Outside of Time

There are currently fourteen prisoners in Ding 132 District.

Compared to the hundreds or even thousands of criminals in other cells in Area D, the number of prisoners here is indeed too small.

Xu Qing didn't need to think too much as the information about all the prisoners in the file came to mind.

At this moment, as the door of Ding Yisan Er's cell opened, and as the rotten atmosphere spread out, Xu Qing stood at the door and watched calmly.

Inside the gate, it was pitch black.

Xu Qing thought for a few breaths and walked away.

Step by step, he stepped into the cell and walked into the darkness, and then the cell door slammed shut with a wave of his hand.

The sound spread and reached the ears of all the jailers here, turning into waves in their hearts.

Inside Ding Yi San Er's cell, it was still dark, with only the sound of footsteps echoing.

Those were Xu Qing's footsteps. He did not use the jailer's authority to turn on the lights here, because compared to the transparent light, Xu Qing felt that the black here was more suitable for him.

He loved walking in the dark.

Especially after getting used to the black, although everything here is dim, it is not impossible to see clearly.

Like the cell he had killed, this area of ​​Ding 132 has a huge square in the middle and is surrounded by cages.

Xu Qing walked on the corridor outside the prison, passing by empty rooms one after another, until he stopped outside the nineteenth prison.

There are prisoners in this cell.

It was a tall figure sitting cross-legged with his back to Xu Qing. His head was almost close to the top of the cell.

The whole body is naked without any clothes, but there are countless tentacles swaying, some long and some short, scattered around the body like strands of clothing.

The giant didn't pay any attention to Xu Qing's appearance. He seemed to be eating. His head was shaking as the chewing sounds echoed, as if he was tearing.

Outside the cage, Xu Qing stood motionless, watching coldly.

Through the shadow, he could clearly see that what the other party was eating was his own tentacles, which were being bitten one by one at the moment.

At the same time, Xu Qing also saw the appearance of the prisoner.

The prisoner's information showed that the other party was Cloud Beast.

On the way to the county capital, Xu Qing had seen cloud beasts in Fengyun State. They had no intelligence and their bodies were over a hundred feet tall. The figure in front of him was much smaller and looked slightly different.

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and continued walking. Soon he saw the second prisoner seven or eight cages away.

This is a female prisoner.

She is human.

His body was covered in dirt and filled with scars caused by bites.

It can be vaguely seen that her appearance is quite beautiful, especially her figure is enchanting. At this moment, she is squatting in a corner, holding a scarecrow in her hand, as if she is lulling her to sleep.

She noticed when Xu Qing passed by, raised her left index finger to her lips, and let out a soft hiss.

It seemed to remind Xu Qing not to disturb the child's rest.

The floor of her cell was covered with weeds, and countless torn scarecrows could be seen vaguely.

Xu Qing stared coldly, and the information about this woman in the data came to mind. This woman was once a genius and came from the Taixu Demon Sect.

In his early years, he had an unexpected encounter and ate a treasure similar to the longevity fruit. He originally had high hopes for it, but he was found to be secretly cooking and eating babies of his own race in an extremely cruel way. …

This incident caused quite a stir at the time.

She should have been executed, but most of the relatives of those she mutilated demanded that their lives be made worse than death and endure endless torture.

So she was imprisoned here.

At this moment, Xu Qing was staring, and suddenly the broken scarecrows on the ground opened their eyes one by one and rushed toward the woman.

The same goes for the scarecrow in the woman's arms, biting her wildly.

The woman trembled and allowed the scarecrows to bite her. She raised her head and smiled at Xu Qing with a strange smile, as if she was greeting Xu Qing.

Xu Qing looked at it for a while, then withdrew his gaze and walked away, towards the next prisoner.

In this way, he walked half a circle around the corridor, checking the information of the prisoners inside one by one, and at the same time observing whether there were any problems with them.

Xu Qing didn't have much curiosity as to why Ding 1, 3 and 2 were so violent, but since he was asked to guard this cell, he would have everything here in his hands.

Through observation, Xu Qing's most intuitive feeling was that the prisoners in Ding 1, 3 and 2 were obviously weirder than the ones he had massacred before.

Even the seventh prisoner cannot be said to be a creature of flesh and blood.

It's a millstone that spins on its own.

It kept turning and emitting suction, as if it wanted to suck in and crush everything in the cage.

This race has not even been introduced to Ghost Hands. The prisoner information shows that this is the First Demon.

A rare group of people born after the arrival of the remnant face of the gods.

Another example is that at this moment, Xu Qing was standing in front of the 237th cage, which held the thirteenth prisoner here.

The opponent had no body, only a head, rolling around on the floor of the cage. After noticing Xu Qing, it suddenly stopped, its red eyes stared at Xu Qing, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of its mouth.

"It's so funny. You are obviously dead, but you don't know it. It's so funny. Next time you will die in the hands of a cultivator with a straw hat, but you are already dead, how can you still...

I can die again. "

"You died miserably. Your body collapsed, but your head is still there. The other party said they would take your head to a hospital.

place. "

"It's so miserable, so miserable."

"Everyone is looking for you, but they can't find you... Haha, they don't know where you are buried, but I know, I saw it."

"Do you want to resolve it? As long as you throw me into the cloud beast's cage and let me live there, how about I help you resolve it?"

"You have to believe me. I am the only one who helps guard the place. Those guards who did not die are actually all because of my contribution."

Xu Qing didn't say anything. He looked at the head carefully for a few times and then walked away to the last cage where the prisoners were held.

It's even more special here.

There is no monk in the cage, only a painting.

A painting floating in mid-air.

The painting shows a family of four generations living under one roof. The young and old are sitting together, all smiling. There are twenty-three in total.

In the middle is an old man. Surrounded by his descendants, he smiles the most happily, and his expression is perfectly drawn by the artist.

Looking at the painting, Xu Qing's eyes showed a strange light. This is a new ethnic group born in heaven and earth after the arrival of the remnant face of the gods, called the Danqing tribe. …

This family does not exist in reality, they spend their entire lives in paintings.

But they say that the world is in the painting, and they are outside.

After a long time, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, turned around and left. When he returned to the cage where the first prisoner was held, the cloud beast that was constantly eating suddenly stopped chewing and whispered low words.

"Don't believe 237, whatever it says, don't believe it."

Two hundred and thirty-seven is the cage where the nagging head is.

Xu Qing ignored it and walked to the door of the cell in the Ding 132 area. He sat down cross-legged and looked at the dark prison, with deep thoughts in his eyes.

Time passed slowly, and areas 1, 3 and 2 were relatively quiet except for a few voices.

Nothing mysterious happened, and nothing evil happened.

Xu Qing was still sitting cross-legged. This time he came without touching anything or saying a word.

Even whether he was walking forward just now or sitting cross-legged now, his body was filled with the power of drug prohibition.

It never spreads out, it just surrounds itself to isolate everything from the outside world.

This was his usual caution.

As for the terrible evil rumored in the third and second districts, Xu Qing has not felt it yet.

He was ready to explore slowly.

Seeing that the day was over and it was time to get off duty, Xu Qing stood up and planned to leave.

He had applied for the Enlightenment Emperor Sword yesterday, and the appointment time is after today's shift.

But the moment Xu Qing stood up, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the cage where the human woman was imprisoned.

Wherever you look, there appears

A figure.

Figure of a little boy.

He stood in front of the woman's cage, seeming to be talking to her.

Xu Qingmu's eyes were sharp, and with a wave of his right hand, the black iron stick flew away in an instant, flashing with bursts of red thunder and lightning. In an instant, he arrived in front of the woman's cage and hit the wall directly.

But the figure of the little boy disappeared strangely.

Xu Qing walked forward expressionlessly. When he got closer, the black iron sign where the ancestor of the Vajra Sect was was returned quickly, and he spoke differently in Xu Qing's mind.

"Master, there is nothing here."

Xu Qing looked up at the woman in the cage. The woman was still huddled in the corner, smiling at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing stared at her for a long time, then turned and walked back to the cell door, pushing her out of Ding 1, 3 and 2 areas.

As the green and black prison door in the Ding 1, 3 and 2 area closed with a bang, Xu Qing sent a spiritual message to the ancestor of the Vajra Sect.

"You didn't see it?"

"Ah? Master, what did you see? In my perception, there was nothing there just now." The ancestor of the Vajra Sect quickly spoke cautiously, but at the same time, he was also uneasy in his heart.

He felt that he had fallen out of favor... so he cherished this opportunity, but he really didn't feel anything.

Xu Qing frowned and asked Shadow again.

"...Master...no..." Xiaoying replied tremblingly. Like the ancestor of the Diamond Sect, it also felt that it had fallen out of favor.

Xu Qing's eyes showed a cold light, and he looked back at the Ding 1, 3 and 2 areas.

At this moment, he was going to comprehend the Emperor Sword, and the appointment time was coming soon, so he suppressed the idea of ​​going in to investigate again and left the Prison Department.

When I walked out of the Prison Department, it was almost dusk outside, and the clouds in the sky were slightly dark. It was obviously going to rain tonight. …

Xu Qing no longer thought about the matters in Ding 1, 3 and 2. He took off and was about to go to the Sword Holding Palace, but at this moment, a bright light suddenly erupted from the Baizhang Sword Pavilion below, and the roaring sound echoed, Dozens of sword lights shot out from inside and spread out in all directions.

From the sword pavilion, an old man wearing a sword-wielding Taoist robe hurriedly flew out, clasping his hands to intercept, but by chance, one of the sword lights went straight to Xu Qing.

The speed was so fast and the aura was so strong that it surpassed the cultivation level of Jindan. It was a Nascent Soul attack that was approaching in an instant.

Xu Qing's face darkened, and he backed up violently. The Purple Sky Infinity Crown above his head shone even brighter, and he dodged amidst the roar.

The sword light whizzed past him.

"I'm sorry, little friend, I'm very sorry!!" After Xu Qing avoided it, the old man had intercepted the other sword energy and looked at Xu Qing with an apologetic look.

"I was studying the technique just now, and something happened." The old man smiled bitterly. Although he was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was obviously too sorry and kept clasping his fists. Xu Qing frowned, glanced at the old man, and then glanced around. He felt that it was not intentional. After all, if he wanted to kill himself, a Nascent Soul Sword Qi would not be enough.

Moreover, this is the capital of the county, and the Prison Department has just been released. If someone kills someone here, they must follow the one-shot fatal method, which is the most reasonable way to kill someone.

After thinking, Xu Qing nodded.

Although this incident was most likely just an accident, Xu Qing was more vigilant and ran straight to the Sword Holding Palace at full speed.

Arriving quickly, after using up his opportunity for enlightenment as a new sword holder, Xu Qing's figure disappeared as the magic circle in the Sword Holder Palace opened, and appeared in the Emperor Sword Enlightenment Place of the Sword Holder Palace.

This place is similar to the place of enlightenment at Yinghuangzhou Sword Holding Court. It is also a huge stone with a sword engraved on it. The ground is surrounded by formations, and chains are wrapped around the big stone.

When Xu Qing arrived, there were already seven or eight people here who were comprehending. He glanced around and noticed that there were three new sword holders who were with him this time.

They are closing their eyes at this moment, and there is protection outside their bodies.

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and found a corner to sit down cross-legged.

He had only missed success in the Sword-holding Court before. Although the sword-bearer at the Sword-holding Court at that time said that this was a feeling shared by everyone, Xu Qing felt that this was not the case.

Because in his sea of ​​consciousness, the shadow of the Sword Emperor is still there, and now it has completely dissipated, with most of it still there.

Coupled with the insights and experiences Kong Xianglong shared with all of them before, Xu Qing felt that he was very confident that he could succeed this time.

At the moment of contact, the vague and hazy feeling from that day reappeared in front of my eyes.

But this time Xu Qing didn't take long to see the simple shadow of the sword through the layers of fog.

Gazing at the Imperial Sword, Xu Qing kept getting closer, and the sword became clearer and clearer in his eyes. He vaguely seemed to hear the sound of the sword, and even saw silhouettes transforming around the sword body.

Those figures couldn't see clearly, but their movements were all consistent.

Draw your sword and strike with one strike!

simple.

But Xu Qing didn't feel that way. Every sword slash from a figure set off waves in his heart, turning into a storm, echoing and roaring. …

When the storm and roar became more and more intense, he vaguely saw someone dropping a sword, the sea was divided, and deep ravines were formed on the bottom of the sea. The sword energy lasted forever and the cracks did not fit together.

He also saw the earth collapse under someone's sword, and the ground in a small half of the state turned into fly ash, floating in front of his eyes, which was earth-shattering.

He even saw someone slashing away with a sword, and a restricted area was rolled back and shattered into pieces, and the situation changed.

In addition, more slashing swords were directed at aliens. Countless aliens died under this sword. The shrill sound before death seemed to be still reverberating at this moment.

Until he saw a figure whose face he couldn't look at.

This man was wearing an emperor's robe, and he was extremely powerful and noble. He stood in the sky and struck a sword at a creature that stood up from the deep sea, with tentacles all over his body emitting infinite heterogeneity.

After one strike of the sword, the being that came out of the deep sea let out an earth-shattering roar, and its body was torn into pieces, transformed into countless shapes, and merged into the sea.

The one wearing the emperor's robe is the emperor of the sword-holding palace.

In the deep sea...it seems to be a god.

This scene seemed to be an influence imprinted in the long river of time. After this moment, Xu Qing's mind was shaken. In the end, all the sword-cutting figures overlapped together.

Turned into a sword!

Emperor Sword.

Xu Qing's mind stirred up huge waves and was extremely shocked.

Three hours later, his figure disappeared into the place of enlightenment.

The moment he opened his eyes, a bright sword shadow flashed in Xu Qing's eyes.

The shock remained in his heart, and it took him a while before he took a deep breath and looked inside his sea of ​​consciousness.

There, he clearly saw an imperial sword shining brightly.

Emperor Sword, enlightenment is successful!