Chapter 298

Xu Qing silently descended the mountain.

He did not choose to fly, but instead walked through the night, treading upon the moonlight, step by step toward the direction of the Seven Blood Eyes main city.

The scene from before had stirred a strange feeling in his heart; he had rarely experienced such ripples in his heart since he grew up.

This made Xu Qing feel a bit unaccustomed.

And so, while moving forward, he recalled the Herbology Canon in his mind. As the knowledge of each herb surfaced, Xu Qing's heart gradually became as calm as water.

His expression returned to its usual state, his pace became composed, and his speed increased accordingly.

Until a moment later when he reached the berth, Xu Qing stood on the shore and looked back at the direction of the Profound Nether Sect. Doubts and vigilance rose in his heart; it was not that he couldn't see the flirtatious nature of Immortal Zixuan's behavior—the current Xu Qing was no longer an ignorant child.

It was just that he did not believe the thoughts of an ancestor who had reached that level of cultivation would be so simple. There must be other reasons for this; after all... in this world, there is no such thing as inexplicable kindness.

Everything has a reason.

Yet he could not figure out what the reason was, so he waved his hand to take out his magic ship, stepped into the cabin, sat cross-legged, and began to ponder.

Until the sky outside gradually brightened, Xu Qing still had no clue. He buried this matter in his heart and closed his eyes to meditate.

As for his work at the Security Department, Xu Qing had not handled it for a long time. This was because the Immortal Pool discount jade slip he gave the Captain was being used by people every day.

According to information from informants, the Captain had been inviting Wu Jianwu over every day during this period. The two of them didn't know what they were chatting about, seemingly inciting something, while Wu Jianwu appeared to be a mix of excitement and hesitation.

Xu Qing was somewhat surprised, but his curiosity was not strong, so he did not ask. Instead, he seized the time to refine the devoured Meng-Extinguishing blood. Just like that, several days passed.

On the morning of this day, when the night sky was being burned away by the rising sun and was visibly fading, the moment the sunlight shone into the magic ship and illuminated the faceless figurehead at the bow, Xu Qing received a message in his voice-transmission jade slip.

"Little friend, tidy up. Sister is coming to pick you up, let's go out for a walk."

The moment he saw the message, Xu Qing was silent. He thought for a moment, then sent a message to Seventh Master to inform him of this and ask if it was permissible.

Seventh Master was also silent on that end. After a long while, he tentatively asked Xu Qing a question.

"Old Fourth, first date?"

"Date?" Xu Qing was stunned.

After noticing Xu Qing's reaction, Seventh Master's laughter came through, telling Xu Qing he could feel free and bold to accompany her.

While Xu Qing was hesitating in his heart, the magnetic, soft, and sweet voice of Immortal Zixuan came from outside the cabin.

"Little friend, let's set off."

Xu Qing raised his head and walked silently out of the cabin. He saw Immortal Zixuan sitting on the railing of his magic ship, holding a pot of wine in her hand, drinking it with her head tilted back.

In the sea breeze, Immortal Zixuan's dark hair fluttered with the wind. She was dressed in white scholar's attire, spotless, and her pear-blossom-like pretty face was incomparably beautiful.

The scene was very beautiful, truly like eyebrows like autumn water, jade skin accompanied by a light breeze.

Surrounded by sunlight, she was like a treasure, as if unparalleled in the world, born once in a thousand years, with the spiritual essence of heaven and earth gathered in one person.

Noticing Xu Qing walking out, Immortal Zixuan put down the wine pot and turned her head gently.

At this moment, the sunlight passed through the gaps in her fluttering hair, forming a halo and scattering a touch of seven colors, full of beauty.

Especially her eyes, carrying a deep and profound charm, when they landed on Xu Qing, a smile bloomed at the corners of her mouth.

This smile was different from the hunter's feeling Xu Qing had seen before; it seemed to contain some tenderness, focusing intently on Xu Qing.

If anyone were here to see this scene, they would surely feel dazed. It was truly because the two on the ship—the woman like a treasure, the man like a star—seemed to make even the dawn willing to become a backdrop at this moment.

Xu Qing's footsteps paused.

Today's Immortal Zixuan was completely different from what he had seen in the past; she had a little less allure and a little more heroic spirit, a little less dominance and a little more tenderness.

It was somewhat contradictory, yet it blended perfectly on Immortal Zixuan.

This change in style made Xu Qing look a few extra times.

"Is it good-looking?" Immortal Zixuan tilted her head and blinked her eyes.

Xu Qing nodded.

Immortal Zixuan was very happy to hear this, letting out a pleasant and melodious laugh, then patted the ship's railing and smiled.

"Little friend, this ship of yours is not bad. Let's travel with this ship. Let's go to the Profound Nether Sect you saw back then." After saying this, Immortal Zixuan turned around, took a deep breath of the air containing sunlight, picked up the wine pot, and drank again.

Xu Qing looked at the railing Immortal Zixuan was sitting on and her act of deep breathing, and hesitated for a moment. There were too many poisons on this ship of his; at this moment, there were at least two hundred types of poison permeating the surroundings. Whether it was the deck or the railing, every position on this ship was highly toxic.

However, he felt that with Immortal Zixuan's cultivation, his bit of poison was nothing. So, he pinched a spell and waved his hand. The boat vibrated and slowly rose into the air. After changing direction, it whistled toward the direction of the Immortal-Containing Eternal River. Its speed was not slow, and it disappeared in an instant.

Looking from afar, the boat in the dawn had its sails raised, and its momentum was magnificent.

Xu Qing stood elegantly on the deck at the bow, controlling the boat while his purple Daoist robe fluttered in the wind.

On the railing to the side, the beautiful Immortal Zixuan sat there, her two legs swinging gently. She tilted her head to look into the distance, drinking wine while enjoying the breeze, her dark hair fluttering along with Xu Qing's clothes.

If a painter were to paint this scene, it would surely be extremely beautiful and full of artistic conception.

On the ground, inside the port, the Captain poked his head out from a corner, holding a recording jade slip, and quickly imprinted this scene.

"Little Ah Qing's first date, such a precious scene, needs to be kept. Maybe it can be sold for a high price in the future." The Captain's face was full of smugness.

It was just that he didn't notice that not far behind him, Seventh Master was standing in a pavilion, looking at the boat in the sky, and sighed.

"Is this still the Immortal Zixuan who made countless heroes yearn for her back then? The charm of that child Old Fourth... can already be compared to when I was young."

Under the gaze of this master and disciple, the boat left the mountain gate of the Seven Blood Eyes and moved rapidly forward along a tributary of the Immortal-Containing Eternal River.

The sky was clear, cloudless for ten thousand miles, and as blue as a pure lake, giving people a feeling of relaxation and happiness. Inside the bow, Xu Qing looked straight ahead, doing his best to control the boat.

It was truly because being alone with Immortal Zixuan made Xu Qing somewhat nervous. After all, the other party not only had terrifying cultivation, but her previous behaviors also made him feel uncomfortable.

Therefore, he could only put all his attention into controlling the boat.

Just like that, time passed, and a day went by.

Although Xu Qing's nervousness was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief because during the day, Immortal Zixuan didn't say a single word. She seemed to like sitting on the railing, liked drinking wine there, liked blowing in the wind there, and liked looking into the distance there.

Perhaps it was because of the brightness of the day, so after the night sky was shrouded, there were more stars than usual, which unknowingly gathered around Immortal Zixuan.

Making the already beautiful Immortal Zixuan seem to be gently gathered by the stars, her pretty face blooming with a brilliant and flawless charm. While gorgeous and pure, she was like a fairy of the moon walking into the human world.

But this fairy was no longer alluring, nor was she tender. Instead, a coldness appeared on her body as she looked down at the Taisi Due Mountain in the dark night.

Xu Qing looked down and noticed where Immortal Zixuan was looking. There seemed to be a sect there. Because the location was too far, it was not clear, and he could only faintly hear the shrill screams coming from the wind.

"Go over and take a look." Immortal Zixuan said indifferently.

This was the first time Xu Qing had felt such a cold expression and such a cold tone from Immortal Zixuan. His heart tightened at this moment, and he turned the magic ship toward Taisi Due Mountain.

As they approached, Xu Qing saw that it was not a sect, but a village built on the top of the mountain. Inside, there were hundreds of rogue cultivators, both human and alien, most of them ferocious, with a heavy sense of bloodiness on their bodies. There was also a lot of fresh blood in the village, and in the middle of the village, a magic array was carved.

Countless corpses were piled on the magic array, as if they had become sacrifices, and some kind of evil ritual was being performed.

With the start of the ritual, an indescribable evil radiated from the magic array, and at the same time, chewing sounds echoed. The hundreds of ferocious cultivators around were all showing madness in their expressions, all worshipping.

Xu Qing took a look, his pupils shrank slightly, and a feeling of heart-palpitation floated in his heart.

Those hundreds of cultivators were nothing; their highest cultivation was only at the level of a Heavenly Palace Golden Core. What made Xu Qing palpitate was the evil radiating from the array.

"The Sword Holders once ordered that sacrificing to evil creatures is strictly prohibited within the Yinghuang Province. The Eight Sect Alliance has the same decree. You all have quite some nerve."

Immortal Zixuan's voice, carrying calmness, echoed in the night sky. The moment it did, the evil aura in the magic array fluctuated violently, revealing terror, and it quickly shrank, as if it wanted to withdraw.

As for the cultivators around, their expressions changed drastically at this moment. But before they could speak or see the magic ship arriving in the sky, Immortal Zixuan raised her jade hand and beckoned gently downward.

This beckoning gesture contained an indescribable charm in Xu Qing's eyes. He couldn't see much, but he felt that this seemingly casual beckoning seemed to conform to the rules of heaven and earth's operation. No divine ability descended, no spell manifested, but...

In the village on the mountain top, those hundreds of trembling cultivators, one by one, shrank suddenly in an instant, along with the magic array, along with the evil aura within it, and even along with this mountain, all shrank in the blink of an eye and disappeared from Xu Qing's sight in an instant.

This scene made Xu Qing's heart shake. A grain of sand flew over and landed between Immortal Zixuan's two fingers.

Looking at the grain of sand, Xu Qing operated his cultivation and looked carefully with his eyes. Under his full effort, he finally saw that the grain of sand was mountain-shaped; it was exactly that mountain from before.

The cultivators, the magic array, and the evil on it were exactly the same, but they were clearly shrunk countless times. At this moment, they all revealed incomparable terror and despair.

The next instant, Immortal Zixuan pinched her two fingers gently.

With a crack, the grain of sand turned into fly ash and dissipated.

"Little friend, what are you stunned for? Let's continue walking. Let's just follow the mountain range; I want to see the mountain scenery." Immortal Zixuan, sitting on the railing of the ship, glanced at Xu Qing and smiled gently.

This smile melted the coldness, and its charm surpassed the moonlight.