out of time

Chapter 512
time flies.

Three days passed in a flash.

The Seventh Prince's army heading to the county capital also gathered in the early morning of the fourth day and started to travel.

Xu Qing, the captain, and Kong Xianglong were all in the crowd.

As the army moved forward and gradually moved away from the defense line, Xu Qing looked back to the northwest in the army.

In the past two months, he has experienced many things here, and has seen too much life and death.

In the silence at the moment, there were quite a few monks looking northwest like him, and most of them were sword bearers from Fenghai County.

After a long time, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and looked at the four-clawed golden dragon surrounded by hundreds of black dragons in front of him.

In the clouds and mist, even if only a little bit of his huge body is exposed, it gives people a sense of sacredness, not to mention the sitting figure in the luanjia on his body.

The people on the earth, including Xu Qing, are insignificant compared to this noble person who is above the nine heavens.

Xu Qing remembered a sentence that the teacher once said when he was a child in the slums.

"What is a big man...it's actually very simple. When you look up in the crowd, you can see him clearly and remember him, because in your eyes, whether you like it or not, he is the only one.

And when he glanced across the crowd, but couldn't see you clearly, and couldn't remember you in the vast crowd, then he is a big shot. "

"So, when will you do it, when the city lord walks past us, he pays special attention to you, pays attention to you, then you will be considered a big shot."

Xu Qing remembered these words very clearly at the time. Afterwards, when the gods opened their eyes, when he sneaked into the city lord's mansion to search for cultivation techniques, he did manage to make the city lord who had become a dead corpse, reflected in his dull and dim pupils. figure.

At this moment, he glanced at the seventh prince in the cloud, withdrew his gaze, and followed the army with a blank expression on his face.

Several hours later, the army arrived at the large teleportation formation that had been built. During the successive teleportation, Xu Qing's figure disappeared in the shining sea of ​​light together with his comrades around him.

When she appeared, she was already outside the familiar county capital after a two-month absence.

Not all armies can enter the county capital.

Xu Qing and many soldiers could only stand by on the ground around the county capital.

Only a few are eligible to be sent to the county capital with the seventh prince.

Standing on the land of the county capital, Xu Qing raised his head, and when he looked at the county capital above, he heard the loud cheers from the familiar capital.

The sound is deafening, echoing the world.

The sky exudes auspicious colors and radiance, and the three major palaces release bright awns as a foil.

And in the city of the county capital that Xu Qing couldn't see, all the houses were hung with ribbons for sale at the moment, and a street leading directly from the county guard's mansion to the teleportation array was renamed Prince's Road.

The street was decorated with lanterns and festoons, covered with flowers, and countless human races on both sides lined up to greet each other, and the sound of cheers spread in all directions.

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

When the gongs and drums were ringing and the whole world was celebrating, Juncheng led a group of people in the county capital, including the Immortals and Saint Demons, as well as many ancestors of foreign races, in the shining formation, at the moment when the figure of the seventh prince appeared, respectfully A salute.

"Meet the Seventh Prince!"

In the sky, the four-clawed golden dragon breathed out red clouds, shining brightly, and on the ground, the seventh prince walked out with a smile, facing everyone.

All of a sudden, the noise reached its peak.

But all of this has nothing to do with Xu Qing.

Xu Qing stood silently in the army outside the county capital, listening to all this.

Until a long time ago, a decree was introduced into the army, allowing the imperial army to camp on the spot and move around on their own, and the sword bearers in the former western theater finally received the order to return freely.

After that, they don't need to go to the battlefield unless at a specific time.

This order came from the county magistrate and the deputy lord of the sword holding palace. Under their pleading, the prince thought that it is not easy to hold a sword, and felt grateful for the license.

Xu Qing left the army without going anywhere, and returned directly to his Jiange.

The moment he stepped in, he didn't take off his armor, let alone meditate, but lay on the bed and fell asleep instantly.

This sleep lasted until the evening of the next day.

The moment he woke up, there was already a lot of information in his sound transmission jade slip and command sword.

Because the jade slips were not allowed to transmit information on the battlefield, they were all blocked, so after returning to the county capital at this moment, the jade slips could only communicate with each other.

"Xu Qing, I couldn't get in touch with you before. I was relieved when I saw your senior brother today, knowing that you are fine. Old man, I went back with the Wood Spirit Clan first. The county capital is a bit different from what we used to think. The Wood Spirit Clan was severely damaged in the First World War, and I also narrowly escaped death... If you have time, go back to the Wood Spirit Clan, Linger is about to wake up."

This is the old man on Banquan Road.

"Xu Qing, wake up and come drink with me."

This is Kong Xianglong.

"Little brother, wake up and tell me, I will come to you to get the Dao fruit."

This is the captain.

"Xu Shuling, you have to be careful. I have received information in the county. Those foreigners who were frightened by you at the beginning have jointly signed a letter saying that you have destroyed the unity of Fenghai County. Although this matter was suppressed by the county magistrate, you should also pay attention. "

This is youth.

Xu Qing simply replied a few words, put down the jade slip, stretched his waist, then took off the armor on his body, waved his hand, and countless rain and mist gathered all over his body, quickly cleaning his body.

The reason why there was no tidying up on the battlefield was because it was meaningless on the one hand, and on the other hand, there was thick smoke and death. In such an environment, unless you were obsessed with cleanliness, you would not repeat this action all the time.

After cleaning at this moment, Xu Qing put on a new Taoist robe, and the captain, who also looked brand new, came with anticipation.

On the battlefield before, Xu Qing told the captain that he only carried a part of Daoguo with him, and left a lot in the county capital.

As soon as they met at this moment, before the captain could speak, Xu Qing took out a storage bag from the storage compartment of Jiange and threw it over.

"One half." Xu Qing said calmly.

The captain immediately beamed with joy.

"That's enough haha, I can finally redeem the Dao Gu Fengzheng Order, Xiao Aqing, let me tell you, I came to the county and worked hard to obtain military merits, all for this!"

Satisfied, the captain put the storage bag in his arms, his eyes fell on Xu Qing, and he spoke with a smile.

"Little Aqing, do you want to exchange for a life lamp? Daoguo's military achievements are enough, and the military achievements are also decentralized. Look at how many military achievements you have obtained? I have four fifth-level military achievements and two third-level achievements. !"

Hearing this, Xu Qing took out his command sword and checked it.

"Xu Qing, the sword bearer, was listed in the Palace of Holding Swords and verified by the Military Disciplinary Department. In the Battle of Fenghai County, he won the second-rank military merit once, the third-rank military merit four times, the fourth-rank military merit seven times, and the fifth-rank military merit eleven times. "

Xu Qing was taken aback, he didn't expect so much.

"Haha, quite a few, I heard that the Vice-Master of the Sword-holding Palace personally submitted the list, and basically everyone has it." The captain said with a smile, then looked around, and said in a low voice.

"You should go to bed when you come back. Let me tell you, little Aqing, from yesterday to now, many things have happened. After the arrival of the Seventh Prince, the layout of the county capital has changed."

"Jianjian Palace, Fengxing Palace, and Silu Palace, three generals under his command are concurrently the palace masters."

"There are still four elders of the sword holding court who have been recorded as negligent. We welcome the emperor state too. There are many reasons. One of them is that the prisoner was lost. That bitch, Youjing, did not hesitate to be seriously injured on the battlefield even if her cultivation level fell. Go and forcibly break the shackles, and escape in the chaos."

"There are also the Near Immortal Clan and the Saint Demon Clan. The two clans and the Human Clan have switched from their covenant identities. The Seventh Princes have used some means. In one day, they voluntarily become the clans attached to the Human Clan in Fenghai County."

"In addition, more than 400 foreign nationalities chose to increase the annual tribute and hand over military power at the same time."

"Let's not talk about it, I'm going to exchange things. By the way, Xiao Aqing, the county magistrate has already notified that the county funeral will be held tomorrow to commemorate the county magistrate, the three palace masters who died in battle, and all the sacrificed soldiers."

Xu Qing watched the captain go away. He stood outside the Jiange and looked around. The county capital he was obviously familiar with now became vaguely unfamiliar.

Everything is different.

Xu Qing suddenly missed Qixuetong and Master.

After a while, he bought a few jugs of wine in the county capital and went to Kong Xianglong's Jiange.

Kong Xianglong was drinking alone. When he saw Xu Qing, he grinned to show a smile, but he couldn't. He finally picked up the jug and drank it all in one gulp.

Xu Qing silently stayed by the side, drinking with Kong Xianglong, neither of them spoke.

After one night passed, when the outside sky appeared dim, Xu Qing spoke softly.

"Brother Kong, the county funeral is about to begin."

Kong Xianglong raised his head silently, and after a long time, he spoke in a low voice.

"Xu Qing, wait for me outside."

Xu Qing nodded and walked out of the Jiange.

Not long after, when the door of the Jiange was opened and Kong Xianglong walked out, there was no stubble on his face and no smell of alcohol on his body.

The neat white sword-wielding Taoist robe made him vaguely seem to have returned to the time before there was no war.

"The old man has never let me call him grandfather, and I don't bother to call him. I have lived alone since I was a child." Kong Xianglong said softly.

"However... this old man is a strict person. He is in the spirit of the sky. If he saw me so drunk before, he would probably be scolding me with a rigid face. Although he can't reprimand him now, let him be happy. .”

"Do you think so, Xu Qing?" Kong Xianglong looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing nodded slightly.

Kong Xianglong took a deep breath and walked forward.

Together with him, Xu Qing and the two left the Jiange. Amidst the ringing of the county capital's bell, and when the entire county was filled with solemnity, they arrived in the county capital, right in front of the statue of Xuanyou Ancient Emperor.

At this moment, there are hundreds of thousands of monks standing there.

Sword-holding palace, Fengxing palace, Silu palace, county government monks, all included.

There are more figures coming from all directions at a high speed. Some of them have limbs missing, some have unhealed injuries, some have red eyes, and some are depressed with grief and indignation.

They are all warriors who survived in the western theater.

On the ground, the army of the imperial capital walked out, bowing their heads in silent mourning.

In the capital, every household instinctively walked out, men, women, old and young, silently looking at the statue of the Xuanyou ancient emperor.

At this moment, on the northwest front line, all the monks and sword holders from the states in Fenghai County who had not returned put down everything and faced the direction of the county capital with infinite sadness on their faces.

The human sects who had served in the Western War Zone and returned to the states all rang the bells of the sects at this moment, reverberating in each state, reverberating in all directions, reverberating in the world.

Jujun, the same mourning.

(End of this chapter)