Chapter 578: Chapter 578

Afterwards, Li Daoxuan pulled Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu aside, eagerly asking about the incident of the Spirit Severing Realm elder’s fall back home.

Zhou Qing reluctantly explained the general sequence of events, but deliberately omitted his own experiences, merely presenting himself as a bystander.

Both of them were stunned after listening.

There really was a Demon Emperor who fell. Wouldn’t the demons at the border be in an uproar?

"Come over here!" At that moment, Zhou Qing suddenly heard a transmission from his Second Uncle.

Zhou Qing had no choice but to bid farewell to the others and hastily made his way over.

Upon arriving at the Cave Mansion, Second Uncle enthusiastically poured a cup of liquor for Zhou Qing and pointed to a seat beside him, inviting him to sit.

Zhou Qing shook his head.

From now on, he would no longer drink.

Second Uncle was a bit puzzled, thinking it was perhaps because of the incident where Zhou Qing displayed his sixty-six Spirit Seals while drunk last time, making him wary now.

However, he did not press further, gently nodding and changing the topic, "Was it really Xuanyuan Shuo who took down that scraggly bird?"

Zhou Qing did not intend to hide anything from Second Uncle. Besides, he still needed his uncle’s help with the blood curse within his Sea of Consciousness.

After collecting his thoughts, he began to recount the events in detail.

Second Uncle listened intently at first, but when he heard about the Suanni Bone being detonated, his heart ached.

He had been waiting until he was fully prepared to retrieve it.

After a long time, he sighed.

What could he do? It seemed that he was just not destined to have it.

However, seeing Zhou Qing unharmed and able to calmly rescue himself in such a dangerous situation, a sense of pride and relief welled up in his heart.

Next, Zhou Qing took out the Imaging Stone from Elder Feng and the Great Demon Order, handing them to Second Uncle.

After activating and carefully watching them, Second Uncle fell into deep thought.

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Speaking at this point, Second Uncle was filled with curiosity.

Zhou Qing also pondered deeply. After all, the Old Peng King in ancient times was a formidable expert at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Severing Realm, yet he was effortlessly obliterated.

Afterwards, the intruder even ignored the Old Peng King’s physical body, showcasing their terrifying power.

And this was only the tip of the iceberg of what he knew. The unknown secrets were likely countless.

Second Uncle then looked at Zhou Qing with approving eyes, handing back the Great Demon Order, "Keep this. Since you obtained it through your own merit, I won’t take it from you."

Next, Second Uncle examined the blood curse in Zhou Qing’s Sea of Consciousness with a serious expression, his brows furrowing.

"This is tricky and requires slow and careful thinking, but don’t worry. Generally, this sort of thing has a time limit and will dissipate after a few hundred years."

"If one day you break through to the Spirit Severing Realm, you might be able to remove it yourself in advance," Second Uncle comforted.

"As for the Old Ape, there’s no need to worry. Do you remember the Immortal Drunk I gave you to drink last time? I snatched it from him," Second Uncle said, looking smug.

Zhou Qing seemed to recall that Second Uncle had indeed mentioned some Old Ape from the Great Demon Mountain before, but had stopped mid-sentence to drink, leaving the topic hanging.

"By the way, how far have you progressed with the Four Flowers Gathering at the Crown?" Second Uncle suddenly leaned in, asking curiously.

Zhou Qing thought for a moment and detailed the process of merging Golden Crow Blood and Suanni Blood, and the reaction of the four-colored flowers during the Corpse Spirit’s possession.

Second Uncle listened, astonished, his face full of surprise and envy.

"Interesting. If I could find a way to provoke the blood curse so that it poses a threat to you, perhaps the four-colored flowers would protect their master and remove it," Second Uncle theorized, stroking his chin.

Zhou Qing’s eyes lit up at once; this indeed sounded like a good idea.

"But this requires further consideration. We can’t rush it. By the way, since you’re back, take a few days to rest. Then I’ll take you somewhere!"

Second Uncle patted Zhou Qing’s shoulder mysteriously.

Zhou Qing nodded in agreement but quickly remembered something and asked, "What about your array class?"

At the mention of this, Second Uncle straightened up proudly, "Learning is a mutual process. Just half a month ago, I posed some extremely tricky questions, and unexpectedly, the teacher had an epiphany and went into seclusion immediately."

He paused and continued, "I guess he’ll complete his three thousand Spirit Seals this time, becoming the third Third-level Array Master of the Holy Martial Dynasty, and incidentally achieving the Perfection of Divinity Transformation Realm!"

Zhou Qing was surprised but glad for the teacher.

After all, in the entire Fourth-level Cultivation Country, there were currently only two Third-level Array Masters and just nine Second-level Array Masters. Their rarity far exceeded that of Spirit Severing Realm experts.

In the following days, Zhou Qing took a good rest.

The entire Academy was rather quiet, with eight tutors mostly on hiatus.

Lu Yaoyao, under Master Lu’s careful arrangements, officially went into seclusion to fully advance to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul.

Li Daoxuan had a vague idea of the realm he wanted to comprehend and spent every day diligently venturing out under the tutor’s guidance.

Yan Xiaohu, feeling a sense of urgency, set aside his usual playfulness and focused intensely on frantically absorbing Spiritual Power from Spirit Stones.