out of time

Chapter 59 One's Birthday

At this moment, the night wind was blowing, and the sea water was flowing, gently patting around the small boat with a black awning, and a lot of gray-black water foam was squeezed out along the hull.

It also made the boat shake slightly, making a creaking sound.

Inside the awning, Xu Qing was serious about alchemy.

As the medicinal herbs were taken out by him, he either picked the leaves, squeezed the juice, or took the pistils, and cooked them with ease. Gradually, there was more and more medicinal liquid in the stone bowl.

After checking the ratio and adjusting it, Xu Qing began to put in the seven-leaf clover. Just like that, when midnight came, Xu Qing carefully dripped the juice of the condensing leaf into the black liquid medicine.

There were ear-piercing sounds, and green smoke came out, which was dispersed by Xu Qing's waving of his sleeves. The medicinal liquid in the stone bowl directly turned into a white semi-solid, and faintly leaked out of it. A flash of light.

One time success.

After careful inspection, Xu Qing took out these medicinal liquids, kneaded them one by one and turned them into elixirs, and put them aside to dry in the shade. Looking at these elixirs, his eyes showed satisfaction.

"Finally refining Bai Dan!"

Xu Qing muttered, the scene of studying with Master Bai appeared in his mind, and the scene of the scavengers' camp was also reflected in his mind.

All of this made the young man's heart a little restless on this special day.

After a while, Xu Qing sighed softly and looked out of the boat, it was pitch black.

Only the bright moon hanging high is reflected on the sea, sparkling.

Surrounded by silence, the sea breeze was blowing, and there was a hint of coolness in the humidity, blowing his hair up.

"Master Bai should have returned to Zitu long ago."

"Cross and luanya, I don't know what's going on now..."

"And in front of Team Lei's tomb, will there be weeds..." Xu Qing whispered softly.

"And I haven't found the Destiny Flower yet."

Even if he is used to loneliness, even if he has adapted to the new environment, Xu Qing is only a young man after all. He sat there silently, and his memory returned to the residence of the scavengers camp, eating snake meat with a familiar old man. .

Listening to what the other party said about the trivia in the scavengers' camp, watching the other party smoking a pipe and drinking wine.

The picture of memory is very clear.

Xu Qing's eyes lowered slightly.

"The teacher in the slums said that when a person starts to recall the past, it means his age is growing..." Xu Qing murmured, taking out a jug of wine from his leather bag.

He bought it during his daytime inspections.

Holding the jug, Xu Qing looked up at the bright moon in the sky, slowly lifted it up for a long time, paid a slight respect to the bright moon, and drank it in one gulp.

Looking from a distance, the teenagers on the boat are offering a glass to the bright moon and drinking a glass alone.

The wine in the main city was stronger than that in the scavengers' camp. It was hot in the mouth, and it melted into the abdomen like a flame, burning the whole body, making Xu Qing's breathing slightly short, and he took another big gulp after a while.

"I wish Team Lei, the spirit of the sky, all the best."

"I wish Master Bai good health and a long life."

"Happy birthday to myself... too."

Xu Qing murmured and drank it again.

Today is a special day, his birthday.

Xu Qing, who seems to be sixteen or seventeen, is actually just fifteen at the moment, but compared with other peers who have grown up safely, his experience has forced him to mature.

But today, like every year for many years, he silently blessed himself alone.

Only this year, there is more wine.

So, after drinking a pot, Xu Qing thought of his relatives.

Even though he tried hard to remember them, they were still blurred. This kind of blurring made Xu Qing very uncomfortable. He didn't want to be blurred, but... some things are beyond control.

For a long time, for a long time.

"You guys, how are you..." Xu Qing lowered his head and spoke quietly.

The sea breeze blew up, lifted his hair, and blew it on his face, blowing everything away. The slight shade also gradually pulled Xu Qing back from his memories, making his eyes sharp again, and the expression on his face renewed. indifferent.

"Live."

"If you can live a better life, if you still have the chance to see your parents... that would be even better."

"So, I want to become stronger!" Xu Qing raised his head slowly, and the figure of the young man under the moonlight, like a lone wolf, stared into the distance.

After a while, he turned around and walked back to the cabin, sat down cross-legged, and began to practice.

time flies.

After his birthday, Xu Qing's life was on the right track. In the next few days, apart from inspections, he would focus on alchemy and practice.

Although the cultivation of Huahaijing is blessed by spirit stones, the cultivation has gradually slowed down, and now it has just broken through from the sixth floor to the seventh floor.

The further you go, the slower your cultivation will be, but this is only in relative terms. In fact, compared with other people, Xu Qing's cultivation speed is already extremely astonishing.

At the same time, after Hua Haijing reached the seventh floor, Xu Qing could clearly feel that his combat power was almost heaven and earth different from what it used to be. Now he has full confidence, facing himself who did not come to the seven blood pupils, three Within ten breaths, kill directly.

Although there is still a gap compared with the ancestor of the Vajra Sect, Xu Qing is also sure to deal with him head-on.

"When I get stronger, I'll kill the Patriarch of the Vajra Sect." If he didn't kill the Patriarch of the Vajra Sect, Xu Qing felt thorny in his heart and was always uneasy. But killing people with a knife is inevitable, so I must hurry up and improve my cultivation to get rid of this threat.

In addition, Xu Qing's research on Fazhou is also very thorough, and he has analyzed the contents of the jade slips very comprehensively. After he understands it completely, he has extremely flexible control over Fazhou.

As for the direction, he also made a decision and chose to be strong!
He wants to start with the sturdiness and protection, and upgrade the level of the dharma boat. The reason for this is that on the one hand, the sturdiness and protection are improved, and it is not easy to wear and tear. If it is not worn, it means that it does not need to be repaired, and the cost is reduced.

On the other hand, in the dangerous main city of Seven Blood Eyes, Fazhou is Xu Qing's only relatively safe place. He needs such a place to practice, rest, and make alchemy.

Therefore, such a place must also have sufficient protection.

At the same time, in terms of elixir, Xu Qing has also refined a lot these days, the same is true for Bai Dan, and the same is true for Hei Dan.

According to the previous method, he not only refined the black pill, but also refined many poisonous powders that he had used before.

Every time he practiced alchemy, Xu Qing was extremely focused. The pharmacology of plants and trees was a survival skill that he learned very seriously at the beginning. He cherished what he had learned and engraved it in his bones.

As for the remaining herbs after refining each time, he also carefully sorted them into the cabin, which made the grids in his awning boat densely packed with all kinds of herbs.

Among them, poisonous erysipelas powder, because there are too many people in the main city, it is not convenient for him to try to innovate, so Xu Qing has never refined new poisons, but he has accumulated a lot of materials.

He planned to find an opportunity to go out and find a hidden place to refine together.

As for Xu Qing's work, he gradually became familiar with the work of the murderer. These days, the entire murderer is still searching for Yejiu's stronghold, and a large number of clues are reported every day.

Xu Qing could feel that Sili was not far away from closing the net.

And today, it wasn't the day when he was on duty at night, but Xu Qing chose to apply and replaced him with someone.

The responsibilities of the murderer include patrolling at night, and every disciple will have his turn, but whenever he is on duty at night, everyone will be extremely vigilant.

So, as the outside sky was getting dark, Xu Qing tidied up his clothes, put the poison powder in his sleeve pocket, placed the dagger and iron pick, and walked out of the Fazhou.

The sun has set outside, the dusk is about to disperse, and the earth has lost its light in the dark sky. Drops of rain are slowly falling on the main city.

Xu Qing's figure was walking in the dark, and in the rain, his whole body seemed to merge with the night as he galloped forward.

At this moment, the wind blew and landed on Xu Qing's robe, making a rustling sound. The wind was icy cold, and it was very refreshing to take a breath.

It also dissipated the hot flashes in the city, but it couldn't dispel some special smells in the air.

As he galloped, his clean boots stepped on the rain-splashed bluestone slabs, making a series of rapid rattling sounds. From a distance, it seemed that every time he took a step, the water stains on the ground would ripple like flowers, as if Lotus grows step by step.

Soon the sky was completely dark and the rain was even heavier. Xu Qing's figure quickly passed by alleys and closed shops, avoiding some killing scenes, until midnight, and he came to Banquan Road.

Looking at the open inn in the distance, in the rain, Xu Qing stood in a corner under the eaves, waiting silently.

A few days ago, his informant had mentioned a wanted criminal named Qing Yunzi.

It is marked on the wanted jade slip that this person was born in Qingyunzong, a small sect attached to Zitu. Massacred many villages, raped and plundered.

But Xu Qing did not choose to arrest him because he had no enmity with him.

In this cruel and chaotic world, everyone has their own way of life, and Xu Qing can't control so much.

But the other party did one thing wrong.

Xu Qing's informant should have appeared in the downtown area where the two met for the second time two days ago, looking for him to detoxify, but until today, he has not shown up.

So Xu Qing went to look for it during the day.

Although the wind was strong, it couldn't dissipate the unique smell of the poisonous powder on the spirit coin, so Xu Qing easily found the woman's residence, and also saw traces of fighting inside. Following the traces of the poisonous powder, he found the This inn.

After waiting all afternoon, he saw a person with a strong smell of poisonous powder entering the inn.

The appearance of the other party is consistent with the wanted jade slip, it is Qing Yunzi.

So today, Xu Qing changed the night shift with others, came here, and waited silently.

Naturally, he had to take care of his own informant.

(End of this chapter)