out of time

Chapter 570

The strong wind whimpered and echoed on the desolate land of Jiyue Dayu, turning into a tragic melody, as if telling the distant past.

The wind and sand were blown up, filling the sky and the earth, blending with the dim sky, making it impossible to distinguish each other, only a long convoy was vaguely seen, moving forward in this haze.

The convoy is composed of huge iron cages, and the countless Mirror Shadow Clan and Sky Face Clan inside are shrouded in despair.

In front, there are two people sitting, their ages are separated by an age.

There is a mask on the face of the old man, and the same is true on the face of the young man.

The expression of this mask is very exaggerated, showing persistence and piety, as if he is always worshiping.

"The ethnic groups who offer sacrifices to the Red Moon Temple need to wear this mask. This is a ritual stipulated by the temple, and it is also a qualification for sacrifice. Fortunately, I have done this kind of thing in my early years and have the status."

"As for the destruction of the two-clan alliance, similar things are nothing in the Moon Festival. It's just two small clans. The Red Moon Temple is high above them. Under normal circumstances, they will not pay attention."

"Especially at the end of Chimu's arrival, almost all the sacrifices have been collected in these countless years. This period of time is actually the craziest time for all races."

"However, there are still some preparations. I will handle this matter."

In the wind and sand, Duanmuzang's calm voice reached Xu Qing's ears.

Xu Qing raised his hand to touch the mask on his face, and nodded. Regarding the attitude of the Red Moon Temple to all living beings, this point was mentioned in the captain's information.

Today is the ninth day since they left the holy city.

There is still half a month's journey away from the sacrificial site designated by the Red Moon Temple. In the past few days, Xu Qing has thought about what Duan Muzang said a few days ago many times.

"Still thinking about the souls of the dead beings entering the temple?" Duanmuzang turned his head and looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was silent, looked into the distance after a while, looked at the dim sky, and spoke softly.

"Throughout the ages, has anyone really struggled out of the curse and reincarnation of the Moon Festival?"

Duanmu shook his head.

"there has never been."

Xu Qing thought of the captain's past life, and when he was thinking about it, Duan Muzang suddenly spoke.

"But there are some people who have been trying and working hard." Speaking of which, Duanmuzang looked at Xu Qing with deep meaning, hiding some temptations, and then spread his words.

"The red moon is not eternal."

Xu Qing and Duanmuzang looked at each other and nodded slightly. He saw that this sentence was like a code word, but he didn't know what the next sentence was.

Duanmuzang waited for a while, and couldn't help asking.

"Aren't you going to say something?"

"The red moon is not eternal." Xu Qing said in a deep voice.

Duanmuzang was silent.

After a long while, he sighed, raised his hand to take off the mask, and rubbed between his brows.

"Xu Qing, do you know Niyue Palace?"

Xu Qing's expression froze. He had never heard of this organization, and it was not included in the information given by the captain, so he shook his head.

Duanmuzang's eyes, ever since he said the words Niyuedian, have been paying attention to Xu Qing's eyes, as if he was confirming something, seeing Xu Qing's reaction at this moment, he didn't speak again.

Xu Qing didn't inquire, he could see that this organization was very mysterious and hidden, rashly inquiring about it would cause misunderstanding.

Caravan, keep going.

Until another seven days passed, they walked across the plain, climbed over the mountains, and when they were getting closer to the center of the east, at the top of a mountain, Duanmuzang drank a sip of wine, made a decision in his heart, and suddenly spoke.

"Xu Qing, I believe you are not from the Red Moon Temple."

Xu Qing looked at Duanmu upon hearing this.

"Niyue Temple is a mysterious organization that has existed for a long time in our Moon Festival. The history of this organization is as long as that of the Red Moon Temple!"

"Its origin is unknown, and it has been destroyed many times, but every time the red mother comes to harvest, and when all living beings wither and recover again, this organization will be formed."

Xu Qing's eyes showed a strange light, and he existed at the same time as the Red Moon Temple, which is enough to show that the Niyue Temple is extraordinary.

And in this Red Moon Spiritual Confinement, it is even more astonishing that it can be revived after being destroyed again and again.

You must know that although Chimu is sleeping now, she was not like this in the past.

Duanmu Zang's voice came again.

"Niyue Temple gathers all those who want to struggle and resist in the Moon Festival. Their dream is to unravel this ancient curse one day and overthrow everything."

"Although this dream is extremely slim, it is a hope."

"I'm also working hard for this. Although the members can't help each other in reality, they are all researching ways to resolve the curse."

When Xu Qing heard this, some waves rose in his heart. He also studied the curse when he was in the mine, but he didn't go deep into it. This requires a lot of experiments.

Duanmuzang's voice contained some emotional fluctuations at this moment, and continued to echo in Xu Qing's sea of ​​consciousness.

"The identities of every member of Niyue Temple are secret. Except for themselves, no one knows who others are. Protecting oneself from being exposed is the first element of Niyue Temple."

"Because the Red Moon Temple has been suppressing the members of the Niyue Temple, and even among these members, there are people who have infiltrated the Red Moon Temple."

Duanmuzang took a deep breath, turned his head and looked at Xu Qing.

"The red moon is not eternal, I hope it will last forever."

"Xu Qing, you may not really be a member of Niyue Palace, but I think you will definitely get in touch in the future. If you want to join Niyue Palace, you can go to Bitter Life Mountain Range."

Duanmuzang stopped talking, closed his eyes, and continued on his way.

Seeing this, Xu Qing knew that the other party didn't want to continue this topic, so she didn't ask.

He understands that Duanmu Zang should be a member of this Ni Temple, and being able to say this in front of his face is enough to show that Duanmu Zang trusts him.

So Xu Qing thought over and over again what Duanmuzang said in his heart.

Just like that, time passed day by day.

Eight days later, their convoy finally arrived at the center of the East District. A huge valley far away came into Xu Qing's eyes.

The mountains on both sides are shocking, surpassing all the mountains that Xu Qing has seen before. There are strange rocks on them, and under the dark sky, there seems to be ghosts and monsters.

The valley formed in the middle depression is like an open mouth of the underworld. While it is shocking, when the wind blows, it is also howling like ghosts and wolves, whistling in all directions.

In the midair of the valley, there was a huge bloody heart floating impressively.

It is beating, and the sound of thumping spreads, adding a more eerie atmosphere to this gloomy valley, covered with a bloody veil.

And the temple and statue above the heart exude an astonishing deterrence, standing high above.

There are still many meteorites floating around, and the figure sitting cross-legged on it, the same as Xu Qing once glanced at, is still motionless.

As for the ground, there are doors of different shapes and materials standing upright, big and small, surrounding the four directions, and waves of transmission are constantly spreading out inside these doors.

There are crowds coming and going through those doors all the time.

In this way, the crowds in the valley land are endless, and there are too many strange ethnic groups in it, some of which have real bodies, and some are illusory.

But most of them wear the same mask as Duanmuzang.

These are the ethnic groups in the eastern part of the Great Moon Festival, and they brought their sacrifices to the Red Moon Temple.

"Those doors are the disciples."

"Xu Qing, you can go find them and communicate. Most of them can be sent to the south you want to go. As for the cost, spirit stones and skyfire crystals can be used."

"As for the temple in the sky, don't look up."

As he approached, Duanmuzang spoke in a low voice.

As a local, he is very familiar with the procedures here. After reminding Xu Qing at this moment, he said solemnly with emotion on his face.

"Finally, I wish you a safe journey!"

After speaking, Duanmuzang left with the team.

Watching Duanmuzang's figure disappear into the crowd, Xu Qing took a deep breath and walked into the crowd as well.

There are many monks of various ethnic groups here, people come and go, although the vault of heaven is floating, but they ignore the people below, as long as the sacrifices are paid, everything will be autonomous.

But after the number of people is large, it will still give people a sense of excitement, and occasionally some ethnic groups can be seen trading, and there is a lot of noise.

Walking inside, Xu Qing didn't choose those large doors. He set his target on some small doors, and quickly locked on a wooden door more than ten feet high. Noticing that there was no one there, he was about to pass.

But the voices of discussion in the surrounding noise made Xu Qing pause.

"Have you heard that something big happened in the west!"

"You're talking about the Lone Sun clan in the west five months ago, right? They seem to have initiated a global arrest."

"I've also heard about this. It seems that they lost a treasure."

"What treasure is the sun they made themselves!"

"The Lone Sun tribe is the largest tribe in the west. Didn't they create a sun that rose above the tribe many years ago to make an area no longer dark, but five months ago, this sun was stolen..."

"It's crazy to steal their sun from the Lone Sun Clan, which Clan did it?"

"I don't know, it seems that even the Lone Sun Clan themselves are baffled, but there is a name mentioned in the wanted list, Weiqing Jianyan, and the sun thief is extremely arrogant. This is the name engraved on the ground before leaving, but why? It seems like a weird name."

"This Weiqing Sword Flame is already famous."

These voices came from a distance, accompanied by exclamation and inhalation, and when they fell into Xu Qing's ears, Xu Qing's expression under the mask became strange.

He instinctively felt that it was the captain who did it.

"Ungreen Sword Flame?"

Xu Qing murmured in his heart, thinking that when he parted with the captain, the other party proudly told him that he would definitely hear his name in the future.

And the captain's pseudonym Weiyangzi, the names of Wu Jianwu and Ning Yan, plus his own Qing, are just right.

The captain's good intentions seemed to be reflected in these four words. Even though Xu Qing didn't participate, he still added Xu Qing's name.

Xu Qing sighed and walked towards the wooden door ahead.

At the same time, in the sky of the valley, above the beating heart, a woman in red came out from the temple. The woman's expression was still unfinished, she lowered her head and stared at the earth, with an unpredictable smile on her lips.

"This little baby, the evil spirit on his body is even stronger."

Behind her, everyone in the temple, including the envoy, was cross-legged and motionless, like a statue.

No one in this valley can detect everything in the sky. Even if the figure of the woman is very clear, even if they raise their heads, no one can detect the slightest bit.

Everyone's cognition has been silently changed.

Inside Xu Qing's body, the finger of the god that was filled with curses, he paused in the constant retching, then pretended not to see it, and continued to retch.

Xu Qing also didn't notice it, and walked towards the wooden door in front at this moment, communicated and left, the other party did not go to the south.

So Xu Qing patiently looked for other disciples.

Until after asking dozens of people, he came to an even shorter wooden door.

The door was half a foot long, and it looked a little dilapidated. As Xu Qing approached, the door frame twisted suddenly, and after wriggling like a snake, a face emerged from the door, looking at Xu Qing.

"Friend Daoist, can you teleport to the south?"

Xu Qing spoke calmly.

The faces inside the door looked at Xu Qing a few times and smiled.

"One hundred thousand spirit stones!"

Xu Qing glanced at the faces inside the door, the price was too outrageous, and most of his spirit stones were reserved for Duanmuzang, so he didn't have much left.

"Don't think it's expensive. It's the peak season now, and all ethnic groups are sending sacrifices. If I didn't plan to go to the south to do business, I wouldn't even go if you gave me [-] yuan. It's so far away."

The face inside the door opened slightly.

Xu Qing nodded after pondering.

"Calculate with Skyfire Crystal."

"No problem, one thousand white fire crystals, or one red fire crystal." The eyes of the face inside the door lit up when he heard the words, he prefers sky fire crystals.

Xu Qing nodded, and communicated with him, but the other party couldn't leave immediately, and it still had a few batches of guests to send, so it was agreed to send here tonight.

Xu Qing frowned, he planned to leave immediately, so he left and went to other disciples until he searched a large circle, the fastest would take three days, not as good as the wooden door.

So in the end, he chose this half-foot wooden door.

At this moment, there are still three hours before dusk, so Xu Qing did not wander around, but found a corner and sat cross-legged, waiting silently.

Time passed quickly, and after more than half of the time passed, Xu Qing saw Duanmu Zang's figure among the passing crowd.

Noticing Xu Qing, Duanmuzang walked over.

"Didn't find a suitable disciple?" Duanmu Zang asked.

"I found it, let's start later." Xu Qing looked behind Duanmu's hiding place, and the previous convoy was gone.

Noticing Xu Qing's gaze, Duanmuzang sat aside and smiled.

"It's all given to the temple."

"The matter is settled, you don't have to worry, just leave with peace of mind." Duanmuzang's expression remained the same, and there was no difference.

But in fact, his heart was full of worries, not because of the perishing of the two races, the Red Moon Temple didn't even ask about it.

What worried him was the request from the temple.

Let him go back within a certain period of time, and prepare another 50 sacrifices to send.

This matter is difficult, but Duanmuzang does not intend to tell Xu Qing, Xu Qing has done enough for them, and he is ready to solve the future matters by himself.

Xu Qing looked into Duanmuzang's eyes.

Duanmuzang smiled, Xu Qing could not see through the city formed by his experience and years of accumulation.

Especially when he deliberately concealed it, he would not reveal the slightest flaw.

"Why, don't you believe me?" Duanmuzang said with a smile.

"You, I'm too suspicious. I plan to go back after you finish teleporting."

Xu Qing was silent, he did not see the clue, so he nodded, the sky was getting darker and darker at this moment, as dusk fell, Xu Qing stood up and said goodbye to Duanmuzang.

"If you are free in the future, remember to come back and see us." Duanmuzang looked emotional.

"Definitely!" Xu Qing said softly.

"Sure!" Ling'er also poked out from his neckline, responding crisply.

Duanmu Zang eyes were filled with blessings, and after a slight nod, Xu Qing turned around and walked towards the wooden door not far away.

Soon approaching, take out the Skyfire Crystal.

The face inside the wooden door appeared and swallowed it in one gulp, and then the door shone with teleportation light, forming a vortex. Xu Qing took a deep breath and was about to step in.

But at this moment, a deep voice came from behind him.

"close the door."

As soon as the sound came out, Xu Qing's complexion suddenly changed, and he was about to take a step, but the wooden door closed instantly, and the transmission fluctuations in it disappeared in an instant, turning into ordinary.

Xu Qing had an ugly expression, turned his head to look behind him, his eyes fell on a figure walking from a distance, his pupils shrank.

This is a red-clothed woman, and the waves of the spiritual treasure radiate from her body. The crowd around her seems to be unable to see her existence, and even Duanmu Zang is not aware of it.

It seems that their cognition has been changed, and the world they see is different from Xu Qing's here.

Xu Qing was silent, bowed his head and cupped his fists, and bowed to the visitor.

"I have seen seniors."

He recognized the other party as the servant of the Red Moon Temple who was sent into the crack of the coffin by him, but the obviously dead person appeared in front of him, the answer was actually easy to judge.

Especially the scene where the cognition of the people around has been changed, which better confirms the identity of the visitor.

As for the other people in the mid-air temple, or why the envoy didn't notice, this matter is better explained.

Since the terrifying existence in this coffin can change the cognition, it must also change the cognition of the envoy, and then use some method to create a clone, everything is reasonable.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing looked respectful.

The woman in red wore a half-smile, and under the great pressure in Xu Qing's heart, she walked step by step, and finally stood in front of Xu Qing.

Seeing Xu Qing's attitude, the woman in red smiled, not surprised that Xu Qing recognized her.

"You little doll, you are always so polite every time, I can't afford evil thoughts."

"Seniors are noble, so juniors should be. This is what my master taught me."

Xu Qing looked serious.

"Are you mentioning your master again?" The woman in red smiled meaningfully.

Xu Qing's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed again.

"Since the seniors don't like the juniors to mention it, it's fine if the juniors don't mention it."

When the woman in red heard the words, she looked at Xu Qing, shook her head and smiled after a while.

"I know you have a good background, and your master should also be a powerful person, but this is the Moon Sacrifice Domain."

The woman in red said, looking up at the sky.

Xu Qing was silent.

After a while, the voice of the woman in red echoed.

"Little baby, do you still remember the agreement under the sky and sea of ​​fire?"

"Junior remember!" Xu Qing nodded with a solemn expression.

"Then, come with me to the Unmelted Ice Field in the northern part of the Moon Festival. My elder sister was suppressed there, and there is also a younger brother who was also buried under the glacier."

The voice of the woman in red was reminiscent and contained a touch of sadness.

Xu Qing hesitated, he didn't know whether what the other party said was true or not, but no matter what, if he went to the north, the degree of danger there must be extremely high.

With one's own ability, it is too risky to participate in such a thing at this moment.

As for the income is only destiny, it seems out of proportion.

Xu Qing did not hide these thoughts in his heart, but showed hesitation on his face.

He is very clear about the meaning of his expression for the powerful man in front of him, and the other party can tell at a glance.

This is the method by which the weak prescribe conditions to the strong.

Although it may not work, it is still necessary to try.

"Is this move also taught by your master?"

The woman in red glanced at Xu Qing, then spoke lightly, her voice was calm and majestic.

In his memory, once he opened his mouth and expressed his expression like this, many people would tremble and agree to all his demands.

Xu Qing showed embarrassment, and with this gesture, the atmosphere was relieved invisibly.

Seeing this, the woman in red showed a strange light in her eyes, thought for a while, and then said something.

"This is a deal, and I need you to follow my request sincerely."

"There are three benefits you can get."

"One, you can get the destiny."

"Secondly, the human race in the Tianhuohai area will receive a temple decree, exempt from additional sacrifices, and will be protected by this decree until the next sacrificial day."

"Three, when you complete my request, I will give you a mysterious gift."

"Now, tell me your choice." The woman in red stared at Xu Qing and spoke slowly.

Xu Qing was silent, and looked up at Duanmuzang.

At this moment, Duanmuzang was going away. In his cognition, Xu Qing had already left, and his back was a bit bleak. Obviously, after Xu Qing left, the anxiety in his heart rose and spread throughout his body.

"I agree." Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, looked at the woman in red, and let out a calm voice.

The risk of not agreeing can be seen, but the rewards after agreeing are in proportion to the crisis, Xu Qing is decisive in his heart.

The woman in red smiled when she heard the words. He likes polite and smart people, so he admires Xu Qing very much. It would be best if he is willing, and it will prevent him from killing people.

"I've made a lot of promises in this life, you can rest assured, little baby, come with me."

The woman in red said, walking towards the sky, stepping on her heart step by step, and standing in front of the temple.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, jumped up and went straight to the temple.

It was approaching soon, the moment he came here, the first thing he saw was the statue of Chimu.

This statue made him extremely afraid.

"Your master did have some tricks. He even found a god to swallow Chimu, making her fall into a deep sleep."

The woman in red had clear eyes and a smile that was not a smile, he clearly knew everything.

Xu Qing blinked, did not answer the conversation, but looked towards the temple, and along the open gate, he saw statue-like crowd inside.

"They taste pretty good."

The woman in red licked her lips.

"You can take a break. You have to do a full set of tricks. After three days, the sacrificial day will be over, and we will leave."

Xu Qing was silent when he heard the words, sat down cross-legged, and looked at the desolate Duanmuzang in the distance.

The woman in red waved her hand, and a red light shot out from the temple, turned into a token, and went straight to Duanmuzang.

On the ground, Duanmuzang, who was worried in his heart, was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to catch it, and checked it. He felt the protection of the token and the decree to cancel more sacrifices, so he looked surprised and turned to look in the direction of the temple.

There, nothing.

After a long time, Duanmuzang withdrew his gaze, walked away silently, and murmured in his heart.

"is it him……"

"What is his identity?"

In front of the temple, Xu Qing watched Duanmuzang's back disappear into the sky and earth, with blessings in his heart.

"Good luck, peace."

(End of this chapter)