Chapter 31: Rain of Gold in Liyang

In the black sky, stars were invisible; only wisps of dark clouds drifted across the high-hanging bright moon.

The wind was strong, but it did not affect the flow of moonlight.

The bright moonlight poured down upon the human world like flowing water.

Some of it fell into this scavenger camp, fell into the courtyard of Xu Qing's dwelling, and draped over the two figures in front of the door.

The Seventh Master, dressed in purple robes, stood there with his hands behind his back for a long time. Under the moonlight, his aged face carried a sense of contemplation, not knowing what he was thinking about.

The servant beside him did not dare to disturb him and waited silently.

As for the wild dogs in the surroundings, it seemed that in their eyes, these two people did not exist and could not be perceived, so they lay there without any abnormality.

The surroundings were very quiet, with only the laughter and screams from the outer ring area of the camp echoing faintly.

And inside the room, after those two sentences, it also fell into silence, with only the sound of breathing and exhaling drifting out faintly.

Time passed. After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the Seventh Master standing at the door sighed softly. He did not push open the door but turned and walked toward the outside.

"Give him a token." The Seventh Master said in a low voice as he walked to the courtyard gate.

"What color?" the servant asked.

"The most ordinary one. Also, you don't need to say much to him." The Seventh Master walked past the courtyard gate and gradually drifted away.

The servant's eyes tightened, and waves of ripples rose in his heart.

In the days he had followed the Seventh Master in the camp, he had personally seen the Seventh Master pay attention to that kid several times.

Later, at Master Bai's place, the Seventh Master had also gone to greet him. All of this let him know that this kid's opportunity had arrived, which was why he had asked last time whether to give the other party a token.

A token was the qualification to enter the Seven Blood Eyes. Only those who possessed a token could participate in the assessment, and if successful, they could worship into the sect.

Tokens were also divided by color: purple was the highest, representing that one was a core disciple upon entry; yellow was middle, representing that one was an inner sect disciple upon entry; as for white, it was the most ordinary, and one was just an ordinary disciple upon entry.

According to the servant's feeling, the Seventh Master would at least give a yellow token, but now it was actually just white, and... he even reminded and emphasized not to say much.

Such an abnormal scene made him have to think, and his heart couldn't help but accelerate its beating a few times.

"There is only one answer: the Seventh Master values this child extremely highly, not only wanting to take him into the sect but also having the... thought of taking him as a disciple? So he intends to test him? The first three princes all entered this way. Could it be that the Seventh Peak is about to have a fourth personal disciple?"

The servant was very clear about the weight of the words "personal disciple." It could be said that once one became the Seventh Master's personal disciple, that person would instantly be watched by various forces within the Eastern Wanggu Continent.

But he also felt that the possibility of this matter was not very high; after all, the Seventh Master hadn't taken a disciple for a long time.

But regardless, he needed to pay special attention to this kid. Thinking of this, the servant took a deep breath, collected his mind, and slowly knocked on Xu Qing's door.

The moment the knocking sound entered the room, the sound of breathing inside the room vanished in an instant.

The next instant, a smile appeared on the servant's lips, and his body blurred and vanished. When he appeared, he was actually behind the room!

In the corner behind the room, there actually existed a hole, very hidden, covered by bricks and stones, and it seemed to have been dug out for some time.

At this moment, Xu Qing's figure drilled out from within at high speed, just about to take a detour to observe the person knocking on the door, but the next instant, following the servant's appearance, his body stopped abruptly.

Xu Qing's eyes contracted, looking at the figure that suddenly appeared, as if squeezing into his gaze, and his heart sank.

The figure before him was a middle-aged man in a gray robe with an extremely ordinary face. The most eye-catching thing was his glabella, where a pentagonal pattern existed. This pattern was currently emitting a faint glow, and even the surrounding moonlight was affected, appearing distorted.

A stronger sense of oppression followed. Xu Qing's breathing became slightly rapid. The iron skewer gripped in his right hand tightened, and his left hand also grabbed a handful of poison powder without leaving a trace.

The other party's appearance was too bizarre, and the feeling he gave was far beyond the little girl's brother he had seen a few days ago.

Especially the other party's gaze, which caused all the flesh and blood in his body to tremble at this moment, as if shouting at himself, telling him that the person before him was extremely dangerous!

This caused Xu Qing's vigilance to reach its limit, and the trembling of his flesh and blood was not just a signal of danger but also informed him that his body was already prepared for all subsequent actions.

Regarding the danger he might encounter in his dwelling, Xu Qing had already simulated it several times in his mind, and the situation that could make wild dogs not bark and leave him without the slightest perception was the most dangerous situation in his simulations.

At this moment, narrowing his eyes, Xu Qing's body attempted to retreat slowly.

"I have no malice." Looking at the kid before him who had turned into a wolf cub, ready to explode at any moment, the servant smiled.

Glancing at the hole in the wall behind Xu Qing, he could guess that this should be the escape route the kid had prepared to prevent encountering danger in his dwelling.

"To be able to have such preparations early on, and not be flustered when encountering sudden changes but instead wait for an opportunity to resist—no wonder the Seventh Master values this child."

The scene of Xu Qing cutting Ma Si's throat and killing Fatty Shan surfaced in the servant's mind. A look of appreciation appeared in his eyes as he raised his hand to take out a white token and threw it toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing didn't catch it. He leaped up in an instant, and while his body retreated abruptly, he also threw out a handful of poison powder. Furthermore, within the poison powder were two daggers carrying a cold glint, whistling toward the servant.

But the next instant, Xu Qing's eyes widened abruptly. He saw his daggers pass through the gray-robed man's body and nail into the wall behind him, yet the other party seemed to not exist as a physical entity, without the slightest change.

And the poison powder was the same, passing through his body and scattering all over the ground.

This scene caused Xu Qing's nerves to tighten instantly, his breathing paused, and he was about to continue retreating.

Just at this moment, the gray-robed man smiled, and his figure slowly vanished in Xu Qing's gaze.

First the legs, then the torso, and until even the head was about to dissipate, his voice echoed.

"Kid, someone asked me to give you this token. It is the qualification to enter the Seven Blood Eyes. In the map on the back, you can take the token to any branch city and be transmitted to the sect gate for free once."

After the words drifted out, the servant's figure vanished completely, as if he had never appeared. Watching all this, Xu Qing, standing there, remained silent for a long time.

He felt the other party's bizarreness and also experienced the helplessness of being weak.

Until half a moment later, Xu Qing walked over silently, pulled out his daggers, and lowered his head to look at the token on the ground.

The white token, face up, was carved with complex patterns. Under the moonlight, it seemed to reflect light, filled with a sense of antiquity.

Xu Qing contemplated, put on gloves, and carefully picked it up to examine it.

On the back of the token was a map, densely packed with hundreds of raised points, marking one city after another.

"Seven Blood Eyes..." Xu Qing muttered.

From Lei Ting, he had heard of the Seven Blood Eyes and also knew that this was one of the few huge, ruthless forces in the Eastern Wanggu Continent. Every year, countless people wanted to worship into its sect.

But the entry to the Seven Blood Eyes was very strict; it wasn't something one could just go to, as an entry token was required. However, the distribution of this token was extremely rare.

Xu Qing didn't know why he had received it, nor did he know that gray-robed man, and he didn't even know the authenticity of the token.

But after contemplation, he felt that with the other party's terrifying strength, there was no need to tease him, so the token was likely real.

"Why give it to me?" Xu Qing couldn't understand, but he noticed the other party's form of address for him.

The two words "Kid" had multiple layers of meaning, having both a broad sense and a specific reference.

And in this scavenger camp, the address "Kid" was a name exclusive to Xu Qing.

Being able to call out his name in the scavenger camp showed that the other party knew him very well.

And the other party mentioned in his words that someone had asked him to send the token, which showed that the gray-robed man had a companion, and the status and position of this companion were much higher.

"Could it be Master Bai?" Xu Qing lowered his head, examined the token, and after a long while, put it away hesitantly.

At this moment, the sky was dawning. Xu Qing put the bricks and stones back on the wall behind the house, and after restoring it to its original state, he fed the wild dogs in the courtyard.

Although these guys were very useless, after feeding them for a long time, it had become a habit.

Watching those dozen or so wild dogs scrambling to eat the food, Xu Qing was about to go out to attend class, but after walking a few steps, he paused and sat down silently in the courtyard.

"It's also a habit..." Xu Qing muttered, sitting there until the sky was bright. He stood up, walked out of the courtyard, and walked in the camp.

The camp, which was already very familiar, now carried a sense of strangeness. Shizi and Luanya hadn't returned for a long time either. As Xu Qing walked, he suddenly missed his pharmacy in the canyon.

Although that place was a forbidden zone, filled with crises everywhere, this sense of longing was still very strong.

At the same time, Xu Qing was also prepared to try to formulate the Bai Dan, so he took a deep breath and was about to leave the camp to head to the forbidden zone. But before he could walk out of the camp, someone called out from behind.

"Kid, Kid."

The voice was somewhat familiar. Xu Qing turned around and saw an old man with a full head of white hair, wearing a leather coat, running toward him.

This person was an old scavenger in the camp.

No one knew his specific name; everyone called him Old Stone. He was also one of the five or six people Xu Qing had saved when he carried Lei Ting back initially.

Later, like Bone Blade, he often came to Xu Qing's place to buy insurance.

"Hey, Kid, I've taken a big job!" Old Stone said excitedly.

Following his rapid narration, Xu Qing understood.

This Old Stone before him, during this period of time, didn't know what method he had used, but he had successfully gotten those young boys and girls who had arrived outside the camp a few days ago to hire him as a guide to head to the temple complex in the forbidden zone jungle.

Coming to find him this time was to buy insurance.

"The old rules, five White Elixirs. If I haven't returned in a week, trouble you, Kid, to come to the temple complex and save me." Old Stone said with a smile.

"A week?" Xu Qing was somewhat surprised.

"Yeah, this group of people pampered in the Purple Earth insists on staying inside for a week. But the reward given is very generous, so this old bone of mine will just gamble on it. Once this is done, I plan to go retire."

Old Stone sighed. As an old scavenger, he knew very well that staying in the forbidden zone for a week would not only increase the risk exponentially, but the foreign matter here would be the same. However, the reward given was too much, enough for him to buy the qualification to move into a nearby city, so he wanted to gamble once, and he had also prepared enough White Elixirs.

Xu Qing's brows furrowed slightly. He wasn't prepared to continue taking on such matters, especially since he needed time to research the Bai Dan right now.

Thus, he was just about to refuse, but seeing Old Stone's white hair and expectant expression, Xu Qing couldn't help but think of Lei Ting. After silence, he nodded.

"This is the last time."

After saying this, he accepted the White Elixirs amidst Old Stone's gratitude, walked out of the camp, and headed straight for the forbidden zone.

And at this moment, inside the forbidden zone, mist was appearing, covering an area and spreading toward the surroundings...

Outside the range of the mist, near the Poison Dragon Pool in the forbidden zone, a scavenger was hiding in a tree crevice with a face full of terror, his body trembling.

Around him, there were actually four figures, their gazes cold, currently searching.

"It's foggy!! As long as I can hold on, Kid will definitely come to save me!" This person hiding was Bone Blade, who had bought insurance from Xu Qing many times!

"It's foggy."

The moment he walked into the forbidden zone jungle, Xu Qing's footsteps paused.

He felt his own shadow appear somewhat distorted. This was something he had encountered before; it was a sign of the appearance of mist in the forbidden zone.

Even looking carefully, one could see wisps of very thin mist existing among the trees.

Xu Qing was somewhat hesitant, but after thinking about it, he still chose to walk into the jungle.

On one hand, he needed to go to the canyon pharmacy; on the other hand, although the shadow's help couldn't last too long, it was enough for him to head to the canyon.

Moreover, when the mist appeared, although it seemed dangerous, it was actually the same for the exotic beasts, so to a certain extent, it was safer than before.

However, the premise was that he wouldn't get lost inside, and the foreign matter wouldn't increase.

Thus, Xu Qing's speed increased, and he shuttled rapidly through this jungle.

Until an hour later, when the mist slowly became somewhat thick, Xu Qing's footsteps paused, and he arrived at the silt where the Night Lizard skin was located.

He stood on a large tree beside it and turned his head to look toward the north.

"That is the area of the Poison Dragon Pool..." In the forbidden zone jungle, due to different terrains, it had been divided into several points by scavengers, and the Poison Dragon Pool was one of them.

Regarding this Poison Dragon Pool, Xu Qing had heard of it many times, mostly said by Bone Blade, because every time the other party specified a rescue area after buying insurance, it was the Poison Dragon Pool.

Xu Qing thought about it. Bone Blade had bought insurance too many times. He remembered that two days ago, the other party seemed to have bought it once.

Although the time hadn't arrived yet, since it was foggy and he was also in this vicinity, he might as well go over and take a look.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing's body swayed, leaped up from the tree crown, and approached the direction of the Poison Dragon Pool.

And as he approached, Xu Qing slowly narrowed his eyes, a look of vigilance appeared in his expression, and his movements became increasingly stealthy.

He saw a person.

The other party was wearing a black leather coat, a ferocious mask on his face, and holding a long sword emitting a cold glint, currently searching.

His body even radiated an extraordinary spiritual energy fluctuation, giving Xu Qing the feeling that he had already reached the level of Fire Crow from the Blood Shadow squad back then.

Xu Qing watched for a moment, his body nimbly detoured, but not long after, he saw a second person with the same attire, and the cultivation was also similar, which made Xu Qing somewhat puzzled in his heart.

"Not a scavenger." After contemplation, Xu Qing became even more cautious. After circling the Poison Dragon Pool area, he saw Bone Blade! ===== CHAPTER 32 =====