Outside of Time

Time passes and October is halfway through.

It should be the season of cold dew, but because Qixuetong is located near the sea, it is still hot during the day.

Only at night does the wind become colder, and so does the sea. It seems that the darkness buried under the sea is filled with the moonlight, leaking out of the sea, covering the world, and seeping into the bodies of all people who practice at night, allowing them to experience the malice of winter in advance. .

At this moment, the night wind blew, and the moonlight fell on the port, spreading on every inch of the bluestone road. It also fell on Xu Qing, who had finished his day's work and walked to the berth with caution.

Xu Qing stepped on the moonlight, his figure tall and straight, his gray robe swaying as he moved forward, seemingly dancing with his long hair. From a distance, it looked like a picture of a lonely shadow under the moon.

Only the chill in the wind at night made Xu Qing feel a little cold instinctively.

It’s not the body that’s cold, but the memories left behind in the slums.

Just like the traces left by fireworks on the scroll, even if the entire scroll is finished, even if it is covered with ink and framed so that outsiders cannot see it, the scroll itself knows that the traces still exist.

In the cold wind, Xu Qing exhaled and walked faster.

It has been half a month since the last gathering with Zhou Qingpeng and others.

During the past half month, Xu Qing was on duty in the Murder Division as usual every day. He didn't wait for the promotion Zhou Qingpeng mentioned, nor did he care.

Because for Xu Qing, cultivation is his focus at this stage.

His Sea Transformation Sutra has reached the peak of the seventh level, and he is not far away from breaking through.

The same is true for Haishan Jue, which is about to reach the eighth level.

This makes Xu Qing look forward to it.

He felt that based on his current combat power, when both the Sea Transformation Scripture and the Haishan Jue broke through to the eighth level, facing himself without the Seven Blood Pupils, he would most likely be able to achieve an instant kill without any damage.

Even when he met the ancestor of the King Kong Sect again, Xu Qing felt that although he could not defeat the opponent after eight levels, if he cooperated with the shadow and went all out in the sneak attack, he would have a certain chance to fight against him.

"Soon……"

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. The enemy he most urgently wanted to kill now, besides the ancestor of the King Kong Sect, was the mermaid boy.

He feels that it won't take too long for the former to be able to kill him, while for the latter he is already looking for opportunities.

It's just a bit regretful that in the past half month, he has been carefully stalking the mermaid boy almost every day, looking for opportunities to kill him, but there are always guardians around him, making it difficult to take action.

Occasionally, the other party went out alone as the captain said, but he used a treasure to cover his aura and figure, so that there was no trace of him.

It was difficult for Xu Qing to search, but he was still patient. After some analysis, he realized that he had to find a way to leave some marks on the other party.

"If you encounter an opponent like this in the future, you must leave a mark in advance."

Xu Qing murmured, just like when he first learned how to handle corpses, he kept this in mind and moved on.

Soon, he arrived at the berth of Port 79.

Xu Qing did not encounter any malicious eyes along the way, and no one disturbed her at night.

Although he had not been in Qixuetong for a long time, Xu Qing had gradually gained some prestige. Such a prestige had greatly reduced the number of people who had ideas about him, and most of them were extremely cautious.

At this moment, as Xu Qing released the magic boat, a huge boat appeared out of thin air in an instant. When it landed on the sea, there was a roar of the sea water, and waves were scattered in all directions.

Looking at it, the hull of the ship, which is more than twenty feet long and more than three feet wide, is astonishingly powerful.

Under the moonlight, the dark ship's plank emitted a dark light, which seemed to blend with the cold light from the densely packed scales on the outside. Together with the huge and ferocious crocodile head on the bow, the boat seemed to have really turned into a statue. Giant crocodile.

Especially the numerous sharp teeth in the wide open mouth of the crocodile's head, as well as the ghostly light in its eyes, add to the awe.

If you look carefully, you can see that the scales on the outside of the boat are higher than before, and even the inside, which is invisible to outsiders, is covered with scales.

There is also a special ship bone that runs through the entire hull, forming a stronger support than before.

There is still wind surrounding it, making this beast-like Dharma boat exude a threatening atmosphere. Especially the cabin is much bigger now, and the rooms inside are also like this. There are places to rest and practice. Xu Qing even built an exclusive herbal medicine shop.

In addition, from time to time, a streak of cyan light can be seen in the hull, swimming around like a living creature. Wherever it passes, the Dharma Boat becomes stronger.

The most important thing is that there is a huge groove on the ship's board. Although there is nothing in it, the formation is dense and it is obviously left out in advance.

These are the sixth-level arks that Xu Qing built with mid-level materials after spending hundreds of spirit stones!

And the remaining groove cost him ten additional spiritual stones.

Because he had his eye on one material, which was a small piece of the skull of a giant whale. Once it was put in, his Ark would be able to break through from the sixth level to reach the peak of the seventh level based on its solidity.

It's just that the skull of this giant whale is too expensive and is one of the second-highest materials for the ark.

The price is naturally astonishing, requiring a full two hundred spirit stones.

The price was already extremely exaggerated. Xu Qing went to see it many times in the past few days and secretly gritted his teeth and decided to save up money to buy it.

"When my cultivation reaches the eighth level, when I buy the giant whale skull, and when my Dharma Boat reaches the seventh level... I will go to sea!"

Xu Qing murmured, and after making a decision, he stepped on the Dharma boat, entered the practice place, sat cross-legged on the futon, closed his eyes and practiced.

The sea breeze blew all night, and in the early morning it seemed like exhaustion gradually dissipated. As the sun fell, Xu Qing opened his eyes and started a new day.

After the search for Yejiu ceased, the work of the Murder Department was idle most of the time. Only occasionally did the Inspection Department come to apply for assistance with matters that could not be handled.

For example, today, Xu Qing just arrived at the Crime Hunting Department, and after tapping his fingers in the courtyard of the Xuanbu Team 6, he received an application for assistance from the Inspection Department.

There were not many people dispatched, six in total including the captain.

After walking out of the Crime Hunting Department, under the introduction of the captain, Xu Qing and other team members also learned that the target of assisting in the patrol this time was the Dispatch Department.

The Scheduling Department and the Water Diversion Department are the major departments in the entire port area. The former is responsible for the dispatching and arrangement of incoming and outgoing ships, while the latter is like the dispatching arm, responsible for bringing outside ships into the harbor.

Therefore, there are branches in every port. Today they are going to Port 96.

There has been a fierce conflict in the water diversion and dispatching of these ninety-six ports recently. Now, more than 100 people from the Water Diversion Department are gathering in the dispatching department, and they seem to be in a confrontation. Therefore, the dispatching department reported an inspection to mediate, but the inspection found it difficult, so Apply for assistance from the Murder Division.

After hearing the captain's mission introduction, someone among the team members spoke sarcastically.

"It seems that the key point of the conflict is the extra reward that should have been given to the Water Diversion Department of Port 96 this month. The dispatch of Port 96 was only given 10% of the previous one. No one would agree to this change."

"In addition to the daily salary, disciples in the two departments of dispatching and water diversion, because water diversion often helps dispatching work, and dispatching has a lot of extra money, so the dispatching department of each port must pay extra rewards to water diversion on time."

When Xu Qing heard this, he had a general understanding of what happened this time.

"This matter is due to the dispatch of Port 96. Some time ago, a new person in charge was appointed, that is, the core disciple Zhao Zhongheng."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

"As soon as this core member took office, he forcefully changed the rules. It is said that the reward for water diversion every month was changed from 50-50 to 90-10. The disciples of the Water Diversion Department were furious."

Xu Qing listened thoughtfully to everyone's discussion. They arrived at the dispatching department in Port 96. From a distance, the dispatching department looked like a sail spread on the ground, with large and small buildings. There are many Dharma boats parked beside them.

In front of the gate of the Dispatch Department, hundreds of people blocked the gate and confronted the disciples of the Dispatch Department inside the door. The quarrels continued, the tension became more intense, and there were more disciples around to watch.

There are also disciples from the Inspection Department who are mediating, but neither party is willing to give in, so mediation is extremely difficult.

With the slightest spark, the two parties are very likely to take action directly in this tense atmosphere.

Therefore, after seeing the murderer's arrival, the disciples of the inspection department breathed a sigh of relief, and the onlookers outside also spread out to let the murderer approach.

The captain, who was eating an apple, did not look at the tense situation between the two sides or the hard-working inspection department. Instead, he found a place to sit down in a corner not far away and watch the excitement.

The mission of the Murder Department is to calm down the two sides after they actually start fighting. The killing hasn't started yet, so you don't need to pay attention to it.

The same was true for other team members. Xu Qing followed the others and sat down. After scanning both sides, he did not see Zhao Zhongheng, but he saw an acquaintance.

This man stood at the front of everyone in the Water Diversion Department. He was a little fat man.

It was Huang Yan who generously gave him Ning Ling Ye in the medicine shop that day.

"You bastards from the Dispatch Department, you are doing this to cut off the livelihood of my Ninety-six Port water diversion disciples. Without that reward, our practice and boat refining will slow down. In this main city that is in crisis, how can we Live? You are trying to kill us. Since everyone on the left and right is dead, let’s kill you first!”

Huang Yan seemed to be the representative of the Ninety-Six Port Diversion. Although he was wearing a gray robe, he held his head high and showed no signs of hurry. His expression was even more ferocious, his voice was sharp, and he yelled with a red face and a thick neck.

In front of him, the monk standing in the gate of the dispatch department was a middle-aged monk. He was also wearing a gray robe. He was not the dispatcher of the Ninety-Six Ports, but a follower of Zhao Zhongheng.

This matter was proposed by Zhao Zhongheng. If there was a problem at this moment, the other party's identity would naturally not come out to solve it personally, so he arranged for his subordinates to come and deal with it.

At this moment, the middle-aged monk's eyes showed a cold light, and he was even more displeased. He had followed Zhao Zhongheng for a long time. Although he was a retinue, most of the disciples he met at the mountain were very respectful to him, and he also met many other core disciples. , so he had already forgotten his identity, and he didn't care about these gray-robed disciples in his heart.

Especially since he knew that his master could not change the rules, he acted forcefully at this moment.

"Within one stick of incense, if you don't want to die, get out immediately!"

As soon as he spoke, all the disciples of the Water Diversion Department were filled with murderous intent. Seeing this, the Dispatch Department's eyes also flashed with cold light.

For the disciples in various divisions in the main city of Seven Blood Eyes, who fought out of the wolf's den and stood firm without relying on others, killing... they were no strangers.

"Tell us to get out? I'll get out of your grandpa!" Huang Yan's eyes widened and he bumped directly into him. He was very fast and his body was heavy. At this moment, he started to move his hands during the roar.

The next moment, the water diversion and dispatching disciples, who had been tense for a long time, started fighting at the gate.

The roar echoed, and the fluctuations of the spell spread in all directions. A chaotic battle involving hundreds of people was staged directly in front of Xu Qing's eyes. Blood splattered everywhere, and the screams spread in all directions.

The disciples from the Inspection Department who were responsible for the mediation retreated one after another, while Xu Qing and others were still sitting there.

Xu Qing glanced at the captain on the side. The captain was eating an apple, looking very interested in the melee ahead, and occasionally cheered.

"There are too many of them, and it's a bit dangerous to fight in a melee. Let's wait until they are almost killed before we calm down. Besides, the fighting between the two departments... the sect doesn't want to see it, and most likely will come forward to stop it."

After the captain cheered, he spoke in a low voice to the team members around him.

At this moment, both sides in the melee had suffered casualties, and the roars and roars were even more intense. Xu Qing saw Huang Yan in the crowd, who was taking action like crazy with red eyes. His seventh-level Qi Condensation cultivation made his Explodes with strong lethality.

At this moment, Xu Qing saw among the crowd in the dispatch department that the middle-aged man who had confronted Huang Yan was quickly retreating, looking at Huang Yan with sinister eyes. Taking advantage of Huang Yan's back, he waved his hand violently. , and suddenly a willow leaf flying knife flew out from his sleeve.

The knife was made of a special material, somewhat transparent, and was extremely fast. There was a faint blue glow on it, as if it had been poisoned, and it flew straight towards Huang Yan's neck.

Huang Yan was in the middle of a chaotic battle and didn't notice it for a moment. Seeing that he was about to be flown closer, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and flicked his right hand. Suddenly, a drop of water formed out of thin air. It flew out at an astonishing speed and landed directly on it. On the willow leaf flying knife.

The water droplets were extremely powerful, and with a bang, the flying knife deflected and passed in front of Huang Yan.

Huang Yan's expression changed. He first looked at Xu Qing and nodded. Then his eyes fell on the middle-aged monk with a ferocious expression, and he rushed straight away with a low roar.

"Damn it!" The middle-aged monk immediately stepped back, but it was too late. Huang Yan jumped directly to catch up with him and hit him hard.

The sound of clicking was drowned out by the melee all around, and all one could see was that the middle-aged monk's expression was distorted and he quickly counterattacked.

The fighting continued with more casualties.

At this moment, the captain on the side glanced at Xu Qing, half-smiling.

Xu Qing said nothing and looked back at Huang Yan. The previous action was because Huang Yan generously gave him the Ningling Leaf that day.

And soon, as the fighting between the two departments became more and more fierce, a low roar came from a distance like thunder.

"Everyone stop it!"

As he spoke, a figure came from the distance, and a powerful and terrifying aura fell from the sky at this moment, suppressing all directions and causing all the disciples on the ground to be shaken and stopped one after another.

"It's time to get to work." The captain spoke in a low voice, stood up, and looked solemn as if he were enforcing the law. Xu Qing and other team members also stood up.

The moment they stood up, Cang Qiong's figure quickly approached, landed in mid-air, and transformed into a young man wearing a dark purple robe.

This young man had an unattractive appearance, and his eyes did not fluctuate much, but his aura was astonishing. He was standing in mid-air, looking coldly at the disciples on both sides who had stopped on the ground.