out of time

Chapter 10 New Clothes

In the season of March, although the earth is getting warmer, it is still a bit cold.

If you have just come out of the restricted area, you will not feel anything about the cold, but if you have been outside for a long time, your body will still feel the chill that penetrates to the bone.

Especially at night, the freezing cold is even heavier.

As the cold wind blew past, Xu Qing's figure didn't stop at all, but he just wrapped his leather jacket tighter.

He still had some work to do, so he walked carefully through the camp in the dark.

On the way, I saw some wild dogs baring their teeth at him, but after meeting his eyes, they seemed to sense the bloody smell on his body, so they shut up and hid.

Xu Qing looked away from the wild dog and continued walking.

When he arrived at a house in the Central area, he squatted in the dark and remained motionless, staring at a large house in the distance.

There were bonfires that were extinguished.

Xu Qing remembered that Fat Mountain, who was separated from Ma Si, went here, so he wanted to wait and see if the other party would get up and go out at night.

The icy cold invaded the whole body, but Xu Qing's figure seemed to be petrified, fixed there, not moving at all, waiting patiently.

Behind him, on the roof of a building, Qi Ye and his servants followed, looking at Xu Qing squatting there, Qi Ye smiled.

"Sure enough, as I expected, this little wolf cub is going to kill all of them."

"The old man is looking forward to it now. If this kid enters the restricted area next to him, what will he do there?" Qi Ye squatted down like this, and while watching with interest, he said to the servant beside him.

The servant smiled and squatted beside Qi Ye, looking at Xu Qing in the distance.

Seeing the passage of time, after half an hour, Xu Qing frowned slightly.

After thinking for a while, he turned around and left along the dark place, his whole body was like a ghost, coming and going without a sound.

He didn't go back to Thunder Team's residence immediately, but walked around the neighborhood.

After confirming that no one was following him, Xu Qing sneaked into Team Lei's yard in a flash, and returned to his hut quietly.

After entering, he took a deep breath and rubbed his hands together, as if he wanted to use this movement to dispel the coldness in his body.

Then he wiped the blood off his body, and then sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes revealing thoughts.

"These scavengers need to pick up jobs from time to time and go out, and Ma Si is lustful, so as long as it is not long, no one should notice his death, and there is a high probability that Fat Mountain will not be vigilant because of it."

"But to be on the safe side, we should kill Fat Mountain as soon as possible." Xu Qing narrowed his eyes.

Just like slaughtering cows back then, growing up in a slum, he didn't allow any hidden dangers that threatened his life around him.

Killing Ma Si was because the other party robbed him of his belongings and threatened him, and he was preparing to deal with Fat Mountain, and this was also the reason.

After pondering, Xu Qing took out Ma Si's belongings from the leather bag and checked them carefully.

Most of them are sundries, and there is a palm-sized piece of iron, nothing unusual, like a material.

In addition, there are more than 70 spirit coins, which is already a huge sum of money for Xu Qing.

He counted it carefully, and then took out the white pills. After comparing his own white pills with Ma Si's, he found that these white pills were all stale.

So from the bottom of his heart, he believed what the grocery store owner said.

After thinking for a while, Xu Qing took out one, put it in his mouth and swallowed it, then closed his eyes and felt it silently.

Soon he felt a warm current rising in his body, and finally gathered at the dissimilation point of his left arm, feeling comfortable.

After a while, when the feeling disappeared, Xu Qing opened his eyes and immediately looked at his left arm. The two alienation points there were slightly lighter, and the tingling sensation was also a little less.

"It works." Xu Qing's eyes showed joy, and he took out the second one and swallowed it.

The same feeling continued to surface until it dissipated again, and with it his tingling.

There was a sense of cleanliness all over the body, very comfortable, as if the flesh and blood had been washed, which made Xu Qing feel that his speed and strength seemed to be stronger.

He didn't continue to take the remaining Bai Dan, but put it in the leather bag, closed his eyes and started to practice.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Xu Qing opened his eyes, got up and went out.

As soon as he pushed open the door of the house, he saw Team Lei cross-legged in the yard, as if breathing.

Xu Qing didn't bother, opened the yard door gently, closed it carefully, and then walked away.

Today's wind seems to be colder than last night. It not only makes people shiver when it blows on them, but even those wild dogs huddle in their holes and rarely go out.

Xu Qing could see the fog appearing while breathing, which brought back some bad memories in his mind when he was in the slums.

He hates the cold.

Because the cold is a catastrophe for a homeless child who lives in the wind and sleeps, and he needs to struggle hard to survive.

Therefore, Xu Qing, who passed by a clothing store in the cold, paused involuntarily, and looked at the thick and clean clothes hanging in the store.

He touched the bulging leather bag, turned around and walked in.

There were not many people in the shop, so Xu Qing came in and looked at the hanging clothes very seriously.

At the side cabinet, the shopkeeper glanced at Xu Qing, didn't pay much attention, and told the staff next to him.

"Go to the back and tidy up, take out those custom-made clothes that you haven't come back for a month, hang them up and sell them."

"Then what if the person who ordered the clothes comes back?" The guy seemed to be new here not long ago, so he hesitated.

"Come back? There are people missing in the camp every once in a while, some died in the restricted zone, and some disappeared inexplicably. The only ones who can come back are ghosts. Go quickly."

The shopkeeper waved his hand impatiently, and the guy hurried to the back hall.

Soon, before Xu Qing had finished choosing the clothes, the clerk had already come out with a large amount of clothes, and after hanging them up one by one, Xu Qing immediately took a fancy to a dark suede coat.

Those were clothes ordered by others, but they could never come back and take them away.

After burning incense, when Xu Qing walked out of the shop, he was wearing the same dark suede jacket.

The clothes are cold and not heavy, and they are much warmer than Xu Qing's previous clothes.

The only thing is that because he is thin and small, he looks like a coat on his body, which is very uncoordinated.

But Xu Qing was very happy. He carefully avoided some dirty places on the road.

When he was about to search for Fat Mountain, he noticed that there were noises coming from outside the camp. At the same time, many scavengers in the camp also came out, expecting to approach the direction of the sound.

Xu Qing also looked up.

Gradually, he saw a convoy of more than a dozen carriages heading here under the shining sun.

The people sitting on it, even if they were just guards, were all very well-dressed, with ruddy complexions, brighter eyes, and most of them had astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations on their bodies.

As for the one in the carriage, Xu Qing couldn't see it, but he could guess that it must be a very distinguished person.

Such a convoy, Xu Qing heard from Team Lei, seemed to often come to the camp, either as a merchant, or to purchase horse chestnuts for refining Baidan.

The figure of Fat Shan also appeared in the crowd. After attracting Xu Qing's attention, he no longer paid attention to the convoy, but narrowed his eyes, stared at Fat Shan, and began to follow.

It's just that maybe because of the arrival of the convoy, the camp was very lively all day long, forming a market, and Xu Qing never found a chance.

Until late at night, he watched Fat Shan return to the big house again, so he put away the dagger in his sleeve, turned and left.

Although there was no chance to make a move that day, Xu Qing was very patient. When he returned to the hut, he meditated in the newly bought clothes, even when he was sleeping.

It wasn't until dawn again, when he was about to continue to go out to look for opportunities, that he took off the fur coat with care, and put on his ragged leather jacket again.

Looking at the new clothes, Xu Qing felt that she was a little reckless yesterday.

Wearing a torn leather jacket at the moment, Xu Qing was walking in the camp, passing by a crowded market, his eyes seemed to be looking at the camp of the convoy, but he was actually looking for Fat Shan.

In the distance, Master Qi sighed and sat on the same roof with his servants, his eyes swept over the convoy, then at Xu Qing, and casually asked the servants beside him.

"Have you sent the post to Master Bai?"

"Qiye, it has already been sent, but Master Bai said that he has been ill recently..."

"What's wrong? He's a doctor. He's... Hey, I remembered that this kid wore a new dress yesterday. Why did he change it back today?" Master Qi was talking when he noticed Xu Qing's clothes and was surprised. .

When Qi Ye was puzzled, Xu Qing was in the crowd, and from the corner of his eye, he locked on Fat Shan.

In this way, under Xu Qing's peripheral vision, the whole day passed.

With the arrival of the night, Fat Shan, who was going back to the house, changed his direction for some reason, and walked towards the outer ring area in this night.

It's relatively remote there.

"You found me?" Xu Qing frowned, his eyes narrowed, and his eyes gradually became colder.

He didn't follow, but looked around until he was sure that the other party was only going alone, then he made a detour, sneaked in the dark, and reached the outer ring ahead of Fat Mountain.

After making sure that there was no ambush here, the cold light in his eyes became thicker and he hid in the dark.

But at this moment, Fat Mountain also came to this area, and his footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Little boy, I noticed that someone was following you yesterday. Come out, this place is very remote, suitable for disposing of your corpse. If you dare not come out, I will not be alone next time. Even if Team Lei protects you, our Blood Shadow It will cost you the same."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, the other party's words had reached this point, and there was no need to hide, so he walked out from the dark.

"Ma Si didn't pick up work secretly and go out. You killed him, but I underestimated you." Fat Shan grinned, and looked at Xu Qing who walked out.

"But it doesn't matter. I have been displeased with him for a long time. If you don't kill him, I plan to kill him next time when I go out, so thank you. I don't care if he lives or dies, but something in his leather bag Things should be with you."

Fat Shan looked at Xu Qing's waist pocket, with greed in his eyes, before Xu Qing could answer, his body swayed, and his fat and round body exploded at a speed exceeding the second layer of condensed gas.

The spiritual energy fluctuations in the body were also much stronger at this moment, and even formed a layer of magical airflow outside the body, driving the cold wind, and the whole person hit Xu Qing like a hockey puck.

He is not on the second level of condensed energy, and the fluctuation of spiritual energy at this moment has already reached the third level.

It was also because of this, coupled with spying on something in the horse's leather bag, that he went out alone.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. It was his first time to fight a monk face-to-face, especially the air flow outside the opponent's body was obviously transformed by psionic energy, but he believed in his own strength and speed.

So at the moment when the other party arrived, Xu Qing rushed out, and the speed of his full burst almost left some scars on his figure.

Avoiding Pang Shan's body in the blink of an eye, Xu Qing was already behind Pang Shan when Pang Shan was obviously taken aback, raised his right hand and punched out with all his strength.

This was the first time that Xu Qing had used all his combat power. This punch immediately set off a crackling sound, and when it landed behind Fat Shan, there was a bang.

Fat Shan trembled violently, the barrier formed by the airflow outside his body was shattered inch by inch, his internal organs were tumbling, and when blood spewed out with a sound, Xu Qing's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

When the right hand was raised, the iron stick appeared, and the body flickered past Fat Shan's staggering back, and the iron pick was about to pierce into Fat Shan's head.

But in the next moment, Xu Qing's complexion changed slightly, and his body retreated rapidly.

The moment he stepped back, Fat Shan's eyes showed a sinister light.

Two black lines came out of his ears impressively, and went straight to Xu Qing's face with a sharp whistling.

Those two black lines were black winged centipedes, they were extremely fast, and they were about to approach, and were cut off one by one by the dagger drawn out by Xu Qing's left hand.

The last one was less than seven inches away from Xu Qing's eyes when it was severed.

This dangerous scene made Xu Qing's eyes more murderous, and he rushed again.

With the help of Xu Qing's previous opportunity to retreat, the tumbling internal organs in Fat Shan's body also recovered a little.

At this moment, his chubby body retreated rapidly, and he even raised his hands to pinch, his face flushed instantly, and he sprayed a mouthful of poisonous mist directly at Xu Qing who was rushing towards him.

The mist rolled over a large area, and it rolled towards Xu Qing at a high speed. There was a sizzling sound from the ground wherever it passed, showing that the toxicity was strong.

After doing this, Fat Shan's complexion was pale, his stomach became smaller, and he backed up again, with both fierce eyes and heart palpitations.

Xu Qing's strength was beyond his expectation.

He didn't expect that with his three layers of condensed energy and his poisonous attack, he was almost killed by the opponent with one blow.

And this poisonous mist is already his trump card, if he still can't do anything to the opponent, he must shout to make the opponent afraid.

If he just shouted, it would be difficult for him to obtain that item from Ma Si.

And there is actually one forbidden item here that he has not used. This item has extremely side effects, but he still took it out. It is an amber.

Hesitating in his heart, he looked at the area where Xu Qing was surrounded by fog.

But the moment he looked at it, the mist rolled away violently, and Xu Qing's figure rushed out of it in an instant.

The speed was so fast that Fat Shan's eyes blurred, and his heart skipped a beat. Just as his right hand was about to crush the amber, he wanted to shout, but it was too late.

A jet-black iron stick, with incomparable sharpness, arrived in an instant, piercing through his head like a bamboo, blood splashed out, and landed on Xu Qing's body next to him.

Fat Shan's body froze, he wanted to turn his head but couldn't, the corpse fell down slowly, motionless.

Instead of looking at Fat Shan's body, Xu Qing panted and looked around vigilantly.

The place is remote, and after making sure that it didn't attract attention, he quickly approached Fat Shan's body and took the other's leather bag.

He was about to stab it with his fangs, but Xu Qing noticed that Fat Shan seemed to be holding something in his right hand, so he opened his fingers and saw a piece of amber that was half broken.

This thing looks normal, nothing out of the ordinary, except that there is a scorpion tail sealed inside.

Xu Qing took it away carefully, cooked the corpse in the same way, and left quickly after the corpse turned into blood.

As he walked, he wiped off the blood on his body and disappeared into the night.

Qi Ye and his servants walked out of the darkness at this moment.

Looking at the place where Xu Qing disappeared, Qi Ye didn't seem to care much about the battle between Xu Qing and Fat Shan just now, but thought about it for a while, showing a suddenly realized expression.

"I see. That kid doesn't wear new clothes because he is afraid of getting blood on them. He is afraid of poverty and loves his clothes."

The servants on the side also breathed a sigh of relief.

All day long, Qi Ye had been thinking about why the kid didn't wear new clothes. Now that he finally had the answer, he didn't have to think about the reason every time he heard it.

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Although it is an update of two chapters, they are actually big chapters. This chapter is almost 4500 words, and the next chapter is nearly 4000 words.

In fact, it can be split into 3 chapters, but I don't think that is necessary, and it will destroy the integrity of the chapters.

I hope everyone can feel my sincerity, thank you brothers and sisters for your support.

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