A huge current of heat appeared out of nowhere, flowing through Zhou Qing's body and merging into his limbs and bones.
The bone marrow began to heat up, and strength continued to surge and increase, causing Zhou Qing to change every minute.
The body is getting stronger at a noticeable speed, and the true essence is increasing...
Wisps of white smoke floated out from Zhou Qing's body, as if the temperature was too high.
After a long time, all the changes in Zhou Qing's body stopped. He carefully sensed his current state and smiled.
"After accumulating this amount of Heavenly Favors for cultivation, I should be able to break through to the minor stage of Marrow Cleansing."
Since he was promoted to the Marrow Cleansing Realm at the end of June, he has been practicing for another two months. Now, with the help of these twenty-nine points of heaven's favor, he has been practicing hard in the Marrow Cleansing realm for about three months.
This time the improvement was so huge that he had a clearer understanding of his progress.
If I could gather this number of Heavenly Favors again, I would be almost able to break through.
How cool! "After I break through my martial arts, I will prioritize my soul..."
Zhou Qing has a clear plan in mind.
After he broke through in martial arts, the soul and spirit path, which had accumulated the foundation for two months, was closer to the next breakthrough.
Putting his body into the soul bag again, Zhou Qing planned to continue moving around the grassland as a soul.
The mission of Xuandu Temple has been completed, so the next step is to concentrate on his own business.
Slay demons and eliminate monsters!
…
Several bodies lay on the ground, blood gushing out.
This was the first barbarian group Zhou Qing encountered after planting trees.
He now changed into another form, from a real dragon to a phoenix, and killed the team on the spot.
Then Zhou Qing left the surveillance object and left, but this time, he left some traces.
If the barbarian elder who comes to investigate the situation later is careful enough, he will be able to find him by following these traces.
Before this, every time he destroyed a barbarian group, he would eliminate all traces and leave quickly to avoid being tracked.
But this time, Zhou Qing wished they would chase him.
Now that the mission is accomplished, Zhou Qing has no more scruples and is ready to go on a killing spree.
He wants to fish!
After walking a long way, Zhou Qing observed the murder scene from the strange object. Soon, he saw two barbarian masters appear there.
Their faces all looked very ugly. Who on earth was so bold? "Two people... can be killed."
Zhou Qing's eyes flickered and he made a decision.
He had a reason for leaving the surveillance object there to observe.
If there are too many barbarians and they are too strong, he will run away immediately without leaving any trace behind.
You must also be careful when fishing, so as not to catch a crocodile that will eat you instead.
But if the masters from the barbarians are within his ability to deal with, then don't blame Zhou Qing for being rude.
Two venerables, okay.
The strange object showed that the two barbarian masters had discovered the traces Zhou Qing "accidentally" left behind, and they followed him without hesitation.
Zhou Qing did not delay. He took out the Three Spirit Formation and set it up. At the same time, he released the Six Spirit Puppets and the ordinary True Blood Puppet, letting them hide underground and try their best to restrain their own aura.
At that time, we can launch a sneak attack! Although he transferred the golden elixir that provided energy to the six spirit puppets, it was not difficult for Zhou Qing to find a treasure that could provide energy for the puppets under his current conditions.
Therefore, this ordinary real-blood puppet obtained from Yang Teng can still be used normally.
Two True Blood puppets, a True Blood formation, plus him being a little expert who could kill a True Blood Stage Venerable and escape with his life in the face of a True Blood Refiner...
The two barbarian masters did not know that they were following the traces left by Zhou Qing and heading towards hell step by step.
Not long after, the two barbarian masters sensed Zhou Qing.
The noble aura of the Phoenix was too obvious to be ignored.
"Phoenix?"
After seeing Zhou Qing, the two barbarian elders frowned.
Unlike dragons that are spread all over the land and seas, most phoenixes live in mountains and seas.
Outside of the mountains and seas, Phoenixes only exist in a few places for various reasons, and they are extremely rare.
So when they saw Zhou Qing for the first time, the two barbarian lords subconsciously thought of the Phoenix Clan in the Mountain and Sea Region.
But how could the phoenix there appear on the grassland? With their strength and vision, they could certainly tell that this was a real phoenix, and it was definitely not a disguised phoenix of another race.
You have a very good eyesight.
Zhou Qing was closing his eyes and regulating his breathing. When Barbarian Lord approached, he opened his eyes, looking indifferent and noble, with the demeanor of a phoenix.
I made such a big scene for these two venerables who were probably at the first level of transformation. I was a little too cautious...
A barbarian lord shouted, "Did you attack my people?"
Fortunately, Zhou Qing is now a phoenix and the nobility of his bloodline can be clearly sensed, so the two barbarian lords did not take direct action.
If he had turned into an ordinary demon, he would have been captured the first moment they met and would not have been taken seriously by the two barbarian lords at all.
Zhou Qing glanced at the two of them and said calmly, "You who dare to covet me deserve to die."
He admitted it directly, and the two barbarian lords were not surprised to hear this answer.
The phoenix, like a real dragon, is full of treasures. It is normal to want to hunt it after encountering it.
This kind of divine beast is an extremely precious resource in itself. If it weren’t for the powerful strength of these two tribes, it would have been killed long ago.
"Are you here to avenge them?"
"You killed my people and yet you still dare to be so arrogant?" a barbarian lord shouted coldly.
"He is only in the middle stage of Manifestation of Sainthood. He is looking for death!"
…
Zhou Qing looked down at the two barbarian lords from above. They were covered in blood and had various injuries on their bodies, and their vitality was very weak.
"It's really seeking death."
But the ones seeking death are you two.
A flame fell and burned the two people directly, taking away the last glimmer of life.
[Kill the True Blood Level 1 demon and gain Heaven’s favor: 5]
[Behead...]
The arrival of ten points of Heavenly Favor made Zhou Qing extremely happy. Counting the gains from the barbarian team, he now had eleven points of Heavenly Favor, which had been used up.
Grassland, my paradise! Two barbarian masters of this realm are no pressure for Zhou Qing now.
The battle with them was naturally a crushing victory, simple and easy, not worth elaborating on.
Zhou Qing just wanted to prevent their reinforcements from arriving, so he used all his strength to deal with them as quickly as possible.
After cleaning up the battlefield and collecting some treasures, Zhou Qing fled away directly. This time he did not intentionally leave any traces. He would go back to retrieve the surveillance artifact after the storm had passed.
Two venerables died directly, so the people who come to investigate the situation next time will definitely be stronger. It is estimated that they will dispatch multiple masters of the second or even third level of refining and transformation.
There is no need to take risks, just go find other targets.
Anyway, the heavenly favor provided by the original blood stage and the third refining stage is the same, so it is easier to get the benefits and there is no need to take a more difficult path.
As long as he is careful and does not leave any clues, Zhou Qing is not afraid of being found.
The unsolvable nature of the Wanhua characteristics is one of the reasons, and there is another reason, which is that Zhou Qing is not afraid of such means as deduction of heaven's secrets.
He practiced the Taoist art of confusing the heavens, and he also had some treasures on him that could improve his status, such as the True Self Puppet.
What’s more, the barbarians don’t have anything like what Zhou Qing has that can serve as a medium for transmitting divine secrets.
If we deduce from thin air, then deducing Zhou Qing would probably be no easier than deducing a master of the heavenly realm.
Not worried at all.
Not long after Zhou Qing left, two figures suddenly appeared at the place where the barbarian leader died.
One of the two men was wrapped in tiger skin, looking very primitive, while the other was wearing armor, like a general in the army.
The tiger-skinned man frowned as he observed the area. It was a mess with all kinds of deep pits and cracks in the ground.
It can be seen how fierce the battle just took place here.
"Dong Budu and the others died here. Besides the auras of the two of them, there is also..."
"The traces of the phoenix and the formation, the phoenix in the Manifestation Saint Realm, and the information sent back by the two of them can correspond."
The face of the man in armor was also covered by the armor, so his expression could not be seen, but from his tone, one could tell that he was a little confused.
"A phoenix set up a formation and used puppets to kill Dong Budu and the other two? Where did this phoenix come from?"
"The last message they sent back was from a patrol team that was wiped out by the phoenix. Now they have also died at the hands of the phoenix..."
The tiger-skinned man looked around, "Is there any Phoenix force in Hanzhou?"
"Phoenix, divine formation, two true blood puppets... these are not things that wild birds that are lucky enough to transform into phoenixes can possess."
The two people killed by Zhou Qing were Venerables. They certainly had the ability to send messages back to the barbarian camp during the battle.
Therefore, it is normal for some of Zhou Qing's information to be known to the barbarians.
As for Zhou Qing, the phoenix, his wealth and background are not simple at first glance.
"You mean, this is the phoenix that came out of the mountain and sea area?"
"It's very possible. When it comes to puppets, is there any force in the world that is better at it than the Puppet Sect?"
"Too."
The Puppet Sect is in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Phoenix Clan are allied forces. It is not impossible that when the geniuses of the Phoenix Clan go out, they are protected by the puppets of the Puppet Sect.
After checking it out, the tiger-skinned man shook his head and said, "There is no trace left. The phoenix is very cunning and cautious. We can't track him down."
"It can be seen that his methods are very sophisticated. Not only does he have the divine formation and divine puppets, he also has the means to clear his own traces, making it impossible for you to track him down."
Please...collect 6_9_book_bar (Six//Nine//Book//bar)
"From all the information we have now, it seems that the origin of this phoenix cannot be simple. It is definitely not a wild phoenix."
The two looked at each other, so...
Solve the case!
"Tell those teams that if they encounter a phoenix, do not attack it, leave immediately, and report to your superiors."
A normal patrol team would have no ability to resist a phoenix like this, and if they tried to attract its attention, they would surely die.
The armored man retracted his eagle-like gaze, "There's more."
"Spread the news about this phoenix and treat it as a mission."
"Even if it's a phoenix from the Mountain and Sea Region, it can't kill a venerable of my clan and not pay any price!"
The phoenix, who was about to be wanted by the barbarians, was unaware of this and was flying happily over the grassland.
Wanted Phoenix from Shanhai Territory, what does this have to do with me, Zhou Qing? If you are so arrogant, go to Shanhai Territory to find Sui Di and ask her to hand over the person! Besides, the enemy's wanted order is actually my honor! "Some information about me should have been passed back to the barbarians by those two venerables. With the identity of Phoenix, I can still do a few more things until I completely anger the barbarians..."
Although he killed two barbarian masters openly, Zhou Qing was not panicked at all.
The grassland is huge. It is impossible to find him before the barbarians are completely enraged. He also has a lot of room for manipulation.
Zhou Qing's activities on the grassland are equivalent to a barbarian sneaking into Hanzhou and then assassinating human masters in several border counties.
As long as they are not caught on the spot and there is no large-scale, unified search by overwhelming experts, the barbarian can move around in several border counties for a long time.
And such things have happened more than once in history.
Times of war are also opportunities.
The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish. This is exactly the truth.
The fiery red light flashed across the sky and disappeared.
When Zhou Qing met the next barbarian team, they actually ran for their lives as soon as they sensed Zhou Qing.
Did you hear my "name"? But will running help?
Zhou Qing felt no burden or guilt about hunting these barbarian practitioners in the grassland.
He was just doing the right thing as a human being.
So he chased after him.
It's ridiculous that a few barbarians want to escape from a phoenix with extremely noble blood.
You have to know that the Tianji Phoenix Wings are not just wings that can be used by the physical body.
The phoenix that refined the Sky Phoenix Wings was a dual cultivator during his lifetime, and both cultivation paths had reached the heavenly realm. The rare treasure he refined was certainly not limited to just one path.
This thing is not a divine weapon, nor is it a heavenly soldier, but a rare treasure.
But something happened that made Zhou Qing uncomfortable. After destroying this team, he actually attracted four barbarian masters. One of them was very powerful and was respected by the other three masters.
Faced with this number of opponents, to be on the safe side, Zhou Qing chose to leave without fighting with them.
Four venerables, let’s not talk about whether his current configuration can withstand it, even if he can, it will definitely take a long time.
This is a grassland, and fighting with the barbarian masters would mean walking towards death.
If we delay any longer, we don’t know how many barbarian masters will come to support us.
"It seems that my identity is not recognized by the barbarians..."
Zhou Qing pondered, killing two barbarian masters caused the barbarians to have such a reaction.
He was fishing later, and in the process of spreading the bait, it seemed that he had to change his identity.
Then when it collects the fish, it turns into a phoenix.
Some of the methods have been exposed, so just focus on the identity of Phoenix and let this identity attract all the hatred.
If he turned into another race and used the Six Spirit Puppets to kill the Barbarian Lord, then his different identities would be involved together, which would not be good.
It’s better to focus all on the Phoenix identity.
Don't worry if you have too much debt.
The phoenix is strong enough and the background is large enough, but the key is that it is far away from the grassland in this area.
No matter what they do, it won't affect anyone.
If Zhou Qing transformed into a real dragon, things would be different.
The Yun River flows through Hanzhou. There is a high probability that a real dragon is causing trouble in the grassland and the barbarians will associate it with the Yunjiang Dragon Palace.
By then, Yunjiang Dragon Palace will be in trouble.
Seven days later.
"hiss……"
Zhou Qing kept breathing in cold air. He looked a little miserable now, with blood and scars all over his body.
He had just finished a very dangerous battle, which could be said to be the greatest danger Zhou Qing had experienced since entering the grassland.
He attacked the barbarian practitioners several times within five days, which made the barbarians more murderous towards him, the phoenix lurking in the grassland, and more and more masters were dispatched.
Not long ago, he encountered a powerful barbarian. After a hard battle and using up a lot of treasures, he finally killed the enemy. He then immediately fled, but was chased for a while. In the end, it took a lot of effort for him to successfully escape.
But he also suffered serious injuries and became what he is now.
Zhou Qing's current combat power, relying solely on his own realm, methods, and weapons, is at the level of being able to kill the Original Blood Venerable.
But after all, he is now on the grassland, not in Xuandu Temple to practice with other disciples, so he can use his rich methods without any taboos.
Therefore, with the blessing of those magic talismans and strange objects, Zhou Qing's actual combat power is very erratic and is something the enemy can't even predict.
Summoning runes, attacking items...
Under his Baohai tactics, his strength naturally underwent a qualitative change.
Fortunately, we have those treasures, otherwise it would be really dangerous this time.
After taking a magic pill, the injuries healed quickly. After a long time, Zhou Qing's breathing stabilized.
Exhaling a breath, Zhou Qing shook his head.
The barbarians' reactions were getting louder and louder, and Phoenix could no longer survive as such.
With his means and background, this time it was so difficult. It is conceivable how serious the danger he encountered was and how much the barbarians valued him now.
The barbarians now hate this phoenix with such hatred that they wish they could eat its flesh and blood. Countless people are looking for it, wanting to skin it alive and extract its soul.
But in contrast, he also gained enormously.
[Heavenly Favor: Sixty-one]
In these seven days, he had gained a total of 61 points of Heavenly Favor, which was equivalent to two months of merit! From these 61 points of Heavenly Favor, we can see how many Barbarian masters Zhou Qing had killed in seven days.
It was only natural that the barbarians were angered by him.
A phoenix in the realm of saintliness, relying on some external objects, actually dared to assassinate the barbarian masters so unscrupulously in the grassland, in my barbarian territory?
This is truly a huge provocation, and the shame must be washed away at the cost of one's life!
Zhou Qing, however, felt that he was full of glory.
The angrier the barbarians were, the happier he was. Especially when he thought about what would happen next, Zhou Qing became even happier.
Zhou Qing conveyed his will to Golden Finger.
Thirty-one points of heavenly favor, thrown into the ventilation macaque marrow method! Boom! The strong momentum instantly spread out from Zhou Qing as the origin, setting off a strong wind, and the robes fluttered.
Inside Zhou Qing's body, the bone marrow throughout his body seemed to be vibrating, and the state and color of a large part of the marrow were changing rapidly.
Become heavy, like white frost.
Refined marrow is like frost, a sacred object made by nature! At a certain moment, 50% of Zhou Qing's marrow reached this state, flawless and perfect, like a precious medicine in the world.
His momentum paused for a moment, and then surged like a volcanic eruption.
Marrow Cleansing Realm, minor success!
(End of this chapter)