out of time

Chapter 560 The Firefly in the Dark Night
In the dark cave, Duanmuzang was floating in the air, looking back at Xu Qing.

Its voice reverberated and turned into reverberations all around.

Xu Qing stood up, bowed to Duanmuzang, and nodded.

"Thank you."

Duanmuzang thanked him before because he beautified the outside world and gave people here a hope.

He thanked Duanmuzang because of the other party's trust.

Duanmuzang waved his hand, a vortex appeared in front of him, he stepped into it, and waited for Xu Qing in the vortex.

Xu Qing took a step forward and stepped into the vortex.

This was the first time he had left the tomb on the first floor in a month, and as he entered the vortex, a mundane world came into Xu Qing's eyes.

It is still underground, but the scope is much larger than where he was before. It is an underground city.

The hustle and bustle, laughter and laughter floated out of the city at this moment, wafting in Xu Qing's ears, and Ling'er also showed her head, looking in the direction of the city.

The city is full of human races, the number of which is more than [-].

This is the first time Xu Qing has seen a human city since he came to the Moon Festival, and it is also the first time he has seen so many of his own race.

Even though he was prepared in his heart, Xu Qing still felt turbulent at this moment. He even saw that the earth dome here was covered by a huge blue curtain.

The curtain is very large, spreading across the sky like a blue sky.

There are also some white clouds painted on it, full of beauty.

On the ground, although there is only such an underground city, there are green plants in it, and crops are growing in the open space further away.

Between the sky and the earth, there is also a huge ball of light, which contains sky fire, which is sealed in a bottle in a special way, turning it into the sun.

The light was shining, and a sense of prosperity and prosperity permeated the cave with the sound of children reading aloud.

Along the way, the human race that Xu Qing sees are either numb or food, and their status is extremely humble.

So Xu Qing is very clear that to be able to build such a city of human race here and protect the survival of so many people of the same race, it requires courage and a broad mind, and it needs to be extremely broad.

After all, not all strong people are willing to protect the common people. For many strong people, living well is often more important than anything else.

"This is my home." Duanmu Zang said softly.

Respect rose in Xu Qing's heart, and he bowed again.

His sense of Duanmu Zang changed with the passage of time, especially at this moment, what he saw with his eyes and what he felt in his heart made the senses change drastically.

Duanmuzang looked at the city with a gentle expression, with a light refracted from the fire in the sky in his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face.

Like a kind old man looking at his descendants.

"The human race is living in the Moon Festival. Due to some historical reasons, life is extremely difficult, and life is miserable. It was the same when I was a child."

"What you see in front of your eyes are mostly the hard-fated people who are suffering and suffering in the alliance between the two races."

Duanmuzang spoke softly, at this moment, he looked like a different person from Tianhuohai when he was fighting with alien races.

It was as if back here, all his cunning, all his insidiousness, and all his viciousness had instinctively disappeared.

All that's left is warmth.

"My ability is limited, and I can't save everything. I can only help as much as I can, and I can save as much as I can. Gradually, that's all."

Duanmuzang's words, as well as the scene in front of him, shocked Xu Qing greatly, and he understood that in this large moon worship domain, such a sanctuary of the human race is undoubtedly a narrow survival.

For the strong, many times, this is a fetter.

Feeling the ups and downs in his heart at this moment, Xu Qing followed Duanmu Zang and walked into the city together.

Most of the buildings in the city are simple, and most of the people's clothes are simple, without any luxury, and there are no shops around.

There are no deals here, just mutual help.

Smiles overflowed on the faces of every human race that Xu Qing looked at. He saw middle-aged people, young people, and children.

Only there are no old people.

"The old people are willing to choose death, they don't want to waste food."

When Duanmuzang said these words, there was a touch of sadness in his expression, but soon this sadness was hidden in the excitement of everyone around him.

"The lord!"

"Meet the king!"

"It's the king's grandfather, hello grandpa."

"Grandfather of the country, I have been watching the clouds in the sky for a long time, why are they still motionless?"

Crowds rushed around, the middle-aged people looked respectful, the young people looked excited, as for the children, as if seeing their relatives, they ran quickly and played in circles around Duanmu Zang.

Duanmuzang smiled all over his face, picked up a little boy, and spoke with a smile.

"Of course the clouds in the sky will move. It's just that it's asleep now. When it wakes up, it will move. It will definitely move."

In the laughter, everyone's eyes also fell on Xu Qing, a little nervous, but more of goodwill, it seems that as long as it is brought by Duanmuzang, it is a relative to them.

Xu Qing followed silently, walking in the city with Duanmuzang, he saw many such situations along the way, and also saw that there was a school in the city.

"History must be passed on, and civilization must be continued. Even though the human race is suffering in this great region of offering sacrifices to the moon, I think it is still necessary for more human races to understand our past glory."

"Don't forget."

Duanmuzang looked at the school and opened his mouth with emotion.

Xu Qing looked up at the school, where there was a voice reading aloud, talking about the past history of the human race.

Much is wrong and glorified.

In addition, there are also some places in this city to teach practice and knowledge of plants and trees, which can give ordinary people the opportunity to master extraordinary power.

There are more children there.

When he got there, Xu Qing heard a little girl's voice coming from inside.

"Teacher, I know the seven-leaf clover you are talking about, but I have searched many places before, but there is no such thing, and there is no Tengniu wood either!"

Duanmuzang also heard this voice and spoke softly.

"Some of the cultivation techniques and vegetation knowledge here are known to me, and some I have snatched or traded from outside. Most of them are ancient books and have no meaning. For example, most of the vegetation is in today's Moon Festival. No."

"But it's still knowledge after all, maybe... it can be used in the future."

Xu Qing nodded silently upon hearing this.

The two left and walked the whole city. Xu Qing also saw many low-level monks like Shi Pangui. They were all guards in the city, responsible for going out to trade the necessities needed by the city when there was no sky fire.

Time passed slowly.

When the blue curtain of the sky gradually turned black with the dimming of the sky fire, and many things that shone like stars appeared, Xu Qing walked the whole city.

Those stars are transformed by the mirrors of the Mirror Shadow Clan.

Under the night, Duanmuzang stood outside an empty residential house, turned his head and looked into Xu Qing's eyes for a long time, then spoke hoarsely.

"How about my home?"

"Senior Dade!"

Xu Qing said solemnly.

"It can't be called great virtue." Duanmuzang shook his head.

"What you see is that I am protecting them, but in fact...they are also accompanying me."

"So, I say this is my home."

Duanmuzang opened his mouth softly, and walked towards the distance, Xu Qing was just about to follow, when Duanmuzang's voice echoed.

"The fire is too high, and it will take another two months, so you can live here temporarily."

Xu Qing paused, he knew the weight of this sentence, because for Duanmuzang, it was tantamount to letting him live in his home.

So he looked solemn and cupped his fists in a bow.

Duanmuzang went away, and he also lived in this city, until his figure disappeared from sight, Xu Qing turned to look at the houses behind him.

The simple building, in his perception, reveals a warm meaning that Jiyue Dayu does not have.

In this way, Xu Qing stayed.

Ling'er also chose to change form temporarily, with a happy face, arranging the hut, as if trying to tell Xu Qing with her actions that she really knows how to do housework.

Seeing Linger's busy figure, Xu Qing smiled, and slowly relaxed, trying to blend into the city.

The integration process is not difficult.

The kindness from everyone can dissolve all distances and make Xu Qing's mood more stable.

The sky is black and blue alternately, and the fire in the sky is coming and going. Half a month has passed.

In the past half a month, Shi Pan came back seven or eight times, each time with delicious food, his wife's cooking skills are very good, and I really like the dishes he brought.

However, at first Ling'er's transformation did not appear in front of people, but after getting acquainted with her, she appeared in Shi Pangui's eyes.

After paying attention to Ling'er, Shi Pangui was stunned for a moment, and when he came again, he was no longer alone, but brought a woman of his age and a little girl with him.

"Senior, this is my wife and sister."

Shi Pangui spoke respectfully, the woman beside him and the little girl were obviously very nervous, and bowed to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing showed gentleness on his face. He asked Shi Pangui why he went out that day, and the other party truthfully told him that he was going to buy medicine for his wife.

His wife was weak and often fell ill. Two months ago, Shi Pangui's condition worsened. Shi Pangui was anxious, so even though he knew that the sky fire was coming, he still ventured out to buy medicines in other cities of the two clans.

This behavior is very dangerous, but there is nothing he can do.

"The old lord protected more than [-] people, so everyone can't go to find the lord if they have something to do."

That's what Shi Pangui said when he answered Xu Qing's question.

People here, they are grateful and respect Duanmuzang, so they don't want to be distracted by anything, they can take care of themselves.

The kindness here, Xu Qing has not encountered many in his life, so after sweeping his eyes over Shi Pangui's wife, he pondered slightly, took out some pills from the storage bag, and gave them to Shi Pangui.

"Your Taoist partner is due to the accumulation of evil in the crypt and the accumulation of evil in the sky and fire, thus forming a situation where water and fire are incompatible. These pills can be neutralized. If you take them continuously, although they can't completely resolve them, they can also be suppressed to a certain extent."

Shi Pangui was excited, and his wife was also grateful. The couple were about to kneel down to thank Xu Qing, but Xu Qing waved to help him up.

"After eating your snacks so many times, these pills are also what should be done, there is no need to do so."

Shi Pangui and his wife were even more moved, while the little girl beside him secretly watched Xu Qing take out the storage bag of the pill bottle, thoughtfully.

Soon, the family left, and they were going to send the little girl to class.

After they left, Ling'er picked up the snack and ate happily, then looked at Xu Qing, her eyes became crescent moons, and she was proud in her heart.

"My brother Xu Qing is the most upright person. He won't hold on to his identity just because the other party's cultivation base is weak. He has warmth."

Seeing Ling'er looking at her like this, Xu Qing was surprised.

"What's wrong, Ling'er?"

"It's nothing." Ling'er blushed, ran to Xu Qing's side, took his arm, and said softly.

"Brother Xu Qing, let's go out for a walk, shall we?"

Xu Qing looked up at the sky, and it was noon, so he nodded, walked out of the house with Linger, and strolled in the city.

She jumped up and down all the way, bouncing around Xu Qing like a child, and her cute appearance also made the residents in the city smile after seeing her.

There were also some families who took out their own food, Linger walked all the way, greeted everyone happily, and ate with joy.

Looking at Linger's innocent look, Xu Qing laughed.

They walked, crossed the street, crossed the long street, until they reached the school.

Today's class in the school is also about plants and trees. As the voice came out, Xu Qing stumbled over it.

The school is open, and children in the city can come to attend the class. The one who explained the grass and trees was a middle-aged woman. She lost her lower body and sat in a wheelchair, explaining with a serious expression.

The children around, ranging from seven or eight years old to thirteen or fourteen years old, listened very carefully, especially a little girl inside, her eyes were wide open, and she was recording while listening, completely forgetting herself.

This little girl is Shi Pangui's younger sister.

Looking at these children, Xu Qing thought of himself in the scavenger camp. At that time, he was also extremely serious with the desire in his heart after getting Master Bai's approval.

He looked at it for a while, then walked away lightly.

Time passed day by day, and it was another half a month.

After three months of fire, Xu Qing spent a month in the tomb on the first floor, and also in this city for a month.

He doesn't like to be lively, so most of the time he spends most of his time meditating and practicing in the house, but Ling'er couldn't stay idle, so he begged Xu Qing to join her at first, and then he became familiar with the residents of the city, and every day was full of turmoil run out.

Although she was not too worried about what happened to Ling'er, Xu Qing still arranged for the ancestor of the Vajra Sect to follow her.

Ling'er's popularity far exceeds Xu Qing's in this city, especially under the introduction of Shi Pangui's wife, she has met many sisters and aunts.

These people like her very much, and they are all curious about her relationship with Xu Qing.

At this moment, Ling'er would blush with embarrassment.

So those sisters and aunts began to teach her some methods. Someone told her that to learn how to cook, to keep a man's heart, you must first keep your stomach.

Ling'er was tempted and studied hard.

Someone also told her that as a woman, she must sew and mend, and her man cannot wear clothes mended by others, so Linger was even more tempted.

She planned that all brother Xu Qing's clothes would be made by herself.

In this way, on the fifth day after Linger learned how to cook, Xu Qing tasted Linger's cooking skills for the first time in her life. After working for more than an hour, she finally cooked some dishes for Xu Qing.

Looking at the pitch-black vegetable leaves, Xu Qing looked up at Ling'er with apprehensive eyes, and took a bite.

Chew slowly, and send it into the stomach after a long while.

"How is brother Xu Qing? Is it delicious?"

Linger was nervous.

Xu Qing was silent, and smiled after a while.

"delicious."

Ling'er was immediately happy.

"Brother Xu Qing, eat more."

Xu Qing hesitated, and finally ate all of it. Just as he was about to meditate, Linger spoke excitedly.

"Brother Xu Qing, I will continue tomorrow."

Xu Qing was silent for a few more breaths, then nodded.

In addition, in this city, Ling'er is not the only one who is popular. After taking shape, the ancestor of the Vajra Sect was gradually recognized by everyone, and even came from behind, surpassing Ling'er.

The reason for all this is that when he was protecting Ling'er, he passed a storyteller's place, and when he heard the storyteller inside, he was disdainful in his heart, so he simply narrated a passage from a script he had read.

For those who worshiped the moon, the words spoken by the ancestor of the Vajra Sect were extremely fresh, especially when the ancestor of the Vajra Sect included some stories that happened to Xu Qing.

In this way, it will be more vivid, and the applause will continue.

There were quite a few people who listened to it at the beginning, but the number increased day by day, and the Patriarch of the Vajra Sect was fearful by Xu Qing's side all the year round, and he hadn't been so sought after for a long time.

So he felt itchy, and when Linger was learning to cook and mend, he secretly went to tell stories many times.

For example, at this moment, he is sitting in a long pavilion surrounded by hundreds of people.

Looking at the crowd, Vajra Sect coughed and spoke calmly.

"The last book said that the Seven Blood Pupils sent out tens of thousands of magic boats and surrounded Mermaid Island."

"And the ancestor of Mermaid Island is definitely not a kind person, this cultivation..."

Amidst the crowd's mesmerizing, the Vajra Sect patriarch narrated in a melodious voice, which easily attracted people to immerse themselves in it. Even Duanmu Zang, who was in mid-air, hid there, nodding while listening.

Until dusk, when the blue cloth of the sky dimmed, the Vajra Sect patriarch paused and coughed lightly.

"If you want to know what will happen next, please listen to the next chapter. At this time tomorrow, I will continue here."

Everyone was hearing the critical moment, and immediately became anxious when they heard the words, and booed one after another.

"Hey, let's finish this paragraph."

"Short and short, extremely short!"

"What did you say this afternoon? Why don't I remember anything!"

"No, let's go on for a while, how can we stop here!"

The ancestor of Vajra Sect smiled when he heard this.

"This old man reads tens of thousands of volumes of stories. This passage seems plain, but it actually hides a mystery. You can't swallow it all. You have to savor it carefully to feel the taste."

After finishing speaking, amidst the laughter all around, the Vajra Sect patriarch hummed a ditty, walked away with his hands behind his back, and continued to secretly protect Ling'er.

Both Vajra Sect and Ling'er are wonderful, and Shadow is very envious. He also wants to go out to play, but he doesn't dare. He can only lie on the ground every day, looking eagerly at Xu Qing who is meditating like a log.

But Xu Qing also has visitors here, besides Shi Pangui, occasionally his younger sister, that is, the little girl, would also run over.

Every time the eleven or twelve-year-old girl came, she would bring Xu Qing some food like sweet potatoes, and obediently put it aside.

Then she looked at Xu Qing, feeling a little nervous, not knowing how to speak, and in the end she didn't say anything.

After several times, she finally couldn't hold back and asked a question.

"Big brother, you...you know alchemy?"

She remembered what Xu Qing gave her sister-in-law the pill that day.

Xu Qing nodded upon hearing this.

The little girl immediately cheered up, took out a small notebook, and asked a question about plants.

"Seven-leaf clover, also known as dispelling different grass, is the whole herb of the genus genus genus in the spirit grass family. It is a perennial herb. It grows in sheltered places and wet places in the wilderness. It does not grow in places where the remnant spirits face it directly."

Xu Qing told me gently.

After the little girl heard it, she immediately recorded it, and quickly asked a second question, all about the grass and trees she had learned, many of which she had asked the teacher and had no answers.

Xu Qing was patient and explained carefully, but the little girl kept asking questions, one after another. While explaining, Xu Qing also saw the other party's persistence in vegetation and excellent memory ability.

The latter is the basis for learning vegetation.

And this question and answer ended after two hours.

After a few days, the little girl came again, this time took more sweet potatoes, put them aside respectfully, and began to inquire.

Xu Qing looked at the sweet potato, smiled, and explained carefully.

Until dusk fell, the little girl let out a long sigh of relief and left happily, but that night, his brother brought her to Xu Qing's place and reprimanded her for not disturbing her senior.

Looking at the nervous family, Xu Qing was about to speak, but noticed the stubbornness in the little girl's expression, he thought about it, didn't say much, just nodded.

Xu Qing wanted to see if that little girl would continue to inquire.

A few days later, she came again.

This time she changed her method, carefully took out an ordinary medicinal herb from her bosom, and opened her mouth timidly.

"Teacher, is this the golden grass you mentioned?"

Xu Qing looked strange, this is an ordinary grass.

So he looked at the little girl with deep meaning in his eyes, and told the method of defending the golden grass and its similar herbs.

In the days that followed, it seemed that this method was effective, so almost every day the little girl would come to ask about other herbs.

Every time, Xu Qing explained in detail.

Time passed again like this, and soon the sky fire in the outside world passed, and it came to an end.

Calculated according to the time, there should be at most ten days before the sea of ​​fire will return to its original position, and the next time the sky fire will pass through the sky will be decades later.

"Going to leave."

Xu Qing muttered, looking at the house, the perception spread and covered all directions, and found Ling'er who was learning embroidery with some aunts, and also found the ancestor of the Vajra Sect who was talking endlessly in the Changting Pavilion.

Looking at the human race in the city, Xu Qing was silent for a long time, and could only sigh softly.

"Are you going?"

Duanmuzang's voice echoed in Xu Qing's ears, and his figure silently appeared in the house, looking at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing nodded.

Duanmuzang was silent, and sat down after a while.

"Your wine is good."

Xu Qing smiled, took more than half of the wine prepared in the storage bag, put it in a storage bag, and handed it to Duanmuzang.

Duanmuzang glanced after receiving it, with a smile on his face, looked at Xu Qing, and suddenly spoke.

"I don't take your wine in vain. I think you were running around in the sea of ​​​​fire before, and you should use the fire there to practice some spells."

"I'll lend you a secret treasure. This treasure can avoid fire to a certain extent and allow you to sink deeper into the magma, so that it will not be exposed, and it will be much safer."

As he spoke, Duanmuzang raised his right hand and spread out his palm.

Inside, there was a brown bloodshot eyeball, which was staring at Xu Qing with some strangeness.

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I caught a cold, and fell asleep after barely finishing writing last night. I didn't have time to update. I apologize to everyone.
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