out of time

Nanhuangzhou, spring.

The sky was dark and filled with dark clouds.

It was clearly noon, but the dark clouds were scrambling to be the first to crowd together, continuous and spreading in a huge range, as if to cover all the sunlight.

The coldness covered the earth, the bleakness filled the world, and the season of recovery of all things, but there was no sense of vitality. All these formed a sense of depression and shrouded an ancient city.

This city has existed for a long time. If you look through ancient books, you will find that this city can be traced back to the period of Ziqing Shangguo.

Of course, this Ziqing Shangguo is not the mysterious country buried in history, but the Ziqing Shangguo in Southern Huangzhou.

According to legend, the Ziqing Kingdom in Nanhuangzhou is the continuation of the descendants of the mysterious Ziqing Shang Kingdom.

But it seems that this country has been cursed, and the word Ziqing cannot tolerate the world.

Therefore, the Ziqing Kingdom in Nanhuangzhou did not last long, and all the people rebelled and were usurped by the eight nobles under their command.

Thus, there is purple soil.

At this moment, in this city that has gone through many years and still retains the architectural style of the past, there are not many pedestrians. In this level of fortified purple soil, there are too many people, and their value may not be as good as livestock.

This is the rule of the world, it is difficult to change, and even if it is forcibly changed, it will still cause similar things.

After all, the other side of civilization is exploitation and oppression.

Xu Qing walked silently on the streets of Zitu, past old buildings everywhere, looking at the city and the people in the city, the wind blowing from the front made his hair sway gently.

In the city, there are his old friends.

In the city, there is his mentor.

For the old people, Xu Qing's spiritual thoughts swept over them, knowing that they are safe, that's enough.

And my mentor...Xu Qing looked at a flower shop next to him. Most of the shops beside the cemetery sold things to pay homage to the dead.

Xu Qing's neat clothes and handsome face made him, who was a small man, immediately realize that this was a big man. According to his guess, the other party should be the son of a dignitary from one of the eight major families.

He dared not offend such a person in the slightest.

Xu Qing glanced over, bought a bouquet of magnolias, walked to the cemetery, and walked to Master Bai's tomb.

Looking at the tombstone and the flowers placed there, Xu Qing looked softly, put down the flowers in his hand, and knelt down.

"Teacher, be well."

Xu Qing murmured softly and closed his eyes.

The clouds and mist in the sky flowed, revealing a gap, allowing the covered sunlight to shine on the cemetery.

This beam of light, like the dawn, represents beauty, falling on the cemetery, making this place seem to be a pure land in the end, and sending the breath of spring over.

And this only falling light beam quickly attracted the attention of many people in Zitu.

Following the sweeping of spiritual thoughts one after another, the purple monks were all surprised, they didn't find anything abnormal in the cemetery.

There was no one in front of Master Bai's tomb.

Only the bouquet of magnolia flowers bloomed silently, and its flower language represented the arrival of spring.

Xu Qing has already left.

Similar times, but different skies and different seasons.

Spring in Zitu is the beginning of winter for the eastern part of Nanhuangzhou.

The cold wind blows across the earth like a knife, rolling up snowflakes in the air, venting the coldness mercilessly.

In the wilderness, some motionless black figures can be seen. They are the corpses of people who had to migrate and were frozen to death.

The times have not changed, nor will there be too many changes because Xu Qing has now become the master of the great domain, because... the incomplete face in the sky will exist forever.

Xu Qing walked silently, and came to the original scavenger camp. The place was still the same, but the old people were basically dead, and they were re-occupied by the newcomers, who continued to pick horse chestnuts around the restricted area.

Dirty, indifferent, and bloody are still the main themes here.

Even feather tents exist.

Xu Qing's eyes swept across the scavengers camp in the sky, and finally walked into the restricted area ahead.

And the moment he stepped into the restricted area, the entire restricted area suddenly roared, and the mist surrounding the restricted area was instantly dense and churning, and there were streaks of red lightning, shuttling through the cloud and mist.

All the trees are trembling, and all the beasts in the restricted area are trembling.

This drastic change also attracted the attention of the scavengers' camp outside. In awe, roars came from the depths of the restricted area, threatening, and came out of the restricted area.

This voice... It was like the weakest roar of a ferocious beast that kept retreating in the face of its natural enemies before encountering great danger.

There is also a sharp and rapid whirl of the piano sound, as if trying to stop Xu Qing from coming, but it doesn't make any sense.

Xu Qing's expression didn't change at all. His steps were heavy. Every time he took a step, the restricted area would tremble and roar. Soon all the beasts in the restricted area chose to crawl.

Only the sound of the piano is left, still struggling.

And Xu Qing was tired of hearing it, and glanced coldly at the depths of the restricted area.

"Noisy."

As soon as his words came out, the shadow under his feet immediately spread, the greedy meaning and the sound of swallowing saliva surpassed the sound of the piano and covered everything.

The Vajra Sect Patriarch also flew out instantly, floating in mid-air, with its tip pointing towards the restricted area, as if it would go directly to penetrate a thousand holes as long as Xu Qing gave an order.

The sound of the piano came to an abrupt end.

The flowers and plants separated in front of Xu Qing, and the trees pulled up their roots by themselves, and quickly moved out of the way, and soon a straight road was paved in front of Xu Qing.

At the end of the road, there is a trembling tree and a lonely grave in front of it.

Xu Qing walked calmly until he reached the solitary grave, leaning against a big tree, and sat down.

A wine gourd appeared in his hand, he took a sip and poured another sip.

There was no words, and no words were needed, the moment Xu Qing sat here, his heart was very peaceful, as if Team Lei had appeared in front of him, drinking with him and looking at the sky together.

As far as the sky in the distance, the afterglow of the setting sun.

Xu Qing's voice was somewhat hoarse, and he spoke softly.

"Captain Lei, Destiny Flower, I found it..."

These words carry memories, regrets, unspeakable thoughts, and the helplessness of life.

After a long time, Xu Qing sighed softly and drank the wine in the wine gourd in one gulp.

The sky, the sunset.

The sky, the moon rises.

Under the moonlight, Xu Qing stood up and knelt down in front of the solitary grave. After one obeisance, he stood up and walked towards the distance. Flowers, plants and trees recovered behind him, covering the solitary tomb.

And the blowing wind also brought Xu Qing's voice over.

"I won't kill you, but you have to protect this place."

Following the echo of Xu Qing's voice, a vague figure appeared beside the lonely grave.

This figure is not Team Lei's former lover, but an old woman. If you look carefully, you can see that there is a broken Guqin in her body.

She is the master of this restricted area, staring at Xu Qing's back at this moment, she bowed her head silently, and chose to obey.

Under the moonlight, Xu Qing walked in the sky, the moonlight was in other places, the color was bright and clear, but on Xu Qing's body it formed purple.

The halo formed by the purple moonlight made Xu Qing's figure in the dark night, like a god, come step by step to the only forbidden place in Nanhuangzhou, and it is also... the biggest forbidden place that Xu Qing has seen so far.

Phoenix ban.

The Phoenix Taboo is so large that it occupies most of the Southern Huangzhou, and even if Yanhuang wants to, it will be easy to cover the entire Southern Huangzhou.

And such a large forbidden area has also produced some strange ethnic groups. These ethnic groups live in the forbidden area. The number and the number of ethnic groups are unknown to the world.

For outsiders, they follow Yanhuang's decree and do not take the initiative to harm them, but if they provoke them, they will not hold back either.

It is precisely because of the horror of Huangjin that in the records of many ethnic groups in the Wanggu Continent, the master of Huangjin is called Yanhuang, and even more respected as Nanhuang.

He is mysterious, ancient, and a rare existence with a certain kindness towards life.

But at this moment, Xu Qing came to the edge of Huangjin in the moonlight, and stood on a peak of the Truth Mountain Range.

There was a person who obviously knew about his arrival long ago, so he waited here in advance.

So when Xu Qing came, he saw a little fat man, who was sucking his balls from time to time, sitting on the edge of the cliff with an intoxicated face, humming a little song in his mouth.

"I don't love the world, it seems that the front edge is carved. When the flowers fall and bloom, I become a wife-watching stone. If I go, I must go, and if I live, I must live. If you don't put mountain flowers all over your head, don't ask me where I go!"

Listening to this ditty, Xu Qing walked towards Huang Yan and sat beside him.

Huang Yan grinned, waved an egg to Xu Qing, squeezed his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes, and spoke with a smile.

"Your sister-in-law hasn't given birth yet, and her temper is getting worse and worse. Alas, you're here just in time. Come drink some eggs with me."

Xu Qing took the egg, poked it open with the previous method, took a sip, it was extremely sweet.

"How long will Second Senior Sister be born?"

Xu Qing looked at Huang Yan.

Huang Yan looked proud and patted his stomach.

"My seed, extraordinary and refined, was born as an innate spirit. Naturally, it will take a long time to conceive. It is estimated that it will be born in a few decades."

Xu Qing nodded. In that case, he should be able to come back before the second senior sister's child is born.

In this way, Xu Qing and Huang Yan, drinking eggs, talked about their respective affairs during this time. Huang Yan mainly talked about the mood and expectations of becoming a father soon, and Xu Qing talked about the experience of offering sacrifices to the moon and going to the emperor. All.

Time passed slowly until the sun rose in the distance, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Xu Qing patted his clothes, stood up, and was about to leave, he didn't ask Huang Yan if he was Yanhuang, it didn't matter, what was important was that he was Huang Yan and a friend.

Huang Yan didn't mention it either, everything was kept silent.

But before Xu Qing left, Huang Yan thought about it, took out a storage bag, and took out a red feather, and handed them to Xu Qing.

The feather is crystal clear, like jade but not jade, exuding a sense of heat, and a strong divine power rising inside, which is different from all the divine spirits that Xu Qing has encountered.

It seems to contain ancient taste.

"This is for you."

"I have a younger sister in Nanxin County, the place you must pass through to go to the imperial capital. She came to Nanhuangzhou before, and she likes the ground fruit here. At that time, the production was not much, but now it is ripe. You can stop by Send her some."

"My sister has a bad temper, but she is as loyal as I am."

Huang Yan smiled.

Xu Qing nodded without refusing, and stared at Huangyan after putting it away.

"Take care of yourself."

After finishing speaking, Xu Qing walked up to the sky in a flash.

On the top of the mountain, Huang Yan looked at Xu Qing with emotion, and suddenly spoke.

"Xu Qing, it's still the same sentence, if you are unhappy outside, come back to Nanhuangzhou, it's safe here!"

On the sky, Xu Qing looked serious, nodded heavily, and walked into the distance, his figure gradually receding.

The figure of Huangyan on the top of the mountain was also blurred, and the moment it dissipated, a pair of giant eyes suddenly opened in the depths of the Phoenix Restriction, and the breath was released, causing all the creatures in the forbidden area to worship together.

He looked into the distance and murmured in a low voice.

"Take care of yourself."