Chapter 61: No Entry Without Invitation

Heavenly thunder exploded!

The rumbling sound echoed through the heavens and earth. The clouds in the firmament were layered and heavy, as if beings from the outer void were constantly bombarding one another.

Occasionally, a muffled thunderclap would sound, followed by a series of deafening roars, causing all the residents of the main city to wake from their sleep.

Streaks of lightning tore through the vast sky, ripping apart the night in a shocking display. The sun, hidden by the clouds, seemed to find a moment to catch its breath at this instant, laboriously pouring its light down upon the human world along with the rain.

By early morning, the rain had grown even heavier.

In the streets amidst the curtain of rain, the figure moving under a black paper umbrella gradually became blurred.

One could only see the rain pouring down outside the umbrella, while the droplets hitting the paper canopy made a pitter-patter sound, as if they were unwilling to be blocked, their mission unfulfilled, and so they flowed down along the edges of the umbrella like threads of rain.

They fell in a scramble, reuniting with their companions on the earth.

The ripples formed by their reunion completely washed away the bloodstains from the previous night, yet they could not wash away the sins of human nature in this cruel world.

"Everyone locks their sins away in their hearts; it's just that chaotic times make those locks very easy to break." This was a sentiment Lei Ting had expressed while eating a meal once.

Xu Qing felt there was some truth to it.

The rain grew more ferocious, the heavenly thunder roared louder, and Xu Qing's mind gradually calmed amidst the thunder and the howling wind.

Without realizing it, he returned to Port 79. On the violently churning sea, he habitually checked his surroundings before lowering his magic boat.

Stepping inside, as the protective barrier rose, Xu Qing sat cross-legged within the boat's canopy amidst the heavy swaying.

The activation of the barrier kept the rain out, and for Xu Qing, who had already adapted to all of this, the swaying of the boat caused no discomfort.

Instead, amidst this swaying, under the roaring outside, and within the wind and rain filling the sky, his heart grew increasingly calm. He lowered his head and began to refine elixirs.

During this period, Xu Qing had gone to the apothecary many times to purchase herbs, and the number of White Pills he refined grew ever larger; the same was true for the quantity of Black Pills and poison powders.

The small compartments in his boat's cabin had also increased, and in the dense arrangement, one could see a large quantity of Yang-aligned and Yin-evil herbs placed inside.

"I need to find a time to go out and find a place to refine poison." Xu Qing swept his gaze over those small compartments, his right hand lifting to grab, and herb after herb flew over. Amidst the wind and rain outside, he continued to refine medicine.

Time passed slowly like this. Throughout the entire day, the rain fell harder and harder, as if it were about to turn into a storm, whipping up astonishing, roaring giant waves.

Countless sea waves slapped against the harbor shore, causing a large number of boats to sway violently. Fortunately, the boats in the harbor were all magic boats, and once their barriers were activated, they could resist; yet, looking from afar, they appeared like fallen leaves on the sea, constantly drifting and swaying.

Because the wind and rain were too strong, no outside boats entered the harbor, and even fewer went out. Thus, most departments ceased operations, and the disciples rarely ventured out of their respective residences.

The entire Seven Blood Eyes harbor area ceased operations amidst this increasingly astonishing wind and rain.

Only the slaughter... continued.

When the night of the second day descended, when the wind and rain outside grew even stronger, and when the heavenly thunder completely merged into the wind, with frantic roars spreading throughout the entire harbor, Xu Qing suddenly opened his eyes from within the cabin of his violently swaying magic boat.

A sense of crisis emerged in his mind.

This crisis did not come from the weather outside, but from the shore outside the magic boat.

Although the wind and rain were violent, blowing away much of the poison powder Xu Qing had set up in the surroundings, there were always some traces of poison that could persist longer in the wind and rain; this was the first layer of warning Xu Qing had prepared for himself.

Once someone approached and became tainted with the scent of his poison powder, if they stepped onto his magic boat, it would fuse with several other types of poison gas Xu Qing had set up inside the boat, turning into a lethal toxin.

Besides this, the growth in spiritual sense he had gained during the initial entrance test, as well as the continuous leaps in the Sea Transformation Scripture during this period, made his perception far exceed that of his peers, rendering him even more acute.

Thus, under this dual warning, Xu Qing knew that outside... someone was approaching, and this person was right outside his magic boat.

The cold glint in Xu Qing's eyes was restrained. He did not wait inside the boat but walked straight out of the cabin, standing on the deck, looking toward the outside from within the barrier.

Outside, the wind and rain were pervasive. Lightning streaked across, and on the shore by his berth stood a figure wearing a straw raincoat, holding a wine flask in their hand.

They looked at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing looked at them.

After a long while, the figure in the straw raincoat slightly lifted their bamboo hat, revealing a middle-aged face, and smiled at Xu Qing.

"Junior Brother Xu, no need to be so alert. It's me. I was out buying wine and happened to pass by here. I wanted to ask if you'd like to have a drink together? In this damn weather, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a drink together?"

This person was indeed a disciple of the Murder Investigation Department, in the same team as Xu Qing, and had once invited Xu Qing to drink on a previous day.

Xu Qing did not speak, coldly watching this middle-aged cultivator.

Seeing Xu Qing like this, the middle-aged cultivator smiled helplessly.

"Fine then. The environment of this ghost sect makes it hard for people to trust each other, but I have no ill intentions. Junior Brother Xu, I just wanted to make friends with you. Many people in the team have drunk my wine. Since you don't like it, I'll take my leave."

The middle-aged cultivator shook his head and turned to leave.

But just at this moment, Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"Alright, come aboard."

The middle-aged cultivator's footsteps paused. He looked at Xu Qing with some surprise, then looked at his boat. A flash of dark light flickered deep in his eyes and vanished in an instant, after which he shook his head again.

"Forget it, I won't force others."

As he spoke, his footsteps quickened slightly. But just after he had walked five or six steps, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came, and a dagger broke through the wind and rain at an astonishing speed, heading straight toward him.

In an instant, the middle-aged cultivator's body shifted to avoid it. His expression changed, and just as he was about to turn his head, Xu Qing's figure had already rushed out directly from the magic boat, black iron skewer in hand, charging through the wind and rain.

"Junior Brother Xu, what are you doing?"

The middle-aged cultivator's pupils contracted, his body retreating rapidly. He formed a seal with one hand, and suddenly the surrounding rainwater paused in unison, whistling toward Xu Qing. But before it could get close, with a wave of Xu Qing's hand, the rainwater approaching him trembled instantly, and was actually controlled by Xu Qing, changing direction and shooting toward the middle-aged cultivator.

This scene caused the middle-aged cultivator's mind to shake, and he felt a strong sense of crisis. He hurriedly bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, forming a blood mist that spread to counter the incoming rain arrows. His body retreated violently, intending to flee.

But it was too late. He had misjudged Xu Qing's cultivation base. In an instant, Xu Qing's figure was like a hot knife through butter, approaching directly. The iron skewer in his hand brightened as lightning streaked by, emitting a cold glint as it struck directly toward his forehead.

The chill was bone-piercing.

The middle-aged cultivator's eyes turned blood-red, and he let out a roar, his cultivation base erupting completely. Several layers of protective light shields instantly appeared outside his body, and even more rapidly, a ferocious, vertical flesh-and-blood mouth emerged from his chest, tearing through his clothes and emitting a sharp roar as it charged at Xu Qing.

Amidst the rumbling, the several layers of light shields all collapsed, but the black iron skewer was slightly delayed by the sonic impact from the ferocious mouth on the opponent's chest.

Taking advantage of this time, the middle-aged cultivator waved his right hand, and the wine flask in his hand flew straight toward Xu Qing, while his body erupted fully, unfolding his speed to shoot backward and flee.

Once the wine flask was out, it shattered on its own in mid-air. What was inside was not wine, but dense toxic liquid, which spread in all directions as it exploded, carrying intense corrosion. It seemed that even the magic boat's protective shield could be instantly dissolved by it.

A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He had sensed something wrong earlier but wasn't sure. However, in this stormy night, the opponent's arrival was inherently suspicious, so Xu Qing had simply struck first out of caution.

At this moment, killing intent flashed in his eyes. He looked up at the fleeing middle-aged cultivator, not pursuing, but lifting his right hand and grabbing fiercely into the air toward him.

The Sea Transformation Scripture within his body erupted with a roar.

Instantly, the surrounding rainwater trembled, gathering frantically from all directions toward the middle-aged cultivator, vaguely forming a giant hand made of rainwater. Regardless of how the middle-aged cultivator struggled or how horrified he was, it was to no avail; the hand grabbed fiercely.

With a boom.

The middle-aged man's body was frozen in mid-air by the giant hand. His face was pale, and his eyes revealed terror. Just as he was about to speak, Xu Qing's figure had already whistled over, approaching in an instant, and the dagger in his right hand slashed fiercely across the middle-aged cultivator's neck.

The force was so great that the head flew off.

As fresh blood splattered, the mouth on the middle-aged cultivator's chest suddenly bulged over a large area, biting fiercely toward Xu Qing's right hand.

Xu Qing's Sea Mountain Scripture operated suddenly, the ghost shadow manifesting on his arm, roaring silently at the big mouth and confronting it directly. Furthermore, the giant hand formed by the surrounding rainwater also pressed down fiercely.

Amidst the loud noise, the middle-aged cultivator's headless corpse collapsed, turning into flesh and blood, and the big mouth on his chest also shattered into pieces. Only Xu Qing stood in place, his chest heaving slightly.

This battle seemed quick, but in reality, this middle-aged man's cultivation was not bad, and his own combat power was quite astonishing, enough to be comparable to Xu Qing's strength before he entered the sect.

Even Qing Yunzi, who had been slain by Xu Qing yesterday, was far from being this person's match. After all, a Sea Transformation Scripture practitioner of the Seven Blood Eyes had combat power far exceeding that of other small sect forces.

At this moment, Xu Qing swept his gaze rapidly around, looking for any accomplices of the opponent. In the wind and rain, the entire harbor was pitch black, with only the violence of the wind and the light of the lightning streaks.

I had a dream last night. In the dream, I actually arrived in Xu Qing's world... I transmigrated and became the ancestor of the Jin Gang Sect. I'm a bit anxious and don't know what to do. Waiting online... ===== CHAPTER 62 =====