out of time

Chapter 169 Qifeng is her home...

The voice was ethereal, with a touch of dust.

It also contained icy coldness. The moment it reached Xu Qing's ears, it turned into a wisp of ice water that permeated his mind, and then spread throughout his body, becoming a chill that made people shiver.

Xu Qing's body shook, his breath turned into white mist, his eyebrows and hair began to freeze at this moment, and his whole body stiffened instantly, as if he had encountered something irresistible.

Even Xu Qing had an illusion, as if there were cracks in the nothingness around him at this moment, surrounding him like ice.

Not to mention the 44 orifices in the body.

He clearly felt the dead silence of the dharma orifice in his body, and the mana inside it was the same. While it was running extremely slowly, so was the psychic vortex.

As for the fire...

In this state, the life fire cannot be ignited!

This scene made Xu Qing's mind twitch violently, and the sense of security he had gained after turning on the life fire disappeared instantly, and it also made him deeply aware that for the strong, it is easy to suppress the mysterious state.

But Xu Qing was not without any power to fight back. At this moment, when his whole body was freezing cold, he felt the residual warmth of his own life lamp.

This temperature has not been completely cooled by the external cold, and there may be a chance to forcibly ignite the fire of life.

This recognition made Xu Qing more vigilant in his heart. He knew very well that he must not let others know about the life lamp, so he reconfirmed that his shadow was still covering the life lamp. He took a deep breath, turned around and looked at behind.

The moment he turned around, he saw two women who appeared there at some time, one was middle-aged and the other was a young girl.

The middle-aged woman was wearing a red double-breasted palace dress, embroidered with delicate patterns of butterflies and flowers in purple and gold silk, the lining was extravagant and extravagant, just like the rising sun in the sky.

But the aura of unmelting ice all over his body is as obvious as the coldness of his expression, especially the phoenix eyes are as deep as the spring of an ancient well, and he can't see the bottom at a glance.

It seems that what she looks at is icy cold, and if others stare at her for a long time, they will be affected and penetrate their souls.

At this moment, she was staring at Xu Qing.

The clothes she was wearing were not any uniforms, and Xu Qing had never seen each other in Qi Xuetong, but Xu Qing knew the girl next to her.

The girl was wearing a large lavender Taoist robe, like a long skirt, with an ancient sword behind her, and a ponytail standing up. She looked heroic and her exposed skin was as white as fat and rosy in the inside.

The whole person looks both heroic and gentle, especially at the moment when he is smiling, making his eyes bend into crescent moons, which are also crystal clear while being cute.

It was Ding Xue.

She looked at Xu Qing, her beautiful eyes blinked, showing a smile that was not a smile.

"Brother Xu, this is my little aunt. She is the deputy peak master of our seventh peak, assisting my little uncle in managing the seventh peak." Ding Xue spoke softly, with a reminder in her words.

"Disciple Xu Qing, I have met the deputy peak master."

Stared at by Aunt Ding Xue, Xu Qing clearly felt that his feeling of coldness from inside to outside became stronger and stronger. Fortunately, he himself had a good foundation. In the words, he cupped his fists and bowed respectfully to Aunt Ding Xue.

This scene caused surprise in the cold eyes of the middle-aged woman, looked Xu Qing up and down, and spoke lightly.

"You don't have to be restrained."

After finishing speaking, she noticed that the niece beside her was looking at Xu Qing with bright eyes. As someone who had experienced it, she naturally knew what this kind of eyes meant, so she sighed from the bottom of her heart, and the coldness on her body dissipated a little. Also slightly slower.

"I called you here today to give you a mission from the sect, temporarily to be Ding Xue's guardian..."

"Auntie, we are helping each other between friends!" Ding Xue hurriedly spoke first, took Auntie's hand, and shook it with a charming expression.

Xu Qing's expression remained the same and his posture remained the same, but there was a turbulence in his heart. On the one hand, he did not expect Ding Xue's background to be so great; A similar feeling when I was a peak master.

At the same time, this contact also gave Xu Qing a clearer perception of the level of terror of the Peak Master.

At this moment, following Ding Xue's acting like a baby, the cold expression of the middle-aged woman melted a bit, a touch of pampering arose, she touched Ding Xue's head, and spoke to Xu Qing.

"Xu Qing, you and Ding Xue are friends. Today I am not talking to you as the deputy peak master, but as an elder. This is the front line, and it is not very safe. Ding Xue must come, and I have other important matters that cannot be separated." God, I am worried about her safety, and I need your help to protect her for a month, how do you think?"

"After you're done, I'll give you the right to withdraw from the battle at any time, and I'll give you three Disorder Teleportation Talismans."

Hearing the words Disorderly Teleportation Talisman, Xu Qing's heart beat faster instantly.

He knew the Disorder Teleportation Talisman, which was a kind of jade treasure, whose value surpassed that of many magic tools, and any one of them had to be worth more than 80 million spirit stones.

The most important thing is that this item is extremely rare, and it is often bought by people as soon as it appears. Xu Qing saw one before he left in the Mingqi Pavilion in Pengming District of the Sixth Peak, but it was not for sale. .

The function of this thing is equivalent to a second life, it can be used in most areas, and it can be teleported away by crushing it, but the teleportation place is irregular, it can appear nearby or thousands of miles away.

And this matter was obviously brought up by Ding Xue, otherwise, if they really looked for a protector and rewarded with three disorderly teleportation symbols, there would be a lot of strong people vying to be the first.

So Xu Qing glanced at Ding Xue.

Seeing Xu Qing's eyes fall on her, Ding Xueqiao blushed and returned Xu Qing with a sweet smile.

Seeing this scene, the middle-aged lady shook her head, a look of helplessness flashed in her deep phoenix eyes, she put a storage bag in Ding Xue's hand, and opened her mouth lightly.

"You decide." With that, she turned and left.

Seeing that Auntie was gone, Ding Xue hurried to Xu Qing's side and spoke hastily.

"Brother Xu Qing, that's my aunt. She doesn't live in Qixuetong but in the Xishan Islands on weekdays. I told you when you sent me off at sea that day that she was the one who asked you to go with me to visit her." .”

"That day Zhao Zhongheng insisted on following me. My aunt was so nice and gave him a elixir. Originally, if you talked to me, she would give it to you. Zhao Zhongheng used that elixir to form the Forbidden Sea Dragon Whale. It is cheap. That guy."

Xu Qing fell silent upon hearing this.

After a while, he looked at Ding Xue and asked a question.

"The owner of the seventh peak is yours..."

"It's my little uncle." Ding Xue said with a smile.

Xu Qing was silent again.

"However, there are some ideological conflicts between my aunt and my uncle and their Taoist couple, so many years ago, my aunt moved out of the Seven Blood Eyes and went to live in the Xishan Islands. This time it was also a war between the Seven Blood Eyes, so she came here."

"Senior brother Xu Qing, can you protect me this time? Actually, I came here to increase my qualifications. The sect also has assessments for core disciples, and my little uncle plans to report me to the Seven Sects Alliance, which requires my help." The resume is more realistic and better-looking, and I plan to focus on vegetation in the future, so Senior Brother Xu Qing, can you please help me with tutoring during this time?"

Ding Xue didn't hide anything, she told Xu Qing what she needed, and at the same time handed over the storage bag. Obviously, no matter whether Xu Qing agreed or disagreed, she would give Xu Qing the Discord Teleportation Talisman inside.

Xu Qing looked at the storage bag, and then at Ding Xue who looked expectant.

Xu Qing appreciates Ding Xue's diligence and studious very much. Besides, whether it is the other party's foundation-building jade slips or the three disordered teleportation talismans, he has no reason to refuse, and Ding Xue's actions are also Make him feel comfortable.

So Xu Qing nodded, and took the storage bag to feel it. Inside were three jade talismans that exuded a gentle glow, and their mana was abundant.

"Great, thank you Senior Brother Xu Qing." Ding Xue was very excited, and then she seemed to want to grab Xu Qing's arm very naturally, but Xu Qing avoided it.

Ding Xue didn't show anything unusual, she still smiled sweetly, led Xu Qing into a teleportation point, and left the core headquarters.

And for the rest of the time, except for going back to her aunt at night, she usually followed Xu Qing and completed her frontline experience on this mermaid island.

But Ding Xue is very smart. Although she fought for Xu Qing this time and had some selfish intentions, she didn't show it too clearly, but instead pulled Xu Qing to take on some special tasks.

From Ding Xue, Xu Qing also knew that the tasks of the original core disciples were different from theirs.

The missions of core disciples have more rewards, and the danger is significantly reduced, and most of them can be completed on the island.

However, correspondingly, as a core disciple, he has a great connection with the sect.

It can be said that if Qixuetong encounters an irresolvable catastrophe one day, disciples like Xu Qing and the others can leave calmly without being hunted down.

But the core disciples will definitely be wiped out with all their strength.

So becoming the core has advantages and disadvantages.

Xu Qing didn't have any envy, he felt that the current state was good, and in the following time, he took Ding Xue to complete various small tasks that the other party took every day.

For example, sending important materials from one island to another, doing some aftermath work, and counting some casualties, etc.

Basically, there is no difficulty, and there will be no danger to life safety.

In her spare time, Ding Xue would also ask him about vegetation knowledge, and every time she would give him a spiritual stone that respects knowledge.

Although Xu Qing felt that one or two hundred spirit stones each time was not as precious as it used to be, but the concept of gathering sand to form a tower still existed in his heart.

After seven or eight days passed, the tasks Ding Xue took on gradually became more difficult.

For example, looking for some mermaid rebels, and the hiding place of the sea corpses here.

The danger level of this type of mission is already high, but after all, this place is the frontline headquarters, so the height is limited.

Moreover, the Zongmen's support is relatively fast, which is very suitable for core disciples to practice.

And Ding Xue seems to attach great importance to resumes, and these dangerous tasks often rush to the forefront, and she doesn't seem to be afraid of getting hurt at all.

Even the more dangerous it was, the faster she rushed over.

But under Xu Qing's careful protection, Ding Xue was always near misses and the crisis was resolved.

This made Ding Xue a little anxious.

This doesn't fit into her plan.

Especially seeing that one month was coming, she gritted her teeth fiercely. One morning, when she met Xu Qing again, she suddenly spat out a big mouthful of blood.

His face was pale and his body was precarious, as if he was about to fall at any moment.

Xu Qing was startled, looked at Ding Xue a few times, and was slightly moved.

He found that Ding Xue's internal cultivation was disordered, his qi was clumped, and many meridians were blocked, and it seemed difficult to recover in a short time, obviously the injury was not serious.

"Brother Xu, it's all my fault, I was too impatient."

"I felt that I was too weak, and wanted to break through to Dzogchen as soon as possible, so something went wrong in my practice last night, resulting in serious physical injuries."

Ding Xue's face was pale, barely supporting her body, and she spoke bitterly.

"And my aunt also went to the battlefield. If she wasn't here, my search was fruitless."

"You should rest for a few days and finish the task after your injury recovers." Xu Qing said comfortingly.

"no!!"

Ding Xue was in a hurry, and quickly refused, thinking in her heart that if she really let the old lady go back to rest, wouldn't she be hurt in vain this time?

(End of this chapter)