Chapter 26: Deathly Silence
The second floor of Baocui Building fell into chaos.
Although Qi Qing knew from the barrage that it was a "treasure", he never expected that this thing would make so much noise and run all over the mountain like a monkey.
It was a purple salvia miltiorrhiza with its roots still attached. As soon as it jumped out, it started to bump around everywhere. Screens, antique shelves and cabinets fell to the ground, making a creaking sound.
The Danxiumen downstairs heard the noise above their heads and all looked up.
But before they could react, the purple salvia miltiorrhiza waved its roots and stepped on their faces one by one, then jumped out.
"Hey! Who stepped on me?"
"What went by?"
"Catch it! Don't let it get away!"
The shopkeeper's heart was bleeding, this purple salvia miltiorrhiza was a treasure that the boss had spent three hundred high-quality spirit stones to buy. If it ran away like this, he would not be able to afford to pay for the rest of his life, or even his next life!
Thinking of this, he leaned over the fence and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Catch that purple salvia! Everyone, please help me. There will be a huge reward for anyone who captures it!"
But in just a few breaths, the area below was already in chaos with all sorts of noise.
Qi Qing was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What should we do now? Catch?"
The cold white shadow beside him had already leaped out like an arrow from a bow, and his voice was decisive and calm: "Catch."
Two figures jumped down from the second floor one after another. The purple ginseng had been sealed for a long time. Although it could not run far at this moment, it was very cunning.
It knew that everyone was chasing it, so it started to circle around, pouncing on the people chasing it from all sides, and then it trampled down several people in succession. For a moment, tables and chairs were overturned, and people and horses were thrown to the ground.
[Be careful it burrows underground, the host uses the Qi Binding Technique to trap it. ]
[This purple salvia miltiorrhiza has not yet become a spirit. Don't listen to what I said before. Just drain its spiritual energy. ]
[I also saw the cultivation world turn around and run away. 】
[Attention, anchor, U-turn ahead. ]
Qi Qing was distracted by the comments and almost hit his head with the person in front of him.
He dodged to the side, but unexpectedly collided with the white shadow behind him.
"hiss……"
The young man covered his head and took a few steps back, and Bai Ying also pressed his shoulder.
Miao Zheng's voice was filled with anger: "Don't make trouble."
We were almost able to catch the purple ginseng, but this guy suddenly showed up and disrupted the situation.
Qi Qing said helplessly: "I don't want to either."
While they were talking, the purple danshen slipped away again. The alchemists around them were unwilling to give up, watching the reward slip away from their eyes. They didn't pay attention to the two people and rushed to catch up, squeezing Qi Qing so hard that he stumbled again.
Feeling unhappy immediately, Qi Qing simply summoned his external incarnation to stand in front of him and escort him into the crowd.
The reward is his, and no one can take it away.
The incarnation really lived up to his expectations and protected him as he kept overtaking and charging forward all the way. In a blink of an eye, he surpassed most of the people in front of him.
[Tenth, ninth... Very good, now the ranking has reached eighth place! Maintain the advantage! ]
[Sixth place! Only three feet away from fifth place! Is there a chance to surpass it in one go? ]
[…Wait, isn’t this the cultivation area? ]
[Don't worry about the ones in front, just go for it, fifth place is nothing, keep the third place and go for the second place! ]
[Second... First! It's first! Got it! ]
[——We are the champions!!]
Qi Qing finally squeezed out of the siege, gritted his teeth and took a breath, and wanted to ask them what was burning in their hearts.
The purple salvia was forced into the corner of the first floor, its roots curled up and slowly moved backwards like a poor little thing.
Qi Qing took a deep breath, rolled up his sleeves, and stretched out his hand to it, saying in a relaxed tone: "Okay, just surrender..."
“Swish!”
A white shadow rushed up from behind him, tapped its toes lightly, used his shoulder for leverage, and took the lead in grabbing the purple ginseng.
Qi Qing felt his body slump as he was stepped on, and angrily said, "How can you be so disloyal?"
He didn't care about etiquette and pounced down to grab the purple ginseng. However, the people behind him saw how quick they moved and rushed over to do the same. In the chaos, the purple ginseng seized the opportunity and burrowed underground.
[Oh no, anchor, stop it! If it gets into the ground, everything will be gone! ]
Is it really a waste of effort?
In a hurry, Qi Qing pushed away everyone in front of him and stretched out his hand to grab the little thing that had burrowed into the ground.
Good news: Two hands caught it.
Bad news: A hand grabbed Miao Zheng's belt.
An awkward and delicate scene appeared.
The man in white tilted his body, and at the last second before he fell to the ground, the young man grabbed his belt with one hand.
Qi Qing half-knelt on the ground, her other hand reaching over her side, tightly grasping a large white radish... no, purple salvia miltiorrhiza.
Miao Zheng had never been in such close contact with anyone before. She was shocked and angry, and couldn't help but yell, "Get lost!"
The voice was a little low, and it sounded like... a male voice?
In an instant, Qi Qing opened his eyes wide.
【ah? ? 】
[This voice is not right...]
[What's wrong? I think it's right. ]
[That’s it. According to the routine, you must be the first person to know his gender, and you will be responsible for him for the rest of your life.]
“…”
There was deathly silence between the two.
Miao Zheng immediately realized what she had exposed. She stared at the young man with her fingers clenched, but out of the corner of her eye she saw other alchemy practitioners coming forward to help.
He had no choice but to temporarily lower his eyes, and angrily raised his throat again, saying in a female voice: "Let go!"
So Qi Qing obediently let go of her hand, and Miao Zheng fell to the ground with a "bang".
The young man held the white ball in one hand, stood up and asked sheepishly: "Are you okay? Come, let me pull you up."
Miao Zheng's face turned pale, and although she was reluctant, she still let him pull her up.
The scene was in a mess, and the shopkeeper stood aside, wanting to cry but unable to. For a newly awakened purple danshen, he smashed everything in the store. If the boss knew about this, who knows how he would deal with him.
The alchemists suddenly woke up from their dream, looked at the mess they had helped to create, and looked at each other in bewilderment.
A few people felt guilty and weighed their deflated wallets, then quietly left Baocui Tower. However, more people stayed and tried to plead with the shopkeeper to pay less.
The shopkeeper was so sad that he had no intention of dealing with them. He sent a few men to count the losses, then rubbed his hands carefully and prepared to send the guests away first: "Master Miao Zheng..."
Miao Zheng straightened her wide-sleeved shirt, adjusted her crown, and had a cold expression on her face.
She said calmly, "Since today's turmoil was caused by my proposal to pick the purple ginseng, I am willing to take full responsibility. If the shopkeeper has nothing to do, why not go with me to the City Lord's Mansion and ask the City Lord to witness the negotiation of compensation? How do you think?"
Unexpectedly, the famous Immortal Miao Zheng would be so reasonable. The shopkeeper was immediately moved. He immediately threw away the hundred ways of dying that he had just thought of. With tears in his eyes, he looked at the man and said, "Immortal, you are too kind! This accident was also caused by our poor supervision. I am willing to go to the City Lord's Mansion with you!"
Miao Zheng nodded slightly, looked at Qi Qing, and said without hesitation: "You go too."
When the young man heard the words "City Lord's Mansion", his scalp suddenly went numb.
He had just come out of the City Lord's Mansion and had caused such a trouble. Now he was going back in a swagger. What if his apprentice found out that he was slacking off?
He was about to refuse, but Miao Zheng glanced at his side and said, "Why don't you take the incarnation back?"
Incarnation?
Qi Qing was stunned for a moment, then froze: "Yeah?"
Wait, why is the avatar here!
Isn't it teaching itself a lesson?
He lowered his head, rubbed his face, and took a deep breath.
...It’s over.
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