The head of the Qing family is a fat, middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties, with a mustache, small eyes, and a handsome appearance.
The head of the Qing family saw Zhou Lei and Kang Tian dressed in the outer attire of the Black Turtle Sword Sect. He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "But the Supreme Immortal of the Black Turtle Sword Sect who has taken on the task of killing the Soul-eating Rats? He is really a young and handsome man. He is worthy of being a descendant of the Immortal Sect. He will live forever in the Xiaqing family. The Supreme Immortal has just arrived and is not welcomed at a distance. The banquet and banquet in the humble house are ready, please come to us."
Qingyong was smiling and enthusiastic, his tone was humble, and his words were full of flattery.
Zhou Lei and Kang Tian's original smiles froze. Somewhat ashamed, he cupped his hands slightly stiffly and said: "Clan Chief Qing is joking, I can't afford to be called a young hero, let alone the title of Immortal Chief. If you don't give up, Chief Qing calls us two Zhou Lei and Kang Tian can do it.”
It is true that the Black Turtle Sword Sect is the undisputed hegemonic force within tens of millions of miles, but the number of outer disciples in the entire sect is close to one hundred thousand this year!
With this huge base, if you are an ordinary outer sect disciple, it will be okay if others give you face, but if you don't, it will mean nothing.
Before going on the mission, Zhou Lei and Kang Tian also collected some information.
The first generation ancestor of the Qing Family in Qingshan Town was an ordinary disciple of the outer sect of Xuangui Sword Sect. He failed to advance to the inner sect in three competitions within ten years, and was therefore left from the sect and assigned to the Xuangui Sword Sect. The areas under the jurisdiction of the Turtle Sword Sect manage mortal affairs.
It was not until his later years that he learned from his fellow sect members about the appearance of a vital spring in Qingshan Village, so he retired like a sect and resigned from his post of managing mortal affairs.
He took the few nephews and nephews he later trained with a little bit of cultivation and went to Qingshan Village. After a fierce battle, he finally occupied the Yuanquan near Qingshan Village. He took root and successfully established a The foundation of a small cultivating family began the journey of inheritance for several generations.
Within the sphere of influence of the Black Turtle Sword Sect, all the numerous micro-cultivation family forces that are not popular were born from this. The same is true for the Zhou family in Zhou Town, but they have died.
During this period, the sect will not be able to provide any help. At most, the ancestor of the Qing family relied on some connections within the sect to get subsequent sects to recognize the establishment of the Qing family's position as Yuanquan.
If the ancestors of the Qing family had failed and died in the struggle, the sect would not have had any idea of coming forward, after all, it was insignificant.
Anyway, no matter whether they are an outside disciple of the sect or a small outside force of casual cultivators, after occupying the Yuanquan and reclaiming the spiritual field, they need to pay more than half of the harvest to the sect.
The status of an outer disciple is nothing more than that.
Unless some crazy guy is maliciously provoking, in the entire Black Turtle Sword Sect this year, among the hundred thousand outer disciples, some were secretly robbed and killed on missions, some were revenged by their enemies, some were hunted and killed by monsters, and some were trapped in trouble. Those who were killed by the formation in the dangerous ruins cave might have an outer disciple die every day.
Which high-level sect would spend so much time focusing on the life and death of these insignificant outer sect disciples who are used to cultivate cannon fodder every day?
If you don't enter the inner door, you will be an insignificant ant after all.
Only those characters from the inner sect of Xuangui Sword Sect are qualified to be called "immortal chief" by outsiders.
After some polite remarks, Zhou Lei and Kang Tian said sternly: "Chief Qing, don't be too polite. The two of us here are entrusted to deal with the soul-eating rats. We also asked the patriarch to take us to the spiritual field to inspect something." Fan, it’s better to plan ahead.”
Zhou Lei and Kang Tian knew clearly that they were here to do a task, not to build relationships.
"Of course it is." Speaking of the Soul-Eating Rat, Qingyong's face became serious, with a look of resentment on his face.
"It's all because of that damn soul-eating rat. This season's spiritual field output has been reduced by at least 30%. You two must solve that damn disaster for us!"
Later, at the urging of Zhou Lei and Kang Tian, everyone did not go back to Qing's house to rest for a night, but went directly through Qingshan Town to the mountain behind the town.
Lingtian is not in Qingshan Town, but in a low-lying valley in the back mountain of Qingshan Town. Surrounded by hills, shaded by trees, there are periods of thick fog.
Soon, a group of people stood in front of the thick fog and saw Qingyong taking out a jade talisman and pouring energy into the jade talisman towards the thick fog ahead.
The matter of the spiritual field is of great importance. In order to prevent thieves from stealing the spiritual objects, or other insects and wild beasts from destroying them, it is a tightly guarded place in any force, and more or less formations are arranged around it.
However, the thick fog blocking the forest in front of me should be the cheapest low-level illusion formation in Qingjia Congfang City. It can only confuse the sight, but it does not have much lethality at all.
Because, Zhou Lei and Kang Tian did not sense the presence of water vapor in the thick fog.
Dealing with this kind of formation is very simple. If you close your eyes and walk in one direction, you can naturally easily get out of the range of the phantom formation.
Following Qingyong's control, the thick fog in the woods ahead opened up a path, and Zhou Lei and Kang Tian followed Qingyong into the formation.
Passing through a relatively deep passage, the sight in front of me brightened up, and I saw in front of me a small basin surrounded by hills. In the center of the basin, about 20 acres of fields were opened, and the fields were planted with spiritual objects.
More than three-quarters of them are planted with lush Linggu seedlings. The ends of the seedlings are earing and filling, and the green waves of the grain are swaying in the wind. The remaining quarter is filled with various colorful spiritual plants.
There is a small stream with dense water vapor rising around it, flowing slowly around the spiritual field.
"This is it!" Qingyong took Zhang Qingyuan to the Lingtian and pointed at the Linggu crops that were bald from the middle.
"That damn soul-eating rat was discovered nearby half a month ago, destroying the spirit valley... In order to prevent that damn beast from causing more losses, we have been sending people to the area day and night for the past few days. Staring, it’s useless in the end!” Qingyong continued.
"That beast is too cunning, his concealment skills are extremely good, and he runs so fast that there is nothing he can do about it!"
Speaking of the soul-eating rat, Qingyong is the one who gnashed his teeth.
You must know that Linggu is not a mortal grain crop. They can only be grown once a year.
Moreover, the amount of tribute paid to the Black Turtle Sword Sect has already been determined based on the number of acres of spiritual land, and will not be reduced at all due to the rampage of the spirit-eating rats.
The soul-devouring rats not only ruined the spiritual valley, but also the heart and soul of their Qing family!
Zhou Lei and Kang Tian pondered for a moment, carefully walked into the spiritual field that was sunken like the Mediterranean Sea, and pushed aside the surrounding crops.
On the ground, the dried spirit crops sawn down by the soul-devouring rats were scattered everywhere, and the chewed fragments could still be seen scattered around the roots.
Zhou Lei picked up a small piece of debris, observed it carefully, pondered for a moment and said, "It is indeed a soul-eating rat."
"Zhou Lei, what should we do?" Kang Tian asked via voice transmission.
"We can only kill the Soul-Eating Rat after we wait for it to appear." Zhou Lei said helplessly through his spiritual voice.
"In that case, just wait." Kang Tian said nonchalantly.
Immediately, Zhou Lei told Qing Yong what happened.
"Thank you, thank you." Although Qingyong was unwilling to wait any longer, but the soul-eating rat didn't show up, no one could do anything about it, so he could only agree with a wry smile in the end.
"This is what we should do. Head of the Qing family, please rest assured." Zhou Lei and Kang Tian said with their hands in hand.
