Inside the Tucheng drug store, everything was quiet.
Xiao Miao shook a few times and found that no one was paying attention to her, so she curiously reached out from the branch and peeked into the back room.
After waiting for a moment, it noticed that there was still no sound. It carefully pulled out its roots from the soil, as if it had finally waited for the opportunity and was planning to escape.
But just as it pulled up all its roots and jumped out of the flowerpot, preparing to leave quietly, a murderous intent instantly spread out from the beam.
The fused fish bone of the King Kong Sect ancestor appeared in front of Xiao Miao, with the bone tip pointing at its body.
The young seedling trembled, slowly crawled back into the flower pot, pulled out its roots and put them back in, and then continued shaking in a flattering manner.
The fish bone circled around it several times and returned to the beam in a flash.
"If I let this little thing escape, the evil star will definitely be angry with me when he comes back." The ancestor of the Diamond Sect sneered in his heart, and then looked towards the back room.
Due to the hidden existence, he could not detect the specifics, but with the secret connection between him and Xu Qing, he vaguely felt that Xu Qing's breath was no longer in the back room.
This is indeed the case.
There was no one in the back room. What entered the crack in the mirror was not the consciousness, but the true bodies of Xu Qing and Ling'er.
This is also the magical place of Niyue Palace.
But at this moment, the journey to this magical place did not bring good feelings to Xu Qing.
He felt that he had entered a narrow place full of squeezing feeling, and the surrounding light shone and turned into a wall of light, enveloping him.
The arc of the light wall formed a circle. It was extremely hard and at the same time bound Xu Qing's body tightly, making him unable to move, as if he was stuck there.
The more he struggled, the stronger the restraint became, as if he could not move forward but could only retreat.
Xu Qing frowned. He didn't expect that after entering the crack, he would appear in such a ghostly place.
"Is this the third test?"
Xu Qing was thoughtful. From his research on the mirror some time ago, he felt that there were three assessment items in total. He figured out the details of the first two items, but had no knowledge of the third item.
So after pondering, Xu Qing tried to disperse his spiritual consciousness. The process was not easy. Squeezes from all directions restricted not only his physical body, but also his perception.
In particular, the surrounding light walls were powerful and could not be penetrated by his spiritual consciousness. Fortunately, the front was still smooth, so with his little attempts, his spiritual consciousness spread forward.
Finally, through continuous efforts, he gradually realized where he was.
"A pipeline?"
Xu Qing was stunned. With the help of his spiritual consciousness, he realized that where he was was a slender pipe.
As for the end, it was beyond the scope of his spiritual consciousness and could not be explored, but the vast fluctuations that could be heard vaguely allowed him to guess that it should be the Niyue Palace where he was going.
"It's interesting. It seems that this is indeed the third test. If you can't follow this pipeline path, you will not be qualified to enter the Moon-Reverse Palace."
Xu Qing's eyes flashed with sparkle. He initially wanted to join Niyue Palace because Duanmu Zang said that the people in Niyue Palace have studied curses for generations and have a deep understanding of curses.
So Xu Qing plans to go and get some information about the curse. After all, one person's research is not as good as a group of people's countless years of analysis.
This will be very helpful for Xu Qing to master the curse and save a lot of time.
Now, in addition to needing information about the curse, he was also curious about the Moon-Reverse Palace itself.
"No wonder Senior Brother also wants to join."
Xu Qing's eyes were firm, his cultivation exploded, and his physical body surged. With the help of this divine body, he suppressed the surroundings.
As the roaring sound reverberated, Xu Qing's body trembled. The light walls around him were too hard. Even if he tried his best, he still couldn't expand much, and his body only expanded to a height of half a foot.
The limit has been reached.
The feeling of being squeezed so hard that his body and soul could not help but feel angry in Xu Qing's heart. He suddenly retracted his body, returning to normal in an instant from half a foot tall.
The surrounding walls also retracted rapidly, but there were still some gaps between them.
Taking advantage of the gap between the retraction of the wall, Xu Qing raised his right hand, and the cultivation power in his body was running. Except for Ziyue, the other Nascent Souls exploded and punched forward.
This punch gathered the power of Poison, Ghost Emperor Mountain, Heavenly Dao, Time Bottle and Golden Crow, as well as the power of his Life Lantern, forming a storm that roared forward.
The sound of clicking spread, and Xu Qing rushed out, stepping forward a few feet from where he was. As the feeling of restraint enveloped him again, Xu Qing gritted his teeth and continued to move forward in the same way.
I don't know how much time passed, Xu Qing roared all the way, and kept forcing his way forward. Although it was difficult, he finally made it out of Baizhang.
After arriving here, he was exhausted and felt the distant end. Xu Qing had to sigh and chose to leave, return to the medicine shop, and continue to enter the mirror after resting.
The place opened up before did not disappear with Xu Qing's return. He gritted his teeth at the position of 100 feet, with determination in his eyes, and continued to bombard forward.
In this way, the days passed day by day.
Ling'er didn't need to follow him every time. With her mark there, Xu Qing could go alone, so Ling'er reopened the medicine shop.
But sometimes she would still look back at the back room to pay attention to the progress of brother Xu Qing.
"This Niyue Palace is so difficult. With Xu Qing's ability, he has not been able to enter for so long." Ling'er sighed in his heart, and similar sighs also rose in Xu Qing's heart many times.
Half a month later, amidst the increasingly intense roar, Xu Qing, who had opened up the road to the Niyue Palace by nearly three thousand feet, returned to the medicine shop again. The moment he appeared, he sat down cross-legged, panting, with something in his eyes. Bloodshot.
"It's only opened 30%, and it's still more than 7,000 feet away from the end."
"Every one of those who can enter the Niyue Palace must be a peerless powerhouse, at least all of them are spirit treasures?"
Xu Qing felt awe in his heart and looked forward to this organization more and more. He felt that anyone who could successfully pass the third test and open this path to enter was an extraordinary person.
"I can too!"
Xu Qing looked decisive. After a break, he stepped into the mirror again and continued to blast.
The repeated actions also allowed Xu Qing to gain experience. Under the continuous squeezing, his body became stronger, and the size it could support after expansion also increased from half a foot to ten feet.
As a result, his speed also increased a lot, until another half month passed, and he successfully blasted this principle to a range of eight thousand feet.
Standing there, he looked back at the way he came, only to feel the incomparable hardship. Then he raised his head and felt two thousand feet away, feeling more and more in awe of the people in the Niyue Palace.
"There are still two thousand feet, I hope that's where the Niyue Palace is!"
In the distance, at the end of the road that Xu Qing forcibly opened, the connecting place is indeed the Niyue Palace.
The Niyue Palace is a separate space, which is astonishingly vast. There is a huge mountain of indescribable size.
There are one hundred thousand ancient temples built on this huge mountain. Although they are far apart from each other, they are still densely packed from a distance.
Every temple in it is full of vicissitudes of life, as if the long river of time has been flowing here without beginning or end for an unknown period of time.
Some of those temples shine with light, while others are completely dark. Those temples with light seem to have statues inside, emitting brilliance.
Sometimes there are statues coming out of the temple and flying around the world to other temples.
Their whole bodies are often shrouded in soft light, and they have a sacred meaning. They have different shapes. From a distance, they look like thousands of gods and demons.
And at the bottom of this huge mountain, there are the most temples, half dim and half shining.
There is a temple among them, among many shining temples.
It was originally unremarkable, but within this month, it attracted the attention of the statues in other temples around it.
Because it's too noisy.
At this moment, as Xu Qing kept opening the passage, a huge roar spread from this ordinary temple and spread nearby, and the sound continued.
"Here we go again!" In the surrounding temples, three or five statues suddenly stepped out, glaring at the roaring temple.
"Damn, this guy is endless, what is he doing!"
"It's been a month. If this person wants to come in, hurry up and keep bombarding the light. What on earth is he thinking?"
"Neuropathy!"
"There must be something wrong with your brain!"
As the roar became more intense, more statues walked out of the nearby temple, and each of them looked over helplessly.
"I have never seen anything like this. For us, we can walk through the passage in an instant. Why is this person banging back and forth like this?"
"Is it to show off your fighting power?"
"But what's there to show off? Niyue Palace has been without an owner for many years, and the weapon spirit has been sleeping. It only provides the most basic abilities, and in order to maintain continuous operation, the light of induction is determined according to the examiner's cultivation level. Just enough so that the examiner can be picked up without any hindrance."
"This guy can walk up just by taking a step. Why is it that he is walking and blasting at the same time, looking like it is extremely difficult!"
During this discussion, the roar continued and became more intense.
The nearby statues all frowned, but they had no choice. They were not allowed to enter the temple before it was opened, so they could only choose to return one by one and not listen to the annoying roar.
Fortunately, this time it did not last too long. After the roar echoed for another two hours, it became quiet.
Xu Qing was tired.
He panted heavily, looked at the remaining distance of more than a thousand feet, and chose to return.
The moment he appeared in the back room of the drug store, Xu Qing's eyes showed determination.
"It will definitely be blasted away in three or four days at most!"
Thinking that he could finally pass this third test, Xu Qing felt very emotional. He thought it was too difficult.
"After entering, you must be more cautious and vigilant. The people inside... are not easy to mess with."
Xu Qing's expression was solemn. Before he closed his eyes and meditated to recuperate, he glanced outside the medicine shop with his consciousness.
There were some queues of people there.
As the drug store's reputation spread in Tucheng, the business has been getting better and better. Especially the middle-aged monk who bought the detoxification pill from him. Because he successfully resolved the crisis, he became more and more interested in Xu Qing's side. Respectfully.
Under their intimidation, many small forces did not dare to provoke drug stores. With their protection, the sale of elixirs was extremely smooth. Basically, hundreds of white elixirs could be sold every day.
Fortunately, Xu Qing has a lot of inventory and occasionally refines it.
As for medicinal herbs, in addition to his own accumulation over the years, he also purchases from external parties.
Although they didn't receive much, the middle-aged monk Chen Fanzhuo would come occasionally. Every time, he was polite and respectful, and brought a lot of medicinal herbs.
Sometimes Xu Qing was not around. After he brought the herbs, he knew it would be inconvenient to disturb him, so he clasped his fists at Ling'er and turned around to leave.
Such a sense of propriety makes it difficult for people to feel bad. At this moment, Chen Fanzhuo's figure appeared again at the door. He did not rely on his identity and cultivation to ignore the people queuing outside, but waited aside.
It wasn't until he had free time that he walked into the drug store.
"Uncle Chen." Ling'er looked up, saw the middle-aged monk, and greeted him with a smile.
"Miss Ling'er, is the master still making alchemy?" Chen Fanzhuo said politely, took out a bag full of herbs, put it behind the counter and glanced at the back room.
Just as Ling'er was about to speak, she seemed to be investigating, the curtain in the back room was lifted, and Xu Qing came out.
"Meet the master." Chen Fanzhuo looked solemn and greeted him with clasped fists.
Xu Qing nodded, his eyes swept over the other party, and his heart moved.
Chen Fanzhuo contained poison in his body last time, and according to his detoxification pill, the poison should have dissipated now, but now it can be seen that not only some of the poison remains, but there is also a new poison.
Xu Qing was thoughtful, raised his right hand, took out a white pill, and handed it over.
"You hold it in your mouth, rotate it in reverse to form a small Zhoutian, and let it melt slowly."
Chen Fanzhuo was startled. He sensed something was wrong from Xu Qing's words, so he hesitated for a moment, took the elixir, put it in his mouth, and started cultivating according to Xu Qing's request.
After a while, the elixir in his mouth completely dissolved and spread throughout his body, Xu Qing suddenly spoke.
"Cultivation power gathers on the index finger of the right hand, takes out a drop of blood, and falls on this leaf."
Xu Qing raised his hand and took out a yellow herb. After putting it aside, Chen Fanzhuo immediately pricked his index finger without any hesitation, and a drop of black blood overflowed from the wound.
Waves of unpleasant smell spread. After Chen Fanzhuo smelled it, his expression changed drastically. He thought that his poison had been resolved, but looking at it now, it was clear that it was still there.
So he didn't dare to be careless and quickly smeared this drop of blood on the yellow herb given by Xu Qing.
The moment the blood came into contact with the medicinal herbs, the medicinal herbs made a sizzling sound, and a puff of green smoke rose up, squirming in the air, and there was a faint roar echoing from the soul.
Looking at this scene, Chen Fanzhuo shrank his eyes and waved his hands in a protective posture, as if he didn't want the strangeness in the green smoke to contaminate the medicine shop.
Although this action is a bit fake, the attitude revealed is very correct.
Xu Qing glanced at him, took out a transparent elixir bottle, shook it and opened it. The aura emanating from it seemed to have a strong attraction to the green smoke.
So in the next moment, this cloud of green smoke went straight to the elixir bottle in Xu Qing's hand. After blending into it in the blink of an eye, Xu Qing pressed the cork of the bottle and held it in his hand for observation.
I saw the green smoke in the elixir bottle constantly squirming and condensing in this small area, and finally turned into a green centipede.
It looks very ferocious, but if you look closely, you can see that this big centipede is composed of countless small centipedes.
"Master, this is..." Chen Fanzhuo was shocked. He shuddered at the thought that there was such a strange thing in a drop of his blood.
"This is the soul of the centipede. It is a special medicinal material that is not very common. It is of ordinary toxicity. It is more about tracking and locking, providing a location for the caster. But with other methods, it can be refined into poisonous poison."
Xu Qing was a little happy. He didn't expect to find this precious thing recorded in Master Bai's pharmacopoeia here, so he spoke with satisfaction.
"You are being targeted. Judging from the restlessness of this centipede insect soul, the person targeting you should not be far from here."
As Xu Qing spoke, the green centipede in the vial suddenly became violent and hit the vial.
The vial shook violently, but it could not escape Xu Qing's grasp.
"Huh? The person who is targeting you is approaching."
Xu Qing spoke calmly.
Chen Fanzhuo's expression changed, he bowed solemnly to Xu Qing, then turned and walked towards the door.
He knew that the master of this medicine shop had no obligation to help him resolve the crisis. It was benevolent to detoxify him and inform him of this.
If you don't know what's good for you and forcefully drag the other person into a personal vendetta, this is not in line with your own principles.
Thinking of this, he quickly walked to the door, pushed open the door of the drug store and was about to step out when Xu Qing's voice echoed behind him.
"he came."
The moment Xu Qing's words came out, the sky in Tucheng became turbulent. Large clouds of fog rolled in the sky, and there were faint sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling.
This sound was so penetrating that after hearing it, the residents of the city were trembling with fear and quickly closed their doors. Even those who were outside immediately found an empty house to hide in.
In the blink of an eye, the whole town was empty.
At this moment, the black mist in the sky gathered towards the city, and finally formed a figure on the street.
As it became clearer, the appearance of this figure was also revealed.
He is an old man, wearing a loose robe, with white hair swaying as his Nascent Soul's cultivation level fluctuates, his eyes are cold, and the corners of his mouth are even more sarcastic.
And the edge of his robe was still a little atomized in the wind.
All of this made the old man look extremely strange.
"You dare to steal my things, you are so tired of living."
This old man is the one-eyed monk who provoked Xu Qing. After his previous conflict with Xu Qing, he was always on tenterhooks and full of panic.
In order to avoid Xu Qing, he had to hide until he felt that the limelight had passed, and then he cautiously went out. However, he did not expect that the cave he once had was stolen.
He carefully explored the traces and judged that the thief's cultivation level should be golden elixir, and he was furious.
And he had a habit of poisoning, so he followed the traces and found him.
At this moment, with the help of Du Yin's induction, the first time he looked at Chen Fanzhuo, he immediately confirmed that it was the other party who had done it. His eyes could not help but reveal a cold look, and he was about to leave.
But...the location where Chen Fanzhuo is at this moment is the entrance of Xu Qing's medicine shop.
While the old man's peripheral vision glanced at Chen Fanzhuo, he also instinctively glanced at the scene in the medicine shop behind him.
Then he saw an ugly girl and an expressionless young man inside.
The moment he saw the young man, the old man's eyes suddenly shrank, his steps suddenly stopped, his body gradually began to tremble uncontrollably, and his mind was in a state of chaos.
"This, this, this..."
"It's him!"
"He's actually here!!"
The old man's breathing was rapid, and his mind was like a million thunderbolts exploding at this moment, roaring continuously. Not to mention that his whole body was shattered, but he was not much better.
In fact, his fear of Xu Qing has reached its extreme. The terrifying combat power that Xu Qing unleashed that day makes him tremble every time he thinks about it these days.
Especially in his judgment, the other party was an old monster, and his cultivation level must be more than that. In addition, Xu Qing's keenness was also the reason why the old man was frightened.
Coupled with the fact that the poison was ineffective, all this caused him to experience endless life and death crises at this moment.
The most important thing is that what he has arrived now is his true body!
Just as frightened as him was Chen Fanzhuo, who had indeed stolen a cave some time ago at a considerable cost.
The cave looked like it had been abandoned for a long time, and there were many valuable items inside it. After holding those items, he was frightened, but after observing for a while, he found that no one came to investigate.
So I felt relaxed, and then I realized I was poisoned, so I went to the drug store.
He already felt bad when he heard Xu Qing told him that he was being tracked and targeted.
Now that he saw the true master with his own eyes, the fluctuation of the opponent's Nascent Soul made him fall into great panic, and even his body lost the ability to escape. He could only stand there under the huge pressure, trembling and shaking, He spoke reluctantly.
"Senior, please calm down, I will admit my mistake...all the items are still there..."
But his words had no effect, and the frightened old man was still too scared to move.
The old man no longer cares about the small matter of the cave being stolen.
What he was thinking about now was how he could survive.
Seen from a distance, this scene was full of weirdness. Chen Fanzhuo looked at the old man in horror, and the old man looked ahead in fear. Both of them did not dare to lift their feet.
The scene fell into silence for a moment.
But when the old man didn't speak, Chen Fanzhuo's fear became even more intense. When Xu Qing didn't speak, the old man's fear became as strong as the ocean.
In this life-and-death crisis, the old man's mind turned extremely fast and analyzed rapidly.
"This is a drug store. That ugly girl is the source of the fragrance. Judging from her clothes, she is clearly a waiter. This is a drug store opened by an old monster!"
"The fact that the little golden elixir thief is so frightened means that he is not one of the old monsters, and most likely does not know the old monster's cultivation level."
"The old monster must not want to be exposed, so why is he hiding here?"
"Because he has some mysterious plans!"
"And my appearance and performance may have indirectly exposed the old monster's cultivation, thus affecting his mysterious arrangements. If so, he will definitely be angry with me."
"If I turn around and run away, the same ending will happen!"
"You can't fight but you can't, you can't escape but you can't escape..."
The old man was extremely conflicted, and when he was in a dilemma, his eyes turned red.
As Chen Fanzhuo's mind became more and more trembling, the old man gritted his teeth, raised his feet and stepped forward. The expression on his face instantly changed from the solemn one to one of ecstasy, and he shouted excitedly.
"My dear friend, are you here too?"
Chen Fanzhuo was stunned.
(End of chapter)
