Chapter 446: Seize!

Xu Qing was very anxious.

Four days had passed since the last verification by the Spirit Ghost.

In these four days, although the total amount of Dao Fruits they had obtained had reached over a thousand, and the Captain had spread the word about bestowing blessings, attracting quite a few Saint Lan clansmen to request registration level raising.

Under the Captain's operation, quite a few rare treasures had been harvested.

But their real goal, that True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree, had never completely matured.

And as time passed, Xu Qing also slowly felt uneasy. This feeling of unease was the same as when he was in the County Capital, coming from his Heavenly Dao Canglong. In addition, Muye had also been missing for a long time.

He could vaguely feel that Muye was in a place very far from here.

"He should have been sent to the dynasty of the Saint Lan Clan..." Xu Qing pondered and checked the Dao Fruits he had obtained. After calculating the military merits, his thought of leaving became increasingly intense.

But the Captain was unwilling.

"Little A-Qing, let's stay one more day!"

"Tomorrow there is a big customer seeking a blessing. Moreover, I heard people say that someone felt the fluctuation of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine during cultivation recently, which shows that it is about to mature."

"Let's wait a bit longer. After all, the opportunity is rare. If we can enter the interior of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine, we will be truly fulfilled this time. I have been waiting for this day for a long time." The Captain's eyes carried desire and madness, licking his lips, transmitting his voice rapidly.

"We can't eat the Dao Fruits outside, but Little A-Qing, I have researched it. The main body of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree should be edible, and it is extraordinary. Every bite must be an explosion of spiritual energy."

"You also want to accelerate your cultivation improvement, don't you? This time I guarantee that we will definitely be able to."

"Most importantly... Little A-Qing, this time Eldest Senior Brother is going to give you a super great fortune that is earth-shattering and unparalleled in the world! I can't say it now; this matter is mysterious. It can only be done, not said. Believe me!"

"As for the method of leaving, I also have a way. I have prepared a very powerful treasure that can teleport us back to Fenghai County instantly, but the consumption required to use this item is astonishing, so I still need the main body of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree."

After Xu Qing pondered, he looked at the Captain. After recalling all kinds of things in the past, he gritted his teeth hard and agreed to wait another day.

Just like this, the night of the fourth day arrived.

In the middle of the night, when Xu Qing was researching the Black Heaven Divine Statue, his heart suddenly moved, and waves rose in his sea of consciousness.

Vaguely, in his perception, in the direction of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree, a monstrous fire rose abruptly. This fire was burning fiercely, earth-shattering.

But when he opened his eyes to look, everything disappeared completely.

Xu Qing's eyes revealed strange light.

"Is this the fluctuation phenomenon regarding the True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree that Muye and the Captain mentioned?"

Xu Qing muttered, looking at the darkness in the distance, and closed his eyes again.

After a long time, in his sensing, that ball of fire vaguely formed again. While burning continuously, Xu Qing seemed to see a figure in a white robe dancing towards the sky in the fire at the place where the True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree was located.

It was not one person; around him, countless figures gradually manifested, all dancing together.

These figures had weird dance postures, carrying a certain sense of mystery, like a sacrifice, pleasing the heavens.

At this moment, following the dance, the fire around them rose even more, rising and falling together, the momentum growing larger and larger.

There were even bursts of drum sounds echoing from there, one after another falling into Xu Qing's heart, as if to replace his heartbeat.

There was also ancient chanting, speaking incantations in a tone Xu Qing had never heard before.

Gradually, in the illusion in his perception, the sky seemed to split open a huge gap at this moment. In that gap, there vaguely seemed to be an unimaginable existence, gazing at the earth, as if waiting.

I don't know how long passed, a voice containing excitement came from the figure dancing in the center. He raised his right hand and opened it, and his abdomen was torn open, and strips of winding intestines floated out from his stomach, twisting and rising into the sky like snakes.

Following the dance, following the drum sounds, these strips of intestines twisted continuously.

Then all the figures around actually raised their hands to open their stomachs, making the intestines fly and dance. Looking from afar, countless intestines rose into the sky, shocking the heart.

This scene possessed a certain strange power, affecting Xu Qing's perception, making Xu Qing unable to control an urge to follow them and open his stomach together.

But the next instant, following the vibration of the third and fourth heavenly palaces in his body, the poison elixir and the Purple Moon power spread, waves rose in Xu Qing's heart, and that urge to open his stomach slowly weakened.

And in his perception, in the direction of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine tree, the sea of fire surged instantly at this moment, exuding earth-shattering blood light. When it filled the entire world, Xu Qing's body trembled violently, and he opened his eyes, waking up from the illusion.

The sky outside brightened.

That was the human-shaped life-fire lanterns floating in the world under the canopy, re-lit following the change of the sky outside the canopy, reflecting in all directions.

The moment the sky brightened, a burnt smell, centered on the True Immortal Ten-Intestine, spread instantly towards all directions, covering every area under the canopy, and also drilled into Xu Qing's nose.

This smell, when smelled for the first time, was like flesh and blood being burnt. While pungent, it also carried some fishy stench, but after smelling it thoroughly for one breath, when going to smell the second breath, it turned into a strange fragrance, rushing towards his face, seeping into his heart.

Xu Qing's sixth heavenly palace, due to the slaughter in the C-zone before, had already formed half, and now under this fragrance, it actually trembled slightly, as if it had been stimulated and influenced, accelerating its manifestation.

Xu Qing's eyes lit up.

At this moment, the Captain also noticed the strangeness, rushed out from the side hall, madness and desire revealing in his eyes, breathing rapidly as he looked towards the direction of the True Immortal Ten-Intestine.

"True Immortal Ten-Intestine, it has blossomed!"

Almost the moment the Captain's words came out, from the place where the True Immortal Ten-Intestine was located, earth-shattering sounds came, a total of twelve sounds, each stronger than the last, until finally, it seemed as if it could open the heavens and split the earth.

Shocking all directions.

Immediately following, amidst the violent sounds, Xu Qing witnessed with his own eyes that the huge canopy above this area actually began to shrink slowly, making the sunlight outside constantly fall on this area that had not been sprinkled for a hundred years.

And looking carefully, in reality, the canopy was not shrinking, but the tree trunks entangled within it were separating from each other.

This process lasted for half an hour. As the outside became completely bright and the sunlight all sprinkled in, the canopy... disappeared.

Ten huge tree trunks, each not touching the other and winding up in different directions, appeared directly in the eyes of all the observers here.

Ten tree trunks, like ten intestines, swayed between heaven and earth!

Countless fruits formed rapidly on them, turning into countless eyes, gazing at the earth.

Xu Qing stood up abruptly. He finally waited for the True Immortal Ten-Intestine to blossom. After looking at the Captain, they both saw the excitement in each other's eyes. Without any hesitation, the two walked out of the main hall immediately.

As for Qingqiu and Xiang Ningyan, they were also shocked by the changes in the Ten-Intestine tree, but they couldn't continue to check, and had to follow behind under Xu Qing's wave of his hand.

The group of people left the main hall rapidly. Just as they were about to fly out of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom to rush to the True Immortal Ten-Intestine, at this moment, the teleportation array in the Heavenly Peak Kingdom shone, and a roar came out. The next moment, figures in black clothes manifested directly from within.

The leader was a middle-aged man, who, like the Sovereign of the Heavenly Peak Kingdom, was at the Spirit Repository cultivation level. After appearing, he noticed Xu Qing and the Captain, his figure flashed, and he headed straight for the two.

Behind him, figures in black robes moved neatly and uniformly, with killing intent in their expressions, following and whistling out.

The number was a full three hundred, and the weakest among them were all at the four heavenly palaces, among which there were more than forty at the seven or eight heavenly palaces, and ten at the Nascent Soul.

Their appearance made Xu Qing and the Captain's hearts sink, and Qingqiu and Xiang Ningyan gasped even more.

This kind of clothing and this kind of killing intent, and the ginkgo leaves embroidered on the robes, were not unfamiliar to the Sword-Wielding Officers; they were their mortal enemies in the Saint Lan Clan... the Black-Clad Guards.

And looking at their establishment, it was clearly a complete middle squadron.

Especially the middle-aged man with Spirit Repository cultivation at the lead, the Captain hadn't seen him, but Xu Qing had, and more than once.

The first time he saw this person was at the border when Kong Xianglong killed a quasi-Nascent Soul, and the other party appeared with monstrous anger.

The second time he saw him was at the Sword-Wielding Palace, when this person was taken by the Yao family to question Xu Qing and the others.

Now, it was the third time!

"It's actually him!" Killing intent flashed in Xu Qing's heart. This middle-aged man had already arrived rapidly with the Black-Clad Guards under his command.

As they approached, not only was this person's figure clear in Xu Qing's eyes, but the Black-Clad Guards behind him were also all reflected in Xu Qing's eyes.

Xu Qing swept his gaze and suddenly locked onto one person.

This person was a youth, handsome in appearance, with an extraordinary temperament, and his cultivation was even more astonishing. Although he was not a Nascent Soul, he had the combat power of nine palaces. The Black-Clad Guard Dao robe he wore had two silver leaves, one more than the other Golden Cores, equivalent to those ten Nascent Souls.

And what made Xu Qing pay attention to this person was that within this youth's body, there was actually a life lamp.

Because it had turned into a life palace, outsiders couldn't perceive it very clearly, but Xu Qing perceived it clearly. It was a blue stone-carved lamp, carved in the shape of a lantern.

Almost the moment Xu Qing's gaze swept over this youth, the middle-aged Black-Clad Guard at the lead, after approaching, clasped his fists and bowed to Xu Qing, speaking in a low voice.

"Tianfeng Kingdom Black-Clad Guard Commander Zhou Xingwu, ordered to come here to welcome you, and escort you to the Tianfeng Kingdom!"

After Zhou Xingwu bowed, those Black-Clad Guards around spread out instantly into an arc-shaped encirclement, and bowed in unison to Xu Qing and the Captain.

Qingqiu and Xiang Ningyan's breathing was slightly rapid watching this scene.

Xu Qing's expression was calm and he didn't speak. On the side, the Captain raised his chin, his brows furrowed slightly, and words came out.

"All retreat. Whether to go to the Tianfeng Kingdom is not for you to decide."

Zhou Xingwu was expressionless and didn't look at the Captain, but looked up at Xu Qing, speaking in a low voice again.

"Imperial order is upon me, and it is my duty. I hope you will not make it difficult for us."

He knew that this was the Divine Son with the suspected supreme bloodline. Although the imperial edict required not to be negligent, as a Black-Clad Guard, he naturally had his own way of doing things.

Saying this, he raised his right hand, and immediately the Black-Clad Guards around spread out again instantly, changing from a semi-encirclement state to a complete encirclement. However, none of them exuded any killing intent, all lowered their heads respectfully, and their cultivation was not operated. But this attitude was very resolute.

Watching this scene, the Captain narrowed his eyes and was just about to speak when Xu Qing suddenly spoke softly.

"What is your name?"

As soon as his words came out, Zhou Xingwu's eyes sank, noticing what the other party was looking at right now, which was the son of the Tidu (Commander-in-Chief) behind him.

"My Lord, this subordinate is Lin Yuandong." Being gazed at by Xu Qing, this son of the Tidu immediately stepped forward, his expression cold, and clasped his fists.

Xu Qing nodded and spoke indifferently.

"Zhou Xingwu, take out his life lamp; I want it." ===== CHAPTER 447 =====