Outside of Time

The moment he saw the eyes, Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. Next to him, Ling'er blinked, said nothing, and took a few steps closer to Xu Qing.

Duanmu's eyes hidden in his palms instantly looked at Ling'er, but soon he stared at Xu Qing again.

The flashing brown bloodshot eyes revealed a hint of decay, and a fishy smell spread, covering the entire house. At the same time, there were faint shrill screams swirling around.

"This is it?" Xu Qing looked at Duanmu Zang.

"This eye is a strange thing that I harvested when I found this place. It is amazing in its ability to resist fire, but you need to subdue it. This should not be difficult for you, and it is very timid. If you threaten it a few times, it will not Dare to cause trouble."

"I once used its power to explore under the magma."

"That day under the sea of ​​fire was full of mystery, so if you practice inside, it's best not to get close to Qianzhang."

"Thousands of feet below, there is a restriction imposed by the Red Moon Temple. It is difficult for anyone to break into it. I have even seen strange beasts in the Sea of ​​Sky Fire being restrained and collapsing at the edge of a thousand feet."

Duanmu Zang looked solemn, and after speaking, he threw the eyeball in his hand to Xu Qing.

After Xu Qing caught it, the eyes were still staring at him, exuding something evil and even more malicious.

Xu Qing looked as usual, holding it in his hand and playing with it, and spoke softly.

"Senior, are there many places where the Red Moon Temple is located in the Moon Sacrifice Region, such as under the sea of ​​​​fire and forbidden places?"

Duanmu Zang took out a pot of wine given by Xu Qing, sat aside and took a sip, with a complicated look on his face, and nodded.

"Quite a few."

"For the Moon Sacrifice Territory, the Red Moon Temple is supreme. Their will determines the life and death of all living beings. If any ethnic group shows the slightest disrespect, the end will be extremely miserable."

Xu Qing thoughtfully sat opposite Duanmu Zang and continued to ask.

"Senior, I would like to know more about the Red Moon Temple. Could you tell me more?"

Duanmu Zang raised his head and looked at Xu Qing a few times.

"Boy, in the Moon Sacrifice Domain, the Red Moon Temple, like the gods, cannot be desecrated in the slightest."

"So don't provoke them. Otherwise, not only will they be able to kill you easily, they will also find ways to sacrifice you so that you will be cursed and never leave this place again."

Duanmu Zang has a cold face and a warm heart, especially during this period of contact. Based on his life experience, he has seen a lot of things, and his impression of Xu Qing is constantly changing.

So although his expression was stern, his words were reminders.

Xu Qing nodded. He knew the rules and understood that even though he possessed the Purple Moon, he could not underestimate any dependents related to the Red Moon. However, he knew very well that since he was here, sometimes even if he wanted to avoid it, he would not be able to avoid it. It will go well.

Knowing more about the Red Moon Temple would also increase the possibility of him avoiding it, so I asked for some more details.

Duanmuzang heard this, thought for a while, and then spoke slowly.

"It would be good for you to know more, so that you can better understand how terrifying the Red Moon Temple is here."

"The Red Moon Temple replaces the Red Mother in herding the Moon Sacrifice Domain. Every once in a while, all tribes will take the initiative to send out sacrifices."

"As for the Red Moon Temple, they don't care about the death of the tribe, because every time the Red Mother comes, most of the creatures in the entire Moon Sacrifice Territory will be devoured."

"So the mission of the Red Moon Temple is to collect and store food at all times before the arrival of the Red Mother. And after the Red Mother leaves, it repeatedly cultivates various races so that they can grow like crops."

Duanmu Zang's tone was calm, as if he was telling someone else's story, not his own fate.

Xu Qing listened silently.

Ling'er watched the two of them drinking. After thinking about it, she ran to the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves, and prepared to cook a meal for the two of them.

This was taught by her sister and aunt she knew. When a man is drinking, as a virtuous wife, he needs to cook a few dishes, which makes him more virtuous.

Ling'er's actions made Xu Qing couldn't help but raise his head and glance away. He hesitated to speak, but seeing that Ling'er was so interested, he didn't speak.

Although Duanmuzang also saw it, he naturally wouldn't take it to heart about such a trivial matter. He was drinking wine and telling him in detail what he knew about the Red Moon Temple.

For the locals, their understanding of the Red Moon Temple exceeds the intelligence from the outside world.

Xu Qing listened carefully until a moment later, Duanmu Zang's hoarse voice echoed.

"Calculate the time, the Red Moon Temple should be here soon. You will leave later. Remember to lower your head when you see them from a distance. They are easy to identify, they are all red."

"Generally speaking, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke them, the Red Moon Temple will not pay attention to various races and casual cultivators, just like an elephant does not care about ants."

Duanmu Zang laughed at himself.

"What they value is whether each tribe has completed preparations for the sacrifices. Those who cannot complete the preparations will have their tribes counted."

"For example, more than forty years ago, the Baidian tribe living in the north failed to fulfill the temple's requirements, so a divine envoy came with some divine servants and harvested 70% of the tribe's people to make up for it."

"What kind of cultivation is the divine envoy?" Xu Qing asked.

"Exactly how many divine envoys there are in the Red Moon Temple, outsiders don't know. They have different ethnic groups, and their cultivation levels are all Guixu. The divine servants are Lingzang, and those below Lingzang are the divine slaves."

Xu Qing was thoughtful, thought for a while and then spoke.

"Is there a son of God?"

"Yes!" Duanmu Zang's eyes showed fear.

"There is a son of God in the Red Moon Temple. It is said that he is the true descendant of the Red Moon. His cultivation level is unknown. But in fact, for him, his cultivation level is no longer important. What is important is the power of the gods he possesses."

"And... he can exempt the designated person from the fate of becoming food, so that they will not be devoured when the Red Mother arrives."

Duanmu Zang sighed.

"This alone can drive countless strong men crazy, and they are willing to do anything to obtain this exemption."

When Xu Qing heard this, an undetectable light flashed deep in his eyes. He did not continue to ask Hong Yue, but asked about the strength of the alliance between the Tianhuohai clan.

After all, here, what he is most directly facing now is the search of these two clans.

"These two clans have six Lingzangs, including their respective ancestors. As for Guixu..."

Duanmu Zang shook his head.

"No."

"Because Guixu Great Nun has the best taste, as long as one appears, it will be marked by the Red Moon Temple. You can imagine that it is the ripening of the fruit. Although it will not be processed, it is equivalent to being on the menu."

"So those spiritual treasures in the Great Perfection of the Moon Sacrifice Domain are restrained and will not break through if they can."

"If you go to the menu, you will die, but if you don't go to the menu, you may still have a certain chance of saving your life. Although this probability is extremely low, it is the only way to survive."

Xu Qing realized clearly that he had been wondering why the two clans had not returned to the void before, but now he had the answer.

Duanmu Zang continued to speak.

"As for the Mirror Shadow Clan and the Tianmian Clan, they are just two small ethnic groups. Of the six spiritual treasure troves within them, only two ancestors have truly assembled a complete secret treasure trove."

"Others, such as the national master, are only in the process of cultivating the secret way of heaven and are still cultivating the way to enlightenment."

Xu Qing didn't know much about Ling Zang. It was too far away from him, so he never asked his master. This was also the first time he heard the explanation of Ling Zang.

"Nurture the Tao and enlighten the Ming?" Xu Qing noticed these four words.

Duanmu Zang nodded.

"Only by giving birth to one's own way of heaven and raising the star of enlightenment within one's own secret treasure, can one demonstrate the power of one's own laws. This can be considered as a complete secret treasure, and one can truly become a powerful spiritual treasurer."

"And this stage is extremely difficult. Cultivation and more resources are only part of it. Understanding the power of the law and giving birth to the way of heaven is the key."

"So the vast majority of spiritual treasures actually stay at this stage, which is called Yang Dao Qiming."

"For Nascent Soul, the spiritual treasures in the stage of cultivating the Tao are indeed very powerful, but for those who have truly completed the first secret treasure, the practice of cultivating the Tao is not yet complete, and it is not eye-catching."

"Like before and after building the foundation of life fire."

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

"I don't know what it's like in the outer realm, but in the Moon Sacrifice Territory, out of a thousand spiritual treasures, only one or two can successfully give birth to the Way of Heaven and complete the first secret treasure."

"As for the others, they all stay in the cultivation of the Tao, and they are severely damaged in the cultivation of the Tao. Because the secret treasure has not been completely formed, once it collapses, the cultivation level will also fall."

Xu Qing glanced at Duanmu Zang, and he thought of what Tian Huo Hai had seen Duanmu Zang before, and the collapsed secret treasure that rose up behind him.

"That's how I am, so I know more clearly the fine line between the powerful and the weak in the spiritual treasure trove of the cultivation and enlightenment stage."

Noticing Xu Qing's gaze, Duanmu Zang spoke lightly.

Xu Qing nodded and was about to speak when Ling'er ran over with two plates of dark side dishes and placed them on their table. She looked at Xu Qing and Duanmu Zang expectantly.

Xu Qing showed a smile on his face, picked up the chopsticks, took a bite, put it in his mouth and chewed slowly, then he looked appreciative and took a sip of wine.

Duanmu Zang was stunned for a moment, looked at the dark side dish, then looked at Xu Qing's admiring expression, and finally when he looked at Ling'er, he found that the other party was also looking at him.

So Duanmu Zang also took a bite.

His expression was as usual. After swallowing it slowly, he took a sip of wine and glanced at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing also glanced at Duanmu Zang.

Duanmu Zang showed admiration on his face, and then looked at Ling'er with admiration.

"very nice."

Ling'er was immediately happy.

Xu Qing smiled and continued eating, but Duanmu Zang coughed when he saw this.

"I still have a furnace of elixirs to check out, so I'll leave first." After saying that, he stood up, blurred, and disappeared into the house.

"Is it so delicious? I'll try it too." Ling'er was excited and just about to eat, Xu Qing had already put the last bite into his mouth.

Ling'er was satisfied. Seeing that Xu Qing was about to meditate, she ran to the side and took out the half-made clothes and continued to process them. This was the knowledge she learned from her sister and aunt.

"You must let Brother Xu Qing wear the clothes I made."

Thinking of the future scene, Ling'er felt beautiful and became more and more serious.

Just like that, the last ten days flew by.

Perhaps because parting was approaching, the ancestor of the King Kong Sect stopped breaking chapters and sped up his story telling, and finally came to a complete story before the sky fire dissipated.

And no matter how nervous Ling'er was, she slowly felt the separation, and a feeling of nostalgia arose in her heart.

After more than two months of contact, she had developed some feelings for this place, so she kept many of the elixirs she owned.

The little girl was also reluctant to leave Xu Qing's place and came more often. Until the third day before leaving, Xu Qing called out to the little girl who was about to leave.

"Panyan, sit across from me."

Xu Qingwen said softly, "Shi Panyan" is the name of the little girl.

"is teacher!"

The little girl trusted Xu Qing very much and sat directly in front of Xu Qing.

Xu Qing raised his hand and pressed it between the little girl's eyebrows.

"Don't resist."

Hearing this, the little girl simply closed her eyes.

After a long time, Xu Qing shook his head secretly, feeling a little regretful.

He wanted to give it a try to see if he could resolve the curse of the red moon in the opponent's body, and also wanted to study the principle of the curse.

But unfortunately, with Xu Qing's current ability, he cannot undo the curse from his bloodline. He needs more research and experiments.

It's just that such an experiment must contain blood, involving dissection and the examination of every inch of flesh and blood. Xu Qing didn't want to try it on a human race.

"Pan Yan." Xu Qing said softly.

The little girl quickly opened her eyes.

"I'm leaving in a few days."

The little girl was silent, her eyes were a little red, her head was lowered and she didn't speak.

She had known about this day for a long time and was mentally prepared for it, but the moment Xu Qing's words came out, she still trembled in her heart.

Looking at her, Xu Qing's mind came to her mind about the other party's efforts and seriousness in the past two months, and her desire for knowledge, which made Xu Qing very familiar. After a long time, Xu Qing made a decision.

He took out a pharmacopoeia from his storage bag.

After stroking it gently for a few times, Xu Qing thought of Master Bai, and then handed it to the little girl.

"My teacher left this for me. Today, I give it to you."

The little girl raised her trembling hands, took it, and hugged it tightly in her arms. When she looked at Xu Qing, there was a deep reluctance in her eyes, and she hesitated to speak.

But she knew that the teacher and herself were in two different worlds, so her thousands of words ultimately turned into kowtows.

She kowtowed to Xu Qing nine times.

Xu Qing accepted it frankly and gave some advice.

"You must study this pharmacopoeia carefully in the future. Go back. There is no need to come here again."

The little girl stood up silently, and her thin figure walked lonely to the door. Standing there, she turned her head and looked at Xu Qing again, tears in her eyes could not help falling.

"Teacher, can I still see you?"

Xu Qing raised his head and looked at the eleven or twelve-year-old little girl in front of him. He understood her thoughts because a similar scene had happened to him.

So he had a gentle smile on his face and nodded.

"Heaven and earth are the guest houses of all living beings, and time is the passerby from the past to the present. As long as we don't die, we will meet each other eventually. I hope that the day I see you again, you will have become a talent."

The little girl remembered this sentence and kept it firmly in her heart. She took a deep breath, bowed to Xu Qing, and slowly left the house.

Walking under the night, she felt depressed, hugging the pharmacopoeia tightly in her arms, as if holding hope, and murmuring in her mouth.

"As long as we don't die, we will meet again eventually!"

Xu Qing stared at the little girl's back. He thought of Master Bai and himself.

"Teacher, I have accepted a disciple of Cao Mu. Her name is Shi Panyan. This little guy studies very hard."

Xu Qing whispered in her heart and closed her eyes.

In this world, there is no banquet that lasts forever. With the return of the sky fire from the outside world, Xu Qing took Ling'er and left the city of fireflies in the dark world three days later.

Before leaving, Ling'er hugged those sisters and aunts and started crying.

The ancestor of the King Kong Sect was also surrounded by many people who were listening to the book. They were all silent, showing deep reluctance.

Duanmu Zang stood beside Xu Qing, looking at all this and sighing in his heart.

Xu Qing looked up at the crowd.

He saw Shi Pangui standing in the distance with his wife and sister, bidding farewell to him.

The little girl lowered her head, as if she didn't want Xu Qing to see her tears, and her body shivered.

Staring at all this, Xu Qing was silent for a moment and spoke softly.

"Senior, send me out."

After saying that, Xu Qing turned around and walked away.

Leaving the city, leaving the tomb.

Ling'er ended her transformation and returned to Xu Qing's collar. The ancestor of the Vajra Sect also returned to the fish bones, feeling a little melancholy.

Outside the abandoned mine, Xu Qing not only kept the wine, he also gave most of the spiritual stones and elixirs in the storage bag to Duanmu Zang, as well as some magical weapons.

The two looked at each other, each nodded, each blessing.

Then, one turned back and walked into the mine, and the other got up and headed straight into the sky.

On the sky, the flames were no longer visible, returning to the darkness of the past. Only in the distance in the direction of the sea of ​​​​fire, the raging fire could be seen.

The earth was withered, the mountain peaks became more irregular, wrinkled and piled together, and no vegetation could survive.

The whole world was in ruins, but at the same time there was a lingering warmth.

Xu Qing roared in the sky, slowly suppressing the thoughts of separation in his heart. He was used to separation, and he had been like this since he was a child.

But some things, no matter how accustomed they are, will still cause waves.

But as you grow up, you can hide it deeper.

A few days later, Xu Qing saw the Sea of ​​Sky Fire. The sea was the same as usual, with no changes. Magma flowers bloomed from time to time, and there were rumbling explosions.

Flying over the sea of ​​sky fire, Xu Qing didn't see anyone along the way.

For the monks from the nearby ethnic groups, the Sky Fire has just ended, and the first thing they have to do is to participate in the reconstruction, so there are very few people like Xu Qing who come to the Sky Fire Sea for the first time.

On the empty Skyfire Sea, Xu Qing galloped all the way, as if he was the only one left in the world.

But he was still cautious and wanted to go further to a remote place before refining the life lamp.

Just like that, another seven days passed.

When Xu Qing completely penetrated into the sea of ​​​​fire, he saw a red light at dusk on the seventh day.

The source of the light is an incomparably huge heart. It is beating, emitting a pounding sound that echoes around the world, forming an astonishing pressure that changes the color of the world and makes the wind and clouds move.

On this huge heart, there is a red palace built with a simple shape. While it is filled with blood, there is also a strong red mother's divine power rising inside.

The most eye-catching thing is the statue erected in front of the palace.

A statue was kneeling there, covering its eyes with its hands and bleeding from its orifices.

As for the heart, there are dozens of meteorites of different sizes floating around. The color was originally black, but due to the blood covering it, it turned purple.

On each meteorite, there is a monk sitting cross-legged, from all races. They are motionless, raising their hands to cover their eyes, blood flowing from their bodies, spreading across the meteorite.

No one spoke, only the sound of the heart replaced all language as the blood light spread.

Red Moon Temple.

Xu Qing saw it from a distance, and his body immediately sank into the magma. He narrowed his eyes and stared silently.

The huge heart gradually arrived in the sky, carrying the surrounding meteorites, ignoring everything, whizzing past the sea of ​​​​sky fire, with an unknown destination.

In the Moon Sacrifice Domain, they are gods.

When any ethnic group sees it, they either worship it or avoid it, and no one dares to stop it.

After a while, as they went away, Xu Qing emerged from the magma and looked into the distance.

After a long while, he moved forward again.

Three more days passed, and Xu Qing finally selected an area. After deciding to refine it here, he took out the eyeball lent to him by Duanmuzang and looked over it.

Those eyes stared at him, not giving in at all.

Xu Qing said nothing. He thought of Duanmu Zang's words about surrendering to it, so just in case, he called the shadow.

Immediately, shadows appeared around Xu Qing, forming a black curtain, which finally floated in the air. The twinkling stars inside all opened up and turned into countless eyes, staring at the eyeball in Xu Qing's hand.

The eyeballs trembled obviously as they looked at so many eyes.

Xu Qing looked cold and threw it towards the black screen.

"You communicate with it."

All the eyes in the black curtain blinked instantly, and evil spiritual fluctuations were heard, covering the eyeballs.

When he vomited it out after a while, his eyes were obviously sluggish and trembling, exuding fear.

Xu Qing took a look, then called out the ancestor of the Vajra Sect, and wiped the eyeball with his fish bone.

Every time he wiped it, the ancestor of the King Kong Sect would laugh ferociously, while his eyeballs would keep trembling.

Finally, when Xu Qing picked it up and entered it into the magma, the brown bloodshot eyes immediately spread obediently and quickly enveloped the surroundings, insulating Xu Qing from the surrounding heat.

Although it showed fear and looked very weak in front of the shadow and the ancestor of the King Kong Sect, under this sea of ​​fire, it was able to resolve the scorching heat that even Xu Qing could not bear, which was very strange.

All things are interdependent, and this is clearly reflected in this eyeball.

Xu Qing thoughtfully continued to sink with the help of his eyeballs.

As for the shadow, in order to prevent any evil thoughts from suddenly appearing in the eyeball, Xu Qing never took it back.

In this way, when he sank to a depth of about a hundred feet, Xu Qing stopped. After sitting cross-legged and meditating, he slightly inhaled a trace of the flame that was not isolated from the outside world.

Just a trace of it made Xu Qing feel that his life was about to be burned out. Fortunately, the amount was very small, and the purple crystal quickly swallowed it up in a flash.

Then, a much stronger light than before reflected into Xu Qing's sea of ​​consciousness, illuminating the residual immortal-killing lamp clearly and instantly.

The next moment, the lamp began to melt.

The speed of dissolution was much faster than before. Seeing this, Xu Qing's heart was excited. While he was concentrating on it, the shadow was also working extremely hard, staring at the eyeballs, and continued to exude the thought of hunger.

Eyeballs were frightened, trying hard to resolve the heat under the magma.

Time passed slowly. Seven days later, Xu Qing's Immortal-killing Lamp completely melted. As the sea of ​​consciousness churned, and as the thousand-foot vortex spread under the magma, the fourth sundial lamp appeared!

The dial needle on it moved, and different times appeared in Xu Qing's body, affecting the outside world.

It's just that you are under a hundred feet of magma. Although the fluctuations here are not small, they only make waves on the surface of the magma. Coupled with the remote location and the openness of the sea of ​​​​fire, it does not attract any attention.

Until another seven days passed, Xu Qing opened his eyes, and a thousand-foot whirlpool formed around him again. In his sea of ​​consciousness, five sundials were completely formed.

A terrifying wave rose from Xu Qing's body as the fifth sundial appeared.

The five sundials, the shadows of the hands are all rotating, and the time is seven hours apart, each one is different!

Staring at them, Xu Qing fell into deep thought until a few hours later, when the shadow of the pointer of the first sundial light fell on noon, its light stopped turning and the pointer stopped moving.

A sense of enlightenment emerged in Xu Qing's heart.

"Next, the other four lights should also stop at noon one after another, and when their times coincide, there should be a special ability displayed..."

Xu Qing wasn't very clear about what this ability was, but he knew with his vague sense that this would be a major explosion of the power of the sundial.