Xu Qing's eyes shone with a strong light, and in his mind emerged the intact corpse before the amethyst was taken away by him.
"Can it keep a corpse intact or make a living person's injuries heal quickly?"
Xu Qingyi grasped the purple crystal in his hand, his heart pounding as he rapidly looked around.
Although he knew there should be no other living people here, he still instinctively became vigilant because he had obtained the precious treasure.
At this moment, he no longer lingered but galloped at full speed, heading straight for the cave where he was hiding.
On the way, he vaguely noticed that not only was his injury healing rapidly, but even his physical fatigue seemed to have lessened significantly.
In the past, when he ran like this, he needed to take a break after about half an hour. But now, half an hour has passed and he feels warm all over and seems to still be full of energy.
Even on his way back, he casually caught a fallen bird.
Instead of killing them, they were knocked unconscious because living creatures can be preserved for a longer time.
Even after doing all this, the time it took him to return to the cave was still significantly reduced. Some time before the night fell, he had already seen his own cave from afar.
Xu Qing's mood improved more than ever before, but he didn't let his guard down.
Because he knew that perhaps due to the divine opening of the eyes and the initial formation of the restricted area, in this area at night, apart from the awakening of strange beasts, there would also be some eerie beings appearing.
He had heard people in the slums say that in many places with a high incidence of death in the world, such eerie phenomena would occur.
The laughter that comes from outside at night is emitted by this kind of existence.
As for such outliers, it is generally agreed that they should not be looked at, touched or encountered.
Although he had experienced before that those existences only appeared at night, Xu Qing was not sure if they would occasionally show up during the day.
So his speed did not decrease at all. Soon he was close to the cave. In a flash, he slipped in and blocked the crack in the cave.
Then he sat cross-legged and opened his tightly clenched palm.
Purple light spread out from his palm, illuminating the tiny hole. Under that glow, Xu Qing's face and eyes were also dyed purple.
He stared fixedly at the purple crystal in his palm.
This crystal was long and narrow, about the size of his finger. There seemed to be some fluffy substances inside it, and the purple light was emitted precisely from those fluffy substances.
"Healing the wound..." Xu Qing observed for a long time, then unbuttoned his clothes and looked at the scar on his chest. He found that the wound had healed by 90%.
The remaining part now seems to be completely healed in no time, and even the surrounding scars are fading away.
Recalling his own running back all the way, Xu Qing felt much less tired than before. In his heart, he had already made a preliminary judgment about this purple crystal.
The function of this thing is obviously to restore.
Recover from injuries, regain physical strength, regain vitality!
I wonder if there are any other effects. Xu Qing murmured, his eyes showing deep thought.
He didn't know if this purple crystal was related to the gods opening their eyes, but most likely it was.
In any case, this was a precious treasure. At the very least, Xu Qing had never heard of any item with such astonishing resilience from childhood to adulthood.
Having such an item by one's side is equivalent to a second life of help to oneself.
But Xu Qing was well aware that the reason he could possess this thing now was that there were no other living people in this city except himself.
And once the blood rain ended and I walked out by myself... Such a treasure, he is probably unable to protect it.
So the only way is to hide this purple crystal...
Xu Qing pondered for a while, glanced at the unconscious bird he had caught, and raised his hand to pick it up.
After pinching the beak to prevent it from making a sound, he drew out the dagger on his calf and directly cut a scar on the bird.
While the bird was struggling, Xu Qing stuffed the purple crystal in.
Then, without blinking an eye, pay close attention.
At first, the bird was still struggling, but soon there were undercurrents surging around. The spiritual energy seemed to be drawn in, even more than that that emerged during Xu Qing's cultivation, and rushed straight into the body of this bird.
And the force with which this bird struggled was instantly much stronger than before. Compared with it, Xu Qing's force seemed a bit hard to grasp.
This scene made Xu Qing's eyes shine brightly.
The neck of a bird that could be crushed easily in the past, he had to squeeze it hard several times before breaking it.
He quickly took out purple crystals from his body, wiped them, and closed his eyes to think.
The bird didn't die. Instead, spiritual energy rushed in, and its strength suddenly became extremely great... It should be fine.
A moment later, Xu Qing opened his eyes, his gaze filled with determination. He directly thrust the purple crystal into the wound on his chest that was about to fully heal.
The process of inserting it was a bit painful, but Xu Qing gritted her teeth and endured it.
There is nothing safer than hiding in one's own body.
And he also simply verified that it seemed to work better when placed inside the body.
As the purple crystal merged and the injury on his chest healed, before Xu Qing could take a closer look, a rumbling sound came from within him.
A psychic energy even more powerful than the force attracted by the previous birds came directly from all directions, piercing through the soil and howling towards him.
This psychic power was so astonishing that Xu Qing's body instantly turned pale blue, and an indescribable chill spread throughout his body.
This is caused by the excessive concentration of heterogeneity within the psychic energy.
But Xu Qing was well-prepared. At this moment, without hesitation, he directly activated the Haishan Art.
As it operated, the psychic energy that had flooded into his body was suddenly separated into a large number of heterosubstances.
The remaining pure spiritual energy flowed along all the meridians of his body, causing Xu Qing's body to make a thumping sound at this moment.
It was as if some of the clogged areas within the body were instantly opened up, and the flesh and blood were nourished and refined at this moment.
The picture of the demon that he had envisioned in his mind seemed to come alive at this moment, posing in various ways on its own.
The Haishan Jue, although a cultivation method, is not a practice but a kind of body refinement.
It is divided into ten levels, corresponding to the ten levels of the Condensation Qi Realm.
There is a clear introduction on the bamboo slips. Each layer can increase the power of a tiger for the cultivator, which is one demon, and two demons are one leader.
It is said that Xiao can move mountains and Kui can move seas, which is why it is named Haishan Jue.
At this moment, the purple crystal buried in his chest was like a vortex, constantly being drawn down, and spiritual energy arrived like an initiation.
Xu Qing's cultivation speed also increased dramatically as a result.
It was unknown how much time had passed. Suddenly, the thumping sound inside him became intense, and a large amount of impurities in his body flowed out through the sweat pores all over his body.
A fishy and stinky smell also filled the cave.
As the impurities flowed out, Xu Qing's body became much more lustrous, and her face, which had been covered by dirt, became even more delicate at this moment.
After a while, as the sounds within his body and the surging spiritual energy gradually faded away, Xu Qing's eyes suddenly opened wide.
A purple light flashed and vanished in his eyes.
After returning to normal, Xu Qing's expression froze for a moment.
The pitch-black cave now seemed a little clearer in his eyes. He quickly lowered his head to examine himself, and his expression gradually showed disbelief.
This feeling...
Xu Qing's expression showed a hint of excitement. He stood up and threw a punch, which unexpectedly caused a sharp sound of wind.
Because the hole was very small, he couldn't try the speed, but the feeling of lifting his leg and punching made him realize that he had made astonishing improvements in all aspects compared to before.
Then he immediately rolled up the sleeve on his left arm.
When Xu Qing saw a black dot the size of a fingernail on his forearm, he took a deep breath and suppressed the excitement in his heart.
"So this is the first layer of condensation Qi!" "
This black dot, as described on the bamboo slip, is the alienation point. The alienation point of the Haishan Jue is on the left arm, with one added on each layer.
He touched the alienation point on his arm. At this moment, Xu Qing was more excited about his own obvious strength. So he looked up at the crack entrance, thinking in his heart that when the sun rose, he would try his speed.
But soon Xu Qing looked alarmed and suspicious. He approached the crack entrance and listened carefully.
Outside, it was still pitch-dark, but there wasn't the slightest abnormal sound.
This was something he had never encountered during his many days here.
In the past, even after dawn, when there were no strange beasts or eerie sounds, the sound of rain was always present.
But now the sound of the rain has also vanished.
Could it be...
Xu Qing's heart gave a jolt, and a guess emerged in his mind.
In silent waiting, until a dazzling beam of light shone through the gap at the entrance of the cave, shining into Xu Qing's dark eyes, as if illuminating his world.
At the moment he saw the light, Xu Qing's body trembled noticeably.
He raised his hand, slowly approaching the ray of sunlight, immersed himself in it, and held the sunlight in his palm. The long-lost warmth gradually awakened his slumbering soul.
"Sunshine..."
After a while, Xu Qing's eyes shone brightly. He pushed aside the debris blocking the gap and slowly emerged as more beams of light embraced him.
The moment he leaned out of the exit, he raised his head and saw no longer thick and dark clouds but a bright and brilliant sun.
It's as if an old man in the morning light, after being seriously ill for many days, has regained his vitality and gradually opened the curtain, bringing freshness back to the world once again.
The rain has stopped.
Xu Qing took a deep breath of the air filled with sunlight and silently gazed at the city veiled by the morning glow.
Everything within the city, under this dazzling red sun, seemed to be radiating some unique brilliance.
The bright red dawn on the horizon shone through the gaps in the clouds, like countless whales spewing golden waterfalls, gradually washing away the gloom and mist all over the city, revealing mottled scars.
Those collapsed houses, the bluish-black corpses, and the shocking blood-red puddles all seemed to be reminding Xu Qing of the catastrophe that had occurred here.
Xu Qing's eyes showed a hint of complexity. He had lived in the slum outside the city for six years, and he had also watched this city for six years.
Although he didn't come in many times, this was the place he most longed to live in during the past six years.
"I have acquired the cultivation techniques here." "
I got purple crystals here.
"I'm here... I survived." Xu Qing murmured, silent.
After a long while, he let out a soft sigh, walked over to a bluish-black corpse, looked down for a while, picked it up on his back and walked forward.
He walked all the way to a nearby square before putting down the corpses. Then he turned around and carried the second one, the third one, the fourth one...
Some corpses were scattered on the streets, and some were buried under the ruins.
It was not until he carried all the corpses in this nearby area to the square that the remains piled up like mountains here, some intact and some incomplete.
Xu Qing stood there and set a fire. Perhaps due to the heterogeneity, the flames burned more and more fiercely, raising thick smoke...
In the thick smoke, Xu Qing watched for a long time, then walked away silently to the second area. Soon, another thick smoke rose, more and more... More and more...
So, on the first day when the sunlight shone through this ruined city, inside the city, apart from the light, there was also the thick black smoke from the cremation of corpses.
Black smoke rose up one after another, obscuring the sunlight. At this moment, the dawn was filled with powerlessness, turning dark red, as if concealing a deep sigh.
It seemed that those thick smoke streaks had become its tears. The reflections formed on the ground seemed to have turned into the tear stains of the earth.
The last tear stain was where Xu Qing discovered the purple light.
There, Xu Qing placed the body of the old man in the pharmacy down. As the flames of the pile of corpses burned, the heat wave hit his face. He stood silently beside the fire, and the billowing flames shone on his dark child's hole, constantly shaking.
The long, disheveled hair also curved due to the spread of the heat wave. After a while, Xu Qing's body bent as well and he bowed his head.
"Wish... rest in peace."
At this moment, the flame burned fiercely and suddenly, growing more and more intense, scattering countless flames like dandelions, which were carried away by the wind.
Only the thick smoke that rose into the air still carried the deceased's unresolvable reluctance and regret, which the wind could not blow away.
Rising higher and higher, like a few scars on the vast sky.
Insignificant, full of helplessness.
...
After a long while, accompanied by chaotic footsteps, a strange sound of Yin and Yang suddenly came from the distance behind the young man.
I said, "Why haven't I seen a corpse all the way here? It turns out there's such a silly kid who spared no effort and actually brought the corpse here for cremation." "
"Well, since you're so reluctant to leave, I'll just give you a hand and throw you in to be with them."
Xu Qing suddenly turned around.