[{"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-75":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},2344515,4583,"Chapter 75: The Guide on the Yellow Springs Road","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>At high noon, the sunlight was venomous; the sun had reached the front of the God’s remnant face at this moment, radiating a blinding glare that made it difficult for mortals to look up or meet its gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God located behind the sun stood high above; to all living beings, she was an existence that transcended time and space. Whether day or night, reality or dream, past or future, she remained eternal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She witnessed the changes of this world, witnessed life and death, and witnessed this chaotic era that had become cruel due to her appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scorching heat remaining within the sunlight seemed to be influenced by the ferocity of the God’s remnant face, becoming filled with malice, as if unwilling to comply with the Dao of Heaven and depart silently in this season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, it frantically released all its heat, invading every corner of the Seven Blood Eyes main city, intending to evaporate all life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even under the shade of trees or the eaves of houses, it was subjected to this invisible invasion; even when the sea breeze blew, it could not disperse it, like a poison that had seeped into the marrow and bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the hem of Xu Qing’s Daoist robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appeared normal there, but if one looked closely, one could see some powder stained upon it, and this powder had already evaporated by more than half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura released, like the scorching heat between heaven and earth influenced by the God’s remnant face, carried malice and ferocity, invading Xu Qing’s flesh and bones beneath the robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of this invasion was extremely fast, permeated with greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From appearance to invasion, it took only a few breaths of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a calm expression, Xu Qing lowered his head to glance at the hem of his robe, narrowed his eyes, and walked toward the berth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powder on the hem had been secretly left by the mermaid youth when they clashed earlier; if it had been anyone else, they would likely have found it difficult to notice even the slightest trace by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this poison was colorless and odorless, and to a certain extent, it might not even be a poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Qing was skilled in the Dao of Medicine; this characteristic caused at least seven or eight similar types of medicinal primers to surface in his mind. As for which specific one it was, he needed to go back and analyze it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless, the repeated provocations caused Xu Qing’s murderous intent toward this mermaid youth to rise ever higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The time to kill the fish has arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing murmured. Walking to the harbor berth, the moment he stepped into his magic boat, he immediately activated the defensive barrier, isolating all external sounds and leaving the interior of the boat in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, sitting cross-legged in the cabin, Xu Qing tore off the hem of his Daoist robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding it in his hand, he examined it carefully, his left hand forming a seal, and instantly a ball of flame floated up from his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Sea Transformation Sutra focused primarily on water, for a magic cultivator, it was standard practice to also cultivate various auxiliary techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation technique jade slip contained many introductions regarding this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xu Qing waved his left hand, and the fireball flew toward the hem, enveloping it and beginning to burn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzling sounds emerged continuously, and faint smoke drifted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flickering of the firelight cast Xu Qing’s face in shifting light and shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched as the burning hem curled continuously, the red lines scorched at the edges rapidly spreading across the entire fabric; wherever they passed, the gray hem turned into ash that crumbled at a touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until, after a few breaths of time, the hem was completely incinerated, and the flames slowly extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing looked at the ash in his palm, smelled the smoke emanating from it, and whispered softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the blood of a Ghost Desire Horseshoe Crab; it is a poison, yet also not a poison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pharmacopoeia left by Master Bai mentioned the Ghost Desire Horseshoe Crab—a creature living in the deep sea that was very rare. Xu Qing himself had two, but he hadn't found the auxiliary ingredients, so he had never touched them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew that if its blood were processed, it would become a holy medicine for healing; however, if blended in other ways, under the duality of yin and yang, the aura emitted by its blood could be loathed by the vast majority of exotic beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are also characteristics of Enlightenment Grass.\" Xu Qing closed his eyes, and after reaching a judgment, he opened his eyes; his pupils were like pitch-black deep pools, incomparably cold and dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Master Bai’s pharmacopoeia did not mention what would happen when these two medicinal materials were mixed, according to pharmacology, the latter could significantly amplify this loathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slight loathing would make exotic beasts avoid it, but severe loathing was equivalent to attracting the killing intent of exotic beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because loathing to the extreme becomes malice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, after these two were mixed, they formed a special medicinal liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its essence allowed the person who touched it to have their entire body stained by its aura, which would then invade their flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was not a poison in itself, it would not trigger a toxic reaction, and it even provided slight nourishment to the body, making it almost impossible to detect. Furthermore, it was even more difficult to disperse, as it would persist for at least several years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for its function, it was to attract exotic beasts and provoke their intense malice. Just like when Xu Qing first participated in the Thunder Squad’s operation in the forbidden forest of the scavenger camp, the small medicinal vial in the savage ghost skin bag was this type of medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the savage ghost’s vial and the substance currently infecting Xu Qing had the same pharmacology, but the materials were incomparable; the difference between the two was like heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were within the sect, being infected with this aura wouldn't pose too great a danger, but if I were to go out to sea...\" Xu Qing knew very well that once he went out to sea carrying such an aura, he would definitely never return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method of killing left no bones and no traces; it was as sinister and evil as a venomous snake, and it lasted for a very long time. If not for Xu Qing’s knowledge of the Dao of Medicine, anyone else would likely have died without ever guessing who the true enemy was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder if you have the ability to detect my poison primer.\" A cold glint appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes. The mermaid youth had poisoned him, but in reality, the mantis stalks the cicada unaware of the oriole behind; Xu Qing had also poisoned the other party during their previous clash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This poison was likewise harmless, and likewise a marker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the marker the mermaid youth gave him was the malice of unknown exotic beasts in the sea, while the marker he gave the other party was the footsteps of the Grim Reaper on land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing’s expression remained without a ripple; he collected the ash from the burned hem, then opened his storage bag, looked at the elixirs inside, and raised his head to scan the medicine cabinets around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not skilled in detoxifying, especially since this aura was not a poison in itself, so the body’s recovery power brought by the purple crystal could not play a role in this regard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was skilled in poisons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Xu Qing calmly took out some poison powder and poison pills, swallowed them directly with a blank expression, and even mixed seven or eight types of poison powder, scattering them before taking a deep breath and inhaling them all into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, his body trembled violently, and sweat slowly appeared on his forehead, but he still sat there cross-legged, silently enduring the pain of the poison burning within his body, brewing the murderous intent in his heart, as calm as before a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His poison burned his internal organs, his bones, and his flesh within his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the aura of the Ghost Desire Horseshoe Crab and the Enlightenment Grass could not be driven out, he would simply use poison to invade them, and then use his own recovery power to restore himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This process lasted for a full two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until dusk fell outside, Xu Qing slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with bloodshot veins. The poison in his body had been completely purged by his astonishing recovery power, and along with it, the aura of the Ghost Desire Horseshoe Crab was also purged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a careful check to confirm, Xu Qing raised his head, looked at the sunset outside the cabin, his gaze deep, and whispered softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soon, I will be able to have a good sleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he stood up silently, washed his body, and closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the sun in the sky seemed to be making way for the appearance of the moon, so the dusk was dim, and a dark moon hung in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sparse stars in the firmament were like tiny fireflies in a graveyard, insignificant and only fit for embellishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This night was suitable for slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing opened his eyes, quietly placed the black iron skewer into his sleeve, sharpened his dagger, and tucked it into his boot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he checked his own poisons, finished organizing calmly, and only then walked out of the magic boat, his speed erupting as he sped away in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moonlight spilled onto the ground, casting a cold glow, reflecting on the figure of the youth who was crouching and moving forward in the shadows like the wind, and also remaining in his eyes, which were like those of a lone wolf, becoming an even colder glint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea breeze blew, carrying a chill, landing beside the youth, lifting his long robe and fluttering his black hair, but it could not blow away the special aura from the marker that permeated the main city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, it turned into a whistling sound in the youth’s ears, as if playing the horn of murderous intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Operational error, this chapter wasn't posted, it got reversed... covering face...\u003C\u002Fp>",1760,"2026-06-21T00:45:15.441Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","cd96b77a5f07c9e3b3ee62e9940a37bb2ca3ca9dc7e8beb00603ff455cd335b7","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-76","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-74",998,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeyond-the-passage-of-time-cover.jpg"]