Outside of Time

Gray-brown bones are scattered on the black beach. Some are weathered and rough like frosted sand, and some seem to have been around for a short time, with pieces of rotting meat still hanging on them.

The sea breeze blew up and stirred up the gravel on the ground, which piled up and curled up in the skulls of humans and animals.

The entire Sea Lizard Island reflected in Xu Qing's eyes, full of gloom and cruelty. Only the sunset glow like a red leaf falling on the beach seemed to cover their death with a tomb cloth.

Unfortunately, this grave cloth is also red.

Xu Qing retracted his gaze and looked at the remaining bones around him. In the gradually darkening world, he walked calmly towards the jungle. As he got closer, his figure disappeared.

The night, when he stepped into the jungle, covered him like a pair of big hands, the sky was dark, and the day gave way.

In the jungle, Xu Qing's figure is like a ghost, moving very fast, rising and falling on the big trees. His eyes are like a pseudodontia, calmly observing the surroundings while moving forward.

Xu Qing is no stranger to the jungle.

Although this is an island and not a restricted area back then, the experience of survival in the jungle is common here, especially the vegetation on the ground. There are also some common medicinal herbs, which makes Xu Qing familiar with it, and at the same time, his figure is in this jungle. Inside, he is like a fish in water and moves extremely quickly.

But he also gradually discovered something special.

In this jungle, many trees have collapsed, and most of the collapsed areas are connected to the ocean in a line.

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and came to a place where trees collapsed. Standing here, he first observed the surroundings and the location of broken trees and the direction of falling, and then lowered his head to scan the ground and the damaged trees.

"There are scales on the trees..." Xu Qing picked up a palm-sized gray-black flake from the remaining wood on the ground, with a faint fishy smell remaining on it.

"It's the skin of a sea lizard, and it's been there for a while." Xu Qing already made a judgment in his mind. It was obvious that the sea lizard crawled out of the sea and walked all the way to the jungle, hitting trees wherever it passed.

"There are multiple locations like this, which means that every sea lizard that comes here to molt takes a different path, which is reasonable."

"I just don't know if the final location chosen by the sea lizard to shed its skin is random or... there is a general area."

Xu Qing pondered, and decided to follow the road that the sea lizard had traveled not long ago to see what happened. After making a decision, his speed suddenly increased, and he followed the guidance of the road, getting faster and faster.

But the sense of vigilance became stronger and stronger in his heart.

Xu Qing didn't know if there were any monks here who had surpassed Qi Condensation cultivation. Although he had analyzed it on the way here, although the sea lizard skin was valuable, most foundation builders would look down on it.

But we have to be careful, after all, many things cannot be ignored simply by judgment.

At this moment, the forest wind blew, carrying the smell of rotting vegetation. Xu Qing took a breath and found no other smell in it, so he continued to move forward without pausing.

Half an hour later, when the sky was getting darker and darker, Xu Qing jumped up and squatted on the crown of a tree near the mountains, with a dim light in his eyes, staring not far away.

In front of him, there was a broken sea lizard skin. It was gray-black and very dry. It had obviously been a long time and it seemed to be broken due to fighting.

Xu Qing checked the information when he came here and knew that the sea lizard skin can only be valuable if it is preserved in a special way when it is first shed. Otherwise, once it is shed for too long and its spirituality dissipates, it will have no value.

This is also the reason why the fight for the sea lizard skin must be bloody, because all people like Xu Qing who come to this island need to wait, and then fight for it when the sea lizard skin sheds.

Xu Qing pondered, left the tree canopy, and expanded the scope of exploration around him.

Until he explored the mountains and walked along the mountains for a distance, he saw many sea lizard skins like this. At the same time, he found that most of the places where sea lizards shed their skins were close to the mountains, and the higher the mountains, the higher they were. The bigger and more residual skin there is.

All this gave him the answer.

"The sea lizard sheds its skin. It should exist in a specific area and yearn for high places?"

Xu Qing raised his head and looked at the tallest of the several mountains in Haili Island, his eyes sharp.

"That should be the real treasure in this island. Anyone who can go there must be powerful sea lizards, and their skins are the most valuable!"

Thinking of this, Xu Qing no longer hesitated and moved forward at full speed towards the highest mountain peak. He did not pause at all along the way. As he shuttled flexibly, he also noticed the figures of monks squatting on the mountains.

These people are basically casual cultivators, and their cultivation level is around the fifth level of Qi Condensation. Although they are not very strong, the ruthlessness in their eyes is clearly visible.

And they were obviously self-aware and chose shorter mountains. They all watched Xu Qing's arrival with vigilance. After noticing that he was just passing by, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Qing also breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that so many low-level monks gathered here, which meant that his previous judgment should be correct. The probability of foundation building here was not very high.

But he didn't take it lightly, because if there was a foundation, it would most likely be where he was going now.

Just like that, not long after, with Xu Qing's speed, he climbed over the mountains and finally arrived at the highest mountain on Haili Island. As he arrived, wisps of Qi suddenly erupted from the top of the mountain, locking in Got him here.

Xu Qing paused, and after feeling it carefully, he looked a little strange. He still didn't notice the aura of foundation building.

So he walked forward with a calm expression, while also noticing a large number of broken sea lizard skins on this mountain peak.

The auras emanating from the skins of these sea lizards were at least at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Condensation, which allowed Xu Qing to confirm his judgment. The sea lizards were indeed yearning for high places when they were shedding their skins.

As for those who were probing him, Xu Qing ignored them and went straight to the top of the mountain, quickly reaching his destination.

The top area is a huge basin surrounded by trees. There are many monks scattered around. Their cultivation is obviously much stronger than that of other mountain cultivators. Most of them are at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Condensation, and even Qi Condensation Dzogchen. There are several of them.

There is indeed no foundation building!

As for the cultivators here, their eyes are either ferocious or cold, revealing bloodthirsty, and they are obviously desperate people.

Moreover, the human race is not the majority here, but rather the alien race occupies the majority, some of them alone and some in groups.

Some of them obviously had a strong fishy smell from the sea and were obviously pirates who had been at sea all year round.

They were staring at Xu Qing.

When Xu Qing also walked over, he glanced at them and immediately recognized three or five people on the wanted list, so there was a strange light in his eyes.

But he did not choose to take action. Instead, he found a big tree and sat cross-legged on it to rest.

Although he had some judgments about the fact that there were no foundation-building monks here, Xu Qing still felt that if there was not even one foundation-building monk, the reason might not be what he thought.

After sitting down cross-legged, Xu Qing was thinking in his heart while looking away from his surroundings. He was no stranger to the malicious intent of the monks here. Whether it was a slum or a scavenger camp, they were all the same.

So he sat there calmly, just about to practice, but frowned slightly, raised his head and looked coldly at the few pirates not far away who were still looking here.

These pirates are a small group, with eight monks in them, two of whom are human and six of whom are aliens. The latter have different appearances. Some have bodies covered with tentacles, some have three eyes, and one has wings on his back.

They looked at Xu Qing with evil eyes and a fierce light. The alien with wings inside whispered to his companions. Then Xu Qing saw the three-eyed alien among these pirates get up and walk towards him.

"Disciples of the Seven Blood Eyes are not welcome here, so you can either get out immediately, or stay here to be nourished." The three-eyed alien approached and spoke with a ferocious smile. At the same time, the fluctuations in the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Condensation were released unscrupulously. Come and act as a deterrent.

Xu Qing carefully looked at the alien in front of him, trying to determine whether the opponent's neck was a vital point. Then he looked at the opponent's companions not far away, knowing that this was a test by the other group of monks. If he was good, If you bully someone, you will become their prey.

As he watched, Xu Qing suddenly raised his right hand and grabbed it behind him.

The next moment, a translucent figure suddenly appeared behind him, and Xu Qing's hand grabbed his neck tightly.

During the fierce struggle, the translucent figure quickly became clear, revealing a foreigner with blue hair and a face covered with scales. Judging from his clothes, he was obviously with the group of pirates.

At this moment, the foreigner's eyes showed fear, and he was about to fight back, but Xu Qing squeezed hard with his right hand, and with a click, the foreigner's neck broke into pieces.

Before it ended, the power of the Sea Transformation Scripture poured in, and in the blink of an eye, the blood in the alien's body was controlled by Xu Qing to break through the body, causing the alien's body to collapse and explode with a bang.

There was blood and flesh on the ground, but Xu Qing's body was not stained at all.

The internal organs of the foreign race are different from those of the human race. Xu Qing does not want to identify where the vital points are, and can destroy them completely by completely collapsing them.

At this moment, while killing the foreign race, Xu Qing's eyes did not show any fluctuation, as if he just crushed an ant to death, and still looked coldly at the three-eyed foreign race in front of him.

The body of the three-eyed alien trembled slightly, and his breathing was obviously rapid. The expressions of his companions behind him also changed, and they were all extremely alert and dignified.

"Misunderstanding." The three-eyed alien took a deep breath and realized that Xu Qing was not easy to mess with, so he spoke in a low voice and slowly backed away.

But he didn't know Xu Qing, and he didn't know that Xu Qing's principle was that anyone who threatened his life and safety should do his best to kill it completely, so almost the moment the three-eyed aliens retreated, Xu Qing moved .

Its speed suddenly exploded, and the whole person turned into an afterimage. At the moment when the three-eyed alien's expression changed drastically, and he waved his hand to form psychic protection, Xu Qing was already approaching, and he directly punched down.

During the roar, the psychic protection of the three-eyed aliens fell apart and collapsed. The eyes of the three-eyed aliens inside shrank to the extreme, and they were about to speak, but Xu Qing's fist was so powerful that it landed directly on his chest.

With one punch, the three-eyed alien's body trembled violently, his chest sunken, and all the organs in his body collapsed.

The expressions of the pirates not far away changed completely. They stood up one after another with a low voice and were about to take action. However, Xu Qing was faster than them. In fact, when he took action to kill the first one, he had already decided to kill them. This group of pirates was eradicated.

At this moment, Xu Qing's speed was astonishing. Under the gazes of many casual cultivators and foreigners around him, his figure rushed into the pirate gang. The screams and roaring sounds of the collision of spells suddenly spread.

In the blink of an eye, six pirates were killed or injured. The remaining alien with wings had an unprecedented look of fear on his face and was about to escape in the air. But in the next moment, a sharp dagger whizzed away and pierced directly between his eyebrows. His body suddenly fell from the air and landed with a thud.

It's all over.

The sound of inhaling came from the mouths of the cultivators around him. Their eyes also became extremely solemn at this moment, and they all looked at the expressionless Xu Qing who was walking out of the pirate's corpse with fear.

Xu Qing ignored the stares from all around and used a dagger to cut off the heads of the pirate corpses one by one, walked all the way to his resting place, and then hung the pirate's head on the tree as a symbol.

After doing this, Xu Qing sat down cross-legged and looked at the other end of the basin. There was a rock there. At this moment, a huge snake head was revealed behind the rock, and a familiar figure was revealed under the snake head.

"He's here too!" Xu Qing was alert in his heart. He knew that the other party was weird, so he narrowed his eyes and glanced at the big snake behind him.

This figure was none other than the old man from the Banquan Road Inn. When he saw Xu Qing, he felt depressed in his heart.

"Why is this kid here too!"

The two looked at each other across the basin, but quickly looked back.

"Bad luck." The old man said in a low voice, but the eyes of the big snake visibly lit up.

"Gulu gulu."

"Speak of hello, senior brother, but he doesn't understand your gulu." The old man glared at the big snake angrily.

"Gulu, gulu."

"What the hell? Are you going to ask him if he likes snakes or eating snake gallbladders? You're crazy. Why do you need to ask? Didn't you pay attention just now? He glanced at your gallbladder again."

"Gulu!"

"You don't believe it?" The old man was speechless.

"Gurgulu."

"If I don't ask for you, didn't you secretly sign up to join the Seventh Peak Intelligence Department behind my back? Go back and find out for yourself how many snakes this kid has killed."

The old man was too lazy to pay attention to the big snake next to him. He felt that since the snake saw that boy Xu Qing, it seemed to be crazy and mentally ill.

"It must be that he is looking at your figure, haha."——

Should I do extra shifts on the weekend, or should I go out and play for a while...