During the flight, Zhou Qing felt a surge of emotion.

The four monks who were at the stage of Holy Manifestation and Marrow Cleansing were no different from him, as they were no more than melons and vegetables to be chopped off. They had no ability to resist at all.

He is still in the late stage of day travel!

This is his current strength.

With the Yin God Formation, the Three Spirits Formation combined with his natal artifact, the Erbao Wonderful Tree, and the Yin God's True Blood, there are not many practitioners who can pose a threat to Zhou Qing unless they are facing a top genius.

The advancement of Miaoshu to a divine weapon has greatly enhanced Zhou Qing's strength. Those ordinary holy marrow cleansings cannot withstand the power of the divine weapon after Zhou Qing activates it.

This battle briefly tested the power of the Miaoshu after it was upgraded to a divine weapon, and demonstrated the power of the divine weapon to the fullest.

Moreover, Zhou Qing only used the Heaven and Earth Haoran Sword; the magical weapon produced by the third branch and the entire wonderful tree had not been used yet.

A sword of great power in heaven and earth killed all the enemies in a few breaths, quickly and decisively, with overwhelming power.

The natal artifact is so terrifying! What is the natal artifact?

In the hands of the owner of the weapon, it can unleash greater power with less consumption!

And it is precisely because Miao Shu is Zhou Qing's natal magic weapon that he can use it so freely and display its full power.

If it is not their own divine weapon, then the holy monks generally cannot display the full power of the divine weapon, because their strength is not enough to fully activate the divine weapon.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, when activating a divine weapon, the difference between the power of the Holy Manifestation and the power of the Yin God is like the difference between water and gasoline. The divine weapon needs to burn oil.

Not only was the power not fully exerted, but the consumption was also extremely huge, and it was impossible to land more than a few strikes.

Therefore, even when facing other late-stage Sun-Traveling cultivators who also possess magical weapons, Zhou Qing will definitely have an absolute advantage.

The Riyou Realm possesses its own divine weapon. Zhou Qing doesn't know whether there is such a situation in other places in the world in history or in this era, but as far as he knows, he is the only one.

Zhou Qing felt that he was incredibly strong now, and even with the true teachings of Xuandu, he should be invincible in the Sun Travel Realm.

"With my natal divine weapon by my side, I am not far from reaching the Manifestation of Sainthood. After I ascend to the Manifestation of Sainthood, I will also have a place in the entire Xuandu Temple..."

The so-called Ten True Teachings may not be inappropriate for me to sit in! After running far enough, Zhou Qing first checked the Zhang family's flying magic weapon. There were some resources piled up in it, all of which were normal types, and there was nothing wrong.

After checking, Zhou Qing shook his head, "These things are definitely not traded with the barbarians."

A barbarian tribe that is capable of helping Zhang Xinkong complete the refining of true blood would definitely look down on these things.

So Zhou Qing put them all into his space ring.

It just so happened that a space expansion stone dropped before, and now his space ring is very big.

Then Zhou Qing took out all the space devices he had looted from the Zhang family and checked the marks on them one by one. Finally, he found a special space bag.

The marks on other spatial instruments are consistent with the cultivation level of the Zhang family and can correspond to each other.

Only this space bag, the mark on it gave Zhou Qing an unshakable and indelible feeling. The mark was deeper than the space bag that Zhou Qing had obtained from Yang Teng before, whose owner was a Yin Shen cultivator.

This was definitely not left by the Zhang family.

With such a mark, it was obvious that Zhou Qing could not open this space bag.

"This should contain the batch of goods that the Zhang family wants to hand over to the barbarians, but how should I open it..."

To untie the bell, one must find the person who tied it, and we have to find a solution from the Zhang family.

The Zhang family must be using this space bag, otherwise how can they put things into it? So even if the owner of the space bag is not a member of the Zhang family, they should have a way to open it.

It is impossible that the owner of this space bag would accompany them to collect the supplies needed by the barbarians.

Zhou Qing had also heard of such situations. In some more advanced space devices, the owner could leave a locked hole on it and then teach the key, or some special methods, to others.

With the help of this method, one can use the thing normally even when the owner is not around and without the spatial item changing hands.

The space bag in front of you is most likely a high-end product.

Zhou Qing took out the soul of a day-traveling cultivator from the Zhang family and searched it directly. After a while, Zhou Qing frowned slightly and continued to suppress the soul.

There are many restrictions in the memories of this day-traveling monk, and only a few memories can be peeped into.

And there was no information related to the barbarians in those memories that were spied on. In the understanding of this day-traveling monk, their group was just going to the ancestral land of Hengchuan County normally, and then escorting the resources from the Gray Bone Mountains back.

Zhou Qing searched the souls of several Sun-Traveling Bone Refining Realm practitioners in succession, and the results he obtained were the same.

It is worth mentioning that although the Zhang family has the means to determine the life and death of their family members, in a situation like the current one, the Zhang family will not react.

Because the souls of these Zhang family members still exist, they are not considered completely dead.

The way most forces in the world determine the life and death of their disciples is directly linked to the soul, such as the soul lamp.

Only when the soul dies will the soul lamp go out.

That's why Zhou Qing kept the souls of all the Zhang family members and didn't send them to reincarnate after searching their souls, just to prevent Hanyuan City from immediately knowing the news of the accident of this team.

Only after there had been no news from this group of people for a long time, the Zhang family would probably realize that something was wrong and conclude that something had probably happened to Zhang Xinli and the others.

There is no doubt that this way of judging life and death has great disadvantages and is very likely to be exploited by people with ulterior motives.

But this is the most popular method, and the only method that most forces can do. To determine whether the physical body is dead at an unknown distance is much more difficult than determining the death of the soul.

Even methods like the Soul Lamp are fine for cultivators, but if it is a warrior, they need to wait until the second half of the Internal Organ Realm or even the Bone Refining Realm before it will be effective on them.

This is the realm where warriors can initially use their mental strength.

If a practitioner falls into some special environment, the soul lamp may become ineffective.

Only a very small number of major forces have the ability to produce more accurate and comprehensive things to judge life and death.

It takes extremely strong strength and foundation to accomplish such a thing.

This method of judging life and death no matter where you are, thousands of miles away, is really not a simple thing.

Zhou Qing took out the soul of another holy monk and tried to search his soul, but he got stuck at the first step and couldn't go on.

The restrictions on the soul of Zhang family's saintly monk are completely not at the same level as those of the day-traveling monk. This is a comprehensive and solid restriction that cannot be broken through at all.

If one tries to break through by force, the restriction will immediately backfire and directly detonate the soul of the holy monk, preventing the enemy from getting anything.

This discovery made Zhou Qing feel troubled. He checked the souls of other people in the Holy Marrow Cleansing Realm and found that they were all like this, without any loopholes.

"This shouldn't be the case. The Zhang family is just a True Blood family. How could they possibly achieve this?"

"The restrictions on the souls of the Zhang family members who are in the Daytime Bone Refining Realm are just the level of a normal True Blood family. But when they reach the Manifestation of Sainthood Washing Marrow Realm, they are directly so strict. This is not normal."

Since Zhou Qing learned how to search souls, there is only one person whose soul he is completely unable to search, and he cannot obtain even a single memory of him.

That is Yang Teng, who has a father who is in the state of Huangquan Chedi.

The souls of others, including some members of the Tianmu religion, can also be searched, but things related to the Tianmu religion cannot be viewed. Normal memories can still be seen.

How could the restrictions on the soul of the Zhang family's Xiansheng Xisui realm be so severe? Moreover, Zhang Xinkong was in the True Blood realm, not the Yin Shen realm, so it was even more impossible for him to be so good at things related to the soul.

There is a problem. There must be something wrong.

How can I know the problem...

Gradually, Zhou Qing had an idea.

If you can't search their souls, then try to get them to tell you on their own initiative.

Bewitching Eyes, activated! Zhou Qing used this hypnotic Taoist technique that he had just learned on the soul of a marrow-washing warrior.

Because of the soul-searching, the soul is already damaged. It is also the soul of a warrior, not as strong as that of a cultivator, so the Bewitching Eye was successful.

The eyes of this marrow-washing warrior became confused, without any clarity.

"What's your name? Where are you from?"

"Zhang Wei, from the Zhang family of Hanyuan County."

The answer was quite rigid, without any emotion.

"What are you going to do now?"

"Go to Hengchuan County, return to the Zhang family's ancestral land, transport resources, and..."

As he was speaking, Zhang Wei suddenly got stuck, and a look of struggle appeared in his eyes.

“And… and…”

The more he wanted to continue speaking, the more intense the struggle in his eyes became, as if he was about to break free from hypnosis and regain consciousness.

This made Zhou Qing, who was always paying attention to Zhang Wei, feel a chill in his heart, and he quickly said:

"Stop thinking about it, stop!"

After receiving Zhou Qing's instructions, Zhang Wei's condition indeed improved a lot and became stable.

What kind of restriction is this? Why can't he even say some things? It was obvious that what Zhang Wei wanted to say triggered the restriction in his soul, causing him to be stimulated.

But to Zhou Qing, who knew some inside information, such behavior was undoubtedly another form of evidence.

There is no doubt that this trip to Yokogawa County is related to the barbarians.

"Is there a restriction on your soul that prevents you from revealing something?"

"right."

"Who placed the ban?"

After this question, Zhang Wei showed signs of being irritated again, and Zhou Qing quickly comforted him.

This situation gave Zhou Qing a headache.

It's done too rigorously.

This is why methods like soul searching and bewitching become more restrictive as one progresses in the later stages of cultivation.

After thinking about it, Zhou Qing shook the space bag that couldn't be opened in front of Zhang Wei.

"Can you turn this thing on?"

“Only Elder Li can do this.”

Sure enough, there is a way to open it.

This is good news for Zhou Qing.

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It is impossible to get beyond the restriction and ask something, but it should be no problem to let Zhang Xinli open this space bag.

He did not ask about the specific method of opening it, but asked Zhang Xinli to open it. There was nothing wrong with this behavior itself.

So Zhou Qing turned to use the Bewitching Eye on Zhang Xinli.

This time, it will be very difficult.

Zhang Xinli tried to break through to the Yin Shen realm, but failed. However, his soul had undergone some changes, becoming more special than that of a normal saintly monk.

Zhou Qing's current basic soul quality is far inferior to Zhang Xinli's, but fortunately he is in a state of being suppressed and at the mercy of others.

Zhou Qing began to use various means to weaken or suppress Zhang Xinli's soul, step by step.

After a long time, Zhang Xinli's soul became weak and he was almost dying, so the hypnosis was finally successful.

Finally succeeded, wow, I was sweating profusely.

Zhou Qing did not ask any unnecessary questions to provoke Zhang Xinli, for fear of causing him to break free from control, so he gave the order directly.

"Open this space bag."

Zhang Xinli was a man of action. He made a few seals and hit the space bag, and the tight opening was immediately loosened.

Zhou Qing was slightly delighted when he saw this. He immediately knew what kind of deal the Zhang family and the barbarians had made.

This will determine the fate of the Zhang family.

A ray of mental power probed into the space bag. Zhou Qing was stunned at first, with disbelief in his eyes. He couldn't believe what he saw.

Then Zhou Qing's expression immediately darkened, his anger and murderous intent were visible to the naked eye, accumulating rapidly.

“Bang!”

Zhou Qing first slapped Zhang Xinkong in the face, but he still wasn't satisfied. If he wasn't afraid of alerting the Zhang family, he would have beaten Zhang Xinkong and the others to death.

This space bag is indeed very special, and what is inside is the goods provided by the Zhang family to the barbarians.

But what are these goods? They are people!

People, some in rags and some wearing coarse linen clothes, were packed into this space bag like sardines in a can. They were so densely packed that they filled the entire space. They were stuck in a state of stagnation and had no consciousness.

Among these people, there were men and women, adults and children. Zhou Qing was able to count the exact number of people with just a scan of his mental power.

One thousand people. A full one thousand people.

The Zhang family actually sold humans as commodities to the barbarians in exchange for the barbarians' resource support.

Any normal person would be angry when suddenly seeing such a shocking scene, and Zhou Qing is no exception.

He thought of more.

If the goods are delivered once a month, there would probably be a thousand people each time. If the goods are delivered twelve times a year, that would be twelve thousand people.

How long has the transaction between the Zhang family and the barbarians lasted?

Twelve thousand people were sent to the barbarians as cargo every year. If this bloody trade continued for several years, or even more than ten years...

Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of humans were sold to the barbarians like livestock. This is simply shocking and outrageous to both humans and gods.

The Zhang family was engaged in business, and their business was not limited to Hanyuan County, but had also expanded to other counties.

These businesses probably not only provide the Zhang family with normal profits from the sale of goods, but also make it easier for the Zhang family to kidnap people in various counties.

This world is very big, much bigger than the planet Zhou Qing lived in in his previous life. It is much bigger and has a much more densely populated population.

In addition, this world is similar to the ancient environment. With the strength of the Zhang family, they dispersed in various counties every month to abduct some mortals. It was just like a small stone falling into the sea, and the splash would not attract anyone's attention.

If one person goes missing in a town, ten people go missing in a county, and a hundred people go missing in all the counties in a prefecture, it won't attract the attention of the government at all.

The Zhang family didn't even have to abduct people by force. They could just buy servants openly and take some people away from other places with a legitimate reason.

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. The Zhang family was simply a family of human traffickers and traitors.

This family no longer needs to exist.

In just a moment, Zhou Qing decided how to deal with the Zhang family.

But at the same time, he thought of another thing. Xuandu Temple knew that there was a problem with the Zhang family, so they asked him to deal with it.

So, to what extent did Xuandu Temple know about the Zhang family's problems? And when did they know about it?

He only noticed that the Zhang family and the barbarians were colluding, but he didn't know the details, and it was just discovered, so he was asked to investigate further and conduct the true teachings assessment at the same time.

Or did they know everything and knew it a long time ago, but just kept dragging their feet and not solving it? Zhou Qing couldn't get an answer to this question for the time being. He only hoped that it was the former possibility, that Xuandu Temple had just found out about it and didn't know much.

"call!"

Zhou Qing let out a breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, took out the snail, and contacted Han Tielin.

"Mr. Zhou, I wonder if our goal has been achieved?"

Han Tielin's gentle voice sounded.

Zhou Qing didn't say much, and asked directly: "Master Han, do you want revenge?"

Han Tielin was silent for a moment, then immediately replied:

"Yes! I hope Mr. Zhou can help me."

What this means is that the Han family is not helping you, Mr. Zhou, to complete the true teaching assessment, but rather asking you, Mr. Zhou, to help my Han family get revenge. My Han family owes you a favor.

"Well, I will go back to Hanyuan City right away. We need to come up with a plan, a plan that will ensure the death of Zhang Xinkong and include everyone in the Zhang family."

Han Tielin's breath was choked as he heard an extremely strong murderous intent in Zhou Qing's words.

Why would they deal with the Zhang family so decisively and thoroughly?

Mr. Han is really... so happy!

"Master Han, you must recover to your peak as soon as possible. The sooner the better. Then, you can take revenge on Zhang Xinkong in person."

Zhou Qing added: "I will help you and give you this opportunity."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Qing hung up the snail directly and rushed towards Hanyuan City. At the same time, he was also counting the treasures on him that could have an impact on the True Blood Realm.

With Han Tielin and his treasures, it is not impossible to kill him after refining his true blood.

He was determined to kill Zhang Xinkong.

At the Han family, Han Tielin recalled what Zhou Qing said, with excitement flashing in his eyes.

This Xuandu Tianjiao is indeed an unprecedented opportunity for the Han family! Zhang Xinkong...wait for me.

As for whether Zhou Qing could help him get revenge, Han Tielin had no doubt about it.

Zhou Qing knew that Zhang Xinkong was a true blood refiner. Since this Xuandu genius dared to make such a decision, he must have something to rely on.

Han Tielin didn't believe that such a genius would joke about his own life, and didn't believe that he would talk nonsense.

Han Tielin paced back and forth, and finally made up his mind and went straight to the Han family treasury.

He wanted to take out some treasures and get back to the top as quickly as possible.

Although at the current recovery rate, five days would be enough.

But Han Tielin could hear the suppressed murderous intent in Zhou Qing's voice, and knew that this Mr. Zhou probably didn't want to wait any longer than a day.

So Han Tielin decided to try again.

The more you give at this time, the more satisfied you will be. This is the best opportunity. If Han Tielin doesn't seize it, he knows that he will regret it for the rest of his life.

The family heritage was used! The real blood was refined and it was done!

How many chances are there in life? The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!

(End of this chapter)