Chapter 733

During the conversation, the captain clearly used some method to perceive Xu Qing's state, so the door of the secret chamber where Xu Qing was located opened silently.

The captain walked in with a face full of pride, waving his right hand.

"How about it, Little A-Qing? Is this technique of mine for opening the secret chamber door across restrictions and arrays very magical?"

"Let me tell you, this move was taught to me by a good friend I met after I came to the Imperial Capital."

Xu Qing raised his head to look at the captain, then looked at the secret chamber door, and a strange feeling also rose in his heart. One must know that this secret chamber's restriction, besides possessing it itself, he had also added to it several times.

Although it couldn't be said to be perfect, wanting to open it so simply and silently was extremely difficult.

But the captain had opened it so easily.

"What technique is this?" Xu Qing couldn't help but ask.

This sentence made the captain feel proud and extremely comfortable in his heart.

"Your senior brother, after I came to the Imperial Capital, I went out every day, but it wasn't just to scout. I changed my identity and made many friends, especially this one, who is very mysterious."

"But you also know my personality. How could I be someone that just anyone can come to know? So I refused her. She was anxious in her heart, and in order to be friends with me, she taught me this move."

"Don't talk about this. You've finished cultivating, right? Come with me."

As he spoke, the captain was full of expectation, pulling Xu Qing's arm.

Xu Qing was helpless. There were only a few people in this world that he couldn't refuse, and the senior brother was one of them.

"What are you going to do again?"

Xu Qing stood up and looked at the sky outside.

"Accompany me to the Star Emperor Supreme Sect, steal something." The captain spoke in a low voice, pulling Xu Qing straight toward the outside.

Xu Qing's footsteps paused. Refuse. He didn't want to go seek death.

The captain, seeing this, coughed.

"It's a branch sect, not the main sect. It's fine. The strongest inside is just a Return to Void. As long as we don't make a big scene and attract the attention of the main sect, it's fine to be quiet."

Xu Qing thought for a while, and only then agreed.

In the pitch-black world, the wind whistled, and the water surface of the lake outside Ning Yan's mansion rippled. The figures of Xu Qing and the captain swept past from above.

"I made an appointment with that mysterious friend to go to the forbidden area of the Star Emperor Supreme Sect's branch tonight to take something out."

While galloping, the captain transmitted his voice, and at the same time took out a mask and threw it to Xu Qing.

"Put it on. This was stolen from the old man's treasure room before we came to the Imperial Capital. It can conceal your identity. You should also restrain your aura a bit more. In a short time, no one will be able to see our true faces."

"After all, I don't know the background of my friend tonight. There is a high probability that she is using me to hide her identity, and she has other purposes, but I do indeed need to go to the Star Emperor forbidden area."

"There is also something I want there, which concerns the big events later."

"However, I don't trust her, but I am sure she shouldn't have guessed my true identity, so I called you, Little A-Qing, to come along. You keep watch and respond for me outside. In case she has evil intentions toward me, we will kill her!"

"In addition, after I go in with her, if she comes out alone first, you also help me block her. I'm worried that after she leaves first, she will sell me out."

A cold glint appeared in the captain's eyes. Xu Qing nodded upon hearing this and took the mask to put it on his face.

The material of this mask was very special. It felt no discomfort when stuck to the face, and it was a seamless whole.

Touching the mask on his face, Xu Qing accelerated his pace. As for helping the captain do this kind of thing, it wasn't the first time he had done it. At this moment, while following, he pondered the Hetero-Immortal Sect's cultivation technique in his heart, while trying various weaving methods in his mind.

"Theoretically, with my current Divine Source soul threads, I can weave the second form..."

"But my control over the Hetero-Immortal Sect's soul threads cannot reach the level of subtlety. Weaving it requires some time, and it is difficult to form quickly. It needs practice again and again to be perfectly controlled and displayed instantly."

"However, the first form is much simpler. Enough soul threads can allow me to pile it up instantly."

"And, the form can also change..."

"This is very suitable for me to hide my identity when doing some things in the Imperial Capital."

Xu Qing pondered, continuously weaving in his sea of consciousness, and his aura also changed. The captain beside him immediately noticed and looked over in surprise, but at this moment he had big things on his mind, so he didn't ask immediately.

Just like that, the two of them took advantage of the night, hid their tracks all the way, and galloped forward. An hour later, they finally arrived at the northwest of the Imperial Capital.

This place was far from the urban area and was a mountainous region. In the pitch-black world, it was filled with snowflakes, hazy.

But among the mountains, there was a mountain peak that seemed to be able to absorb starlight, brilliant itself, and particularly obvious. The snowflakes around it were also refracted into seven colors.

This was the mountain gate of a branch of the Star Emperor Supreme Sect. Inside, there must be another world, a separate space existed, and this was where the entrance was located.

"We're here."

The captain looked at the brilliant mountain from afar. With a flash, he arrived at a nearby cockscomb-shaped mountain body, squatted there, licked his lips, and then turned to look at Xu Qing behind him.

Xu Qing closed his eyes, weaving in his sea of consciousness.

The aura dispersed from his body changed continuously, completely different from before.

Feeling the change in Xu Qing's aura again, the captain finally couldn't help but ask.

"Little A-Qing, what's wrong with you? I told you to restrain your aura, not to change it like this. How did you do it? The aura on your body has changed so much, especially since you are wearing a mask now, making me feel a bit strange..."

"Learned a new cultivation technique recently."

Xu Qing opened his eyes without explaining too much.

The captain was curious and was about to continue questioning, but at this moment, a slight whistling sound came from afar. The captain and Xu Qing raised their heads at the same time to look at the mid-air.

A woman with a graceful figure but an ordinary appearance, wearing a black robe, came stepping through the wind and snow, appearing in front of Xu Qing and the captain. Her gaze swept over Xu Qing and finally looked at the captain.

"Chen Daqing, who is this?"

Hearing the other party's address, Xu Qing looked at the captain, knowing that Chen Daqing should be the captain's pseudonym.

"This is my brother, named Er Gou. He was worried about me coming alone, so he accompanied me to respond."

The captain blinked and spoke calmly.

The woman was noncommittal about this, just looked at Xu Qing again, then withdrew her gaze and looked toward the Star Emperor Supreme Sect.

"Then, according to our agreement, shall we set off now?"

"Set off!" The captain took a deep breath, gave Xu Qing a look, and flew out with a flash.

The woman also stepped forward, one after the other with the captain, approaching the brilliant mountain.

Xu Qing kept watching. Soon he saw that after the two approached the mountain body, they suddenly blurred and disappeared at the same time.

Xu Qing was not surprised by this scene.

The captain had many methods, and the one he could call mysterious was clearly not an ordinary person. In addition, daring to set his sights on the Star Emperor Supreme Sect must also be someone with some confidence.

But thinking of the captain's death-seeking personality, Xu Qing was a bit hesitant. His body flashed, he moved away from this place, and waited on another mountain body.

Time passed slowly. Inside the Star Emperor branch, it was silent, without any changes. Until an hour later, suddenly outside that brilliant mountain, the void distorted, and the woman's figure appeared from within with a flash.

After walking out, she didn't hesitate at all and was about to leave toward the distance, but the next instant, the woman's footsteps paused. In the void in front of her, Xu Qing's figure appeared, blocking her.

"This fellow Daoist, don't be in a hurry to leave. It's safest to wait for Daqing to come out and leave together."

Xu Qing spoke calmly.

The woman frowned, coldness in her eyes, looked at Xu Qing, and spoke lightly.

"Get lost!"

As she spoke, a dangerous aura dispersed from the woman's body. The void in front of her solidified instantly, as if it had turned into a mirror surface, covering Xu Qing's left and right, and shattered instantly.

And her body, without the slightest hesitation, continued to move forward, but the next instant, her eyes shrank. In the void in front of her, Xu Qing's figure appeared again, his expression still calm.

"Stop."

The woman's eyes contracted, her expression somewhat heavy. After sizing Xu Qing up a few times, her right hand suddenly raised and pressed forward. The wind and snow around immediately trembled, changed form, became ice needles, and approached Xu Qing.

Her body even appeared with afterimages, rushing straight toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was expressionless. His left hand formed a seal and waved. Suddenly, a piece of black flame spread violently from his body, his body flashed, and he rushed toward the woman.

The two contacted instantly, back and forth, arts intersecting. In just a few breaths, they fought fast with fast, touching hundreds of times.

And they were both restraining themselves, not making any sound, not setting off too much fluctuation.

Until ten breaths later, the woman was anxious in her heart, her expression showing impatience.

"After Chen Daqing went in, there was no trace. You coming to block me is unreasonable. If you don't get lost again... I will kill you!"

"You can only leave after he comes out."

Xu Qing spoke lightly.

"You are seeking death!" A cold glint rose in the woman's eyes. Her right hand suddenly formed a seal, and a crack instantly split open between her eyebrows. A white needle rushed out from within rapidly, carrying a sense of elegance, breaking the void, and appearing in front of Xu Qing.

The aura it dispersed was different from the power of a cultivator, and different from the pressure of a god. It was neither cultivation nor god, but the degree of its overbearingness was even more astonishing.

It seemed that the essence of this power was that in heaven and on earth, only it was supreme.

Xu Qing's pupils contracted for the first time. He felt a sense of crisis. At this moment, without the slightest hesitation, the three hundred ten thousand soul threads in his sea of consciousness exploded instantly, directly forming a ferocious figure outside his body.

This figure was a beetle, dispersing rich divine fluctuations all over its body, giving people a feeling close to a god. It was exactly the 'Earth Child' in the Hetero-Immortal Sect's reference images.

But the cultivation base of this divine creature, the Earth Child, was at most Spirit Treasury. But now this one, its cultivation base was actually Return to Void, shaped by Xu Qing using the soul thread weaving method.

After appearing at this moment, the dense three hundred thousand plus soul threads inside surged, rushing toward the strange needle that was coming.

Seeing this, the woman's expression changed greatly, her body retreated, and she spoke rapidly.

"Stop!"

"Fellow Daoist Er Gou, continuing like this is disadvantageous to both you and me. The special restrictions I set up around here will also show flaws and be detected. Let's not fight anymore. I will stay and wait with you!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand in fear to recall the white needle.

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. With a wave of his hand, the Earth Child disappeared, and the soul threads were hidden.

Even so, if the other party still wanted to make a move, he could form it again instantly.

The wind and snow remained. On the mountain body, with the two stopping, it was somewhat quiet.

Until more than ten breaths later, the woman looked at Xu Qing, shock hard to hide in her eyes, took a deep breath, and spoke somewhat uncertainly.

"Fellow Daoist Er Gou, was what you just used the Hetero-Immortal Sect's method?"

"These hundreds of thousands of soul threads... are too scary..."

"There is actually someone in the world who can cultivate the Hetero-Immortal Sect to such an unheard-of degree. You... who are you?"