Chapter 160: Alarming the Snake

Chapter 160: Alarming the Snake

Chapter 160: Alarming the Snake
In the inn room.

After returning from Liu's house, Chu Qing changed out of his nightgown and washed his hands.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed.

With a thought, he opened the system interface.

[There is an unopened martial arts treasure chest. Do you want to open it? ]

Chu Qing looked at this prompt, feeling a little complicated for a moment.

The main reason was that this commission was completed too quickly... Even the Seven Iron Horse Thieves had to travel to several places before they completed the task.

This time, after listening to Shen Hongye's story, he immediately locked on the target and completed the commission directly.

Chu Qing exhaled slowly:

"Turn on!"

[Opened successfully, obtained claw skill: Dragon Claw Hand! ]

"Dragon Claw Hand? Not bad!"

Chu Qing tilted his head and felt pretty good.

Guo Wang himself is not a very powerful master, but to be able to obtain the Dragon Claw Hand, one of the 72 unique skills, is already considered a great master.

Moreover, this martial art is extremely powerful and is definitely not an ordinary one.

As the thought came to mind, a strange feeling spread throughout the body, especially in the ten fingers and palms.

At the same time, all the moves and methods of circulating qi were poured into his mind.

Chu Qing closed his eyes to receive it. After a moment, he opened his eyes and flew up from the bed. He raised one hand and his five fingers were like dragon claws, and he began to perform in the room.

Although the room is not big, the Dragon Claw Hand is a grappling and short-range martial art that can be used to move around even in a small space.

The complete set of martial arts consists of thirty-six moves, which do not require many variations but only require sharpness and ruthlessness.

After finishing the whole set of Dragon Claw Hand, Chu Qing stood up, feeling quite satisfied:
"This martial art is fierce and powerful. Once it sticks to someone, they will either die or be injured. It is indeed an extremely powerful martial art!"

After making his assessment, he lay down on the bed.

Liu Yu was asked to do three things before.

The first thing was to ask Liu Yu to help him investigate the details of the Zhou Mansion.

The contact person of Nie Jingtai is hiding in Zhou Mansion. No matter what, we cannot treat this Zhou Mansion as ordinary.

It would be fine for Chu Qing to investigate on his own, but now that he knew Liu Yulai could be trusted, there was no need to do everything himself.

The second thing is to let Liu Yu recruit Shen Hongye to Tiexuetang.

This girl was similar to Zhou Yi at that time, and she had already given up hope on the world.

If Chu Qing ignored her, a girl like this who had lost her faith in life would have no hope for the future.

However, Chu Qing didn't have the time to take care of the child at the moment... so he put her in the Tiexue Hall to raise her and teach her some martial arts later.

If she achieves academic success in the future, she might be able to be of some help.

If it doesn't work...it will at least give her a place to settle down.

The last thing was more of a transaction than an order.

Chu Qing and Liu Yu agreed that if someone came to assassinate him from Niejingtai, Chu Qing would help him kill the assassins, and he would pay Chu Qing a thousand taels of silver.

Liu Yulai agreed.

What surprised Chu Qing was that the prompt for triggering the commission this time was very strange.

Only half of it appeared.

【Triggering commission: ???】

【Do you want to receive it? 】

What the hell did Chu Qing receive... I don’t know what’s going on, how can I receive it?

Although I don’t know what’s wrong with the system, I still have to do what I have to do.

Chu Qing asked Liu Yu to prepare a yard for him, and he would come here with others tomorrow and disguise himself as his subordinates.

This will allow you to better deal with the Evil Mirror.

As for those martial arts masters that Liu Yu came to recruit... Chu Qing also asked about it.

Liu Yulai’s idea was quite simple.

He also knew that recruiting people from the underworld to be around him was actually very risky.

But the current situation is special. The Iron Blood Hall is about to be in trouble, but he is short of manpower.

This move was a last resort...

He would naturally be on guard against this group of people. If they had any plans, he would temporarily lend their strength and make further plans after Dingxing City was safe.

And if they really surrender sincerely, they will naturally be rewarded according to their merits afterwards.

Chu Qing thought about it and understood Liu Yu's dilemma.

Among Lu Zhiwei's three subordinates, there was a traitor.

It is hard to say whether Jiang Chunhua is convinced by Liu Yulai or not... It seems that three people are working together, but in fact, Liu Yulai is fighting alone. The benefits are great, but the pressure is even greater.

Under such circumstances, extraordinary measures must be taken.

Therefore, Chu Qing just gave a few instructions in the end and didn't say much more about it.

Then he asked why Liehuotang suddenly went crazy.

But Liu Yulai was also very confused about this point.

This means that the Fiery Hall and the Iron Blood Hall have been living in peace for a long time, and even if there are some frictions, they will not become a big deal.

Especially since the Iron Blood Hall is very powerful, if a fight really breaks out, even though the Fiery Hall is one of the three halls, it will have no advantage.

On the contrary, it is possible that Tiexuetang will take advantage of the situation to swallow it up.

This fight is truly groundless.

Chu Qing recalled that Wan Ye Valley suddenly attacked Tian Wu City. From Tian Wu City's point of view, there was no sign at all.

I feel like there might be some unknown secret here.

However, it is definitely different from the situation where Wanye Valley is dealing with Tianwu City.

After all, there is no secret method of inheritance lost in the Fiery Hall...

Chu Qing asked a few questions out of curiosity, but when he didn't get an answer, he didn't pursue the matter.

Now I feel sleepy and I close my eyes and sleep until dawn.

The next morning, after breakfast, Chu Qing took Wenrou to Liu's house.

They had been greeted before, and when Chu Qing gave the names of 'Han San and Han Si', he was led into the mansion by the disciples of the Tiexue Hall who were guarding the Liu Mansion.

Liu Yulai came to greet them personally, and was somewhat surprised when he saw Chu Qing and Wenrou's appearance.

Although Chu Qing was wearing black clothes and a mask last night, he didn't look so 'strong' at all.

But since he had been told so, he did not ask any more questions and personally led Chu Qing and Wen Rou to the prepared room.

"I have found the girl named Shen Hongye and have brought her into the mansion to recuperate and treat her injuries."

As they walked, Liu Yulai whispered to Chu Qing:

"Guo has acted recklessly and perversely, this matter cannot end with his death.

“No one in Tiexuetang will bully the common people… Zhong Beitang’s characterization of Hongshu Village as ‘a village attacked by horse bandits’ seems to be problematic in itself.

"Now this person is not in Luoye City. He was urgently summoned by the Grand Hall Master. I have already written a letter to convey this matter to the Grand Hall Master.

"There will definitely be an explanation by then."

Chu Qing nodded:

"How is Shen Hongye doing now?"

Liu Yulai looked slightly embarrassed:
“Early this morning, I personally sent someone to the inn where the girl was staying.

“Just seeing us, this girl actually wanted to run away… I had a lot of trouble to invite people here, but she didn’t believe me.

"I still need Brother Han's help in this matter."

Chu Qing smiled:
"Then send me Guo Wang's head and I will go there myself."

There is still some time before the people from the Evil Mirror Platform arrive.

Before that, let's deal with these trivial matters.

Liu Yulai nodded, then took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Chu Qing:

"This is information about the Zhou Mansion. I haven't dug deep into it...it's all superficial."

Chu Qing took it and they had just arrived at the courtyard where Chu Qing and Wenrou lived, so Liu Yulai said goodbye.

"If you go out these two days, remember to call me."

Chu Qing gave an instruction.

Liu Yulai was naturally very willing and nodded repeatedly to show that he understood. After this person left, Chu Qing and Wenrou sat down at the table.

Chu Qing opened the envelope and read the contents quickly.

Wenrou poured the tea and pushed one cup to Chu Qing and asked:
"how?"

"No surprises, this Zhou family is very clean."

Chu Qing smiled:
“And if we trace back the history, they have lived in Dingxing City for three generations…Since the generation of Zhou Fuan’s grandfather, the current head of the Zhou Mansion, the Zhou family has been an honest business family.

"but……"

"But what?"

"Look at this."

Chu Qing handed one of the portraits to Wenrou.

Wenrou took a look, slightly confused, and looked carefully:
"Why does it look familiar..."

"This is the portrait of Zhou Fuan, the head of the Zhou family."

Chu Qing picked up the portrait, looked at it for a while, and said with a smile:

"You said, if you take off his crown and mess up his hair..."

"It's that beggar!!"

Wenrou thought about what Chu Qing said and came to a conclusion:
“The head of the Zhou family, Zhou Fuan, is the beggar contact person at the Evil Mirror Platform.

"On the surface, they are businessmen, but in reality, they are the spies of the Niejingtai!"

Chu Qing nodded silently:
"It's possible. The worst-case scenario is that Zhou Fuan himself joined the Niejingtai... and no one else in the mansion knows anything about it."

"Then what do we do?"

"I plan to... alert the enemy."

Chu Qing raised his head and glanced at Wenrou:
"After this, you'll have to help me."

"it is good."

Wenrou readily agreed.

After that, the two of them tidied up a bit, and Liu Yu came and sent someone to invite them.

For the rest of the day, Liu Yulai was preparing for the upcoming siege by the four gangs...

In fact, there is no need to prepare.

This group of guerrillas had the courage to attack Dingxing City. Their biggest trump card was the Niejingtai, and Chu Qing had been waiting for this for a long time.

In addition, Chu Qing asked Liu Yu to conduct an in-depth investigation of the Zhou family.

The feedback was not satisfactory. Not only did the Zhou family appear to be cleaner the more they investigated, but there was even a phenomenon of shifting the blame.

Liu Yulai was not confused by this, but became even more frightened.

"The Zhou family is just a merchant family, but they have the ability to hide from the eyes and ears of the Iron Blood Hall and even want to lead us by the nose."

Chu Qing stood in front of the window, with his hands behind his back:

“This is to be expected, you just investigate according to the feedback they give you.

“Of course, the Zhou family must bite to death.

“The greater the sense of urgency, the better!

"I want to make them lose their composure."

"Yes."

Liu Yulai obeyed Chu Qing's orders, not only because of the life-saving grace, but more importantly, Chu Qing and their eldest daughter were "close friends".

The day passed in such a scene.

At night, Chu Qing went to find Shen Hongye with Guo Wang's head.

Shen Hongye was under house arrest at the Liu family, and Chu Qing's arrival surprised her.

After seeing Guo Wang's head, Shen Hongye finally burst into tears and knelt in front of Chu Qing, kowtowed repeatedly.

Chu Qing told her that it was he who asked Liu Yu to find her and let her stay in Tiexuetang temporarily.

“If you want to follow me, you must learn martial arts.

"I do not accept incompetent people under my command...

"When one day your martial arts skills are recognized by me, I will personally come and take you away from the Iron Blood Hall."

"Yes."

Shen Hongye, who was originally extremely resistant, stopped hesitating and nodded deeply in agreement after hearing Chu Qing's words.

After that, Chu Qing taught her two martial arts.

One was a magical skill obtained from the Jade Dragon Immortal. Chu Qing taught Shen Hongye how to circulate qi, which was a treatment that Zhou Yi had never had at that time.

With his help, Shen Hongye's first small circulation went extremely smoothly.

But that’s all…what she achieves in the future depends on herself.

After that, Chu Qing taught her the four styles of "playing the piano", "playing the harp", "pi kang" and "da xu" in the dragon claw hand.

Let her have both internal and external skills.

After a night of instruction, she had already acquired three-quarters of the appearance...but her energy and blood were declining, and her body was weak, so she had only acquired the appearance.

From now on, in the Tiexuetang, you will eat and drink well, cultivate yourself, learn martial arts with others, gradually strengthen your qi and blood, and keep your body healthy, so that you can slowly figure out the true meaning.

This is also the reason why Chu Qing didn't bring it with him.

He was displaced, and the little girl was frail. Not only was she a burden, but she also had to sleep in the open air and had little peace of mind. How could she succeed?

After doing this, Chu Qing didn't say anything more to her and let her stay in Tiexuetang with peace of mind.

He also said that Tiexuetang would give her an explanation on the follow-up of Guo Wang’s incident.

Shen Hongye didn't know Chu Qing's true identity until he left.

But it left an unfathomable impression.

Shen Hongye didn't know how powerful the Iron Blood Hall was...but as for the masters she met, they all avoided her as much as possible after hearing the name "Guo Wang".

But Chu Qing not only killed Guo Wang, but also made Tiexuetang give her an explanation.

This ability even made Shen Hongye wonder if Chu Qing was Tie Lingyun, the head of the Tiexue Hall.

No one knows what the little girl is thinking.

And that night in the Zhou Mansion...

Zhou Fuan was very uneasy at this time.

He was the contact person of Nie Jingtai, and the entire process of contact with Guo Wang was led by him.

Guo Wang didn't know his identity, but the two were closely connected.

He knew that Guo Wang had already contacted the seven villages in Lianshan to attack Dingxing City, and had planned to assassinate Liu Yulai during the chaos.

Unfortunately, the plan was disrupted. Liu Yulai did not go to Dingxing City to fight against the Lianshan Seven Villages, but instead led the crowd to attack...

Originally, this fluctuation was not enough to affect the assassination plan.

However, they didn't expect that the plan would fail because of the appearance of the 'Sword Ghost'.

The emergence of the Sword Ghost variable also forced Zhou Fuan to make other arrangements.

The carrier pigeon sent to the branch has not returned yet.

On the contrary, Liu Yulai sensed from somewhere that something was wrong with the Zhou Mansion... and kept sending people to investigate.

Although Zhou Fuan had already prepared a countermeasure for this.

Having shifted his suspicion to several irrelevant directions, Liu Yulai would never keep his eyes on the Zhou Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yulai turned a blind eye to this confusing plan.

Even though he investigated in those directions, the attention on Zhou Mansion not only did not weaken, but became heavier.

"What went wrong?"

Zhou Fuan gently shook the tea in the cup and felt as if he was on the edge of a cliff.

If you are not careful, you may fall into the abyss.

There was a flapping sound and Zhou Fuan paused.

A moment later, a figure pushed the door open and walked in:

"Master, there is a secret letter."

Zhou Fuan took it and unfolded it. He took a look and immediately smiled:

“The three greatest masters on the Seventy-two Demon Slayers List will arrive tomorrow!
"Even if Jian Gui and Liu Yulai really have the ability to reach the sky... they deserve to die this time!"

(End of this chapter)