In the gratitude of the hunters, Wang Xiao dragged Qiqi's body back to Chu County.

As Lao Hei said in the past, it is normal for demon beasts to kill people, and it is not Wang Xiao's fault, it is difficult for a cultivator to rashly stand up for these ordinary hunters who have no background.

For Wang Xiao, it is just a gesture, but for the hunters, Wang Xiao's behavior can be regarded as a savior.

At that time, there was a family member of the killed hunter who offered Wang Xiao an immortal tablet, but Wang Xiao was quite embarrassed.

Liangentang has an industry in the eastern suburbs of Chu County, which is specially used to register and process the demon beasts hunted by the disciples in the sect, and then the secular stewards of Liangentang are sent to the Chujun bazaar to trade with merchants.

Although the Shura realm is still largely based on the ancient Chinese farming society, it is actually closer to the hunting society. Because of the strong vitality of heaven and earth, there are extremely many demon beasts, and these demon beasts are one of the main resources of the human world while threatening the survival of people. The demon pill, crystal nucleus, bones, meat, and skin of the demon beast are all best-selling commodities, and even the rotting corpses and feces of the demon beast are also a very good fertilizer or medicinal materials.

In such a situation, the Xiuzhen sect is often also a large demon beast industry chain. The common income that the Xiuzhen sect basically has is the demon beasts hunted by its disciples, and the demon beasts hunted by the disciples are often contributed to the sect according to a certain proportion, which can be regarded as a kind of tuition.

Although it is the Xiuzhen sect that hunts demon beasts, not all of the demon beasts are high-level demon beasts, and most of the Xiuzhen sects use low-level demon beasts as their main prey. However, the demanders of low-level demon beasts are often mundane humans rather than cultivators. Therefore, the Xiuzhen sect in Chu County will have its own worldly handover person to deal with the hunted demon beasts.

There are more than 20 Xiuzhen sects in Chu County, and this kind of bazaar that is connected with the secular is naturally very hot, and there is a smell of demon beasts in the noise.

Wang Xiao walked to the industry belonging to Liangentang, and as soon as he entered the door, someone greeted him.

"Senior Brother Wang is very capable, this time he brought it is actually Qiqi! Looking at the appearance of Senior Brother, he is unscathed, which really makes Li admire!" The secular steward of Liangen Hall greeted Wang Xiao warmly when he saw Wang Xiao. It was a man who looked to be only in his forties, with a delicate face, like a middle-aged scribe. In fact, he is already in his fifties, and he is a registered disciple of the Lotus Root Hall, and he is still before Li Youshan when he enters the room. But because the name of the named disciple is not included in the spectrum, there is no seniority at all, even if he smiles at Wang, who is dozens of years younger than him, he still has to shout senior brother. If he can live to be more than seventy or eighty years old, one day when he meets Wang Xiao's apprentice, he still has to call out his senior brother.

This is the insurmountable gap between a registered disciple and a regular disciple.

Wang Xiao was not arrogant at all because he was a formal disciple, and arched his hand towards the other party with a smile: "Hello Mr. Li Run, this time I have to trouble Mr. to help deal with it." I don't know if Mr. is free for a while, Wang Xiao asked Mr. Li to get drunk in Jingjun Building. ”

"Don't dare...... Senior Brother Wang is always so polite, so that Li can't repay it. Li Run was very moved, Wang Xiao's attitude towards him was different from that of other formal disciples. In the Lotus Root Hall, Wang Xiao is the most amiable of all the formal disciples, and the most friendly and respectful to other apprentice disciples and registered disciples. And this kind of respect is what these apprentice disciples and registered disciples lack the most. As for the other formal disciples, they have long been accustomed to being high, which is also the root of Liu Zhenwu's rudeness and barbarism to Wang Xiao at the beginning.

Wang smiled and said: "Where is there any politeness, we are a family, so it is decided, I will go back to report to the master first, and wait for Mr. in the old place of Jingjun Building." (It is equivalent to 7 p.m.)

Li Run was still very embarrassed and smiled: "Alas, every time the senior brother treats him, Li is really ......"

Wang smiled and said, "Mr. Li wouldn't be interesting when he said that! If it weren't for Mr. Li trying his best to take care of these things for us, we wouldn't have had time to practice." As for the treat, haha, I don't have anything to spend money on, so Mr. Li won't help me save money!" he said, waving his hand and walking towards the city.

Wang Xiao is not pretending to be bold, because Wang Xiao is already a big money at present.

In the past six months, Wang Xiao has been hunting in Fangcun Mountain. With the guidance of Lao Hei, an aborigine, Wang Xiao has hunted hundreds of human-level mid-level and lower-level demon beasts in the past seven or eight months, and even four third-level demon beasts at the upper human level.

As Lao Hei said, if a person kills someone or a monster kills a monster, it will be noticed. But it is "normal" for people to kill monsters and monsters to kill people. Unless it's a relative or friend of the person who was killed, no one cares about the person who kills the youkai or the person who kills the person. So although Wang Xiao and Lao Hei killed a lot this year, no one felt weird.

The demon pill obtained from the killing made Wang Xiao reach the peak of the middle of the human rank, and the remaining monster corpses also earned a lot of money.

The prices of these demon beasts varied, and they brought Wang Xiao a total income of about fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver.

Generally speaking, Wang Xiao can only take sixty percent of the demon beasts sold through the sect, and the remaining forty percent must be handed over to the Lotus Root Hall. But even so, Wang Xiao still has savings of fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver. It can be seen how rich Wang Xiao's harvest is.

Thinking of the embarrassment of breaking a big sum into two at the beginning, Wang Xiao was really emotional. In the past, even if you wanted to make some gunpowder, you couldn't get the raw materials, but now that you have money, there is no need to make any gunpowder. There are no raw materials in the Shura Realm that can make TNT, and the power of ordinary black powder is far less than Wang Xiao's Silver Star Fall at this time. Originally, I was going to make some sugar spirits or something, but obviously, even if those things were made, they might not be more profitable to fight monsters, but would attract the attention of others.

Of course, not everyone in the middle rank can be so rich. First, not every one of them will use fighting monsters as their main leveling method, and secondly, it is impossible for them to hunt so many demon beasts in a short period of time. If Wang Xiao hadn't had Lao Hei behind him, he would never have been able to fight so many monsters.

Ordinary people in the middle rank generally don't find demon beasts of the same rank to hunt every time, and if they are not in a hurry, they will hardly take the risk of serious cultivation time. It's just to earn pocket money, and you can beat three or five low-level monsters a month. And the monsters at the lower level of the human rank are not worth much.

Back in the courtyard of the Li family, Xu Qinshuang was reading a book under the window of the study.

The sun was setting through the window, and a gentle woman was lying on a wicker chair, holding a scroll of ancient books, and on the small table in front of her was a light of tea and a plate of almond snacks.

After reading the book, Xu Qinshuang seemed to be tired, rubbed her eyebrows, and then looked at the plane tree in the courtyard. This tall plane tree does not have a phoenix on it, but it has a few nests of birds. Xu Qinshuang opened her mouth towards the tree and made a few crisp and pleasant sounds like birdsong, and several finches on the tree also chirped a few times back to this side, and then a young finch that seemed to have just learned to fly suddenly rushed down, landed on the table in front of Xu Qinshuang, stretched out its beak and took a piece of almond from the plate of snacks, and then flew back to the tree suddenly.

Xu Qinshuang pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, showing a kind of cuteness like a girl, and she pursed her red lips and "chirped" a few times with those finch, as if chatting.

Hearing the sound of the door, Xu Qinshuang's face turned pale, and she replied to the dignified woman who was a talented woman, and raised her voice: "Xiao'er, is it smooth? It seems that I am going to invite that Li Run to eat and drink again today?"

Wang Xiao walked into the room respectfully: "Well, thanks to Lao Hei's action, otherwise the poor Qiduo would have escaped." The disciple still didn't understand that he could deal with the flying poem, and he provoked the monkey to make fun of him. ”

"Don't call your brother like that. Xu Qinshuang took a sip of tea and said seriously: "Shi Niang didn't think about it well enough, she didn't know that the body of divine punishment couldn't use subtle and complex spells, if it weren't for you, the alliance brother, Xiao'er, I am afraid that you would have no hope of entering the ranks of the strong in your life." Although your brother is a little mean-mouthed, it should be due to his nature, his heart is very pure, but he is a rare good brother, you should not despise him. ”

Wang smiled and said that Wei Wei was a promise, although he was grateful in his heart, he didn't think so. He and Lao Hei both understood in their hearts that those bickering words were just the habit of the two of them, and it was precisely because they did not treat each other as outsiders that they could joke unscrupulously. Of course, Xu Qinshuang's care for Wang Xiao is definitely more grateful and loved, without the slightest disgust.

The morality of the Great Han Kingdom is extremely respectful of teachers, Xu Qinshuang said this, naturally felt that Lao Hei had the general kindness of "teacher" to Wang Xiao, for fear that Wang Xiao would rely on the power of the contract and be disrespectful to Lao Hei, but where did he think that Lao Hei and Wang Xiao were characters who ignored the courtesy. In other words, in modern terms, it is a generation gap.

After chatting for a while, Xu Qinshuang got down to business: "By the way, Xiao'er, you sit down, I'll tell you something." Seven days later, Chu County's triennial young phoenix song will begin, you can prepare. ”

Wang Xiao didn't expect this, Wang Xiao scratched his head, and said distressedly: "Senior Niang, I don't want to go to the Qinglian Sect, this young Fengming, I don't need to participate, right? Besides, even if my mother wants me to study in this sect, I can go directly to Uncle Li Xinyun. ”

Xu Qinshuang said with a smile: "Senior Lady naturally knows that you are not interested in entering the Qinglian Sect, but ...... Letting you participate in the Young Phoenix Ming is not for you to fight for a place in the Blue Lotus Sect, but just to give you more opportunities to try. Xiao'er, I know that your actual combat experience is already good, but in the past few days, although you have fought with demons a lot, you have rarely cultivated with humans. And the most terrifying thing in the world is not monsters, but people. Speaking of this, Xu Qinshuang let out a long sigh, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.

Wang Xiao was deeply convinced by this, nodded and said, "Master, the disciple understands. Disciples must take this opportunity to study hard, it doesn't matter if they can get good results or not, just try to fight with them as much as possible. ”

Xu Qinshuang smiled slightly: "Of course it's better to have good grades." It's also for the honor of our Lotus Root Hall. Because the holy war is approaching, this time the young phoenix is ...... It's probably a lot more intense than it used to be. Your third brother and fourth brother...... Although it is also regarded as a high-class qualification, it is far less hard-working than your second senior brother on weekdays, and it is not as talented as your senior brother...... If it was in the past, it might still be able to enter the semi-finals, but this time, it may be very dangerous in the preliminary round. Although I don't even care about the size of the power, I ...... Don't be underestimated!" At this, the gentle woman's eyes showed a kind of arrogance that did not match her image.

Wang smiled in his heart. Over the past year or so, he has gradually learned about Xu Qinshuang's character. This lady is gentle and tactful on the surface, but in fact she is also an arrogant person, who can not be in the limelight, but she will not show weakness. As Wang Xiao used to like a famous saying: people can't be arrogant, but they can't be arrogant. In Wang Xiao's view, this teacher is a woman with proud bones.

And although Li Youshan doesn't like to accept disciples indiscriminately, and he is too lazy to expand his power, as a lower-level sect of the Qinglian Sect, he must have basic face. Liangentang took the elite route in Chu County, although the disciples received little, but every time they participated in the young phoenix, the three disciples could at least pass the preliminary round, and one of them could achieve good results. This is also the reason why Ryengantang can rank in the top eleven with only six official disciples.

But if the disciple is eliminated in the preliminary round, then it will deal a big blow to the reputation of the Lotus Root Hall.

Wang Xiao's third senior brother is named Liu Mingfeng, and he is the concubine of the Liu family, a great family in Chu County. The Liu family was originally a family of medical Taoists, and after accidentally helping a casual cultivator who had reached the heavenly level to treat his injuries a thousand years ago, the casual cultivator felt his virtue and taught what he had learned, and the Liu family of that generation actually produced a rare genius in a hundred years, and actually cultivated all the way to the holy level. Since then, the Liu family has also changed from an ordinary doctor to a family of cultivators. Although the entire Liu family is quite indifferent and low-key, and the power is not large, the Liu family has entered the family medicine into the Tao, and is quite authoritative in alchemy and healing techniques, and has a unique way of causing injuries caused by magic.

Healers may not be very strong, but no one wants to offend skilled healers in the secular world or the Shura world. Therefore, although the Liu family is now the highest level, it is also a family with some foundations.

Liu Mingfeng is benevolent and intelligent by nature, and is deeply loved by the elders in the family. But Liu Mingfeng is not a concubine after all, and he is not allowed to inherit the orthodoxy of the family, in order to avoid trouble in the future, the clan sent him to Liangen Hall to study. In this way, there will be no strife among the clan in the future, and his status will not be low.

In terms of appearance, Liu Mingfeng is the most handsome of the five official disciples of the Lotus Root Hall. It's just a little too indifferent, so although the qualifications are good, it's still only the intermediate level of the middle of the human rank, and the strength is weak.

And the fourth senior brother Lu Fuzhong is a disciple of the Lu family in Wu County, and he is only the son of a wealthy merchant, just because he has longed for cultivation since he was a child, so his father sought teachers everywhere and finally sent him to the Lotus Root Hall. Lu Fuzhong's father is a well-known philanthropist, and he has a good eye for Li Youshan, and Lu Fuzhong's talent is indeed good, so he can get started. This Lu Fu's recultivation is also quite impressive, but it is a pity that after all, he was born in a business, and his tutors are mostly charity-oriented, so he is too gentle like Liu Mingfeng and lacks ruthlessness.

Not being ruthless enough is a taboo in battle, and it's just an ordinary martial arts competition, but if you participate in the young Fengming, which is related to the future and fate, it is not suitable. Xiao Fengming is related to the future of the contestants, and the unique future is comparable to killing parents, this is not an ordinary competition!

So these two people are not optimistic about this time.

Wang smiled bitterly and said: "Senior Niang, I may not be stronger than the third senior brother and the fourth senior brother, this, don't look at me like this, if it is a battle of life and death, I am naturally confident that I am not weaker than the two senior brothers, but didn't you let me hide the new poetry in front of people? And although I have reached the peak of the middle of the human rank, I can ...... so far. I can't even learn the technique of the middle of the human rank......"

Xu Qinshuang shook her head: "Xiao'er, you are too humble. It is true that the spells in the middle of the human rank are much stronger than those in the lower human rank, but ...... Strong spells do not mean that they are powerful in actual combat. In your cultivation in Fangcun Mountain, Shi Niang has also quietly seen that your use and proficiency in these beginner spells of Silver Star Fall, I am afraid that even Shi Niang is not comparable, even if you don't use new poems, you will not be weaker than them. ”

Wang Xiao's heart moved: "Master, you, you actually went to Fangcun Mountain to see me secretly?"

Xu Qinshuang smiled and nodded: "I've been there a few times." That time you provoked the Yunfeng Leopard, so that the master almost couldn't help but make a move, but she didn't expect it...... You actually defeated the demon beast at the top of the human rank without Lao Hei making a move...... It was really an eye-opener for the teacher. However, although you can defeat the demon beasts at the top of the human rank, you are only fighting with the demon beasts, but this time the young phoenix song is to give you the opportunity to learn from the proud sons of different sects, this is a very rare and good opportunity!"

The danger Xu Qinshuang said was that Wang Xiao provoked a Yunfeng leopard who failed to compete for a mate and was angry.

"Ten Thousand Demon Records" contains: Yanzhou is in the South China Sea, 2,000 miles away, and 90,000 miles to the north coast. There are wind-born beasts, like leopards, blue, and as big as cattle. Spread the net to take it, accumulate the salary and burn it, the salary is exhausted and does not burn, the ashes stand in the middle, and the hair does not burn; the piercing does not penetrate, and it is like a skin bag, and the head is forged with an iron hammer dozens of times to die, and the mouth is opened to the wind, and it must be resurrected in an instant; and the calamus on the stone plugs its nose, and it dies. Take its brain and chrysanthemum clothes, do ten catties, and live for 500 years.

The Wind Beast should belong to a kind of divine beast, of course, the one that Wang Xiao defeated was only a descendant of the Wind Beast and the Cloud Leopard, and its name was Cloud Wind Leopard.

The size of the Cloud Wind Leopard is much larger than that of the Wind Beast, but it is far inferior in terms of ability, and it is only a beginner-level demon beast in the human rank.

In fact, at that time, Wang Xiao definitely had no intention of provoking the human-level upper-level demon beasts, after all, the gap between the human-level upper rank and the human-level median was far greater than the gap between the human-level mid-rank and the human-level lower.

But the cloud wind leopard happened to be in a state of failure to compete for a mate, and was angry, and when he met Wang Xiao who was passing by, he took Wang Xiao to vent his anger. Wang Xiao wanted to avoid it, but Lao Hei said: "This is the first time you have encountered the upper level of the human rank after entering the middle of the human rank, if you avoid it now, then you will inevitably leave a deep shadow in your heart." So Wang Xiao gritted his teeth and got on.

Wang Xiao fought hard with him for a long time, but he couldn't pierce the fur of the Yunfeng Leopard, and finally learned Lao Hei's tricks, defeated, and then stabbed the Yunfeng Leopard's mouth with Lianxue. But he didn't expect that this leopard was not even afraid of the silver star falling, and it was at this time that Wang Xiao was forced to create the silver star explosion. Only then did he defeat the demon beast at the top of the human rank. Of course, it's just a defeat, and if it weren't for Lao Hei's mending knife, there would be no way to keep it.

After killing this Yunfeng Leopard, Lao Hei actually directly ate the brain marrow of the Yunfeng Leopard, and ate the brain marrow of this demon beast that could be sold for at least 10,000 taels of silver in the market, which made Wang Xiao scream that it was a pity. Although the brain marrow of this cloud wind leopard is not as good as that of its ancestor Fengsheng Beast, it is also the best medicinal material with longevity and longevity effects. The corpse of this high-ranking demon beast is still extremely valuable, even if it was eaten by Lao Hei with the most valuable brain marrow, it was still sold for five thousand taels of silver.

Thinking that this master, who has always lived in a shallow way, would go to a place like Fangcun Mountain to secretly protect herself because she cared about herself, Wang Xiao couldn't say enough gratitude, and she didn't bother to say much, anyway, what the master told her to do, she would do what she did.

"Okay, since my sister asked me to participate, I'll participate! It's just that I hope the third senior brother and the fourth senior brother don't have any ideas......"

Xu Qinshuang said indifferently: "Then tomorrow, I will let you compete directly in the Lotus Root Hall and select the candidates to participate in the young phoenix song." ”