Outside of Time

The sky in the north gets dark earlier than in the south, and the same goes for dusk.

As quickly as it came, it left quickly, making way for the night.

Because the snow hates the sun, and the sky hates the dusk.

So soon the sky went dark.

It’s just that the length of the night is not as long as I miss you...

Xu Qing stood in front of the camp tent, staring into the dark night and looking in the direction of Nanhuang Continent.

This place is too far away from Nanhuang Continent.

"I wonder how Chen Feiyuan is doing, and how Tingyu is doing now. With them here, there will be no lack of worship at the teacher's grave." Xu Qing murmured and walked into the tent of the residence.

After sitting down cross-legged, he sighed and closed his eyes.

After a long time, the turmoil in his mind calmed down, and then he took out the clay vial.

"I hope it can be useful." Xu Qing put the clay bottle aside, took out the black iron stick that had been with him for many years, and gently stroked it with his right hand.

He knows every bit of the sharpness of this iron sign, and he masters every detail.

The teacher in the slum once said that the older a person is, the more he misses the past. Xu Qing feels that this is not absolute because he is not old, but he is also nostalgic.

No matter it is an old person or an old thing, as long as it has helped him, he will never forget it.

With such emotions, Xu Qing lowered his head and opened the small clay bottle, put the black iron stick in along the mouth of the bottle, and even radiated his senses into the iron stick to feel the changes inside.

Soon, Xu Qing felt a trace of golden mist emanating from the small clay bottle.

The mist swayed and penetrated along the black iron stick, but more often it wandered around the iron stick, entangled in circles, and slowly nourished it.

This process was not short, and a full night passed. When the sky outside became bright, all the golden mist wrapped around the iron sign dissipated.

They are all integrated into the iron sign.

Xu Qing took out the iron pick, held it in front of his eyes and observed it carefully, looking at every inch carefully. After fully exploring it, Xu Qing's expression showed a happy smile.

Most of the cracks that once appeared on the black iron signature were repaired overnight. The most important thing is that the material itself seems to be a little different from before.

It seems to have been refined again.

In this regard, the ancestor of the King Kong Sect has more say, so when Xu Qing summoned him, the ancestor of the King Kong Sect saw this scene and felt it very seriously, and finally spoke with certainty.

"Master, I can feel that the material of the iron sign is changing. Just like a monk is promoted, it is also being promoted. If it goes on like this, it will undergo transformation, from a heavy treasure to a magic weapon. And because it has been blessed by me, once it becomes a magic weapon The power of the weapon is no less powerful than that of the spiritual weapon!

It can even be said that it is a spiritual weapon, but it needs more nourishment. "

Xu Qing nodded, thinking in his eyes.

The price of Gengjin Qi in this chapter is very expensive, but being able to buy it is naturally the easiest way to obtain it. However, Xu Qing feels that the quantity sold outside should not be very large.

"Let's look for it first. In addition, I'm going to go to Taichu Liyouzhu in the near future to see if I can get this kind of Gengjin Qi from the previous chapter."

Xu Qing made up his mind, carefully put away the iron sign, closed his eyes and meditated.

Soon the sky brightened, Xu Qing opened his eyes and walked out, searching for the Gengjin Qi in the entire city.

It was indeed as he judged. Although this strange aura from Taichu Liyouzhu was not for sale, the quantity was indeed very small. Xu Qing searched for a day and only collected three more wisps.

According to his analysis, to complete the promotion of the black iron sign, he needs at least thirty strands.

With this thought in mind, as dusk approached, Xu Qing was on his way to the station. He saw the Taoist altar again, saw the cross-legged old man on it, and heard the Tao of vegetation in his mouth.

"Night Corpse Morning Glory, also known as Poison Mountain Root Vernonia, is the stem and root of Vernonia tenuifolia, a plant in the Compositae family. It is a woody vine that grows in Corpse Yin ravines, cold streams or in jungles..."

The vicissitudes of the voice echoed in all directions, but the number of casual cultivators outside the Taoist altar was less than yesterday, with only a dozen or so today.

Xu Qing listened for a while and left silently. This time before leaving, he paid a spiritual stone.

In this way, time passed, and half a month passed quickly.

In the past half month, more and more disciples from various sects of the human race have come to Taichu Liyou Pillar, making Taichu City more lively, and there are also many more monks climbing Taichu Liyou Pillar.

However, the one ranked first is still Li Ziliang from Taisi Xianmen. His height has reached almost 800 feet, and the higher he goes up, the more difficult it seems.

During this period, this person sent three more letters of challenge to the alliance, and the challenger was still Xu Qing.

Xu Qing ignored it. During this period, apart from occasionally acquiring some Gengjin auras, he spent most of his time at the Taoist altar. Stopping when he returned every day had become a habit for him.

Until he heard the old man start to talk about the method of alchemy, he simply sat by the altar to listen.

At that time, Master Bai only taught him grass and trees, and not much about the art of alchemy. Xu Qing later gradually explored and learned it by himself.

Although there were some achievements, overall, Xu Qing was still lacking in alchemy, so he listened very seriously. Such days were filled with calmness, which often made Xu Qing feel a little dazed, as if he had returned to the scavenger camp.

At the same time, he also felt that the old man with an unattractive appearance had extremely high attainments in alchemy. Because of many key points, Xu Qing would feel a sudden enlightenment with just a word from the other person.

"The method of transformation of yin and yang is actually only one of them. The way of alchemy is broad and profound. So far, the human race has more than 6,000 alchemy techniques."

"I don't advocate teaching these alchemy techniques, because this is only an external method, so at most I can only teach the technique of transformation of yin and yang. Therefore, this method is more about using plants and trees rather than refining."

"You must remember that there are thousands of ways, but the way is always the same."

"So the foundation of the alchemy technique is the most important, and then you need to figure out the appropriate technique yourself. After all, the simplest mixture is also effective."

"And the so-called refining, in fact, in my opinion, is all about how to better stimulate and mix the medicinal effects of plants and trees."

"These methods are alchemy techniques, but I hope that the human cultivators who listen to my alchemy method can know the essence, so that there will be future achievements."

Xu Qing listened to all this with a trance, vaguely as if the old man in front of him had become Master Bai.

He instinctively sat upright and remembered all this instinctively. At the same time, in this study, he gradually felt that he had a better understanding of the way of alchemy and plants and trees.

His own attainments in the art of alchemy have been significantly improved, and he has a system to support it.

His foundation was built by Master Bai, and it is extremely solid.

His subsequent self-study was mixed and gradually became chaotic. He relied on his previous foundation and focused on the way of poison, so he barely maintained his own system of alchemy from collapsing.

And this time of learning, it was like removing the dross and retaining the essence, so that Xu Qing's heart gradually had a direction in the way of alchemy.

According to what Qi Ye said when he took Xu Qing to Ghost Emperor Mountain, Xu Qing's heart now has a "god" again, a "god" who illuminates the direction of his alchemy.

This made Xu Qing very happy, he hadn't been so happy for a long time.

The growth of that kind of knowledge made him feel very fulfilled, but accidents always appeared unexpectedly, which interrupted Xu Qing's learning.

There was one thing he needed to deal with.

The cause of the incident was some not very serious conflicts. The Eight Sects Alliance Xuanyou Sect and the Seven Blood Eyes each had several disciples who had friction with the Taisi Immortal Sect. In fact, this was more or less related to Xu Qing.

During this period, he ignored the challenges of Li Ziliang of Taisi Immortal Sect many times, which led to a lot of rumors. These remarks naturally made the disciples of the Eight Sects Alliance feel uncomfortable.

So it is difficult to avoid friction.

This time is the case. Several disciples of Xuanyou Sect and Qixuetong were detained by Li Ziliang of Taisi Immortal Sect during the friction with Taisi Immortal Sect, and the attack was very cruel.

And informed the Eight Sects Alliance, specifically asked Xu Qing to apologize and lead the people.

This is obviously to force Xu Qing to fight with him.

This matter also spread quickly, so that most of the disciples of various sects in Taichu Liyouzhu knew about it, and they all paid attention to it with a mentality of watching the fun.

After all, Xu Qing did not accept the challenge before. In the eyes of those who did not know Xu Qing, this was obviously a cowardly act of avoiding battle. Now that Li Ziliang did this, they wanted to see if Xu Qing would continue to avoid it.

"It's a bit annoying." Xu Qing frowned after knowing this. He was not annoyed by the disciples of the alliance, but by Li Ziliang of Taisi Immortal Sect.

Xu Qing saw clearly that the other party wanted to use him to establish his authority and attract the attention of the sword holder.

This thought was not wrong, but detaining and forcing a fight in order to achieve the goal was a bit too much, and once it was too much, it meant abnormality.

Xu Qing would think deeply about abnormal things.

For example, whether the other party's repeated challenges had other purposes.

But no matter what the purpose was, the other party seemed to be unprepared, so he just forced himself to accept the challenge, not a life-and-death battle, which made Xu Qing feel that the other party was most likely trying to test his strength.

Whether it was the slums or the scavenger camp, or the way of dealing with things he learned in the sect, when encountering such a situation, Xu Qing had only one way to deal with it.

That was not to give the other party a second chance to attack, and to kill the first time.

What he disliked most was not being able to kill after the fight. After all, from the analysis, the other party's malicious elements were likely to exist, and in this case, hatred would definitely be formed.

If the other party could continue to grow, Xu Qing would think it was a hidden danger.

So Xu Qing took out the jade slip and sent a voice message to the ancestor to ask.

"Ancestor, killing is not allowed within the scope of Taichu Liyou Pillar. Does this scope refer to the entire territory, or this city?"

After a long while, the ancestor responded faintly.

"This city, you kid... forget it, you can do it yourself."

Xu Qing nodded, and clasped his fists to the old man who was talking about plants and trees outside the Taoist altar. He knew that the other party would not pay attention, because during this period of time, the old man was just talking, and never asked or paid attention to anyone below.

But Xu Qing attached great importance to etiquette. At this moment, after bowing, his body shook and rushed straight to the sky. As fast as thunder, he arrived outside the city directly, stood in the air, and faintly spoke.

"Li Ziliang, life and death battle, do you accept it?"

As soon as the voice came out, the whole Taichu City, disciples of various sects, were instantly in an uproar.