Outside of Time

The map slips given by the captain obviously did not focus on this area before, so the records were not very detailed, but only gave general outlines.

But it also stated that the alliance between these two races was not human race.

They are the Mirror Shadow Clan and the Sky Face Clan.

The one who appeared in front of Xu Qing and asked for directions was the Mirror Shadow Clan.

The bodies of this tribe are mirrors, starting from the small lenses of their young bodies until they grow to be extremely huge.

Belongs to one of the weird ethnic groups.

It is also a new ethnic group that appeared after the arrival of the residual face of the gods.

The members of this clan are both male and female and reproduce extremely quickly. Their talent is that they can reflect their enemies in their own mirrors, thereby controlling them to a certain extent.

Some even like to enslave foreigners and become parasitic themselves.

But being able to do this requires a stronger talent, and only the noble stomach in this clan can do it.

The people of the Mirror Shadow Clan who are blocking Xu Qing at this moment are just the border guards of this clan. Most of their cultivations are like foundation building, which is similar to Xu Qing's current status.

Therefore, they dared to face Xu Qing without hiding their malice. It seemed that as long as Xu Qing could not express his identity, they would rush out and kill him in an instant.

After all, in their eyes, the human race is just an inferior race.

Xu Qing had no expression on his face and looked at these Mirror Shadow Clan members with cold eyes. He remembered the malicious looks in their eyes.

But this was not the time to take action. After all, this place belonged to the opponent, so Xu Qing swept over them and focused on looking at himself reflected in the mirror.

Then he took out the Yin Yang Huajian Zong Jade Slip given by the captain and threw it over. He looked to see how the other party touched the real object.

The next moment, a member of the Mirror Shadow Clan, with the figure of Xu Qing reflected in the mirror, stretched out his hand from the mirror.

This man's hand was the same as Xu Qing's in the mirror, but when he stretched it out, it turned into a black air. He grabbed the jade slip and seemed to be inspecting it.

Soon, they found out the results, and each of them frowned.

The malice and greed in his eyes did not dissipate too much. He looked at Xu Qing repeatedly, obviously unwilling to let him leave like this.

Xu Qing's eyes were cold, and the two sides faced off.

After a while, the members of the Mirror Shadow clan looked at each other and chose to restrain themselves.

Obviously, the effect of the tiger skin of the Yin Yang Huajian Clan still exists, so in the end, these Mirror Shadow Clan full-backs fell to the ground again, merged into the ground, and disappeared.

Xu Qing took a look at the place where they hid. The dark black soil there was everything as usual.

This scene made Xu Qing feel strange in his heart.

"Why do they blend into the ground?"

Xu Qing was confused, this point was not marked on the jade slips on the map.

So Xu Qing paid attention to this matter, and after taking back the jade slip, he walked towards the distance and entered the place where the two races were aligned.

Although the ground here is also dark black, the dusk in the sky is different from that over the small altar. I wonder if it is because it is close to the Sea of ​​Sky Fire, but the sky here is obviously brighter.

And the earth was finally free of pits of bones.

Villages and towns came into Xu Qing's sight as he moved forward.

It is different from human towns.

The cities of the Mirror Clan are often made of clay and look dark, like earthen castles.

Xu Qing walked along and saw a lot, all like this.

Even larger cities are, at best, just earthen fortresses with a more complex scope and structure.

Looking at it as a whole, it is full of grayness and roughness.

In the Mirror Shadow Clan, everything is quiet. There are no jokes or bustling here. There are only mirrors, walking around in the castle, and occasionally seeing flying.

All the Mirror Shadow Clan don't seem to like to speak too much, and they can often communicate with each other just by looking at each other.

Such a group is destined to be xenophobic.

The appearance of Xu Qing attracted their attention. Malicious eyes continued to glance from all directions along the way, but Xu Qing had not yet encountered anyone who took the initiative.

As for the Mirror Shadow Clan, not everyone is a cultivator, and there are more ordinary people. However, none of their bodies have a complete mirror surface, and there are cracks in them. There are as few as seven or eight, and there are countless more.

The latter often have a feeling of weakness and death.

In addition, they have different shapes, some are human-shaped, some are animal-shaped, and they all look dirty.

There were even some pieces of countless broken lenses pieced together, which was very strange. At the same time, Xu Qing also discovered that there was still a human race in the alliance between these two races.

It's just that the human race is obviously a disadvantaged group here, and its number is not large. Most of them live in the city of the Mirror Clan and have a low status.

When they saw Xu Qing, most of them looked numb.

Xu Qing looked at these and was unable to change.

Although this place is not very far from the human area, especially after the return of the Shenglan tribe, there is only a long river of sacrifice to the Yin, but no one can resolve the curse of this area.

In fact, the human race is also like this in other domains. Due to the unification of the Ancient Emperor Xuanyou, too many domains in the Wanggu Continent were the territory of the human race. Therefore, the subsequent defeat of the Dongsheng Human Emperor resulted in countless human races being separated. It's hard to come back.

After one generation, there may have been a rise, but most of them have become a lower-class ethnic group.

Some of them still know that they are human beings, while others have slowly forgotten them after tens of thousands of years, and their bloodlines are also extremely mixed.

Others are looking in the direction of the human royal capital, longing to return.

However, the long journey and the intricate relationships between various domains make only the strong qualified to return, while countless ordinary people do not have this ability.

They can only wait. One day, a new ancient emperor of the human race may appear and unify the ancients, allowing them to return.

After tens of thousands of years of waiting, today, it has become an increasingly hopeless luxury for generations of people.

Ling'er also sighed at all this.

Because the Ancient Spirit Clan is also like this. They waited longer and longer, but still got no results.

Although the Ancient Spirit Emperor seemed to be still there, Lingyuan's experience made Ling'er question the Ancient Spirit Emperor in her heart. She didn't know if he was still the Spirit Emperor who once led the Ancient Spirit Clan to unify the ancient world.

Seeing this, Xu Qing could only leave silently, stepping into the Tianmian Clan from the Mirror Shadow Clan.

The land where this tribe is located has few plains and is dominated by mountains.

They are also a strange tribe, but their bodies are made of flesh and blood, but all the tribesmen wear masks on their faces, or the masks are their faces.

As for the body shape, it is similar to the human race, but taller.

Most of the clan members are more than one foot tall, and the masks on their faces do not have regular facial features, but have various patterns.

The evil in them is stronger than that of the Mirror Shadow Clan. Wherever Xu Qing goes, everyone who sees him is ready to act.

But the aura coming from Xu Qing's body made many Tianmian clan members restrain their malice, but there were also some who turned their backs.

Xu Qing encountered several ambushes while walking along the mountains.

The results can be imagined.

The cities of this clan are equally tall, and have an unpleasant stench that makes people uncomfortable.

But the people of this tribe have obviously been breathing in the smell here all year round, so they can't smell it. They have long been completely accustomed to everything here.

Xu Qing did not see the human race here.

He just saw a restaurant in a Tianmian clan's city.

The store owner is an old couple from the Tianmian tribe, and the masks on their faces are full of kindness. However, among the large amounts of meat bones hanging at the door, there are human bones and bones of their own tribe.

If you are weak, you will be devoured.

Either way, it's actually the same.

When we were in Nanhuang Continent, the phenomenon of cannibalism was not uncommon at the bottom.

"Troubled times..."

Xu Qing sighed softly and left here until he reached the destination of his trip at the border of the Tianmian Clan.

Sky and sea of ​​fire.

What caught Xu Qing's eyes was an endless red-red magma, with flames rising above it, as if they were eternal, covering his sight.

This area was so big that even if Xu Qing took off to see it, he still couldn't see the end.

The sky here was also brightly illuminated by the sea of ​​fire. As the fire burned into the sky, extreme high temperatures spread from the front.

There are also bursts of roars echoing in the sea of ​​​​fire, and sometimes you can see bubbles exploding on the surface of the magma, splashing a large amount of ground fire, as if a world-destroying flower has bloomed.

After staring for a moment, Xu Qing's body rushed out, roaring forward above the world-destroying flowers as they exploded.

He didn't plan to absorb the fire here immediately, but was going to take an overall look and find the most suitable place to practice.

After all, he didn't know if some strange phenomena would appear when he was refining the life lamp, which would cause unnecessary trouble and prying eyes.

And there are not many monks here.

After all, there is still a way for the fire here to get to the outside world. After being preserved to a certain extent, it is very powerful. It is also helpful for refining elixirs and refining weapons.

Therefore, it has the value of becoming a commodity.

There are even some who are good at cultivating the Way of Fire and will choose to practice here.

Therefore, whether it is an outsider or a local cultivator, Xu Qing can be seen from time to time while flying.

Some of them are alone, some are in groups, and they are from all ethnic groups.

And they are usually wary of each other. When outsiders approach, they will immediately reveal their evil intentions and quickly distance themselves.

But overall, there are still mostly monks from the Mirror Shadow Clan and Tianmian Clan.

Having been dealing with this sea of ​​​​fire all year round, they naturally have many ways to avoid the heat here and improve their resistance here.

At the same time, Xu Qing also discovered something special. There were some monks here, holding something like a compass in their hands, and they seemed to be looking for something as they moved forward.

Xu Qing pondered, his understanding of this sea of ​​​​sky fire was not comprehensive, and it was not a suitable place to inquire, so he made habitual observations.

In this way, during this observation, Xu Qing was galloping across the sea of ​​fire. Although his speed was somewhat restrained, it was not slow. It only took three days, but he still did not see the end of the sea of ​​fire.

"This area is too big. If you want to visit it all, it will take a long time..."

But for those monks holding compasses, Xu Qing also saw answers in these three days.

They were looking for a white stone.

This kind of stone seems to be a natural formation of this sea of ​​fire. It is similar to the spirit stone, but it is obviously more valuable and not in large quantity. It is often hidden under the magma and requires a compass to sense it and collect it.

Xu Qing saw this from a distance.

But the other party was extremely vigilant and showed hostility. Xu Qing knew what was appropriate, so he never came close and left quickly after clearing up his doubts.

After flying for several more days, until he was completely deep into the sea of ​​fire, and few monks could see him around, Xu Qing gave up his original idea.

"It's better to try it here first!"

Xu Qing groaned, lowered his head and looked at the sea, then raised his hand to spread out the protection and landed on Ling'er.

Ling'er knew that Xu Qing wanted to practice, so he obediently didn't bother him and just said something in a crisp voice.

"Brother Xu Qing, we will definitely succeed. My talent can now be shown to some extent, and I can help Brother Xu Qing feel whether there are bad people around!"

Xu Qing smiled. In this strange world, he had seen darkness these days, but with Ling'er's company, he didn't feel lonely at all.

So after nodding, Xu Qing arranged everything, with anticipation in his eyes, and headed straight to the sea below.

Falling down instantly, flames rose around him, and the purple crystal in Xu Qing's body actively vibrated.

As Xu Qing opened his mouth and inhaled, the surrounding flames rushed straight into his mouth. After Xu Qing swallowed it, he thought for a moment and raised his hand to touch the surface of the magma.

The temperature is very high.

But the hand is fine.

"My body should be able to withstand it." Xu Qing thought of this and sank directly into the magma.

When most of his body was integrated, Xu Qing took a breath. He felt the extreme high temperature wrapping himself, and the hot feeling caused a stinging pain.

"It can't go any further."

Xu Qing groaned, while being alert to all directions, he opened his mouth and continued to inhale the surrounding flames.

Soon, the purple crystal in his body shone with six rays of light under the constant absorption, completely reflecting Xu Qing's sea of ​​consciousness.

Under this light, the mist of life became less blurry, and the five life lamps inside became clearer and clearer.

Xu Qing was full of expectations. Although he could not control the direction of the light formed by the purple crystal, as long as the life mist was reflected from the sea of ​​consciousness, the first thing to be reflected would be the big black umbrella life lamp.

The life lamp he had obtained from the Mermaid Island Temple back then was showing signs of melting again under the reflection of these six rays of light.

The tip formed by an umbrella rib is no longer sharp, gradually becomes rounded, and slowly becomes irregular, until it finally turns into a drop of liquid and falls down.

This drop of liquid hit the sea of ​​​​consciousness, like thunder roaring in Xu Qing's mind.

As his body trembled, wisps of strange substances from the life lamp scattered in his sea of ​​consciousness and merged into his blood.

Everything is the same as what Xu Qing has verified before.

Xu Qing's eyes flashed, he took a deep breath, sucked in more flames, formed six purple lights again, and continued refining.

An hour later, the second drop of liquid dripped from the big black umbrella life lamp. In the process, the Nascent Soul formed by the life lamp also transformed. As the life lamp melted, it began to form a lake.

Xu Qing immediately paused and observed carefully.

After confirming that his Nascent Soul was not damaged, but was blended with it in the melting lamp of life, Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and continued.

Just like that, three days passed.

Under sufficient flames, Xu Qing continued to melt the life lamp, and his big black umbrella was gradually melted away by 30%.

At this moment, it no longer looks like a life lamp, but a broken umbrella.

And the concentration of the mysterious substance that made up the life lamp in his bloodline also increased accordingly.

Xu Qing had a strong feeling that when the concentration reached a certain level, he would most likely be able to create his own life lantern.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing's breathing quickened slightly, but he still restrained himself and continued to absorb the flames, got up and left the place quickly.

After continuing on for a day, I changed my position and sank into the magma again, absorbing it again.

Being in an unfamiliar environment, Xu Qing's vigilance and caution seemed to be back to when he first joined the Seven Blood Boys.

He knew that he could not stay in one place for too long, otherwise the level of danger would increase.

After changing positions, Xu Qing first looked around to make sure there was no obstruction.

"It's a pity that this sea of ​​fire is not suitable for setting up formations, otherwise it could be much simpler."

Xu Qing murmured, and after thinking for a while, his body slowly molded into the lake, turning into the translucent state of the Weiyou tribe.

In this way, he hides himself and then absorbs the surrounding flames.

The black umbrella life lamp, which was already in shape, melted again under the continuous light from the purple crystal. However, the closer it was to the end, the slower the melting of the life lamp was.

This is especially true for the location of the lampstand.

So three days later, when Xu Qing changed positions again, the melting of the life lamp was estimated to be 50%.

"It doesn't matter, there's enough time!"

Xu Qing was not in a hurry, and continued to maintain his own rhythm, never staying in any place for more than three days, changing positions again and again, and absorbing it again and again.

In this way, his big black umbrella life lamp gradually melted from 50% to 60%, 70%, 80%...

During this period, some red crystals also formed from his body. Every time one was formed, he immediately took it away.

Xu Qing was not sure what this thing was, but it was not good to be exposed.

And his caution is not useless.

"High-grade Skyfire Crystal!

"

On the Skyfire Sea, a small team of Mirror Shadow Clan monks were galloping forward in mid-air.

They are different from the clansmen Xu Qing saw in the Mirror Shadow Clan. Their bodies are not mirror bodies, but have flesh bodies, but their appearances are inconsistent with each other. The flesh bodies come from various clans.

And between each eyebrow, there is a diamond-shaped lens, which is red in color, without any cracks or dirt, and looks extremely transparent.

They are the noble queens in the Mirror Shadow Clan, their bloodline is far beyond that of ordinary people, and they have enslaved foreigners to become their own puppet bodies.

The person in charge was a mirror-image monk with three pairs of wings on his back. His whole body was covered with pitch-black scales. He held a compass in his right hand, with a location marked on it, shining with bright red light.

"I'm lucky today, I actually found a high-grade Skyfire Crystal!"

"Most of these high-grade skyfire crystals are hidden in the extremely deep seabed. Occasionally, a few will surge out with the explosion of magma flowers, but the number is not large."

"Let's go quickly. If we go too late and are found by other parties, there will be another fight." These Mirror Shadow Clan monks whispered, their expressions excited, and accelerated forward. But the next moment, their expressions changed, and the red dot on the compass in the hands of the leader disappeared directly. "Damn, it was taken away!" "Let's continue to go and see who took the crystal!" Similar things did not happen only to them. At this moment, there were some monks on another sea surface, each of whom had made some investigations, and some even noticed that it was not the first time. "It appears once every two or three days, and disappears instantly every time it appears." "How did the cultivator who obtained the Sky Fire Crystal find and take it away so quickly?" Farther away, the cultivators from the Sky Face Clan also used the compass to notice this scene. Outsiders did not know the meaning of the top-grade Sky Fire Crystal, but they who have been here for many years knew its value too well. "There must be a reason why these sacrificial objects can appear in such a short time!"

"Please ask the national master to come. His compass can locate more accurately and even penetrate the fireproof box to a certain extent!"

When the outside world was turbulent, Xu Qing was melting the life lamp in his body with all his heart and soul. At this moment, his black umbrella life lamp had melted to more than 90%, and it was only a little away from complete dissolution.

"One day at most!"

Xu Qing looked around with a strange light in his eyes. Although he didn't know the waves in the outside world, Canglong had sent warnings many times these days, which made Xu Qing more vigilant.

So he looked down at the magma that submerged his chest, gritted his teeth, sent Ling'er into his Canglong Palace, and then sank into the magma.

In an instant, the magma covered everything, and everything around was normal.

Xu Qing's breath was also wiped out by the magma.

But he couldn't sink too deep, at most half a foot deep. In the indescribable heat that permeated his whole body, Xu Qing gritted his teeth and rushed in the magma.

In this way, he completely dispersed his own breath and traces.

Until he was far away from the previous position, he reached his limit and then crossed his knees again, absorbing the whole body.

The next moment, endless flames poured into Xu Qing's body, and the purple crystal shook slightly, emitting more rays of light.

In this way, time slowly passed.

Ten hours passed in a flash, and Xu Qing's Black Umbrella Life Lamp made a sound of shattering. The last bit of residue left finally turned into a drop of turbid liquid and dripped into Xu Qing's sea of ​​consciousness.

With a sound of winter, the water droplets exploded, and the lingering sound continued.

The Black Umbrella Life Lamp, which took nearly a month, completely dissolved.

The lingering sound echoed, like the wind blowing on the water, raising endless ripples, and blowing the sky, causing rolling thunder and rumbling explosions.

At this moment, Xu Qing's body trembled violently and uncontrollably. He was in the magma, and his eyes suddenly opened, fearless of the heat. A cloud of mist quickly filled his eyes, twisting and changing, making it immune to the invasion of magma.

At this moment, the concentration of the mysterious substance that makes up the life lamp in his blood has reached its extreme.

As the thunder continued to roar and the magma around Xu Qing churned, a huge vortex appeared in the sea of ​​fire with Xu Qing as the center.

The vortex was twisted in all directions, and the speed of its rotation was obviously very fast, but in the sea of ​​fire area outside the range of a thousand feet, it seemed that it was not noticed and was not pulled at all. Everything was normal.

Only within a thousand feet, time seemed different.

In the extreme rotation of the vortex, Xu Qing sat cross-legged in it, with light shining on his body. A breath of life leaping forward was forming and erupting in his body.

And a bigger storm occurred in Xu Qing's sea of ​​consciousness, where the big black umbrella life lamp disappeared.

One after another, purple silk threads spread out from Xu Qing's body and gathered there.

Under this continuous integration, a new life lamp is forming.

This life lamp is completely based on Xu Qing's bloodline, and it is unique in this world!

Any ancient emperor, any master, their life lamps are shaped like this.

And from ancient times to the present, those who can achieve the status of master after the arrival of the remnant of the gods are rare in the entire Wanggu Continent.

So, the appearance of the new life lamp is also like this.

But at this moment, such a life lamp that has never appeared in the world is being born!

The first thing that appeared was a purple round jade plate, which stood tilted, with twelve hours of scales appearing around it. There were a lot of runes on each scale, making this purple jade plate look extremely complex and full of mystery.

And in the middle, at this moment, under the gathering of Xu Qing's purple silk, a sundial needle standing on it gradually formed!

There was also a group of lights, with the sundial needle as the center, floating up and rotating around.

If you look closely at this light, you can see that the person sitting cross-legged inside is Xu Qing's Nascent Soul!

The light he emitted fell on the sundial needle, forming a pointer-like shadow with the disk, and it was moving slowly!

This is... a sundial!

Xu Qing's life lamp!

The plate is made of purple jade and the needle is made of blue gold.

The lights surround the sky and the years become shadows.

It is the movement of the sundial that makes time eternal, competing with the sky for time and no day changes!

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