Outside of Time

In this wind and snow, Xu Qing returned to the yard. Before entering, he heard the happy laughter of Team Lei inside.

Accompanied by the barking of dogs, Xu Qing opened the door and saw more than ten wild dogs in the yard.

They lay there and looked at Xu Qing coldly. Xu Qing also glanced at them without emitting any sharp light. With just one glance, the more than ten wild dogs exploded their fur and slowly retreated.

A soft squeak came from Team Lei's room.

As the door opened, Shi Zi and Luan Ya came out. They looked at Xu Qing and then at the dozen wild dogs. Shi Zi smiled slightly.

"Child, they said you have a lot of evil spirits." Luan Ya squatted down, gently stroked the head of a wild dog next to him, and spoke to Xu Qing with a smile.

Xu Qing said nothing and looked at Captain Lei who was walking out of the room at this moment.

Captain Lei was wearing a thick leather jacket and holding a pipe in his hand. When he walked out, he pointed his fangs and said with some helplessness.

"This girl Luan Ya thinks I'm injured and is worried about my safety in the camp, so she insists on sending these more than ten wild dogs to the nursing home."

This sentence was very simple, but Xu Qing understood it.

Lei Dui did not tell them about Xu Qing. Just like Xu Qing did not tell them about the singing and let Lei Dui make his own decision, Lei Dui also gave Xu Qing the right to tell the matter.

Xu Qing nodded, took out the leather bag containing Bai Dan, and handed it to Captain Lei.

Team Lei took it, looked at it, smiled, and didn't bother to be polite.

"Okay, I do need this thing, but don't buy it in the future. I have a lot of savings here, enough to buy it." After saying that, he looked at the cross.

"Cross, the child is back too. If you have anything to say, you can tell me."

Cross put away his smile, looked solemn, and spoke slowly.

"This time I came here for two things."

"The first one is the captain's medicine. Luan Ya and I have already bought it, which is about a month's supply. As for the rest, we will buy it after we finish it." As he said this, Shizi took off a leather bag from his waist. , set aside.

"The second thing is that due to Blood Shadow's destruction of the team, although there were other scavengers who participated in the previous seven-leaf clover picking, they were not as many as us."

"Yesterday, Luan Ya and I went to the camp owner to hand over the work and got the reward, but...the camp owner still habitually withheld money. Instead of giving three Qingchen Pills, he only gave one." Shi Zi said, looking at Xiang Luanya.

Luan Ya took out four leather bags and put them aside. He then took out a wooden box and opened it in front of everyone, revealing a blue pill the size of a pigeon egg inside.

A medicinal fragrance spreads, and it is obvious that this elixir is much better than the white elixir.

"The barbarian ghost has no relatives. I decided to divide his share. In these four leather bags are our respective spiritual coins. As for this Qingchen Pill..."

When Cross said this, he looked at Team Thunder and waited for his assignment.

"Give it to the child." Captain Lei said calmly. At this moment, he seemed to have returned some of the aura that belonged to Captain Thunder.

Shi Shi nodded, and Luan Ya was stunned for a moment before becoming thoughtful. They had previously asked Team Lei about what happened in the jungle, but Team Lei didn't say anything. The answer was obviously given by the current distribution.

"As for the barbarian ghost... the division is right, we are his relatives."

Captain Lei sighed softly and picked up his share. Cross and Luan Ya also picked up their own. Xu Qing remained silent and picked up the leather bag as well.

Regarding the Qingchen Pill handed over by Luan Ya, Xu Qing took it and glanced at Captain Lei. Captain Lei's eyes were a bit stern. This look made Xu Qing understand the meaning, so he put it away silently.

The four of them talked for a while, among which the three of them were mainly talking. Xu Qing, as reticent as ever, listened quietly.

But whether it is Shizi or Luanya, they will not ignore Xu Qing's existence and ask him for advice from time to time.

In this way, time passed, and soon noon arrived. As the wind and snow temporarily stopped, Shi Zi and Luan Ya chose to say goodbye. Before leaving, Shi Zi spoke to Xu Qing in a low voice.

"Kid, Luan Ya and I have accepted a mission and have to go out for a while. During this time... the captain will leave it to you." As he said that, he took out a dagger and handed it to Xu Qing.

"Your dagger is rusty, replace it with this one. It's very sharp."

Luanya also handed Xu Qing a whistle.

"Kid, you are very powerful, but you also need eyes and helpers, right? This whistle can easily control the wild dogs in the camp. If necessary, you can blow it. They are very smart and will know what to do."

After exhorting each other, they hugged Xu Qing's fists and said goodbye.

Looking at their backs, Xu Qing put away the whistle and stuffed the dagger given by Cross into his boots, but he did not throw away the original one.

Then he raised his head and stared at their figures until the cross and the fangs disappeared from the end of the field of vision. Xu Qing turned to look at Team Lei's room again.

After a long while, he passed through the wild dogs and returned to the house.

Close your eyes, sit cross-legged and meditate.

The wind outside was very strong, making a whining sound, blowing across the earth. The snow in the sky and the snow on the ground blended in mid-air, getting in through the gaps in the tents and houses, disturbing the people inside.

It also blew on Captain Lei who was resting in the house, but he was already used to it and didn't pay attention to the cold wind.

But the image of Xu Qing shrinking in the cold wind appeared in his mind, so he turned his head and looked in the direction of Xu Qing's house. After a long silence, he put on his fur hat and walked out of the house.

Time passed, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past three days, it seemed that the snowflakes were trying to use up their last strength to spread the remaining cold, and kept falling. The snow on the ground had no time to melt, and accumulated a thick layer.

Although the climate is harsh, for scavengers, survival is more important than the cold.

As a result, the camp gradually became crowded with people, some continued to see doctors, and some went to the restricted area.

At the same time, the long absence of the Blood Shadow Team has gradually aroused discussions among the scavengers. It is not just the remarks coming from somewhere, saying that the Blood Shadow Team was in the restricted area and the entire army was annihilated.

Not many people believed this statement at first. After all, every member of the Blood Shadow Team should not be underestimated.

Captain Blood Shadow, in particular, is the strongest among the scavengers in the camp. If such a person goes to the restricted area countless times, it is unlikely that the entire army will be annihilated.

But as time passed, and two more days passed, there was no trace of Blood Shadow's people, which made the scavengers in the camp gradually believe that statement.

And they also remembered the day Lei Dui came back and was in a coma.

Thinking back to the disappearance of the wild ghost, everything seems to have an answer.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, without the blood shadow, Thunder is now the strongest team in the camp.

So when Xu Qing goes out these days, what he sees most is the awe-inspiring looks from the scavengers around him.

He knew that these people were in awe of the Thunder Team, not him, but he didn't care about it. What puzzled him these days was that the Thunder Team always left early and came back late, wondering what they were busy with.

But Xu Qing knew that everyone was independent and there was no need to disturb him, and he also had a lot of things to do, so most of the time, Xu Qing was alone in the house, practicing silently.

With this effort, his cultivation level slowly improved, and his strength and speed steadily increased.

As for his own shadow, Xu Qing also studied it many times.

But this shadow has never changed. Only the absorption of heterogeneity remains the same as before, making the alienation point on Xu Qing's arm completely gone.

The purity in the body made Xu Qing clearly feel that the speed of cultivation was much faster than before.

Until the afternoon two days later, he was sitting cross-legged and meditating, preparing to stabilize his cultivation for a few more days before trying to attack the fourth level of Haishan Jue. He frowned slightly and opened his eyes.

Wild dogs were barking outside, and the bamboo door was being knocked.

Xu Qing walked out of the house and noticed that Captain Lei was not behind him. He looked outside the bamboo door and saw a scavenger standing there with a hesitant look on his face.

Xu Qing had seen this person before. He was one of the seven or eight people he saved when he returned from the restricted area.

After noticing Xu Qing's appearance, the scavenger quickly clasped his fists.

"Brother kid, it's me, I'm the Bone Knife."

"What's the matter?" Xu Qing said calmly with no expression on his face.

"This..." Bone Knife hesitated, but after a brief thought, he gritted his teeth and spoke.

"Brother kid, I want to use five white pills to buy an insurance policy from you." As he said that, he first threw a leather bag towards Xu Qing.

Xu Qing did not pick it up and looked at the bone knife in confusion. The leather bag thrown by the other party fell to the ground. The wild dogs on the side looked at it, but did not dare to approach.

Sensing Xu Qing's doubts, the bone knife outside the bamboo door hurriedly explained, and listening to his words, Xu Qing gradually understood the meaning of insurance.

According to Bone Knife's intention, he wanted Xu Qing to go to the restricted area of ​​Poison Dragon Pond to rescue him like last time when he hadn't returned for three days.

"Brother, I'm not worried about the strange beasts in the restricted area. Death in their mouths is life. What I'm most worried about is the fog. It would be too unwilling to die in the fog."

Xu Qing looked a little strange. He didn't expect that the other party would make such a request, so he thought about it and asked.

"What if there is no fog within three days, or you come back early?"

"The elixir does not need to be returned, I just want to buy it for peace of mind." The bone knife bowed deeply to Xu Qing, with a pleading look on his face.

Xu Qing was silent, looked at the leather bag, picked it up with his toes, and opened it.

There were five white pills inside. Although he didn't need it, it was hard currency in the camp, so after thinking about it, he felt that it was not impossible.

So after pondering, Xu Qing nodded.

Seeing that Xu Qing agreed, Gu Dao breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists in gratitude, and then left.

Xu Qing held the leather bag and narrowed his eyes. He was wary by nature and did not believe everything the other party said.

However, he felt that it was unlikely to be a trap.

Because the fog couldn't be afforded, he didn't have to go, and if the other party could calculate the foggy time three days in advance, there would be no need to calculate others like this.

But he remains cautious and plans to make a decision at that time.

So he turned back to the house and continued to meditate, and the night passed.

Early the next morning, Xu Qing, who had just finished practicing, looked up and looked outside the house. He heard the sound of a dog barking outside.

When Xu Qing walked out, he saw a strange scene. Team Lei was packing up things and tied large and small packages to the wild dogs, causing the wild dogs to stick out their tongues and some of them almost fell down.

"Are you done practicing? Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

Captain Lei wiped his sweat and spoke with a smile, then patted the wild dog next to him, opened the bamboo door, and waved to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was confused and followed, and the wild dogs also followed behind. Just like this, two people and a group of dogs were moving forward in the camp.

From the Central Ring Road to the Inner Ring Road, there are many shops and the houses are mostly made of bricks and tiles, which look very solid.

Until we arrived at a large courtyard, there were four independent brick houses, each of which was much better than where Xu Qing lived before, being sturdier and denser.

Looking here, Xu Qing turned to look at Team Lei.

"From now on, this will be our new home." Lei Dui said with a smile.

"New home?" Xu Qing was stunned. The word home gave him a familiar and strange feeling.

"I have been busy for most of my life and have accumulated a lot of savings. Now that my health is failing, I might as well move to a bigger house to enjoy myself."

Captain Lei laughed, walked over first, took off the package from the wild dog, and started to get busy.

Xu Qing stood there and walked in slowly after a while. He looked at the green bricks on the ground and the house in front of him. He was in a daze. He was still a little uncomfortable until Team Lei called him for help.

After half a day of busy work, when night comes again, the cold wind and snow are still there outside, and with the rising and falling of sobs, Xu Qing and Lei Dui sit by the stove in the house, the heat hits their faces, and the warmth fills the whole room. .

There are no gaps in the walls here, and the cold wind can't get in at all. Xu Qing quickly noticed this and felt that his body was warm.

"It's not cold anymore." Captain Lei smiled.

"Well, it's not cold anymore." Xu Qing nodded. When he looked at Team Lei, there seemed to be a ray of light in Xu Qing's eyes under the light of the stove.

He was indeed not cold anymore. In this warmth, Xu Qing even trembled deep in his heart.

For a long time, when Team Lei left and returned to the room, Xu Qing approached the stove alone and murmured.

"Home?"

At this moment, in the nearby house, Captain Lei returned to the room with a smile on his face, but soon his face turned red.

He covered his mouth and coughed a few times. After a while, he swallowed hard the salty smell in his mouth. He stood in front of the window with a sigh, looking up at the direction of the restricted area, murmuring with memories in his eyes.

"I really want to... take a look again."

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I don’t know if you like these two chapters, but I personally like them very much. Both killing and warmth need to exist. To spread the picture together, an imbalance in either side will make the article lose some flavor.