Overlooking the Sparkling Lights Below

"Is Zhou Qing alright?"

Seeing Sisi black energy emerging from Zhou Qing's head, Xiao Wu was filled with worry.

"This should be a good thing."

Tang San could sense that Zhou Qing's Soul Power had calmed down, which meant he had refined the Dragon Gu. Tang San breathed a sigh of relief and was happy for him.

Wave!

Suddenly, Zhou Qing's Soul Power surged, generating a fierce wind.

"Your Soul Power has increased by one level!"

Tang San was surprised. He didn't expect that Zhou Qing's Soul Power would also break through after refining that Dragon Gu, reaching level eighteen!

"I never expected that this misfortune would turn out to be a blessing in disguise."

Zhou Qing opened his eyes and chuckled.

The increase in Soul Power was merely a side effect; the real benefit came from obtaining the Nine Revolutions Years Dragon Gu.

That Gu had become part of his Blood Circulation System Martial Soul, or rather, it had become another Martial Soul nurtured within his Martial Soul.

The Dragon Gu's innate ability can be summarized in one word:

Change!

It means to refine!

Each time the Dragon Gu flows through the blood in the Blood Circulation System Martial Soul, through one systemic circulation and one pulmonary circulation, it completes a refinement process, which can strengthen Qi and Blood and purify Soul Power.

The attribute of the Dragon Gu was somewhat unexpected for Zhou Qing: time.

However, this ability to extend time cannot be used on external objects. Currently, it can only be used to save time, allowing the Nine Revolutions Years Dragon Gu Nine Revolutions Years Dragon Gu to complete its evolution faster and strengthen its talent.

The Nine Revolutions Years Dragon Gu, despite its name, only undergoes one revolution at the moment of its refinement. To truly complete the nine revolutions, it must rely on the passage of time.

That's why it's called "the passage of time".

But Zhou Qing sensed that the lines he heard in the darkness, "Dragon Gu Nine Cycles Witness the Years! A Spiritual Heart Forges a Sacred Court!" likely held a deeper meaning...

"You really are lucky," Xiao Wu said with her hands on her hips and a smile.

"Perhaps the Dragon Gu was hovering in the air just now, choosing whose Martial Soul was more suitable for it. And Qing Ge's Martial Soul is the Blood Circulation System, and its heart is just right to be its nurtured place. Otherwise, it might have dissipated into nature." Tang San thought of a possibility and put it forward. "However, this Hu Fangyuan is really pathetic. His ancestors worked hard for more than two hundred years, only to have it all come to nothing in one day. He even lost his Martial Soul and wasted his time making wedding clothes for Qing Ge."

But the smile on Zhou Qing's face quietly disappeared. Looking at the Half-Human Half-Insect corpse, he sighed, then cheered up and said to Tang San, "Alright, now we can put him away."

Tang San's smile froze instantly, but he could only step forward, curl Hu Fangyuan's corpse into a ball, and put it into the Moon Shines Brightly in the Twelve Towers.

"What should we do with the bodies of these four women?" Xiao Wu asked. "Why don't we take them out and bury them? It's pitiful to leave them here."

"No, this is evidence."

After Tang San collected Hu Fangyuan's body, he shook his head and said, "After we get out, we'll go directly to the local Spirit Hall Branch and have them come here. The Fallen Ones can be said to have fled to escape punishment, but the bodies of these four women are enough to prove that Dales colluded with the Fallen Ones!"

"That's true, but I'm afraid the Spirit Hall won't be able to bring Dales to justice." Xiao Wu now has a good understanding of the way the Spirit Hall cooperates with the Two Great Empires.

In the Douluo Continent, every city and town with a name has a corresponding Spirit Hall. Its main responsibility is to awaken Martial Soul for ordinary people and to resolve conflicts between Soul Master, but it cannot directly intervene in the city's security and management.

Even if Dales really colluded with the Fallen Ones, as the city lord and also Baron, the Spirit Hall had no right to take him down; otherwise, it would be an infringement on the dignity of the Star Luo Empire.

If the higher-ups of the Star Luo Empire were to thoroughly investigate this matter, it would likely take a long time—enough time for Dales to clear up all related evidence.

"It seems that's true." Tang San frowned and looked at Zhou Qing.

"Take them out and send them back to their hometown for burial."

Zhou Qing was silent for a while, then said Youyou, "It has now been confirmed that Dales is the direct murderer of my biological parents, but I don't want him to die so easily... I said I would make him die again and again."

At this moment, both Tang San and Xiao Wu felt a chill run down their spines.

Both of them could understand, especially Tang San. If he found the murderer who killed his mother, he would want to tear him to pieces to vent his hatred.

But Zhou Qing's true purpose wasn't revenge...

The three men, having included the four women and their unborn children in the blanket, did not return the way they came, but instead walked along the path Hu Fangyuan had taken.

Zhou Qing guessed that this secret room couldn't possibly only have the one passage from which it came as an exit.

As expected.

The three of them groped their way forward, and two hours later, they saw light ahead. They immediately quickened their pace and ran out.

Outside the cave entrance was a dense jungle.

Looking back, there was a hillside covered with green vines.

The three men gently placed the woman's body on the ground, climbed up the hillside, and looked around.

By this time, it was already dark, but in Falling Star City, a kilometer away, the bustling city was brightly lit, while the other dim areas seemed to have sparks of light, as if stars had Human Realm from the sky to adorn the darkness.

"It seems this is a secret passage leading out of the city," Tang San suggested. "Shall we leave the four women's bodies in the passage and go Falling Star City to take a look?"

"Alright."

Zhou Qing agreed and, together with Xiao Wu and Tang San, went down the hillside, carried the four women's corpses into the cave entrance, and sprinkled insect repellent powder and some pungent-smelling medicinal powder on them to prevent them from being carried away by wild animals in the nearby woods.

Why not put it inside the Moon Shines Brightly in the Twelve Towers?

The Half-Human Half-Insect corpse could curl up like an insect or snake and barely fit into a half-cubic-meter space, but the four women's corpses could not. Moreover, there were four fetuses inside their dissected abdomens, so they could not curl up at all. If they were to be forced into the other half-cubic-meter space on the Moon Shines Brightly in the Twelve Towers, the corpses would probably be unrecognizable.

Inside Falling Star City, Dales made an excuse to withdraw his troops before sunset, advising Romantina and You Hui to continue their search the next day, and inviting them to his mansion for dinner.

Romantina refused, saying that the mission was more important, and then left with You Hui.

Dales was slightly helpless, but he couldn't force him to stay.

As night fell, lights began to twinkle on the streets, except for the night market. A small group of residents in the city, tacitly understanding each other, began digging roads from a distance.

Ning Rongrong's actions during the day stirred up greed in people's hearts.

It is foreseeable that this is only the first group of people tonight. On the second and third nights, more people will be unable to resist and will participate, digging roads and searching for Soul Crystal in order to become rich overnight.

Sword Douluo rode his sword, holding Ning Fengzhi in mid-air. Looking at the twinkling stars below, he sighed, "That Zhou Qing is really something! I thought the people in this city would hold back for a few days before taking action, but I didn't expect them to start digging up the roads tonight."

"They've toiled their whole lives just to make a living. It would be strange if everyone held back tonight!" Ning Fengzhi his eyes, looking down at the scattered lights below, as if he could see through human nature.