Outside of Time

There are many restricted areas in Nanhuangzhou, but there is only one restricted area.

That is Huang Jin.

Its area is so large that it occupies most of the area of ​​Nanhuang Continent. If it were not blocked by a mountain of truth, plus some special reasons, the area of ​​​​the Phoenix Forbidden City would be even larger.

But even so, the scope of the Phoenix Forbidden City has still been expanding in recent years, and some areas have even been covered by the Mountain of Truth.

If this continues, in a few thousand years the entire Southern Phoenix Continent will become a Phoenix Forbidden City.

The difference between a restricted area and a forbidden area is the ethnic group.

Most of the restricted areas are filled with ferocious beasts and strange or mysterious ruins and seals, but there are no ethnic groups like the Ten Thousand Clans. Only the forbidden areas have the ability to give birth to ethnic groups with spiritual intelligence.

For example, the place where corpses are forbidden in the Forbidden Sea.

This is how the Sea Corpse Clan was born, and its clan position is only on the edge of the Corpse Forbidden City, so there are similar clans in the Phoenix Forbidden City.

It's just that Yanhuang is friendly to the human race, so the tribes born in the Phoenix Forbidden City are not allowed to go out, so all parties live in peace, and do not disturb each other, and there is not much interaction.

This is the case even if human forces occasionally enter the Phoenix Forbidden City. Whether it is to obtain resources or to hunt ferocious beasts, they avoid the spiritual groups in the Phoenix Forbidden City.

But there are also some Huangjin ethnic groups who like to conduct some resource transactions with the human race.

Such as ghost shop.

Ghost Square, as the name suggests, is a place for ghosts and ghosts, a market place.

This is not a unique ethnic group in the Phoenix Forbidden City. In fact, there are similar ethnic groups in many forbidden areas. They often look like a city, but there are all kinds of strange things inside, and everything is weird.

The items for sale are often materials that are rare in the human race, and they are mainly Yinxie.

When Xu Qing entered the Phoenix Forbidden City this time, his first target was the Ghost Chamber.

"The ghost house in the Phoenix Forbidden City is elusive and has no fixed place, but you don't have to rely on luck to enter..." At this late night, Xu Qing's figure was like a ghost in the Phoenix Forbidden City, galloping forward.

Sometimes he jumped up, sometimes he changed direction instantly, sometimes he flew to the tree crown, observing his surroundings closely, sometimes he took powder out of his pocket and scattered it around him.

If there were any First Peak monks who witnessed Xu Qing's actions with their own eyes, they would definitely be surprised, because all of Xu Qing's actions were skillful and correct.

The reason for jumping up was because there were crawling beasts hiding on the ground. The sudden change of direction was because there were spider webs and hunters in front of them. The reason for flying up to the canopy was to better observe the direction and avoid getting lost in the jungle.

The reason why you don't take off is because there is no cover in the sky in the restricted area, and you never know where danger will suddenly appear from.

Even though Xu Qing is now extremely powerful, he still has awe in the restricted area.

This kind of awe has been integrated into his blood, and as long as the blood is still flowing, it will not disappear.

"No matter which restricted area, meaningless killing is not advisable. The smell of blood is always one of the factors that attracts powerful ferocious beasts." Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, and suddenly stretched out his right hand to grab a fish that flew out of the soil beside him. Strange insect.

This insect is slender, almost three inches long, and looks like a fish, but its tail has sharp spines. When it rushes out, it flies upside down, using the tail spines as a weapon to pierce Xu Qing's neck.

"Land-spined fish." Xu Qing crushed the fish's head and threw its body into the storage bag.

Meaningless killing is not advisable, but killing to harvest resources is okay.

The sting of this kind of land-spined fish contains a kind of poison, which can pose a huge threat to the monks who have not opened fire while building the foundation.

Although this is Xu Qing's first time coming to the Phoenix Forbidden City, Xu Qing is very familiar with both the restricted area and the vegetation. Especially since he is well prepared and has checked out all the races and ferocious beasts in the Phoenix Forbidden City. Lots of information.

"When the first people discovered the ghost workshop, they had to rely entirely on luck to enter. Then, after many years of transactions between the two parties, the ghost workshop began to give away something called the ghost flute."

"At three o'clock in the morning, form a triangular pattern with three trees in the open space of Huangjin. Light three candles and place them in three directions. Play the ghost flute with yourself in the center, and a ghost house will appear in front of you."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart that this was the most correct method he found after reading too much information and comparing it, and he also bought the ghost flute from the sect.

While speeding at this moment, Xu Qing looked up at the sky, then landed on a big tree and looked around.

"This place is quite suitable."

Xu Qing waved his right hand, and the black iron stick flew out in an instant, sweeping across the surroundings. Immediately, following the black lightning, three big trees were cut off from the ground.

Amid the roar, three trees fell to the ground.

The tree Xu Qing was on was one of them. At this moment, as three trees hit the ground, Xu Qing's body floated. He lowered his head and waved his hand, and the three big trees on the ground changed their positions and formed a triangle.

The black iron sign came over, and the ancestor of the Vajra Sect inside it watched the surroundings vigilantly, looking like he was loyally protecting his master.

Xu Qing organized himself, then stood down inside three trees. He took out three white candles and placed them on the trees. Then he raised his right hand, and a flute made of bones appeared in his hand.

Holding the flute, Xu Qing looked up at the sky and waited for time.

Soon after, the third quarter of the hour arrived.

Xu Qing didn't hesitate, picked up the ghost flute, put it to his mouth, and blew it gently.

Suddenly a harsh sound suddenly came out from the ghost flute, as if the cry of a night owl spread in all directions, and at this moment, the whole world suddenly felt a sinister wind.

The dark wind was violent, causing the three candles to sway, and filled the air with an indescribable coldness.

The ground suddenly looked frozen, the surrounding soil and vegetation were frosty, and the fire of the three candles also changed color, turning green.

There were even bursts of murmuring sounds coming from the void.

It was hard to hear what was being said, as if countless people were whispering. The sound penetrated Xu Qing's mind, and when he was shaken in his heart, mist started to form in the distance.

The fog came very suddenly, as if it appeared out of thin air, rolling outwards and getting bigger and bigger, until it filled a certain area and covered the trees in the jungle.

Then, a city appeared on the mist.

The walls of this city are gray, and all the buildings inside are gray. Its style reveals an ancient meaning, as if an ancient city buried in history has reappeared in the world.

The city... was extremely lively.

You can see countless figures floating around inside, densely packed in large numbers, and most of them look different.

Some are headless, some have animal bodies, some have tall bodies, some have slender bodies, some have mouths so big that they can only raise their hands to hold their chins, and some have evil thoughts lingering all over their bodies.

There are not only wandering ghosts inside, but also countless shops.

The owner of the shop is also weird, with a ferocious appearance.

If a mortal saw it, they would be frightened to death in an instant.

It's a complete ghost town.

There may be living people inside, but they all hide their own aura, making the whole body filled with rich foreign matter, so that they can not be noticed.

This is also one of the rules for entering the ghost workshop.

Although Guifang is willing to trade with humans, the rules are... people who are full of foreign matter and are about to be alienated.

In addition, this ghost town is filled with countless weird things. Although there are countless ghosts inside, it is completely silent, as if all the beings inside are unable to speak.

The most distinctive thing among them is the location in the center of the city, where a huge head floats impressively.

This head is floating in the air. It looks like a human race, middle-aged, but has no hair.

Like the head of a monk.

It closed its eyes and remained motionless in mid-air. There were chains surrounding it to suppress the seal.

If you look carefully, you can see the chains, which are formed by skinless arms tangled together.

At the same time, at the four gates of this ghost city, a tall and strong man, half-naked, with a head like a baby, was standing, looking in all directions with a five-foot-long black ghost-headed sword on his shoulder.

This is the door directly in front of Xu Qing.

Looking at all this, Xu Qing's eyes were reserved and his mind was a little disturbed.

He had never seen the Huang Forbidden Ghost City, but this scene was exactly the same as the information he had checked. At the same time, after Xu Qing saw it with his own eyes, he remembered that he had also seen a similar ghost city at the bottom of the Forbidden Sea.

"So, there should be a ghost shop there?" Xu Qing did not go over immediately, but observed carefully. Gradually, the candles around him swayed more and more violently in the cold wind.

Xu Qing was not in a hurry and continued to observe all the details until he was sure that nothing was wrong. When the candles around him were about to go out and the ghost town in the distance was about to fade away again, he took a breath towards the shadow.

Suddenly, the heterogeneity in his body surged violently at this moment. In the blink of an eye, his whole body seemed to be extremely heterogeneous, as if it could be alienated at any time, and the skin all over his body began to turn black.

Finally, a heterogeneous and dense mist surrounded his body, and Xu Qing then raised his feet and walked step by step towards the ghost town ahead.

Each step was almost three feet away. After a few breaths, Xu Qing had stepped above the mist and walked to the gate of this ghost town.

The moment he walked here, the eyes of the strong men carrying swords on both sides fell on Xu Qing.

Xu Qing walked into the city without stopping, letting the two ghost generals look at him.

As he walked in, the eyes behind him disappeared, and the surrounding fog instantly rose up at this moment, covering all directions, making Xu Qing look into the distance, and everything he saw was fog.

It seemed as if this place was cut off from the outside world with the arrival of the traders. Only the moon in the sky turned green, emitting a faint light that fell on the city.

These are consistent with the information Xu Qing checked.

He looked as usual and walked forward calmly, gradually walking into the long street and entering countless strange things.

Walking with ghosts.

But at this moment, the huge monk's head in the sky suddenly moved its nose, as if it was sniffing something, and its eyelids seemed to open, but as the light on the chain shone, it became quiet again.

Xu Qing raised his head, took a look, and his eyes narrowed.

There are countless ghosts in the long street.

Xu Qing moved his eyes away from the monk's head, pondered for a while, and then turned to look around.

He saw the ghost whose whole body looked like paper. As he walked, he was holding a pen and drawing eyeliner on his face.

He was also wet all over his body, and the water droplets falling on him wherever he walked formed six-eyed ghost bugs, accompanying him as he walked.

There is also a little ghost who looks like a three-year-old child, with red eyes, long ears, and a black and red body, playing and running on the ground.

There was also a hairless cat lying there on a building not far away, holding a bloody head in its paws and licking it.

The black aura that permeates his body shows that he is also a kind of ghost.

As for headless bodies, beast-like shapes, upright withered bones, or multi-faceted fog bodies, they are everywhere.

Some are floating, some crawling on the ground, some sitting on other ghosts, some floating in the sky, and some turning into countless ghost faces at low altitudes biting each other, letting out silent laughter, and running straight ahead.

Moreover, every one of them exuded an evil spirit and a sense of hunger and thirst, especially the aura emanating from them. Xu Qing became even more vigilant after feeling it.

As he was walking forward, he was also observing the shops on both sides, looking for what he needed.

The whole street seemed lively, with ghosts coming and going, both inside and outside the shop, but it was completely silent.

Xu Qing also made no sound and floated away. At this moment, he was looking at the shop. Suddenly, his mind moved slightly and he turned his head, looking coldly ahead.

In front of him was a beast-faced ghost with a large black rotten body, holding his chin, walking towards him in the crowd of ghosts.

A fierce aura emanated from this strange body, and it looked like it was about to hit Xu Qing.

There was no fluctuation in Xu Qing's eyes. The foreignness was extremely strong at this moment. The mist formed spread more and more, turning into a ferocious grimace as he grinned at the visitor, with greed and desire in his eyes.

This ghost face was transformed by Xiaoying. It has been trying to devour it since it came here, but Xu Qing did not allow it.

So it could only restrain itself, but now it was surprised that one was walking towards it.

So before Xu Qing could take action, he saw the beast-faced ghost coming with malicious intent. The ghost-like face transformed from the mist rushed out and opened its big mouth to devour the opponent.

The speed was so fast that the beast-faced ghost disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Ghost Mist returns with satisfaction.

Xu Qing raised his head and glanced at the small shadow in the mist, ignored it, and continued to move forward.

This scene was just a small episode, and the ghosts around him were not surprised and ignored it.

In this way, Xu Qing walked on the streets for a long time and finally found a shop.

The items sold in this shop are all kinds of evil poisons.

This kind of poison has no entity, similar to mist, and some are even more illusory, sealed in cyan ghost heads.

So when I looked at it, the items in this shop were all floating ghost heads, large and small, with smiling expressions.

Xu Qing glanced around, and after careful inspection, he felt satisfied.

What he came here to find was this extremely sinister poison.

And this kind of poison is indeed mostly intangible, and unless a living person has special skills, it is difficult to collect it, and only weird people can touch it.

Xu Qing looked up at the store.

This shop looks like a bear, with lips like cinnabar, eyes like mirrors, long horns on the top of its head, green fleshy wings on its back, which is more than ten feet long, and has a tail like a leopard.

It was also observing Xu Qing. After meeting Xu Qing's eyes, it opened its mouth wide and seemed to be smiling.

Xu Qing looked calm, raised his right hand and grabbed it, and suddenly among the hundreds of ghost heads floating in the store, thirteen flew over and floated in front of Xu Qing and the store owner.

Xu Qing then took out a small bottle and pushed it over.

The shopkeeper's tail flew up and wrapped around the vial with an afterimage. The vial shattered silently, and a bloody aura dispersed, revealing a mass of blood.

This blood is Yejiu's heart's blood, and there are almost hundreds of drops in a bottle.

At this moment, the tail was rolled into the shopkeeper's mouth, and while the shopkeeper was chewing with joy, Xu Qing saw soul figures suddenly appearing in the blood of his heart.

They are all night doves.

As he kept chewing, the storekeeper nodded with satisfaction.

Without saying a word, Xu Qing rolled up the ghost head in front of him, put it into his storage bag, turned around and left, continuing to walk on the ghost street, passing through groups of strange people, and stopped in front of several shops to buy items.

Until the night was about to pass, Xu Qing searched for a long time and finally found the last item he wanted.

It was a shop similar to an inn.

There are corpses hanging in this shop, including people, animals, foreigners, and illusory shadows.

They were all hung on the wall by hooks, and they were all still alive.

There are candles of various colors burning below, which seem to form some mysterious meaning, causing these hanging living objects to emit various mood swings.

Some are intoxicated, some angry, some sad, some ecstatic.

It's as if they are in a dreamland and experiencing a lifetime.

What attracted Xu Qing was not these living creatures, but the candle below.

This shop sells exactly this kind of candle.

Regarding this thing, Xu Qing had seen it in the sect's purchase information before coming here, and knew that it was actually a kind of poison. It had a nice name, called Sansheng Zui, and was extremely expensive.

This is also Xu Qing's key goal here.

After seeing it at this moment, he took out four vials without hesitation and placed them in front of the store.

The owner of this shop was an old man who looked pretty normal, wearing a yellow robe. He looked at the small bottle Xu Qing sent and shook his head.

The moment he shook his head, his face changed continuously. First he became a handsome young man, then he turned into an old woman full of wrinkles, and then he turned into a child with a naughty look. It was very strange.

Xu Qing frowned. He only had eleven vials of blood on his body. He had used five before.

According to the information and data he obtained, four bottles of Sanshengzui is enough.

So after thinking for a while, Xu Qing took out another one and placed it in front of the store.

The store owner took a deep look at Xu Qing and still shook his head.

Xu Qing's face hidden in the mist darkened, and after a long silence, he took out the last vial.

But the shopkeeper still shook his head, as if he knew that Xu Qing had given everything he had, so his face changed many times, and finally turned into a blank. After becoming a faceless man, he raised his finger and pointed at Xu Qing's face.

Xu Qing was silent.

He calculated the time and found that it was very close to dawn. He also recalled that along the way he had walked, this was the only shop selling candles.

So he stepped out in one step, the life fire in his body was shining, the life lamp was brilliant, as if there was a world rising and burning inside.

A terrifying aura burst out from his body, forming a heat wave combined with the majestic energy and blood of the Golden Crow Lian Wanling, and rumbled around.

The shopkeeper was no longer faceless, but quickly transformed into an old man, and his expression changed even more. Seeing that Xu Qing was about to take action, he flicked his sleeves without hesitation, and suddenly seven candles flew out from behind him, all floating on Xu Qing's back. before.

Then he took a few steps back, a look of flattery on his face.

Xu Qing frowned, put away the candle, took away the six vials, and turned away.

Be alert all the way and pay attention to changes in the weather.

According to the information he obtained, once you enter this ghost shop, you cannot leave early. You must wait for the moment of dawn to blow the ghost flute before you can leave.

It's not far from dawn now, Xu Qing is walking on the street waiting silently.

Until soon, the sky became faintly bright, and Xu Qing immediately discovered that all the ghosts and monsters around him and the city were rapidly becoming transparent, as if they were about to disappear.

But at this moment, in mid-air in the center of the ghost city, the huge monk's head, which was tied by chains turned into countless arms and floating in the sky, slowly opened its eyes.

Its eyes were red as if there was purgatory, and countless ghosts were struggling inside, with miserable expressions and silent screams.

The whole thing gives people a sense of incomparable chaos, which also makes the expression on the monk's head somewhat delirious.

At this moment, the head seemed to be stuck, moving one after another, and the chaotic eyes were as usual, scanning the entire ghost town at this moment before dawn.

In this ghost town, there are more than a dozen figures in different locations at this moment. They are all monks who come here to trade and wait for dawn.

The monk's eyes followed the movements of his head, sweeping over these people one by one. When he looked at Xu Qing, he suddenly trembled, his nose twitched, and he sniffed, and then his eyes brightened. .

Xu Qing also noticed it, and his expression changed. At the same time, a voice as loud as thunder suddenly came from the mouth of the monk's head.

"Golden Crow! Golden Crow refines our clan!! Golden Crow will die!!!"

The moment this sound appeared, it was dawn, and the entire ghost town suddenly stopped.

This was also the only sound Xu Qing heard that night.

This sound has unpredictable power. When it reached Xu Qing's ears, his whole body was shaken, and his soul was unstable and seemed to collapse. Fortunately, the big black umbrella of the life lamp transformed into the guardian soul in his body, which allowed Xu Qing to recover.

Without any hesitation, he suddenly took out the ghost flute, put it in his mouth and blew it suddenly.

The harsh sound spread in all directions in an instant. During the reverberation, everything around Xu Qing disappeared quickly.

In just one breath, Xu Qing's figure appeared in the jungle where three trees had been placed.

And the ghost town...has disappeared.

A fiery red glow appeared on the horizon in the distance, and the red sun was raising its head, its rays of light blooming and radiating in all directions.

At the same time, there was also a city in this restricted area, very far away from where Xu Qing was.

It's just that this city is completely different from a ghost city. It exists in reality. It was turned into ruins an unknown number of years ago and remains to this day.

The darkness shrouded the place, and broken walls and endless dust could be seen vaguely.

And in the east of this ruined city, with the arrival of the sun from the sky at this moment, the night is like a curtain, lifted directly by the power of the sky, revealing a temple hidden in the night.

Outside the temple, there are dozens of monks sitting cross-legged and meditating. They are dressed in different clothes and are deeply wary of each other. They are obviously from different places.

Now with the dawn, their eyes fell into the temple with fear and awe.

In that temple, there is a statue of a god holding a sword.

Under the statue, there was only one person in the whole temple sitting cross-legged and meditating.

This person is wearing a golden robe, with a jade crown on his head. He has an extremely beautiful face, but his expression is extremely cold. The canopy on his head is extraordinary, and his whole body has a shocking aura.

It is Sheng Yunzi!