OUTSIDE OF TIME

490 Treasure Bearer

Xu Qing left the pavilion at dusk.

He stayed there for a long time and played a few more rounds of chess with his master. After he lost all the rounds, Old Master Seventh continued to laugh.

Every time, Xu Qing would seriously look at the chessboard with a look of deep thought. Occasionally, when he was engrossed in his thoughts, he would instinctively pick up the snack at the side and put it into his mouth.

With the help of chewing, he supplemented his thoughts.

The snacks were very delicious. Xu Qing had never eaten them before.

And after eating them, the magic power in his body was circulating on its own. Clearly, there was some extraordinary medicine among the ingredients used to make these snacks.

His thinking look made Old Master Seventh feel even more comfortable.

For the entire day, the master and disciple weren’t disturbed by anyone. It was only after Xu Qing was served the snacks for the ninth time by the servant and finished them that he sighed.

“Master, disciple is convinced.”

Xu Qing stood up with a look of admiration on his face and bowed to Old Master Seventh. Under Old Master Seventh’s satisfaction, Xu Qing looked at the sky and bade farewell.

After watching Xu Qing leave, Old Master Seventh glanced at the snacks and plates in the surroundings.

“He ate nine plates…” The servant at the side smiled.

“Sigh, I’m getting old. I want the younger generation to come and accompany me more, but it’s not good to ask directly… Your idea isn’t bad. I’ll get more snacks in the future. They’ll probably find excuses to visit me every day.”

Old Master Seventh smiled and looked in the direction of the Nanhuang Continent with a hint of emotion in his eyes.

“Second and… Huang Yan returned to the Nanhuang Continent. Before they left, I could see her reluctance. However, it’s good that they went to the Nanhuang Continent. She won’t suffer any grievances there.”

“Moreover, even if anything happens to her apprentice brothers in the future, she will be safe in the Nanhuang Continent.”

“With the eldest’s personality, he might cause a monstrous calamity at any time.”

“Third is also troublesome. He has a lot of romantic ties.” Old Master Seventh sighed.

The servant had a strange expression as he spoke in a low voice.

“The third highness has been missing for a long time. The Zhao family of the Grand Affairs Immortal Sect, the Spirit Year Sect, the Multi-Eyed Race, and the Manlin Race have asked about him many times.”

“He went too far and is being forced to get married from everywhere at the same time. I wonder where he fled to.” Old Master Seventh flicked his sleeve angrily.

“Only Fourth is the most reassuring. With his personality, he will basically kill everyone who provokes him and not leave any future troubles. However, this kid’s killing intent is too strong. If he goes to Fenghai County… I wonder if he will face blessings or disasters.”

Old Master Seventh’s expression was filled with hesitation.

The servant nodded.

“Fenghai County looks prosperous but there are many good and bad people mixed together. There are many races living in a subtle balance. It’s said that our human county governor’s personality is indecisive…”

“The county governor isn’t indecisive. He likes balance. He knows that he is powerless to recreate the might of the county governor when the human race was at its peak, so it’s like this. However, balance often represents compromise.” Old Master Seventh shook his head.

At that moment, Xu Qing burped and licked his lips as he descended the mountain.

“Master’s snacks aren’t ordinary!”

As he reminisced, Xu Qing returned to his berth at the port.

In the next few days, he went to look for Zhang San to reinforce his magic warship again. After all, he was going on a long journey.

Ding Xue had also come to look for Xu Qing.

As for Yanyan, after she returned, she was punished by Esteemed Master Dongyou to enter closed-door cultivation. She couldn’t go out unless she broke through.

However, Gu Muqing didn’t come. She had long been arranged to stay in the Nanhuang Continent’s sect.

Just like that, after Xu Qing’s magic warship was reinforced by Zhang San, he chose to set off on the sixth day toward the Sea Corpse Race to be a Treasure Bearer for three months.

During this period, some things also happened. Some disciples of the Eight Sects Alliance went missing at the edge of the Corpse Forbidden on the Forbidden Sea when they were out on a mission.

According to the clues, they seemed to have entered the Corpse Forbidden for some reason.

This concerned the forbidden region, so according to the process, the Alliance arranged for a portion of the disciples of the various sects to head to the Corpse Forbidden to investigate.

This matter didn’t cause much of a stir in the Alliance. This was because disappearances in the forbidden region would occasionally occur over the years.

In reality, it wasn’t just the Alliance. The other forces and races, especially the races and forces on the Forbidden Sea, faced the same issue.

Xu Qing had also heard of this matter but this didn’t affect his plan to head to the Sea Corpse Race.

At most, he decided not to use the magic warship to head there like before. Instead, he used the sect’s teleportation array.

He was standing on the teleportation array. As the light of the array formation flickered, Xu Qing disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in the Sea Corpse Race’s land.

Such a long-distance teleportation would form a pull between the cultivator’s soul and body if they didn’t put up any defensive measures.

However, Xu Qing’s body was strong. He only felt his body tremble before returning to normal.

The moment his figure appeared in the Sea Corpse Race’s Seven Blood Eyes’ teleportation array, more than a thousand disciples waiting outside cupped their fists in unison and greeted Xu Qing.

“Greetings, Dao Child.”

These were all the disciples of the various peaks guarding this place. After Xu Qing returned the greeting, he went to greet Lord Third. Finally, he arrived before the Seven Blood Eyes’ Taboo magic treasure and sat cross-legged in the center of the huge ancient bronze mirror.

This place was located in the sky. The ancient mirror was a thousand feet long. Sitting on it was like sitting on a huge plate. There was also a strong wind whistling in the surroundings.

Lowering his head, he could see that the black Forbidden Sea was like ink, undulating endlessly in his vision.

Xu Qing took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He spread out his divine sense to fuse into the Taboo.

At the next instant, an astonishing divine sense that didn’t contain any emotions enveloped Xu Qing.

It was as though it was confirming his identity and authority. In the end, this divine sense transformed into a layer of protection that permeated the surroundings of Xu Qing. A cold voice echoed in his mind.

“Artifact spirit Blood Eye, please give your instructions.”

A strange glint appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes as his expression changed slightly.

He could sense that after the divine sense of the ancient bronze mirror enveloped his entire body, his body seemed to no longer exist and couldn’t be sensed. He could only transmit his divine sense, as though he had become a soul body.

“What can I do?” Xu Qing transmitted his divine sense.

“Firstly, you can choose to fuse with the Blood Eye and activate the soul carrier. In this state, as long as the magic treasure isn’t destroyed, you won’t be destroyed.”

“Secondly, you can check everything you want to see in the magic treasure’s range.”

“Thirdly, in the range of the magic treasure’s sight, you can form your projection. It can exist for an hour and its strength is equivalent to your main body.”

“Fourthly, you can force any single lifeform to undergo a life-and-death judgment. However, this authority requires the approval of all three Treasure Bearers.”

The cold voice of the artifact spirit echoed in Xu Qing’s mind.

After Xu Qing heard this, he understood why his master had mentioned areas that he shouldn’t gaze at. After gaining some understanding, he chose to fuse.

As his divine sense spread out, Xu Qing’s soul dispersed at the next instant. He felt as though he had a body again at this moment and this body… was the bronze mirror itself.

The two completely fused together.

At the same time, Xu Qing felt an unprecedented clarity.

He saw a distance that exceeded the limit of his previous vision. With him as the center, his vision spanned across the Yinghuang in the north, Nanhuang in the south, the deep sea in the west, and the Corpse Forbidden in the east.

With just a thought, he could instantly see anything in this large area.

Xu Qing’s heart stirred.

His emotions only calmed after a long time. The first place he wanted to see was the grave of Captain Lei, who was buried in the forbidden zone beside the scavenger campsite.

As his thought rose, the ancient bronze mirror emitted a buzzing sound. It slowly rotated and faced the Nanhuang Continent.

At the next instant, the familiar scavenger campsite was reflected in Xu Qing’s eyes.

The campsite was still dirty and dilapidated. Xu Qing’s residence back then had also been occupied by others.

Clearly, the killing aura he had formed at the scavenger campsite had become a thing of the past and a rumor.

Xu Qing didn’t care about these. His gaze shifted to the forbidden zone and he saw Captain Lei’s grave.

That place was still considered intact.

This could be said to be a rule that most scavengers followed. Don’t touch or destroy the graves of the dead scavengers because no one wanted the same thing to happen to them one day.

After staring at it for a long time, Xu Qing sighed softly. Just as he was about to retract his gaze, he thought something.

“The areas Master said not to gaze at don’t include forbidden zones.” Xu Qing’s divine sense moved and his gaze swept past the cluster of temples, landing in the deepest part of the forbidden zone.

Just a glance and Xu Qing’s mind shook intensely.

In the depths of the forbidden zone, he saw an abyss and a blurry figure of a woman at the bottom of the abyss. She was kneeling in front of a broken zither.

Xu Qing had never seen this woman before but he had seen the pair of faintly discernible shoes under her feet before. She was Captain Lei’s lover who had appeared when the singing voice appeared back then.

As for the zither, its surface was covered in black marks and half of it had decayed. However, it was currently playing on its own, emitting waves of tune. At the same time, countless corpses were kneeling around the zither in the abyss.

Endless anomalous substances spread out from these corpses. Upon closer inspection, one could discover that the source of all this was the dilapidated zither.

Xu Qing didn’t take another look. He only took a glance before retracting his gaze.

After a moment of silence, Xu Qing looked at Purple Earth and Grandmaster Bai’s tomb.

The world changed rapidly in his eyes. At the next moment, the public cemetery of Purple Earth appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes. Over there, he saw a tomb filled with flowers.

Grandmaster Bai’s tomb.

The flowers there seemed to have been placed just a day ago and hadn’t withered yet. Surrounded by the sea of flowers, it was as though Grandmaster Bai’s figure had appeared in Xu Qing’s mind again.

He continued to look until two familiar people appeared in his eyes.

They were none other than Chen Feiyuan and Ting Yu. They walked over from afar and arrived in front of the tomb. They took out fresh flowers and replaced the old ones. After paying their respects, they left the cemetery.

Xu Qing watched them leave and also noticed that there was a ghost-faced spinning top in Chen Feiyuan’s body. It was spinning rapidly, affecting Chen Feiyuan’s qi and blood and transforming into a vortex that emitted waves of terrifying pressure.

Xu Qing recalled what Chen Feiyuan had told him back then about the talent he possessed because of the Purple Green Kingdom’s bloodline in his body.

Symbiosis with magic treasures.

As he fell into deep thought, Xu Qing retracted his gaze and looked elsewhere. After circling the area, he looked at the Forbidden Sea.

Old Master Seventh had reminded him that he couldn’t look at the Forbidden Sea often. Hence, Xu Qing only glanced at it.

With this sweep, he saw Huang Yan and Second Senior Sister who had left not long ago. At that moment, Huang Yan was massaging Second Senior Sister’s legs on the deck with an excited expression.

A smile appeared on Xu Qing’s face. Just as he was about to retract his gaze, Huang Yan suddenly lifted his head and looked at the sky suspiciously.

Xu Qing’s smile instantly froze and he was stunned.

“He can sense me?”