out of time

Chapter 547
The silent restricted area became strange with the sound of singing.

That ethereal voice brought a gloomy and cold feeling, and ice formed on the ground where it passed, the green grass condensed into frost thorns, and the big trees became ice sculptures.

And this song seems to be a part of the night, so its appearance did not break the silence of this place, but made the entire restricted area deeper.

Xu Qing stood there, listening silently, and some waves rose in his heart, and the memory of seven years ago emerged.

This is the second time he heard singing.

The singing in the restricted area is a source of fear for scavengers, and those who hear it are basically dead.

But for Xu Qing, it is not the same now as it was back then.

Back then, he didn't have any power to protect himself, so he could only freeze everything in the cold, waiting for the arrival of death.

But now, even though he was standing on the land that was not Fenghai County, he could still feel the gathering of luck from Fenghai County.

The blessing of this kind of luck, unless he encounters that kind of terrifying personality, can't invade him at all.

Not to mention that on the sky, the big wings are faintly visible, and Qingqin is staring at it from a higher place.

So Xu Qing didn't feel fear in his heart because of the appearance of the singing, but his eyes showed anticipation, staring at the direction of the sound of footsteps.

He was waiting, waiting for the figure to appear there.

Under his feet, the shadow has spread to a hundred meters away, as if it has become a special forbidden zone, all the vegetation within this hundred meters has turned into eyes, and all the big trees have become coffins.

Countless eyes opened at this moment, surrounding Xu Qing, staring with him.

The strange aura from the shadow itself also erupted at this moment, revealing ferocity, hunger, and fear.

If you look at the restricted area at this moment from a high altitude, you can see that it is covered by thick fog, but the Baizhang where Xu Qing is is the only clear place.

And the empty singing voice in the fog is gradually becoming clearer, and the sound of footsteps is getting closer.

Until hundreds of feet away, the singing remained the same, but the footsteps stopped.

Faintly, one could see a pair of straw sandals stained red by blood on the edge of the mist.

This pair of shoes did not exist in Xu Qing's memory, he had never seen them before.

Above the straw sandals, mist billowed, and gradually formed a figure, which was also a stranger, and it could be seen that it was a woman, wearing a black robe.

The robe is so large that it seems to cover the restricted area behind it, and as she arrives, the surrounding vegetation bends down and the big trees twist, as if they are also worshiping her.

More heterogeneous substances spread out and merged into the mist, causing the mist to churn even more, forming a coercive pressure, covering all directions.

And her eyes are even more special, one red and one white.

In the red eyes, there are countless dead souls, while in the white eyeballs, there are endless bones.

At this moment, these eyes were staring at Xu Qing, and they were also staring at Xu Qing's shadow.

"food!"

The hoarse voice came from her mouth, from the mist, from the vegetation, and from the entire restricted area, echoing continuously, forming a lingering sound.

The eyes of the shadows within a hundred feet showed a faint light, and while locking on to this woman, the sense of fear was also extremely strong.

"The restricted area... the master..."

The mood swings from the shadow quickly entered Xu Qing's mind at this moment.

Xu Qing's eyes were cold, and the black-robed woman was about to step into Xu Qing's hundreds of feet at this moment, but her steps stopped, she suddenly raised her head to look at the sky, and fell silent.

After a while, the voice came again.

"leave!"

This voice turned into repelling and driving away, rising from the restricted area.

Xu Qing looked as usual, cupped his fists and bowed to the master of the restricted area, and spoke calmly.

"excuse me."

The mist billowed, gradually covering the woman's figure, and the power of repulsion became stronger at this moment, with a vague malice, as if looking for an opportunity.

But the coercion from the sky obviously made it afraid, so it didn't turn this malice into action.

Seeing that the figure of the master of the restricted zone continued to be blurred, Xu Qing spoke politely.

"Have you forgotten something?"

The misty figure turned a deaf ear.

Xu Qing's expression was still polite, and he spoke softly.

"In this restricted area, there will be gifts for those who hear the singing for the second time, allowing people to see the figure they most want to see."

"Today is the second time I heard singing."

The mist figure coldly swept past Xu Qing, ignored it, turned around and walked into the mist, when it became more and more blurred, the surrounding coldness became thicker, and the lingering sound was still echoing in the sky and earth, forming a stronger driving force.

Xu Qing's expression darkened, his eyes turned cold, he put away his politeness, and spoke slowly.

"Big wing!"

As soon as the words came out, the sky roared, and the wings of thousands of feet descended in an instant, and a terrifying pressure emanated from it, and Taoist Sinan and the thousand swordsmen spread their breaths one after another, suppressing the restricted area.

The restricted area was shaken, and the fog rolled a bit stronger, the figure who was about to leave paused, and when he turned around, his body emitted dangerous fluctuations, staring at Xu Qing with a somewhat ferocious expression.

"My request is not unreasonable."

Xu Qing looked into the eyes of the owner of the restricted area and spoke slowly.

"Senior Qingqin."

On the sky, there was a creaking sound that pierced gold and cracked rocks, as if after waiting for a long time for Xu Qing's call, it reverberated in all directions with excitement, and even the wind fell, like an invisible big hand, slapping on the restricted area.

Qingqin's body descended.

The ground shook, the mist collapsed in a large area, and the intensity of the rolling reached the extreme.

The master of the restricted area, his eyes were shining brightly, and his whole body exuded a ferocious intent. In the depths of the restricted area, there was a sharp piano sound.

The sound of the zither spread throughout the restricted area, and the restricted area trembled as it spun around. Skeletons came out of the trees, and evil spirits came out of the vegetation.

Towards Xu Qing, murderous intent erupted.

And the appearance of this place also changed greatly under the sound of the piano.

Like before, the entire restricted area was covered with a veil, but now the veil is lifted, revealing its true face. Many of the vegetation here are formed by evil spirits, and many of the big trees here are piled up with corpses.

There are also normal vegetation and big trees, occupying [-]% of the appearance, and [-]% of the restricted area is filled with bones.

That's all the beings who have died here for countless years.

"This restricted area is not very strong, it is only half-alienated. When the alienation here reaches [-]%, it will be at its peak restricted area. At that time, it is not us who can suppress it, and more manpower is needed."

"And now, you can try to seal it."

In mid-air, the figure of Taoist Sinan walked out from the big wing, looked at the master of the restricted area, and spoke to Xu Qing.

The words of Taoist Sinan made the sound of the piano in the depths of the restricted area sharper, and the surrounding bones roared even more.

Here, the shadow also showed desire to Xu Qing.

But Xu Qing didn't pay attention to these things. After bowing to Taoist Sinan, he looked at the master of the restricted area and spoke calmly.

"Please reveal the person I want to see, this is the rule of this restricted area."

The sound of the piano echoed resolutely, and the master of the restricted area spoke coldly.

"The dignity of the restricted area is inviolable!" After she finished speaking, she raised her hand, and the entire restricted area began to recover, repelling and driving, and broke out in an all-round way.

Seeing that the war is about to break out.

Xu Qing remained expressionless, and raised his right hand to point to the sky.

"Forbidden!"

In the county capital, which is extremely far away from here, the taboo magic weapon was shaken, and the golden light flashed in the sky, and it flew towards Nanhuangzhou in an instant.

Yao Hou, who was handling official business in the county guard's mansion, noticed something, looked up, smiled and didn't care.

And in an instant, that piece of golden light appeared in the sky above Nanhuang Continent, on the sky above the scavengers restricted area, and turned into a golden net, covering the restricted area, emitting a terrifying force of suppression.

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

For the first time, the master of the restricted area changed his expression. He suddenly raised his head and stared at the big golden net in the sky. The mist rolled behind him, and it was obvious that there was a huge wave in his heart.

The skeletons and ghasts occupying [-]% of the restricted area were also given a meal.

After a long while, the master of the restricted area withdrew his gaze, was silent for a moment, and waved his hand, a red mist was separated from his body, and began to gather at the side.

This mist seemed to have been transformed from its origin, but now that it was separated, she was obviously a little blurred.

The process of gathering was not fast, as if with some unwillingness, but after all, a pair of shoes slowly formed.

Those were the shoes Team Lei wore before he died.

Waves rose in Xu Qing's heart. At this moment, the mist twisted, and Lei Dui's figure slowly appeared, and Xu Qing looked at each other through the mist.

His expression showed relief and emotion.

Xu Qing's eyes were reddish.

"Team Thunder..."

Team Lei smiled, nodded at Xu Qing, then looked around, sighed, and slowly backed away until it turned into mist again and dissipated.

The pair of shoes gradually backed away until they disappeared into the mist.

Xu Qing was silent.

He remembered what Team Lei had said back then.

"Don't wait, until the end, it will be nothing..."

"Is it all for nothing?" Xu Qing murmured, looking at the mist, he was still waiting.

Wait for the figure that may appear next.

Since the legend of this restricted area is that people can see the people they want to see after hearing the singing for the second time, then Xu Qing felt that besides Team Lei, he also wanted to see Master Bai and Master Liu.

He also wanted to see his parents.

It's just... time passed by little by little, Xu Qing waited for a while, but in the end he didn't wait for the second pair of shoes to appear, which made him look a little lonely and depressed, and looked at the master of the restricted area.

"Senior, are there any other figures?"

The owner of the restricted area stared at Xu Qing with fixed eyes.

Qingqin growled lowly, spread her might with her wings, and the net of taboos shone.

The master of the restricted area was silent.

Gradually, Liu Ye's figure appeared in the mist.

Sixth Master's expression was a little dazed at first, then he was thoughtful, and finally his eyes fell on Xu Qing.

Smile.

Looking at the sixth master, Xu Qing felt sad in his heart, and bowed heavily with his fists clasped.

Sixth Master returned the gift with a smile, his figure gradually blurred until he disappeared into the mist.

Fog, starting to return.

"I don't know if senior can attract master Bai and my parents. If there is a price, this junior can pay."

Xu Qing said politely.

But his politeness was ignored by the master of the restricted area, and the dignity from the restricted area made the piano sound reappear, extremely sharp. The expression of the master of the restricted area was extremely cold, and the cold voice echoed.

"Yanhuang has an order that the Nanhuang restricted area will not be invaded, but anyone who violates the Nanhuang restricted area will be suppressed by the Phoenix ban!"

The surrounding skeletons all roared.

Even if the taboo net in the sky and the coercion of Qingqin and Taoist Sinan broke out at this moment, the sense of tyranny in this place still rose up.

Restricted areas can be suppressed and sealed, but dignity cannot be offended.

But in the next moment, a purple-red light flashed across Qingqin's body, and the center of her head showed arrogance and contempt. With a flick, a crimson feather appeared in her mouth.

The moment the feather appeared, the restricted area trembled, and the master of the black-robed restricted area froze for a moment, his expression struggled and he finally lowered his head, while the sound of the piano in the depths turned into a vibrato.

This is the feather of Yanhuang.

For Nanhuangzhou, Yanhuang is not only the emperor of Huangjin, but also the emperor of the whole continent, and even the emperor of all restricted areas in this state.

The fog returned, continued to squirm, and continued to gather.

But it was strange that no matter how the masters of the restricted area gathered together this time, the three figures still couldn't form.

The silhouettes of Xu Qing's parents just came out of an outline, and they immediately dissipated. However, although the outline of Master Bai was formed, it was still unclear and could only dissipate in the end.

This scene made Xu Qing focus his eyes on the master of the restricted area.

After a long while, under Qingqin's creaking sound, the hoarse voice of the restricted area master echoed in a low voice.

"There are two human souls that were sacrificed to God the Father, and I have no right to attract them."

"There is another soul, not in Wanggu."

After finishing speaking, the body of the owner of the restricted area suddenly retreated, and instantly melted into the fog, and the dense fog here also retreated rapidly, gathering from all directions in the deepest part of the restricted area, forming a sealing force to block the outside world , also blocked himself.

Obviously, going out this time was extremely unpleasant for it, so at this moment after everything was said, it chose to close.

What followed was rejection from the entire restricted area.

Xu Qing acquiesced.

As for not being able to see his parents, he already had a premonition in his heart that the Wushuang City back then was sacrificed to the gods.

It's just Master Bai's soul that makes Xu Qing a little confused.

"Not in Wanggu?"

Xu Qing frowned, recalling Master Bai's death before, and finally looked in the direction where Zitu was.

When he came to Nanhuangzhou this time, the last stop was to go to Zitu to pay homage to Master Bai, and at the same time visit his childhood friend.

"It seems that about the details of Master Bai's death, after this visit, we should ask Chen Feiyuan and Tingyu carefully."

Xu Qing pondered, then clasped fists at Taoist Sinan and Qingqin.

"Please trouble the two seniors to wait for me for a few days. I plan to let me evolve a spiritual pet here."

Taoist Sinan glanced at the shadow under Xu Qing's feet, nodded slightly, and led the people away, while Qingqin made a noise on his side, then flapped his wings, and flew straight to the fog-blocked place deep in the restricted area.

Obviously, it has a lot of interest in the master of the restricted area.

The sound of the piano trembled, the mist rolled, and Qingqin's figure disappeared into the mist.

As for what will happen inside, Xu Qing can't judge, but no matter what the ending is, Qingqin with Yanhuang feathers will not suffer.

So Xu Qing didn't care, turned around and walked towards his home in the restricted area.

At this moment, it was not far from dawn, and at the moment of dawn, Xu Qing came to the place where he had fought the Thunder Team and the Black Scaled Wolf.

Here, Xu Qing sat cross-legged and spoke lightly.

"I was here to seal you up."

"Then today, take this place as the boundary, don't go to the depths of the restricted zone, and don't go to the temple complex, other places, let you spread."

"Let me see how far you can grow."

As soon as Xu Qing's words came out, the shadow under his feet instantly spread out hundreds of feet, countless eyes opened from inside, and when they looked at Xu Qing, they conveyed emotional fluctuations.

"Thank... Lord..."

After finishing speaking, the range of Baizhang was instantly blurred, and spread rapidly towards the surroundings, away from Xu Qing. In this restricted area, it was covered with vegetation that had not been alienated by the owner of the restricted area.

Infinite heterogeneity gathers from all directions and pours into the shadow, and the sound of chewing spreads in all directions.

Whether it is vegetation or trees, they all seem to be food for shadows.

The same is true of the strange beasts here, the sound of wailing echoed in the restricted area, and the scavengers who entered here trembled after feeling all this, and chose to flee immediately.

For these scavengers, after thinking about it, the shadow didn't dare to swallow them. It was not sure about Xu Qing's attitude, so it continued to devour the strange beasts and other things here.

Gradually, its aura became stronger and stronger, and the vegetation and big trees swallowed by it did not really disappear, but changed their appearance. The vegetation was covered with eyes, and the big trees became coffins.

The same is true for alien beasts. Those who have been swallowed by shadows will grow a large number of eyes and then be resurrected.

It seems that it is devouring the authority of this restricted area in this way.

In this way, time passed and three days passed.

Almost [-]% of the restricted area exuded the aura of shadows and changed their appearance.

And the swallowing of the shadow has also reached saturation, unable to continue, rewinding from all directions, returning to the place where Xu Qing was cross-legged, exuding the volatility and joy of being about to break through.

Xu Qing opened his eyes and looked coldly.

"Swallowed [-]% before barely breaking through, somewhat useless."

The originally proud shadow trembled when he heard the words, and quickly conveyed his emotions.

"Continue...slowly...get stronger..."

"Breakthrough as soon as possible." Xu Qing snorted coldly.

The shadow trembled and quickly shrank, and soon a huge tree with a height of one hundred feet appeared in front of Xu Qing.

This tree is thick, with a canopy like an umbrella. While it is astonishing, it also exudes bursts of aura. There are no leaves on it, but red eyes.

But in every eye, what is revealed is not cruelty, but cuteness.

So it looks even weirder.

Ling'er poked her head out of Xu Qing's cuff, looked at the big tree, and spoke crisply.

"come on!"

Her words obviously encouraged the shadow, which made the shadow extremely excited. As the tree trunk shook violently, bursts of earth-breaking roar came from the body.

In the next moment, the appearance of this hundred-foot-high tree changed into a huge coffin, also full of eyes, its aura was stronger, and there was a sense of death spreading in all directions.

Afterwards, all of this turned into a black vortex, within which roars of struggle came out, and the third-level state of the shadow was being formed.

Xu Qing stared at the black vortex with anticipation in his heart.

The role of the shadow has miraculous effects at certain times, so after realizing the suppressing horror of the purple crystal, he hopes that the shadow can become stronger.

"The third level, what will it become?"

When Xu Qing murmured, there was a roaring sound from the black vortex, and its scope suddenly expanded, changing from a hundred feet to a thousand feet, floating in mid-air.

It didn't stand upright, but spread out, like a black cloud, covering the sky of thousands of feet.

Bursts of black rain fell on the ground from the vortex, but if you look carefully, you can see that this is not rain, but it is a piece of shadow.

Gradually, within a thousand feet, it was pitch black, as if this area was isolated.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qing was a little moved.

The Taoists of Sinan in the sky and the sword-wielders of those county capitals all looked sideways.

At this moment, the sound of thunder echoed from the vortex, and a huge face stood out in the vortex.

That face was unfamiliar, and it was clearly roaring at the moment, but what came out was the sound of thunder, as if his voice had been robbed of cognition and endowed with the concept of thunder.

And its existence didn't last long, just a few breaths, and it disappeared into the vortex again. At the same time, a wave of Nascent Soul emanated from the vortex.

Its shape also changed rapidly, and gradually it was no longer a whirlpool, but a black curtain with the size of a thousand feet, like a dark spot in the sky in the sky.

There is also a powerful mood swing, echoing in the vortex.

"I... strong... big!"

Xu Qing snorted coldly.

In an instant, this mood swing exuded panic and changed its meaning.

"I'm... weak... small."

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Xu Qing to inquire, he turned into a shadow in the black sky, and immediately showed his new ability, and saw many stars appearing in the thousand-foot sky.

It seems that this thousand-foot area is not a black spot, but a starry sky.

Those stars are like eyes, they emit bright light, and with the blink of an eye, they form the meaning of twinkling.

"Master... I hide... escape... teleport..."

Shadow's mood fluctuated, and he quickly informed him of his abilities.

Xu Qing frowned. Apart from the strange process and appearance of the shadow's advancement this time, it didn't seem to be so outstanding in terms of ability.

Sensing Xu Qing's dissatisfaction, Qianzhang's sky trembled, and the shadow quickly sent out emotional fluctuations again.

"Eyes... Duoshe... Seal..."

"That's all?" Xu Qing's eyes were slightly cold.

Shadow trembled more and more, and spoke loudly.

"I... seize the house... the gods!"

Xu Qing's eyes froze suddenly, he stood up, and looked at the thousand-foot sky.

"The future..." On the sky, all the eyes blinked.

Xu Qing remained expressionless and spoke lightly.

"Go back."

The thousand-foot sky fell to the ground in an instant, and she returned to Xu Qing in an instant. When she was trembling, Ling'er chuckled.

"Brother Xu Qing, Xiaoying is still working hard."

After finishing speaking, Linger blinked at Xu Qing.

The shadow trembled, and emotional fluctuations arose. It had never experienced this kind of feeling. All the previous perceptions came from Xu Qing's coldness.

So the only warmth in this coldness immediately made it extremely grateful to Linger, not knowing how to repay it, so it twisted its body and performed various tricks, which made Linger laugh.

This laughter caused the shadow to radiate happiness, but the next moment it saw Xu Qing's expressionless face, it still trembled, not daring to express its happiness too much.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention to the shadow, got up and swayed, and went straight to Dayi. The moment he stepped on, Daoist Sinan gave Xu Qing a meaningful look, and his comrades all smiled.

Xu Qing smiled as well, thanked them, and turned to look deep into the restricted area.

Seemingly aware of Xu Qing's gaze, the mist in the depths of the restricted area rolled, and Qingqin rushed out in a trembling spirit, making a satisfying rattling sound in the sky.

As for what it did there, outsiders don't know.

Xu Qing was a little puzzled, and glanced at the restricted area, where the fog quickly gathered, making it impossible to see anything.

However, Qingqin was fine after all, so Xu Qing didn't think too much about it, and soon, the big wings roared and went straight to Zitu.

There was the last stop of Xu Qing's trip.

After going through the restricted area, he planned to ask Master Bai if there was anything unusual before his death.

When he went to Zitu, he only paid attention to the revenge of Master Bai after his death, and ignored his life.

And the words of the Lord of the restricted area made Xu Qing feel that there might be some mystery hidden in this matter.

(End of this chapter)