The time desert itself is ancient.
And even older than it was this Western Regions teleportation array created by the Dao Immortal Sect.
The entire Western Regions were too vast, and without the existence of such a large-scale teleportation array, even if it was strong, it would take a long time to go to distant places.
As a result, after being filled in in the Western Regions and transforming the earth from the starry sky, it became the orthodox Dao Immortal Sect of the Western Regions, implemented the imperial decree of the Immortal Capital, and built a total of one hundred and eight teleportation arrays in various parts of the Western Regions.
It is precisely because of this that in the Western Regions, no family or force dares to destroy the teleportation ancient formation in the slightest.
At this moment, the teleportation array reflected in Xu Qing's eyes was one of the one hundred and eight formations.
It is composed of thirty-six towering and vast stone gates, standing quietly on the barren plains.
Standing in front of the formation, it could be seen that both sides of all the stone gates were carved with complex runes, originally dim, but as Cloud Gate Qianfan placed the immortal jade one by one, the entire formation suddenly set off fluctuations.
This fluctuation is not outward, but inward!
The surroundings trembled, as if an ancient force was being awakened, opening its mouth wide in the earth to devour everything outside.
What followed was a rumbling sound that spread from within this teleportation array.
At first, the sound was not loud, but soon the sound was like thunder, vaguely resonating with the sound of breaking the sky in the distance.
The air around it seems to have become solemn.
Xu Qing raised his head and looked at the sky.
There, someone is moving from nothingness at an astonishing speed!
At the same time, Qianfan of the Cloud Gate, who was completely unaware of the matter of the people coming from the sky, also put down the last piece of immortal jade at this moment, and suddenly the runes carved on both sides of the stone gate flashed blue light, becoming brighter and brighter.
But the light emitted gave Xu Qing a sense of bending.
When the aurora in the sky flowed here, it was also affected and bent...... Just like at this moment, the place where the teleportation array was located became a depression.
All the substances that pass by here will be attracted, resulting in bending.
The five elements are like this, space is like this, time is like this, and light is no exception.
It seems that nature is making way for this mysterious ritual.
And such a formation also surpassed all the teleportation formations that Xu Qing had seen in Wanggu.
However, compared to the passage whirlpool of the primeval sea, there were still some small sorcerers here.
"But the principle is the same."
Xu Qing's eyes fell on the formation, at this moment he was no longer the same as before, now he had a deeper understanding of space and time, so under his gaze, he clearly felt the power of space and time emanating from this formation.
I also faintly saw the essence.
"The so-called long-distance transmission actually relies on space superposition to achieve the purpose of shortening the distance or even shortening the time."
"It's like having two holes on a piece of paper, and after folding them, these two holes overlap together."
"Through this hole, you will naturally go to the other side."
"So, if I understand space and time deeply enough, will it be for me this heaven and earth, this star field, and even this star ring...... Under my thought, everything can be moved."
Xu Qing pondered, but the abnormality in the sky made his thinking pause.
Even Qianfan of Cloud Gate, who was planning to recite and transmit a specific spell, felt the drastic changes in the sky at this moment, and the moment she saw it, her heart was shocked.
I saw that in the sky, although the aurora was pulled and bent by the formation, in this bend, a huge crack was instantly torn open from the void.
At the same time as the sound of the crash spread in all directions, a figure suddenly stepped out of the crack.
The moment he appeared, the momentum was amazing, the color of the sky and earth changed, and the wind was surging.
The terrifying coercion that dominated the middle stage was overwhelming, pouring down from the sky and enveloping all directions.
It was an old man in a black robe, with sparse white hair fluttering in the wind, like dry grass.
His face was covered with the ravines of time, and his eyes were sunken, like two black holes, revealing a chilling cold light.
At this moment, he was standing on the canopy, looking at Xu Qing coldly.
"Earth...... Earth Spirit Ancestor ......"
Cloud Gate Qianfan trembled, instinctively hiding behind Xu Qing, and whispered the identity of the visitor.
Xu Qing looked up, his expression as usual.
The eyes of both sides touched invisibly, causing the void to tear instantly, and the deafening roar exploded strongly at this moment, and countless lightning bolts spread around in mid-air.
Their respective coercion is also breaking out.
Interlaced and annihilated each other!
In the next moment, Xu Qing's body took a step back.
And the land spirit ancestor in the sky, the corners and long sleeves of his clothes turned into flying ashes.
The initial confrontation between the two sides was comparable.
"You have no intention of fighting."
Xu Qing shook his head and spoke lightly.
He had never fought against the middle period of domination before, and when he did not come to the Western Regions, his judgment of his combat power was under the middle stage of domination.
However, after coming to the Western Regions, during this year's healing time, he had a greater understanding of his own Tao, although he did not form the Eighth Pole, but after cultivating to a certain level, his own Taoist perception would greatly bless his combat power.
But at this moment, from the other party's body, he did not feel any fighting spirit.
In mid-air, the Earth Spirit Ancestor turned his head to look at the place where the iceberg was located at the other end of the desert, and was silent for a few breaths, and when he withdrew his gaze, he heard a hoarse voice.
"I have got that secret key."
"And if you and I are at war, someone will fall, you and I have no grudge, there is no need."
"And the storage of that secret key can support you and me to use it at the same time, so ...... I'm here to see if you have the qualifications."
"We can be either hostile or future collaborators."
After saying that, the Earth Spirit Ancestor took a deep look at Xu Qing, his body slowly retreated, walked into the crack, and disappeared.
And from beginning to end, he never looked at Yunmen Qianfan.
Xu Qing thought about it.
A strong man of this level, unless it is a last resort, he is unwilling to fight to the death with it.
Especially at this moment, the principle of this teleportation array gave him more thoughts.
So Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, stared at the formation, and continued his paused thoughts before.
For him, the perception of the Tao is the point.
"I don't know if I can do the step I thought on the day my eighth pole was formed, and I can move the star ring with one thought."
But soon, he shook his head.
"It may not be possible."
He thought of the ferryman on the water of the divine blood river who had told him that after a monk reached the quasi-immortal level, he would have a special ability.
It was the sublimation of the authority of the dao mark, named ...... Statute!
"He said at the beginning that the higher-level constitution is shrouded in the thirty-six star rings of the ascension, so that the immortals who are omnipotent in the downward line cannot do it in the upward movement."
"Although I don't feel it deeply now, and I don't understand what constitution is, there is a high probability that when I explore space and time to a certain extent, I will clearly feel the existence of constitution."
When Xu Qing thought in her heart, Qianfan Yunmen on the side, her heart was completely stabilized, she knew that she was really safe this time.
So she took a deep breath, took a few steps, stood on the edge of the formation, and whispered an ancient mantra in her mouth.
The sound of the spell echoed across the empty plains, sending the ritual of awakening the long-dormant power of the teleportation array to its peak.
The runes began to emit more dazzling light, and the bending of heaven and earth was at its peak at this moment.
In the next moment, all thirty-six stone gates roared.
The pillars of light shot out from it, and after converging together, they formed a thicker light that went straight into the sky.
A gorgeous trajectory was drawn in the night sky, connecting heaven and earth, and also engulfing the figures of Xu Qing and Yunmen Qianfan.
……
A day later, outside Heiyun City.
This city is not much different from the regular city, it is not built in the outside world, but exists in a giant mountain that has been hollowed out.
Like a cave heaven.
There is a huge light source formed by magic, which circulates inward, forming day and night.
It is named because the black stones on the mountain wall are like the sky, and there are clouds between the concave and convex, which look like black clouds under the light source.
So when approaching a certain range outside the city, the aurora was also blocked, and at this moment, it was the light source of Heiyun City that was like a sunset, and it should be dusk.
The glow from Heiyun City was reflected on Xu Qing and Qianfan of Cloud Gate.
Xu Qing walked as usual, but Qian Fan walked slower and slower.
But no matter how long the road is, it will eventually come to an end, gradually...... The city came into view.
Xu Qing stopped.
"The mission of the Cloud Gate family sent you here, and I think this Black Cloud City also has your family's arrangements."
"Then, don't do it."
Xu Qing spoke calmly.
Cloud Gate Qianfan's mood fluctuated, this road was both thrilling and wonderful for her, and when she reached her destination, her emotions that should have been happy were now more melancholy and unspeakable reluctance.
"Senior, in Heiyun City, there are not many decorations of the Cloud Gate family, this is mainly where my mother's family is located...... I wonder if the senior is willing to become a guest minister here?"
"Or...... It doesn't matter if the seniors don't want to, they can still live here, I ......"
Before Cloud Gate Qianfan's words could be finished, Xu Qing had already shook his head.
"I have other things to do."
Saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Looking at Xu Qing's back, a strong sense of loss permeated Yunmen Qianfan's heart, she bit her lip and suddenly walked a few steps quickly.
"Senior."
"Thank you to the seniors for escorting me along the way, the juniors have nothing to repay, and I ask the seniors to accept this thing."
"The junior has a low cultivation and cannot help the seniors in terms of combat power, but this jade slip was shaped by the junior with the source of life, and contains the ability of divination, I hope it can be of some use to the seniors in the future."
As she spoke, she took out a jade slip from her arms and looked at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing paused, glanced back at her, his eyes fell on the jade slip, nodded slightly and raised his hand to grab it in the air.
Then, in the glow, walk out.
Behind him, the sound of the zither gradually came.
The sunset is like a dream.
The rivers and lakes are long.
A lifetime of joy and sorrow.
In the end, everything turned into a pot of cloudy wine.
The moment he walked out of the scope of Heiyun City, when the crimson aurora from the outside world fell on Xu Qing, Xu Qing took it out and drank it down.
One step, towards the sky.
At the end of the song, only Qianfan's light sigh echoed silently.