Chapter 342

Outside the range of the Three Spirit Town Dao Mountain, a dilapidated magic ship was whistling forward between heaven and earth, but it was a bit crooked, as if it would fall in the next instant.

This magic ship looked tattered. Whether it was the outer layer or the deck, it was permeated with a large number of cracks and traces of simple repairs, looking like it could fall apart at any time.

It gave people the feeling that there was no money for repairs and it was barely sailing.

Even more exaggerated was that occasionally some parts would fall off from the magic ship and fall to the ground.

This was Xu Qing's magic ship.

Amidst Yan Yan looked at the Captain who was flying back and forth outside the magic ship, very busy, and frowned as she spoke.

"Brother Xu Qing giving you control of the magic ship is trust in you, but if you do this, Brother Xu Qing will be angry."

"Amidst Yan Yan, I have to criticize you. How can you be so disrespectful? You just say 'you, you, you' as soon as you open your mouth. You don't know manners at all!"

The Captain held a brush in his hand, drew a crack on the outer layer of the magic ship, and upon hearing this, he raised his head and looked at Amidst Yan Yan with displeasure.

Amidst Yan Yan's eyes immediately turned cold, and malevolent energy rose. Even if the person in front of her could easily suppress her with his cultivation base, as long as his cultivation base didn't surpass her grandmother's, she, Amidst Yan Yan, would not be afraid.

From childhood to adulthood, those who dared to criticize her like this had all been skinned by her.

Except for Brother Xu Qing.

"Still glaring?" The Captain's expression was even more displeased. He glared at Amidst Yan Yan and continued to criticize.

"I'm telling you, little girl, you have to know manners when you are a person, you know? Xu Qing calls me Senior Brother, so you, follow Xu Qing and call me Senior Brother too. This form of address, among the female cultivators around Xu Qing, you are currently the only one who has this honor. Come, tell me you were wrong."

"Ah?"

Amidst Yan Yan was stunned. After blinking, her small face turned slightly red, all the malevolent energy disappeared instantly, and she spoke obediently.

"Senior Brother, I was wrong."

"That's more like it." The Captain beamed with joy, feeling proud in his heart. He raised his right hand and waved it, throwing a brush over.

"You go brush the other side. Ah Qing, this kid, is stubborn. Why make the magic ship so tidy? It doesn't fit the tradition of our Seventh Peak at all. I'm helping him."

The Captain said, continuing to smear on the outside of the magic ship. Looking over, all the places he smeared were drawn with cracks by him, and they were vivid and realistic.

"A magic ship has to look a bit tattered like this to have miraculous effects."

Amidst Yan Yan hesitated and took the brush, and after hesitating, she also started brushing.

"But Senior Brother, why do you occasionally throw some parts down and cast spells to make smoke come out?" Amidst Yan Yan couldn't help but ask.

"Fishing, of course. How much spirit stone do we consume flying all this way? This time we didn't set off with the sect, all the spirit stone consumption is supported by ourselves, so naturally, we need to fish and rob someone."

"Amidst Yan Yan, I have to criticize you again. Xu Qing is spendthrift, you can't be like that. You have to save money, you know? I'm saving for Xu Qing!" The Captain said seriously.

Amidst Yan Yan heard this, nodded quickly, her expression enlightened, and she kept it in mind.

"In addition, we are heading to the Far North Snowfield where the Tai Chu Li You Pillar is located. On the way, we have to pass through the forbidden area of Yinghuang Prefecture and the mainstream of the Yunxian Wangu River. There are certain risks along the way. Making it look like this, those powerhouses might not have much interest in taking action."

The Captain continued to smear until he finished drawing the last crack. He jumped onto the deck and looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad, it looks so good like this."

Amidst Yan Yan looked at the tattered magic ship, still feeling some hesitation in her heart. Just as she was about to speak, at this moment, the Captain suddenly changed his expression and looked fiercely at the cabin door.

His expression became incomparably heavy in an instant, his body became directly incomparably cold, and there were even faces appearing in his eyes. Layer by layer, his whole person emitted a terrifying aura.

Almost the moment the Captain looked, the cabin door roared, and the door collapsed directly. While turning into countless fragments and shooting out, a low roar like a beast, carrying madness and hunger, suddenly came from inside.

Following that was a hand as withered as a skeleton, grabbing the door frame, holding it tightly, and slowly moving out, revealing a skeleton-like body.

It was exactly Xu Qing. His clothes were now black, permeated with the dried black blood of past decay. While emitting a fishy stench, his face was also sunken, looking like a fierce ghost.

Especially the madness revealed in his eyes made Amidst Yan Yan's heart tremble, and the Captain's expression also changed. He was familiar with this look.

Every time he was hungry, he was like this.

"Just breaking through to the Third Tiangong, and you're risking your life like this?!" The Captain's body flickered and he rushed toward Xu Qing, grabbing Xu Qing's arm, while Amidst Yan Yan was just about to come over.

"Amidst Yan Yan, don't come near. His mind is struggling right now. It's obvious he ate something he shouldn't have, leading to a severe lack of vitality and extreme hunger."

The Captain, looking very experienced, took a piece of flesh and blood from his storage bag after supporting Xu Qing and stuffed it directly into Xu Qing's mouth.

Xu Qing swallowed it in one gulp and closed his eyes. When he opened them a few breaths later, although his eyes were still blood-red, his reason had suppressed the madness.

"Senior Brother, thanks. Is there more?" Xu Qing's voice was hoarse as he looked at the Captain beside him.

"No more, that was a snack I prepared for myself... Your current condition requires you to kill and devour the vitality of all things. How did you get like this?" The Captain was a bit surprised.

"Ate a little something." Xu Qing spoke slowly. The hunger in his body emerged again, making his breathing involuntarily quicken, and he also felt his current state.

After the poison-forbidden elixir was fused into the third palace in his body, along with this poison elixir that had lost too much spirituality and was nearly withered, it had nourishment and showed signs of revival. It was like a huge black hole, devouring everything in an instant.

This was the inevitable process of the revival of the poison-forbidden elixir. Although Xu Qing had anticipated it before and was well-prepared, the consumption of vitality-rich items during the previous fusion was unexpectedly large, and the poison elixir revived too quickly, leading to his insufficient preparation.

But this was not entirely a bad thing; it could even be said that this was a great opportunity for Xu Qing himself.

Because once he provided enough vitality for the poison-forbidden elixir, he could allow this nearly withered elixir to truly revive.

After revival, it would no longer be without a source, but an endless stream, making Xu Qing's combat power soar.

This third palace of his would be the most unique palace in history.

Its power was immense, full of mystery and the unknown.

But all of this required rich vitality.

Besides this, Xu Qing also clearly felt that to make this poison-forbidden elixir truly revive, vitality was only one aspect; he also needed rich heterogenous matter.

This discovery shocked him deeply because it meant... heterogenous matter could be absorbed by him!

Although in the final analysis it was the poison-forbidden elixir within the third palace absorbing it, to a certain extent, it was equivalent to him absorbing it as well.

And absorbing heterogenous matter was a special right possessed only by those who were severely affected and the newly born clans after the arrival of the God's remnant face; cultivators found it difficult to touch.

Because the so-called heterogenous matter was actually the aura of a god, and some people also called it divine energy.

"Senior Brother, how far are we from the nearest forbidden area?"

Xu Qing took a deep breath and emitted a hoarse voice. He also saw Amidst Yan Yan's nervous and concerned expression, so he nodded slightly to indicate he was fine.

Xu Qing would never ignore the concern of others.

"It's about half a month away from the Sword Forbidden Area of Yinghuang Prefecture. If you can't endure it, we can also find a foreign sect or a small foreign country..." The Captain was a bit worried, but the meaning in his words revealed indifference toward foreign clans.

It seemed that in the Captain's heart, as long as Xu Qing was fine, other foreign clans or whatever, eating them was just eating them.

"Half a month should be fine." Xu Qing shook his head. Although foreign clans also had vitality and heterogenous matter in their bodies, in the end, this heterogenous matter was not as good as that in forbidden areas.

He could feel that the amount he needed was huge, so the best choice was a forbidden area.

"Then let's go to the Sword Forbidden Area. As the only forbidden area among the many forbidden areas in Yinghuang Prefecture, it is as famous as the Phoenix Forbidden of Nanhuangzhou and the Corpse Forbidden on the sea. And according to the Alliance's intelligence, the Emperor within this Sword Forbidden has been asleep for many years and has shown no signs of waking up recently. If we are careful when we go there, it can be considered suitable."

The Captain said, operating his cultivation base and merging it into the magic ship, making the magic ship emit cold air at this moment, and its speed suddenly increased, turning into a long rainbow in the sky, flashing away like a thunderbolt.

The surrounding wind blew, spreading out from the magic ship's protection, forming a whistling sound as it flowed, spreading in all directions.

In this rapid flight, Xu Qing sat cross-legged on the deck, trying his best to suppress the hunger in his body, while also adapting to the reaction after the third palace fused with the poison-forbidden elixir.

He could feel that although his current state was poor, his combat power had improved too much. Combined with the Emperor-level technique, he could display at least the power of four palaces.

You must know that the limit for the vast majority of Tiangong Golden Cores is only six Heavenly Palaces.

"Next, after my poison elixir revives, what I need to consider is the formation of the fourth Tiangong."

The hunger in Xu Qing's body gradually became difficult to suppress, his breathing became more and more rapid, and there were more bloodshot eyes. He could only think about cultivation to distract himself.

As for the shadow and the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor, they had long since hidden themselves, fearing they would be noticed by Xu Qing.

It was truly because Xu Qing at this moment was like a fierce beast choosing people to devour, and the feeling he gave them was terrifying to the extreme.

As for Amidst Yan Yan, although she was shocked at first by Xu Qing's aura and skeleton-like body, after gradually adapting, she couldn't help but walk over.

As she approached, Xu Qing suddenly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes staring at Amidst Yan Yan's neck. He struggled for a moment and barely withdrew his gaze.

"Brother Xu Qing, do you... want to eat a little? It's okay, I'm not afraid of pain."

Amidst Yan Yan looked at Xu Qing, bit her finger, and tremblingly reached out toward Xu Qing, expectation and confusion appearing in her eyes.

Xu Qing looked at Amidst Yan Yan, fell silent, and closed his eyes.

Amidst Yan Yan felt some regret and sadness in her heart, silently withdrew her hand, and sat to the side.

The Captain, while controlling the magic ship, turned his head to look. Seeing the confusion in Amidst Yan Yan's eyes when she gave her finger to Xu Qing, and also seeing the regret and sadness in Amidst Yan Yan's expression after Xu Qing ignored her, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart.

"When I was hungry before, why didn't any beautiful female cultivators give me their fingers to eat? Where am I lacking? This little Ah Qing doesn't understand romance. If it were me, I would definitely take a fierce bite."

Just like this, time passed, and in Xu Qing's endurance, they got closer and closer to the Sword Forbidden.

Until finally, Xu Qing's body trembled violently, and when the feeling of hunger reached the extreme and was about to be uncontrollable, a pitch-black Sword Forbidden jungle appeared in front of them.

Just by approaching, before fully stepping in, the heterogenous matter here was already much richer than in other areas. Xu Qing's perception was extremely keen, and his eyes opened suddenly, revealing red light.