The forbidden area formed by this corner of the eastern part of Nanhuangzhou is not very large.
And the ruins where Xu Qing and his party left were on the edge of the forbidden area.
This is also why the scavengers were able to rush to the city on the first day of the sun.
So when it was getting late, they were almost out of the forbidden area.
Although they also encountered some alienated beasts on the way, they were all quickly resolved by these scavengers.
Under Xu Qing's observation, he had a judgment in his heart.
He felt that if he made a move, among these six scavengers, except for the old man known as the Thunder Team, everyone else could fight against it.
"They are not monks, but their ruthlessness and timing, as well as their attitude of not caring about death at that critical moment, have enhanced their lethality."
Xu Qing analyzed in his heart, he thought that except for the Thunder Team, everyone else was alone and could fight by himself.
If it is two, it is not impossible for me, but if three together, I am afraid that it is not possible.
With this judgment, Xu Qing became more and more cautious.
At the same time, he was also keenly aware that as he got closer and closer to the outside world, the expressions of those scavengers became much more relaxed.
Even on the road, they sometimes joke with each other.
Only the old man known as the Thunder Team did not say a word along the way.
And others were also in awe of him, which made Xu Qing curious about the identity of the old man.
But this curiosity did not reduce his vigilance, even now that he was about to walk out of the forbidden area, Xu Qing's vigilance was still the same, and when he followed these scavengers, he did not get completely close.
Instead, he was not far from the back, listening to their conversation while accompanying them cautiously.
Until the sky was about to completely set, as a warm feeling came to his face, Xu Qing paused, looked back at the wasteland behind him, and then looked at the world ahead.
Between heaven and earth, there seemed to be an invisible boundary where he was.
Within the boundary, there is a newly formed forbidden area, cold and cold.
Outside the boundary, it is a normal world, and the earth is rejuvenated.
They walked out of the forbidden area.
Although it was dark in the outside world, the starry sky was bright, and you could see the bright moon hanging high.
Although the earth is also desolate, it is far from the coldness of the forbidden area, and sometimes you can hear some normal sounds of birds and beasts.
In the grass in the distance, Xu Qing even saw a rabbit, looking at them vigilantly.
All this made Xu Qing look a little dazed.
Those scavengers also obviously looked completely relaxed, and even Team Lei eased their brows.
"Finally came out, this time it went smoothly, but whenever possible, I don't want to step into the forbidden area again."
"Don't go to the restricted area? If you want to live in this ghost world, if you want to live better, you must go to the forbidden area to fight hard, sooner or later I will buy a residence in the Seven Blood Pupils City!"
Outside the restricted area, these scavengers were obviously in a relaxed mood, and their words came out to each other.
Xu Qing was silent, but listened very carefully, along the way he listened to the conversations of these people, and had already learned a lot of information that he had not been able to access before.
For example, these seven blood pupils, he had heard these scavengers mention them many times, and it seemed to be a very powerful force.
There is also the name Purple Earth, which has been said by them several times.
"Do you have this little ambition? There are many Seven Blood Pupil cities, and the Antler City next to it is one of them, but the qualifications there are not enough spiritual coins to buy, and you also need the recommendation of the Seven Blood Pupil disciples, and what is the residency there, my goal is to obtain the entry qualification of the Seven Blood Pupils and become a disciple of the Seven Blood Pupils!"
"You went to the Seven Blood Pupils, you can't live for three days, who can't blow the cowhide, why don't you say that your goal is to go overseas to look at the ancient continent, where there is still the origin of the human race."
Xu Qing heard this, his heart moved, he had seen the name Wanggu on the bamboo slip,
"Wanggu? If I have the ability to ignore those forbidden things in the sea, do you think I won't go?"
The two of the scavengers seemed to have some verbal conflicts with each other, and they were fighting each other.
Xu Qing pricked up his ears and was about to continue listening to their conversation to get information, when the old man of the Thunder Team on the side glanced at the two of them, and spoke for the first time along the way, and words came out.
"If you want to look at the ancient continent, it is not impossible, there are four ways, you can think about which one is suitable for you."
"First, build a foundation within the age of fifteen and become a rare pride. 2. Pay 300,000 Jun Spirit Coins to purchase a migration quota from Purple Earth or Seven Blood Pupils, or from the Taoist Sect."
"Third, he has made outstanding contributions to the human race in alchemy. Fourth, I was accepted as a personal disciple by several major families of Purple Earth, several peak masters of the Seven Blood Pupils, or the leaders of the Departure Sect."
"Oh, there is a fifth way, to become a treasure keeper. Think about it, which one is suitable?"
The scavengers were silent one after another, especially when they heard the fifth method, their expressions were very unnatural, and their eyes showed fear.
Xu Qing's eyes also froze, he had heard the name treasure keeper.
It was in the slums, and he had a few familiar companions, who were taken away by some richly dressed people.
It is said that it is to train to become a treasure keeper, and the other children in the slums at that time were still very envious.
So he hesitated for a moment, looked at the old man of the Thunder Team, and asked softly.
"Excuse me...... What is a treasure keeper?"
The old man of the Thunder Team fell on Xu Qing and spoke slowly.
"Use your own body to accumulate magic weapons, practice special exercises, rely on flesh and blood to dilute the heterogeneous pollution of magic weapons, so that the heterogeneous increase caused by each use of magic weapons can be mitigated, so that they can continue to use them, and they gradually wither and die."
Xu Qing's eyes shrank, he couldn't speak for a long time, and fell silent.
Everyone seemed to have lost their interest in talking because of the three words treasure keeper, and walked silently in the night.
Until they left the forbidden area for some distance, on a plain, the Thunder team chose to camp.
Unlike the restricted area, in addition to the tent itself, there are also lit bonfires.
As the flames burned, the warmth around them became stronger, and these scavengers also sat around the bonfire, each taking out their food and baking it, gradually filling with fragrance.
Looking at their food, Xu Qing swallowed his saliva, sat in the distance, took out half a piece of hard jerky from his leather bag, and put it in his mouth and bit it hard.
The thunder team next to the bonfire, his eyes swept over, and he got up and walked to Xu Qing.
When Xu Qing looked up suddenly, Team Lei threw over a leather bag with several hot steamed buns inside.
The moment he saw this steamed bun, Xu Qing's eyes straightened, he resisted his impulse and spoke in a low voice.
"Thank you."
Team Lei didn't say anything, and returned to the campfire, with scavengers smiling and saying words beside him.
"Team Lei, why are you so good to this kid?"
"They are all poor people, and it is fate to meet them, so if you can, help them."
There were three steamed buns, and they were hot in my hand.
Xu Qing hesitated for a moment, and saw that everyone next to the fire was also eating the same steamed buns, so he first pretended to take a bite, observed the scavengers, and found that they were still as usual after a while, he endured for a long time before he actually took a small bite and waited in his mouth for a while.
Make sure it's okay, then chew slowly until it's crushed, and swallow it slowly.
After waiting for a long time and making sure that it was okay again, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, couldn't hold back anymore, and ate the whole thing in big bites.
Then he hesitated for a moment, and then ate the second one in small bites.
Although he was still hungry, he still wrapped the last steamed bun and carefully placed it in his leather bag, as if placing a treasure.
Soon it was getting late, and the scavengers returned to the tent one after another.
"I'm giving you off."
Xu Qing looked up, looked at Team Lei, and suddenly spoke.
"Why?"
"What, why? Three steamed buns, one sleeping bag...... There is no reason, if you have the heart, you can get me some food in the future." The Thunder Team turned around and walked towards the tent.
"What do you like to eat?"
"Me?" The Thunder Team stood by the tent and thought for a while.
"Snake, that thing tastes good." After saying that, he walked into the tent.
Xu Qing took the sleeping bag, looked at the tent of the Thunder team for a long time, nodded heavily, got into the sleeping bag and closed his eyes.
But he didn't fall asleep immediately, but silently operated the Haishan Technique with his eyes closed, which had become his habit.
Even though he was extremely cold during his practice, he did not give up at all, and seized all the time to practice hard.
Especially today's Lei team said that the foundation was built before the age of fifteen, although he did not compare it with the kind of heavenly arrogance in his words, he still had some thoughts in his heart.
"I'm fourteen this year......" Xu Qing muttered, continuing to practice.
In this way, time passed slowly, and soon five days passed.
Xu Qing followed these scavengers, over the mountains, and walked across the grassland.
There were three people on the road who left halfway, which also confirmed Xu Qing's previous judgment that they were temporarily grouped together.
Until the seventh day, after the two scavengers with knives left, only Xu Qing and Team Lei were left.
That night, at the foot of a mountain, next to the bonfire, the old man of the Lei team looked at Xu Qing, who had carefully put away half of it, and slowly spoke.
"Child, tomorrow at noon, we can reach our destination, which is where I live, a camp where scavengers gather."
Xu Qing looked up at the old man.
The old man looked into the distance and continued to speak.
"The camps of waste pickers are often built next to the restricted area, so outside the camp on the other side of the mountain, it is also a restricted area."
"Compared with the Chucheng Forbidden Area where you were before, it has existed for a long time, not only are there fierce beasts, but it is also more dangerous, and the heterogeneity is extremely strong.
"But there is an abundance of horse chestnut, which is a necessity for refining white elixir."
"White elixir is the basic elixir used by monks to resolve their own heterogeneity, so many outsiders come here on weekdays, they cherish their lives, and they are not familiar with geography, so they rarely pick them in person, and they spend more spiritual coins to let local scavengers go in and pick them."
The old man said this and looked at Xu Qing.
"Do you understand what I mean?"
"You mean that the local scavengers in the camp are all outlaws who can do anything for money."
After Xu Qing heard the white pill and its effects, he narrowed his eyes, thought about it, and spoke softly.
The old man of the Thunder Team smiled with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"What you answered is correct, what I want to tell you is that in the scavenger camp, the rule is that the weak eat the strong, and strength is the best."
"But at least it is also a place to live, and there is a market, a place for buying and selling daily necessities, and even caravans come over from time to time, so each house in it has a lot of value."
"Therefore, it is not just anyone who can enter, every new face who wants to obtain the right to reside needs to go through a beast training, this is the rule set by the camp owner."
"And you, if you succeed, I can allow you to live with me for a fee." The old man looked at Xu Qing and spoke slowly.