[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-beyond-the-passage-of-time":3,"chapter-beyond-the-passage-of-time-beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-49":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Beyond the Passage of Time",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2344489,4583,"Chapter 49: Are the Corpses for Sale? (Third Update)","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-49",49,"\u003Cp>The sea breeze blew, lifting Xu Qing’s hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked forward, letting the wind stir his hair and pant legs, like a blade about to be unsheathed, his eyes gleaming with cold light as he glanced at the woman who had changed direction and fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing hesitated for a moment; he did not want to kill anyone on his first day here, so he withdrew his gaze and continued walking toward the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the tree desires stillness, yet the wind will not cease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the sea breeze reached the shore, and the scent of slaughter grew stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the seven or eight burly men chasing the woman ahead, one with a scar on his face, who seemed to be the leader, sneered after seeing this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True or false, take this brat down too! With the aura of the sixth or seventh layer of Body Refining, he must have some contribution points on him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, the seven or eight men immediately split into two groups; four chased after the woman, while the remaining four headed straight for Xu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing frowned, his gaze sweeping over the four approaching men. These four were not ordinary; they were all cultivators, most of them at the sixth layer of Qi Condensation, and they appeared to be primarily focused on Body Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he really did not want to kill anyone immediately upon arriving in this city, so he stepped back to avoid them and spoke in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little brat, I don't care if you know her or not, consider yourself unlucky!\" The burly man lunging at him sneered, waving his fist in a direct strike, while the other three also attacked, one of them grinning as he held a knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the moonlight, the blade’s cold edge shimmered, and it was coated with poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing lowered his eyelids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are some people in this world who always like to linger before the gates of hell. He had not wanted to strike, but since the other party had murderous intent, Xu Qing’s body flickered in silence, and he stopped retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he moved like lightning, appearing instantly in front of the man throwing the punch, his left hand rising to land on the man's forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed was swift and astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bang, before even a scream could be uttered, the burly man’s head exploded under the force of Xu Qing’s power, which was comparable to the Great Perfection of Body Refining. Amidst the gore, Xu Qing’s expression remained calm; he took a step forward, arrived before the man with the knife, and slammed his shoulder into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of the knife-wielder’s body collapsed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing then threw two punches through the air at the remaining two, whose eyes had widened in shock and whose expressions had changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two were just about to retreat, but a ripple appeared in the air before them, covering them in an instant. Their bodies trembled violently, blood sprayed out, their chests caved in and shattered completely, and they died instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all took only two breaths; all four were dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene caused the four burly men who had split off not far away to pause their steps, staring dumbfounded at the expressionless Xu Qing, their scalps feeling as if they were about to burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mis... misunderstanding... we...\" The leader, whose arrogance had completely vanished, trembled as he began to speak, but seeing the coldness in the gaze Xu Qing swept toward him, his mind roared and he retreated frantically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the moment he retreated, Xu Qing moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, the other three men besides the leader trembled, blood sprayed from them, and holes appeared in their temples as they fell to the ground dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing’s figure emerged from beside them, he withdrew his blood-stained fingers, and took a step toward the fleeing leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xu Qing’s habit that if he didn't kill, he wouldn't, but once he struck, he had to eliminate the threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flickering, he neared the man, and with a cold expression, Xu Qing raised his right hand, about to bring it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist, I am one of the Night King’s men, don't be impulsive...\" The leader was terrified, his expression desperate as he spoke quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing’s right hand paused, and he looked at the pale, shivering burly man before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A disciple of the Seven Blood Eyes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not the Seven Blood Eyes, but...\" The man was stunned and answered subconsciously, but before he could finish his sentence, Xu Qing’s right hand had already fallen, slapping the man’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bang, blood splattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing bent down, wiped his hands on the corpse, then looked up at the pitch-black distance. He pondered for a moment; he was unfamiliar with the local terrain, so he did not go after the woman who had escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had remembered her appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then lowered his head to dispose of the corpses, but suddenly his mind stirred, and Xu Qing whipped his head around to look at the inn in the distance, his body tensing into an offensive stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance of the inn, an old man had appeared at some point. The old man wore a robe like a shopkeeper, was somewhat hunched, his face covered in age spots, his skin sallow, and he looked sickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Xu Qing’s gaze, he grinned, revealing yellowed teeth, and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, are you selling those corpses? Eight corpses, ten spirit coins each, how about that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was stunned. It was his first time hearing of someone wanting to buy corpses, so he gave the old man a wary look, said nothing, and lowered his head to continue his work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being rejected, the old man shook his head helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a pity, what a pity, these freshly dead corpses are the freshest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Xu Qing finished and looked at the inn, feeling hesitant about whether to stay there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeming to see Xu Qing’s hesitation, the old man outside the inn smiled and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You look like you just arrived here. Besides my place, basically everything else nearby is closed. Eighty spirit coins or eighty contribution points a night, no cheating the young or old.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Contribution points?\" Xu Qing looked at the old man; he had heard the woman who framed him mention contribution points earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really are a newcomer. You'll know about contribution points later; they have the same value as spirit coins.\" The old man grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing frowned. He felt that everything about this city was strange: spirit coins and contribution points having the same value, people wanting to buy corpses, and the room prices being so absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't complain about the price. The nights in the main city aren't peaceful. Other open inns aren't cheap either. I only have two rooms left here now.\" The old man said with a forced smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing pondered for a moment, looked at the sky, then at the old man. While thinking, he narrowed his eyes and scanned the street, where a bloody shadow was rapidly approaching, its target being this very inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon nearing, it revealed the figure of a cultivator who, without a word, threw out a leather bag full of spirit coins and stepped into the inn, disappearing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now there's only one room left.\" The old man weighed the leather bag in his hand and said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing thought for a moment, then simply walked over, handed over the spirit coins, and opened the last room on the second floor. Before walking into the room, he asked the old man, who had returned to the counter downstairs and was smoking a pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What use do you have for those corpses?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man looked up and grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I keep a little pet at home that loves this stuff. It's a pity you wouldn't sell them to me. If you have this kind of thing again, remember to sell them to me; the price is negotiable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was silent, looked at the old man, and walked into his room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully checking the room and confirming it was safe, Xu Qing pushed open the window and looked outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dark night, the city was pitch black, and the bright moonlight from the sky spilled down, as if draping a mysterious veil over the black city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mournful sound of ship whistles from the distant sea carried over with the waves, and within the beams of the lighthouses, one could faintly see huge ships slowly sailing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this, Xu Qing recalled the words of the female disciple by the teleportation array. He realized in his heart that this city was like a deep pool, hiding too many dangers. He finally knew where those faint scents of blood came from; after all, he himself had just added a wisp of blood to this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the architecture and cleanliness were very different from the environment he had lived in before, but at the root of it, it seemed there was no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a chaotic world after all...\" Xu Qing murmured, stopping his thoughts on this and instead considering the upcoming entrance test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although I will likely pass the test, I must be prepared for where to go if I don't. Also, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor is currently my greatest threat; I must improve myself as quickly as possible and then kill him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst these thoughts, the night grew later outside. Although there were no roars of exotic beasts or eerie sounds, the wind brought in clamoring and wanton laughter, full of the dark side of human nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was accustomed to this and ignored it, lowering his head to take a cloth bag from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This item was something he had looted within the Jin Gang Sect. He had checked it on the road and was extremely shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bag looked very small, only the size of a palm, but in reality, it contained a universe inside when opened, and the amount of items it could hold was as large as a bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had heard of such items in the scavenger camp; they were called storage bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the region where Xu Qing had lived before, storage bags were extremely rare, of astonishing value, and very difficult to buy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This storage bag alone was enough to make the Jin Gang Sect’s heart ache, not to mention that it also contained many elixir bottles filled with Dust-Clearing Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were over thirty of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And compared to this, what surprised Xu Qing even more on the road was the one hundred and ten... spirit stones inside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing had never seen spirit stones, but Captain Lei had once taught him some knowledge during a meal, which included spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were far more precious than spirit coins; one piece was equal to one thousand spirit coins and was made of high-concentration spiritual energy. They could be used directly for cultivation at critical moments, and any single piece was of great value. He had been given a description of their appearance, which was how Xu Qing recognized them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These items were his greatest harvest from the Jin Gang Sect; as for the other miscellaneous items, they were nothing compared to the storage bag and the spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even though Xu Qing had checked them many times on the road, now that he had finished organizing them, he was still struck by this windfall. This was the greatest wealth he had ever obtained since he was a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I don't pass the test, then this money should be enough to let me accelerate my cultivation in this Seven Blood Eyes main city...\" Xu Qing murmured, closing his eyes to begin cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter where he was, and no matter what the upcoming test would be like, for Xu Qing, cultivation could not be interrupted. This was the foundation of his existence in the world and the best guarantee for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in a chaotic world, things that seemed eternal, like the rising and setting of the sun, could change one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything is possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that remains unchanged is that the weak are prey to the strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And... in Xu Qing’s experience, places with many people were even more dangerous than forbidden zones, because the malice of the human heart is the hardest to judge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially this Seven Blood Eyes main city, which clearly hid dangers and mysteries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the youth, this place was also a forbidden zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A different kind of forbidden zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And~~~\u003C\u002Fp>",2122,"2026-06-21T00:45:15.441Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","05d5a285f9bda4947fb98d11e71f85ffcfd3b2794270d8d4a0c3cd845bdfa3e1","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-50","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-48",998,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeyond-the-passage-of-time-cover.jpg"]