Outside of Time

August is the end of summer heat.

Although the scorching sun in the sky still blends its own body temperature into the wind wantonly, and uses the flow of the wind to spread the heat over the earth, with the change of solar terms, the summer heat is inevitably coming to an end.

In the end, it can only stand in the sky, looking helplessly at the earth, waiting for the swans to come, waiting for the black birds to return, and waiting for the white dew to appear in the next solar term.

But compared to people on the earth, the position of the sun allows them to see the island surrounded by the endless sea more clearly while waiting.

The entire Nanhuang Continent is actually just an island.

It looks like a sloping oval, with a vast mountain range stretching from north to south like a crouching dragon, blocking the west and east.

This mountain range is called the Mountain of Truth.

The western part of the mountain range occupies 70% of the entire Nanhuang Continent. It is the largest restricted area in Nanhuang Continent, called Huangjin.

It is filled with dark jungles, buried with ancient ruins. It is shrouded in fog all year round. There are many strange beasts, countless strange things, and it is extremely heterogeneous.

As for the eastern part of the mountain range, which occupies 30% of the entire Nanhuang Continent, it is the habitat of the human race.

And here, there is a very special location. The place where it is located is the starting point of the northern part of the Mountains of Truth, which borders the sea.

This place is connected to the Phoenix Forbidden City to the west, to the human race area to the east, to the north is the Endless Sea, and to the south is the Mountain of Truth spreading to the other end.

This kind of landform makes it the largest port in the entire Nanhuang Continent. On weekdays, there is an endless stream of huge cargo ships, some from other surrounding islands for trade, and some from... Wanggu Continent.

As such a special and important strategic place, it is naturally not something that ordinary forces can control, and this place is where the mountain gate of Seven Blood Pupils is located.

From a distance, the city where the port is located is divided into seven large areas, of which the port is just one. The city composed of these seven areas is astonishingly vast and can be called a majestic city.

This is the main city of Qixuetong.

Next to it, there are seven peaks at the northern end of the Truth Mountain Range. On the top of each peak is a giant eye statue of a hundred feet in size. The colors are different, but they all look sharp.

No matter day or night, the dazzling light never dissipates, forming a large formation and covering all directions.

These seven giant eyes look down at the earth, like the eyes of a giant beast, with a solemn and cold look that will shock everyone who sees them.

This is also the origin of the name Qixuetong.

The main city where the port is located, together with these seven peaks, is the overall view of Qixuetong Mountain Gate.

Among them, the seventh peak near the main city and the first peak in the distance are the highest. They look like two giants standing here, making Nanhuangzhou Xiaoxiao and many forces afraid.

After all, even the 30% area where humans live in Nanhuang Continent is still extremely dangerous.

The wilderness is filled with heterogeneity, lurking all kinds of strange beasts and desperate murderers.

Although alien beasts are not as ferocious as the restricted area, for the vast majority of humans, leaving the city and encountering them often means a life and death crisis, especially when encountering desperadoes... In the wilderness without much order, I am afraid it will be more dangerous than Death is even more miserable.

Therefore, a livable city is a dream for most human races.

The main city of Seven Blood Pupils is famous throughout the entire Southern Phoenix Continent, not only because of its prosperity, but also because the Seven Blood Pupils formation can isolate aliens to a great extent, making people's lifespan greatly exceed outside world.

So being able to enter the Seven Blood Pupils is the dream of many people.

Countless people are eager to come, and countless people don't want to leave after coming. It seems that they can pursue their dreams here, but... the rules of the main city of Seven Blood Eyes are extremely strict.

It's like an invisible whip that hits everyone who comes.

The name of this whip is...survival of the fittest.

At this moment, in the main city of Seven Blood Eyes Port, in the central area, three huge teleportation arrays were shining continuously.

They are arranged in a perfect glyph, and there is an endless stream of people coming.

In the third teleportation array, with the flickering of light, the figure of a young man was revealed from inside.

The boy's upper body was in a dark leather jacket and baggy trousers, the legs of which were tied with straw ropes and stained with dried blood. His hair was messy and his face was dirty.

But his eyes were extremely bright, like stars.

As soon as he appeared, he heard the bustling noise and the sound of waves, and the hot and humid wind blew through his body, making him feel sticky.

All this turned into a strong sense of strangeness that surfaced in the young man's body and mind.

The young man was Xu Qing who was teleported from Antler City.

"Reached……"

After the teleportation, Xu Qing's head felt a little swollen and painful. He was rubbing his eyebrows and did not stay on the formation for a long time. When he walked out quickly, he raised his head and glanced around.

Everything here is in order.

A large number of guards wearing black armor patrolled and guarded. Outside each teleportation formation, there was a long dragon-like team, with all kinds of people inside, including men and women. They were bustling with large and small packages. While they were densely packed with each other, there were also convoys. in it.

They are all teleported people, and each of them has a desire to live in this city on their face. Obviously, the teleportation fee to come here is not cheap, so the desire in their expressions is even stronger.

After scanning a circle, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and followed the crowd of people going out to the outside world.

The teleportation array here is different from that of Antler City. Leaving requires review. While queuing for review, Xu Qing raised his head and looked at the surrounding environment. In the distance, he could see the dark sea.

At the other end of the mountain range, under the setting sun, there are seven peaks that are extremely visible, especially the seven giant eye statues above. The waves emitted seem to be able to connect to the sky, making the sky form a huge sky in the area of ​​the seven peaks. swirl.

In the whirlpool, surrounded by clouds, there seemed to be some huge ferocious beast. The phoenix feathers and horns exposed while swimming revealed a sacred meaning that shocked all directions.

This scene shocked Xu Qing's heart.

It wasn't until the people in front of him reviewed and left with the jade slips they were given. When it was his turn, Xu Qing took a deep breath and looked away.

"Show me the directions and tell me what you are here for." In front of Xu Qing, there is a desk, and two people are sitting behind the desk, a man and a woman.

The man is very handsome, wearing a gray robe. He has his eyes closed at the moment, as if he is resting, but the spiritual energy fluctuations in his body are very strong.

The woman is wearing the same gray robe. She is young, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate face and fair skin.

The eyes are very bright, like starlight, it is easy for people to be immersed in it and unable to extricate themselves.

It was the woman who spoke to Xu Qing.

She raised her head and glanced at Xu Qing indifferently, not paying attention to the dirt on Xu Qing's body and face.

Obviously, she had seen too many scavengers like Xu Qing here. As she spoke, she casually took out a jade slip, as if waiting for an answer and recording it.

Xu Qing felt the spiritual energy fluctuations on the opponent's body. The fluctuations were not strong, but for some reason it gave him a clear sense of danger.

But he weighed it and felt that if it was a life and death duel, he would be sure to kill the opponent, so he calmly took out the token from his leather bag and handed it over.

"Huh?" There was a hint of surprise in the woman's eyes. She took the token and checked it. When she handed it back to Xu Qing, her expression was no longer indifferent, but she looked at him deeply.

"It turns out that you are the junior brother who wants to join the sect. I wish you a happy stay in Seven Blood Eyes."

The other party's words were a bit strange. Xu Qing paid attention and took the token and looked at the jade slip in the other party's hand.

"You don't need ordinary people to contribute jade slips here. Just hold the token. This is your identity and qualification. In addition, I would like to remind you that you must complete the entry test as soon as possible and adapt to the life of Seven Blood Pupils as soon as possible..."

After the woman finished speaking, she ignored Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was thoughtful. After leaving the review area, he noticed the people lining up behind him. They all looked at him with a little envy in their eyes.

This made Xu Qing lower his head and take a deep look at the token in his hand.

After he left, the man with closed eyes next to the woman opened his eyes and smiled.

"Why do you suddenly have a kind heart, bless a new couple, and then remind them?"

"He is holding my Seventh Peak's token. Although it is white, no one can predict the future. A blessing and reminder will not consume my contribution points, but once this person rises, it will be considered a good fortune for me. "

The woman spoke calmly and called for the next person to come over and examine.

"How can there be so many futures? This person looks like a scavenger at first glance. He is holding a white token. He doesn't think he has much luck. It's unclear whether he can pass the entrance test and obtain the status of a disciple. Even if he obtains it, he will be a disciple every day. With the payment of thirty spiritual coins and expensive cultivation resources, he bet that he wouldn’t be able to survive two months, and would either be expelled or be gone with a bang.”

The man raised his hand and made a fist, then quickly extended it and made a gesture.

Their words were so soft that Xu Qing, who was walking away, did not hear them.

At this moment, he had left the teleportation area and entered the city.

As he walked in, Xu Qing's heart slowly started to stir.

What caught his eyes was unprecedented prosperity and prosperity.

Under the afterglow, every building here is as gorgeous as the City Lord's Mansion in the city where he once lived.

The green bricks and green plants that can be seen everywhere also make the place extremely tidy.

The crowd in the city was even more numerous, and the flow was endless. Everyone's clothes were very clean, mostly silk and satin, rarely coarse linen, but their expressions were full of indifference, and they were in a hurry.

At this moment, the sun is setting and approaching dusk, and you can see the lights of thousands of houses on both sides of the street. The brightness of the earth under the light seems to be no different from that of the day. Only the houses everywhere are silent, and there is no sound.

On a small river in the distance, there is a small boat. On it, a woman wearing a Taoist robe and a veil is throwing elixirs into the river, causing countless fish in the river to surround them, sometimes jumping up and appearing in the afterglow. Ripples.

Many young men on the shore jumped into the river one by one and competed with the fish for the elixir. It was very strange.

All of this made Xu Qing unfamiliar and at the same time wary.

He felt that this city was different from the scavenger camp, and it was also different from the small town where the slum he originally lived was located.

But there are also the same places...

On the streets of this city, Xu Qing would always smell a faint familiar scent.

The smell was very slight. If Xu Qing hadn't been used to slums and scavenger camps, it would have been difficult for him to smell it so keenly.

It was the smell of blood, the same smell as in slums and scavenger camps.

After a while, Xu Qing took a deep look at the city, feeling even more wary in his heart.

As he pondered, he walked on the road, not in the middle of the road, but in the shadows on the edge. This was Xu Qing's habit.

At this moment, he was going to find an inn to rest. The smell of blood here made him not want to stay on the street.

As for the source of the blood, Xu Qing did not want to find out. He knew that what he had to do now was to complete the entrance test as soon as possible and worship into the Seven Blood Pupils, so as to alleviate the pursuit of the Vajra Sect.

At dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun began to slowly dim. Xu Qing, who had not yet found a suitable place, looked around, his eyes gradually becoming sharper.

As the sky gets darker, the entire city becomes quieter and quieter, and the crowds on the road move faster as the sky turns darker.

Although there are still lights in thousands of houses, the doors of each house are closed, and there is death inside.

The houses are like this, and so are the shops. Only a few are still open, but there are no customers inside.

Until the last ray of the sunset disappeared in the distance, and there was no one left in the whole street.

All this made Xu Qing squint his eyes, take a few steps in the dark, and look around, looking for the inn.

Time passed, and after a stick of incense, Xu Qing finally saw an open inn in the distance, and was about to go there, but at this moment, he suddenly looked into the distance.

In the distance, on the dark and empty street, a figure was running away quickly, followed by seven or eight big men, chasing after him with ferocious smiles.

"Want to run? Let's see where you can run!"

"It's been a long time since I've seen someone so bold. He actually dares to attack the contributors we like first!"

Xu Qing glanced over with cold eyes. The person running away in front of her was a woman. She seemed to be injured, her steps were a bit staggering, her hair was down, and she could barely see a pretty face with a fierce look.

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze. This matter had nothing to do with him, so he ignored it and walked towards the opening inn.

At the same time, the woman who was escaping in the distance also saw Xu Qing. Her eyes flickered slightly and she suddenly spoke loudly.

"I got the contribution points, why are you still here waiting for help? Run away."

Xu Qing's eyes were filled with coldness as he looked at the woman who made such a clumsy statement.

Being swept away by Xu Qing's gaze, the woman couldn't help but tremble. She felt as if she had been plunged into the cold winter. Her eyes shrank, her heart was shaking, and her back was covered in cold sweat. The strong sense of crisis even surpassed that of the person behind her. Chase.

She secretly thought something was wrong, but she couldn't take back her words, so she could only grit her teeth and change the direction and escape quickly.

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