Chapter 193

This war between the Seven Blood Eyes and the Sea Corpse Clan had already been going on for half a year.

The scope of involvement was becoming larger and larger, and more and more allies were joining.

Not only was the front-line battlefield continuing to advance and slaughter, but other areas of the Forbidden Sea were also being affected.

In the territories of many alien races who were allies of both sides, there were strategic layouts of the Seven Blood Eyes and the Sea Corpse Clan, and quite a few small-scale battles appeared sporadically.

Such a large-scale war naturally attracted the attention of many ethnic groups.

Thus, the change in the wanted list, although it was a change between the Sea Corpse Clan and the Seven Blood Eyes, attracted high attention from other ethnic groups.

For a time, most of the eyes of the entire Forbidden Sea ethnic groups were gathered on this list.

The two names, Chen Erniu and Xu Qing, were also known by countless alien races, humanoid cultivators, and other human forces at this moment, spreading in all directions.

The discussion about the two of them also became more and more intense.

Among them, there were many who were tempted by the reward offered by the Sea Corpse Clan. Even within the Seven Blood Eyes, there were powerhouses who were greedy, as the benefits were truly too great.

After all, the Sea Corpse Clan's reward only looked at the result, not at who completed it. Any cultivator of any ethnic group, even a disciple of the Seven Blood Eyes, as long as they completed the Sea Corpse Clan's mission, the reward would be given just the same.

Even if the Sea Corpse Clan specifically transformed the person who completed the mission, making them their own clansman, there would be no problem at all.

And once they became a Sea Corpse Clan member, they could step into the King's Sequence.

At that time, the resources of the entire Sea Corpse Clan would be tilted toward them. This kind of thing was enough to make too many people jealous. The only concern was the failure rate of transforming into a Sea Corpse Clan member.

After all, this transformation was not a guaranteed success and carried certain risks.

But compared to the gains, everything was worth it.

Because in the Sea Corpse Clan's ethnic structure, the King's Sequence was the true Crown Prince, also known as the Daoist Child externally.

That Miaochen, who hated Xu Qing to the bone, had half his face ruined and half an ear missing because of Xu Qing, was of the King's Sequence and was also, so far, the only King's Sequence of the Sea Corpse Clan.

So this kind of reward could be said to be unprecedented.

From this, one could also see the Sea Corpse Clan's anger and determination regarding this matter.

And their purpose for such a reward was clearly to make Xu Qing and the other person either perish or find it difficult to move an inch in this Forbidden Sea in the future, with enemies everywhere.

Especially since the vast majority of enemies were hiding their purposes, making them difficult to distinguish.

This would inevitably make it very difficult for Xu Qing and the other person to trust anyone in their subsequent cultivation, requiring them to be vigilant at every step and restless at all times.

But Xu Qing was originally this kind of person... At this moment, he was inside the Cang Dragon, heading toward the Mermaid Clan island, completely unaware of the outside world.

The identity token that could explore outside information had long since lost its effect because it was too far from the Mermaid Clan island.

This also allowed Xu Qing to better immerse himself in recovery.

Until another twenty-plus days passed, Xu Qing's injuries finally healed.

The moment he fully recovered, Xu Qing pondered for a moment and didn't choose to leave the Cang Dragon.

His magic ship had already collapsed, so using the Cang Dragon to travel was the most convenient method. It saved worry and effort.

"I just don't know what it's like outside now, whether the Captain escaped, and what happened to the Sea Corpse Clan afterward."

When he was still seven or eight days away from the Mermaid Clan island, Xu Qing looked into the distance toward the Mermaid Clan island and muttered in his heart.

"I can't be this crazy in the future. Every time I get myself covered in injuries... Maybe one day, the Captain won't die, but I will have already died."

Xu Qing looked down at his own body, recalling his journey, and felt emotional in his heart.

In this cruel world, if one wants to survive and live a little better, one often has to risk one's life to become stronger before one can do so.

These two ideas were contradictory and also helpless.

"I am still too weak."

Xu Qing thought of the Sea Corpse Clan's four-fire genius Miaochen, and his heart was full of crisis.

This was the first four-fire he had seen in the true sense.

Although the Captain also revealed his aura when he was pursued by the Core Formation cultivator, Xu Qing felt that the Captain's cultivation base was strange and not very clear.

But that Miaochen was different; he was a true four-fire!

Xu Qing felt that this type of person shouldn't be common, but he thought of how vast the Wanggu Continent was, with ten thousand races standing tall, so encountering a four-fire didn't surprise him too much.

And Xu Qing was very clear that his previous exchange with the opponent had occupied the advantage of seizing the initiative.

Coupled with the shadow and the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor, as well as his own Jin Wu Refining All Spirits-enhanced physical body, he finally managed to suppress the opponent.

But the next time they met, after the opponent became vigilant and guarded, the difficulty for him to continue suppressing would rise greatly.

However, Xu Qing analyzed that if the opponent wanted to suppress him, it would be equally extremely difficult.

"Four Life Fires..."

Xu Qing's eyes revealed longing. He had now completely stepped into the Foundation Establishment Mid Stage. Combined with the Life Lamp, he could suppress three fires, and with the physical body enhancement of the Jin Wu Refining All Spirits, he could fight against four fires.

This kind of combat power already made him stand at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and he could even escape from a Core Formation cultivator and resolve the damage. For others, it was already extremely strong.

But Xu Qing was still not satisfied.

"With twenty-five more dharma apertures, I can open the third group... By that time, in the Foundation Establishment realm, unless I encounter a Life Lamp cultivator, otherwise, I can suppress everyone. And by then, I should be able to let myself live a little better to a certain extent."

"So, opening dharma apertures step by step is too slow."

Xu Qing muttered to himself after pondering. He suddenly hoped the Captain would return soon.

Because with the Captain's craziness, Xu Qing felt that if he participated in a few more similar incidents with the Sea Corpse Clan, opening the third group of Life Fires wouldn't be difficult.

"When the Captain returns, I'll ask him if there are any other places where we can risk it."

Xu Qing had made a decision.

As for the thought he had earlier about not continuing to be crazy, it was now thrown aside by him.

"There's no way around it; my cultivation is too slow. To open dharma apertures, I'll find an opportunity to risk it one more time. Once I've opened all my dharma apertures, I won't risk it anymore."

Xu Qing nodded in deep agreement after thinking about it.

Just like that, time passed day by day, until five days later, when he was three days away from the Seven Blood Eyes, Xu Qing's identity token vibrated.

He took it out and looked; a large number of familiar tasks were scrolling rapidly inside.

At a glance, there was nothing different. Xu Qing checked around and noticed that at the very top of these many tasks, there was a Hero List.

Xu Qing knew this list; it was the Sea Corpse Clan's must-kill wanted list for the Seven Blood Eyes.

What was recorded inside were the Sea Corpse Clan's wanted rankings, but checking it wasn't free, so Xu Qing had never bought it.

At this moment, he glanced at it, feeling a bit hesitant in his heart.

He felt that what he and the Captain had done in the Sea Corpse Clan was neither big nor small, and there was a certain probability that they would also be wanted.

So he wanted to take a look, but found that it actually cost one hundred spirit stones, which made Xu Qing feel it wasn't worth it.

And just as Xu Qing was about to give up on buying it, as the Cang Dragon got closer and closer to the Mermaid Clan island's scope, more vibrations appeared in his identity token.

Those were the private messages from everyone he knew, arriving uniformly after a delay.

"Senior Brother Xu Qing, are you back?"

"Senior Brother Xu Qing, mighty!!!"

There were too many messages one after another, and Xu Qing scanned them with some surprise.

"Senior Brother Xu Qing, I think you must have a lot of messages now and might not necessarily see mine, but Senior Brother, I'm so excited right now. After seeing your name and the major event you did, I haven't been able to sleep for several days. I'm both excited for you and worried for you. A thousand words are transformed into the first seven words of this message."

This message was sent by Ding Xue.

Scanning the first seven words of Ding Xue's message, Xu Qing didn't pay too much attention.

Because a bigger matter filled his mind, he had completely realized that the Sea Corpse Clan matter had been exposed, and then he immediately flipped through other messages.

There were many more behind, everyone had one.

After Xu Qing scanned them rapidly, he didn't hesitate at all and directly spent one hundred spirit stones to buy the Hero List.

Opening it and noticing that he was ranked second, his pupils contracted.

Then he looked at the first.

"Chen Erniu?"

Xu Qing pondered. He had a feeling of clearly knowing that the person was the Captain, but still being stunned by the name.

He suddenly realized that the Captain never said his name, which perhaps had a great deal to do with him thinking his name was somewhat rustic.

Afterward, Xu Qing carefully checked this list again. After a long while, he took a deep breath, frowned slightly, and looked down at the nose in his storage bag again.

He had already analyzed it on the way back. Seeing the Sea Corpse Clan's reaction so intense at this moment, he felt that it was highly likely...

The explosion caused by the unstable fluctuation he created with the Jin Wu Refining All Spirits made the Sea Corpse Clan's statue unable to recover.

But he felt this matter was somewhat inconceivable.

"Could it be that after I left, the Captain did something else crazy?"

Xu Qing pondered, but in any case, becoming famous in all directions in this way made Xu Qing feel somewhat uneasy.

He didn't like to show off in front of people. This didn't fit the cognition he gained from his life when he was young, nor did it fit the tradition of the Seven Blood Eyes' Seventh Peak.

"It's all the Captain's fault for causing such a big incident. It would have been better to just leave at that time!"

Xu Qing shook his head and stared at the list for a long time. He had already realized the Sea Corpse Clan's sky-shaking rage and the infinite murderous intent contained within this list.

Because not to mention others, even Xu Qing himself, after seeing the wanted reward for the Captain, Chen Erniu, couldn't help but have his heart beat faster and feel quite tempted.

Others were clearly even more so.

"It was hard to have some peace for a while. Next, I have to be vigilant against everyone. The sect isn't safe either. However, compared to the disorder of the outside world, since I've committed such a major event, I think the malice of those with ulterior motives in the sect at least won't dare to be revealed on the surface."

Xu Qing analyzed the pros and cons rapidly in his mind. Thus, in the next few days, he was extremely careful and even used the shadow to conceal the fluctuations of his identity token.

He himself was the same, using the mask-like object that changed his appearance to simply cover up before slowly approaching the Mermaid Clan island.

He had to go to the Mermaid Clan; otherwise, just traveling by himself, wanting to return to the Seven Blood Eyes would not only take a very long time, but it would also be easy to have accidents on the way.

However, hindered by the matter of the list, now after returning, Xu Qing lowered his head for the first time and stepped rapidly into the nearest Yin Meiqi island.

He didn't stop at all along the way and headed straight for the teleportation array.

Fortunately, there weren't many cultivators here now, as most were on the battlefield, so Xu Qing's return didn't attract attention.

And he didn't waste a single bit of time, soon arriving at the teleportation array.

Here, Xu Qing took a deep breath, scanned the Fifth Peak disciples responsible for the array, and then quickly took out his identity jade slip and pressed it to the side.

The next instant, the array fluctuated, the identity verification was completed, and the teleportation was about to begin.

And just at this moment, the Fifth Peak disciple responsible for the teleportation array glanced at the large teleportation stone to the side, noticing the name of the teleporting person that appeared on it.

The moment he saw this name, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly widened, and he instantly turned his head to look at Xu Qing on the teleportation array, blurting out in shock.

"Xu Qing!"

The next instant, Xu Qing's figure vanished abruptly in the light of the teleportation array.

Meanwhile, in the Sea Corpse Clan's territory, within a forest of red, rotting giant trees, a giant wearing armor, with more than half of its body rotting like an ancient ferocious beast, was sitting cross-legged in the forest.

The height of half its body was over five hundred zhang, far exceeding the surrounding withered and rotting trees.

On top of its head sat a youth wearing imperial robes, cross-legged.

It was Miaochen.

Half his face was withered, his flesh turned outward, seemingly unable to recover, and even the ear on that side had disappeared, making his originally handsome face look ferocious and his noble temperament vanish completely.

In front of him, a woman wearing a purple and blue dress, covering her face, was kneeling and speaking softly.

"Your Highness, all the healing items in the clan cannot resolve the corrosive power of your wounds. Only the King and the Marquises have the means to forcibly dissolve it, but the King... handle your own affairs yourself. Kill that Xu Qing, and he will recover for you."

"What do you mean? When you bullied Ling Yu for being weak and schemed against me, why didn't you have such a requirement? Could it be that you have your eyes on that Chen Erniu and Xu Qing and also want to scheme to kill them and transform them? Sea Corpse Clan, a group of shameless people, get out!!"

The youth suddenly raised his head, looking even more ferocious. The woman's body trembled, and she hurriedly took her leave.

Until the woman left, bloodshot eyes filled the youth's gaze, murderous intent radiated from his eyes, and his heart was filled with indescribable grievance.

As a Sea Corpse Clan Daoist Child, as a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, as a four-fire genius, he had actually lost to a nobody, and had been left with a mark of humiliation on his face.

"Xu Qing, I'm not finished with you. If I don't kill you, my thoughts will not be clear!!"