Chapter 407: The Shadow Exploded

Xu Qing was silent upon hearing this, his eyes slightly narrowed. After pondering for a long time, he cupped his fists and bowed.

The old man didn't speak anymore and continued sharpening the knife.

Amidst the screeching sound, Xu Qing went far away and returned to the prison gate of District Ding-One-Three-Two on the fifty-seventh floor. He looked at the dark-green prison gate in front of him, raised his hand to push it open, and walked in.

Just as he entered, he heard the call from the head in the 237 cage.

"Guard, guard, is it you who returned?"

"How is it? Did you encounter bad luck as soon as you went out? Hurry up and throw me to the Cloud Beast. I'll help you resolve it."

"Believe me, it's not wrong."

"If you don't believe me again, then you are really done for. I have already seen it. You died very miserably, but you don't know it. You don't know how many times you have already died."

"And... this overseer of Ding-One-Three-Two, do you really think this is your first time doing it?"

"Can't say anymore, I can't say anymore. Hurry up and throw me to the Cloud Beast. Once I'm thrown over, I'll dare to continue telling you the truth."

Xu Qing walked calmly along the corridor, passing the cages where each prisoner was located, and walked to where the head was. With a "clack," he opened the cage door. Amidst the excitement on the head's face, Xu Qing picked it up in his hand.

"That's right, this is right. Haha, Little Yunyun, I'm coming."

Amidst the head's excitement, Xu Qing carried it to the cage where the millstone was located and threw the head directly inside.

The millstone shook, as if very surprised, and some happy emotions radiated out.

The head's excitement instantly turned into terror, and it let out a shrill scream.

"Let me out, I don't want to be here."

"Guard Master, I was wrong. I'll say it. This place is cursed, Ding-One-Three-Two is cursed. I can simply resolve it for you."

"But what I said before didn't deceive you. I really saw it. You really died many times. I didn't deceive you."

Xu Qing didn't pay attention and turned to leave, heading to the cage where the last prisoner was located. Looking at the painting floating inside, gazing at the twenty-three figures within, he suddenly spoke to the shadow.

"Eat it."

The next instant, the shadow exuded a greedy emotion, spreading out from beneath Xu Qing's feet and creeping into the cage.

As it spread in, an evil intent grew from the shadow's body, covering all directions. At the same time, the entire District Ding-One-Three-Two fell silent abruptly.

The head stopped screaming, the millstone stopped rotating, the Cloud Beast stopped chewing, the straw dolls stopped hissing...

Only that painting of the Danqing Race trembled at this moment.

As the shadow approached, it became increasingly intense. Until the shadow was less than three feet away from it, the old man in the painting suddenly spoke.

"Overseer Master, bottom right edge, not of my race."

Xu Qing looked immediately, his gaze falling on the bottom right of the painting.

There, a little boy was painted, standing there with a smile, looking no different from the other figures in the painting, just like a family.

But after the old man spoke, the little boy in the painting frowned, and in an instant, the shadow also pounced toward where the little boy was. With a "clack," it seemed to have bitten something.

Afterward, it returned toward Xu Qing. As for the painting, it wasn't damaged, only the little boy inside was gone; it had been swallowed by the shadow.

But the moment the shadow returned, an unprecedented scene appeared.

The shadow's body suddenly trembled, and afterward, under Xu Qing's gaze, it actually collapsed in an instant, splitting into pieces. At the same time, the shadow also let out a wail.

Its body exploded!

A vague figure drilled out from within, carrying laughter and merging into the darkness around. Even though the black iron slip rushed over rapidly at this moment, it still missed, and the little boy disappeared without a trace.

And the shadow clearly couldn't die just like that. Although its body exploded into many pieces, it soon merged together again. After recovering, it was clearly weak, but it urgently transmitted emotional fluctuations to Xu Qing.

"Luck... swallow... explode explode explode..."

It seemed very afraid that Xu Qing would think it was incompetent. This time, the description it gave was actually quite clear.

Xu Qing's eyes contracted abruptly, and he turned to look at where the little boy disappeared.

"Luck?" Xu Qing muttered.

At this moment, the black iron slip returned, and the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor manifested. He swept a glance at the weak shadow and then looked at Xu Qing, immediately becoming nervous.

He had failed twice, and although the shadow also failed, it actually fabricated some talk about luck.

"Little Shadow learned to be bad, hateful!"

The Jin Gang Sect Ancestor snorted coldly in his heart. He felt that this matter was eight or nine parts likely fabricated by the shadow to not show its own incompetence, so he secretly thought that if it was fabricated, Little Shadow, you can't compare to your grandfather me.

Since you fabricated it, I'll add some ingredients for you. In this way, when the malevolent star discovers something is wrong, you will be in big trouble, and as long as I extract myself, I won't be implicated.

He had read too many storybooks, and some of them also had descriptions of luck. It seemed this was something that many storybook writers were willing to use.

"Luck? Master, I can't see luck, in this point I am not as knowledgeable as Little Shadow, but since it said so..."

"Congratulations, Master, congratulations, Master. Master is indeed destined by heaven, which is why you could encounter luck here!"

The Jin Gang Sect Ancestor hurriedly spoke.

Xu Qing frowned and looked over.

The Jin Gang Sect Ancestor's spirit lifted, hurriedly recalling the content of those storybooks, and spoke rapidly.

"Master, according to the way of thinking and the clue given by Little Shadow, if it is not wrong, I should be able to guess why the overseers of this Ding-One-Three-Two died inexplicably outside."

"The secret of this Ding-One-Three-Two, if Little Shadow is not wrong, then I know it too."

"This place contains a wisp of luck. I estimate it should be a part of the Feng Hai County's luck power. I don't know why it exists in this place, changing from formless to having form."

"And the reason why those former overseers died is because luck is not something that ordinary people can bear. Too much is as bad as too little, and things will reverse when they reach an extreme, which is why there would be bad luck and inexplicable matters."

Speaking to here, the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor was stunned. He also felt doubtful in his heart because he felt that explaining it this way seemed... extremely reasonable.

"Little Shadow didn't say it was true, did it?"

As the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor's heart and mind were shocked, Xu Qing's brows furrowed more. He was hearing about luck for the first time. It was when his Master introduced the Ziqing Prince, saying that the other party seemed to be born by gathering the luck of the Wanggu Continent.

Just as Xu Qing was pondering, he suddenly moved, abruptly looking to the right in the distance. There, a figure emerged in the darkness; it was exactly the little boy who had disappeared before.

He stood there, looking at Xu Qing with curiosity.

The Jin Gang Sect Ancestor rushed out abruptly, and the little boy disappeared, but soon he appeared on the other side, still looking at Xu Qing with curiosity.

And this time, Xu Qing noticed that the other party's gaze was falling on his right wrist!

Xu Qing's heart and mind stirred, and he raised his right hand.

The little boy's line of sight also changed accordingly.

Xu Qing was silent. His right wrist looked normal, but he knew that golden silk threads were hidden there. When he merged with the poison elixir and had a narrow escape from death years ago, the golden silk threads shone, and a series of inexplicable coincidences had occurred.

"What is this?" Xu Qing raised his right hand and suddenly spoke, asking the little boy.

Inside the Ding-One-Three-Two prison cell, as Xu Qing's words echoed, all the prisoners were incomparably quiet.

The Cloud Beast turned around, the woman crawled to the edge of the cage, the millstone's stone patterns formed eyes, and the head in the corner also looked over...

Even that painting of the Danqing Race became vague, and a phantom old man's figure stuck to the cage bars, watching Xu Qing there.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention to these prisoners. He looked at the little boy and waved his right hand.

The little boy's eyes moved with Xu Qing's right hand. It seemed that in his eyes, Xu Qing's right hand had become the only thing in this world, and his expression was very strange, carrying some puzzlement, and even more carrying some blankness.

Regarding Xu Qing's words, he heard them, so his gaze moved away from Xu Qing's wrist and met Xu Qing's eyes.

After a moment, he opened his mouth, as if saying something, but there was no sound or divine sense spreading, and even his lip shape didn't have any changes.

Xu Qing frowned.

But the little boy's performance was very strange. After he finished speaking, his ears moved, as if hearing some response, and his eyes even brightened, then he spoke again.

Then he went to listen again.

Finally, as if hearing some response that made him happy, he became cheerful, and after looking at Xu Qing, he patted his chest, his body retreated, and he merged back into the darkness.

At the same time, within the sphere of influence of the capital, at a distance of about a month's journey from the capital city, near the border of Youming Continent, there was a continuous mountain range.

One end went deep into Youming Continent, and one end was in the capital territory.

This mountain range was very peculiar; the soil and mountain stones were all purple.

This color of geology was not often seen, and its name was the Ziling Mountain Range.

At this moment, in this part of the Ziling Mountain Range located in the capital territory, there was an abyss among the mountains.

This abyss was very large, pitch black below, unable to be seen specifically, only able to see streaks of purple mist drifting out from this abyss, slowly rising into the sky. Outside the abyss, two figures were approaching.

These two figures were an old man and a young girl. The old man was the old man Ban Quanlu, and the young girl was naturally the beautiful and flawless Linger in white clothes.

They had previously taken a flying giant that had an agreement with their race. After being brought to the capital territory, the other party left, so they walked to the Ziling Mountain Range themselves.

Now they had finally approached their destination.

"Linger, the Wood Xiang Linger Race is about to arrive. According to the ancient agreement, you can obtain a heritage here. However, this matter also carries risks. You need to rest and recuperate for a period of time, and wait until your own bloodline is stable before you can attempt it."

"During this period, you must be single-minded, you..." The old man Ban Quanlu was speaking when he suddenly noticed that Linger was somewhat distracted, so he was stunned.

"What are you doing?"

"Daddy, a little boy is talking to me." Linger's eyes revealed a flash of surprise.

"What little boy talking?" The old man Ban Quanlu was surprised and looked around.

"Nothing, maybe it's the Wood Xiang Linger Race." Linger blinked her eyes, telling a lie to her Daddy for the first time. She knew the other party didn't like Xu Qing, so she felt it was better not to tell the other party about this matter.

At the same time, in her heart, she hurriedly replied to the little boy's voice that had suddenly echoed in her heart and mind.

"Yes, this natal luck silk thread was wrapped by me. Who are you? You saw my Xu Qing brother? Where are you?"

"In the capital?!" Linger's eyes shone even brighter.

"Yes, yes, you actually don't have any friends? Alright, of course I can be friends with you, but you have to help me take care of my Xu Qing brother. I will go find you in a while."

The old man Ban Quanlu was suspicious and sized Linger up carefully for a few glances.

"Daddy, let's go quickly." Linger smiled and spoke, looking very happy, her smile full of innocence, carrying beauty.

The old man Ban Quanlu was even more suspicious, but he didn't know what had happened, so after pondering, he shook his head and continued to exhort her.

"You must not be foolish. This heritage is very important, and it must not fail. That is a matter of life and death. Also, in a while, when we arrive at the Wood Xiang Linger Race, you go into seclusion first to stabilize your bloodline. I will go to the capital to purchase some auxiliary items for you."

"I know, Daddy." Linger held the old man's arm and acted coquettishly.

At this moment, the mountain wind blew, causing her green hair to drift, gently stroking her peerless and beautiful face that could be broken by a blow.

Linger raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear. With the help of this action, she turned her head rapidly to look at the direction of the capital, the corners of her mouth rising, blooming into a smile. ===== CHAPTER 408 =====