Outside of Time

Xu Qing was a little confused about Master Qi's reply, but he just felt that something was wrong. He was not very clear about the specific matter.

However, Xu Qing felt that it was better to keep a respectful distance from the Supreme Immortal Zixuan of Xuanyou Sect, and he decided never to approach the mountain gate of Xuanyou Sect in the future.

With this thought, Xu Qing closed his eyes and began to meditate.

But I don’t know why, but I feel a little uneasy.

Finally, Xu Qing opened his eyes, took out the Book of Death given by Master Bai, and read through it for more than half an hour, feeling completely calm in his heart.

In this way, time passes day by day, and half a month flies by.

In the past half month, in addition to practicing, Xu Qing also obtained some water from the Yunxian Eternal River to wash away the taboo fragments he obtained from Sima Ling.

It's just that the taboo fragments themselves can emit heterogeneity, so the washing effect of the river water is average.

After thinking about it, Xu Qing still felt uneasy about the shadow, so he did not let it absorb it, but continued to wash it with river water. Even if the effect was ordinary, it was better than not doing it at all.

At the same time, as everything in the main city was proceeding in an orderly manner, Seven Blood Pupils' security special forces also ushered in their first outing mission.

Inspecting the tributaries of the Yunxian Eternal River.

This tributary river that was recently redirected has an extremely long river course, from Shaosizong to the Eight Sects Alliance, running through half of Yinghuang Prefecture.

The inspection team has to go all the way up the river to check the quality of the river water. At the same time, the focus is to deter Xiaoxiao, especially those who divert water on the way, and strictly destroy them.

After all, the river is long and passes through countless sects and small countries. If there is no inspection, after the river water is intercepted layer by layer, the portion reaching the Eight Sect Alliance will be greatly reduced.

So there was a river patrol.

This is the responsibility of the security special departments of the eight sects in the eight sects alliance. Each sect is assigned to take turns with each other. Now it is the turn of Seven Blood Pupils.

Xu Qing also planned to go out to visit Yinghuangzhou, but he was cautious and did not act rashly. Instead, he asked the Seventh Master.

Master Qi gave a positive answer and gave Xu Qingmei a jade slip to hide her identity.

Xu Qing felt relieved after getting the jade slip.

So he hid his appearance, changed his clothes, and blessed the magic weapon that changed his breath. In the early morning of this day, he and the captain took seven to eight hundred disciples of the sect, took twenty large ships, and set off from the Eight Sects Alliance. .

Twenty large ships sailed out of the eight sect alliance's city and moved along the river.

The branch width of this Yunxian Eternal River is extremely wide. The higher it goes up, the more it becomes like this. Gradually, a river reaching the sky appeared in front of Xu Qing.

The river is turbulent, the water is roaring, and the waves are rolling.

The spirit of the fairy is strong.

In the early morning, you can still see the fairy mist rising from the river. The smell is refreshing and refreshing.

The river is more than ten thousand feet wide, and it feels like the sea when you are in it. Ten large boats need to travel side by side, thousands of feet apart, to explore both sides.

The ancestor of the Vajra Sect liked this place even more. After expressing his desire to Xu Qing, Xu Qing took out the black iron stick so that the ancestor of the Vajra Sect could practice better here.

The shadow was weird. Even in this environment, it had no effect on it. While it was dark under the sun, some of it spread into the river. …

Sometimes some spiritual fish in the river are swallowed instantly when they get close to the shadow. Every time, the shadow will convey satisfying mood swings.

"Can the breath of fairy spirits be absorbed?" Xu Qing noticed.

"What an immortal river!" When Xu Qing was thoughtful, the captain on the side looked in all directions, with a touch of emotion in his voice.

"No wonder the Eight Sects Alliance wanted to destroy the Shaosizong's dam and let the river flow into the alliance, even at the risk of offending the Taisi Immortal Sect."

"I don't know how vast and shocking the source of this eternal river is. We monks must go there in this life to see the mountains and rivers. If we finally become a sword holder again, life there will be happy and satisfying, and this life will not be wasted. ." The captain put his hands behind his back, his hair fluttering in the wind, and his voice was filled with fascination.

Xu Qingtou glanced at the captain in surprise. From the time he set off in the early morning to now, half a day had passed, and he had not seen the captain eat an apple. At this moment, Xu Qing's words made Xu Qing feel even weirder.

This style of speaking is not something a captain would be able to say.

So Xu Qing took out an apple, took a bite, and nodded.

He remembered that since the last incident with Xuanyou Sect, the captain seemed to have been a little stimulated. The two of them had met several times in the past. Every time Xu Qing looked at the captain, he seemed to have seen Hao. The feeling of sword witch.

Today, it is especially clear.

Except not reciting poetry.

"Senior Brother, do you eat apples?" Xu Qing asked.

"In your heart, does my brother only know how to eat?" In the river breeze, the captain turned his head, gave Xu Qing a meaningful look, and spoke calmly.

When Xu Qing heard this, he took out an apple and threw it over.

The captain could catch it instinctively. Xu Qing was silent.

The captain was silent.

After a while, the two squatted on the bow of the boat and started eating together.

While eating, the captain sighed.

"You asked me why Master Zixuan treated you like that. What's wrong with me? I'm not bad either... I checked later and found that Master Zixuan was very famous and beautiful in Yinghuang Province when he was young. There is nothing wrong with it, and those bad reputations are mostly spread maliciously by the pursuers after they fail."

Xu Qing said nothing, looking at both sides of the shore, and the description of the two sides of the Yunxian Eternal River in the file came to mind.

On one side is the Taisidua Mountains formed by hundreds of thousands of mountains. It is so dark that it is like the backbone of a giant beast with no end in sight. Inside there are demons, ghosts, weirdness, casual cultivators, sects, etc.

There are countless doors, dragons and snakes are mixed into chaos, and it is as cruel as purgatory on earth.

On one side is an endless wasteland with rich heterogeneity and forests of dead trees. There are also countless small countries with different ethnic groups, and each small country often has to worship or be attached to.

Only some monks and forces can survive, suffering and suffering.

Xu Qing meditated on the contents of the file. After finishing the apple, the captain took out another one and took a bite. He was about to speak when he suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.

Xu Qing also had a headache instantly.

At the same time, in their sound transmission jade slips, a message came from the disciples who were inspecting the ship ahead.

"There are ordinary people ahead, staying by the river."

Due to the long distance, the disciples on the big ship behind could not see the scene in the distance, but in the eyes of Xu Qing and the captain, everything in the distance was clearly visible.

After seeing it clearly, their expressions became complicated. …

Xu Qing saw a large number of mortal refugees, old and young, male and female. Most of them were green and black. They were extremely alien, and they were not far from alienation.

Most of them are as skinny as skeletons and have no energy, and some even have difficulty walking. They can only move forward slowly if they are supported by their relatives.

These people, numbering in the hundreds, gathered in a long line on the shore and were washing their bodies with river water.

Use the fairy aura of the river to suppress your own state of exhaustion.

There were even some rotting bodies lying on the shore, being filled with river water in stone bowls and being slowly fed.

There were even a few children in the crowd, and the sound of crying spread, as if the cleansing water of the river had caused them unbearable pain.

This scene of human misery is just a small part of all living beings and this world.

After seeing the alliance's big ship, these mortal eyes showed fear and trembled.

Xu Qing looked at all this and spoke softly.

"Send some elixirs over."

"!" The security special disciples who were accompanying him immediately took people to fly and gave the low-level elixirs they prepared before departure to these suffering people.

"There's not much we can do. This is the way the world is, and my human race is seriously fighting within itself. It's a mess." The captain sighed.

"I know." Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance.

"If you see someone who can help, just help, as much as you can."

The captain turned his head, took a deep look at Xu Qing, then waved his hand, and dozens of spiritual fish flew out of the river and landed on the shore.

Like elixirs, spiritual fish are more effective at dissipating heterogeneity than river water.

"Little Ah Qing, maybe this is why the old man likes you and why I am willing to get in touch with you." The captain patted Xu Qing's shoulder.

Xu Qing said nothing.

Time passed slowly, and the voyage continued. Half a month passed by.

During this half-month journey, the shore was as miserable as before. Xu Qing saw mortals, casual cultivators, and even other ethnic groups and small countries.

They were all washing away their own heterogeneity on the river bank. Every one of them was in misery, and the majority of them were disabled, and most of them had bodies that were obviously in need of alienation.

This river that was forcibly opened by the Eight Sects Alliance benefited the Eight Sects Alliance, but it also helped countless small ethnic groups along the river, giving them a glimmer of hope in this painful life.

The Eight Sects Alliance acquiesces to this. As long as they don't divert the river water, they will not stop it. They acquiesce in allowing those who are suffering along the way to come here to gain life.

At the same time, Xu Qing and his group will send out the prepared low-level elixirs on the way. This behavior is different from other sects. This is what Master Qi told them before setting off.

This trip lasted for a long time, and Xu Qing also began to practice. Only the captain could not sit still, sometimes fishing and sometimes going ashore, and occasionally catching some small animals.

Until this day, a message came from the exploration ship ahead, and they encountered something they didn't know how to deal with.

Xu Qing got up from practice and when he walked out of the cabin, he saw the captain standing on the bow of the ship, looking into the distance.

"This is the first time I have encountered such a situation. If it were a monk, I would just kill him directly, but I didn't."

"The entire population of a small country, approximately 40,000 to 50,000 people, are carrying river water together... and are still digging river channels..."

Xu Qing heard the captain's words, walked to the bow of the ship, and looked the same way.

As far as the eye could see, tens of thousands of people were pushing wooden carts on the distant shore, transporting barrels of river water away. The people doing these things were all poor people with yellow faces and thin muscles, and there were some ordinary soldiers around, whipping and scolding them.

Some are digging the ground to divert river water away.

In the distance, the convoy spread even further, where a small country could be seen in the distance.

After Xu Qing scanned it, his eyes suddenly became suspicious. Once again, under the setting sun, long shadows were drawn out from the feet of the poor people. These shadows seemed to be normal, but under Xu Qing's eyes, it seemed... one of them was missing. ear.

left ear.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.