Outside of Time

He saw golden light!

From all the blurry portraits on the walls inside the temple.

Each of them is a small light source. At this moment, the light converges, making the entire temple extremely bright, but the biggest light source is not them.

It's... the main statue enshrined in the temple, the stone sculpture holding a stone knife!

Xu Qing's mind was shaken in this golden light. He also saw a black mist figure standing there at the gate of the temple. He couldn't see clearly. He could only see a vague human shape, twisting in the golden light.

Behind the other party, outside the temple, there were figures in the black mist that looked like vague human shapes. There were hundreds of them in densely packed shapes, both human and animal shapes.

Everything was emitting an astonishing coldness at this moment, gathering together and turning into a monstrous coldness, as if they were invisibly connected to the black mist that entered the temple.

The only shadow that entered the temple, under the golden light, slowly raised its head, let out a roar that seemed to shake the soul, and took another step.

This step seems to be offensive, seems to have touched a taboo!

The moment it fell, Xu Qing was horrified to see the dazzling stone sword-wielding statue walking down from where it was as if it was alive.

With supreme majesty and indescribable holiness, it was like a god descending to earth, taking long strides towards the black shadow amid the roaring on the ground.

He raised the knife in his hand and cut it down with one stroke.

This knife is unpretentious and very simple, but in this simplicity it seems to contain some kind of Taoist charm, which is earth-shattering.

A shrill sound that could not be heard by the ears, but could be sensed by the soul, suddenly emanated from the black shadow.

The mist evaporated instantly, revealing a rotten body inside with tattered clothing.

It can be seen that it is an old man, and the eye holes are empty.

The next moment, his body collapsed and evaporated like mist.

The black figures outside were also affected one after another, and the black mist outside their bodies was blurred, allowing Xu Qing to use the spread of golden light to see a familiar person among those figures.

That's... Captain Blood Shadow!

At this moment, he was in the group of dark shadows, with no expression on his thin face. As the golden light filled the air, his entire body seemed to be purified and dissipated.

Until half a while later, in the dark night outside, those figures that did not disappear slowly retreated, and finally disappeared completely.

The golden light in the temple also gradually decreased. The astonishing figure of the divine warrior turned around and returned to its original position with the light. As the light on his body completely dissipated, he seemed to have returned to the stone sculpture. Standing there, looking in the direction of the gate, it seemed that Waiting, seemingly guarding, motionless.

After a while, everything returned to normal. Only Xu Qing, who saw all this from the cracks in the stone, was breathing rapidly and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

The Blood Shadow Captain, who apparently died in the mist of singing and turned into dust with his own eyes, still exists.

It's obviously just an ordinary temple, but it turns out to be brilliantly golden at night.

The stone sculpture was obviously motionless, but it stepped down like a god descending from the earth. That sword was unparalleled.

At this moment, the sun appears in the sky outside, and a new day has arrived.

It took Xu Qing a long time to calm down the shock in his heart, and he silently crawled out of the crack in the stone.

He looked at the light outside, then at the figures on the surrounding walls, and finally his eyes fell on the stone statue holding a knife.

He didn't know what kind of existence the other party was, whether he was alive or dead.

I don’t know how old this temple complex is and how glorious it is.

But what happened last night shocked him greatly.

Especially the momentum contained when the vast sword fell, Xu Qing was deeply shocked, as if it was engraved in his soul, and he could not forget it.

He couldn't imagine that in this forbidden area full of dangers and crises, there was such a dark and inaccessible area.

But Team Lei didn't tell him about this, maybe... even Team Lei didn't know about it.

Obviously, the scene like last night did not happen very often. At the same time, there were no people in the camp who could stay in the restricted area for such a long time as him.

Therefore, even if there are people who have seen it, they are very few, and most of them have slowly turned the matter into an unverified legend.

Xu Qing remained silent and bowed deeply to the stone sculpture holding a knife and the figures around it.

After thinking for a while, he took out a candle from his leather bag, placed it in front of the stone sculpture, lit it, and then bowed again.

Turned around and left the temple.

Until he walked out of the temple complex, he still looked back from time to time, as if to remember this place firmly in his heart, and at the same time, the image of the falling knife kept reappearing in his mind.

This image was so clear in his mind that even Xu Qing, who had left the temple complex and walked in the jungle, raised his right hand, instinctively trying to imitate it.

And every time he copied it, he felt deeply.

If the practice of Haishan Jue is to visualize and imitate the mandrill diagram, then Xu Qing at this moment replaced the mandrill diagram with the picture of the knife in his mind.

During this imitation, his cultivation level unknowingly broke through, and Haishan Jue was promoted to the fourth level!

Perhaps it was due to the copying of that sword, so this improvement not only doubled the strength and speed, but also seemed to have a spiritual breakthrough.

This breakthrough made Xu Qing's thoughts sharper. At the same time, when he raised his right hand and lowered it, there was a faint smell of a god's falling knife.

This surprised Xu Qing.

Two days gradually passed. Perhaps because he was on the periphery, or perhaps because of the shock of the temple that night, he no longer encountered strange footsteps on his way back.

As for the strange beasts, Xu Qing encountered some.

But the improvement of his cultivation has improved his ability to save his life, and he was able to be careful and smooth.

Although he did not find the destiny flower and the scar-removing stone, he harvested a lot of seven-leaf clover, and he could sell it back and exchange it for a lot of spirit coins.

At this moment, when dusk was approaching, Xu Qing also saw the world outside the jungle. He was about to walk out, but his steps suddenly stopped and he looked down at a grass beside him.

The appearance of this grass is somewhat similar to the destiny flower, but even with his meager knowledge of plants and trees, he could tell that it was not the destiny flower after a careful inspection.

However, Xu Qing thought about it, looked around with some guilt, hesitated for a while, and finally picked it and put it in the leather bag.

He ran all the way out of the jungle and returned to the camp at night.

It was not late at night, and the camp was still very lively, especially the area with feathers on the tent, which was even more playful and mixed with bursts of unbridled panting.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention to these. When he returned to his residence, he just opened the door of the yard and saw the figure of Captain Lei walking out of the house.

Captain Lei was relieved after noticing that although Xu Qing was in a mess, there was nothing wrong.

"Why did you take so long?"

"I went to the temple." Under the moonlight and the lights of the house, Xu Qing saw the red bloodshot in Captain Lei's eyes and the fatigue on his face.

It was obvious that he didn't rest well during this period, and for what reason... he had realized it, so his heart was a little warm.

"Temple?" Captain Lei was a little surprised. He didn't expect Xu Qing to run so far. At this moment, he called him into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves, and brought up the prepared meals while Xu Qing was waiting.

The meals were still hot and there were no signs of being touched. Xu Qing was stunned.

He knew very well that Captain Lei didn't know when he would come back, so the fact that he could have hot meals and hot dishes just after he came back could only mean one thing.

The other party... prepared meals every day and waited for him.

Xu Qing stood up silently to get the bowls and chopsticks, three sets, two side by side, and then sat down to eat.

It was very fragrant, with a special taste that the taste buds could not feel, only the heart could feel.

Captain Lei ate very little, and most of the time he was either drinking or looking at Xu Qing with a smile on his face.

"Eat more, you are still growing, if you don't eat more, you might be this tall in the future."

This sentence made Xu Qing lower his head. After a while, he hummed and ate more obediently, and then told Captain Lei about what he saw in the temple.

Captain Lei was drinking wine one mouthful at a time, but he was soon attracted by Xu Qing's experience. After Xu Qing finished speaking, he took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"I have heard about this before, but that was a long time ago. Some people seem to have seen a similar scene, but like the song, it finally became a legend."

"Thinking about it now, it seems to have happened not long after the song appeared." Captain Lei murmured, and suddenly thought of something, and there was a sadness in his eyes.

Looking at Captain Lei, Xu Qing knew what he was thinking of, and suddenly he felt a little guilty. He felt that he shouldn't have said this, so he kept silent.

After a while, Captain Lei recovered, seemed to see the reason for Xu Qing's silence, and smiled.

"You are too sensitive, kid. I am not as fragile as you think."

Captain Lei said, took a big sip of wine, changed the subject, and told Xu Qing about the interesting things in the camp in recent days.

He was talking while drinking, and Xu Qing was listening while eating.

It was like each other's... family.

Late at night, sitting there drinking, watching Xu Qing clean up the dishes and wash them, Captain Lei smiled and got up and returned to the room.

Xu Qing also returned to his room. After entering, he saw that the bedding had been replaced with a new one, and it was laid out from the previous rolled state, and it still had the smell of drying.

Xu Qing looked up at Captain Lei's room next door, walked over after a while, and wanted to sit on it, but looked down at his clothes and the dirt on his hands, he still rolled up the bedding, sat on the bed board, and closed his eyes to practice.

In the early morning, Xu Qing opened his eyes.

He was about to leave the room, but after thinking about it, he went to the bathroom and washed his hands despite the discomfort.

After making his hands clean and white, he took a deep breath, walked out of the room and went straight to the tent where the doctor of the team was.

He knew that he couldn't go too early, nor was he willing to go too late.

In the former case, Master Bai hadn't taught yet, and in the latter case... he was worried that he wouldn't be able to hear the previous content.

In this way, under Xu Qing's calculation, when he came to Master Bai's tent, it was the moment when the test sound came from inside.

Xu Qing was very happy in his heart, standing there silently, listening carefully.

"Qinghehualu, also known as Qinglianlu, is the bud of the lotus plant of the water lily family. It is a fragrant water obtained by the special method of warm fire. It has the function of calming the lungs and treating coughing and bleeding with fire..."

The voice of the girl in the tent was the same as always. Xu Qing listened slowly and absorbedly, and didn't realize that time passed. Soon more than an hour passed, until the tent suddenly opened, and Master Bai stood there, looking at him.

"What's the matter?" Master Bai's eyes were not sharp, but they were majestic. Xu Qing was very nervous. He took out the herbs he picked on the way back from the leather bag and spoke softly with his head down.

"Master Bai, I... I want to ask if this is the destiny flower."

Master Bai was stunned for a moment after these words came out.

He looked at the boy with a strange look in his eyes, and then looked at the boy's hands, which were much cleaner than before. After a while, as Xu Qing became more and more nervous, he slowly spoke.

"This one is not it."

Xu Qing bowed and left quickly. He was relieved on the way, but he was still a little nervous. So he looked back at the tent and found Master Bai standing there.

Noticing the boy's gaze, Master Bai nodded.

Xu Qing paused when he saw this scene, bowed deeply again, and then left.

Watching Xu Qing's figure go away, Master Bai turned and walked into the tent. At this moment, the guards and the young man and girl in the tent seemed to be petrified and motionless.

At the place where Master Bai sat before, a table was placed at some time, with some delicious food and wine on it. There was an old man in a purple robe next to him, and there was an old servant in gray behind him.

Seeing Master Bai walk in, the old man in purple robe laughed.

"Master Bai, how is it?"

"What do you mean?"

Master Bai seemed to be not at all surprised by the sudden appearance of the old man in purple robe, and was not worried about the people around him who were motionless. He sat opposite the old man in purple robe and took a sip of wine.

"I'm talking about that kid. I told you last time that I found a good candidate while waiting for you." The purple-robed old man said with a smile.

"Good candidate? It's fine that this kid came to eavesdrop for the first time, but this time, he just picked a herb and asked me if it was the Destiny Flower. If this goes on, I guess he will use the herb as an excuse to eavesdrop every day. If you hadn't told me about him, I would have driven him away long ago."

Master Bai glared and snorted at the purple-robed old man.

The purple-robed old man laughed.

"You are a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. With your bad temper, if you don't really think he is a promising talent, it's useless for anyone to say hello."

Master Bai snorted coldly, and didn't try to defend himself, but asked a question.

"Are you going to take him back to the Seven Blood Eyes? It's so chaotic over there, and you've wasted a scholar's seedling!"

"How is it wasted? What's the use of scholars? In this world, cultivation is the truth!" The purple-robed old man raised his eyebrows and responded.

"Scholars are useless? Why are you still waiting here for a mortal like me, asking me to go to your Seven Blood Eyes again and again?" Master Bai said angrily.

"You are different..." The purple-robed old man smiled awkwardly.

"Why am I different!" Master Bai stared at the purple-robed old man with a bad temper.

The purple-robed old man was helpless and slapped his forehead.

"Oh, I remembered that I have something to do. Master Bai, I'm leaving first. I'll come to drink with you tomorrow."

After saying that, the purple-robed old man stood up and was about to leave, but before leaving, he looked back at Master Bai and said something seriously.

"Master Bai, if you really think that kid is a promising talent, teach him more knowledge and give him a chance to become a scholar with cultivation in the Seven Blood Eyes."

After saying that, the purple-robed old man left with the old servant beside him. Until he left, everything in the tent was instantly restored to stillness, but no one noticed the abnormality just now.

The guards were still standing guard, the boy was still annoyed, and the girl was still proud.

Only Master Bai looked up in the direction where Xu Qing had left, his eyes thoughtful.