The two hundred and fourteenth chapter seven seven forty-nine days [eight thousand words for a monthly ticket
Because it is already early morning and the sun has already shined into the living room.
Therefore, zombies can only be in children's rooms.
When Zhou He pushed open the door and entered, the zombie opened his teeth and claws at Zhou He.
However, the zombie boy did not attack immediately. He just pretended to be ferocious and wanted to scare Zhou He away.
This look not only makes the zombie boy look less sinister, but also a bit cute.
"Oh, your father and mother were trained by me, and you little guy have become an orphan." Zhou He sighed inwardly.
Zhou He didn't see any movement, and a yellow talisman suddenly flew out, and finally, it was directly attached to the zombie boy's forehead.
To be honest, if this zombie boy can grow up, he will definitely be more powerful than his father and mother.
Not only is his spiritual intelligence several levels higher, but he can also control his own desires, and he also has super powers such as controlling objects.
I don’t know what circumstances led to the formation of this alien species.
Zhou He stepped forward, covered the zombie boy with a blanket, then picked him up and walked out of the villa.
"It's been solved." Zhou He raised the human-shaped blanket in his hand and said.
"Phew! Thank you, master, thank you, master!" Hu Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.
"Happy boy, Happy boy, uncle, don't take him away..."
The two children immediately ran over crying.
When Zhou He saw this scene, he didn't want to be held back by the child. He immediately kicked off his feet and jumped directly over a distance and height of more than ten meters to the top of the slope and landed next to the van.
"This...this..." Hu Feng froze on the spot when he saw this scene.
Hu Feng's son and daughter both stopped crying, their eyes widened, their mouths opened wide, and they looked at Zhou He above in shock.
"Come up quickly, we still have things to do, and we still need to find that fat man." Zhou He said to the two people below.
"Ah... Oh oh oh, okay, we'll come right away." Lin Zhengying looked at the stunned Hu Feng and said, "Well, we'll leave first. If you need anything, call me."
He said and gave him a business card.
Afterwards, Lin Zhengying and Xia Youren hurriedly climbed up the slope.
"Master, you are truly worthy of being a master, you are so awesome." Hu Feng solemnly put away the business card, and then led his son and daughter into the house.
I originally wanted to run, but after this incident happened, I was no longer in the mood to run.
However, the next second, the door was pushed open and Wu Ma walked in from outside.
"Lao Hu, what's going on? Why did that person fly up just now..."
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"Unexpectedly, there is actually a little zombie." Lin Zhengying said while sitting in the passenger compartment.
"Yeah, no wonder, I said a few days ago, that male zombie had such a small talisman on his head. It turned out to be this little zombie." Xia Youren said.
"You kid, when I talk about this, I just want to beat you up and tell you not to go in. Don't go in, but it's better for you because the talisman has been torn off." Lin Zhengying looked like she hated the iron.
"Um...father-in-law, it's over now, let's not talk about it anymore." Xia Youren suddenly said with some embarrassment.
"Okay, let's continue searching. If the fat man is found, the consequences will be really serious." Zhou He said.
"Yes, Fellow Taoist is right, but should we give this zombie boy first..." Lin Zhengying nodded, then looked at the zombie boy beside him and said.
For Lin Zhengying, even if he is a zombie, a zombie that does not harm anyone, he must be sent to reincarnation as soon as possible.
Hearing this, Zhou He nodded and said, "Okay, but don't worry, let's find the fat man first."
"Yes, father-in-law, let's find that damn fat man first. Anyway, the little zombie has been caught and can be destroyed anytime." Xia Youren said.
"Well, what I'm saying is, drive slower." As he said that, Lin Zhengying took out his compass, entered his mana, and began to continue searching.
More than two hours later, Lin Zhengying looked a little tired and said: "No way, the sun is too big and the yang energy is too strong, we can't search at all."
"If it doesn't work, forget it. It just so happens that it's past eleven now. Let's go have lunch. We'll look for it in the evening." Zhou He closed the novel APP and looked through the car window towards a restaurant not far away.
"Okay, I happen to be hungry too," Xia Youren said.
"Okay, then drive over." Lin Zhengying nodded and said.
After a few people finished their lunch, they did not follow Zhou He's instructions and search at night, but continued their search.
Zhou He didn't care, fell down on the chair in the back seat and fell asleep.
When Zhou woke up again, the sun had already set.
"Fellow Taoist, are you awake? Let's have dinner first, and then we can continue searching after that." Lin Zhengying said.
"Okay." Zhou He nodded.
Another hour passed and they finished their meal.
When he returned to the car, Zhou He suddenly stopped Xia Youren who was about to get into the cab.
"Boss, what's wrong?" Xia Youren said with a puzzled look.
Lin Zhengying on the side also looked at Zhou He.
"You have been driving for a day, and you fell asleep during the meal. And fellow Daoist Lin, you probably don't have much mana left in your body, and you are extremely tired, right?" Zhou He said calmly.
"Ah... yes, I'm a little sleepy." Xia Youren scratched his head and said.
"The main reason is that I met a harmful ghost in the afternoon. Although I eliminated it, I also lost a lot of mana." Lin Zhengying said.
"It seems that I missed some things while I was sleeping."
"You just go home and rest. Next, I will search by myself." Zhou He said.
"Ah? This... ok, then I'll leave it to fellow Taoist." Lin Zhengying didn't think much and handed the compass in her hand directly to Zhou He.
He knew Zhou He's strength, it was ridiculously strong.
"Well, let me take you back." Zhou He took the compass and got into the car with a smile.
Half an hour later, Zhou He sent the two of them back to Lin's Medical Center and gave them the little zombies.
After leaving Lin's Medical Center, Zhou He stopped the car and looked at the compass in his hand.
[Compass]: A medium-grade magical instrument that can be used to explore Feng Shui.
The introduction is unremarkable, but it is a mid-grade magic weapon.
Zhou He input mana into it, and suddenly, a mysterious and mysterious feeling appeared in his heart.
Then, very quickly, this feeling disappeared.
Immediately, Zhou He drove the vehicle and began to wander around the city.
As long as you reach a certain distance and have ghost aura or corpse aura, the compass will react.
But ten minutes later, the compass suddenly responded.
I saw the pointer in the compass shaking violently, and finally pointed directly at a house on the street fifty meters away.
Zhou He looked up and was stunned for a moment when he saw the pink light coming from the entrance of the house.
Immediately, Zhou He put away the compass, drove over, and parked on the side of the road.
Afterwards, Zhou He went straight into the house.
"Boss, I'm quite unfamiliar. It's my first time here. What kind of service do you need?" A horse boy came up to greet me.
"This is my first time here. I want the most expensive service. I'm not short of money." Zhou He said as if he was extremely rich.
"Don't worry, boss, I guarantee you will have a good time." Ma Zai likes this kind of Kaizi customer the most.
Soon, Zhou He was led into the inner room by Ma Zai.
"Hello boss!"
Many hot young ladies stood up and said hello to Zhou He.
"It's just you, and you, and you." Zhou He pointed directly at the three most beautiful people.
"Okay, boss, please come up!"
After a while, Zhou He and three young ladies entered the same room.
"Handsome guy, it seems you have a big appetite." A young lady with the best figure said charmingly.
"Okay, stop pretending. Seeing your faces makes me a little sick. If I had known, I wouldn't have opened my eyes." Zhou He said expressionlessly.
"This...handsome guy, what's wrong with you..."
The three beauties were stunned for a moment, a little at a loss.
"You three are quite smart. You know that it is difficult to be discovered by hiding here to suck a man's essence. However, if you are caught by me, you will be unlucky." Zhou He said calmly.
Almost as soon as Zhou He said these words, the expressions of the three people instantly darkened.
Then, the lights in the room suddenly went out, and the faces of the three people suddenly turned green and white.
"We've been discovered. Kill this man and let's find another store."
"Okay, but before killing him, I want to have a good time."
"Okay, let's have some fun together, the three of us."
While the three of them were talking, there was a sound of chains clashing.
Then, the black bracelet in Zhou He's hand suddenly flew out, quickly grew in size, and was then pinched in Zhou He's hand.
Before the three of them could react, a hook emitting dark light suddenly shot out and instantly penetrated the three ghosts' bodies.
Zhou He pulled like that, and immediately the chain flew to Zhou He's side with the three ghosts, and he fell limply to the ground.
At this time, their ghostly auras were all locked up by the spirit chain, and their strength was weaker than that of ordinary people.
"Spare your life, my lord, please spare your life."
"Sir, we were wrong, please go around us."
"We are too blind to see Mount Tai. I don't know if it's a sinister thing. Please go around us."
As soon as the soul seduction chain came out, the three of them recognized it instantly and identified Zhou He's identity as Yin Zai.
"It's not me who has the final say whether I should detour you or not, but the judge of the underworld has the final say."
After finishing his words, Zhou He shook the soul-grabbing chain, and saw that the chain and the three ghosts shrank in an instant, and finally wrapped around Zhou He's wrist again.
If you look carefully, you can still see the tiny silhouettes of the three ghosts on the bracelet.
It has to be said that this soul-catching chain is very useful. It can not only lock ghosts, but also shrink them with them.
After Zhou He finished all this, he called the police station and made a report. Then he opened the iron bars on the window and jumped directly from the third floor.
When he got to the car, he drove away.
Within a few minutes, I saw the boys running out cursing, along with the girls and some guests.
After a while, everyone ran out and the door was closed. It seemed that there was something behind this store...
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Hong Kong Island is not peaceful either. During the day, due to the sun, there is sufficient yang energy, so such strange events are rare.
However, at night, in just three hours, Zhou He solved three incidents of ghosts harming people, plus a vicious ghost entrenched in the haunted house.
Three little ghosts and one fierce ghost were all hung on the soul-catching chain by Zhou He.
"There are still two fierce ghosts left, but it is really tiring to do this job." Zhou He said with a breath of turbidity.
Compass-like magical instruments are also very rare. To be honest, this thing may be the best treasure in Lin Zhengying's hands.
"I don't know if he will sell it to me. No, I have to change it for some money first. If he doesn't agree, I'll throw it away with money."
Thinking of this, Zhou He immediately headed towards the nearest gold shop.
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For three consecutive days, Zhou He and Lin Zhengying spent their time searching.
During the day, Xia Youren and Lin Zhengying went out, and at night, it was Zhou He.
In the past three days, Zhou He caught another fierce ghost and a group of little ghosts.
However, there is no clue about Lou Guang who is infected with corpse poison. Such a result will make everyone very upset.
Even Zhou Hedu invaded the transportation system and controlled all the CCTVs on Hong Kong Island, but no trace of Lou Guang or Liu Qiusheng was found.
"Where did these two people go?" Zhou He said impatiently.
Another day passed. Lin Zhengying and Xia Youren did not come because they had something to do at home, leaving Zhou He alone to search.
At this moment, the compass reacted again.
"This is... the police station?" Zhou He looked at the direction the compass pointer was pointing, a little dazed.
It stands to reason that there will never be any evil spirits inside the police station.
Because the entire police station is suppressed by Hong Kong's luck, it is impossible for evil spirits to appear inside.
After thinking for a while, Zhou He drove to the door of the police station and walked in directly.
Originally, Zhou He didn't feel much outside.
However, as soon as he entered the police station, he felt the strong Yin energy and corpse energy inside.
That's right, it's corpse gas.
You know, it's still daytime, and the police station, which still represents justice, has such a strong yin and corpse energy.
"Hmm? Why is there no one there?" Zhou He frowned as he looked at the empty hall.
Immediately, Zhou He took steps and walked inside.
After walking a few steps, suddenly, from behind a pillar, a pale-faced walking corpse with claws and teeth snarled suddenly flew over.
"Walking zombie?" Zhou He subconsciously kicked him over.
There was a loud noise of "Boom!"
The zombie directly smashed through four or five desks, then collapsed a wall and fell into an office.
"ah……"
By chance, there was sunshine in the office. When the zombie saw the sun, he screamed violently.
In just a moment, it turned into a pile of powder.
"Why are you wearing a police uniform? What's going on in this police station?" Zhou He's frown deepened.
At this moment, exclamations and chaotic footsteps came from the building not far away.
The next second, four or five police officers rushed out from inside, followed by a zombie in a gray suit.
"Run, run, as long as you run out and see the sun, you will be safe."
"Run quickly. The zombies on the first floor are gone. Run quickly."
"Who is that? Run quickly, there are zombies."
When these police officers saw Zhou He not far away, they immediately shouted loudly.
However, Zhou He remained unmoved.
Just when everyone passed Zhou He, when the walking corpse pounced, Zhou He stretched out his hand and, as fast as lightning, pinched the walking corpse's neck.
Suddenly, the zombie's feet lifted off the ground, roaring with teeth and claws, and kept scratching Zhou He's arms with both hands, but it had no effect at all.
Zhou He pinched the walking corpse, turned around, and looked at the police officers who had run outside and were standing in the sun.
"What exactly happened here? Why are there walking corpses in the police station?" Zhou He asked.
"This...I...oh my god..."
"Have you seen it? Have you seen it..."
"I...I saw him pinching the zombie's neck..."
Several police officers stared with wide-eyed expressions of disbelief.
Seeing that these people didn't reply, Zhou He immediately said again: "I am Zhou He, a descendant of Maoshan. I wonder if you can tell the police station what happened."
After Zhou He finished speaking, several people were suddenly awakened, and then they hurriedly ran in with a look of surprise on their faces.
"Master, master, there are zombies in our police station, above and upstairs."
"Yes, yes, master, take action quickly, otherwise, many of our brothers will die."
"..." These guys, what they said is the same as what they didn't say.
Forget it, Zhou He still thinks that he should deal with the zombies in the police station first.
Immediately, Zhou He exerted force on his hand, and suddenly heard a clicking sound.
The walking corpse's neck was twisted directly by Zhou He.
The zombie's head was still showing its teeth and claws, without any reaction.
However, the body below the neck seemed to have lost strength and drooped.
Zhou He let go of his hand and let the walking corpse fall to the ground, then raised his feet and landed.
With a "Bang!" sound, the zombie's head was directly crushed by Zhou He's kick.
"Now that we have met, I will not sit idly by and ignore him." After Zhou He said this, he turned around and headed towards the stairs.
"Gulu!" The five police officers swallowed unconsciously when they saw Zhou He being so cruel.
Several people looked at each other, Zhou He's ferocity directly dispelled their fear of zombies, and they hurriedly followed Zhou He.
They also wanted to see Zhou He's ferocity.
Just as we reached the second floor, the elevator door opened.
Eight or nine police officers ran out of it, all with frightened expressions on their faces.
"Run quickly, there are zombies."
Immediately afterwards, the door to the passage on one side was pushed open, and several more police officers rushed out, also with frightened faces.
Behind them, there was a walking corpse.
"Good guy, has this police station become a walking dead club?" Zhou He couldn't help but complain.
Then, with one kick, he directly kicked away the walking corpse that was rushing towards him.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise.
The zombie was kicked out by Zhou He, smashed through the passage door, and then smashed into the wall of the corridor, leaving only half of his body outside.
"I...fuck you! Where did this fierce man come from?" Kim McGee stood at the top of the stairs, looking at this scene with a look of shock on his face.
"Roar!" At this time, the short-sighted zombie in the elevator heard the sound and rushed towards Zhou He.
Seeing this, Zhou He stretched out his hand and slapped the zombie on the head.
There was a sound of "Bang!"
The zombie's head smashed through the wall on the side without stopping, and red and white objects slowly fell from the wall.
"They are all recently transformed zombies. Do you know who bit them and infected them?" Zhou He glanced around and finally set his sights on Jin McGee on the stairs above.
"Are you talking about maiden?... She has been killed by my sunshine." Kim McGee said.
"Did you shoot me to death?" Zhou He said with a frown.
Looking at the familiar face of Kim McGee, Zhou He finally remembered which movie it was, "School of Ghosts".
This movie can be regarded as the second one, and the main characters are all inherited from the first movie "The Ghost Story".
Thinking of this, Zhou He understood why this police station had such a strong yin energy and why walking corpses could appear in it.
Decades ago, a defeated colonel and a dozen of his men committed seppuku here and committed suicide.
Although this place was converted into a police station, it was unable to suppress the negative energy and resentment accumulated over decades.
Although in the first part, these generals were solved by Jin McGee and Meng Chao, and their resentment has dissipated, the fundamental problem of Yin Qi has not yet been solved.
"Do you know how that maiden became a zombie?" Zhou He asked.
"No...I don't know." Kim McGee shook his head and said.
At this time, Meng Chao suddenly ran down from upstairs and said, "Hey, why are you all here? Run quickly, the zombies are coming."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people upstairs immediately crowded down and all ran behind Zhou He.
Meng Chao wanted to go downstairs, but was squeezed by the crowd and unable to move, and was wrapped up behind Zhou He.
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you standing here? Run away." Meng Chao shouted loudly.
"Shut up and watch, the master is here, there is nothing to be afraid of." Kim McGee said.
"Ho! Ho ho!"
At this moment, two zombies ran down from upstairs.
Suddenly, the two zombies stopped abruptly, with doubtful looks in their eyes.
It seems very strange why these people are gathered together, making them somewhat afraid to act rashly.
"Lou Guang, Liu Qiusheng, it's you two. I didn't expect you to be at this police station?" When Zhou He saw these two people, he had a look of surprise on his face.
"Huh?" The pupils of the two corpses shrank, with horrified looks on their faces.
"Who are you? How do you know our names?" Lou Guang's face changed slightly and he said loudly.
Seeing that these two people seemed to still have human memory and wisdom, he frowned immediately.
It seems that the two zombies Zhou He is refining are somewhat different.
The zombies infected with their corpse poison are actually so intelligent and can transform into human form at any time.
"You are such a scourge that you really can't survive. I've been looking for you for days. Come and die."
Zhou He didn't care about that anymore. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he saw that the Soul Hooking Chain on his wrist suddenly grew in size and then flew away.
Before the two corpses in Lou Guang could react, the iron hook suddenly penetrated their heads.
Zhou He pulled the chain back gently and turned it into a bracelet again.
"Are there any other zombies in the police station? If so, I will deal with them together." Zhou He said calmly.
The police officers behind Zhou He looked at this scene blankly.
The scene just now simply refreshed their outlook on life.
"No...it seems like it's gone...it's gone," a commander said.
"..." Zhou He didn't know what to say.
"You guys go to the first floor and take it with you. I'll search the building to get rid of the hidden zombies."
"Also, if you are infected with corpse poison, mix this talisman with boiling water, drink half of it, and pour the remaining half on the wound to remove the corpse poison."
Zhou He threw a talisman to Meng Chao and began to search for zombies in the building.
Ten minutes later, Zhou He killed two more walking corpses, and no other walking corpses were seen again.
Immediately, he came downstairs, saw the police officers standing in the sun, and shook his head.
"Now that the matter has been resolved, I will leave first." After Zhou He finished speaking, before the police officers could react, he got in the car and left.
"Hey, Master, Master, walk slowly, I wonder if you can become the full-time mage of our police station..."
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"Fellow Daoist Lin, we have found it."
"In a police station."
"No need, I've already eliminated it."
"Okay, I'll come over now."
Zhou He responded, hung up the phone, and drove towards Lin's Medical Center.
About ten minutes later, Zhou He arrived at Lin's Medical Center.
After getting off the bus, I walked in holding a compass and a large black bag.
At this time, Lin Zhengying was doing massage for an old man.
On the side, Xia Youren and Azhi looked on.
This old man is none other than Xia Youren's grandfather.
He can also be regarded as Lin Zhengying's elder, having watched Lin Zhengying grow up.
"Fellow Taoist, here we are, please sit down for a while and you will be fine soon." Lin Zhengying looked at Zhou He and said.
"Okay, don't worry." Zhou He said with a smile.
Soon, the massage was completed.
"Youren, please help Uncle Xia go in and apply the medicine." Lin Zhengying took the towel handed over by Azhi and said while wiping his hands.
"Okay, grandpa, let's go in and apply some medicine." Immediately, Xia Youren helped his grandpa into the inner hall.
"Finally we found those two guys. I didn't expect them to be in the police station." Lin Zhengying walked over and said with a smile.
"Yes, it seems that they committed a crime, were arrested, and their corpses were transformed inside." Zhou He said.
"By the way, now that the person has been found, can the compass be returned to me?" Lin Zhengying said.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, I wonder if this compass can be sold to me. I am in need of such a magic weapon." Zhou He said with a smile.
"This... Fellow Daoist Zhou is joking, you are so powerful, do you still need this magic weapon?" Lin Zhengying refused.
"Ten million, promise me, this ten million will be yours." Zhou He placed the black bag on the counter.
"Ten...ten million? No, no, this magic weapon is my most precious." Lin Zhengying gritted his teeth and still refused.
"Twenty million." Zhou He took out another money bag and put it on the counter.
"This..." Lin Zhengying hesitated for a moment.
When Zhou He saw Lin Zhengying's appearance, he immediately took out a small box of gold bars with a thought.
"Here are thirty small yellow croakers. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Lin can sell them to me?" Zhou He said.
"Deal!" The next second, Lin Zhengying immediately stretched out his hand and said.
"Happy cooperation!" Zhou He smiled slightly and reached out to hold it together.
If he could buy it with money, he would definitely buy it with money. If he couldn't buy it, Zhou He would have no choice but to rob it.
Fortunately, I bought it with money.
Lin Zhengying, who had made a fortune, generously invited Zhou He to have a feast.
Two hours later, Zhou He said goodbye to Lin Zhengying and drove to the deserted grave.
Now, all the orders have been completed, leaving only the order issued by Hei Wuchang.
The only remaining order left is to capture the last fierce ghost.
As it happens, there are still about forty days left, and Zhou He is not ready to leave, so he will stay here to practice and wait for the zombies to be finished.
When Zhou He came to this deserted tomb, it was already evening.
However, when Zhou He saw the cemetery and listened to the dynamic music coming from the cemetery, as well as the scenes of ghosts dancing wildly and flashing lights of various colors, the corner of Zhou He's mouth twitched slightly.
"Leon! I asked you to practice, so I came to the cemetery to open a bar with you?" Zhou He shouted loudly, causing several tombs in front of him to explode.
"Master Taoist, have mercy on me, Master Taoist, have mercy on me!"
This roar frightened the group of brats to death, and they all knelt on the ground.
"Ah..." Leon was stunned for a moment.
"I still have something to do at home, so I'm leaving first." After Leon said that, he quickly ran towards a car nearby.
It looks like he wants to drive away from here.
"Want to leave? You guys, stop him. If he leaves the cemetery, I will send you to hell!" Zhou He said the next few words word by word.
A dozen little ghosts trembled, and then flew over suddenly, surrounding Leon.
"Leon, don't make it difficult for us, just go back obediently."
"Yeah, for the sake of how much fun we had with you, go back."
A group of brats said to Leon.
"Uh... Okay, I'll give you this face." Leon looked at these brats who were ready to make a move and finally compromised.
There was nothing he could do, he had played tricks on these little devils countless times in the past few days.
Because of Zhou He, these brats dare not speak out when they are angry.
Now, when Zhou He speaks, as long as Leon says no, he believes that these brats won't mind giving him a beating.
Although he was good at methods, he felt that he still couldn't deal with these dozen brats.
"You like disco dancing, don't you? Now, go to the grave and dance for three hours. I don't mind helping you improve your hard qigong." Zhou He clenched his fist and said.
"Bounce, I'll jump right now." Without saying a word, Leon ran to a grave and started jumping crazily.
"You guys, go back and stay here." Zhou He said to those brats.
"Yes!" the little ghosts responded, and each returned to their own graveyard.
Zhou He glanced at Leon dancing on the grave, ignored it, took out a mat, placed it on the ground, then sat cross-legged and began to practice.
The level of this world is not low, and the speed of cultivation is not slow.
However, Zhou He had already reached the tenth level of Qi training, the Great Perfection, because he had swallowed rare treasures such as the Ghost King's Heart.
At this time, Zhou He could already build the foundation, but Zhou He had no idea how to break this bottleneck.
If he continues to practice, his realm will not improve. However, Zhou He doesn't care. He has to work hard to lay a foundation for himself, expand his Dantian Qi sea, and store mana.
He didn't know how to break the bottleneck, so Zhou He came up with a stupid way to accumulate mana until he could no longer absorb it, and then used huge mana to break through the bottleneck.
Just like that, seventy-seven forty-nine days are up.
That night, Zhou He stopped practicing and slowly stood up.
A few kiddies who were fighting against Leon not far away were so excited that they dropped their cards and disappeared in an instant.
"Hey, why did you run away? Can't you afford it? I have four twos and a king bomb this time, can't you afford it?"
However, when Leon saw Zhou He standing up, he immediately threw away the cards in a hurry, then sat cross-legged and pretended to practice.
