out of time

Chapter 20 Home?
In this wind and snow, Xu Qing returned to the courtyard, and before he entered, he heard the happy laughter of Team Lei inside.

When the dogs barked, Xu Qing pushed open the door and saw more than ten wild dogs in the yard.

They were lying there, looking at Xu Qing coldly, Xu Qing also glanced at them, did not emit any sharp light, just swept away, and the dozen or so wild dogs frowned one after another, and slowly backed away.

There was a light cry from Team Lei's room.

As the door opened, Shiji and Luanya came out, looked at Xu Qing, and then at the dozen or so wild dogs, Shizi smiled slightly.

"Child, they said you have a lot of evil spirit." Luan Ya squatted down, gently stroked the head of a wild dog beside him, and smiled at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing didn't speak, and looked at Team Lei who was walking out of the room at this moment.

Team Lei wore a thick leather jacket and held a cigarette pouch in his hand. When he walked out, he pointed at his teeth and said helplessly.

"The girl Luanya felt that I was injured and was worried about my safety in the camp, so she insisted on sending these more than ten wild dogs to the nursing home."

This sentence is very simple, but Xu Qing understands it.

Team Lei didn't tell them about Xu Qing, just like Xu Qing didn't talk about the singing and let Team Lei make his own decision, Team Lei also gave Xu Qing the right to tell the story.

Xu Qing nodded, took out the leather bag containing Bai Dan, and handed it to Team Lei.

Team Lei took it over, glanced at it, smiled, and didn't try to be polite.

"Okay, I really need this thing, but don't buy it in the future, I have a lot of savings here, enough to buy it." After finishing speaking, he looked at the cross.

"Cross, the kid is back, you can talk about anything."

Cross put away his smile, looked solemn, and opened his mouth slowly.

"This time, there are two things."

"The first one is the captain's medicine. Luan Ya and I have already bought it, about a month's worth of medicine. As for the latter, we will buy it after we finish eating." Said, Cross untied a leather bag from his waist , set aside.

"The second thing is that because of Blood Shadow's team destruction, although there were other scavengers who also participated in the previous seven-leaf clover picking, they were not as many as us."

"Yesterday, I went to the camp owner with Luan Ya to hand it over and got the reward, but... the camp owner still habitually withholds it. Instead of giving three dust-cleaning pills, he only gave one." Cross said, looking Xiang Luanya.

Luan Ya took out four leather bags and put them aside, then took out a wooden box and opened it in front of everyone, revealing a green elixir the size of a pigeon egg inside.

A medicinal fragrance spread out, obviously this Dan was much better than Bai Dan.

"The barbarian has no relatives. I decide to divide his share. These four leather bags contain our respective spirit coins. As for this dust-cleaning pill..."

Having said that, Cross looked at Team Lei, waiting for his assignment.

"Give it to the children." Team Lei said lightly. At this moment, he seemed to have the aura that belonged to the captain of Thunder, and he returned a little.

Nodding crossly, Luan Ya was also thoughtful after being stunned for a moment. They asked Team Lei about what happened in the jungle before, but Team Lei didn't say anything. The assignment at the moment obviously gave the answer.

"As for the barbarian...you are right, we are his relatives."

Lei Dui sighed softly, picked up his own share, Cross and Luanya also picked up their own, Xu Qing kept silent, picked up the leather bag as well.

For the Qingchen Pill that Luanya handed over, Xu Qing took a look at Team Lei after receiving it, Team Lei looked a little harsh, this look made Xu Qing understand the meaning, so he silently put it away.

The four of them talked for a while, mainly the three of them were talking, Xu Qing remained silent as usual and listened quietly.

But neither the cross nor the luanya will ignore Xu Qing's existence, and ask him for advice from time to time.

In this way, time passed, and soon noon came, as the wind and snow stopped temporarily, Shiji and Luanya chose to say goodbye, before leaving, Shizi spoke to Xu Qing in a low voice.

"Child, Luan Ya and I have accepted a mission and are going out for a while. During this time... the captain will leave it to you." Then, he took out a dagger and handed it to Xu Qing.

"Your dagger is rusty, change to this one, it's very sharp."

Luan Ya also handed Xu Qing a whistle.

"Child, you are very powerful in combat, but you also need eyes and helpers, right? This whistle can easily control the wild dogs in the camp. If you need it, you can blow it. They are very smart and will know what to do."

After exhorting them, they clasped their fists to Xu Qing and bid farewell.

Looking at their backs, Xu Qing put away the whistle, and stuffed the dagger given by the cross into his boots, but he didn't throw away the original one.

Then he raised his head and stared at their figures until the cross and luanya disappeared at the end of his vision, then Xu Qing turned his head to look at Team Lei's room.

After a long while, he passed through the wild dogs and returned to the house.

Close your eyes and sit cross-legged.

The wind outside was very strong, forming a whimpering sound, blowing across the earth, the snow in the sky and the snow on the ground blended in mid-air, and penetrated through the gaps between tents and houses, disturbing the people inside.

It also blew on Team Lei who was resting in the house, but he was used to the cold wind and didn't care about the cold wind.

But the image of Xu Qing shrinking in the cold wind appeared in his mind, so he turned his head to look in the direction of Xu Qing's house, and after a long silence, he put on a fur hat and walked out of the house.

Time passed, and three days passed in a blink of an eye.

During the past three days, it seemed that the snowflakes were about to use up their last strength to spread out the residual cold, and kept falling. The snow on the ground did not have time to melt, and a thick layer had accumulated.

Despite the harsh climate, survival is more important to scavengers than cold.

As a result, there were gradually more people in the camp, some continued to see a doctor, and some went to the restricted area.

At the same time, the Blood Shadow Squad's absence for a long time has gradually aroused discussions among scavengers. It is not known where the rumors came from, saying that the Blood Shadow Squad was in the restricted area and the entire army was wiped out.

Not many people believed this statement at the beginning, after all, every member of the Blood Shadow Squad should not be underestimated.

Especially Captain Blood Shadow, who is the strongest among the scavengers in the camp. Such a person has gone to the restricted area countless times, and it is unlikely that the entire army will be wiped out.

But as time passed, two more days passed, and there was no trace of the blood shadow person, which made the scavengers in the camp gradually believe that statement.

And they also remembered the day when Team Lei came back, how he was in a coma.

Thinking of the disappearance of the wild ghost, everything seems to have an answer.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, without the blood shadow, Thunder is now the strongest team in the camp.

So when Xu Qing went out these days, what he saw most were the awe-inspiring gazes from the scavengers around him.

He knew that it was the Thunder team that these people were in awe of, not himself, but he didn't care about it. What he was puzzled these days was that the figures of the Thunder team were always leaving early and returning late, so he didn't know what they were busy with.

But Xu Qing knows that everyone is independent, there is no need to disturb him, and he has a lot of things to do, so most of the time, Xu Qing is alone in the house, practicing silently.

With this hard work, his cultivation was slowly improving, and his strength and speed were steadily increasing.

As for his own shadow, Xu Qing also studied it many times.

But this shadow has never changed, except for the absorption of foreign matter, everything remains the same, so that the alienation point on Xu Qing's arm has completely disappeared.

The purity in the body made Xu Qing clearly feel that the speed of cultivation was much faster than before.

Until two days later in the afternoon, he sat cross-legged in meditation and was about to stabilize his cultivation for a few more days before attempting to hit the fourth floor of the Sea Mountain Art. He frowned slightly and opened his eyes.

Wild dogs were barking outside, and someone knocked on the bamboo door.

Xu Qing, who walked out of the house, noticed that Team Lei was not there. He looked outside the bamboo gate and saw a scavenger standing there with a hesitant expression.

Xu Qing had seen this person before, and he was one of the seven or eight people he had rescued when he returned from the restricted area.

After noticing the appearance of Xu Qing's figure, the scavenger hurriedly cupped his fists.

"Brother kid, it's me, I'm the bone knife."

"What's the matter?" Xu Qing said calmly with a blank face.

"This..." Bone Knife hesitated, but after a brief thought, he still gritted his teeth and opened his mouth.

"Brother kid, I want to use five white pills to buy an insurance policy from you." As he spoke, he first threw a leather bag at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing didn't answer it, and looked at the bone knife suspiciously. The leather bag thrown by the other party fell to the ground. The wild dogs on the side looked at it one after another, but they didn't dare to approach it.

Aware of Xu Qing's doubts, the bone knife outside the bamboo gate hurriedly spoke, and listening to his words, Xu Qing also gradually understood the meaning of the so-called insurance.

According to the meaning of the bone knife, he wanted Xu Qing to go to the poisonous dragon pool in the restricted area to rescue him like last time when he hadn't returned here for three days.

"Brother kid, I'm not worried about the strange beasts in the forbidden zone. It's my life to die in their mouths. What I worry about most is the fog. It's too unwilling to die in the fog."

Xu Qing looked a little weird, he didn't expect the other party to make such a request, so he thought about it and asked.

"What if there is no fog in three days, or you came back early?"

"There's no need to return the elixir, I'll just buy it for peace of mind." Bone Knife bowed deeply to Xu Qing, with a pleading look on his face.

Xu Qing was silent, looked at the leather bag, picked it up with a tiptoe, and opened it.

Inside were five white pills, although he didn't need them, but they were hard currency in the camp, so after thinking about it, he felt that this matter was not impossible.

So after pondering, Xu Qing nodded.

Seeing that Xu Qing agreed, Bone Knife heaved a sigh of relief, cupped his fists in gratitude, and left.

Holding the leather bag, Xu Qing squinted his eyes. He was naturally vigilant, and he didn't believe everything the other party said.

However, he felt that it was unlikely that it was a trap.

Because of the fog, he didn't have to go, and if the other party could calculate the time of fog three days in advance, with such ability, there was no need to calculate others like this.

But he remained cautious and planned to make a decision at that time.

So I turned around and went back to the house, and continued to meditate, and the night passed.

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Qing, who had just finished his practice, looked up to the outside of the house, and he heard the sound of a dog barking outside.

Xu Qing saw a strange scene when he walked out. Team Lei was packing up his things, and tied the big and small bags to the wild dogs, causing the wild dogs to stick out their tongues, and several of their bodies almost collapsed.

"Finished training? Let's go, I'll take you somewhere."

Team Lei wiped off his sweat, smiled, and then patted the wild dog next to him, opened the bamboo door, and waved to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was puzzled, and followed, and those wild dogs followed one after another. Just like this, two people, a group of dogs, moved forward in this camp.

From the central ring to the inner ring area, there are many shops here, and most of the houses are made of bricks and tiles, which are very sturdy.

Until they came to a large courtyard, there were four independent brick and tile houses in it, each of which was much better than the place where Xu Qing lived before, stronger and denser.

Looking at this, Xu Qing turned to look at Team Lei.

"From now on, this will be our new home." Team Lei said with a smile.

"New home?" Xu Qing was taken aback. The word "home" gave him a sense of familiarity and strangeness.

"I have been busy for most of my life and have saved a lot. Now that my health is failing, I simply change to a bigger house to enjoy myself."

Team Lei laughed, and went first, took the package from the wild dog, and started to get busy.

Xu Qing stood there, walked in slowly after a long while, looked at the blue bricks on the ground, looked at the house in front of him, he was a little dazed, until he was called by the Lei team to help, he was still a little uncomfortable.

After half a day's busy work, when the night came again, the cold wind outside was still there, the snow was still there, and the whimpers were rising and falling. Xu Qing and Lei team sat by the fire in the house, the heat was blowing on their faces, and the warmth filled the whole room .

There are no gaps in the walls here, and the cold wind can't get in at all. Xu Qing quickly noticed this and felt warm in his body.

"It's not cold." Team Lei smiled.

"Well, it's not cold anymore." Xu Qing nodded, and when he looked at Team Lei, there seemed to be a ray of light in Xu Qing's eyes under the reflection of the stove.

He was indeed not cold anymore. In this warmth, Xu Qing even trembled deep in his heart.

After a long time, when Team Lei left and returned to the room, Xu Qing approached the stove alone, murmuring.

"Family?"

At this moment, in the house on the side, Team Lei returned to the room with a smile on his face, but soon his face flushed a little.

He covered his mouth and coughed a few times, swallowed hard for a while, and stood in front of the window with a sigh, looking up at the direction of the restricted area, murmuring with reminiscence in his eyes.

"I really want...to take another look."

(End of this chapter)