Kong Ju bypassed the awakened monks in the market town and returned to his residence quietly.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he saw Zaifu Qiaoqiao, who was covered in scars and had been casually thrown by Dapeng onto the ground covered with white frost.
Seeing Kong Ji returning, Dapeng raised his head and looked at his master with cunning eyes, with a look of complacency in his eyes.
It seems like he is showing off that he has completed a difficult task.
Kong Ju smiled silently. He knew Dapeng's thoughts very well and did not hesitate to praise him.
“Good job!”
As he said that, he threw a longevity pill at it. Dapeng stopped pretending and swallowed the pill in one gulp. After doing that, he pursed his lips as if he was still unsatisfied. He turned into a stream of light and went back into Kong Ju's sleeve and fell asleep.
Before, Dapeng had indeed carried Zaifu Qiaoqiao on his back and fled to the mountains.
Later, when it saw that the ghost wizard did not chase it, it sneaked back to the courtyard with Zai Fu Qiaoqiao.
"Dapeng is becoming more and more cunning, and he knows how to make a feint to the east and attack in the west."
Kong Ju, who understood all of this, couldn't help but sigh: "It's no wonder that I brought him up."
As he spoke, he glanced at Cong Yun's residence again. The door was wide open and the person had left, and no one knew where he had gone.
"That's a good thing, it saves him from having to talk again."
Kong Ju then leaned over and checked the injuries of Zaifu Qiaoqiao.
The latter had already fallen unconscious, and her white dress was covered with scratches from wild beasts, oozing with bright red blood.
The spiritual power left in her body by the two witches still emitted strange power, constantly eroding her body.
If left untreated, the injury will only get worse.
With his palm on Zaifu Qiaoqiao's lower abdomen and his consciousness sinking into her body, Kong Qi roughly understood the extent of her injuries and said softly, "Well, it's not a big problem."
As the frosty white light flickered on his hands, he controlled the icy spiritual power to flow in, forcing out the spiritual power left in Zai Fu Qiaoqiao's body by the two witch cultivators.
They eventually turned into two wisps of black smoke and were shattered by Kong Ju's spiritual power.
Then he took out the second-grade medicinal ointment and stopped the bleeding on some of the larger wounds on Zai Fu Qiaoqiao's body.
He took out another Guyuan Pill and gave it to her to take.
During this process, Zai Fu Qiaoqiao's face turned rosy at a speed visible to the naked eye.
With a trembling of her eyelids, she finally woke up.
Zai Fuqiao opened his eyes, seemingly unaware of his current situation, with a fierce look in his pupils.
It was not until she saw Kong Ju's face that the fierceness in her eyes disappeared and turned into respectfulness. She called out respectfully, "Young Master!"
As he spoke, he struggled to get up, bowed deeply to Kong Ju, and showed a look of shame on his face.
"I am incompetent and have caused trouble for the young master."
She was talking about leading the people of the Zhuyin tribe to the Lingzhufang City.
"It's okay." Kong Ju waved his hand, not caring.
If you really want to think about it, it was actually me who harmed Zaifu Qiaoqiao. If she hadn't been seen following me by the witch cultivators at the border of the Great Wilderness, she wouldn't have been hunted down by the Zhuyin tribe.
Furthermore, if Zaifu Qiaoqiao had not come, he would not know that he was being targeted by the Zhuyin tribe.
Although the process was a bit troublesome, at least I got through it safely.
"Young Master, a powerful ghost spirit from the Zhuyin tribe is chasing us this time." Zaifu Qiaoqiao didn't know that the three people who came to chase us were killed by Kong Ju, so he hurriedly said to Kong Ju: "It's better for us to retreat as soon as possible."
"Oh, are you talking about this person?" With a smile in his eyes, Kong Ju took out the head of the ghost wizard that had been frozen into a lump of ice from the Qiankun bag and placed it in front of Zai Fu Qiaoqiao.
The latter looked at the face of the ghost wizard, which still had resentment left before his death, and was stunned for a moment, then showed an expression of inexplicable shock.
"Young Master, you...kill Puwen!"
She obviously knew this powerful ghost spirit, and because of that, she realized how powerful this Pu Wen was.
The shock in his heart was much stronger than that felt by Mansion Master Wen.
"It did take some effort." Kong Ju responded without comment, then put Pu Wen's head back into the Qiankun bag.
It took Zaifu Qiaoqiao a long time to come back to his senses from the shock, and he said to Kong Ju sincerely: "As expected of the young master, you defeated the ghost spirit with your foundation building strength. There is no one who can do this in Gujiang."
Kong Ju obviously had other things to do. He looked at Zaifu Qiaoqiao and asked solemnly, "How did the people from the Zhuyin tribe target you?"
"Tell me the details of what happened so I can plan ahead."
The appearance of Zhu Yin's tribe disrupted Kong Ju's plan to seize the opportunity at Ku Ruo Temple. It was obvious that he had to figure out the situation before making the next move.
But you can't wait until the problem arises to find a solution.
With Pu Wen's death, Zaifu Qiaoqiao also relaxed, leaned against the fire which was still burning, calmed down, and slowly told his experience of this trip.
"After the young master and I parted ways in Woqiu City, I disguised myself as a Tianqi monk and entered Tianqi from another border city with weak defenses."
"I heard along the way that you had severely defeated four commanders of the Imperial Guards in the Imperial City, so I headed north, preparing to go to the Imperial City."
"Who knew that he would sense that the soul in your consciousness had deviated and was no longer in the imperial city, so he changed his route and followed the guidance of his soul to Quanzhou."
Speaking of this, Zai Fu Qiaoqiao also showed bitterness.
"I am incompetent. I only discovered that I was being followed by the Zhuyin tribe when I arrived in Quanzhou."
"So I wandered around Quanzhou for several days and then went to Heiqiu City, which is adjacent to Quanzhou, to try to get rid of them."
As he spoke, Zai Fuqiao had a look of self-mockery on his face.
"Who knew that among those following us, Puwen was also one of them. With his strength as a ghost spirit, I could not shake him off no matter what. They pretended to be shaken off by me on purpose, just to let me take them to find the young master."
"I wanted to continue to take them around Quanzhou."
"But Pu Wen noticed something and sent those two Tai Guangs to attack. I was defeated and could only fight while I was running."
"Fortunately, the young master took action, otherwise I would have died."
After hearing the whole story, Kong Ju nodded slightly.
Zai Fu Qiaoqiao is quite clever.
She was able to travel with several witches from the Zhuyin tribe for so many days. If there hadn't been a ghost spirit among them, she would have probably left them behind in Heiqiu City this time.
Moreover, when she was besieged by two Taiguangs, she managed to poison one of them despite being seriously injured. This record was considered acceptable.
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It's not a straw lift.
Thinking of this, Kong Ju glanced at Zaifu Qiaoqiao, whose face still showed traces of shame, and thought to himself, "This woman is worth cultivating."
Your combat power may not be high, but your brain must be good.
Then Kong Ju asked whether the matter of the Black Snake Tribe had been exposed.
Zaifu Qiaoqiao pondered for a long time and nodded in agreement: "I think it is almost certain, otherwise the Zhuyin tribe would not have made a move against me."
"They have been delaying their attack on me in order to lure out the young master."
His guess was confirmed by Zaifu Qiaoqiao, Kong Ju also stretched out his hand to rub his eyebrows and said with a wry smile: "This is going to be troublesome."
Listening to the conversations of the wandering cultivators in the market town, it turned out that among the witch cultivators sent by the Zhuyin tribe to find them this time, there was a witch cultivator with the ability of soul transformation.
Whenever his identity was exposed, he would start a killing spree. The lords of various prefectures were powerless and could only ask the imperial court to send out the imperial guards.
In addition, it is also unknown how many lifting wheels the Zhuyin Department has in total.
Fortunately, the several witches who came to Quanzhou this time were killed by him, and the clues were cut off. It would take some time for them to track them down.
Zaifu Qiaoqiao didn't know about the Soul Transformation Wu Xiu, but she knew how powerful the Zhuyin tribe was. She suggested earnestly, "Young Master, the Zhuyin tribe has the most forces infiltrating Tianqi among all the tribes. I'm afraid they won't let you go so easily after you killed their powerful ghost spirit this time. We need to make plans early."
"I understand. Just rest and recover. I have my own plans." Kong Ju nodded and left some pills for Zai Fu Qiaoqiao, then sent her to the only remaining room in the Qingzhu Courtyard.
Sitting on his bed, Kong Ju supported his chin with both hands, looking at the white frost outside the window, with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.
"Why at this time?"
Just when the formation of Kuruo Temple was about to be weakened and when he was about to enter Kuruo Temple, people from the Zhuyin tribe arrived.
This undoubtedly disrupted Kong Ju's plan.
The only thing to be thankful for was that Kong Ju was ruthless enough this time and left no one alive.
No matter how powerful the Zhuyin tribe is, it will take time to track them down.
Kong Ju's eyes flickered with brilliance, and he finally made a decision. He thought to himself, "I can only break the formation in advance and take the opportunity of Kuruo Temple and leave."
"Although it is not the winter solstice yet, the temperature has dropped sharply for a long time. I am afraid that the Red Sun Huixi formation no longer has the power it once had."
Also, Kong Ju and Lord Wen are friends.
The last time he sold a Shenglun Pill to Wen Xi at a friendly price.
This time he killed three Gujiang witches.
As the lord of Quanzhou, Wen Xi has the duty to arrest Wu Xiu.
Kong Ju helped him kill the three witch cultivators, which undoubtedly helped him a lot. Otherwise, if Lord Wen wanted to deal with the three witch cultivators, he would not have much chance of success.
It's all human nature.
Now that Wu Xiu has suddenly appeared in Quanzhou, Wen Xi will certainly use his authority as the Palace Lord to strictly check every cultivator entering and leaving. He should be the most well-informed person.
Kong Ju plans to go to the mansion of the Lord of Wenxi tomorrow and ask him to come to Lingzhu Market to inform him as soon as he has any news about Wu Xiu.
He shouldn't refuse such a small thing.
Furthermore, after this incident is reported to the imperial palace tonight, the imperial guards should also make some response.
There is no need to worry about Quanzhou’s safety in the short term.
At least there is some time before Kong Ju takes out the opportunity of Ku Ruo Temple.
"We should first go and see if the opportunity at Kuruo Temple is easy to obtain."
"If the danger is too great, we can only give up for now."
"Otherwise, if the powerful soul-transforming masters from the Zhuyin tribe really come, it will be difficult for me to escape.
Kong Ju thought silently.
He is a decisive person and he doesn't think too much once he makes a plan.
With a thought, he took out the storage bags that he had taken from the three witches and the three balls of essence of heaven and earth that they had left behind.
(End of this chapter)