Outside of Time

In the strange world, a scene even stranger than this place itself is going on.

In the endless mist, the brain tree, which originally wanted to devour Xu Qing's memory with greed and malice, now trembled at the moment when Xu Qing dispersed Ding Yisaner's memory and allowed the other party to eat it...

It saw something that it couldn't see. There was no suppression of the power of the Criminal Court here, and perhaps this was the reason why it couldn't forget what it saw.

And it was very special because it was specifically designed to devour memories. All this made the pain suffered by the brain tree extremely intense, and finally screamed.

The other brain trees around seemed to have rarely encountered similar things, or hadn't experienced them for a long time. At this moment, they all showed curious emotional fluctuations.

"What's wrong?"

"So delicious?"

"I want to try it too."

These words made Xu Qing immediately understand that the brains of these Taixu Realm were still a little naive to some extent.

And in the curiosity of these brain trees, the screaming brain in front of Xu Qing became shrill at this moment.

Its body, whether it was the brain or the cerebellum, was wriggling violently, and the brain stem was twitching, and even emitting a strong struggle, trying to retreat.

But Xu Qing's right hand grabbed it fiercely, holding it tightly, his fingers deeply sunken, making it unable to break free, and then he spoke calmly.

"Is it delicious?"

"I..." The screams of the brain tree became more and more shocking, spreading all over the place, and the next moment it collapsed and exploded with a bang, breaking into countless mucus and splashing everywhere.

Its body and soul were destroyed.

Its death made the surroundings silent for a moment, and the other brain heads, no matter how simple they were, now reacted, and retreated one by one in an instant, and screams were heard.

"Why did it explode!"

"What memory did it eat!"

"What did you feed it!"

Xu Qing shook the mucus on his hand expressionlessly, thinking.

This was a method he thought of temporarily, and it was also a test and exploration of Ding Yisaner.

In fact, Xu Qing was not as ignorant of Ding Yisaner as he seemed.

Although he didn't know the details, the reduction of bamboo slips and the words of the head prisoner and various details had allowed him to analyze some of the answers long ago. Ding Yisan'er was terrified. He should have woken up many times, but he couldn't remember it every time, Xu Qing murmured in his heart.

"It must be related to the gods."

"Maybe it is an existence that can curse and kill all those who see and remember it?"

"All the suppression of the prison department is probably to make all those who see it forget it, and use forgetting to cut off the cause and effect?"

"Is this the reason why I can't remember that memory?"

Xu Qing pondered. He vaguely remembered that the previous jailer told him that when you think you know the answer, there are actually more waiting for you.

"So before I forget every time, is the answer I get like this? Or is there a deeper secret that I don't know? And how many of my answers are correct?"

Xu Qing pondered, his eyes fell on other brain trees.

He found this strange Taixu world very interesting. Not only can he obtain the magic transformation formula here, but it can also be used as a test for Ding Yisan'er. …

Xu Qing was ready to try again, so he stepped forward and appeared in front of a brain tree. The other party trembled and was about to dodge, but Xu Qing raised his right hand.

"It's delicious, come and eat it."

The brain seemed to be struggling, but the desire for memory still made it approach cautiously and touch Xu Qing's palm, and the other brain trees also observed.

But the next moment, the brain tree that touched Xu Qing trembled violently and screamed shrilly. When all the wrinkles were twisted and about to burst, Xu Qing spoke quickly.

"What did you see!"

"I saw..."

With a bang, before he finished speaking, the brain tree broke into pieces and collapsed.

Xu Qing looked ugly and turned to look at the next brain tree.

All the brains around him retreated instantly, emitting clear waves of fear and going away madly.

Xu Qing was a little unwilling, so he chased after it and soon caught up with one. He touched it while it was screaming and spoke softly.

"Come, it's delicious."

Time passed here. Three days later, when the trial time limit of Taixu Huayao Sect came, Dayu, who was waiting in front of the statue, sucked hard, and Xu Qing's figure suddenly appeared in the big fish.

When the big fish shook its body and turned its head back, Xu Qing, who appeared in its body, looked back at the statue with regret and some nostalgia.

"It's a pity that I didn't completely find out the answer, but only found out part of it. If I had some more time..."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart. He felt that this would be the place where he could solve Ding Yisaner.

"It's just that every time I come here, too much military merit is required."

Xu Qing shook his head, then raised his hand, and a rune that looked like the brain tree floated on his palm.

This is the contract with Taixu Realm.

Every trialist who comes here and successfully makes a brain tree satisfied with the memory swallowed will be given such a rune as a contract, so that it can start to transform into a monster later.

In addition to the monks themselves, the consumption of transforming into a monster will also be shared by Taixu Realm.

The specific proportion is different for everyone, and it depends on the contract signed with the brain trees in the Taixu Realm.

Xu Qing suppressed the regret in his heart, waved his hand again, and a second, third, and fourth one appeared on his palm...

In the end, a total of thirty-two runes floated in front of him.

Each one is a contract that allows him to manifest the shadow brought from the sea of ​​consciousness. As for the burden that the other party will bear for most of the consumption, Xu Qing reveals very little here.

Xu Qing understood the reason for this.

This is the recognition of his goodwill from those brain trees in Taixu Realm.

The reason for the large number is that this recognition carries a heavy weight.

Xu Qing sighed in his heart, flicked his sleeves, put away the thirty-two runes, then closed his eyes and meditated.

Time passed, and unknowingly, his body shook again, and the feeling of teleportation emerged. His figure disappeared into the body of the big fish, and returned to the enlightenment compartment of the Taixu Hua Demon Sect branch in the county capital.

As the transmission ended, Xu Qing opened his eyes and recalled the experience of the past three days. Finally, he took a deep breath, stood up and walked out of the cubicle. …

He was going back to the practice room of Jiange to try whether the Demon Transformation Technique could transform the Ghost Emperor as he thought.

With this thought, Xu Qing flew out of the branch of Taixu Demon Sect and headed straight to the earth. When he arrived at the sword pavilion, he immediately stepped into it and then activated the surrounding formation protection.

After doing this, Xu Qing looked around in the practice room.

The practice room of Jiange is its own space and is very large.

After confirming that this place could barely accommodate the Shadow of the Ghost Emperor, Xu Qing's eyes showed anticipation, and he took out a contract rune of the Brain Tree and slowly integrated it into the Ghost Emperor Mountain of the Sea of ​​​​Consciousness.

As it gets closer, the rune shines brightly.

The light grew bigger and bigger, eventually turning into a sea of ​​light that enveloped Ghost Emperor Mountain.

At the same time, outside Xu Qing's body, a vague mountain peak suddenly appeared on his body, gradually replacing his figure.

Although it is much smaller than the real Ghost Emperor Mountain, it is still astonishing. If you look closely, you can see that this mountain is a human figure sitting cross-legged and meditating!

Although the whole thing is still translucent and in a blur, it can't hide the monstrous evil. It can be vaguely seen that the humanoid figure is wearing pitch black armor, holding a giant blade, and carrying two worlds on his shoulders.

It was like the spirit of an evil god, sitting cross-legged.

Every inch of his armor contains the power to destroy all directions, and the giant blade seems to be able to cut the world.

Astonishing fluctuations radiated from his body, with cruelty, madness, and even anger towards the world, with a power that was shocking to the heavens and swallowed up for eternity.

There was also a vague stick, which transformed on the figure's knee, exuding panic and coercion.

This figure is none other than the Ghost Emperor! !

As for appearance, he is very similar to Xu Qing! !

It's just that now its full picture is only 10% concrete, without substance, and the sword pavilion can no longer bear it at this moment, and there is a roar, as if it is going to shatter.

Until the next moment, as the sound of clicking echoed, the contract rune in Xu Qing's consciousness collapsed and fell into pieces.

The sea of ​​light dissipated, and the ghost emperor's shadow outside Xu Qing's body also dissipated instantly, and everything ceased to exist.

Xu Qing's body was shaken, and he opened his eyes, spurting out a large mouthful of blood, but there was a strong light of excitement in his eyes.

"Can!"

Xu Qing's breathing was rapid. He had longed for Ghost Emperor Mountain to transform into a ghost for a long time, but he had never been able to do it. It was not until that moment that he finally felt the hope of success.

Although it failed in the end, this was because the contract rune reached its limit.

"Ten runes should be able to complete one embodiment!" Xu Qing was moved, took a deep breath, and suppressed the idea of ​​continuing to try.

He now only has thirty-one contract runes left, and Xu Qing feels a little hurt trying to waste them.

"It can be used as my trump card. Calculating roughly, I should be able to use the body of the Ghost Emperor three times."

Xu Qing's eyes flashed, and at the same time, he was thinking about continuing to accumulate military merit, so that after three uses, he would have enough military merit to go to the Taixu Realm again.

While he was thinking about this matter, his jade slip of sound transmission vibrated, and the captain's confused voice came from inside.

"Junior brother..."

Xu Qing was stunned and took out the sound transmission jade slip.

"What happened again?"

"Junior brother, why do you think so? Why do you think so?" In the jade slip, the captain's voice was filled with bitterness and deep confusion. …

"I gave all the answers to Wu Jianwu's stupid question. The materials I bought originally were sold to him at a high price. I watched him recite them all. I was even worried that he would forget. I even re-examined them several times. I was even more worried. Watching him walk towards Wen Xin, I finally looked at him... Huaguang was five thousand feet long!"

"Five thousand feet!!"

"Same answer, same materials, why am I one foot tall? I originally planned to let him be one foot tall too, so I can have a companion..."

Xu Qing acquiesced and comforted him after a while.

"One foot is as good as one foot, at least this is the only one."

There was silence in the jade slip, and after a while, the captain's voice of despair was heard.

"Junior brother, you really don't know how to comfort people."

"Do you think that Wu Jiansha will take on the role of Ancient Emperor Xuanyou again when asking questions, and then recite poems in front of the earth?"

"No, I have to ask!"

Xu Qing held the jade slip and sympathized with the captain's experience from the bottom of his heart. Considering that his fellow apprentices

friendship, so Xu Qing observed a few moments of silence...

Then he quickly put away the jade slips, got up and went out, and began to take on tasks to earn military merit.

Time passed, and the captain finally did not ask the answer. Xu Qing was not very clear. His main focus during this period of the diary was on military achievements.

There are many tasks including patrolling, searching, arresting and assisting.

Shanhezi, Wang Chen, and Ye Ling helped a lot here. They belong to different departments. Whenever there is a task, no matter how big or small, they will call everyone together.

Occasionally Kong Xianglong would come over and everyone would complete the task together. In this way, although the military merits were shared, the speed of completion was extremely astonishing.

Especially after Zixuan heard that Xu Qing was eager for military glory, he directly issued the order as the branch manager of the Eight Sects Alliance, so the sword holders who had come out of the Eight Sects Alliance over the years also helped.

After all, Xu Qing's position is that of the palace lord's accompanying letter. This status and the brilliance make many people willing to make friends with him.

Not to mention that everyone is in an alliance.

In the past, Xu Qing was too low-key and rarely had contact with others, so no one had this opportunity.

Nowadays, everyone is willing to give Zixuan's order, and few people will reject it if it is a simple act of kindness.

So in the end, Xu Qing was able to complete six or seven tasks almost every night.

Military merit naturally begins to increase. Even if the amount is not high, watching the military merit numbers continue to increase, a sense of satisfaction will still arise in the bottom of my heart.

Such crazy acceptance of tasks also made Xu Qing's reputation spread more and more in the county capital.

As for the Prison Department, Xu Qing would also go there during the day, everything was as usual, and the little boy had no more problems.

Until this day half a month later, Xu Qing, who had just walked out of Ding Yi San Er, was about to continue to take on the mission, but before he could leave the Prison Department, his sword wielder's command sword sent an order from the Sword Holding Palace. .

"Xu Qing, come to the Sword Holding Palace!!"

Ling Jian's voice was very majestic, with an air of indifference and solemnity that could not be questioned.

…

I'm safe for now...trembling.

Most of my friends are Yang.

I feel a little panicked! !