Chapter 1069: It Can Be Not Hostile

The Time Desert itself is ancient.

And older than it is this Western Region teleportation array built by the Dao Immortal Sect.

The entire Western Region is too vast. Without such large-scale teleportation arrays, even strong people would have to spend long years to travel to distant places.

Thus, after the Western Region was leveled and turned from starry sky into land, the Dao Immortal Sect, which became the orthodox of the Western Region, executed the decree of the Immortal Capital and built a total of 108 teleportation arrays in various parts of the Western Region.

It is precisely because of this that in the Western Region, no family or force dares to cause the slightest damage to the ancient teleportation array.

At this moment, the teleportation array in Xu Qing's eyes is one of the 108 arrays.

It is composed of 36 towering and vast stone gates, standing quietly on the barren plain.

Standing in front of the array, one can see that complex runes are carved on both sides of all the stone gates. They were originally dim, but as Yunmen Qianfan placed immortal jades one by one, the entire array immediately stirred with fluctuations.

This fluctuation is not outward, but inward!

The surrounding earth trembled, as if an ancient power was being awakened, opening its mouth in the earth, wanting to swallow everything outside.

Following this was a rumbling sound, spreading from within this teleportation array.

At first, the sound was not loud, but soon this sound was like thunder, vaguely resonating with the sound of breaking through the air in the distant sky.

The surrounding air seemed to become heavy.

Xu Qing raised his head and looked toward the horizon.

There, someone was moving from the void at an astonishing speed!

At the same time, Yunmen Qianfan, who was completely unaware of the person coming from the sky, also put down the last piece of immortal jade at this moment. Immediately, the runes carved on both sides of the stone gates flashed with blue light, becoming brighter and brighter.

But the light emitted gave Xu Qing a feeling of bending.

When the aurora of the firmament flowed here, it was also affected, appearing bent... just like this moment, the place where the teleportation array was located became a depression.

All matter passing through here would be attracted, thus appearing bent.

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 an array also exceeded all the teleportation arrays Xu Qing had seen in Wanggu.

However, compared to the original sea's passage vortex, this place was still a bit insignificant.

"But the principle is the same."

Xu Qing's gaze fell into the array. 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 spatial and temporal power emitted from within this array.

He also vaguely saw the essence.

"So-called long-distance teleportation actually relies on spatial superposition to achieve the purpose of shortening distance and even shortening time."

"Just like two holes on a piece of paper, after folding it, these two holes overlap."

"Through this hole, naturally, one arrives at the other side."

"Then, if I understand space and time deeply enough, for me, this heaven and earth, this star domain, and even this star ring... under my thought, can all be moved."

Xu Qing pondered, but the abnormality in the sky made his thinking pause.

Even Yunmen Qianfan, who didn't notice the person coming from the sky at all, felt the drastic change in the sky at this moment. Looking at it, her heart shook.

Only to see in the firmament, although the aurora was bent by the array, in this bending, a huge crack was torn open from the void by someone instantly.

The sound of crashing spread in all directions, and at the same time, a figure stepped out from that crack.

The moment he appeared, the momentum was astonishing, heaven and earth changed color, wind rose and clouds surged.

The terrifying pressure of a mid-stage Sovereign poured down from the sky like a mountain collapsing and a sea overturning, covering all directions.

That was an old man wearing a black robe, his white hair sparse, fluttering in the wind like withered grass.

His face was full of the gullies of time, his eyes deep, as if two black holes, revealing a cold light that made people shudder.

Standing in the sky at this moment, he was coldly looking at Xu Qing.

"Earth... Earth Spirit Ancestor..."

Yunmen Qianfan's voice trembled, instinctively hiding behind Xu Qing, whispering the identity of the person coming.

Xu Qing raised his head and looked up, his expression normal.

The gazes of both sides touched invisibly, causing the void to tear instantly, and a deafening roar erupted strongly at this moment, with countless lightning bolts spreading in all directions in mid-air.

Their respective pressures were also erupting.

Intersecting, annihilating each other!

The next instant, Xu Qing retreated one step.

And the Earth Spirit Ancestor in the firmament had his sleeves turned into fly ash.

The initial confrontation between the two was evenly matched.

"You have no intent to fight."

Xu Qing shook his head and spoke faintly.

Before this, he had not fought a mid-stage Sovereign, and before coming to the Western Region, his judgment of his own combat power was below the mid-stage Sovereign.

However, after coming to the Western Region, during this year of healing, he had more understanding of his own Dao. Although he did not form the Eighth Extreme, after his cultivation reached a certain level, his understanding of his own Dao would greatly bless his combat power.

But at this moment, from the other party, he did not feel any intent to fight.

In mid-air, the Earth Spirit Ancestor turned his head to look at the location of the iceberg on the other side of the desert, was silent for a few breaths, and when he withdrew his gaze, he emitted a hoarse voice.

"I have already obtained that secret key."

"And if you and I fight, someone will surely fall. You and I have no enmity, there is no need."

"And the capacity of that secret key can support you and me to use it at the same time, so... I came here to see if you have this qualification."

"We can be not hostile, and we can also be future collaborators."

After speaking, this 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 was thoughtful.

For this level of powerhouse, unless absolutely necessary, he was also unwilling to fight a life-and-death battle with him.

Especially at this moment, when the principle of this teleportation array gave him more thoughts.

So Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, gazed at the array, and continued his paused thinking.

For him, the enlightenment of the Dao was the key point.

"I don't know if the day my Eighth Extreme is formed, I can achieve the step I thought of, being able to move the star ring under one thought."

But soon, he shook his head.

"May not be able to do it."

He thought of the ferryman on the god blood river who once told him that after cultivators reached the quasi-immortal level, they would possess a special ability.

That is the sublimation of the Dao mark authority, named... Xian (Constitution)!

"He once said that the higher-level Xian covers the thirty-six star rings above, making the immortals who are omnipotent in the downward direction unable to do so in the upward direction."

"Although I don't feel it deeply now, and don't understand what Xian is, it is highly probable that when I explore space and time to a certain extent, I will clearly feel the existence of Xian."

While Xu Qing was thinking in his heart, Yunmen Qianfan on the side felt completely at ease. She knew that this time, she was truly safe.

So she took a deep breath, walked a few steps, stood at the edge of the array, and chanted ancient incantations in a low voice.

The sound of the incantation echoed on the empty plain, 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 reached its peak at this moment.

The next instant, all 36 stone gates roared.

Light beams shot out from them, and after gathering together, they formed a thicker light, shooting straight into the clouds.

Drawing a gorgeous trajectory in the night sky, connecting heaven and earth, and also swallowing the figures of Xu Qing and Yunmen Qianfan inside.

One day later, outside Black Cloud City.

This city is quite different from conventional cities. It is not built outside, but exists inside a hollowed-out giant mountain.

Like a cave heaven.

There are huge light sources formed by spells, circulating inside, forming day and night.

Because the black stone of the mountain wall is like the sky, and the bumps look like clouds, looking like black clouds under the light source, hence the name.

So when walking close to a certain range outside the city, the aurora is also blocked outside, and at this moment, it is the evening time when the light source of Black Cloud City is like the evening glow.

The evening glow from Black Cloud City reflected on Xu Qing and Yunmen Qianfan.

Xu Qing walked as usual, but Qianfan walked slower and slower.

But no matter how long the road is, there is an end, and gradually... the city was reflected in his eyes.

Xu Qing stopped.

"The mission of the Yunmen family is to send you to this place. I think this Black Cloud City also has your family's arrangements."

"Then, let's part here."

Xu Qing spoke calmly.

Yunmen Qianfan's mood fluctuated. For her, this journey was both thrilling and wonderful, and reaching the destination, she should have been happy, but now she felt more melancholy and indescribable reluctance.

"Senior, inside Black Cloud City, there are not many arrangements of the Yunmen family. This place is mainly where my mother's family is... I wonder if Senior is willing to become a guest elder here?"

"Or... it doesn't matter if Senior is unwilling, you can still live here, I..."

Yunmen Qianfan's words were not finished, Xu Qing had already shaken his head.

"I have other things to do."

Saying this, he turned around and was about to leave.

Looking at Xu Qing's back, a thick sense of loss filled Yunmen Qianfan's heart. She bit her lip and suddenly walked a few steps quickly.

"Senior."

"Thank you for the escort on this journey. This junior has nothing to repay, please accept this item."

"My cultivation is weak, and I cannot help Senior in combat power, but this jade slip was shaped by my life source and contains one divination ability. I hope it can be of some use to Senior in the future."

During the words, she took out a jade slip from her arms and looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's footsteps paused, he looked back at her, his gaze fell on the jade slip, and after nodding slightly, he raised his hand and grabbed it from the air.

Then, in the evening glow, he walked outward.

Behind him, guzheng music gradually came.

The evening glow is like a dream.

The pugilistic world drifts.

A lifetime of joys and sorrows.

In the end, everything turned into a flask of turbid wine.

The moment he walked out of the range of Black Cloud City, when the crimson aurora outside fell on Xu Qing, Xu Qing took it out and drank it in one gulp.

One step, walking toward the sky.

The music ended, only Qianfan's light sigh echoed in the silence. ===== CHAPTER 1072 =====