Chapter 43: The Son Has Gold Under His Knees Second Watch, Seeking Collection and Red Tickets

  (Second update is sent, do book friends have tickets? Passersby friends, can collect?)

  "A fifth-level spiritual beast?" Qin Lang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, puckered his lips and clicked his tongue.

  On that day, the beast tide that attacked Qin Lin's Beastmaster was only a broken body period expert, equivalent to a third-level spiritual intelligence period demon beast. The one who protected Qin Lin, He Tongling, was still like that. Such an expert was far from being matched by Qin Lin at this time. Not to mention a fifth-level spiritual intelligence period demon beast, which was just one step away from entering the transformation period and transforming into a human-like demon beast.

  Such a monster, I haven't even seen it myself, what is Mo Gu Yun bringing up now?

  "No way!" Qin Huan suddenly reacted, as if the beast crystal he gave to Gu Yun's county lord was actually a fifth-level spiritual intelligence phase beast crystal core, and he just said it was something he hunted himself?

  "Your Excellency, I was wrong. This beast crystal wasn't obtained by me killing a demon beast, but rather I accidentally stumbled upon a cave and found its walls embedded with such crystals. I picked one off." Qin Lang thudded to the ground on both knees, his heart crying out in alarm. Oh no, he's really done it this time! First, he offended Mo Gu Yun, and now his lie has been exposed. This is not good, he's going to be in big trouble this time.

  "Haha, good one Qin Lang. You really just picked a few?" Mo Gu Yun burst out laughing and wasn't even angry, he was becoming more and more interested in this Qin Lang.

  "Sir, I've managed to scrape together half of it." Qin Lang spoke without any confidence, but still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. It seemed that these beast crystals were not going to be saved, and he would have to hand over more or less all of them. But no matter what, he had to leave some for himself.

  "Huh? You've already taken half of it? Why do you still want to leave the other half behind?" Mo Gu Yun teased, looking at Qin Cang with a playful gaze, tossing and catching the beast crystal in his hand.

  "I see that the cave is filled with beast crystals, which means this cave must have an owner. I've taken half of someone's family fortune, isn't that a bit inappropriate? If it weren't for the thought of this trip's county comparison, with my personality as Qin Cang, I wouldn't even want one. After taking half, I still feel a bit sorry for the owner." Qin Cang said solemnly, and as he spoke, he was infected by his own words, as if he were truly an honest and noble gentleman who doesn't pick up lost items.

  The highest state of a swindler is when he is also deceived by his own lies.

  "Hahaha!" Mo Gu Yun couldn't control himself anymore and burst out laughing. If he hadn't known the situation beforehand and had some suspicions in his heart, he would have been deceived by Qin Cang at this moment.

  "Your Highness..." Qin Lang looked at Mo Gu Yun with a big laugh, but his heart was also very nervous. Just as he wanted to explain something again, Mo Gu Yun waved her hand and interrupted him.

  "Alright, don't say anymore, or I'll die from laughing. I'm too lazy to care whether you've stolen a few, half of it, or even the entire family fortune - none of that is my business, and I have no interest in knowing. Here, take back this beast crystal." Mo Gu Yun tossed the beast crystal back to Qin Lang. Qin Lang hastily reached out to catch it, holding it in his hand, momentarily at a loss for words.

  "Qin Lang, stand up. A man's knees are made of gold, kneeling to heaven and earth above, and to parents below. From now on, don't kneel to anyone else again." Mo Gu Yun stretched out his hand and made a pulling motion in the air, Qin Lang suddenly felt as if an invisible hand was holding onto his body, and with that force, he stood up. He lifted his head, for the first time looking at Mo Gu Yun at such close distance, eye to eye.

  Qin Lang found that Mo Gu Yun, who was usually majestic and powerful, standing on the stage with every move like a general galloping on the battlefield, now sat there like a kind and gentle father, his face no longer stern, but peaceful as if seeing a loved one.

  The anxiety in Qin Lang's heart gradually dissipated, and he had a feeling as if the person he was facing at this moment was not the master of the Lonely Cloud County, but rather an elder whom he had not seen for a long time.

  "Qin Lang, I've investigated you. A few months ago, you were just a street urchin who couldn't even afford clothes or food. I'm very curious, what exactly happened to you over these past few months that allowed you to transform overnight from a vagrant struggling to make ends meet into the representative of Luoyang City, and even led Luoyang City to become the champion in the inter-county competition?" Mo Gu Yun said calmly and slowly.

  "Hmm..." Mo Gu Yun's question was also something that Qin Lang had been struggling with all along. How did he suddenly transform from a mediocre person to a phoenix? How did he become the representative of the younger generation in Luoyang City overnight? And inexplicably helped Luoyang City win the championship. It seemed that all these changes occurred after his encounter at the mysterious lake in Baili Mountain.

  At the thought of this, Qin Lang immediately thought of the nine hidden light groups in his mind. That person had said that only when one's own strength reached a certain level would those light groups reappear. Currently,

  What kind of level is it after all? What are Tong Gang and others talking about, what is the realm of plastic body and the realm of refining body?

  "Cough, cough!!" Seeing Qin Lang's mind wander off somewhere, Mo Gu Yun furrowed his brow and let out a light cough. This Qin Lang, where did he find such a scatterbrained person? The county master's conversation could still make him zone out.

  "Ah! I'm sorry, Princess, I just remembered something, so......" Qin Lang reacted and was startled by his own actions, thudding down on his knees again in front of Mo Gu Yun.

  This time, Mo Gu's eyebrows furrowed even deeper, saying: "Have you forgotten what I just said to you?"

  "What was just said?" Qin Lang asked himself, and suddenly said: "Just now, the young master said that a man has gold under his knees, kneeling up to heaven and earth, kneeling down to parents, and not kneeling to anyone else." As he spoke, Qin Lang stood up, his face flushing bright red.

  "So have you thought of how to answer my previous question?" Mo Gu Yun's eyebrows relaxed slightly as he asked.

  "Your Highness, I'm afraid I don't quite understand what's going on myself." Qin Lang spoke the truth, he really didn't understand until now.

  "I inadvertently saved the eldest daughter of the Lin family and was treated with courtesy by the Lin family. Later, I was even recommended to represent Luoyang City in the county's grand competition. As for me, Qin Cang, I have no special skills and didn't want to pretend to be something I'm not. However, my childhood dream has always been to become a heavenly soldier, but no one had ever recommended me. The master of the Lin family promised to recommend me as a heavenly soldier after the competition, so I agreed to participate. I thought it would be easy to just follow the team and get through the competition, but unexpectedly, many things happened during the competition, and by coincidence, I even helped Luoyang City win the championship." Qin Cang said slowly, at this point, he didn't want to hide anything, these things weren't secrets anyway. However, some strange events that occurred to him were still not convenient for others to know about, so he chose to gloss over them.

  "Master Jun!" Qin Lang looked at Mo Gu Yun, his eyes revealing a sincere expression, and said: "If I say that all of this is just my luck, would you believe me?"

  Mo Gu Yun suddenly rolled her eyes, stretched out her finger and pointed at Qin Cang, tilting her head and saying: "If you didn't make such a sincere expression as if your heart was being torn out, maybe I would believe what you said."

  "Ah!" Qin Huan was also embarrassed, he indeed intentionally made a sincere expression, and now being exposed, Qin Huan's face was also flushed red. He felt that in front of Mo Gu Yun, he was like a person without clothes, being seen through from head to toe. And Mo Gu Yun's occasional teasing gaze seemed to be secretly warning him, don't try any tricks in front of me.

  "Qin Lang, how long have you been cultivating?" Mo Gouyun suddenly asked.

  "Hmm, I've been wandering around since I was a kid, and I've been practicing from time to time. I'm afraid I can be considered somewhat... " Qin Cang almost started counting on his fingers.

  "Cut the crap, your so-called cultivation is nothing. I'm asking how long you've been practicing real martial arts." Mo Gu Yun interrupted impatiently, he was too tired of talking to this stinky brat.

  Qin Lang's face turned red as he stuttered: "I-I just, a few months ago. I only started practicing martial arts when I was with the Lin family."

  "That's strange." Mo Gu's eyebrows rose as he looked Qin Lang up and down, saying slowly.

  Qin Lang looked at Mo Gu Yun, unsure of how to respond, and could only wait for Mo Gu Yun to continue speaking.

  "I thought you were quite old, I assumed you must have cultivated before. Who knew you've only been cultivating for a few months? How can you have such achievements? I observe your aura, it's just at the Plastic Body Realm, yet you're able to exhibit combat prowess at the Refining Body Realm level. You don't seem like someone with extraordinary innate talent either, it's truly strange."

  Qin Lang heard it vaguely, what kind of body-refining realm, body-tempering realm, how many times had he heard such words? What aura was left on his own body? Qin Lang wrinkled his nose tightly, as if he hadn't smelled anything either.

  Look at Qin Huan's reaction. Mo Gu Yun was also stunned for a moment, and then asked incredulously: "You don't even know about the three realms of body refinement?"

  "Refining the Body in Three Realms?" Qin Lang felt wronged, this was indeed his first time hearing such a phrase. You don't have to look at me like I'm some kind of monster either. It's really too hurtful.

  "My goodness!" Mo Gu Yun rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. Wasn't it ridiculous that he, the master of an entire county, was now going to have to teach Qin Cang a lesson?

  Looking at Qin Lang's innocent expression, Mo Gu Yun could only helplessly say: "Alright, today I'll pretend to be a teacher. Let me tell you about the cultivation of martial arts."

  Qin Huan's eyes lit up, he had no knowledge of this aspect and was very curious about it. Today, Mo Gu Yun actually wanted to explain it to him, Qin Huan couldn't ask for more.

  "The three realms of body refinement are a division of the boundaries of martial arts cultivation."