out of time

Chapter 171
Ding Xue immediately took out the jade slips and looked at Xu Qing.

As long as Xu Qing signals, she intends to send a voice transmission for help.

Xu Qing didn't speak, but listened carefully, until after waiting for a while, the same voice in the secret passage repeated for the second time.

"Daddy, hurry home..."

The voice is still full of longing. This kind of emotion is very strong. It seems to come from a secret passage, but it gives people a sense of calling in the ear, and it is easy for people to see the picture in front of their eyes.

Xu Qing murmured in his eyes. He didn't notice any dangerous fluctuations in the secret path, and he didn't detect any strange coldness in his perception, but he still ignited his life fire instantly and activated the mysterious state.

In the past month, this is the first time that Xu Qing has turned on the mysterious state in front of Ding Xue. The dangers he encountered before can be resolved by the normal state for him.

At this moment, with the sudden explosion of momentum, both Ding Xue and Zhao Zhongheng took a breath, and instinctively backed away a little, their eyes were stinging instantly, and they dared not look directly.

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

"Who said that the one who stands in the light is the hero, my sincerity is different!" Zhao Zhongheng breathed heavily, and he growled encouragingly to himself in his heart.

Xu Qing didn't know what Ding Xue and Zhao Zhongheng were feeling at the moment, and he didn't care about it. Now that the Xuanyao state was activated, without any hesitation, he rushed forward and stepped directly into the secret passage.

Following the entry, Xu Qing's speed was astonishing, and he roared towards the depths along the secret passage, causing 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 volatilization after death.

Xu Qing was thoughtful, and in an instant he reached the end of the secret passage, his eyes were like lightning, and he looked around quickly.

It's like a simple hiding place.

In the corner, there was a figure of the Sea Corpse Clan, who looked like an old man of the human race, and was dead at the moment nestled in the corner.

There are several shocking scars on the corpse, especially the dantian where it is bloody and bloody. The wound there is the most fatal, almost pierced. This corpse is also the source of the heterogeneity and corpse poison.

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

This sea corpse tribe was obviously seriously injured on the island of the mermaid tribe, and persisted in hiding here, unable to escape, and it was even more difficult to recover, and finally died here silently.

The time of death should not be long, so the secret path was opened before, and the heterogeneity came out.

And its expression is also a little different from the sea corpse clan that Xu Qing saw. Although it is gradually decaying, you can still faintly see the confusion before birth.

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

It seemed that this was his most precious item before he died.

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

"Daddy, hurry home..."

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

And the old man of the sea corpse tribe seemed to open the bottle before death, and in the process of gradually dying, he kept listening to this voice over and over again.

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

Xu Qing glanced over the bottle, and looked around again, and when he was sure that there was no danger here, footsteps came from behind him.

It was Zhao Zhongheng and Ding Xue who came. After Xu Qing entered the secret passage, they waited for a while and realized that there was no movement inside, so Ding Xue was anxious and ran in quickly, and Zhao Zhongheng could only follow.

At this moment, Ding Xue was relieved to notice that Xu Qing was fine, and then she looked around. After seeing everything here, she looked at the bottle in the hands of the corpse of the sea corpse clan and exclaimed.

"Sound trap bottle!"

Ding Xue, with an astonishing background, obviously surpassed ordinary monks in cognition. At this moment, she immediately recognized the origin of the bronze vial, so after noticing Xu Qing's gaze, she quickly informed.

"The sound trap bottle is an antique, rare, and its value is priceless to some, but worthless to many, because its function is very simple, that is, to capture sound, and open it at any time after it is closed You can hear the sound of being captured."

"Its sound is extremely real, and it can even be said to be the original sound. This is its uniqueness and preciousness, but it can't last long. After a long time of opening, the sound will slowly dissipate, and it needs to be captured again."

Having said that, Ding Xue looked at the sea corpse clan, and then at the sound trapping bottle tightly held in his hand, which seemed like a treasure to him, and seemed to understand something.

"Sea Corpse Clans are all members of various clans who are resurrected in a unique way after death, and once they become Sea Corpse Clans, they can only retain the remaining memories of their lives."

"But the memory has no effect, because the nature of the sea corpse clan is brutal, the moment of resurrection is tantamount to cutting off the previous life, and few retain the things they missed in life."

"If this bottle belongs to him, then this sea corpse clan is really unusual. He actually kept something from his life. The bottle should be his nostalgia and obsession."

"As for the voice in the bottle, maybe it was his child before his death? But no matter what happened to him before his death, he is already a sea corpse."

Ding Xue's tone was somewhat uncertain, apparently she herself was not sure whether the truth was as she judged, and she looked at Xu Qing after speaking.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Xu Qing shook his head, raised his right hand to grab it, and immediately the bronze vial flew into his hand.

At this moment, the voice in the bottle also completely weakened, and after the last call came out, it completely disappeared.

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

A storage bag was quickly found, and the three left the secret passage.

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

Ding Xue informed the Zongmen of the discovery here, and the task was considered to be completed. As for the items in the storage bag, there are not many items, most of them are sundries. There are no magical artifacts or jade charms.

There are hundreds of spiritual stones and three or five spiritual tickets. I don't know if it's because of poverty or because of another place to hide things.

Xu Qing glanced, he took the sound trap bottle, and didn't ask for the rest.

Xu Qing doesn't know what use this bottle will have in the future, but the thing itself is very strange, and Xu Qing thinks it still has some value.

Both Zhao Zhongheng and Ding Xue were from rich families, and they didn't pay much attention to the things in the storage bags, but they still divided them up. After all, it was more or less a gain.

In this way, as the matter of the secret room was reported by Ding Xue, this matter also came to an end, and other disciples of the sect will deal with the follow-up matters.

And time passed by quickly. As Ding Xue became more and more depressed because of Zhao Zhongheng's appearance, the one-month mission deadline came. With Xu Qing's farewell, Ding Xue was extremely regretful and went to catch up with her to care.

"Senior Brother Xu, you must be more careful about the dangers on the front line. Your own safety is the most important thing."

"My cultivation base is weak, and I have nothing to do with it, but I will ask my aunt to take care of you more. If you encounter any unsolvable things here, you can also go to her directly."

"Brother Xu, thank you for your help during this period of time. I will definitely work harder to learn grass and trees, and strive to let myself join the Seven Sect Alliance as soon as possible. At that time, I can help senior brother in grass and trees."

Ding Xue looked serious, and then said something casually.

"As for the way of grass and trees in the second peak of Seven Blood Pupils, it's actually a bit poor. I will definitely be better than the disciples of the second peak in the future."

"Thank you. You take care of yourself too. Come on." Xu Qing was a little emotional when he heard the words. He could hear the sincerity in Ding Xue's words, and he felt that although Ding Xue was a little cautious this month, she was generally a good person. , and very diligent and studious, Xu Qing recognized the latter point very much.

As for her saying that the grass and trees in the second peak are poor, Xu Qing didn't have much contact with the second peak, so he couldn't comment, so he cupped his fists at Ding Xue, turned and left.

Ding Xue watched Xu Qing's back disappear into his eyes reluctantly, then turned her head and gave Zhao Zhongheng a hard look, snorted coldly, and chose to leave Mermaid Island.

She is very clear that the front line is dangerous, and her cultivation is not suitable for staying here.

On the other hand, Zhao Zhongheng looked at Ding Xue's graceful back with extremely firm eyes, and he felt that his judgment was correct.

"Cultivation is not important in this matter. My sincerity and sincerity can surpass everything! Then Xu Qing's cultivation is indeed better than mine, but he will leave as soon as he says, but I don't. I will always be with my senior sister .”

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhongheng took a deep breath and hurriedly followed, and went back together in Ding Xue's annoyance.

As for Xu Qing, he did not leave the mermaid island.

After completing the task of defending Ding Xue, he gained not only three teleportation symbols of disorder, but also a decree from the deputy peak master alone.

With this decree, he can suspend his participation in the front line without applying, even during missions.

Because of this, he has the right to return to the Mountain Gate of Seven Blood Pupils at any time, and at the same time, 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 in the war will not be reduced.

This gives him a lot of autonomy.

This kind of decree is difficult even for the elders of Jindan, and only the high-level peak masters are qualified to do so, so it is of great value.

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's in the future." Xu Qing kept this matter in his heart, took out his identity token, and checked the tasks inside.

He didn't plan to leave right away, although it took a month for Ding Xue's mission to protect the way, and his battle ranking fell back to more than 70, but Xu Qing felt that it would not be difficult to add it.

He wanted to enter the top [-] and get the right to use a magic weapon projection.

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

Gradually, his ranking has reached more than 50. When he was not far away from obtaining the magic weapon projection, on this day... Xu Qing, who had just paid in the task, was about to take the next task, when suddenly his expression changed, and he looked down at his own underfoot.

Then his eyes showed a strange light, and his body disappeared in a flash. After reaching a remote corner, Xu Qing spoke lightly.

"What do you want to say?" Just a moment ago, the shadow conveyed some emotional fluctuations to him.

"Promotion... Quiet... Safety... Breakthrough..." Shadow tried hard to express.

Xu Qing narrowed her eyes.

In this war with the Sea Corpse Clan, the shadow was of great help. Now that it has devoured so many Sea Corpse Clans, it is finally going to break through, which makes Xu Qing full of expectations.

In fact, after he fired the fire here, the shadow and the ancestor of the Vajra sect obviously couldn't keep up with his pace, but Xu Qing was still wary of the shadow and the ancestor of the Vajra 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 within it also quickly transmitted divine thoughts.

"Master, this little one is about to tell you that this little one...can already break through, and also needs a quiet and safe environment, because...the method of weapon spirit I practice is different from other messy breakthroughs, It will attract thunder to cleanse the soul!!"

"Once a small breakthrough is made, the effect and combat power similar to Xuanyao state can be erupted, making it invincible!"

The ancestor of Vajra Sect was decisive in his words, but anxious in his heart.

In fact, he was still close to breaking through, but now he couldn't wait. He felt that once the shadow broke through first, if he remained in the current state, his status would be second.

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

So, he is ready to fight.

Xu Qing glanced at the black iron sign, then looked at the shadow, and made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)