On the green silk desert, the howling wind swept through the heavens and the earth, and the blue sand filled the sea, all of this seemed to never end, the heavens and the earth were endless, and the sand and wind did not dissipate.
Only on the mountain, due to unknown reasons, there will be much less wind and sand, making the surroundings relatively clear.
From a distance, the peaks standing in the Qingsi Desert were like out-of-this-world places.
Especially the Kusheng Mountains are majestic, so there is less wind and sand here.
But the whimpering sound from the wind still came from all around, as if there were countless ghosts and ghosts hidden in the wind and sand, sending out a roar to the world that was unwilling to be buried, and it also reached Xu Qing's ears.
The mountain nest Xu Qing chose was located deep in the Kusheng Mountains and was relatively hidden, and the moment he opened the mirror, the shadow had already spread out, protecting his surroundings.
This cleverness, the Vajra Sect ancestor's inner vigilance became stronger and stronger, so he flew out, looking like a loyal protector of the Lord, protecting the Dharma by his side.
It seems that as long as there is any abnormality, it will rush out without hesitation, even if it is shattered, it must prove its loyalty.
Ling'er also showed her head, her eyes showed white light, alert in all directions.
Under their protection, Xu Qing, who was meditating cross-legged, gradually became solemn, and he felt the personality contained in the will emanating from the lenses, which was a feeling like looking up at the starry sky in the sky.
Vast and endless.
The divine fingers instantly opened their eyes, showing suspicion in their eyes, and then quickly disappeared.
And the lens itself also gathered its power at this moment, floating in front of him on its own, shining with a shimmering light.
At the same time, a voice that seemed to come from a distant void, along with the echo of this will, formed words, replacing the howling of the wind and echoing in Xu Qing's sea of consciousness.
"The Supreme Star, respond non-stop, judge evil and bind ghosts, and protect your life."
"Wisdom is clear, and the heart is peaceful. The three souls are eternal, and the soul is not lost."
This voice gave people an ethereal feeling, unable to distinguish between men and women, as if the words of all living beings were converging, but when Xu Qing's mind was fluctuating, it actually brought him peace.
It seems that these thirty-two words contain the power of purifying the mind.
Xu Qing's heart was extremely calm at this moment, the divine platform was ethereal, and the sea of consciousness was stable.
It seemed that a long time had passed, and it seemed that it was just an instant, and the afterglow of the ethereal sound echoed continuously, and it was obviously these thirty-two words that came out, but in Xu Qing's cognition, they turned into other meanings.
Because there are two words in it, it becomes particularly clear.
"..... trial... nuclear..."
Xu Qing did not act rashly, but felt it carefully.
Gradually, he had a clear premonition that as long as he completely sank his mind into these two words, then an unknown assessment would begin.
Xu Qing pondered and did not continue.
On the one hand, the environment here is not suitable for immediate action, and on the other hand, Xu Qing feels that he has not fully understood the specifics of this assessment.
So he raised his right hand and grabbed the mirror in front of him, cutting off the connection between them.
In the next moment, the sense of peace of mind dissipated, Xu Qing raised his head, and the whimper from the wind outside the mountains came back into his ears.
Ling'er quickly turned her head to look at Xu Qing.
"Brother Xu Qing, how is it, it was successful."
Xu Qing raised her hand and gently stroked Ling'er's head, her eyes showed thought, and then she spoke calmly.
"The method should be correct, but it will take some time to verify."
Ling'er let go and noticed that Xu Qing was contemplating, so she didn't disturb her, obediently returned to Xu Qing's collar, found a comfortable position, and formed a circle, feeling Xu Qing's body temperature, she felt extremely peaceful in her heart.
It seems that for her, Xu Qing's temperature is the source of all peace.
After a while, Xu Qing's eyes showed decisiveness, he was ready to find a place to live in this Kusheng Mountains, exploring the assessment of the mirror while studying the curse.
If he were alone, he would choose to open a cave and live alone, isolated from the world.
But if Ling'er is here... Xu Qing thought about it and planned to find a nearby earthen city to live in, he didn't want Ling'er to accompany him while also asking her to endure the loneliness of being a companion in another world.
With this idea, Xu Qing left this mountain nest and walked in the Kusheng Mountains, and finally on a mountain on the outskirts, he chose a relatively small earthen city.
This earthen city built on the mountainside has no name, only thousands of residents, and most of the buildings inside are sand and soil structures, and the overall look is not too colorful, very monotonous.
The main people here are locals, and the rest are outsiders who come for various reasons, and there are all kinds of ethnic groups.
Although some shops have appeared in the city, they are all ordinary business and have few customers.
Looking around, 30% of the houses are empty and uninhabited.
Obviously, the people inside either left or died.
Bleakness and silence were the first feelings this earthen city gave Xu Qing.
But compared to other places, this small city is more tolerant, and although Xu Qing's arrival has attracted a lot of hostile attention, no one has come to intercept it.
Xu Qing, who was walking in the small city at this moment, wrapped his whole body in his robe and only showing his eyes, noticed that among the residents of this city, there were some deformed-looking people.
These people's bodies are fat and covered with fat, whether it is the arms or thighs, there are also those with multiple arms, and some have faces growing on the fat of their bodies.
Some even dragged under their feet, spreading more than half a foot long, and it was difficult to cover all the clothes.
It's like multiple people are fused together, or they have mutated, and most of their expressions are numb.
At first, Xu Qing thought it was a foreign race he had never seen before, but after seeing it more, he found that it was not.
"The deformity of these people should be acquired."
Xu Qing thought about it, and felt a little more weird about this green sand desert, and finally he walked around the small city, found an uninhabited house, and walked in.
The house was full of dust, there were many broken bottles and cans on the ground, and there were some crooked shelves around, which looked like it used to be a pharmacy.
Looking at this, Xu Qing waved his hand to tidy it up, and Ling'er also appeared in shape, looking around curiously, helping to tidy up, while making an excited voice.
"Brother Xu Qing, you want to open a pharmacy here."
Xu Qing thought for a while when he heard this, smiled and nodded, he remembered the inn opened by the other party and her father on Banquan Road when he first saw Ling'er.
For Xu Qing, whether it is living or opening a pharmacy, it has no effect.
"Great, Brother Xu Qing, let me tell you, I have experience in opening a store, I will do it."
Ling'er was excited, her eyes showed a bright light, and after sorting out the dust and debris around her, she took out a rag and wiped it here.
Obviously there are techniques that can be unfolded, but Ling'er seems to prefer to do it herself, Xu Qing saw this, felt Ling'er's happy mood, and also felt emotional in her heart.
She is very smart, but also very simple, often small things will make her happy for several days.
In this way, under the auspices of Ling'er, when the next morning came, this small pharmacy that had been abandoned for a long time reopened in this small city.
The name of the pharmacy was given by Ling'er, and it was called Qingling Hall.
As for the elixir here, Xu Qing has a lot of it, especially the white pill.
After all, this was the first pill formula he had mastered, although he didn't need it, but for all beings in this world, this pill was a standing weapon.
Especially when he was in Fenghai County, Xu Qing studied Bai Xiaozhuo's elixir and gained some experience.
Although Bai Xiaozhuo added poison to the improved White Pill, simply from the quality and function of the New White Pill, it was indeed a blessing and could greatly improve the degree of purification.
So Xu Qing and Ling'er's small pharmacy, the elixir sold by the owner, is the white pill.
After Ling'er transformed, she hid her appearance and became an ugly girl, excitedly doing the work of the second child, but there were not many residents in the small town, and the store was newly opened, so there were few customers.
But this did not affect Ling'er's happiness.
After planting the seeds given by the captain, Xu Qing began to practice and research behind the pharmacy.
On the one hand, he tried to open the mirror and carefully observe and grope, and on the other hand, he studied the curses in the bodies of the beasts he had captured along the way.
In this way, time passed slowly.
Their pharmacy has changed from no one to the beginning, and occasionally a few customers come to buy white pills, mainly because of the low price and good efficacy.
The opening of the pharmacy made Ling'er more motivated, like a small wealth fan, calculating the spiritual coins of her income every day, and even taking out a small book to keep accounts.
Xu Qing occasionally finished his practice, and looking at Ling'er who was keeping accounts, peace would rise in his heart.
Since living in the City of Fireflies in the Sea of Heavenly Fire, Xu Qing found that he was becoming more and more accustomed to this kind of peaceful life, and the tranquility brought by this life made him vaguely change his state of mind.
Xu Qing couldn't tell where the specific changes were, but he enjoyed it very much and was very immersed in it.
So he spent more time on exploration and research.
The exploration of the mirror is smooth, but the research on the curse is slow.
During this period, Xu Qing repeatedly integrated his own purple moon power into the bodies of those fierce beasts, trying to suppress the curse, but the effect was very poor, and they all failed.
At this moment, Xu Qing stared at a trembling scorpion in front of him.
His hand pressed on the scorpion's body, and with the integration of the power of the purple moon, the color of the scorpion changed from brown to gradually purple, and Xu Qing also felt the curse in the scorpion's body.
The curse of the Moon Sacrifice Domain affects all living beings, and its way of existence is to merge with the bloodline, blending with each other and difficult to separate, once it breaks out, it will turn all living beings into black water in a short period of time.
And after Xu Qing's purple moon power touched the curse, it would cause it to burst out of silence in an instant.
It seemed that he came to life all of a sudden, and he was going to absorb Xu Qing's purple moon power.
It seems that for the curse, Xu Qing's purple moon has an extremely strong attraction.
Under these repeated attempts, Xu Qing understood that if the power of the purple moon he sent in was not enough in quantity, he would quickly be swallowed and assimilated by the curse, and then the beast as a test subject would explode in an instant and become bloody.
The whole process is irreversible.
But if Xu Qing intensified his efforts to send his purple moon in an endless stream to forcibly suppress it, then after being suppressed to a certain extent, the curse would also explode.
However, the ending is somewhat different, in this case, the dead test subject will not become blood, but will turn into a pile of black ash.
"It's like a burning."
Xu Qing watched the scorpion in front of him turn into black ash and fall to the ground in an instant, he frowned and groaned.
He had studied this kind of black ash, but it was of no use, giving Xu Qing the feeling that after being suppressed, he chose to die with his bloodline.
"We need to try more and different species."
Xu Qing thought about it, took out the other fierce beasts captured by the shadows along the way, and continued to study.
The days passed like this.
Although there were disputes in the small city, Xu Qing, who had never gone out since his arrival, was in another kind of isolation, but he also avoided some trivial matters!
And the seeds planted by him, in the passage of time, gradually sprouted and grew green seedlings.
This little seedling is very strange, it seems to have a certain spiritual intelligence, and when Xu Qing appears, it will tremble instinctively.
And every time Ling'er approached, it swayed and twisted its body, causing Ling'er to laugh more and work harder.
As for the Vajra Sect Ancestor, he shouldered the mission of guarding, hanging on the beams from beginning to end, always aiming at the gate.
And shadows...
It was very unconvinced by Xiao Miao's move to please Ling'er, and several times while Ling'er and Xu Qing were not paying attention, it would suddenly appear next to Xiao Miao and stare at it with death.
At this moment, Xiao Miao would shrink back and not dare to move.
But the shadow will not appear often, it also has other missions, occasionally needing to go out of the small town to capture fierce beasts for Xu Qing in this Kusheng Mountains and the Qingsi Desert.
In this way, Xu Qing's research can be carried out endlessly.
And every time it returned, it would also convey some of its observations and understanding of this area to Xu Qing with emotional fluctuations.
At this time, the role of the Vajra Sect ancestor was highlighted.
He would act as a translator to explain the shadow's words, but occasionally he would occasionally dig a hole for the shadow with some personal work.
Although the shadow has grown a lot, it is still a little tender after all, and there are three or two times out of ten that I don't notice it.
Xu Qing didn't care much about this, he was used to the contradictions between these two goods.
And through the shadow and the Vajra Sect ancestor, his understanding of this green silk desert became deeper and deeper.
For example, Xu Qing knew the reason why the earthen city here was built on the mountain.
That's because there are many strange things in the desert, and any of them can easily destroy a small city.
Only on the mountain will it be much safer.
For example, every once in a while, some illusions will appear in the desert, sometimes it is an oasis, sometimes it is a city in the sky, and sometimes it is another world.
They move, and wherever they pass, death fills the air.
As long as you enter these illusions, it will be difficult to come out alive, and when the illusions disappear, all that remains on the ground is flesh and blood that have been gnawed clean bones.
In addition, about the huge mushroom orphans seen on Xu Qing's road, it was also described in the news brought by the shadow, and it once saw the giant mushroom orphan standing up from the desert.
Under the mushroom solitary there are countless roots and whiskers, which form a humanoid silhouette, moving on the desert and chasing illusions.
And these are actually not the most terrifying things in this green silk desert, under the description and listening of the shadows, Xu Qing learned that in this desert, the color of the wind is not static.
Once one day, the cyan wind turns white, then all beings in the desert must take refuge in the nearest mountain as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, they will face a desperate situation, and only the mountains here can not be attacked by wind and sand.
Over the years, the white wind has appeared many times, so occasionally there will still be survivors who fled to the nearby mountains in the white wind to avoid death.
But these people who escaped will have common changes.
Their bodies will become deformed, ugly, and so will their offspring, unchanged.
This made Xu Qing think of those people in the small city.
In addition, in addition to the white wind, there is also a black wind in this green silk desert, but it has not appeared for hundreds of years, but the rumors about the black wind still exist.
Once the black wind appears, the sentient beings in the entire Qingsi Desert will die and die, even if they hide on the mountain, there is still danger.
But in this large realm of moon worship, places that are not dangerous are rare, and compared to the life and death that will appear in the outside world at any time, the black wind that only appears once in hundreds of years seems to be nothing.
But the wind has one last color, gray.
The gray wind was just a legend, Xu Qing knew from an old man who came to buy the elixir, this kind of wind has only appeared once in the history of the Qingsi Desert.
So far, it's been too long, so no one knows what will happen, the latest.
These news made Xu Qing understand this desert more deeply, and during this time, while studying curses, he also opened the mirror many times.
In his explorations again and again, he also had a clearer understanding of the assessment of the Reverse Moon Hall.
"The one-eyed monk who escaped by chance did not lie on this point, any mirror, within the scope of this Bitter Life Mountains, is the entrance to the Reverse Moon Hall."
"It is also the opening method of assessment."
"Only if you pass the assessment can you enter the Reverse Moon Hall."
Xu Qing sat cross-legged in the house, his eyes fell on the mirror in front of him, and his eyes showed decisiveness.
The understanding during this period made him know that there were three assessments for joining the Reverse Moon Hall.
The first is sacrifice.
This is actually a surrender, all those who want to join the Reverse Moon Temple must kill two cultivators of the Red Moon Temple who are in the same realm as themselves.
Only by sending the beheaded corpse into the mirror is the first assessment completed.
Xu Qing can understand this, the first item of this assessment is to review the strength of the joiners, and it also includes beware of the outside world.
In this way, if someone wants to sneak into the Red Moon Temple, they have to pay a price.
And the higher the cultivation level, the greater the price to pay.
And this is only the first item, if the follow-up assessment fails to pass after paying the price, everything will be in vain.
Therefore, this assessment is ranked at the top.
As for the second assessment of joining the Reverse Moon Hall, it is faith.
The third item, Xu Qing didn't know, he planned to complete the letter of surrender first.
With this thought, Xu Qing looked up at the dim sky outside, with decisiveness in his eyes, waved his hand to put away the mirror in front of him, and left the pharmacy in a flash.
His target was not the Red Moon Temple in the Kusheng Mountains.
The Red Moon Temple that can be built here, Xu Qing knows very well that he cannot underestimate it.
After all, if you want to join the Reverse Moon Temple, you must complete the submission, which means that all those who want to join will first instinctively put their eyes on the temple.
In this way, as long as he is not a fool, he will not take it lightly, and according to Xu Qing's understanding of several contacts with the temple, he feels that the temple is more likely to fish here.
Of course, everyone has different ideas, Xu Qing feels that there must be very few stupid people who want to join the Reverse Moon Hall, so there is a high probability that they will choose to go to other areas outside the desert to ambush the temple monks.
But Xu Qing didn't want to take risks.
At this moment, he was wearing an immortal mask, his body turned on and completely hidden, leaving the mountains and going to the desert to find a fierce beast that matched his cultivation.
In this way, time passed day by day.
The fierce beasts in the Qingsha Desert have varying levels of cultivation, and the shadow has marked some dangerous places during the period when Xu Qing was hunting, so Xu Qing's goal is very clear.
Two days later, in a quicksand in the Qingsha Desert, there was a loud roar, and while the surrounding magic fluctuations echoed, a huge red worm broke through the ground, and the whole body exuded cultivation fluctuations comparable to that of Yuan Ying, but there was a wailing from its mouth.
Below it, Xu Qing's figure in the sand was extremely fast, suddenly catching up, raising his right hand and pressing hard, and suddenly half of the red worm's body collapsed, and he was already dying when he fell to the ground.
Xu Qing put it away and continued to move forward.
Five days later, a huge scorpion dozens of feet long fled rapidly on the ground, and a figure behind it continued to pursue until a moment later, with the arrival of countless heavenly demon bodies, the scorpion let out a mournful roar, trying to rush out but couldn't, and was caught up by the figure behind it.
Under the echo of the loud noise, after a stick of incense, as everything calmed down, Xu Qing's figure walked out of the green wind and returned towards the Kusheng Mountains.
After a day and a half, he returned to the Tucheng Pharmacy, Ling'er was doing everything as usual, but she was a little worried about Xu Qing's outing, after seeing Xu Qing come back, she breathed a sigh of relief, and her little face smiled again.
Xu Qing touched Ling'er's head, went to the back room, sat down cross-legged there, and after opening the isolation formation, he took out the mirror and placed it in front of him, then took a deep breath, his eyes shining brightly.
He didn't want to take the risk of ambushing the temple cultivator, once this matter was exposed, it would cause a lot of trouble.
So he planned to take advantage of the situation and use his own method to create temple monks in order to deceive the assessment of the Reverse Temple, which was the reason why he had studied for so long.
"I have investigated many times, this assessment is a mechanism, not artificially controlled, so I should be able to succeed, but my blessing will trigger a curse, so I need to act faster."
Xu Qing blinked, and with a wave of his hand, he took out the scorpions and bloodworms that he had captured alive, and quickly blessed them with the power of his own purple moon on the dying ones.
Just like the blessing wood industry at the beginning, in an instant, the bodies of these two fierce beasts trembled, each with purple marks, and the next moment their curses were triggered.
Before the curse broke out, Xu Qing quickly threw the two fierce beasts directly into the mirror.
Although the mirrors were small, they were very large, but the moment they touched them, a huge suction force emitted from the mirror, which actually sucked in these two fierce beasts that were about to explode.
Xu Qing took a few steps back, although he had some confidence in his method despite continuous exploration and research, but this was also the reason why he had been studying for so long.
"I have investigated many times, this assessment is a mechanism, not artificially controlled, so I should be able to succeed, but my blessing will trigger a curse, so I need to act faster."
Xu Qing blinked, and with a wave of his hand, he took out the scorpions and bloodworms that he had captured alive, and quickly blessed them with the power of his own purple moon on the dying ones.
Just like the blessing wood industry at the beginning, in an instant, the bodies of these two fierce beasts trembled, each with purple marks, and the next moment their curses were triggered.
Before the curse broke out, Xu Qing quickly threw the two fierce beasts directly into the mirror.
Although the mirrors were small, they were very large, but the moment they touched them, a huge suction force emitted from the mirror, which actually sucked in these two fierce beasts that were about to explode.
Xu Qing took a few steps back, although he continued to explore and research, he had some confidence in his method, which was related to success or failure, and he was inevitably a little apprehensive, staring in the mirror.
The mirror suddenly trembled in mid-air, and the light on it flashed rapidly, as if it was judging.
It lasted for dozens of breaths, and as Xu Qing's heart hung more and more, a vast will emanated from the mirror.
"Pass!"
Xu Qingchang breathed a sigh of relief.
He actually didn't want to use this trick, it was really very dangerous to ambush the Red Moon Temple, and the possibility of the other party fishing was extremely high.
If one is not done well, it will cause trouble, which is not conducive to his original intention of preparing for peace of mind to study.
If you leave the Qingsi Desert and go to other places, it will take at least half a year to go back and forth, so in comparison, making the scroll yourself is naturally the best choice.
"I relied on my own ability to pass this first assessment, which is not cheating."
Xu Qing muttered in his heart, after recalling his master's education of him, he felt that he was right to do so.