Outside of Time

At this moment, Xu Qing didn't let out a long sigh of relief until he returned to his residence.

He felt that it was not good for him to do that, but his desire for knowledge left him with no other way.

And he also understood that his little trick might have been seen through.

"I will repay you later."

The young man murmured, keeping this in mind. He didn't know what he could give in return, but that's what he thought in his heart. Maybe he would have this opportunity in the future.

Worried that he would forget, Xu Qing took out a bamboo slip from his leather bag and carved the words "Master Bai" on it with an iron stick.

And if you look carefully, you will see that in addition to Master Bai, there is Lei Dui on this bamboo slip, and there are three other names on it.

Those three names were all people who helped him in the slums. Even just a little bit, they were all remembered by him.

In this way, after carving the name, Xu Qing took out another bamboo slip, recalled what he heard in this class, and recorded it bit by bit.

He even took out the bamboo slips from the last lecture and recited them silently. After making sure that he had memorized everything, he looked satisfied.

"There are already twenty-seven kinds of herbs that I know about."

Xu Qing was very happy. This mood lasted all day, and he was in a happy mood even while practicing.

So he got up very early the next day, went to sell some horse chestnuts, bought an herb similar to the Destiny Flower, and went outside Master Bai's tent with ease.

Still in the same position as yesterday, still standing there silently waiting and paying attention to the lessons inside. It was still at the end of the lesson. When Master Bai walked out to inquire, Xu Qing took out the medicinal herbs with nervousness and anxiety.

Looking at the herbs, Master Bai coughed lightly, shook his head, and told Xu Qing the information about the herbs he bought.

This allowed Xu Qing to unknowingly learn about another kind of medicinal herb, which made him even more satisfied and grateful. After bowing and leaving, in the distance, he looked back like yesterday and saw Master Bai standing where he was, saying: He nodded.

This scene was reflected in Xu Qing's eyes and engraved in his mind.

Just like that, half a month passed.

Almost every day, Xu Qing would take various medicinal herbs and ask questions after listening to the lectures outside Master Yu Bai’s tent.

He heard more and more knowledge about plants and trees, and even later heard a lot about the methods of blending plants and trees.

Xu Qing gained a lot from this and recorded dozens of bamboo slips.

Master Bai never mentioned Xu Qing stealing his master, and he patiently answered his daily inquiries about herbal medicine.

So in the end, not only the guards were used to the appearance of this kid in a fur coat every morning, but even the boys and girls in the tent were extremely impressed by him.

There was even a heavy rain outside, and both Master Bai and the young man and woman thought that Xu Qing would not come. In the rain, Xu Qing came wearing a raincoat.

Rain or shine.

This left a deep impression on Master Bai and his two disciples.

So one day, when it was time for classes and Xu Qing rarely showed up on time, the young man and woman looked outside frequently.

He seems to be wondering why that dirty little scavenger didn't come today.

It wasn't until Xu Qing's tired figure appeared in the tent that the young girl withdrew her gaze.

The reason why he was late was because Xu Qing, in addition to coming to Master Bai's lectures every day, would also enter the restricted area to look for the Destiny Flower and Scar Removal Stone, while also honing his skills in hunting exotic beasts.

But the search process was not very smooth.

He never found these two items, and Xu Qing once again deeply realized the dangers of the restricted area.

Even if he is on the fourth level of Haishan Jue, he still has the keen judgment and observation of an old scavenger. If he is careful around the jungle, he can save his life and even hunt, but he will still encounter crises occasionally.

The reason he was late that time was because he encountered a strange beast that came out of the depths. He barely managed to escape after a narrow escape. He ran all night and then returned in the early morning.

After coming back, he did not go to rest, but listened to the class silently.

In addition, Xu Qing has another modest gain these days, which is the insurance that Bone Knife once proposed.

Bone Knife is alive and well.

Since the last time I bought insurance from him, I would buy it every time I entered the restricted area. Although the mist never appeared again, Xu Qing didn't take action.

But the bone knife was still persistent, and he didn't even know how it was passed on. Gradually, more and more people came to him to buy insurance.

Xu Qing ignored most of them out of caution. He only agreed to a few people he had saved before.

This increased Xu Qing's income, and with his harvest from hunting in the restricted area, his life gradually became better.

Although Team Lei could no longer go on missions, Xu Qing paid a very high rent. Even if Team Lei refused to accept it, Xu Qing persisted, and Team Lei finally had no choice but to accept it.

The Thunder team spent most of this money on food, which allowed Xu Qing to eat hot meals every time he came back from the penalty area.

Team Lei even bought some clothes for Xu Qing.

These clothes were all brand new, and Xu Qing was reluctant to wear them. Each piece was folded neatly and placed in the cabinet. He would take it out and look at it from time to time, and he would feel happy.

The meal time every day is also the moment when Xu Qing feels the warmest.

Because not only did he eat well, Team Lei often also talked to him about trivial matters in the camp at this time, just like the elders in the family who like to talk about neighborhood things when they get older.

During this period, Shizi and Luanya also came back, accompanied Lei Dui for a while, and then left again.

It can be said that during this period, Xu Qing felt that he was the most satisfied in the past six years.

There are hot meals to eat, new clothes, and the company of the Thunder Team. My cultivation level is also improving, and my knowledge of vegetation is still increasing.

So while he was satisfied, he cherished everything he had now, and he was extremely serious about listening to classes outside the tent every day.

Until this day, Xu Qing, who was standing outside the tent under the early morning sunshine, heard Master Bai questioning the young man inside.

"Chen Feiyuan, tell me about the herb Night Corpse Morning glory."

Chen Feiyuan is Master Bai's name for the young man. Xu Qing has known it for more than a month, and also knows that the girl's nickname is Tingyu.

Hearing Master Bai's question, the young man was a little unable to answer, and after stumbling for a while he stopped.

Xu Qing couldn't see the tent, but he could still think of the crying face he saw from the corner of his eye after the tent was opened many times.

"Unlearned and incompetent, Tingyu, you answer." Master Bai's voice was very stern, and he named the girl to answer.

Only this time, the girl was obviously not prepared enough.

"Ye Corpse Morning Glory, also known as Poisonous Mountain Root Spot...Teacher, I, I forgot." The girl said this and fell silent.

The tent immediately became quiet. It was obvious that Master Bai was brewing anger. At this moment, Master Bai's voice echoed with an unconcealed sullenness.

"Child, you answer."

Xu Qing outside the tent was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously spoke out.

"Night Corpse Morning Glory, also known as Poison Mountain Root Vernonia, is the stem and root of Vernonia tenuifolia, a plant in the Compositae family. It is a woody vine that grows in Corpse Yin ravines, shady cold streams or in jungles. It tastes astringent and pungent, and the entrance is slightly warm. , has a rotten feeling, and has the miraculous effect of relieving the wind, but excessive amounts are poisonous, and it is a typical yin and yang polar plant." Xu Qing paused at this point.

"What are the symptoms of overdose?" In the tent, Master Bai asked again amid the slight dissatisfaction of the boy and girl.

"The symptoms of poisoning are abdominal pain, dizziness, hallucinations, and death within a quarter of an hour if not rescued." Xu Qing outside the tent was nervous, but without any pause, he answered immediately.

"How to detoxify."

"You can induce vomiting and gastric lavage, supplemented by egg white and red pistil, and treat the symptoms at noon when the sun is strong. The treatment time should not exceed half an hour for three consecutive days."

Following Xu Qing's answer, although Master Bai in the tent had no expression on his face, the young men and women next to him had their eyes wide open and were a little surprised.

"What are the yin and yang poles of vegetation?" Master Bai asked again.

"The two poles of yin and yang are both good and evil in one body. Positive and yang are medicine, and yin and evil are poison." Xu Qing answered without thinking. These are the knowledge he has heard during this period, and he has memorized them many times, and he is already familiar with them. In the heart.

"How does this strain perform?" Master Bai asked even faster.

"Take the night corpse morning glory as an example. If combined with square leaves, its yang effect can be doubled. It can cure soul injuries and have some soothing effect on heterogeneous diseases. However, if it is combined with pilose flower, its yin effect will be greatly increased and the toxicity will be greatly increased. If an ordinary person eats it by mistake, he will die within thirty breaths."

“What to do with velvet flowers?”

"What is the use of the root of a square-inch leaf?" Master Bai asked faster and faster. Xu Qing's inner tension gradually decreased, and he answered just as quickly.

In this way, an old man and a young man were asking and answering questions across the tent, and time passed by like a stick of incense.

Master Bai asked a lot of questions, and many of the answers could only be known after combining lectures taken many days apart, but Xu Qing answered them all fluently.

The young man and woman, who had been surprised before, became shocked, and stared blankly at the figures reflected in the tent.

Until finally, with the young men and women stunned, Master Bai asked the last question.

"Three one-year-old Night-Corpse Petunias, six three-year-old Cloud Clusters, and nine ten-year-old cyperaceae plants, the whole plant of the monotachyon. What is the effect of the prepared medicinal solution?"

As soon as this question came up, the expressions of the boy and the girl changed rapidly, and their breathing became rapid, because this involved no longer simple plants and trees, but a mixture.

This question was also the one that kept Xu Qing silent for the longest time during this interrogation. He thought about it for more than thirty breaths before taking a deep breath and speaking in a low voice.

"It is difficult to suppress the evil, and the yang is strong and the yin is weak. Combined with the positive effect of Yuncao, the whole plant of the Cyperaceae plant, Water Centipede, can be detoxified to an astonishing degree." After Xu Qing finished speaking, his eyes opened. Big, vaguely aware of something.

"This is the 70% basic formula of the Dahua Dan in the detoxification pill, and it can be refined by combining three kinds of herbs and warming the fire for seven hours." Master Bai's voice came out faintly in the tent.

"After testing you so much, is there anything in your heart that you want to ask?"

Xu Qing was shocked and breathed quickly.

Over the past month or so, he had indeed had many questions that puzzled him, but after all, he was just eavesdropping. Although Master Bai was kind-hearted and did not stop him, he could not disturb the other party's lectures and could not ask questions.

Hearing Master Bai speak at this moment, Xu Qing quickly organized his thoughts and asked immediately.

"Master Bai, Yansuoma and Yangyangcai have something in common regardless of their place of origin or efficacy. What is the difference between the two?"

"Why can't the Soul-stopping Flower be picked during the day?"

"The juice of the square-inch leaf obviously has the effect of exorcising evil spirits. Why can't it be used with the life-eye branch, which also exorcises evil spirits?"

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Xu Qing asked questions one by one, and Master Bai answered them one after another, each one answered in detail.

Xu Qing seemed to have endless questions until time passed and far exceeded the class time. Seeing the boy and girl looking at monsters in their eyes, Xu Qing glanced at the sky with unfulfilled interest and had to end the inquiry.

He felt that this day was an indescribable harvest for him. Most of the questions in his heart were answered, and he even felt a sense of understanding.

This made his thirst for knowledge even stronger, and he was ready to go back and write it all down.

Just as he was about to leave, Master Bai's tired voice came from the tent.

"From now on, you don't have to stand outside, and you don't have to pick up those messy herbs. From tomorrow on, you can come in and listen to the class."

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This chapter has 3,500 words. Brothers and sisters, today is nearly 8,000 words.