Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 496 - 460 Tuling Village_3

Qin Qing stood atop a cliff.

He was hunting in the mountains and forests while also training his physical body to speed up the recovery of his injuries!

That day, the battle caused Qin Qing to be cut by sword light which broke open the void, sending him here.

In these past few days, Qin Qing had roughly figured things out.

This place was not too far from Wanlong Snow Mountain, roughly six to seven hundred miles away.

It was still within the boundaries of Tianyong Province, and a thousand more miles ahead would take one to Yuanlong Province.

The village where he now stayed was a small village on the border of Tianyong Province known as Tuling Village.

There were roughly four hundred people in the village, and most of them lived a rural life of farming and hunting.

From the outside, the village seemed very ordinary.

But Qin Qing knew it was not that simple.

Tuling Village was located in the mountains and forests, which were filled with ferocious beasts.

An ordinary village could not possibly exist amid a jungle of ferocious beasts.

Even if a village were in the forest, it would be in an area where only ordinary wild animals lived, with scarce appearance of ferocious beasts.

Moreover, the ancient tree at the entrance of the village and the old well there both exuded a mysterious aura; Qin Qing tried to detect it with his spiritual power and found that both the ancient tree and the well had fluctuations of spiritual patterns.

As for the villagers, although they had not entered the world of martial arts, their bodies were strong and far exceeded that of ordinary people.

The old man was weak due to injuries from his youth, but Su Wanqing had a solid constitution.

Although she suffered from chronic malnutrition, her bones were as hard as those of a martial artist in the Tempering Body Realm.

Furthermore, Qin Qing discovered that within Su Wanqing’s bloodline, there was a certain powerful force contained.

However, this power was still in slumber; if activated, it might unleash formidable might.

Therefore, in the past few days, not only had Qin Qing been supplementing the old man and Xiao Qing’s diet, but he was also trying to get the girl to attempt cultivation through some subtle methods.

Su Wanqing’s body had undergone tremendous changes in just a few short days.

"Today, this spiritual deer’s inner core is exactly what Xiao Qing can consume. With this inner core, she should be able to officially succeed in Qi Condensation!"

Qin Qing carried the spiritual deer back to the village.

"Little Qing is back!"

"Little Qing is amazing, catching a deer so early in the morning."

"Such a big deer, Little Qing is really impressive!"

The people of Tuling Village noticed Qin Qing early in the morning, and they all greeted him very friendly.

Although Qin Qing had only been in Tuling Village for a few days, the people here had already gotten to know him.

The villagers of Tuling Village were simple and kindhearted.

Over the years, these villagers had also taken the initiative to help Su Wanqing and her grandfather.

But most of the time, the old man had refused on his own, not wanting to be beholden to others; he was a very dignified old man.

Moreover, Qin Qing also learned from these villagers that Xiao Qing’s father used to be the captain of the village’s hunting team, strong enough to lift a five or six hundred-pound giant beast with one hand, and even able to fight with low-rank ferocious beasts.

However, an accident occurred, and he died at a young age; Xiao Qing’s mother was also torn apart by a ferocious beast that same day, leaving this world.

When Xiao Qing was young, the old man still accepted gifts from their neighbors, but from the time Xiao Qing turned ten, the old man stopped accepting any form of charity.

So, the pair had lived a life of want for many years.

"Uncle! Second Uncle, Seventh Grandpa... you all are well too!"

Qin Qing smiled and responded to everyone from Tuling Village.

Here, he felt isolated from the world.

It was as if this was a paradise on earth, with all the strife outside having nothing to do with this place.

He quite liked this feeling.

At least for Qin Qing at the moment, it was a rare opportunity, just in time to fully recover his cultivation.

Moreover, Qin Qing had another feeling: the Returning to Purity and Simplicity essence of Tuling Village allowed him to comprehend different truths, which was the aura of the Nascent Soul Realm.

The Returning to Purity and Simplicity was the true essence of breaking through from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm...

Furthermore, the spiritual patterns on the old tree at the village entrance also led Qin Qing to a different state of perception.

Qin Qing brought the spiritual deer home.

"Brother Qing!"

Su Wanqing heard the noise and came out hopping excitedly, covering her small mouth in surprise when she saw the spiritual deer lain on the ground by Qin Qing: "Wow, Brother Qing, you caught such a big sika deer?"

Like the rest of the villagers of Tuling, Su Wanqing thought Qin Qing had caught a common sika deer.

She only thought this deer was unusually large, not realizing it was a spiritual deer, which was naturally quite different from an ordinary sika deer.

"Grandpa, come and see, Brother Qing has brought back a huge deer!" Su Wanqing called out to the house.

The old man walked out with a smile, moving much quicker than before.

In the past few days, under Qin Qing’s care, the old man’s chronic illness was eliminated, and his bodily functions had rejuvenated by more than ten years.

The old man fetched a knife, began to slaughter the deer, skin it, cut the meat into pieces, cure it with salt, and then hang it to dry.

These days, Qin Qing had brought back many wild animals, whose meat was all cut into strips, salted, dried for a few days, and then smoked over dried branches of wild fruit trees, turning them into delicious cured meat.

While Grandfather was dividing the deer meat, Qin Qing removed the inner core from within the spiritual deer’s body.

"Little Qing!" Qin Qing looked at Su Wanqing, "Do you want to be as powerful as your brother?"

Su Wanqing didn’t understand what Qin Qing meant, but she still answered, "Of course I do. If I could be as powerful as Brother, I could ensure Grandpa has meat to eat every day, and make sure Grandpa’s health is even better!"

Having said that, Su Wanqing looked at Qin Qing with a hint of anticipation, "Brother Qing, will you leave us?"

This question had been weighing on Little Qing’s heart for days. She wanted to ask but didn’t dare to.

For a moment, Qin Qing didn’t know how to answer.

He knew that Little Qing really wanted him to stay forever.

Over these days, Qin Qing, Little Qing, and Grandfather had been living together like a family.

"What are you talking about, Little Qing?" The grandfather turned his head and said, "Your Brother Qing is not from Tuling Village. He has his own home and will naturally leave here to go back to his own home!"

"Oh!" Little Qing replied forlornly.

"Little Qing, I will of course leave this place. However, if you would like, Brother will come back to see you," Qin Qing said.

"Really?" A gleam of light suddenly reappeared in Little Qing’s dim eyes.

"Of course!" Qin Qing nodded seriously, then added, "Also, Little Qing... do you want to see the outside world?"

"The outside world?"

Little Qing’s face was full of curiosity.

"What is the outside world like?" Little Qing asked.

"The outside world is very big, very big. There are all kinds of people and all kinds of things that you can’t see in Tuling Village!" Qin Qing explained.

Little Qing’s face showed longing.

She had never thought about this question from childhood to adulthood.

Because people from Tuling Village rarely ever left the village.

Even if they did leave, it was to the neighboring town to buy some necessities. As for the wider world beyond, nobody had ventured there.

The villagers of Tuling had been living here generation after generation, rooted to this place, seemingly incapable of moving away.

"Little Qing, our ancestors of Tuling Village had a teaching, that descendants must guard this place and cannot leave..." The grandfather suddenly spoke.

"Oh?"

Qin Qing was puzzled—with a duty to guard the place?

Could it be related to the ancient tree at the entrance of the village or to the ancient well?

Could it be that there was some secret within the ancient well?

Qin Qing decided to find a suitable opportunity to explore what secrets lie within Tuling Village’s ancient well.

In the mornings of these days, it was always Qin Qing who fetched water. When there were people around, Qin Qing would chat with them; when alone, he would sit quietly under the ancient tree, by the well, silently cultivating.

It appeared as if he was simply resting with eyes closed, but in reality, he was silently cultivating.

And practicing by the ancient well gave Qin Qing a feeling of effortless smoothness. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

However.

On the following day, as Qin Qing planned to go fetch water, he suddenly noticed several unfamiliar figures at the entrance of the village.

They were not from Tuling Village.

These figures hid at the entrance, not entering rashly, but Qin Qing still noticed them.

He pretended not to notice and promptly left.

Those figures were clearly martial artists.

Qin Qing didn’t know the strangers’ intentions; it was possible they were there to find him.

After all, the outcome of the great battle at Wanlong Snow Mountain was still unknown.

But Qin Qing knew one thing for certain—Zhao Wuji would not let things rest easily.

He would surely continue to search for Qin Qing’s whereabouts!

So it couldn’t be ruled out that these people were looking for him...

Currently, Qin Qing’s cultivation had not yet recovered, and he needed to keep himself hidden.

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