Outside of Time

The main city of Seven Blood Pupils.

In the offshore area, the winter wind is gentle and blows in every corner of the street.

Different from the severe cold in Hongyuan, this soft and wet feeling is difficult to detect at first, until it penetrates into the bones and gradually becomes cold from the inside out.

By that time, it was too late to resist.

Just like the disciples at the foot of Qixuetong Mountain, there is cruelty hidden under the smiling face, like a needle hidden in the cotton.

This is especially true of the seventh peak.

The disciples of the Seventh Peak seem to have some talents in this area. They are good at hiding. They can do without those vain dignity. Their interests come first. Xu Qing feels this very deeply.

Even though he has now integrated into the main city environment of Seven Blood Pupils, and with the improvement of his cultivation level, he relies on ruthless means to gain a firm foothold in Seven Blood Pupils, and the dangers he encounters have been reduced, and Gained fame.

But his caution and vigilance never diminished at all.

Because Xu Qing knows very well that among the Qi Condensation disciples of the Seventh Peak, the low-level monks often have traces of cannibalism, while the high-level monks, especially after reaching the ninth or tenth level of Qi Condensation, are mostly scheming. .

They are good at disguise and even better at forbearing, like poisonous snakes hiding in the dark. Once they are targeted, they often die without being able to find the real enemy.

In fact, it is not just these people, those monks who have also struggled to climb up from the main city and have broken through to the foundation building will be better at this aspect.

His Highness Rusan...

At this moment, Xu Qing was walking in the main city of Qixuetong. His expression seemed calm, but his heart was full of vigilance, and his appearance had not changed back to his original appearance.

He has been walking in the main city for most of the day. Most of the places he went to were places with a large number of people. He kept paying attention to his surroundings and listening to everyone.

He was looking for some possible clues to verify whether the affairs between His Highness the Third Prince and the Mermaid Tribe were really peaceful, and he was very patient in observing like this, from day to night.

When night fell, Xu Qing did not change back to his original identity. Even when he returned this time, he did not use his own token, but arrived in an anonymous jade slip.

Qixuetong's bearer jade slips have formed an industrial chain, and there are many people in demand. They have become the first choice for wanted criminals and people who are inconvenient to reveal their identities.

It's just that the price is extremely expensive, but the corresponding benefits are great, the most attractive of which is concealment.

Qixuetong turns a blind eye to this. Although it occasionally screens, most of the time it is ignored. Of course, the premise is that you do not touch the rules and bottom line of Qixuetong.

Xu Qing had killed too many wanted criminals and had some jade slips like this on him, so he found an open inn at night and stayed in it.

In this way, time passed, and three days passed quickly.

In the past three days, Xu Qing made many inquiries, learned about it in various ways, and even spent some spiritual coins to buy some information about the Seven Blood Pupils, but did not see any clues in it.

It seems that there is no follow-up on the matter of the mermaid clan, and there is really no investigation by the Third Highness.

At the same time, what the disciples of Seven Blood Eyes talked about the most during this period was the competition at the Seventh Peak.

Xu Qing heard about this matter many times in the past three days, and most of the information he purchased was about Dabi.

It seems that at this moment, the attention of all the disciples in the Seven Blood Pupils is focused on this.

After Xu Qing thought about this, his eyes revealed a profound meaning.

The competition at the Seventh Peak of the Seven Blood Pupils is held once every thirty years. It is very special. The battlefield is often chosen in a certain area outside, and the process is extremely bloody and cruel.

For example, thirty years ago, the mermaid island was chosen.

After a repressive competition there, the mermaids became allies of the humans.

This time, the target was also set. It was a small alien tribe on the Xishan Islands. This alien tribe was called the Lingbei tribe. Most of the tribe members were cruel and bloodthirsty, and all of them were pirates.

It relies on several larger alien races behind it, providing them with resources in exchange for shelter, while also being active in the Forbidden Sea.

It poses a great threat to merchant ships, especially the merchant ships of Qixuetong. Some of them have been robbed by them recently.

This incident aroused the anger of Qixuetong, so even if the other party returned it soon, it coincided with the Seventh Peak Competition, so the location of this competition was arranged on Lingbei Island.

This matter has attracted great attention in the Seven Blood Pupils, especially the disciples of the Seventh Peak. All those who are qualified to participate are preparing. For a while, the price of practice resources in the port has increased by about 20%. .

The qualifications and rules for participation have also been published by the sect.

There are a total of thirteen departments in the Seventh Peak. Each department will select about 400 people, forming a team of more than 5,000 monks, as candidates for this competition.

For these thirteen divisions, it is not easy to select four hundred people, not because of the number of people.

In fact, each division has a large number of disciples, with thousands of disciples in large divisions and nearly a thousand in small divisions.

What makes it more difficult is that there are too many people wanting to participate.

The rewards of the competition are really rich. The rule is that every time you kill a Lingbei monk, you will get 10,000 contribution points, and this is just the basis. The higher the cultivation level of the enemy killed, the greater the reward.

The identity tokens will be automatically recorded and distributed uniformly after the competition. Such a wealth is enough to make too many disciples who are struggling for cultivation resources jealous.

The most breathtaking and even crazy thing is the reward for the first-ranked person in this competition.

Core disciple status!

To the countless disciples at the foot of the Seventh Peak, each of the core disciples who can wear lavender robes is as aloof as a son of God, and their status is extremely noble.

As the captain said at the time, the sect would not care if a hundred disciples died, but if one core disciple died, it would be a big deal.

Therefore, the madness of various division disciples can be understood.

But Xu Qing has no desire for core disciple status.

If he had just arrived at Seven Blood Pupils, his status as a core disciple would still be tempting to him, but now that his cultivation has reached the Qi Condensation Perfection, for Xu Qing, breaking through and becoming a Foundation Establishment as soon as possible is his top priority.

In addition, Xu Qing felt that this matter was not that simple. The choice of the Lingbei tribe as the venue for the competition seemed to confuse the outside world. Based on his previous analysis, Xu Qing felt in his heart that the real battlefield might be the mermaid tribe.

With this thought in mind, Xu Qing carefully observed for several days while other disciples were striving for qualifications and preparations.

After confirming that there was indeed no follow-up about the mermaid clan in the sect, and the same was true for the Third Highness, Xu Qing simply changed back to his own identity, and after being vigilant for a few more days, he felt at ease.

As a last resort, Xu Qing didn't want to escape from Seven Blood Pupils at this time, because he was not far from the Foundation Establishment, and he really wanted to obtain the five thousand spirit stones every month after becoming the Foundation Establishment.

Now that everything was as usual, Xu Qing returned to his usual life with vigilance. A few days later, he received a notice from the captain.

Regarding the second reward for Operation Yejiu, it’s down.

He was appointed as the deputy captain of the Sixth Team of the Genbu Division of the Crime Hunting Division.

The salary has also been increased, from the previous three thousand contribution points per month to six thousand.

"Xu Qing, you have to thank me for this. If I hadn't fought for you with all my strength, how could you have been promoted." In the murder department, the captain sat aside, eating an apple. While looking at Xu Qing with a smile.

He looked up and down, obviously aware of the fluctuation in Xu Qing's cultivation, but his smile remained the same, and the apple in his hand tasted delicious.

"Thank you Captain."

Xu Qing smiled when he heard this. Since coming to Qixuetong, he has barely learned some control over his expression, but it is still a little unnatural.

"So don't forget the one thousand spirit stones you owe me." The captain said happily.

Xu Qing's smile suddenly faltered.

"It's one hundred, I've already paid it back to you!"

"Huh? Have you paid it back? Oops, my memory is so bad. Now that I remember, you paid me back a hundred, okay, okay, you still owe me nine hundred."

The captain slapped his forehead and sighed. Seeing that Xu Qing's expression seemed unnatural, and even his right hand instinctively placed next to the leather bag at his side, he blinked.

"Xu Qing, will you go to this competition?"

Xu Qing said nothing.

"Xu Qing, let me tell you quietly, based on my understanding of the sect's habits, there is a high probability that this competition will not be that of the Lingbei tribe!"

The captain looked a little excited, squatted on the chair, took out two oranges, threw one to Xu Qing, and spoke while peeling.

Xu Qing took the orange and looked at the captain.

"I guess it should be a much larger alien island, and this alien must be very fat, so the sect releases smoke to confuse the outside world. I recently observed several other well-known sinister people in the department and found that they all secretly signed up! "

The captain became more and more excited as he talked, and his eyes began to light up.

"These shady people have actually saved up enough spiritual stones recently to buy Foundation Establishment Pills, and they can break through at any time, but they have suppressed their cultivation and failed to break through. They are obviously waiting for this opportunity. They are all stupid. , has an extremely keen sense of smell. If you want them to give up the foundation-building gains after their breakthrough in the past few months, then the goal will naturally be greater, so this competition should be an excellent opportunity to snatch practice resources. "

"You have to know that during the competition thirty years ago, many people made a lot of money. I heard that that girl from the Second Highness rose to prominence in this way last time. It is said that some elders were jealous of the wealth they plundered. She grabbed eight of the Foundation Establishment Pills!"

"In addition, there are many people in the sect who have reached the level of cultivation but don't have enough spiritual stones. Their eyes seem to be red recently, and they are all focusing on this competition to accumulate spiritual stones."

"Why don't you go for such an opportunity to make a fortune?" The captain looked at Xu Qing with a smile on his face.

Xu Qing remained silent after hearing this. Regarding the location of the competition, his judgment was consistent with that of the captain, and he had a high probability of guessing where the final battlefield would be.

"So this time, you must go and make a fortune. All you need to build a foundation is enough."

"There is also a new guy in the team. I called you to take a look." The captain said, taking out his token and transmitting the message. Not long after, there was a slight sound outside the door of the room where the captain and Xu Qing were. Footsteps.

Soon the door was opened, revealing the figure of a young man standing outside the door.

This young man's hair was a little messy and his face was a little dirty. Although he was wearing a gray monk's robe, his bags were bulging. He was also wearing a black dog-skin jacket under the monk's robe.

The most eye-catching thing was the young man's eyes. His eyes were sharp and ferocious, as if what was standing there was not a person, but a ferocious little wolfdog.

The evil aura on his body was extremely heavy, as if it could burst out and devour the enemy at any time. As the door opened, he saw the captain and Xu Qing in the room, grinning, and... no tongue in his mouth.

He is mute.

However, as Xu Qing's gaze fell, the mute boy's smile suddenly stopped, and his eyes suddenly opened wide. Looking at the shadow under Xu Qing's seat, his expression changed drastically, as if he had seen something that frightened him to the extreme. exist.

His body trembled violently, and his breathing was extremely heavy. It was like a mortal meeting a god, and his body was shaking violently uncontrollably.

This scene caused the room to instantly...become dead silent!