it's just a meager effort."

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Two days later, Chen Ping, who was drawing talismans in the house, put down the talisman.

For the first time in two days, I 'saw' the appearance of the red swordfish monster at the late stage of the second level.

The vast city is not too big, and the range of his spiritual consciousness is nearly a thousand miles away. Even if he is in a house, he can cover a considerable area of ​​the sea.

At this moment, the red swordfish was cruising only a hundred miles away from the coastal cliffs.

Chen Ping didn't move, but let out the snow falcon inside the spirit animal bag.

Although Xue Falcon's animal control technique is still at the 'entry level' level, it is still at the beginning of the third level, almost the strength of the third level of Jindan.

It is not too easy to beat a second-level monster.

'Go ahead and kill the red swordfish and throw its carcass near the shoreline. '

As City Master Xia said, after getting this alienated red swordfish, it might be easier for them to find a solution to the toxin.

This monster is covered in toxins, which is of no use to Chen Ping.

After getting the order, Snow Falcon flew out like a streamer.

Two hours later, two city guards patrolling the coastline discovered the floating corpse of the Red Swordfish.

The news spread quickly in the city.

"Have you heard? Fellow Daoist Chen, the red swordfish monster was killed and died inexplicably under a cliff. If the waves hadn't washed up its body, the city defense might not have found it. Get it." When Chen Ping was going to cast a spell on Brother Qiao, Brother Qiao said excitedly when he saw Chen Ping coming.

"Who killed it? Who is so capable?" Chen Ping said in surprise.

"I don't know, so the death is inexplicable. In this city, Xia City has the highest cultivation level, but it is not possible to kill the second-order late-stage monster alone. This morning, some monks saw it trying to kill the monster near the coast. Attacking the offshore monks, I never expected to be salvaged in the afternoon." Under Chen Ping's treatment, Brother Qiao has recovered more than half of his recovery.

Human again.

Brother Qiao once wondered why Chen Ping was able to suppress his toxins. Chen Ping casually explained that when he fell off a cliff before, he was hung by a tree branch and was lucky enough to enter a cave where a blind old man was imprisoned. Seeing that the two were destined, the grandfather taught him two exclusive secret techniques to suppress toxins.

Although Brother Qiao had doubts and felt that even legendary scripts would not dare to write like this, he didn't ask any more questions.

"Probably there was a battle with other monsters."

"Maybe, no one in this vast city can fight alone with the red swordfish and get out of the monk. Hey, I didn't expect that there was no movement at all, and he just died like this." Brother Qiao was quite emotional.

"Why? Fellow Daoist Qiao still thinks it's a pity that it died?"

"Hehe, that's not true." Brother Qiao smiled and looked at Chen Ping:

"When the girl comes back, I'll talk to her about it. In the future, Fellow Daoist Chen doesn't need to change his address, and you don't have to stick to red tape. You and I can still be called fellow daoists."

Chen Ping:? ? ?

Why are you still thinking about this?

I co-authored and saved you, but you still want to take advantage of me in terms of address?

"Fellow Daoist Qiao doesn't have to be like this. It's just a matter of little effort to save Fellow Daoist Qiao. Besides, to tell you the truth, I already have a Taoist companion."

Brother Qiao didn't care much and said:

"Ham, Chen Daoyou is a monk at the ninth level of Qi training, what's the point of marrying three wives and four concubines? It doesn't get in the way."

Chen Ping: .

Some can't laugh or cry.

He didn't know that fellow Taoist Qiao was so generous.

"Qiao Daoyou don't need to mention this matter again. This matter between a man and a woman is about one's love and one's wishes. How can you obey the orders of your parents? Let's expose this matter."

"This..." Brother Qiao didn't know what to say for a while.

From the words, Chen Ping didn't seem to want to marry his daughter.

He asked himself, his daughter was handsome, sensible, and well-behaved, and there were countless monks who came to chat with him over the years and wanted to marry his daughter.

But he just refused.

Seeing what Chen Ping said at this moment, he couldn't hold on any longer and didn't say anything.

at the same time.

In the city lord's mansion, the city lord Xia sized up the red swordfish for a while, but he didn't find any injuries on the red swordfish.

The internal organs are also intact.

This means that the red swordfish was probably attacked by the soul, or died of poisoning.

Who could kill this red swordfish so silently?

This method of death can only be a crushing kill.

After listening to the detailed report of his subordinates again, he felt thoughtful.

He somehow thought of someone.

Thinking about it this way, he actually felt relieved. City Lord Xia stood with his hands behind his back and walked out of the hall with a smile on his face.

A moment later, he appeared in the hall of his great-granddaughter.

That granddaughter was the nun who was investigating the situation of the poisoned monk that day, and encountered monk Xi going mad.

"Old Ancestor? Why are you here?" Seeing City Lord Xia coming in, the female cultivator hurriedly greeted him.

"Yeah." City Lord Xia paced in and smiled:

"Xiao Xun, do you want a Taoist companion or not?"

The female cultivator who was called Xiao Xun was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why her ancestor suddenly asked about this today, she smiled and said:

"Why? Is there a young talent that the ancestor has his eyes on?"

"There is one, do you want it?" City Lord Xia asked with a smile.

Xia Xiaoxun sat down opposite the ancestor, put his hands on the table, and said with great interest:

"Of course. My ancestor, tell me, which young talent is able to fall into the eyes of my ancestor?"

City Lord Xia leaned forward:

"You and Brother Qiao's daughter in the west of the city often come and go? There is a monk who just came a few months ago living next to their house, do you recognize him?"

"Ancestor is talking about him? I recognize him. I have seen him once or twice while on patrol." Xia Xiaoxun was stunned, and then looked at his ancestor with a smile:

"This man has practiced at the ninth level of qi. He's nothing special. Why did the ancestor like him?"

City Lord Xia gave a blank look:

"Just ask if you want it?"

"No." Xia Xiaoxun said angrily.

"Really don't want it?"

"No." Xia Xiaoxun also gave his ancestor a sideways glance.

City Lord Xia was not angry either, so he leaned closer:

"If this old man tells you that he may be a great foundation-builder, and he may be more powerful than your ancestor me, do you believe it?"

"Really?" Xia Xiaoxun's face was full of disbelief.

"What's true? Your ancestor managed the vast city for hundreds of years, so how could he keep the Xia family safe? What did you rely on?" City Lord Xia leaned back.

"It depends on strength." Xia Xiaoxun answered quickly.

City Lord Xia slapped her on the head:

"Strength? Strength is nothing. This old man's strength is nothing in this area. It depends on his eyesight. Has this old man misjudged people over the years?"

"The ancestor really thinks so?" Xia Xiaoxun shrank her neck.

City Lord Xia said unhappily:

"This old man can only point you to this point. If you really want to, go get in touch with yourself. Whether you have a relationship or not depends on yourself."

He wasn't talking nonsense.

But I really think that Chen Ping may not be simple based on intuition.

First of all, he continued to suppress the toxins for each poisoned monk, and Brother Qiao was no exception. He knew very well that Brother Qiao's condition was not optimistic, but when he helped to suppress it a few times later, he found that Brother Qiao's toxin symptoms were gradually weakening .

Of course, he didn't think about Chen Ping's head on this matter.

But Brother Xi happened to die inexplicably in that area before.

What's more, Xia Xiaoxun died inexplicably under the nose of Xia Xiaoxun, who was in the late stage of Qi training, so that Xia Xiaoxun and several other monks had no idea what happened at that time.

After that, he came to the door and asked Chen Ping to go out to encircle and suppress the Red Swordfish. Unexpectedly, the Red Swordfish died inexplicably now.

Of course, all of this was just his suspicion.

But there is one thing that he has personally experienced.

When Chen Ping first came to Haohan City, he personally invited Chen Ping to be a guest minister. At that time, because he was still on guard against Chen Ping, he secretly released his spiritual sense to try to spy on Chen Ping's house. It turned out that his spiritual sense could not enter Chen Ping's house at all.

A monk in the Qi refining period usually doesn't think about guarding against the prying eyes of others.

Because if you really want to offend a cultivator who has the ability to spy with divine sense, no matter how many precautions you take, you will only die.

All the signs made him think that Chen Ping might be a great foundation-builder.

But he didn't want to talk more about it with Xia Xiaoxun.

If Chen Ping was really a more powerful foundation-builder than him, and Xia Xiaoxun really approached Chen Ping with an obvious purpose, I'm afraid it would only arouse Chen Ping's disgust.

Instead, it backfired.

If he really wanted to, it might be better for Xia Xiaoxun to get to know each other on his own while he stopped talking.

Whether there is fate or not depends on oneself.

Seagull City.

"The red swordfish is dead?" City Lord Meng was shocked.

"Yes, the information received by this junior is not wrong. It is said that the corpse is parked in Xiafu. It is rumored that the red swordfish may have encountered a more powerful monster in the sea area and was killed by the monster." Young monk It's a pity.

"Has City Lord Xia ever made a move?" City Lord Meng frowned.

"No, the information is accurate." The young monk said firmly.

The Lord Meng got up and paced:

"They are really lucky. But the timing is about the same. How long will it take for the ghost cultivator invited from Senluo State to arrive?"

"Received the summons recently, it may be possible to arrive here in two months at most." The young monk replied.

The Lord Meng nodded:

"Two months is too late. Even if the poisoned cultivators in Vast City find the antidote at this moment, it is impossible to recover their combat power within two months. But it is hard to say if it takes longer. You arrange it secretly, I have to be fully prepared, and after that ghost cultivator shows its value, I will immediately attack the city."

"Yes, Patriarch."