Headless Immortal

Chapter 31 Healed by Medication

The main hall is brightly lit.

Master Lü of Meilan County pushed all affairs onto Zhao Jia and went off to enjoy his leisure.

County Lieutenant Lei Ji sat upright, while County Assistant was not idle. He took out the files and maps, and the scribe was recording them on the side.

Gao Qingzhi flipped through Zhao Jia's land register.

Every constable in the local government office had one of these.

Previously, Zhao Jia was only a candidate without a breakthrough, but now that he has cultivated true qi and acquired twenty years of external martial arts skills, he can become a formal constable of the Six Doors.

This local official register doesn't record people, it only records mountain spirits and monsters.

After reviewing the case of Monk Yuji and Liu Hong again, the information obtained was largely the same.

The names of families who had lost their wives or concubines, or whose wives and daughters were bedridden with illness, were also compiled.

Gao Qingzhi looked at the three people below the hall.

It was Zhuangzi, Dazui, and Xiaoge.

The three of them fought with the Five Gods last night and survived.

Gao Qingzhi walked up to Zhuangzi, raised his fist, and asked, "How did he hit you?"

Zhuangzi recalled, "I lunged at him with my knife, but I didn't see how he did it. It felt like I was hit hard by a bull, and I was sent flying backward. My internal organs felt like they were all mixed up, and I was in so much pain that I couldn't get up."

He quickly added, "If I had been wearing heavy armor back then, I definitely wouldn't have been so useless."

Gao Qingzhi patted Zhuangzi on the shoulder; he was indeed born with a sturdy physique.

An ordinary person would likely lose half their life after taking that punch, but this kid only took a while to get up.

It's a good seedling.

Cultivating true qi can also make one a candidate for the Six Doors.

Gao Qingzhi looked puzzled. This Five Gods shouldn't be so weak. After causing such a ruckus, not a single person died. If it's really as County Magistrate Lei Ji said, that one monster can suppress hundreds of people and prevent them from moving, let alone three people, even thirty constables would be wiped out if they were lined up in a standoff.

Gao Qingzhi's question was answered.

First, the three legs withstood the Five Gods.

Secondly, the small distress arrow worked, and a large number of armed constables and patrolling soldiers surrounded the courtyard, scaring away the monster.

"Three-legged?" Gao Qingzhi glanced at Zhao Jia.

Zhao Jia then pointed to the old black cat crouching on the eaves.

"impossible."

Gao Qingzhi smiled.

His years of experience in suppressing monsters allowed him to see at a glance that the three-legged old cat was just a little elf, at most using cat urine to create illusions and bewitch weak women.

Even a half-grown child could kill an old cat with a wooden stick, and such a weak spirit could not possibly withstand a great monster.

Zhao Jia lowered his voice and whispered something in someone's ear.

Gao Qingzhi paused for a moment, then stopped dwelling on the matter.

After asking a few more questions, and seeing that it was getting dark, Gao Qingzhi declined the room arranged by the county magistrate and planned to rest in the office of the yamen.

How could Zhao Jia possibly let his master spend a night in the county government's prison?

The guardhouse was in a rudimentary state, with many yamen runners sleeping on a large communal bed. Snoring and farting were commonplace at night, making it impossible to get a proper rest. So, the master was invited to stay at his place, where there were extra empty guest rooms in the second courtyard.

Gao Qingzhi nodded in agreement.

Back in the courtyard, Wang Ruo paid his respects to Master Zhao Jia and prepared wine and dishes for the two of them.

On the table, Gao Qingzhi analyzed, "The monster is indeed very arrogant."

Lu Xun, the black cat, also has a place on the dining table.

He mostly kept an eye on Gao Qingzhi, who had a leopard-like head and piercing eyes.

"What's going on?" Gao Qingzhi followed the gaze and looked over.

"Master, it's like this..."

Zhao Jia describes in detail a series of events, including his encounter with the black cat and his rescue at the temple.

Gao Qingzhi was skeptical: "Can it really turn into a tiger?"

"Brother Cat," Zhao Jia said with a smile, bowing and hoping to see what he could do.

Lu Xun turned his head away.

This made Zhao Jia so anxious that he almost had to beg his grandparents for help.

Lu Xun the black cat leaped into the air, and its black body rapidly expanded, its dark fur turning into a colorful patchwork, and its cat eyes widening into golden tiger eyes.

In an instant, a massive, three-foot-tall tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead stepped onto the blue bricks. It was covered in wounds and looked quite exhausted, as if it had just experienced an indescribable fierce battle. "Ho ho…!"

Gao Qingzhi exclaimed in surprise, completely stunned.

He had traveled all over the country and suppressed countless monsters, but this was the first time he had ever seen such a scene.

"Why isn't Master at all..."

Zhao Jia asked in surprise. He had been feeling uneasy, like a child who had found a puppy along the way and didn't dare to tell his parents.

Gao Qingzhi chuckled and continued, "Ordinary people just see the unknown as too terrifying. In reality, there is no difference between humans and monsters. I myself have many monster friends, and I often need their help. Not to mention distant ones, the gyrfalcon that delivered your message is a spirit trained by the government."

"Now that you're in this industry, you'll have to come into contact with it eventually."

"Kid, you're really lucky." Gao Qingzhi clicked his tongue in amazement and recalled, "I remember when I first entered this business, the first monster I encountered was a tiger granny. That evil monster ran a shop in the wilderness, specializing in the human flesh business. My master and I went to suppress it and almost got eaten whole."

While speaking, he carefully observed the wounds on the tiger's body.

"That's more like it, that monster should be this powerful."

Gao Qingzhi, skilled and daring, was calm and fearless: "To be able to beat a tiger that is over 13 feet tall into such a state, you are exceptionally strong. If you arrive late with your men, you will have to collect the tiger's corpse."

"What an arrogant mountain spirit."

"They dare to rob tax collectors, and they even dare to storm county towns."

Gao Qingzhi stroked his beard and squinted, pondering, "The simpleton is the easiest to deal with. First, we'll perform a ritual to summon it and see if we can get it to come. Then we'll gather all the clay sculptures from each household. If it doesn't come, we'll destroy them all, cutting off its incense offerings, so that even if it has money, it can't spend it."

The captain opened the sword case on his back.

Inside was a thick book, two very thin booklets, a stack of talismans, a few loose silver coins, and a sword made of an unknown material.

The rest were mostly bottles and jars, and a large portion of them were covered by blue cloth and could not be clearly seen.

He picked out a few bottles and jars, poured out the pills and powder inside, gathered them into a pile, and looked at Zhao Jia with a pained expression: "Let him take it."

Zhao Jia carefully took the pile of medicine.

Lu Xun, the fierce tiger, narrowed his golden eyes, stuck out his tongue and swirled the pile of medicine. The pills and powders melted in his mouth without needing to be mixed with warm water. The throbbing pain in his ribs disappeared instantly, and the stitched wounds became itchy. Even his fatigue vanished.

The medicine works immediately and is much better than the herbal decoctions from clinics.

God's.

If this medicine could be obtained in modern times, it would definitely make a lot of money.

Of course, considering raw materials and other factors, mass production is impossible if they are too difficult to obtain.

The tiger visibly perked up from its lethargy, and Zhao Jia exclaimed with delight, "Master, this medicine works really fast!"

Gao Qingzhi's mouth twitched as his face was covered by the big beard: "It's good that it works. We'll still need your help when we fight that monster."

"Master, is there any more?"

"I'll eat it as a meal!"

Gao Qingzhi, who had put away the box, took out a small booklet.

Zhao Jia picked it up and looked at it: "The Earth Official's True Qi Record".

Gao Qingzhi said earnestly, "I didn't teach you before because you had already practiced the Martial Arts Essentials for many years and passed two of the three stages. Letting you sense acupoints and the inner energy would only delay you."

"Now that you've transitioned from external to internal martial arts, accumulating a wealth of skills, and after mastering the True Qi Record, you can make rapid progress through the gradual and powerful external training, potentially even surpassing someone who started practicing internal martial arts from a young age."

"Come, let me lend you a hand and help you strengthen your internal energy."

The master and apprentice arrived at the courtyard.

The moon is bright.

Lu Xun also stepped into the courtyard, looking up at the moon.

In the past, when he was in cat form, he could absorb the moonlight by maintaining this posture, which would replenish his depleted magical power.

half an hour.

Lu Xun, the fierce tiger, changed his posture in confusion.

I still haven't been able to absorb the moon's essence.

Switch back to cat form.

The moonlight indeed entered the mouth.

Lu Xun, who had jumped onto the roof, transformed into a toad and began to draw moonlight again.

Heads with magical powers can absorb the essence of the moon.