Outside of Time

On the border between the Shenglan Domain and the Moon Festival Domain, there are scattered small mortal countries, and there are also some markets prepared for people who come out of the river.

After all, outsiders who enter the Moon Festival Territory are not affected by the curse as long as they do not stay for too long, so there is some trade between them.

As for the border, it is actually a majestic river.

The name of the river is Sacrifice Yin, which surrounds the entire Moon Sacrifice area and covers it.

The river water is always red, like blood, and even the smell is the same. Occasionally, the wind blows across the river, blowing the bloody smell to the shore and spreading in all directions.

For those who don't know all this, they will instinctively become wary after smelling this smell, but as they get closer to this area, most passers-by will get used to it.

The same was true for the convoy that Xu Qing and his party were in.

The traveling merchants and escorts inside obviously often walked this road, so they all looked normal.

Xu Qing took a sip and looked thoughtful.

In addition to the blood, this smell also has a faint hint of the red mother's breath.

It's just that this aura is extremely weak, and it would be difficult to detect it if Xu Qing didn't have Ziyue.

"There's a curse here."

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

In the carriage, the captain stretched, opened the door curtain, looked outside, and laughed.

"This is the smell emanating from the Sacrificial Yin River. That river is not naturally formed. It was the Red Mother who gathered all the living beings from the Sacrificial Moon Region and transformed it with their blood. It was also imprinted with a curse."

"This river is not dangerous to outsiders. They can enter and exit as long as they give enough sacrifices. But for the various tribes in the Moon Sacrifice Region, it is the door of a prison."

"Calculating the time, we will reach the shore at dusk today. After crossing the river in a few days, we can enter the Moon Festival area." The captain's eyes showed anticipation.

After leaving Fenghai County, their group hid all the way in the Deep Blue Territory, and even more so after entering the Shenglan Territory. Finally, at Xu Qing's suggestion, they blended into the convoy and followed.

It is easier to hide while walking in the mundane world than to move forward using magic.

In this way, within this month, they came here.

Soon dusk fell, and the sky was covered with red clouds, which was the same color as the river water that caught Xu Qing's eyes.

This picture of the same color of the Tianhe River does not give people the feeling of beauty, but of weirdness and splendor.

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

The long rolling river surges to the south. The smell of blood is extremely strong here. Skeletons can still be faintly seen rising and falling in the river. They are the remains of people who died trying to escape from the Moon Sacrifice Territory.

Due to the corrosion of the river water, their appearance in life is no longer visible, but it can be seen from the size of the bones that there are still many children inside.

"The living beings in the Moon Sacrifice Domain are food from the moment they are born." The captain said calmly.

Ling'er looked at all this and sighed softly, saying nothing, but getting closer to Xu Qing, as if the warmth of Xu Qing's body could make her feel safer.

Xu Qing was silent, looking up at the remains of the gods in the sky.

Compared with the Moon Festival Domain, in fact, the entire Wanggu Continent is not like this.

Ning Yan, who was behind the two of them, had a mournful face, which 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 taken to such a ghost place.

He knew about the Moon Sacrifice Domain.

It is precisely because he has heard about this large area that he is very afraid of it and does not want to get close.

"That damn Chen Erniu, that's too much!" Ning Yan cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face because he was afraid of being bitten.

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

Even though the river looked strange, it would not affect the pride in his heart. Standing on the shore, he took a deep breath and spoke loudly.

"I saw the setting sun and the solitary smoke, and the waves of the great river surged for 70,000 years!"

"What a poem!" When the captain heard this, his eyes lit up and he praised.

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

Xu Qing was a little tired of listening. He had written hundreds of poems along the way. At this moment, he waved his hand and the spirit wheel appeared and landed on the river.

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

This is Zhang San’s genius-like design.

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

On the hunched back, buildings were built here and there to serve as cabins.

The robes were spread out on the river, causing ripples. They were the sails of the ship.

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

In his right hand, he held a lantern that emitted a faint green light. The flames inside were burning, and from time to time, shrill screams could be heard.

Here is the source of power.

As for the left hand, there is a red eye floating, looking in all directions.

This is a replica of the forbidden magic weapon of the Seven Blood Boys.

Xu Qing was surprised when he got such a spiritual wheel before. Now it landed on the river. After seeing it, both Ning Yan and Wu Jianwu felt waves in their hearts.

"Is this the spiritual wheel of your seventh peak?" Wu Jianwu took a breath and spoke humanly.

The captain smiled from the side.

"It seems that Zhang San misses Juying a little."

The appearance of this old woman is very similar to the spirit of Mermaid Island.

Xu Qing nodded without saying anything. He stepped directly onto the old woman's back and looked into the distance on the balcony inside.

Others came up quickly, and soon as the lantern in the old woman's hand shone, the black robes like sails fluttered around her, and her figure galloped away on the river.

The scope of the Siyin River is not small, and its width is even more so. At the speed of Xu Qingling Wheel, it took five days to cross less than half of it.

During this period, they also encountered some dangers, but they were mostly avoided by the imitation eyes of the Seven Blood Children's magic weapon.

However, there will still be some emergencies.

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

But Xu Qing and the captain don't need to take action.

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

Some of these ferocious beasts flew into the sky, and some rushed directly into the river. There was also a parrot that made a harsh 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 human voices.

"No one in the world will be convinced by my father!"

Wu Jianwu looked proud and spoke calmly.

"The Wu family has a son named Eight Hundred, who dares to be so crazy in the nine states of the sky!"

Xu Qing looked strange, Ling'er's eyes widened, Ning Yan took a breath, and the captain's eyes gleamed.

As Wu Jianwu opened his mouth, a bear flew out from his sleeves, swayed and turned into a bear that was tens of feet tall, stood in front of Wu Jianwu, and roared.

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

Each of those ferocious beasts is very impressive. Although they look different, their bloodlines seem to have the same origin, and their coordination with each other is perfect. They ignore Xie Chong, and they seem to have a high level of bloodline status.

So soon, under their attack, the hair broke into pieces and returned to the river.

Wu Jianwu was proud, and the parrot on his head raised its head with all its might. This movement was very uncoordinated, but it was obviously something he had been trained on many times, so he was used to it.

At this moment they opened their mouths at the same time and were about to say their lines.

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

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

It looks like a skeleton, exuding terrifying pressure.

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

"Sacrifice!"

The sound of the Mo Lake was accompanied by a low roar, coming from the mouth of the huge bloody figure. As it reverberated around the world, the blood rivers around it also began to churn. The second, third, fourth...

A total of thirty-seven 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 who worship the Yin River. It is also the rule here to send out sacrifices." The captain had been prepared for this. 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 slowly disappeared until most of them disappeared.

The remaining ones, when they were about to dissipate, suddenly looked at Ning Yan at the same time.

"Sacrifice!"

Ning Yan's expression changed.

The captain also frowned. He knew that Ning Yan had good blood, but he didn't expect that here, He Ling would ask for a sacrifice a second time.

"I wonder if the river spirit is delicious..." The captain looked around and felt that this might not be the only thing about the river spirit here, so he sighed.

Fortunately, he was well prepared this time. Although he was unhappy at the moment, he took out a storage bag again and was about to throw it out when Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"Senior Brother, may I try?"

The captain pondered and nodded.

"That's good. The sacrifices I prepared will also be useful in the Moon Sacrifice Region."

After 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 the Purple Moon Yuanying in his body opened his eyes at this moment, exuding coercion and fluctuations, turning into a display of personality, and a touch of divine power descended.

In an instant, the fluctuations of the Siyin River stopped, the winds in all directions stopped, and everything seemed to solidify at the moment when the power of Xu Qingziyue appeared.

The bodies of the river spirits suddenly trembled, their heads bowed quickly, and they all knelt down.

"See the Angel."

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

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

They all knelt down and showed respect.

Although Ning Yan was prepared for this scene, his heart was still beating rapidly.

Ling'er's eyes were wide open, a little dazed, and the captain was elated, secretly thinking that this time he was going to the Moon Sacrifice Territory, with little Ah Qing here, his chances of success in major events would be infinite.

As for Wu Jianwu, he took a breath, and the parrot above him trembled, forgetting to keep his head held high.

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

"escort."

"Honor God's will!"

Thousands of river spirits with long blood-colored hair, like human skeletons, spoke at the same time, and came one by one to surround Xu Qing's spirit wheel, escorting him forward with great momentum.

The river water fluctuated on its own to accelerate it, and the river surface twisted as if crawling. This scene made Wu Jianwu's body tremble. When he was dazed, the captain came to him, hugged his neck, and whispered.

"Da Jianjian, I didn't lie to you before, do you want to be like this one day?"

Wu Jianwu must have thought so, and he was destined to not escape the captain's clutches.

So soon, he was pulled aside by the captain, and whispered a few words. Wu Jianwu's eyes were full of struggle and excitement, and the excitement finally surpassed everything.

"Fool!" Ning Yan saw this scene and snorted in his heart.

Xu Qing ignored these, he was sensing these river spirits.

They were different from the black sky statues of the Shenglan clan at the beginning, more like living things, because in the breath of these river spirits, Xu Qing felt their awe.

Even vaguely, there was a wisp of fragrance, which was detected by Xu Qing after he released the power of the Purple Moon Yuanying.

So Xu Qing's eyes flashed, and the Purple Moon Yuanying rose above his head, emitting waves of pressure while gently sucking towards those river spirits.

Immediately, the fragrance flowed into the mouth of the Purple Moon Yuanying along the river spirit.

As he swallowed, an extremely comfortable feeling emerged in Xu Qing's mind, and his Purple Moon Yuanying also shook his body, obviously growing a little.

At the same time, the river spirit that had the fragrance sucked away had a pious look on its face.

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

"This is the Red Moon Ranch. Theoretically, Red Moon can suck, and so can I. However, this kind of plunder is more likely to be detected by it. What if the stimulation is too great and it wakes up early..."

Xu Qing regretted not continuing to try. He planned to enter the Moon Sacrifice Domain and see the situation before making a decision.

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

And this scene was vast and amazing, and naturally attracted attention.

Xu Qing and his party were not the only ones who went to the Moon Sacrifice Domain. In fact, because of the special nature of the Moon Sacrifice Domain, cultivators from nearby domains would occasionally enter and trade items.

At this moment, there were dozens of such boats on the Moon Sacrifice River. After paying the sacrifice, they were allowed to pass, so they saw this scene that made them unbelievable and shocked.

All the boats instinctively stopped, and the cultivators inside them were also in different minds, and countless speculations arose.

"To 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-ranking one!"

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

"The Red Moon Temple rarely appears on weekdays. This is the first time I have seen them."

These speculations made everyone feel nervous. They went to the Moon Festival Realm all year round, and they knew very well that in that cursed realm, all living beings were lambs, and only the Red Moon Temple was high above, shepherding the gods.

So they all bowed their heads, and only set sail again after the thousands of river spirits were far away.

In this way, two and a half days passed, and Xu Qing and his party finally crossed the long river of the Sea of ​​Yin, saw the shore, and saw the Moon Festival Realm.

The land here is dark black.

The sky is dim, there is no sun, only the moonlight that cannot be seen from the source, falls on the entire Moon Festival Realm, covering this black land with a mysterious veil.

And where Xu Qing and his party landed was a bare mess of hills.

Some birds in the sky hid in the night, making shrill cries. As for the ground, you can occasionally see decayed bones.

Xu Qing put away the spirit wheel. The moment everyone stepped on this land, the thousands of river spirits in the Yin Changhe River bowed to the shore, and then sank into the river and disappeared.

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

"After many years, I am back to this area again."

"Junior brother, we are relatively safe here. Chimu is asleep. As long as we don't expose our identities too much, there will be no problem."

Xu Qing nodded. There were basically no people who knew them here.

The captain patted Xu Qing on the shoulder.

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

Ning Yan heard bitterness, Wu Jianwu was excited, and he felt that he was respected.

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

"Big Brother, take care!"

This was their agreement on the way, and the location they were in now was the eastern border of the Moon Festival Domain. Starting from here and heading east, it was not far from the Sea of ​​Skyfire that Xu Qing wanted to go to.

"I'm fine. I have Xiao Ningning and Da Jianjian to protect me. Who dares to touch me?"

The captain blinked at Xu Qing, then raised his right hand and patted his forehead. His body suddenly changed and turned into a graceful middle-aged monk. His appearance also became much more handsome.

Especially the smile on the corner of his mouth and the complacency in his expression, which made him look more evil.

At this moment, with a smile on his face, the captain patted Ning Yan's belly with his right hand. Ning Yan trembled all over and his appearance changed, turning into a maid.

He obviously knew this, so he was not surprised. However, his original bitter expression now became the one behind the maid, giving people a feeling of being bullied frequently.

As for Wu Jianwu, his face was full of expectation at this moment. The captain did not favor one over the other and patted him in the same way. His appearance was covered up and he became a boy.

Seeing the changes of the captain and the other two, Xu Qing was not curious. As the seal was unlocked, the captain's methods gradually became more and more diverse.

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

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

"From now on, you are a disciple of the Yin Yang Hua Jian Sect in the Ji Yue Great Domain who travels abroad, and your name is Tian Qingzi."

"This is an identity jade slip, which can be used as a road pass. The countries and tribes in the Ji Yue Great Domain are in chaos, so you need a road pass to go anywhere. The Yin Yang Hua Jian Sect is here, because it is responsible for the sacrificial dance of the Red Moon Temple, so it is considered a big sect, a tiger skin!"

Xu Qing glanced at the captain and took the jade slip. He could feel that the captain was very well prepared this time. It seems that the other party is 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 and grabbed the void. A fan appeared. He opened it with a swish and fanned it a few times, looking leisurely and contented.

"Little Junior Brother, remember, my current identity is Weiyangzi, and I am also a disciple of Yinyang Huajian Sect, your senior brother! In the next few months, this name will definitely be famous in the Jiyue Realm. You will probably hear it on the road."

"Let's go!" The captain said, waving to Xu Qing. As Xu Qing bowed to say goodbye, he took Ning Yan and Wu Jianwu and walked away.

Ning Yan was a little reluctant, and occasionally looked back at Xu Qing, with a helpless expression.

Xu Qing pretended not to see it and watched the three people go.

The captain walked more than ten feet, paused, looked back as if he remembered something, and shouted loudly.

"Xiao Aqing, you can go to the Yin-Yang Huajian Sect when you have time. The identity is real. This sect emphasizes the harmony of yin and yang and mutual nourishment. I think Xiao Aqing, you can really go and learn. With your qualifications, you should be able to learn quickly. In this way, if you encounter a demon girl, you will also have self-defense skills and will not be taken advantage of!" Ling'er heard this and quickly got out of Xu Qing's collar and spoke loudly. "With me here, Brother Xu Qing will not encounter a demon girl!" Seeing that the captain was about to speak, Xu Qing took out a peach and took a bite with a blank expression. The captain glared, muttered a few words, and pulled the two people around him away. Xu Qing watched until the captain and the other two disappeared in the night. Ling'er looked expectant and spoke shyly. "Brother Xu Qing, is this a date for the two of us?" Xu Qing smiled, nodded, shook his body, and ran away. His face also changed. He was not so outstanding and became much more ordinary. In this way, time passed. A night passed. That night, Xu Qing was speeding through the heaven and earth of the Moon Festival Domain. He saw many skeletons on the ground, from various ethnic groups, most of whom died in the explosion of heterogeneity.

Some died in fighting.

All this was as Xu Qing had expected. The special environment of the Moon Festival Domain made it inevitable that death and malice would permeate here.

There were even a few places where Xu Qing was silent for a while after seeing them.

That was the skeleton pit.

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

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

Ling'er was silent too.

Looking at these, Xu Qing left silently, and his vigilance in his heart was infinitely improved, until the morning came, and after several dim artificial light bodies appeared in the sky, the earth was no longer dark, but a dim yellow color.

This color is the normal state of the Moon Festival Domain.

Xu Qing stood on a bare hilltop, looking into the distance, identifying the direction, and took out the map jade slip given by the captain to check.

"This area is called the Small Altar. It takes half a month to cross from here. It is a place where the two tribes form an alliance. Beyond there is the Sea of ​​Fire."

Xu Qing put away the jade slip and whistled forward in the dim sky.

In this way, time passed day by day.

Half a month later, after crossing the area called the Small Altar and about to enter the border of the two tribes alliance, Xu Qing had a better understanding of the name of the area behind him.

There were thousands of bone pits there, which were arranged in a crescent shape, and in the center, there was an ancient altar as big as a city.

Xu Qing did not approach, but from a distance, he felt more residual breath of the red moon there.

"Spiritual enclosure."

Xu Qing murmured, and stepped into the land of the two tribes alliance.

But at the moment of entering the border, Xu Qing stopped and looked forward.

Soon, dim lights appeared on the ground in front of him, and irregular mirrors rose from the ground, all shining towards Xu Qing.

Most of these mirrors were more than one person tall, and the mirror surface was blurry with some cracks, but they still reflected Xu Qing's figure.

What was strange was that the Xu Qing figures in these mirrors had malicious eyes at this moment, and uttered a cold voice.

"Road guide!"

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