out of time

Chapter 83 The price is fair
The light of dawn illuminated the sea, brightened everything, and fell on Xu Qing's dignified figure.

After a long while, Xu Qing let out a long breath. The terrifying existence on the bottom of the sea had completely disappeared from his sight now with the dawn.

Xu Qing didn't know what the giant was, let alone who owned the dragon chariot, and Hai Zhi didn't mention it, but just now he just glanced at the giant from a distance, and he felt a strong shock. A huge existence must be terrifying and astonishing.

Xu Qing couldn't imagine how glorious the owner of the dragon chariot was once for such a powerful existence to pull a chariot for him.

Fortunately, the giant didn't seem to have any malice, or in other words, Xu Qing didn't seem to have any obvious malice in the eyes of those other beings.

"Forbidden Sea..." Xu Qing murmured, with deep vigilance in his eyes.

He knew and personally felt that this forbidden sea was full of infinite dangers, so in the next voyage, he was more cautious and sailed strictly according to the sea chart, so that there was no deviation in the route.

A few days passed in a flash.

In the past few days, Xu Qing didn't see anyone, but he became more and more familiar with the Forbidden Sea, encountered more sea beasts, and made several shots.

Every time he made a shot, he obtained some biological materials of the Forbidden Sea. Among them, his Forbidden Sea Dragon Whale made a great contribution, and the many attacks also made Xu Qing more concerned about the battle on the sea. Getting more and more proficient.

As for a terrifying existence like a giant, Xu Qing has never encountered it again.

Until this day, the noon sun was scorching hot, and the sea breeze brought high temperature. Xu Qing, who had finished his practice, opened his eyes, looked into the distance through the protection, and frowned slightly.

His destination is in the direction of the Xishan Islands, and the Sea Lizard Island is just behind the islands. According to the guidance of the sea chart, he still needs seven days to reach it.

As for the area where he is now, it was originally recorded in the chart, and it was a relatively safe route to the Xishan Islands, but now that it was approaching, Xu Qing was a little confused.

In the sea area in front of him, there are a large number of vines spreading out of the sea. The farther away, the more vines, and there seem to be some boats trapped at the end.

But the distance is too far to see clearly.

As for the edge of this sea area, the number of vines is relatively reduced.

It seems that it was attracted by something before it stretched out from the bottom of the sea, and it is slowly shrinking at the moment, as if it will sink again in a short time.

However, the arrival of Xu Qing's boat made these vines, which were slowly sinking, seem to have found a new target, and they were approaching Xu Qing's boat quickly, visible to the naked eye.

All this made Xu Qing more vigilant. Standing at the bow of the boat, he made a formula with both hands, and controlled the Fazhou to start backwards, trying to avoid the approaching vines.

But the speed of the vines was very fast. Even though Xu Qing didn't go deep, and didn't waste time to dodge quickly, there were still a few of them approaching while spreading, winding around the hull of the ship.

These vines are dark in color, with thick arms, and there are sharp thorns growing on them, which look very hideous. The most amazing thing is that these sharp thorns contain some kind of suction, and as they entangle, the consumption of the dharma boat intensifies instantly.

Fortunately, there are not many vines, and the speed of the dharma boat cannot be affected by the entanglement at this moment, but Xu Qing still clearly senses that this kind of consumption is to some extent, more like spiritual energy being sucked away.

A cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes, and with a wave of his right hand, a dagger appeared, and his body jumped up instantly. With the cold light shining, those vines were cut open one after another, and gradually left the area with the power of Fazhou.

Until far away, Xu Qing looked at the sea area in the distance, then lowered his head and looked at the splint.

There were a few vines that had been cut off by him, twisting like sea snakes, and green liquid flowed out of the cut, with strong corrosion, dripping on the plywood, making a hissing sound.

Looking at these, Xu Qing's face was a bit ugly. He felt that the vines were extremely tough when he cut them just now, and he needed all his physical strength to do it.

After pondering at this moment, Xu Qing suddenly made a tactic with his right hand, and the formation patterns under his feet shone brightly, revealing the core of the spirit-gathering formation.

Xu Qing glanced away, and found that three of the spirit stones above were dimmed, as if they had been emptied all of a sudden.

"Sure enough, it's absorbing spiritual energy." Xu Qing was a little distressed.

There are hundreds of records on vines in Haizhi, and most of them look similar, so it is difficult for Xu Qing to judge accurately at the first time.

Especially in this sea area, neither Zongmen's sea chart nor the sea chart he obtained from the mermaid boy had any vines marked on it.

"It didn't exist originally, so it should be a vine that can migrate by itself. This kind of vine is also capable of psionic abilities. The only one that can eat spirits." Xu Qing recalled the content in the Hai Zhi, frowning and whispering.

"Spirit-eating vines have the ability to delight spirits. They cannot be harmed by spells, but can only be broken by brute force. They can devour the power of the magic boat and the monk's own spirit. If it is entangled, it will be extremely miserable to die. This thing is sensitive to heterogeneity. The Forbidden Sea is often located in a place where heterogeneity is relatively rare.”

Xu Qing pondered and looked up into the distance.

This is the shortest way to the Xishan Islands. If you bypass it, it will take a lot of time.

In particular, he didn't know the specific range of this vine, and according to Haizhi's description, when the spirit-eating vines appeared, they often drifted in groups, and the range was extremely vast.

"It takes too long to make a detour, and it is not advisable as a last resort, and this spirit-eating vine is not impossible to resolve."

Xu Qing thought for a while, narrowed his eyes, touched the storage bag with his right hand, and in the next moment a black pill appeared in his hand.

This elixir is precisely the black elixir that contains rich and heterogeneous properties.

Holding the black pill at this moment, Xu Qing stood at the bow of the boat and steered the Fazhou towards the vine area, approaching again.

Soon the surface of the sea was tumbling, and a large number of vines broke out of the sea, and with strong greed, they came towards Xu Qingfazhou at a high speed.

But the moment they approached, Xu Qing calmly threw the black pill in his hand towards the sea ahead, and as the black pill fell into the sea and melted, the heterogeneity suddenly became thicker.

In an instant, the vines spreading all around trembled in unison, as if they encountered something extremely disgusting, they immediately rolled back and avoided it far away, making Xu Qing's dharma boat unimpeded.

Xu Qing's expression softened slightly, and he manipulated the Fazhou to move with all his strength. Although the area he passed was a vine area, but as the black pills were thrown by him, all the spreads that were about to wrap around showed strong repulsion, and one after another avoid.

In this way, Xu Qing's Fazhou moved forward all the way, and as he threw more black pills, the surroundings of his boat were filled with relatively thicker heterogeneity, so that he gradually no longer needed him to continue throwing black pills. The surrounding vines will instinctively avoid it.

Therefore, during this journey, Xu Qing's dharma boat was getting closer and closer to those boats that were trapped by vines in the distance, and the sea breeze also sent the voices of people there.

Although it is faint, but to monks, it can still be heard very clearly.

"Zhao Zhongheng, what road are you taking!!"

"Senior Sister Ding, calm down... There were no vines in this area before, they must have migrated here in the past few days, and I can't help it, but I have already asked my grandfather for help, and someone will come to take us out of trouble soon..."

The person who spoke was Zhao Zhongheng. At this moment, his Fengniao was completely trapped here, surrounded by a large number of vines, and his boat could only move forward with difficulty.

At the same time as the speed was slow, all the entourages and boats traveling with him were also trapped, all of them looked anxious, but they had no choice but to try their best to cut the vines continuously.

Zhao Zhongheng was also annoyed. It was because the vines in this area were beyond his expectation. At the same time, he was fully manipulating the Fengniao and trying to rush out. Facing the dissatisfied expression of the senior sister around him, he could only apologize. On the one hand, he was pursuing the other party. On the other hand, it is also because of Senior Sister Ding's extraordinary background.

So he quickly took a jade box from his body and sent it over.

"Senior Sister Ding, don't be angry. Believe me, I'll be fine. I will definitely be able to take you to the Xishan Islands. This Clarifying Pill is a rare medicine that can nourish the soul. It is very valuable. It was given to me by my grandfather, and I will give it to you. As an apology."

The beautiful woman in the lavender Taoist robe at the side seemed to have worn out her patience. She frowned at this moment, looked at the jade box in Zhao Zhongheng's hand, took it and forced herself to calm down a bit, and was about to speak.

But at this moment, the whistling sound of the Dharma boat came from afar. She looked instinctively and saw a Dharma boat in the distance at a glance, riding the wind and breaking the waves.

Standing on the dharma boat like a green pine, there is a person in a gray Taoist robe fluttering in the wind, with long hair swaying, the sun shines through the hair, forming a colorful halo.

And under that halo, there is a perfect and cold face that is enough to make the opposite sex's heart beat, even the vines seem to be shaken by it, as if because of his handsomeness, he has become a mimosa, avoiding around him Roll back.

This scene made the woman's eyes sparkle, and a sweet smile appeared on her face, calling out to Xu Qing.

"Brother, what method did you use to avoid the vines? Can you help me?"

She had a sweet smile and a sweet voice, as if she had turned into a piece of candy, which made Zhao Zhongheng, who also saw Xu Qing, feel very uncomfortable from the bottom of her heart.

He has been courteous countless times along the way, and he has never seen the other party smile and talk like this...

This kind of discomfort made Zhao Zhongheng look unhappy, and looked at Xu Qing with some hostility in his heart.

At first glance, he felt familiar, and immediately recognized it in the next moment.

"It's you!" Zhao Zhongheng recognized Xu Qing. If it were someone else, he might have forgotten it long ago, but few people would forget Xu Qing's face after seeing it.

But now after recognizing Xu Qing, Zhao Zhongheng also immediately felt the fluctuation of spiritual energy on the other party, which seemed to be much stronger than the last time he met, but for him, as a core disciple, his status was noble and he could Let him ignore most of the disciples under the mountain.

So after glancing coldly, Zhao Zhongheng spoke lightly.

"Come here, use your method, and open the way for us."

Normally, he was always bossing around the gray-robed disciples at the foot of the mountain, and it was the same at this moment. In his perception, the gray-robed disciples at the foot of the mountain would respect and obey him when they saw him.

Xu Qing had noticed the Fengniao not far away before, and also saw the two core disciples wearing lavender Taoist robes above, but he ignored it at the moment, and the speed of the Dharma boat under him whizzed past them not far away .

"En? You are deaf, didn't you hear what I said!" Zhao Zhongheng looked gloomy, and a large water drop appeared in front of him as he waved his hand, forming a water sword, and went straight to Xu Qingfazhou.

But at the moment of approaching, a water curtain came out of thin air and directly blocked it.

During the roar, the water sword collapsed.

The dharma boat under Xu Qing stopped suddenly. He turned around and looked coldly at Zhao Zhongheng who was attacking him. In the distance, the waves of the sea were rolling, and the sea surface suddenly exploded. A body, extremely dazzling in the sun.

It let out a shocking roar, then slapped heavily on the sea, and sank again, but the berserk momentum spread out at this moment.

This scene immediately changed Zhao Zhongheng's complexion, and the eyes of the attendants beside him also widened, and there was a huge wave in their hearts, and the expression of the senior sister also changed instantly.

"Forbidden Sea Dragon Whale!"

Zhao Zhongheng took a breath, and looked at Xu Qing with an expression of disbelief. Although he is a core disciple and has an identity crush on the disciples under the mountain, but... this is not absolute.

Among the disciples at the foot of the mountain, if they can cultivate the Forbidden Sea Dragon Whale in the eighth layer of the Huahai Jing, it means that their aptitude is amazing, and there is a great possibility of being promoted to Foundation Establishment in the future.

Such a character, even the core, would not want to provoke them too much, and they would often be handed over to each other in the same generation. After all, once the other party was promoted to Foundation Establishment, their status would immediately rise, even if they saw it, they should pay respects.

Xu Qing looked at Zhao Zhongheng whose expression changed coldly, and spoke slowly.

"A ship needs [-] spirit stones. As for your ship, it needs [-]."

(End of this chapter)