Outside of Time

Upon hearing this, Ding Xue immediately took out the jade slip and looked at Xu Qing.

As long as Xu Qing signaled, she planned to send a message for help.

Xu Qing said nothing and listened carefully. After waiting for a long time, the same voice as before came from the secret passage for the second time.

"Dad, come home quickly..."

The voice is still full of longing. This emotion is very strong. It seems to be coming from a secret passage, but it feels like it is calling in the ear, and it is easy for people to have pictures in front of their eyes.

Xu Qing's eyes were open and he was thinking. He didn't notice any dangerous fluctuations in the secret passage, nor did he detect any strange coldness in his perception. However, he still ignited the life fire instantly and activated the Xuan Yao state.

In the past month, this was the first time that Xu Qing had activated the Xuan Yao state in front of Ding Xue. The dangers he had encountered before could be resolved in his normal state.

At this moment, as the momentum suddenly exploded, Ding Xue and Zhao Zhongheng both took a breath and instinctively stepped back, their eyes instantly stung and they dared not look directly.

Ding Xue was okay. Although she couldn't open her eyes, she was more surprised than shocked. However, Zhao Zhongheng's expression changed, and the construction in his heart almost collapsed again at this moment.

"Who says that the one who stands in the light is the hero? My sincerity is different!" Zhao Zhongheng breathed quickly and shouted encouragement to himself in his heart.

Xu Qing didn't know what Ding Xue and Zhao Zhongheng were thinking at this moment, and he didn't pay attention to it. Now with the activation of the Xuan Yao State, he rushed forward without any hesitation and stepped directly into the secret passage.

As he entered, Xu Qing's speed was astonishing, and he whizzed down the secret passage towards the depths. Wherever he passed, there was a sonic boom and a series of echoes in the narrow secret passage.

At the same time, he also noticed that the activity of the heterogeneous internal corpse poison here was indeed dissipating rapidly, like the evaporation after death.

Xu Qing was thoughtful and reached the end of the secret passage in an instant. His eyes were like lightning, and he quickly observed the surroundings.

This is like a simple hiding place.

There is a figure from the Sea Corpse Clan in the corner. He looks like an old man from the human race, but he is already dead nestled in the corner.

There are several shocking wounds on the corpse, especially the Dantian area, which is a lake of flesh and blood. The injuries there are the most fatal and almost penetrated. This corpse is also the source of the strangeness and corpse poison.

And even if he died, the fluctuations lingering on his body were still very strong. Xu Qing glanced over and judged that this man was at least a ball of life fire when he was alive.

This Sea Corpse Tribe was obviously seriously injured on the Mermaid Tribe Island, and insisted on hiding here. No longer able to escape, it was even more difficult to recover, and finally died silently here.

It shouldn't have been a long time since he died, so the secret passage was opened before and only then did the heterogeneity come out.

And its expression was somewhat different from the Sea Corpse Clan Xu Qing had seen. Although it was gradually decaying, the confusion before birth could still be seen faintly.

Especially when he was holding a bronze vial tightly in his hand.

It was as if this was the most precious thing he had before his death.

The vial was very old and had been opened, and the sound that Xu Qing had just heard came from inside.

"Dad, come home quickly..."

The voice was very weak, with a strong feeling of longing.

The old man from the Sea Corpse Clan seemed to have opened the bottle before death, and continued to listen to the sound over and over as he gradually died.

It seemed that this was the voice of his closest relative.

Xu Qing glanced at the bottle and then looked around. When he was sure that there was no danger here, he heard footsteps behind him.

The visitors were Zhao Zhongheng and Ding Xue. After Xu Qing entered the secret passage, they waited for a while and noticed that there was no movement inside. So Ding Xue became anxious and ran in quickly, and Zhao Zhongheng could only follow.

At this moment, Ding Xue noticed that Xu Qing was safe. She breathed a sigh of relief and then looked around. After seeing everything here clearly, she looked at the bottle in the hands of the corpse of the Sea Corpse Clan and exclaimed.

"Sound bottle!"

Ding Xue, who had an astonishing background, was obviously cognitively superior to ordinary monks. At this moment, she recognized the origin of the bronze vial, so after noticing Xu Qing's gaze, she quickly informed him.

"The sound-catching bottle is an antique and rare. Its value is priceless to some people, but not valuable to more people because its function is very single, that is, to capture sound and open it at any time after covering it. You can hear the sound being captured.”

"The sound is extremely real, and it can even be said to be the original sound. This is its strangeness and preciousness, but it cannot last long. After it is turned on for a long time, the sound will slowly dissipate and needs to be captured again."

Having said this, Ding Xue looked at the Sea Corpse Clan, and then at the sound-catching bottle that was tightly held in his hand, as if it were a treasure to him, and seemed to understand something.

"The Sea Corpse Clan is made up of members of each clan who are resurrected in a unique way after death. Once you become a Sea Corpse Clan, you can only retain the remaining memories of your life."

"But the memory has no effect, because the sea corpse tribe is cruel in nature. The moment of resurrection is equivalent to cutting off the previous life. It is rare to retain the things that were nostalgic during life."

"If this bottle belongs to him, then this Sea Corpse Clan is really unusual. He actually retained something that was his before his death. The bottle should be his nostalgia and obsession."

"As for the voice in the bottle, maybe it was his child during his lifetime? But no matter what happened to him during his lifetime, he is already a member of the Sea Corpse Clan."

Ding Xue's tone was a little uncertain. It was obvious that she was not sure whether the truth was what she judged. After speaking, she looked at Xu Qing.

"It's not important anymore." Xu Qing shook his head, raised his right hand to grab it, and the bronze vial flew into his hand.

At this moment, the sound in the bottle also became completely weak. After the last call, it completely disappeared.

Ding Xue glanced at Zhao Zhongheng. If it were someone else, it would be difficult to understand the meaning, but Zhao Zhongheng understood it and immediately stepped forward to search the body of the sea corpse without any hesitation.

Soon they found a storage bag, and the three of them left the secret passage.

The sound-catching bottle was covered by Xu Qing and put away.

Ding Xue informed the sect of the discovery of this place, and it was considered to have completed the task. As for the items in the storage bag, there were not many, mostly sundries, no magic tools or jade talismans, obviously all of them were used up.

There were about a few hundred spirit stones and three or five spirit tickets. I don’t know if it was originally poor or because there was another place to hide things.

Xu Qing glanced at it, he took the sound-catching bottle, and didn’t ask for the rest.

Xu Qing didn’t know what use this bottle would have in the future, but this thing itself was very strange, and Xu Qing felt that it still had some value.

Zhao Zhongheng and Ding Xue were both from wealthy families. They didn't fancy the things in the storage bag, but they still divided them. After all, it was a gain.

Just like that, as Ding Xue reported the secret room, the matter came to an end. Other disciples of the sect would handle the follow-up.

Time passed quickly. As Ding Xue became more depressed because of Zhao Zhongheng's appearance, the one-month mission deadline came. As Xu Qing said goodbye and left, Ding Xue was extremely regretful and chased him to show concern.

"Brother Xu, you must be careful in the danger on the front line. Your own safety is the most important."

"My cultivation is low and weak, and I don't have much to show, but I will ask my aunt to take care of you. If you encounter something here that you can't solve, you can go directly to her."

"Also, Brother Xu, thank you for your help during this period. I will definitely work harder to learn about plants and trees, and strive to join the Seven Sects Alliance as soon as possible. At that time, I can help you with plants and trees."

Ding Xue looked serious, and then said another sentence casually.

"As for the way of plants and trees of the Seven Blood Boys' Second Peak, it's actually a little bit poor. I will definitely be better than the disciples of the Second Peak in the future."

"Thank you, take care of yourself too, come on." Xu Qing was a little emotional when he heard this. He could hear the sincerity in Ding Xue's words. He felt that although Ding Xue had some small thoughts in the past month, she was generally a good person and very hardworking and studious. Xu Qing recognized the latter point.

As for her saying that the way of plants and trees of the Second Peak was poor, Xu Qing did not have much contact with the Second Peak and could not comment on it, so he clasped his fists towards Ding Xue and turned away.

Ding Xue looked at Xu Qing's back reluctantly until he disappeared from her sight, then turned back and gave Zhao Zhongheng a fierce look, snorted coldly, and chose to leave Mermaid Island.

She knew very well that the front line was dangerous and her cultivation was not suitable for staying here.

Zhao Zhongheng looked at Ding Xue's graceful back with an extremely firm gaze, and he felt that his judgment was correct.

"Cultivation is not important in this matter. My sincerity and honesty can overcome everything! Xu Qing's cultivation is indeed better than mine, but he left when he said he would. But I won't do that. I will always accompany my senior sister." Thinking of this, Zhao Zhongheng took a deep breath and quickly followed him. In Ding Xue's annoyance, they went back together. As for Xu Qing, he did not leave the mermaid island. After completing the task of protecting Ding Xue, he not only gained three disordered teleportation symbols, but also obtained a decree given by the deputy peak master. With this decree, he can interrupt the front line to participate in the war without applying, even during the mission. Therefore, he has the right to return to the Seven Blood Boys Mountain Gate at any time, and his obligation to participate in the war is still there, but it has been changed from the front line to the rear. In this way, his record and subsequent rewards for the war will not be reduced. This gives him a strong autonomy. Even the Jindan elders find it difficult to issue such a decree. Only the high-level peak masters have this qualification, so its value is extremely great. Xu Qing knew very well that this was given to him by the deputy peak master because of Ding Xue.

"This is a favor, I need to repay Ding Xue in the future." Xu Qing kept this in mind, took out the identity token again, and checked the tasks inside.

He was not going to leave immediately. Although the task of protecting Ding Xue took a month, his war ranking dropped to more than 70 again, but Xu Qing felt that it was not difficult to add it.

He wanted to enter the top 50 and get the right to use the magic weapon projection once.

So in the following time, Xu Qing immersed himself in the state of accepting tasks again, busy in one task after another every day, killing the sea corpse clan, refining the sea corpse soul, and occasionally brushing the shadow.

Gradually, his ranking also reached more than 50, and he was not far from obtaining the magic weapon projection. This day... Xu Qing, who had just completed the task, was about to take on the next task, when suddenly his expression moved and he looked down at his feet.

Then his eyes flashed with strange light, and his body disappeared from the spot. After arriving at a remote corner, Xu Qing spoke indifferently.

"What do you want to say?" Just now, Shadow conveyed some emotional fluctuations to him.

"Promotion... quiet... safety... breakthrough..." Shadow tried to express.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

In this war with the sea corpses, Shadow helped a lot. Now after devouring so many sea corpses, it is finally going to break through, which makes Xu Qing full of expectations.

In fact, after he opened the life fire here, the shadow and the ancestors of the King Kong Sect obviously couldn't keep up with his pace. However, Xu Qing was still wary of the shadow and the ancestors of the King Kong Sect, especially the former.

At this moment, as the shadow conveyed the message of breaking through, the black iron sign on the side trembled slightly, and the ancestor of the Vajra Sect inside also quickly sent out his spiritual thoughts.

"Master, I'm about to tell you that I can break through here... I also need a quiet and safe environment, because... the method of weapon spirit that I practice is different from other messy breakthroughs. It will cause thunder to wash away the soul!"

"Once a small breakthrough is made, effects and combat power similar to the Xuan Yao state can be unleashed, making it invincible!"

The ancestor of the King Kong Sect spoke decisively, but deep down he was anxious.

In fact, he is still a little bit away from breaking through, but now he can't wait. He feels that once Shadow breaks through first, if he remains as he is now, his status will not be guaranteed. The most important thing is that he may be considered useless.

Once he is considered useless, he feels that there is a high probability that he will be thrown out as cannon fodder at some point...

So, he was ready to give it a try.

Xu Qing glanced at the black iron sign, then looked at the shadow, and made a decision in his heart.