You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 6 Qingzhou Baishou Lake

"Thank you so much for saving me! Thank you so much for saving me!"

The bald man holding the knife and the young man whose neck was twisted back thanked Zuo Chen in a hurry. Zuo Chen just waved his hand slightly and said:
"You are Welcome."

These two are just mortals, they don't have enough abilities and don't have any special skills, so it doesn't take too much energy to save them. The wasted spiritual energy can be restored in a stick of incense. It is certainly worth it if it can keep these two people alive.

Originally, the two men wanted to give Zuo Chen some compensation, but unfortunately the young man in the village was already very poor. He came here to do this business, but he was just relying on his popularity to ask for a meal.

In desperation, the young man could only promise that if there was anything he could be used for in the future, he would do it even if it meant going through fire and water.

The man holding the knife didn't have anything valuable on him. The only valuable thing was the butcher knife in his hand. However, when the knife was in Zuo Chen's hand, Zuo Chen looked down on it.

I'm already in the foundation-building stage, what's the point of holding a mortal's butcher knife?
Palm thunder is still more effective.

When the man saw that Zuo Chen didn't like his knife, he promised to go back to the city early to get the silver.

"My home is in the Zhengjiu Escort Agency in Qingzhou City. If you would like to honor me and come to my home, I will prepare good wine and food for you. I will take it as a token of my gratitude for saving me and a token of my filial piety."

Seeing that the man was speaking sincerely, Zuo Chen felt that it might be impolite to refuse again, so he nodded and agreed to the matter.

The young man looked at Zuo Chen twice more, as if he wanted to say something to him, but in the end he kept the words to himself and said nothing.

After that, the two wanderers left the place, leaving only Caiyi following him.

"Miss Caiyi, do you have anything else to say?"

Zuo Chen saw that the girl was following him and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

"Master, you saved my life, but I don't even know your name." Caiyi felt a little embarrassed and scratched her head.

"My last name is Zuo Chen, and I am just a nobody."

A small path?
Can this little Taoist smash the corpse fragrance of the evil spirit in Qingzhou with just one slap?

Caiyi felt that the definition of the path in their minds might be somewhat different.

Caiyi collected her thoughts and began to rub her hands:

"Master Zuo, you are from outside Qingzhou, right? Qingzhou is a big place, and you need someone to lead you when you want to eat, drink and have fun. You saved my life, but I don't have much money, and you probably don't care about the things on me. Why don't I take you around Qingzhou? No matter where you want to go, I can get you there!"

Zuo Chen burst out laughing.

This girl is quite talkative.

However, Zuo Chen really needed a local to talk to him about the current situation, so he nodded.

Caiyi smiled foolishly when she heard that, and eagerly led the way, taking Zuo Chen with her, heading towards Qingzhou.

"Master Zuo, where are you from? I have never heard of a Taoist temple near Qingzhou, let alone a Taoist as powerful as you."

"I came down from the Gray Mountain. I just came down to learn some skills."

"You still want to learn some tricks?" Caiyi was shocked. "I have been learning magic tricks for almost ten years and they are still not as powerful as your slap. I am afraid there are not many people in the whole Qingzhou City who can teach you."

Caiyi was not bragging. She was quite talented and her ten years of magic skills made her much better than most martial artists. There were not many people in Qingzhou who could defeat her.

"I think Mr. Bai is better than me." Zuo Chenqi said.

I heard from the village chief that Qingzhou is already a pretty big city nowadays. In the world of cultivation, a gang in such a big city should be able to have a strong presence.

"The worshippers in the Bai Lao Society and Bai Lao himself are indeed powerful, but what they learned is to retrieve corpses, which is the art of water. Their skills are not quite the same as yours, Taoist Zuo."

"what?"

Zuo Chen was really confused when he heard the word "salvation". "Do you mean salvaging corpses from rivers and lakes?"

"It's the corpse recovery." Caiyi nodded and said, "There is a big lake next to Qingzhou, called Baishou Lake. There are many fish in the lake, which is a major livelihood for Qingzhou. But the lake is not peaceful. There is a river god in it. Every year, if there is no incense, there will be big waves, and if there is incense, there will be small waves. Because of this river god, many people have suffered.

"The relatives of the family members naturally wanted to bring their family members back. Some brave fishermen started to fish out corpses. Over time, they became very successful. No one knows where they got the skills of water cultivation. That's how the Bai Lao Society came into being."

When Zuo Chen heard Caiyi introduce the Bai Lao Society, his expression became a little strange.

He originally thought that the Bai Lao Society was an organization in the city that "inherited the cultivation methods of a certain large sect" and mastered techniques such as "Baishou Bai Lao Gong". However, after hearing Caiyi's introduction, he discovered that the Bai Lao Society's way of making a living was more down-to-earth than he had imagined.

A group of corpse lifters mastered supernatural powers?
What magical power could they have? Could they make a corpse jump out of the water on its own?

And it sounds like the Bai Lao Society seems to depend on the river god in the big lake for survival.

This river god...

It sounds like a monster.

Golden elixir period?
At that time, I will use the Wangqi technique to take a sneak peek at the lake. If it is really a big monster in the Jindan stage, I'd better escape as soon as possible.

This kind of monster that harms people at every turn may not have a good face when meeting other cultivators. If the river god invites him to a gathering in the water palace, it will be difficult to deal with.

The two of them followed the path, winding around for half an hour, and finally arrived at a hillside.

Looking down from the hillside, Zuo Chen could see the lake not far away.

It is very big, with no end in sight, and the waves are sparkling in the sun. There is a city on the edge of the lake, like a broken stone thrown by someone on the edge of the lake.

"That is Whitehead Lake."

Following Caiyi's finger, Zuo Chen looked towards Baishou Lake.

There seemed to be wisps of black gas swirling up above the lake, covering the entire Qingzhou City.

He blinked.

The dark air in this lake...

It doesn’t seem like that much.

……

Qingzhou City was built along the lake, with some rivers flowing into the city, dividing the tiled and wooden houses and connecting them with small stone bridges.

Half of the people in the city make their living from the lake, and half of the people depend on those who live by the lake for their livelihood. Bai Laohui belongs to the latter half.

They are very powerful in the city, and even the local government has to be respectful to those who come from the Bai Lao Society.

There is a big house in the city. People come and go in the house, all of them are upper-class people of Bailao. But at this moment, the house is busy, with people constantly entering and leaving, and it is very noisy.

"Liu Guanshi is dead?"

There was a short man in the house, frowning as he stared at the messenger in front of him.

"Yes, I was staring at the longevity lock, and suddenly the lock broke."

"Sure enough, the means left by Chu Xun are not so easy to solve."

The man sighed slightly.

"Let's put the matter of the ghost village aside for now. The most important thing now is to pay tribute to the river god. Serving the river god well is more important than anything else. As long as the river god stands behind our Bai Laohui, no matter what the Wenxiang Gang is, they can't touch us!"

(End of this chapter)