On the other side of the Gray Bone Mountains is the Northern Prairie.

The Gray Bone Mountains are long and steep, with demons and monsters running rampant inside, so it should be impassable.

But the problem is that this world is unreasonable and there are cultivators, so occasionally humans and barbarians will come into contact with each other through the Gray Bone Mountains.

However, after all, the terrain is dangerous by nature, so at most some practitioners take advantage of the concealment of the Gray Bone Mountains to trade with humans and barbarians, but there is no danger of a large-scale invasion by the barbarians.

With the strength of the barbarians, if they are serious, they will be able to flatten the Gray Bone Mountains.

But with this much strength, they could have invaded openly from other places. Wouldn't it be asking for trouble if they went through the Gray Bone Mountains? If the barbarian army marched out and swept across the Gray Bone Mountains, the noise would be so loud that it would be impossible to cover it up.

Therefore, although Hanyuan County is close to the grassland, it is still relatively peaceful compared to Beihan County and other territories that are directly adjacent to the grassland.

The Gray Bone Mountains are the most special place in Hanyuan County.

Han Shanshan also mentioned a few other places, but Zhou Qing didn't care after just a brief introduction.

Those places have no attraction to the Yin Shen Zhen Xue Realm, and it is almost impossible for there to be anything there.

In the cultivation world of Hanyuan County, not to mention the government forces, the Han and Zhang families are the most respected, and all other forces rely on them.

The ancestor of the Han family was an inner disciple of Xuandu Temple, and was among the top ten in the inner peak.

Unfortunately, he never had the chance to inherit the true teachings, so he left Xuandu Temple and returned to Hanyuan County to spread his bloodline.

By now, they have become a prominent family in the county, and from time to time, disciples from the family would go to Xuandu Temple to practice. Including this generation, Han Shanshan has two brothers who entered Xuandu Temple and became inner disciples.

The Han family is considered to be a legitimate affiliated force of Xuandu Temple.

The Zhang family was originally just a powerful family in Hengchuan County, but after several generations of hard work and with many talented people in the family, they gradually developed to their current level.

These two families are nothing to Xuandu Temple, but in Hanyuan County, they are the sky.

"When my ancestor was in Xuandu Temple, he was in charge of the medicine garden for a period of time. He found that he had some talent for growing and raising medicine, so he did not give up this path after returning to Hanyuan County."

Han Shanshan said: "The Han family has been passed down to this day, and each generation has not forgotten the aspirations of their ancestors. In terms of medicine, they have accumulated some foundation."

"As for the Zhang family, they are extremely proficient in the ways of business, and their business involves all aspects."

"Some of the Zhang family's businesses are popular even in other counties and are extremely prosperous."

"In the Han and Zhang families, apart from the current patriarch who is at the True Blood Realm, there are no other practitioners of this level. At least... that's the case on the surface. I don't know if the Zhang family has anything hidden."

"Under Zhang Xinkong, that is..."

"In addition to the Han and Zhang families, there are several other powerful families in Hanyuan County, which are..."

Han Shanshan’s description was extremely detailed, worthy of being the local boss of Hanyuan County.

"And what happened in Hanyuan County recently..."

Han Shanshan hesitated for a moment and said:

"Hanyuan County has been peaceful for a long time, but something did happen recently, and it was between the Han and Zhang families."

Zhou Qing's heart moved and he became interested. He wondered if this matter was related to his mission.

Zhou Qing asked: "Is it convenient to talk about this?"

"It's not inconvenient, because the matter is over." Han Shanshan sighed and said, "Brother Zhou, do you know why I came to Xuandu Temple?"

"I heard that Miss Han came here to ask for medicine."

This is what Qin Ming said to Zhou Qing on the way here. In the past few days, Han Shanshan has been running around in Xuandu Temple with the help of the Han family's connections, visiting alchemy masters one by one, hoping to ask them for help in refining some kind of elixir.

But it seems that I have never been able to do so.

"So Senior Brother Zhou also heard about it." Han Shanshan looked more and more haggard.

"I'm here to ask for medicine for my father. My father is in a very bad condition right now. He is seriously injured and desperately needs a medicine to heal him."

"And the reason why my father was injured is related to what I just said."

"The Han and Zhang families discovered a treasure land in the Gray Bone Mountains. There are a lot of spiritual medicines there, and it is also extremely suitable for cultivating medicinal materials. The two families clashed over that treasure land, and in the end even my father and Zhang Xinkong took action personally."

“But no one expected that Zhang Xinkong would break through silently and complete the first level of True Blood Refining. His strength surpassed that of my father. If my father had not found a way to save his life and escaped at all costs, he would have died at the hands of Zhang Xinkong.”

"But even so, my father was seriously injured and his condition is getting worse."

Zhou Qing was silent. It turned out that there was such a hidden story behind Han Shanshan's request for medicine.

The precious land that the Han and Zhang families were fighting for... Could this be related to his mission? However, even if this matter had nothing to do with the true teaching assessment, Zhou Qing's visit to Han Shanshan was worthwhile. He obtained a very useful piece of information that was crucial to his subsequent actions.

Zhang Xinkong, the head of the Zhang family, has completed the refining of his true blood.

The practice of the True Blood Realm is different from the previous martial arts path. This realm is no longer divided into beginner, minor success, and major success.

The stage of just being promoted to the True Blood Realm, like during the day, is called the Original Blood Stage.

Later on, you will need to refine true blood.

With each completion of a refinement, the True Blood Warrior's strength will be greatly improved, and a total of three refinements are required to reach this level.

After completing the three refinements of true blood, you can start preparing for the Earth-Clearing Realm and take the next step.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you have the ability to continue to break through.

According to widely known information, Zhang Xinkong is still in the original blood stage. Unexpectedly, he has already reached the true blood stage. This is information that even Qin Ming does not know.

I'm afraid that if the conflict with the Zhang family had not broken out this time, which allowed the Han family to learn the news, then no one except the Zhang family would know about Zhang Xinkong's breakthrough.

This information is very useful to Zhou Qing, because in addition to investigating the problems of the Zhang family, he also has to deal with the Zhang family.

No matter how it is handled, Zhang Xinkong, the head of the family in the True Blood Realm, must be faced.

If Zhou Qing had not come to find Han Shanshan and went directly to Hanyuan County, he would not have known the news of Zhang Xinkong's breakthrough. When he started to deal with the Zhang family, it would be full of "surprises".

Compared with the original blood, the strength of the true blood is greatly improved after being refined.

Didn’t you see that the head of the Han family was almost beaten to death by his old rival? If Zhang Xinkong hadn’t made a breakthrough, then even if Han Tielin was defeated, he could have escaped safely.

Zhou Qing secretly rejoiced in his heart, and said: "Master Han is a lucky man, and I believe he can get through this difficult time smoothly."

This was all he could say. He couldn't possibly ask Han Shanshan to mourn, right? The head of the Han family wasn't dead yet! Han Shanshan pursed her lips and kept looking at Zhou Qing, making Zhou Qing feel a little puzzled.

what?

"Brother Zhou, I know this is very presumptuous, but I really have no other choice." Han Shanshan said with a sad face:

“Can you help me? I beg you, the Han family can agree to all your requests and is willing to pay everything to repay you.”

Han Shanshan's words were somewhat disorganized and confusing, and it was obvious that she was very excited.

But Zhou Qing understood what Han Shanshan meant. She asked him for help just to get medicine for Han Tielin.

He is now a member of Shuiyue Peak and is highly valued by Luo Liuli. This is something everyone knows.

When it comes to alchemy, there are few people in the entire Xuandu Temple who are better than Luo Liuli.

It is only natural for Han Shanshan to come to him for help now.

Zhou Qing thought for a moment and said, "I don't quite understand. It's just a healing elixir. I believe there are many Yinshen-level alchemy masters in Xuandu Temple who are willing to help you."

"Why is it that after so many days, Miss Han, there is still no result?"

If you say that an outsider comes to Xuandu Temple to ask for medicine, then probably no one will pay attention to you.

However, the relationship between the Han family and Xuandu Temple is there, and there are many favors between them. There will definitely be no problem in inviting a few Yinshen Alchemy Masters.

Xuandu Temple is not so ruthless that it is unwilling to refine even one True Blood Pill for the Han family.

Han Shanshan replied: "There are indeed several seniors who are willing to help, and they may not even charge the Han family for any reward."

That's it, Xuandu Temple has done a great job in this regard.

"But my father's injuries were somewhat special. He first escaped from Zhang Xinkong's hands by means that inflicted severe damage to himself, and then took another kind of elixir to keep himself alive."

"This saved his life, but it also made his injury very difficult. The Han family found a pill recipe that could be effective for my father's injury, but that kind of pill is very difficult to refine."

Han Shanshan said sadly, "It's so difficult that the seniors I found said they were not very confident after looking at the recipe."

"The most important thing is that the Han family has only collected one set of medicinal materials, and they are still missing a crucial item."

"What's missing?"

"Any kind of spiritual object that can extend life in the True Blood Realm. This is the most important medicinal ingredient."

“…”

No wonder no one has helped the Han family to make pills until now.

It was difficult, and there was only one set of herbs, and there was even one thing missing...

Not to mention what to do if you are short of that thing, even if you have all the herbs, I guess no one would be willing to help make it.

When it comes to alchemy, failure is normal, especially when one has just come across an elixir recipe that is very difficult to refine.

It is almost foreseeable that it cannot be achieved in one go, unless one is extremely lucky.

There is only one medicinal ingredient, and all the hopes of the Han family are pinned on it. If you make the elixir for the Han family and fail, the Han family can only watch Han Tielin die.

This is the Optimus Prime of the Han family.

Who would be willing to bear such consequences?

Logically speaking, this certainly cannot be blamed on the alchemist.

But people are unreasonable.

If you hadn't ruined the life-saving elixir, how could the head of the Han family have died!

Although not all, there are definitely some members of the Han family who think so.

Seeing that Zhou Qing hadn't spoken, Han Shanshan sighed again.

"I am sorry for being so presumptuous. I hope you don't take it to heart, Senior Brother Zhou."

Zhou Qing suddenly asked:

"Why didn't you make this request before you told me the information about Hanyuan County?"

"I told you that I could trade you information about Hanyuan County. You can use this to make a deal with me, or even blackmail me into helping you."

Han Shanshan shook her head and said:

"What I said was just some information of little value. How dare you use it to threaten Senior Brother Zhou?"

"If what I said can help Senior Brother Zhou, then that's enough. I don't dare to ask for anything else."

Zhou Qing looked at Han Shanshan and said nothing.

Although he didn't know the truth about Han Shanshan's quest for the elixir to no avail, if Han Shanshan wanted to make a deal with him based on Hanyuan County's information from the beginning, Zhou Qing would definitely turn around and leave immediately.

However, since Han Shanshan has this attitude now, it is a different matter.

Han Shanshan asked, "What else does Senior Brother Zhou want to know?"

"Well, I guessed a little bit. It should be related to Senior Brother Zhou's true teaching assessment."

Zhou Qing nodded and said, "So I can't ask Shuiyue Peak to help you make the elixir, otherwise, it would be suspected of using the power of Shuiyue Peak to complete the true teaching assessment."

This is not an excuse, it is the truth.

It’s just about refining a true blood pill. As long as Zhou Qing asks, Luo Liuli will definitely be willing to do it, and the possibility of success is very high.

The elixir that is extremely difficult to make for the Yin Shen Alchemist is nothing to the Alchemist.

But if he did so, the Han family would definitely be grateful to him, and all his future actions in Hanyuan County would be easily helped by the Han family.

It’s not that Zhou Qing can’t use the help of the Han family to complete his assessment task, but he absolutely cannot let the Han family help him because of Luo Liuli.

If Zhou Qing has the ability to cure the head of the Han family himself, then Xuandu Temple will not care what the Han family does for him, and will even think that this is a sign of his outstanding ability.

A day trip to the Bone Refining Realm cured a True Blood Realm. If this is not a manifestation of ability, what is it? But if he relied on Luo Liuli's power, then the assessment could be directly declared a failure.

After Zhou Qing's reminder, Han Shanshan also understood this, and her eyes became much dimmer.

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She suddenly realized that she had actually made things worse.

After she told Zhou Qing about this matter today, there was no possibility of asking Luo Liuli for help before Zhou Qing completed the Zhenchuan assessment.

Otherwise, there would be suspicion that Shuiyue Peak interfered with the assessment.

Could Han Shanshan ask Zhou Qing to sacrifice his future to help her? No matter what others thought, Han Shanshan didn't have the nerve to make such a shameless request.

"I was too abrupt and almost affected Senior Brother Zhou."

Zhou Qing shook his head, indicating that he didn't blame her, and then asked, "For the last life-extending spiritual object missing from the set of medicinal materials, does it have any requirements for the life-extending time?"

"There are no requirements, as long as it can be useful to the True Blood Realm." Han Shanshan said:

"But if the life-extending effect is better, then the improvement to the finished pill will be greater."

"In that case..."

Zhou Qing took out a bright red fruit from the space ring and handed it to Han Shanshan.

"This is a life-extending fruit. It can probably extend the life of a True Blood Realm cultivator by one month. That should be enough."

This is the treasure that Zhou Qing opened in the [Mysterious Treasure Box] that month. In fact, it is just the output of the golden treasure box and is most suitable for the Holy Marrow Cleansing Realm.

However, Ao Xuanwei has identified that the True Blood Realm is not unusable, but the effect will be greatly reduced.

Zhou Qing has quite a few of these things, all of which he was too lazy to mention in detail before. Only longevity treasures of the level of the Human Longevity Peach could make him pay attention to them.

Extending life by one month... this effect can only be said to be better than nothing.

To Zhou Qing, it is of no use and just gathers dust in the space ring. Basically no one around him needs it.

But if he wanted to sell it, he didn't want to.

It would be appropriate to give it to Han Shanshan now, as a reward for her intelligence.

The information about Zhang Xinkong's True Blood Refining was very important to Zhou Qing.

Moreover, Zhou Qing had other plans. This life-extending fruit should bring him other surprises.

Han Shanshan was stunned, then immediately shook her head and refused.

"Brother Zhou, this is too valuable. I can't accept it. My information is not worth this price, and I have never thought of accepting your things."

At first, she just wanted to establish a relationship with this most prominent disciple and had no intention of doing business with Zhou Qing.

"It's not a deal, just consider it a gift from me." Zhou Qing smiled and said, "There are some things I don't sell, I only give away. Take it. No matter if it can be refined into a pill in the end, you should at least collect all the herbs, right?"

Han Shanshan looked at the spiritual fruit and fell into a struggle. She really needed this thing.

The reason I came to Xuandu Temple, not only to ask someone to make elixirs, but also because I couldn't find any magical objects that could prolong life in Hanyuan County, so I had to come to Xuandu Temple to try.

Finally, Han Shanshan made a decision.

"Brother Zhou, thank you."

"I will write a letter to my father. You give it to the Han family. If you need any help after you arrive in Hanyuan County, the Han family will definitely do their best to help you."

Han Shanshan accepted the longevity fruit, she really needed it.

Zhou Qing was also satisfied.

The reason he sent this spiritual fruit was not only to thank Han Shanshan for the information she provided, but also because he wanted to borrow the power of the Han family.

Is it worthwhile to exchange a spiritual fruit that can only extend one month's life for the help of a local tyrant of Hanyuan County? It is absolutely worth it.

And this is not just short-term help, but a long-lasting friendship.

If Zhou Qing himself had the ability to refine the Yin Shen Pill, he would even be willing to help the Han family directly to the end.

In gratitude for saving his life, Han Tielin will surely be willing to help him with all his strength when he deals with the Zhang family in the future.

The scope of the task of dealing with the Zhang family is a bit vague, but if Zhang Xinkong can be dealt with, then it would surely be the most perfect result.

Unfortunately, the true blood was too powerful once refined, and Zhou Qing was no match for it with his own strength. He could only think of other ways.

Han Shanshan did what she said and immediately wrote a letter and gave her token to Zhou Qing. It was obvious that she was very grateful to Zhou Qing.

This may also mean further deepening the relationship with Zhou Qing.

At this point, Zhou Qing had prepared everything and left Xuandu Temple directly.

After looking at the map and identifying the direction, he flew towards Hanyuan County.

The journey is long and it will take some time.

There is no way, Hanzhou is too big.

The sun and the moon rotate, light and darkness alternate, and Hanzhou becomes a little colder at night, especially since Zhou Qing is still flying in the sky, it is even colder.

In terms of space, he has not yet arrived in Hanyuan County, but in terms of time, it is already past midnight.

So Zhou Qing found a place and pretended to rest, but in fact he had logged into the Fairy Tree Secret Realm through projection.

He didn't know what form the assessment supervision would take, so even if he left Xuandu Temple, it would be difficult for him to enter the secret realm of the fairy tree in person.

He wielded the axe and after eight lightning-fast chops, the treasure light ball filled the area around Zhou Qing.

As usual, he took a quick look at the various elixirs and spiritual plants that aided in cultivation or had quite good effects, and put them aside.

[Earth-grade elixir: Jiazidan]

【Can extend life by 60 years】

“…”

After seeing the pill, Zhou Qing's expression was complicated.

It’s just been “one month” since it was sent out, and now it’s been “sixty years”. This matter has caused a lot of trouble.

I don’t know what to say.

This is why Zhou Qing was so generous and indifferent to the longevity magic item he gave to Han Shanshan.

Just one month.

"Sixty years, I don't know what realm the highest level is useful for."

Looking at the Jiazidan in his hand, Zhou Qing sniffed it and found it smelled quite fragrant.

The classification of elixir grades here at the Great Thousand Immortal Tree is different from that outside.

Outside, the grade of elixirs is divided by realm, not by human quality or earth quality, so he needs to figure out on his own what realm is suitable for taking elixirs of the two qualities.

Well, the quality grade classification of elixirs out there does include the heavenly and earthly grades.

Pills of the level that can reach the sky are generally referred to as heavenly pills or earthly pills, but this is obviously not the same as Brother Shu’s earth-grade pills.

[Earth-grade elixir: Awakening Pill]

[Awaken the mind and awaken the spirit. After refining, it can give people the talent of soul cultivation]

This is a very powerful pill with a very profound effect.

It can allow mortals to embark on the path of cultivation, and it can allow warriors to practice two paths at the same time, which can be said to be a way to change one's destiny.

Zhou Qing attached great importance to this awakening pill. He certainly could not use it himself, but he could give it to Bai Ruoyue later.

Of course, the talent for soul cultivation possessed by relying on an earth-grade elixir is definitely not a genius, and is probably just at an ordinary level.

But as long as one can cultivate the soul, even if one can only cultivate to the Night Wandering Realm, this is also a huge benefit for a pure warrior.

What's more, with Zhou Qing's resources and Bai Ruoyue's own martial arts strength, as long as she has the talent for soul cultivation, it is impossible for her to just travel at night even if she spends all her resources.

It is very efficient and safe for a high-level cultivator or warrior to start practicing another path from scratch.

[Earth-grade elixir: Bloodline elixir]

[After taking this pill, those with strong blood can tap into a bloodline supernatural power]

This is another very magical pill that can affect the blood.

Bloodline supernatural powers are generally exclusive to the powerful descendants of demon clans. It is equivalent to mastering a Taoist martial art from birth, and the power will increase with the improvement of cultivation without the need for practice.

As for the upper limit, that depends on how strong your bloodline is.

This pill is very suitable for monsters and beasts, but it's a pity that Yinhe gave it to Bai Ruoyue to take away. Otherwise, if it had taken it, it might have been able to awaken the magical power of the Qilin bloodline.

But it’s okay to leave it to it. Anyway, when Zhou Qing practices to the pinnacle of marrow cleansing, he will go to Yujing.

However, looking at the bloodline pill, Zhou Qing suddenly had an idea.

"Can I use this pill?"

He was just an ordinary human at first, without any powerful bloodline.

But he merged the True Dragon Blood Soul Stone and the drop of Phoenix blood he got from the drifting wish bottle...

However, after opening the data panel and taking a look, Zhou Qing gave up the idea of ​​using the Bloodline Pill.

The panel didn't show at all that he had a strong bloodline.

Yes, he now has the power of dragon and phoenix in his body, that is for sure, but it cannot be said that he has the bloodline of dragon and phoenix.

Those who possess the bloodline of dragon and phoenix are either from these two tribes or are half-demons.

So far, Zhou Qing is still a pure human.

There were quite a few special elixirs dropped this time, but the spiritual plants and soul plants were rather ordinary. There were no top-grade ones, nor any things with strange effects.

After leaving Xuandu Temple, I felt a little depressed.

(End of this chapter)