out of time

Chapter 554
On the border between Shenglan Great Domain and Jiyue Great Domain, there are scattered small mortal countries, and there are also some squares and cities for people who go out of the river.

After all, as long as outsiders enter the Moon Sacrifice Domain, as long as they don't stay too long, they will not be affected by its curse, so there is some trade with each other.

As for the boundary, it is actually a majestic long river.

The name of the river is Yin, and it surrounds and envelops the entire Moon Sacrifice Domain.

And the river is red all the year round, like fresh blood, and even the smell is the same. Occasionally, the wind blows across the river, blowing the bloody smell to the shore, and it permeates everywhere.

For those who don't understand all this, after smelling this smell, they will instinctively become vigilant, but as they approach this area, most passers-by are used to it.

The same is true for Xu Qing's team.

The traveling merchants and bodyguards inside obviously took this route often, so they all looked normal.

Xu Qing took a sip, thoughtful.

In addition to the bloody smell, there was also a faint scent of a naked mother in this smell.

It's just that this aura is so weak that it would be difficult to detect it if Xu Qing hadn't possessed Ziyue.

"There is a curse here."

Ling'er spoke suddenly, her voice was crisp and pleasant.

Inside the carriage, the captain stretched his waist, opened the door curtain, looked outside, and laughed.

"This is the smell that emanates from the Siyin River. That river was not formed naturally. It was the red mother who gathered all the living beings in the Moon Sacrifice Region. They were transformed with their blood and branded with a curse."

"This river is not dangerous for outsiders, as long as you give enough sacrifices, you can enter and exit, but for all the tribes in the Moon Festival, it is the door of the cage."

"Calculating the time, we will be able to reach the shore at dusk today, and after crossing the river for a few days, we will be able to enter the Moon Sacrifice Realm." The captain's eyes showed anticipation.

After leaving Fenghai County, the group of them hid all the way in the Deep Blue Domain, and even more so after entering the Shenglan Domain. Finally, at Xu Qing's suggestion, they joined the convoy and followed.

Walking in the mundane world is easier to hide than casting a spell.

In this way, in this month's time, they came here.

Soon dusk fell, and the sky was full of red clouds, which was the same color as the river water reflected in Xu Qing's eyes.

This picture of the sky and the river is not beautiful, but weird and eerie.

Here, Xu Qing and his party left the convoy and stopped by the Siyin River.

The long rolling river surged towards the south, and the smell of blood was extremely strong here, and there were vaguely visible bones in the river, which were the dead remains of people who wanted to escape from the Moon Festival.

Under the corrosion of the river water, they can no longer see their appearance when they were alive, but from the size of the bones, it can be seen that there are still many children inside.

"The sentient beings in the Moon Festival are food at the moment of birth," the captain said calmly.

Looking at all this, Ling'er sighed softly and did not speak, but she got closer to Xu Qing, as if the warmth of Xu Qing could make her feel safer.

Xu Qing was silent, and looked up at the remnant face of the god in the sky.

Compared with the Moon Sacrificial Domain, the entire Wanggu Continent is actually the same.

Ning Yan, who was behind the two of them, had a mournful face, and it was even more bitter.

He didn't want to come, he felt that he was fine and comfortable in the county, but he was forcibly brought to such a ghostly place.

He knows about Jiyue Dayu.

It is precisely because he has heard about this great domain that he is very afraid of it and does not want to approach it.

"That damned Chen Erniu, it's too much!" Ning Yan cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show the slightest bit on his face, he was afraid of being bitten.

Compared to his reluctance, Wu Jianwu is extremely willing to join this time.

Even though the river looked weird, it didn't affect the arrogance in his heart. Standing on the bank, he took a deep breath and spoke loudly.

"I see the sunset and see the lonely smoke, and the waves of the big river have been turning for 7 years!"

"Good poem!" The captain's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he praised.

Wu Jianwu coughed, raised his chin, and was about to speak again when Xu Qing frowned, and he quickly stopped talking.

Xu Qing was a little tired of listening, the other party's poems along the way had no less than a hundred, at this moment the spirit wheel appeared while waving his hand, and landed on the river.

Xu Qing's spirit wheel was led by Zhang San, and the elders of Liufeng worked together to build it for him. Its shape was completely different from his magic ship, and it even broke away from the category of a boat.

This is Zhang San's genius design.

It looked like a hunchbacked old woman, five hundred feet tall, wearing a loose black robe.

On the back of the hunchback, towers were built to serve as cabins.

And the robes spread out on the river surface, causing layers of ripples, which are the sails.

What's even weirder is the old woman's hands.

In his right hand, he held a lantern emitting a faint green light. The flame inside was burning, and sometimes there were shrill screams.

Here, is the power source.

As for the left hand, there is a red eye floating, constantly looking around.

This is an imitation of Qixuetong's taboo magic weapon.

Such a spirit wheel, Xu Qing was also surprised when he got it before, and now it descended on the long river, whether Ning Yan or Wu Jianwu, after seeing it, waves rose in their hearts.

"Is this the spirit wheel of your seventh peak?" Wu Jianwu took a breath and spoke human words.

The captain smiled from the sidelines.

"It seems that Zhang San has some thoughts about Juying."

The shape of this old woman is very similar to the god Kuying of Mermaid Island.

Xu Qing nodded, didn't say much, stepped on the back of the old woman with a sway, and looked into the distance on the balcony inside.

The others also came up quickly, and soon as the lantern in the old woman's hand shone, the sail-like black robes fluttered around her instantly, and her figure galloped away on the river.

The Siyin River is not small, and its width is even more so. At the speed of Xu Qingling's wheel, it took five days to cross half of it.

During the period, they also encountered some dangers, but under the inspection of the imitation eyeballs of the seven blood pupil magic weapon, most of them were avoided by them.

However, there will still be some emergencies.

For example, at this moment, countless blood-colored long hair rushed out of the river, entwined towards the spirit wheel, and spread rapidly, coming towards Xu Qing and the others.

But there is no need for Xu Qing and the captain to make a move.

Wu Jianwu had been waiting to show his hand for a long time. There was no chance on the road before, so on the long river, he flicked his sleeves, and dozens of ferocious beasts appeared around him.

Some of these ferocious beasts flew into the sky, and some rushed directly into the river. There was also a parrot, which made a shrill cry, spread its wings and landed on Wu Jianwu's head.

The parrot raised its head like a stick, looking in all directions, and heard a human voice.

"My father is here in the world, which fairy is not convinced!"

Wu Jianwu looked proud and spoke lightly.

"The Wu family has a son, Babailang, who dares to be mad in the Kyushu of the sky!"

Xu Qing looked weird, Linger's eyes widened, Ning Yan gasped, and the captain's eyes sparkled.

Following Wu Jianwu's opening, a bear flew out from his cuff, turned into dozens of feet in a flash, stood in front of Wu Jianwu, and roared loudly.

The sound was like a roar of thunder, and its arms stretched out, grabbed the hair that was about to spread, and tore it apart.

Those ferocious beasts are very impressive. Although they look different, their bloodlines seem to have the same origin, and they cooperate perfectly with each other. They ignore the evil spirits, as if their own bloodlines are of high status.

So soon, under their attack, those hairs were broken and returned to the river.

Wu Jianwu proudly raised his head with all his strength on top of the parrot. This movement was very uncoordinated, but obviously he had been trained many times, so he seemed to be used to it.

At this moment, they opened their mouths at the same time, about to speak their lines.

But the danger was not lifted. The next moment, the entire river surface suddenly churned violently, and the bloody smell became stronger. Countless long blood-colored hair rushed out of the river one by one, and went straight into the air.

In the blink of an eye, under the gathering of countless blood-colored long hairs, they actually outline a huge figure hundreds of feet high. This figure has only outlines and no flesh and blood.

It looks like a skeleton, exuding terrifying coercion.

At this moment, he lowered his head and looked down at Xu Qing and his party.

"Sacrifice!"

An indistinct sound accompanied by a low growl came from the mouth of the huge blood-colored figure. While reverberating the world, the blood river around it also began to churn. The second, third, and fourth...

A total of 37 identical figures appeared one after another, surrounding Xu Qing and the others.

Each one will say the same two words after appearing.

"These are the river spirits of the Yin Chang River, and it is also the rule here to send out sacrifices." The captain had already prepared for this, and at this moment, with a wave of his hand, a storage bag was thrown out and fell into the river.

As for what was inside, Xu Qing didn't know, but as the storage bag fell, these figures gradually blurred until most of them disappeared.

And the rest of them, when they were about to dissipate, suddenly looked at Ning Yan at the same time.

"Sacrifice!"

Ning Yan's complexion changed.

The captain also frowned. He knew that Ning Yan's blood was good, but he didn't expect that it would cause He Ling to ask for sacrifices again.

"I don't know if the river spirit is good or not..." The captain looked around and felt that the river spirit here might not be the only one, so he sighed.

Fortunately, he was well prepared this time. Although he was not happy at the moment, he still took out a storage bag again. Just as he was about to throw it out, Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"Brother, may I try?"

The captain pondered and nodded.

"Also, the offerings I prepared are also useful in the Moon Festival."

Hearing this, Xu Qing took a few steps forward, looked at the bloody figure directly in front of him, and spoke calmly.

"Give Way."

As soon as he spoke, purple light appeared in his eyes, and Ziyue Nascent Soul in his body opened his eyes at this moment, exuding coercion and fluctuations, turning into a display of personality, descending a touch of theocracy.

In an instant, the fluctuations of the Siyin River stopped, the wind from all directions stopped, and everything seemed to freeze at the moment when Xu Qingziyue's power appeared.

Those He Lings suddenly trembled, bowed their heads quickly, and all knelt down.

"See Angel."

The same sound, at this moment, also came from the surrounding rivers, and more river spirits emerged.

From tens to hundreds, until reaching thousands, there is no end in sight.

They all knelt down and bowed respectfully.

Although Ning Yan was prepared for this scene, his heart still beat faster.

Ling'er's eyes were wide open, a little dazed, the captain was beaming, and secretly thought that this time he was going to the Moon Festival, with little Aqing around, the success of the big event would be infinitely great.

As for Wu Jianwu, he gasped, and the parrots above his head trembled, forgetting to keep their heads up.

Just like that, after a short period of silence around, Xu Qing's calm voice echoed.

"escort."

"Respect the decree of the gods!"

Thousands of human-shaped and skeleton-like river spirits with long blood-colored hair spoke at the same time, and walked around Xu Qing's spirit wheel one by one, escorting them forward in a mighty, imposing manner.

The river fluctuated by itself to speed it up, and the river twisted like it was crawling. In this scene, Wu Jianwu's body trembled, and when he was in a trance, the captain came to him, put his arms around his neck, and spoke in a low voice.

"Da Jianjian, I didn't lie to you before, do you want to do the same one day?"

Wu Jianwu must have thought about it, and he was destined to be unable to escape the clutches of the captain.

So soon, he was pulled aside by the captain, muttering to himself, Wu Jianwu's eyes were full of struggle and excitement, and finally the excitement surpassed everything.

"Fool!" Seeing this scene, Ning Yan snorted from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention to these, he was perceiving these river spirits.

They are different from the Heitian statues of the Shenglan tribe, they are more like living creatures, because in the breath of these river spirits, Xu Qing felt their awe.

Even vaguely, there was a wisp of fragrance, which was noticed by Xu Qing after he released Ziyue Yuanying's power.

So Xu Qing's eyes flashed, Ziyue Yuanying soared above his head, emitting bursts of coercion, and at the same time sucked lightly at those river spirits.

Immediately, those aromas followed He Ling and poured into Ziyue Yuanying's mouth.

As he swallowed, a feeling of incomparable comfort emerged in Xu Qing's mind, and his Ziyue Yuanying's body was also shaken, obviously growing a little.

At the same time, He Ling, who had been sucked out of the fragrance, showed a pious expression.

Xu Qing's heartbeat accelerated slightly. He instinctively felt that the fragrance was a good thing. Just when he was about to continue, a sense of crisis rose in his mind, which made him restrain his actions immediately.

"This is the Red Moon Ranch. Theoretically, Red Moon can suck it, and so can I, but this kind of plunder is easier to be noticed by it. If the stimulation is too large and it wakes up early..."

Xu Qing felt regretful and didn't continue to try. After he was going to enter the Moon Sacrifice Domain, he would see the situation before making a decision.

In this way, under the escort of thousands of river spirits, Xu Qing's spirit wheel galloped along the Siyin River, getting closer and closer to the shore.

And this scene was vast and extremely astonishing, which naturally attracted attention.

Xu Qing and his party were not the only ones who went to the Moon Festival Domain. In fact, due to the special nature of the Moon Festival Domain, monks from nearby areas would occasionally enter and trade items in it.

At this moment, there are dozens of boats like this on the Sacrificial Moon River. After paying the sacrifices, they were allowed to pass, so they saw this scene that made them unbelievable and horrified.

All the boats stopped instinctively, and the monks in them all had different minds, and countless guesses arose.

"Can be escorted by thousands of river spirits... What kind of identity is this!"

"Could it be from the Red Moon Temple? And it's a high-level person!"

"This is the only answer, and only the Red Moon Temple can have such an identity."

"The Red Moon Temple rarely appears on weekdays, and this is the first time I've seen them."

These speculations made everyone palpitate. They, who have been going to the Great Moon Festival all year round, know very well that in that cursed great region, all living beings are lambs, and only the Red Moon Temple is high above them, grazing for the gods.

So they bowed their heads one after another, and did not set sail again until the thousands of river spirits had gone away.

In this way, another two and a half days passed, and Xu Qing and his party finally crossed the sea-like Siyin River, saw the shore, and saw the Moon Sacrifice Domain.

The land here is dark black.

The sky is dark, there is no sun, only the moonlight without source, falling on the entire moon worship area, covering this black land with a mysterious veil.

The place where Xu Qing and his party went ashore was a barren mess of hills.

There are some birds in the sky hiding in the night, and there are shrill calls. As for the ground, you can occasionally see decayed bones.

Xu Qing put away the spirit wheel, and the moment everyone set foot on this land, the thousands of river spirits in the Yin Changhe bowed to the bank, and then disappeared into the river and disappeared.

The captain looked around, with some nostalgia on his face, and he spoke with emotion.

"After many years, I returned to this domain again."

"Junior brother, we are relatively safe now that we are here. Chimother is sleeping, so as long as we don't expose our identities too much, we will be fine."

Xu Qing nodded. Here, there are almost no people who know them.

The captain patted Xu Qing on the shoulder.

"Then let's separate here, you go to deal with your affairs, and I will take Xiao Ningning and Da Jianjian to do something."

Ning Yan was bitter when he heard the words, Wu Jianwu's face was full of excitement, he felt that he was very respected.

Xu Qing glanced at them, blessed them silently in his heart, and then looked at the captain again.

"Brother, take care!"

This is their agreement on the road, and the current location belongs to the eastern border of the Moon Festival. Starting from here and heading east, it is not very far from the Sea of ​​​​Skyfire that Xu Qing wants to go to.

"I'm fine, with Xiao Ningning and Da Jianjian protecting me, who dares to touch me."

The captain blinked at Xu Qing, then raised his right hand and slapped his forehead, his body changed immediately, and he turned into a handsome middle-aged monk, and his appearance became much more handsome.

Especially the smile on the corner of his mouth, and the complacency in that expression, made him look a little more sinister.

At this moment, in a half-smile, the captain slapped Ning Yan's stomach with a mournful face with his right hand, Ning Yan trembled all over, and his appearance also changed, turning into a maidservant.

He obviously knew this earlier, so there was no accident, but the original bitter expression now became behind the servant girl, giving people a feeling of being often bullied.

As for Wu Jianwu, his face was full of anticipation at the moment, the captain didn't favor one person over another, and patted him the same way, his appearance was covered, and he became a boy.

Seeing the changes of the captain and the three, Xu Qing was not curious. With the release of the seal, the captain gradually adopted various methods.

"Junior brother, I have prepared your identity for you."

The captain waved and threw a jade slip to Xu Qing.

"From now on, you are a disciple of the Yin-Yang Huajian Sect in Jiyue Dayu who traveled abroad, named Tian Qingzi."

"This is the jade slip of identity, which can be used as a guide. The various nations and races in this moon festival are chaotic with each other, so you need guides to go anywhere. The Yinyang Huajian sect is here, because it is in charge of the sacrifice dance of the Red Moon Temple, So it's a big sect, it's Zhang Hupi!"

Xu Qing glanced at the captain and took the jade slip. He could feel that the captain was fully prepared this time, and he was extremely determined to swallow the heart of the red moon.

"Then we will separate here first, and then we will meet at Weiyang Tianniu Mountain. No matter who arrives first, we will wait there for a while."

"If the other party doesn't come, we will hide and go to the place where the other party went to explore."

After the captain finished speaking, he raised his right hand to grab the void, and a fan appeared, which he opened with a swipe, and he slapped it a few times, with a look of leisurely contentment.

"Junior Brother, remember, my current identity is Wei Yangzi, and I am also a disciple of Yin Yang Huajian Sect, your senior brother! In the next few months, this name will definitely become famous in the Moon Festival, and you may hear it on the road. explain."

"Let's go!" said the captain, and waved to Xu Qing. During Xu Qing's farewell, he took Ning Yan and Wu Jianwu to the distance.

Ning Yan was a little bit reluctant, and looked back at Xu Qing from time to time, with a helpless expression.

Xu Qing pretended not to see them and watched the three of them off.

After walking more than ten feet, the captain paused, looked back as if remembering something, and shouted.

"Little Aqing, you can go to that Yin-Yang Huajian sect when you have time. Your identity is real. This sect pays attention to the harmony of yin and yang and complements each other. I think you can really study and learn, little Aqing. Your aptitude should be able to learn quickly, so that if you encounter a witch, you will also have self-defense skills and will not be taken advantage of!"

Hearing this, Ling'er quickly got out from Xu Qing's collar and spoke loudly.

"With me here, brother Xu Qing will never meet a demon girl!"

Seeing that the captain was about to speak, Xu Qing poker-faced, took out a peach and took a bite.

The captain stared, muttered a few words, and pulled the two people around him away.

Xu Qing watched until the three captains disappeared into the night, Ling'er looked expectant and shyly spoke.

"Brother Xu Qing, does this count as our date?"

Xu Qing smiled, nodded, swayed his body, and went straight to the distance. His appearance also changed, not so prominent, and became a lot more ordinary.

And just like that, time passed.

The night passed.

That night Xu Qing galloped between the sky and the earth in the Great Moon Festival, and he saw a lot of skeletons on the ground, including various ethnic groups in it, most of which died from heterogeneous eruptions.

Others died in battle.

All of this was beyond what Xu Qing had expected. The special environment of the Moon Sacrifice Region made it permeated with death and malice.

There were even a few places, after Xu Qing saw it, he was silent for a while.

That's the bone pit.

In the area near the shore, Xu Qing discovered dozens of huge deep pits with a range of ten thousand feet, each of which had countless bones accumulated.

From the scratches on the bones, it can be seen that the flesh and blood were picked raw, which is obviously more convenient to eat.

Ling'er was also silent.

Seeing this, Xu Qing left silently, and the vigilance in his heart increased infinitely, until early morning, after several dim artificial lights appeared in the sky, the earth was no longer pitch black, but a dim yellow color.

This color is the normal state of the Moon Festival.

Xu Qing stood on a bare hilltop, looked into the distance, identified the location, took out the jade slip of the map given by the captain, and checked it.

"This area is called the small altar. Half a month's journey from here is a place where the two races are united. After passing there, there is a sea of ​​​​fire."

Xu Qing put away the jade slips, and roared forward in the dim yellow sky.

Just like that, time passed day by day.

Half a month later, after crossing the area called the small altar, Xu Qing, who was about to enter the border of the alliance between the two races, had a better understanding of the name of the area behind him.

There are thousands of bone pits there, and they are arranged in the shape of a crescent moon, and in the center, there is an ancient altar the size of a city.

Xu Qing didn't get close, but far away, he felt more residual breath of the red moon there.

"Spiritual limit."

Xu Qing muttered, stepping into the land where the two races were united.

But the moment he walked into the border, Xu Qing paused and looked up.

Soon, dim lights appeared on the ground in front of him. Mirrors with irregular shapes rose from the ground and all illuminated Xu Qing.

Most of these mirrors were as tall as a person, and the mirror surface was blurred with some cracks, but Xu Qing's figure was still reflected.

What's strange is that the figures of Xu Qing in these mirrors all have malicious eyes at this moment, and there are cold voices coming out.

"Lu Yin!"

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Two in one
(End of this chapter)