Chapter 562: The Consequences of Robbing Money and Sex

Xu Qing didn't know how to join the Niyue Palace.

Watching Duanmu Cang hadn't said it clearly back then, only telling him to go to this place.

Now, half a year later, Xu Qing looked at the Kusheng Mountain Range in the cyan wind and sand, his mind surfacing the information he had investigated about this place.

Unlike the Weiyang Mountain Range, there was no vegetation in the Kusheng Mountain Range, only endless wind and sand whistling in his ears. That constant sobbing sound would instinctively make people feel oppressed and desolate.

Xu Qing tightened his collar, feeling Ling'er sliding on his neck. Warmth arose in his heart, and with a flicker, he followed the wind and sand, gradually stepping onto the Kusheng Mountain Range, and began his journey to find the traces of the Niyue Palace.

Time was like the wind between heaven and earth, blowing constantly, passing continuously.

Ten days later, on a relatively high mountain peak in the Kusheng Mountain Range, Xu Qing looked into the distance and frowned.

In these ten days, he had searched for a long time in this Kusheng Mountain Range, but he had never found any clues about joining the Niyue Palace. However, he noticed that there were many living beings in this mountain range, with mixed tribes living in earthen cities on mountain peaks.

Among them, mortals were rare, and most had cultivation, but they were somewhat xenophobic.

A few times Xu Qing saw from afar, feeling the hostility in the gazes of the cultivators in those earthen cities.

"Watching Duanmu Cang said the way to join the Niyue Palace is in this Kusheng Mountain Range..." Xu Qing looked at the distant mountain peak. On the highest mountain body of this Kusheng Mountain Range, there were fluctuations of Red Moon restrictions.

"The Red Moon Temple generally wouldn't build a branch temple outside at will, but there is one here..."

"This shows that this place is special. It's highly likely that there is indeed a way to enter the Niyue Palace, but there is one point that is very strange. If the vast majority of people know that the Kusheng Mountain Range is the entrance to the Niyue Palace, why doesn't the temple seal this place or forbid entry?"

Xu Qing's eyes showed contemplation, and he withdrew his gaze to look down the mountain.

From his height, the desert below was cyan, and the persistence of the wind and the wind and sand raised rendered the entire world into a cyan sea of mist.

"Unless it's because of some special reason, sealing and prohibition are ineffective."

Xu Qing was thoughtful and was about to continue searching, but at this moment, some roars were sent by the wind from afar, and vaguely there were spell fluctuations echoing.

Xu Qing hadn't paid attention at first. In these days, he had encountered similar things several times in this Kusheng Mountain Range, mostly the fighting of some tribal cultivators for various reasons.

The level was not high, mostly Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core was rare.

But after walking a few steps, Xu Qing paused and looked in the direction where the spells came from.

"The fluctuation of Nascent Soul? And it's not very strong, between the second and third tribulation."

Since coming here, this was the first time Xu Qing had encountered a fight between Nascent Souls. Since he couldn't find the way to enter the Niyue Palace here, he needed to use other ways to find it from the side.

So Xu Qing's body hid, merged into the wind, and drifted toward there.

It didn't take long for the fighting place to enter Xu Qing's eyes.

It was a canyon, and below was the cyan wind of the desert. Two cultivators were fighting each other in mid-air, with changing spells and sharp blades shuttling, forming fluctuations that roared in all directions.

These two were middle-aged, and their clothes were similar to Xu Qing's—all wrapped up, only revealing their eyes.

They attacked extremely fiercely, completely exchanging injury for injury, and one of them was seriously injured, with a huge opening on his stomach and an arm that didn't know when it had been cut off.

The one who attacked him had one eye blinded, blood flowing, but there was ferocity in the other eye.

Clearly, this fight hadn't just started, but had been going on elsewhere and chased here.

The moment Xu Qing arrived, the one-eyed cultivator suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a piece of black mist. The mist rolled, and his opponent, who was seriously injured and increasingly weak, couldn't dodge and was hit directly in the face by the black mist.

Shrill screams came out. The injured cultivator retreated very fast, but it was too late. The one-eyed cultivator let out a ferocious laugh, suddenly caught up, and thrust both hands into the other's chest, collapsing the internal organs and shattering the six viscera.

He didn't know what spell he unfolded, actually turning his opponent into a dried corpse.

Xu Qing watched carefully. The Nascent Soul of the cultivator who turned into a dried corpse didn't escape either, being sealed inside the dried corpse.

After doing all this, the one-eyed cultivator put away the dried corpse, suddenly turned his head, and a dark light appeared in his eyes. There were even imprints flashing in his pupils, giving people a sense of weirdness at the same time, and he grinned.

"There's another one?"

"Are you also coming to rob your grandfather?"

As he spoke, his gaze locked onto Xu Qing's hiding place.

Although Xu Qing didn't wear a mask, his concealment was extraordinary. The other party could detect it, which must be due to some special ability, and the other party's gaze was accurate, not fake.

Xu Qing thought about it, simply walked out from the concealment, retreated a few steps to show he had no hostility, his gaze frank, and spoke calmly.

"Fellow Daoist, I have nothing to do with the person you killed. I came here following the spell fluctuations because a friend went missing in this mountain range a month ago, so I came here to search. I don't know if you have seen..."

Xu Qing hadn't finished speaking when the one-eyed cultivator retreated a few steps and let out a cold laugh.

"There are many people missing here, I haven't seen them." The one-eyed cultivator flickered and sped away into the distance.

Xu Qing's expression was as usual. He had originally intended to use this statement to test some information he needed, but the other party's vigilance was too high.

However, Xu Qing didn't care about this matter. He turned around and was about to leave.

But after taking a few steps, a cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He felt some poison in the wind around him at this moment.

This poison was hidden very deeply, colorless and odorless, blowing with the wind, making people get hit without knowing it.

"The preparation is a bit rough—Lili Grass, Baiyeku, Jiuxun Rock... and it also cooperated with some corpse flowers. It's a mixed poison, and it needs another kind of poison to trigger it."

Xu Qing smelled it, remained calm, and continued forward.

Until it was almost an incense stick's time, whistling came from behind him. Xu Qing was expressionless and turned to look.

The one-eyed cultivator returned, approaching Xu Qing within dozens of feet, his eyes showing strangeness, staring at Xu Qing and looking him up and down, even sniffing with his nose.

"There's something wrong with you, very fragrant."

As he spoke, the one-eyed cultivator's gaze locked onto Xu Qing's neck, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hand and pointed.

"There's something there, it looks very delicious. Give it to me, and I'll tell you the answer you want."

Ling'er trembled.

The position the one-eyed cultivator was looking at was exactly where she was, without any difference.

Feeling Ling'er's trembling, Xu Qing's gaze turned cold. He noticed the finger the other party raised, and the poison around him was instantly shrouding himself, looking like it was about to erupt. So he looked at the one-eyed cultivator calmly.

The one-eyed cultivator's heart sank. The poison around was set by him, and the thing on the other party's neck was something he had detected before, thinking it was a treasure.

However, the other party's combat power made him somewhat wary, which was why he poisoned him secretly.

Returning at this moment, he also noticed that the poison was almost ready, preparing to erupt in one go, but now he had clearly scattered the things to trigger the poison, but the other party was still as usual.

This scene made the one-eyed cultivator feel wrong, so he rolled his eyes, retreated a few steps, and spoke indifferently.

"Looking at you, this thing should be very important to you. Fine, I have never taken what others love in my life. However, the answer you want requires some price to trade."

Xu Qing nodded, took a step forward, and his cultivation erupted instantly. The thirteen second-tribulation Nascent Souls erupted with thirty-nine infant combat power at this instant.

This combat power was so strong that for those who ascended to Nascent Soul with six heavenly palaces, even if their six Nascent Souls had reached Great Perfection after five life tribulations, they were not as good.

Its vast degree directly set off a terrifying storm in the surroundings, crushing all directions and shocking the eight wildernesses.

The one-eyed cultivator's brain roared, his breathing was rapid, his expression was horrified, and he exclaimed in shock.

"You you you!"

"What kind of combat power is this!"

He could sense that Xu Qing was second-tribulation, and his Nascent Souls were more than his own, but he himself was third-tribulation. Although he was wary of Xu Qing, he wasn't terrified at first.

It was just the failure of the poison that made him uneasy.

Until this moment, Xu Qing's eruption, that terrifying aura was like a head-on blow to him, making him tremble all over, his eyes filled with disbelief and incredulity.

Even some dizziness and unreality appeared, as he was a loose cultivator, and he had never seen such a terrifying second-tribulation in his life.

"This is an old monster. He is absolutely not second-tribulation. He is fishing!!"

The one-eyed cultivator's heart trembled, and he retreated crazily. At this moment, all he could think about was how to survive. So in this galloping retreat, he waved his hand, and a large number of spells formed, turning into brown worms.

These worms had wings, and their number was fully tens of thousands. They rushed out in a dense swarm, each spitting silk, forming layers of nets, shrouding Xu Qing.

Even more magic weapons whistled out, some forming defensive spreads over the one-eyed cultivator's whole body, some were flying swords, some were vases, and some were spears.

There were all kinds of them, and their numbers were large, and they didn't form a set. Clearly, they came from many people, and now they were unfolded together. Although the power of looking at them individually was ordinary, putting them together still had some power.

At the same time, a large number of pill bottles were thrown out, exploding one by one, emitting thick poisonous powder, corroding everything and blocking Xu Qing.

The mountain rocks on the ground also appeared with vortexes as he stepped on them, turning into silt, and brown vines rose, winding toward Xu Qing.

All kinds of means were used in an instant, and the momentum was not bad.

But it was still not enough.

In an instant, Xu Qing was like a shocking beast, carrying endless storms, shattering the void, destroying everything, and galloping away.

The vines under his feet didn't even get close to Xu Qing before they shattered on their own. Under Xu Qing's terrifying fluctuations, they couldn't exist at all.

And those nets spat out by the worms were the same. Under the Golden Crow shadow formed by Xu Qing's aura, they all burned in one rush.

The flames rolled back, covering all the worms.

Those brown worms let out shrill sounds, all collapsing and turning into fire rain, sprinkling on the earth, along with the one-eyed cultivator, whose horror had reached its limit.

"Senior, I was wrong, I was wrong!"

While retreating very fast, he wailed. The rolling in his heart had long since turned into a stormy sea, drowning his mind.

He never dreamed that he would encounter such a terrifying old monster just by going out once.

And the other party was clearly so strong, but was so polite before, creating an illusion for himself. What was most excessive was the concealment of cultivation, which made him desperate in his heart.

At this moment, amidst the wailing, the seven or eight magic weapons he took out were also shattering, and as for the poisonous powder...

For Xu Qing, the other party's level of poison preparation was too low.

The two were like an apprentice who had just started and an old master in the application and understanding of poison.

Xu Qing ignored everything, his whole body set off a storm, roaring and arriving. He raised his right hand, ignoring his dodging and defense, and amidst the shattering of spells and the collapse of magic weapons, he grabbed the one-eyed cultivator's neck.

The one-eyed cultivator roared, seven third-tribulation Nascent Souls in his body erupted, and his body suddenly teleported backward, wanting to leave Xu Qing's side.

But at this moment, a large number of Heavenly Demon bodies suddenly appeared from the void in all directions, forming a vortex, twisting the void here, causing this one-eyed cultivator's teleportation to be interfered with, appearing with some slowness.

This slowness was life and death.

In the blink of an eye, with Xu Qing's extreme speed, his right hand grabbed the one-eyed cultivator's neck, without any pause, and pressed it hard toward the ground.

The roar echoed, the mountain rocks shattered, forming a large pit.

The one-eyed cultivator's body was like a rag doll, pressed into it by Xu Qing, losing all power to resist. Horror appeared in his eyes, and he opened his mouth very fast.

"Senior, calm your anger! I was wrong! I know what Senior wants to ask, I know, I know everything!!"

Xu Qing's expression was cold. He had always been "if people don't offend me, I won't offend people." At this moment, when killing intent flashed in his eyes, the one-eyed cultivator's mind was scared to the point of collapse, and he opened his mouth very fast.

"Senior, are you trying to ask about the Niyue Palace?"

"The Red Moon is not eternal, hope lasts forever!!"

Xu Qing looked at the one-eyed cultivator coldly.

The one-eyed cultivator trembled. In fact, when he saw Xu Qing for the first time, he saw that the other party was an outsider, and generally, outsiders here were mostly to join the Niyue Palace.

Of course, there were exceptions, but now under the crisis of life and death, he couldn't care about anything else. He was a dead horse being treated as a living horse, and he said the secret code, then observed Xu Qing's eyes very fast, but unfortunately, he didn't see too much from them.

But he noticed one point, that is, the other party didn't kill him immediately, so he opened his mouth in a hurry.

"Senior, I am a member of the Niyue Palace, we are our own people. Are you also going to join the Niyue Palace? I can help..."

Xu Qing's eyes were still indifferent. If the Niyue Palace was full of this kind of goods, he wouldn't be so eager to join this organization.

"Senior, as long as you are within the range of the Kusheng Mountain Range, take out a mirror, any mirror will do. You say the secret code of our Niyue Palace to the mirror, and you can start the assessment of the Niyue Palace."

"Once the assessment is passed, Senior, you can enter the Niyue Palace at any time in any place, as long as there is a mirror!"

The one-eyed cultivator said tremblingly, but after speaking, he was shocked in his heart, noticing the loophole in his words, but could only bite the bullet and expect Xu Qing not to find out.

"If this is true, why did you run away just now, why didn't you take out a mirror?" Xu Qing spoke calmly.

The one-eyed man smiled bitterly. He was even more wary of the person in front of him. This was a loophole in his words in his anxiety just now.

"Senior, I... I am still in the assessment period, I haven't passed yet..."

After speaking, he knew that the killing intent of the person in front of him hadn't decreased, so in order to save his life, he gritted his teeth hard and transmitted his voice.

"Senior, everything I said is true. It was because I was blind in one eye before, I was wrong, Senior!"

This one-eyed cultivator was also a ruthless person. While apologizing, he actually had a Nascent Soul emerge from his heavenly spirit and shatter it in front of Xu Qing.

"Senior, I'll break one infant to express my apology!"

The one-eyed cultivator trembled, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, his aura withered a lot.

Xu Qing frowned. He felt it was a bit wasteful and said coldly.

"Since such a simple method can establish contact with the Niyue Palace, why doesn't the Red Moon Temple block this place."

The one-eyed cultivator was stunned. These things belonged to common sense, but the other party didn't know, but he didn't dare to think too much, and hurriedly answered.

"Senior, there are nine entrances to the Niyue Palace in the entire Jiyue Great Domain, and this is just one of them. The Red Moon Temple has blocked it in other places before, but as long as it is blocked, the entrance will disappear and appear in other places."

"The entrance to the Niyue Palace is random, so it can't be defended at all. It's better to let it be fixed, which is easier to monitor."

The one-eyed cultivator looked at Xu Qing carefully while speaking, his expression filled with flattery. At this moment, his whole mind was thinking about how to survive, so he noticed that Xu Qing's killing intent hadn't decreased, so he gritted his teeth hard and actually released another Nascent Soul.

He shattered it with a bang in front of Xu Qing.

"Senior... I'll break another one to apologize to you... I really know I was wrong."

The one-eyed cultivator wailed in his heart, his face pale. Breaking two Nascent Souls in a row was like a heavy blow to him, his aura was extremely weak, and he looked like he was dying, but he still tried hard to show his sincerity.

This scene made Ling'er feel a bit soft-hearted, and she transmitted her voice to Xu Qing.

"Xu Qing brother, this person is also quite pitiful. Why don'

The one-eyed cultivator wailed in his heart, his face deathly pale. The shattering of two Nascent Souls in succession was like a heavy blow to him; his aura was extremely weak, and he looked as if he were on the verge of death, yet he still tried his best to show his sincerity.

Seeing this scene, Linger also felt her heart soften, and she whispered a voice transmission to Xu Qing.

"Brother Xu Qing, this person is quite pitiful. Why don't you take a few more of his Nascent Souls to see if he's faking it? If he isn't, just give him a quick end."

Xu Qing agreed upon hearing this. For those who took the initiative to attack him, unless he was unable to do so, he did not have the habit of letting them go.

Thus, without waiting for the one-eyed cultivator to speak further, his right hand suddenly underwent Ghostly Nether transformation, piercing through the man's body and directly extracting his remaining five Nascent Souls, which he then crushed instantly.

Amidst a boom, these five Nascent Souls dissipated, their Heavenly Mandates merging into Xu Qing's body. The quantity was small, but the Heavenly Demon Body they transformed into was even more saturated with malevolent Qi than before.

The one-eyed cultivator let out a shrill, miserable scream, and after losing all his Nascent Souls, he was already at his last gasp.

Seeing this, Xu Qing confirmed his sincerity and gave him a quick end.

He sliced his throat with a single blade.

With a wave of his hand, the man's physical body collapsed, turning into fly ash.

The opponent appeared to be of the human race, but Xu Qing had sensed during the attack that he was an alien; in truth, regardless of the race, it had nothing to do with life and death.

If Xu Qing's cultivation were weak, then he would be the one in such a miserable state now, Linger would be taken away, and his fate would be even more wretched.

Having finished dealing with the matter, Xu Qing picked up the storage bag, stood up, flickered, and left the area.

Meanwhile, in a stone cave dwelling several hundred li away from where the two had fought, an old man was sitting cross-legged.

The old man's clothing also covered his entire body, but his face was exposed, full of wrinkles.

At this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a large mouthful of blood with a wail. As his body swayed, he grabbed the rock beside him, but his chest churned, and he couldn't help but spit out blood again.

After seven or eight mouthfuls, his body trembled, his eyes filled with extreme terror, and he turned his head to look into the distance.

"I finally escaped a disaster, but the price was too high... my traction body..."

The old man felt bitter. As a member of the Traction Clan, he possessed a natural talent that allowed him to refine killed enemies into dried corpses, fill them with his own flesh and blood, and refine them into a unique traction body specific to their clan.

This traction body was similar to a clone, but more flexible and extremely difficult to detect.

He had used this method to gain many harvests in the past.

This was also his reliance; he had escaped death this way when encountering strong foes before, but the traction body sacrificed this time was his primary one, connected to his heart and mind, and its destruction caused him great trauma.

At this moment, his internal organs were shattering, and his injuries were severe.

Furthermore, he felt that what he encountered today was different from the strong foes he had faced in the past; that heart-palpitating feeling was incredibly intense.

"No, with that person's shrewdness, there is still a certain possibility he could see through the clues."

The old man felt a chill in his heart. Gritting his teeth, he flickered and rushed out, enduring his severe injuries. He dared not stay here and fled into the distance, using various methods to conceal himself.

An hour after he fled, Xu Qing's figure arrived instantly outside the cave. The shadow entered first to investigate, and after checking, Xu Qing walked in, stared at the blood on the ground, and let out a cold snort.

He had felt something was wrong after leaving earlier; the Heavenly Mandate contained within the opponent's Nascent Souls was too little, and the malevolent Qi of the Heavenly Demon Body they transformed into was too heavy.

This reminded him of the opponent's messy magic treasures and the act of turning people into dried corpses to seal their Nascent Souls, so Xu Qing suspected that what he had killed might not have been the original body.

After all, different races had different, bizarre talents, and anything could happen, so Xu Qing had spread his perception along the way, using the Heavenly Demon Body transformed from the opponent's Nascent Souls to track him here through the faint connection.

"He ran quite fast."

Xu Qing walked out of the cave dwelling and looked coldly in all directions. The opponent's tracks had clearly been concealed multiple times, especially with the howling green wind blurring everything, making it impossible for the Heavenly Demon Body to sense him again.

"Consider him lucky; I'll kill him next time." Xu Qing turned around and headed into the distance. After leaving, he found a mountain hollow, checked that the surroundings were clear, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

He was pondering the truthfulness of what the opponent had said. From a logical standpoint, the opponent's primary goal at the time was to save his life and keep the secret of his original body's existence hidden.

Generally, in such situations, the choice is to tell the truth to hide the secret; if it were a lie, once suspected, it would lead to everything being doubted.

"Therefore, it is highly likely to be true. It's worth a try!"

Xu Qing's eyes revealed determination as he took out a mirror.

After slaughtering the Mirror Shadow Clan, he had kept some mirrors from the cultivators he killed, originally intending to study them. He took one out now and began to attempt the method the one-eyed cultivator had described.

"The Red Moon is not eternal; I hope the ancient times last forever!"

Almost the instant Xu Qing's words were spoken, the mirror in his hand trembled, and a will as vast as the heavens echoed in Xu Qing's mind.