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Chapter 1135

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The spiritual tide of the Immortal Fall Land was still changing, and had not completely dissipated.

This was the opportunity and fortune brought by the appearance of the Xiangong, which had actually not ended completely.

What ended was only below the fifth layer.

For those Quasi-Immortal Great Emperors, the sixth-layer world was the place they longed for and wanted to try to step into.

So when Xu Qing walked to the edge of the sky, stood on the firmament, and looked at the earth, the Xiangong he gazed at, in that blur, vaguely had the sound of waves echoing between heaven and earth.

His heart and mind had ripples at this moment.

The ownership from the Xiangong gave him a kind of cognition in the dark.

"Someone has entered the sixth-layer world!"

Xu Qing's eyes revealed a strange light.

The sixth-layer world was a place that only those who reached Lower Immortal combat power could go to.

And because of the level of the Xiangong, so even for a Lower Immortal, it was an opportunity.

"Either an unknown Lower Immortal has entered the Xiangong, or... among the Quasi-Immortals, someone has broken through."

"Unfortunately, although I possess the ownership of the Xiangong, the limitation of my cultivation base and the insufficiency of my Constitution level make it impossible for me to enter the sixth layer."

Xu Qing shook his head, but he was not in a hurry.

After mastering the ownership of the Xiangong, he no longer needed to wait for a specific time to enter; he could step into it whenever he came here.

"After my Immortal Embryo is formed and I have some enlightenment on the Tenth Pole, I can come again."

"I don't know what that sixth-layer world looks like..."

Xu Qing took a deep breath, flickered in the firmament, and disappeared in an instant.

When he appeared, he was already outside the Immortal Fall Land.

At this moment, those star charts corresponding to the Quasi-Immortal Capital Order that had just appeared in the firmament had gradually dissipated, covered again by the crimson aurora.

But the opening of the third stage made the sensing between cultivators possessing the Quasi-Immortal Capital Order much sharper than before, and when divine sense was integrated into the token, the hidden star charts would surface in their hearts.

Convenient for slaughter and plunder!

This was precisely the cruelty of the third stage.

But it was not without methods to hide one's own Quasi-Immortal Capital Order, it was just that not many people could do it.

But clearly, Star Ring Son could.

So even if Xu Qing integrated his divine sense into the Quasi-Immortal Capital Order, he could not find the star corresponding to Star Ring Son on this star chart.

This was also within his expectations.

Star Ring Son could not make this level of mistake.

So Xu Qing moved the purple crystal in his body, emitted an aura, covered his Quasi-Immortal Capital Order, and also chose to hide it.

Only in this way could this hunt be smoother.

"As for the traces..."

A dark light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes, and he lifted his right hand.

Suddenly, that wisp of Star Ring Son's aura that Xu Qing had captured from time and space rose in his palm, and while changing continuously, it integrated into Xu Qing's divine sense.

Soon, he sensed a direction and galloped away.

Time passed.

Xu Qing's speed was very fast, but Star Ring Son, who was being hunted by him, was also astonishingly fast.

Although Star Ring Son's cultivation realm exceeded Xu Qing's, he had been beheaded once, and the body formed by the secret method of replacing his life was ultimately somewhat weak.

Thus, in terms of speed, he could not pull too much distance, and it was difficult to truly escape Xu Qing's lock-on relying on this aura.

Just like this, three days passed.

From afar, a vast desert appeared in Xu Qing's perception during this rapid pursuit.

That was... the Desert of Time.

This was the third time Xu Qing saw this desert.

The first time happened in the past, with Yunmen Qianfan by his side.

The second time was in the mirror history, with the Aurora Immortal Lord by his side.

At this moment, it was the third time.

Gazing at the desert, Xu Qing had ripples in his heart, and after being silent for a while, he walked into the desert.

The wind and sand whistled in front, as if telling an ancient story.

The gravel churned in heaven and earth, wanting to open the prelude for this story.

Xu Qing, walking in the desert, perceived the time-space changes in the desert, listened to the stories in the wind and sand, and moved forward silently.

With his current Constitution level, he saw the time and space in the desert more clearly than before.

Until the area that the Aurora Immortal Lord took him to in the mirror history entered Xu Qing's eyes.

Xu Qing's steps paused.

Looking out...

Here, in the mirror history, it was originally a sea of flowers with various beautiful shapes and colors.

The flowers in the sea of flowers should have been some like butterflies dancing, some like immortal cranes spreading their wings to fly; every flower should have exuded a unique fragrance.

They... were planted by the Aurora Immortal Lord himself.

Because his wife... loved orchids.

And it was here that the Aurora Immortal Lord told his son that in the future... every year, he should plant a flower here.

Until the entire Desert of Time became a sea of flowers in time.

And now...

Xu Qing looked, a patch of witheredness.

The sea of flowers had long since ceased to exist in the passage of time.

But Xu Qing smiled.

Because the focus of his gaze was not the general witheredness, but two small flowers that seemed to have been planted not long ago in the very center of the withered sea of flowers.

Those two orchids grew in the withered sea of flowers, swaying slightly in the breeze, touching each other, exuding the flower fragrance belonging to them.

Vaguely, the figures of the Aurora Young Master and the Spirit Phoenix Immortal Maiden seemed to surface before Xu Qing's eyes.

They planted two flowers here.

And the voice from the Aurora Immortal Lord in the mirror history seemed to echo in Xu Qing's ears with the wind at this moment.

"In the future, you must remember to come here every year and plant orchids, so that there will always be a sea of flowers here."

After a long time, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, squatted down, took the flower seeds that had once been here from time and space, and planted them.

Then he bowed.

He believed that from now on, the flowers here would increase every year, until years later, the sea of flowers in time would reappear, and this desert of time would finally become a sea of flowers in time.

The crimson aurora falling from the firmament also became gentle at this moment, sprinkling on the orchids.

Although it was not the golden color of that year, it still added a dreamlike romance to this place.

It also left the lingering fragrance on Xu Qing's body.

I don't know if it was the blessing brought by the lingering fragrance, but on the third day after Xu Qing left the desert, he found Star Ring Son, who was hiding underground in that area and healing his wounds, in the wilderness.

It seemed that Star Ring Son's injuries could no longer support his continuous escape, so he had no choice but to try to suppress his injuries after setting up numerous formations and restrictions.

But unfortunately, Xu Qing's appearance interrupted this process.

Thus, a battle that roared in all directions opened once again in the wilderness.

Star Ring Son in his prime had been beheaded by Xu Qing, let alone now that his injuries had not healed.

So this battle opened fiercely, and the process was not long.

Star Ring Son, died for the second time!

But this time, after beheading him, Xu Qing's brows were furrowed very tightly.

He looked at the place where Star Ring Son turned into flying ash, and after a long while, whispered softly.

"This was deliberately coming to wait for death... to use this to erase my lock-on."

Following Star Ring Son's death, the wisp of aura in Xu Qing's hand dissipated.

And there was no trace of Star Ring Son in time and space either.

Unable to continue pursuing, and unable to lock on again.

"Worthy of being the First Star, even in such a predicament, he can still use such a method to cut off my pursuit."

Xu Qing looked up and gazed into the distance.

"However..."

"You ultimately have to return to the East."

"And the road to leave the Western Star Domain and return to the East, although there are many, there is one..."

"No matter how you look at it, it is the safest."

A dark light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes, looking toward the direction of the God Spirit Blood River.

The specialness of the God Spirit Blood River lay in the ferryman.

As long as one stepped onto the ferry boat, under the rules of the ferryman, one could be absolutely safe.

The one responsible for this safety was the ferryman.

Even if there were pursuers, under this rule protection, they would definitely be stopped by the ferryman.

In addition, because of the ferry fee, it was only a lifetime for the third time, so for the first and second times, for cultivators, it was bearable.

At the same time, during the time the ferry boat crossed the river, in that safe environment, it was also very suitable for healing.

"What I can think of, he must also be able to think of."

Xu Qing pondered.

Finally, he still chose to head to the God Spirit Blood River.

On one hand, it was because the God Spirit Blood River was indeed one of Star Ring Son's choices, and since he had lost the other party's traces, rather than searching on other roads, it was better to lie in wait in one place.

If he came, it was best; if he didn't come... then leave it for beheading later.

He would always meet him.

On the other hand, Xu Qing remembered that the Spirit Phoenix Immortal Maiden once said that she left a gift for him at the God Spirit Blood River.

Xu Qing had some guesses about this gift.

But he was not sure.

"If it really is the gift I guessed... then if Star Ring Son chooses to walk the blood river, it will be interesting."

Thinking of this, Xu Qing had a decision in his heart, flickered his body, and moved away.

Half a month later.

Xu Qing's figure appeared on the bank of the God Spirit Blood River.

The God Spirit Blood River was very long, but the ferry location was fixed, only that one place.

And the bank, under the eternal erosion of the river water, had already turned crimson; the wooden trestle bridge built there, the wood on it was also the same, exuding decay in the washing of the river water.

The wind blew, like the roar of ghosts and monsters, capturing people's souls.

Stepping on this red river bank, walking on the rotting trestle bridge, Xu Qing listened to the wind, smelled the blood brought out by the wind, and gazed at the blood river like a sea.

There, he could not see the end.

He could only see the boundless waves churning, the color of the river water and the aurora of the firmament reflecting each other at all times.

And in this crimson water and sky of one color, in this strange and gloomy blood river, in this howling of ghosts and wolves... there was an ancient, dilapidated, pitch-black boat, slowly sailing from afar...

The churning river water became peaceful in front of it.

The violent wind became gentle in front of it.

It was silent, like a fierce ghost approaching.

Until it docked by the trestle bridge, docked in front of Xu Qing.

This was a ferry boat.

But on it... there was no ferryman.

Only a coir raincoat, a bamboo hat, and a jade slip.

The jade slip, the moment Xu Qing's gaze fell, shattered, and between heaven and earth, the voice of the Spirit Phoenix Immortal Maiden echoed.

"This is the gift I give you."

"No cause and effect, no bondage, because all cause and effect, I have already cut off, all bondage, I have already taken away, together with the ferryman's mission, I have also replaced."

"This is a ferry boat that completely belongs to you and does not need to complete its mission."

"Personally crafted by my father."

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