out of time

Chapter 52
At this moment, under the setting sun, the afterglow fell on the mountain path, as if covering the rock steps with a layer of orange tulle, adding a bit of sacred meaning.

It seems that walking on it and stepping on the sun can lead to glory all the way.

On both sides of the mountain road, green leaves and flowers can be seen everywhere.The scent of fragrance and soil, blended into the blowing mountain wind, with the wet face, permeates the mind and pervades the whole body.

The surrounding trees are shady, and the crisp birdsong from time to time seems to be composing music for the future of all the people who have walked this mountain road, including the group of people here at this moment.

There were five people in the group, and the round-faced middle-aged man was at the front. He walked with his hands behind his back and introduced the sect to Xu Qing and the others behind him.

"Since you have successfully worshiped the Seven Blood Eyes, I will also explain the sect to you. In fact, in my opinion, the Seven Blood Eyes is not a sect."

"It's more like a huge profit industry in the name of Zongmen!"

The middle-aged man with a round face spoke lightly, and his words fell into the ears of the four people behind him, which shocked the hearts of these young men and women who had just joined the Seventh Peak.

Among the four, apart from Xu Qing, the other three were Zhou Qingpeng, Li Zimei, and a young girl.

The girl's name is Xu Xiaohui. She wears a ponytail and wears ordinary clothes. She is obviously not from a wealthy family, but she is much better than a scavenger. She should be from a small town.

On the way, she once showed her affection to Xu Qing, but Xu Qing was not good at socializing, and he didn't like people getting too close to him, so he just nodded, so the girl soon began to curry favor with Zhou Qingpeng.

Zhou Qingpeng had a gentle smile, contrary to Xu Qing's reticence, which made the girl feel closer, and occasionally whispered to each other on the way.

As for Li Zimei, she seemed very reserved and had a low self-esteem, so she was at the bottom of the team and kept a certain distance from everyone.

However, Zhou Qingpeng paid close attention to her and Xu Qing, so he would show a smile on his own initiative from time to time, which made Li Zimei seem a little less restrained.

At this moment, the mountain wind blew past, lifted everyone's hair, and also passed on the words of the middle-aged man with a round face in front of him.

"The Seven Blood Pupils are divided into the upper part and the lower part. You can see them as two worlds, and they are actually two worlds. You... are the people from the lower part of the mountain."

"Only by establishing the foundation can you be qualified to go up the mountain and have the right to distribute the benefits of the seven blood pupils, while the people down the mountain live in cruelty and hardship, and can only struggle."

"So for the people at the foot of the mountain, going up the mountain is the greatest desire in this life. Do you know how many people are there in the main city at the foot of the mountain?" The middle-aged man with a round face glanced at the four boys and girls behind him.

"300 million people!" He raised his right hand and stretched out three fingers.

"These 300 million people include civilians and all the low-level disciples of the peaks. You will also be one of them, and you need to survive under the rules of the seven blood pupils."

"The rules of the main city of Seven Blood Eyes are very simple, that is, contribution points. For all the people below the mountain, whether they are civilians or disciples, the cost of living in the main city every day is [-] contribution points, which is [-] spirit coins."

"It is deducted every day. Once the number of the jade slip token returns to zero, you will be expelled from the Seven Blood Eyes. This is the case for civilians and disciples."

"If you force it to stay, after an hour, it will be wiped out by the formation."

The words of the round-faced monk made the faces of Xu Qing and the four of them change. Even if Zhou Qingpeng understood something, when he heard this rule again at this moment, his eyes showed fear.

"This is just the basic residence fee. As for food and accommodation, it depends on your own choice. The fittest will survive. The prices in the main city of Seven Blood Eyes are extremely high, but the highest is the cultivation resources."

Listening to the round-faced monk's words, Xu Qing was silent, and the other three were also shocked by this harsh statement. Xu Xiaohui hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice.

"Since that's the case, why are there so many civilians here? Thirty spirit coins a day...one spirit stone a month, which is too expensive. Besides, I have to pay contribution points when I get the status of disciple. What's the use?"

The middle-aged man with a round face glanced at Xu Xiaohui.

"The civilians who can be teleported at a high price are all capable people. The reason why they rush to come is because the main city of the Seven Blood Eyes protects the civilians. Disciples are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately. In addition...here There are formations to isolate heterogeneity and increase lifespan."

"Compared to the heterogeneity outside, where fierce beasts and desperate people are everywhere, the main city of the seven blood pupils is naturally their dream place."

"As for what's the use of being a disciple?"

"One, practice resources are only open to those who have obtained the qualifications of disciples. Others cannot buy them, and it is strictly forbidden to circulate them outside. Once they are caught, they will surely die."

"Second, only the disciples who practice the Qixuetong technique can have the right to go up the mountain and get the distribution of benefits after the Qixuetong practice has reached the foundation establishment, so you have to work harder in the future. Cannibalism is not allowed, but every month... there are still quite a few disciples who disappear inexplicably in the city, and most of the sects turn a blind eye to this, raising Gu, death and injury are normal."

"But once a foreign foundation-builder cultivator takes action against you condensed qi disciples, then those who do it will be severely punished. This is a violation of the rules of the seven blood pupils. Of course, the sect does not care about the condensed qi from outside."

The round-faced monk smiled meaningfully.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words, this was one of the reasons he came to Qixuetong.

At the moment Li Zimei was on the sidelines, and asked after hesitation.

"If it's just like this, then how can the sect give the disciples who grow up in such an environment a sense of belonging, and how can the sect itself have cohesion?"

The round-faced monk laughed.

"Cohesion? What is cohesion? Friendship is one kind, gratitude is one kind, and awe is also one kind, but these are not solid. In this cruel and chaotic world, the true sense of belonging and true cohesion are benefits!"

"As long as a disciple of the Seven Blood Eyes has broken through to Foundation Establishment with the Seven Blood Eyes technique, he will be eligible to go up the mountain, and he will also have the right to distribute the profits of the Seven Blood Eyes."

"The monthly income of Qixuetong is public. It comes from everyone's living expenses, the sale and purchase of cultivation resources, and port exchanges. Almost 50 million spiritual coins are entered into the account every day. Calculated as spiritual stones, it is 500. A month is one The income of [-] million spirit stones.

These benefits, according to the rights and interests of different cultivation levels, except that the Zongmen retains a part of daily expenses, the rest will be distributed to all disciples who have established foundations and above. "

"The higher the level of cultivation, the more distribution. For the disciples in the early stage of foundation establishment, about five thousand spirit stones can be distributed in a month. If they reach alchemy, at least tens of thousands of spirit stones will be allocated every month."

"That's why I said that the Seven Blood Eyes are more like an industry. All the Foundation Establishment disciples who have been promoted to the mountain are equivalent to buying shares in this industry. As long as the Seven Blood Eyes exist for one day, they will have one day's income!"

"So, do you think that when a foreign enemy wants to plunder your property, you will just watch your own interests being robbed and don't take action?"

As the round-faced monk's words came out, Xu Qing's eyes showed a deep light. He now has a thorough understanding of the seven blood pupils.

Cohesion in troubled times, maybe... as the other party said, interests can bind everything.

Li Zimei was also silent and stopped talking.

The round-faced monk smiled lightly. He brought many batches of beginner disciples, and he said the words just now many times. In troubled times, benefits are the eternal truth. At this moment, he pointed down the mountain.

"Let me tell you about the prosperity of the Seven Blood Eyes. Look over there, it is the largest port in the entire Southern Huangzhou, and there is an endless stream of ships on weekdays. Whether it is transported by any outside force, or from other peaks of the sect, Most of the disciples go out to sea to complete their missions from us, and the seventh peak controls this port area."

"So, the boat... is the key to the cultivation of my Seventh Peak disciples. We call it the Dharma Boat."

Xu Qing looked in the direction of his finger. In the light of the setting sun, at this position on the mountain, he could clearly see the port of the main city below.

Near the sea, several horseshoe-shaped harbors have been dug out, each of which is very large, and seems to be able to accommodate a large number of boats, and there are quite a few such harbors, hundreds of them.

While spreading far and wide, the overall color is different. Half of it is white, and there are mostly huge merchant ships in it. There is also a half of the harbor, and most of the buildings inside are purple.

From a distance, the boats in the purple area are very small and densely packed.

In addition, there are gates and tall lighthouses in every harbor.

"The white area is outside, and the purple area is the residence of my Seventh Peak disciples."

"The boat inside is the Dharma boat I just mentioned!" the round-faced monk said.

"My Seventh Peak's Dharma Boat enjoys a high reputation in the entire Nanhuang Continent, and it is also the core and soul of the Seventh Peak's disciples' cultivation."

"It is not only your cave, but also your mount, and it is also your partner in battle and a necessity for obtaining resources. You can completely regard the Dharma Ark as a... magic weapon!"

When the round-faced monk said this, Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui's eyes widened, obviously knowing the existence of the magic weapon, and Zhou Qingpeng's eyes also showed strange light, with strong anticipation.

Xu Qing was the same, and his mind was shocked. He knew the value and rarity of the magic weapon very well, so he looked at the purple area of ​​the port again, but the densely packed boats there made him feel that the rarity of the magic weapon seemed to be a bit contrary.

"Of course it's not a magic weapon in the true sense, but the dharma boat of my seventh peak has growth potential. As your cultivation level improves and you continue to refine it, it is not impossible to become a magic weapon one day sooner or later."

"So, owning one's own dharma boat is the biggest dream and pursuit of every disciple who has just entered the Seventh Peak."

"It's just that the most basic dharma boat also needs to be exchanged. It takes [-] contribution points, that is, [-] spirit stones to exchange for it."

"In addition, only disciples who possess the Dharma boat are eligible to be randomly assigned to work and practice in the harbor."

"As for the disciples who don't have a Dharma boat, they can only find ways to make money on their own. The limit is three years. If they cannot accumulate enough contributions to exchange for a Dharma boat within three years, they will be taken back and expelled."

"Because, my seventh peak's exercises are related to the sea. When I practice with the Dharma Boat, I can get twice the result with half the effort with the help of the Spirit Gathering Formation inside. By the way, the exercises are free, and you can get them as a disciple."

Listening to the words of the middle-aged man with a round face, Xu Qing's heart fluctuated. While being attracted by the special dharma boat of the Seventh Peak, he also gradually learned more about the Seventh Peak.

The dharma boat is the key to the seventh peak disciples.

Disciples who own Fazhou will be assigned duties and are eligible to live in the purple sea area of ​​the harbor, so the round-faced middle-aged man said before that Zhouchuan is the cave, but it costs contribution points to live there.

The disciples without a boat can only be on the shore, doing chores, struggling to practice, and need to work hard to accumulate contributions every day.

Furthermore, most of the sea trips from other peaks and even the entire South Huangzhou have to go here, so it is often necessary to rent boats from Seventh Peak disciples, which is also a way to earn contribution points.

The entire Seventh Peak, and basically the vast majority of disciples, are like this. Everyone is trying to survive, and they want to break through to become a foundation and obtain the qualifications for the distribution of benefits from the Seven Blood Pupils.

"Therefore, Fazhou and cultivation are the key to surviving on the seventh peak before building a foundation and cultivation."

"Exchange for a dharma boat as soon as possible!" Xu Qing's eyes were bright, and he felt a strong sense of urgency in his heart.

In this way, under the introduction of the round-faced monk along the way, Xu Qing and his party followed to the halfway up the mountain. This is where the identity tokens are opened for new disciples.

There is only one kind of Taoist robe, and that is the gray Taoist robe.

The gray Taoist robe is the basic attire for all disciples of Qixuetong Peak, and it will be distributed free of charge to disciples who activate their identity tokens.

Just to open the token, you need [-] contribution points, and the opened token records everyone's basic information and contribution value, and can also be used for communication.

As everyone got the exercises, and opened the identity tokens one after another, and obtained the gray Taoist robe, Xu Qing held it in his hand, feeling the weak spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from it, and knew that the material of the robe was not bad.

It is very soft to the touch, and will not easily form wrinkles. If it is placed in the outside world, the value of this Taoist robe may be quite a lot.

Li Zimei on the side, similar to Xu Qing, was also stroking the Taoist robe, showing firmness in her eyes, while Xu Xiaohui on the side looked at Zhou Qingpeng.

Zhou Qingpeng blinked, glanced at the round-faced monks and the sect seniors distributing supplies, and suddenly spoke softly.

"Senior, junior want to buy a Fazhou."

The round-faced monk smiled when he heard the words, and the one handing out supplies was a thin old man. He glanced at Zhou Qingpeng with his eyelids, and spoke lightly.

"One hundred thousand contribution points, or one hundred spirit stones." Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui both took a breath as soon as the skinny old man said. One hundred spirit stones was an unimaginably huge amount of money in their perception.

At this time, Zhou Qingpeng hurried forward, took out a golden paper ticket, and handed it over respectfully.

"Second Peak's spiritual ticket? Yes." The old man took it and looked at it. After putting it away, he took out a purple brocade box and pushed it over, then looked up at the others.

"Who among you wants to exchange?"

Both Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui lowered their heads. After Xu Qing thought about it, enduring the pain in his heart, he stepped forward and took out the 100 yuan spirit stone from the leather bag, and placed it in front of the skinny old man.

Without further ado, the old man gave Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui a brocade box under the envy of Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui, as well as Zhou Qingpeng's sideways glance.

Xu Qing took it and opened it. There were only two items in the brocade box, a jade slip and a transparent vial.

The vial is very strange, only the size of a palm, half of the liquid inside, like sea water.And on that sea water, there was a small boat with a black awning floating!
The whole body of this small boat is black, and it seems simple, but if you look carefully, you can find that every board on it is filled with a lot of runes. Press to spread out.

It can be said that both the bottle itself and the boat are worth far more than a hundred spirit stones. As for the jade slip, it records information about the boat.

"Okay, you can go down the mountain. Remember not to spread the exercises and the dharma boat to outsiders, otherwise... it will be very miserable." The voice of the middle-aged man with a round face interrupted Xu Qing's observation.

"Xu Xiaohui and Li Zimei, you should work harder so that you can take care of yourself and get the Fazhou as soon as possible. As for Zhou Qingpeng and Xu Qing, your identity tokens have job information, so go ahead."

The four immediately cupped their fists at the round-faced monk, Xu Qing was about to leave when the round-faced monk called to stop him.

"Xu Qing."

Xu Qing turned his head and looked at the round-faced monk respectfully.

"Among the low-level monks, you are very strong. Although you are only at the seventh level of body training, you have formed the shadow of qi and blood that can only be found in the great perfection of body training. It can be seen that your talent is good. It can be said that among the low-level monks, you are already strong Those who are in the same category, it is also easy to kill some miscellaneous cultivators and Xiaozong's ninth and tenth layers of condensed energy."

"However, body training is relatively simple, it is just the accumulation of speed, strength and recovery, but this is not the way."

"The way of my generation of monks is to practice the law! I advise you to practice more in the future. The power of psionic spells in your body is too weak. It is okay to face miscellaneous cultivators. If you face big disciples, you will be very nervous." Lost!"

Xu Qing was shocked when he heard this.

"In addition, I don't know where you lived before, but I think it must be dangerous, so you have developed some instinctive habits."

"Habit?" Xu Qing was taken aback.

"For the sake of my test for you this time, let me remind you. For example, when you walk, your right hand hardly moves, especially the index and middle fingers are always in a state of vigilance. I guess that in the leather pouch on your right side, there is a A needle-shaped or throwing knife weapon that can be clamped between two fingers, so you can take it out at any time."

Xu Qing's expression froze, it was the first time he was seen through so clearly.

"But I advise you, it's best not to take habits as nature. In this case, you will easily be spotted by others and suffer a disadvantage. You must know that there are no traces, and the needle hidden in the cotton is the way of my generation."

The middle-aged man with a round face smiled and spoke without the slightest sharpness. This time he reminded the disciple in front of him that for him, it was just a casual investment, which was nothing more than a small investment.

But Xu Qing felt his back was cold, and after standing there, he took a deep breath and bowed deeply to the other party.

Until he walked far away, Xu Qing's heart echoed the other's words. He looked down at his right hand, and tried his best to control it, making it more natural.

Under the control of this attempt, his right hand gradually changed, it was no longer stiff, but a little more natural, but if you look carefully, you can see that in this naturalness, every movement seems to hide a sharp edge .

And on his way down the mountain, during his constant attempts, in the wilderness far away from Qixuetong, in a strange scavenger camp, Qi Ye was squatting on a roof, looking at a man not far away with interest. The boy was fighting with a wild dog. The boy's mouth was covered with flesh and blood, and his expression seemed to be bloodthirsty.

Seeing this scene, Qi Ye showed appreciation in his eyes.

Beside him, the servants were also squatting there. At this moment, they took out the jade slip, checked it, and spoke in a low voice.

"Qi Ye, the child has seven blood pupils."

"What kid?" Qi Ye said casually, looking at the young man in front of him.

The servant smiled wryly and explained in a low voice.

"It was the boy who was reluctant to wear new clothes before the murder. You also helped him talk to Master Bai, taught him the way of vegetation, and later gave him a white token."

Qi Ye was in a trance, nodded, recalled Xu Qing, and his eyes showed appreciation again.

"I remembered, he was a kind and righteous boy."

"Do you need special care?" the servant asked.

Seventh Master waved his hand.

"No, in this troubled world, if you want to survive, you need to rely on yourself to work hard. If he can finally rely on himself and walk in front of me, I will give him a fortune." Said, Seventh Master pointed not far away A boy who fights wild dogs everywhere.

"You said this boy, compared with a child, who is more like a wolf cub?"

The servant glanced at the young man Qi Ye was referring to, and smiled wryly. He had already answered similar questions several times, and this was already the ninth child that Qi Ye had favored since he was a child along the way.

"It's about the same."

Hearing this, Qi Ye glanced sideways at the servant and suddenly laughed.

"I helped the child talk to Master Bai and gave him a white badge. This is my favor, but it doesn't mean that I have to accept him as a disciple. I don't owe him anything, but just give him a chance."

"And I really want to accept the fourth child, but when I received the third child, I issued more than 50 white tokens, and only the third child came out. The time between you and me is a little short, so I don't know my style. .”

"This time, I feel that more than 50 tokens are not enough for a fourth child to appear. At least 100 yuan is needed."

"Young man, go and give a white token. You still don't need to say anything." After Qi Ye spoke, he got up and walked towards the distance.

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The two chapters have a total of more than 9000 words and nearly [-] words, and they were not forcibly divided into three chapters.

I am very happy to see the ranking of the monthly pass, thank you all pretty girls, and especially thanks to Brother Yanhui for his support~
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