Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Don’t Enter without an Invitation

Lightning struck!

Rumbling sounds echoed across the world. Dense layers of clouds filled the sky, as if there were living things in outer space constantly bombarding each other.

Muffled thunder and loud booms intermittently rang out, interrupting the sleep of all the residents of the main city.

A bolt of lightning pierced down from the sky, as if tearing the night asunder. The sun, which had long been covered by clouds, seemed to suddenly find an opportunity, pouring its light down to the world with all its strength amid the rain.

In the early morning, the rain grew heavier and heavier.

The wind was also much stronger than it was at night, howling in all directions like the roars of a giant. It seemed to be competing with the rumbling thunder as it echoed through the sky, filling the air and lingering for a long time.

Under the rain, a figure walked on the street beneath a black paper umbrella.

The figure was blurry through the curtain of rain falling all around. When droplets of rain splashed against the umbrella, they seemed unresigned, as if their mission had been left unfinished as they slid down the umbrella, leaving lines of water as they fell to the ground, gathering with the other droplets of rain.

The ripples formed by the reuniting rain droplets completely washed away the blood that stained the ground last night, but they couldn’t wash away the sins committed by humanity in this cruel world.

“Everyone locks evil within their hearts, but this chaotic world makes it easy to open that lock.” Captain Thunder had once emotionally said this sentence during a meal.

Xu Qing felt that this sentence was pretty accurate.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the rumbling thunder in the sky became louder and louder. Xu Qing’s melancholy mood gradually calmed down among the rumbles of thunder and howling wind.

Unknowingly, he had returned to Dock 79. He habitually checked the area before sending out him magic boat on the turbulent water.

As he stepped in and summoned the barrier, Xu Qing sat down cross-legged under the dark awning. The magic boat rocked heavily in the turbulent waters.

Thanks to the barrier, no rainwater got in, and Xu Qing was already long accustomed to the rocking of the boat, so it didn’t cause him any discomfort.

On the contrary, amid the rocking boat, the howling wind, and the stormy sky, his heart become more and more placid. Lowering his head, he began to refine pills.

Over the past few days, Xu Qing had gone to the pharmacy several times to buy medicinal herbs. He had refined more and more White Pills, and even replenished his stock of Black Pills and poison powders.

A large number of small lattices had appeared in the boat’s cabin, densely packed with yin and yang medicinal herbs.

“I need to find some time to head outside and experiment with poison somewhere.” Xu Qing swept his gaze across the small lattices and raised his right hand with a grasping motion. Medicinal herbs flew over and he continued to refine under the howling wind and pouring rain outside.

Just like that, time passed slowly, and the rain became heavier and heavier as the day passed by. It was as if a storm was brewing, and huge waves rose in the sea with a roar.

Countless waves crashed against the shore of the dock, causing many boats to rock violently. Fortunately, all the boats in the dock were magic boats. After their barriers were activated, the waves couldn’t do anything to them. However, from a distance, they still constantly rose and fell with the waves like leaves that had fallen on the sea.

Because of the heavy wind and rain, no foreign boats entered the port and none left. Most of the divisions closed down and the disciples stayed inside their own residences.

In this increasingly powerful storm, the entire Seven Blood Pupils port area had stopped functioning.

But… the daily killing still continued.

The next day, the storm grew even heavier, and the rumbling of thunder had completely fused with the howling wind, echoing through the entire port. When night fell, Xu Qing suddenly opened his eyes inside his violently rocking magic boat.

A sense of crisis emerged in his mind.

This sense of crisis didn’t come from the stormy weather but from the nearby shore.

Although the wind and rain were extremely violent, dispersing most of the poison powder that Xu Qing had spread around, their auras could still last longer in the stormy weather.

Once someone came near, they would be contaminated with the aura of his poison powders. If they stepped on the magic boat in that condition, the other poisonous auras arranged inside the magic boat would activate, fusing to create a lethal poison. This was Xu Qing’s first line of defense.

In addition, thanks to the gift from the second test of the entry exam, as well as his continuous improvement of the Sea Transforming Scripture, his perception was far more acute than his peers.

Thus, because of these two layers of vigilance, Xu Qing knew that… someone was approaching from outside the magic boat.

Xu Qing’s eyes hid a cold glow. Rather than wait inside the magic boat, he left the cabin and directly stood on the deck, looking outside the barrier.

The world outside the barrier was full of wind and rain, and lightning occasionally streaked across the sky. On the shore of Xu Qing’s personal berth, a figure in a raincoat stood holding a jug in his hand.

He looked at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing looked back at him.

After a long while, the figure in the raincoat raised his bamboo hat slightly, revealing the face of a middle-aged man who was smiling at Xu Qing.

"Junior Brother Xu, you don't have to be so vigilant. It’s me. When I went out to buy liquor, I happened to pass by here. Want to have a drink? Wouldn’t it be just nice to have a drink together in this damn weather?”

This person was the Team Six disciple who had invited Xu Qing to drink before.

Xu Qing didn't speak, only looking at the middle-aged cultivator in front of him coldly.

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

“Forget it. The environment of the sect makes it difficult to trust people, but Junior Brother Xu, I really don’t mean any harm. I just want to make another friend. Many of the others in the team have already drunk my wine. But since you don’t want to, I’ll just say goodbye.”

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

However, Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"Fine, get on the boat."

The middle-aged cultivator paused in his steps and looked at Xu Qing in surprise before taking another look at the boat. A faint light flashed in the depths of his eyes before he shook his head again.

"Forget it, I won’t force you."

As he spoke, he quickened his steps. However, after only taking five or six steps, a sharp whistling noise came from behind him, and a dagger shot over at an astonishing speed, cutting through the wind and rain and heading straight toward him.

Instantly, the middle-aged cultivator dodged out of the way, and his expression changed as he turned around. The next moment, Xu Qing rushed out of the magic boat with the black skewer in his hand, directly piercing through the heavy weather.

"Junior Brother Xu, what are you doing?"

The middle-aged cultivator’s pupils contracted and his body quickly retreated as he formed a seal with one hand. Instantly, the rain falling all around him changed direction and charged towards Xu Qing. However, before it could get close, Xu Qing waved his hand. The rain that was approaching him trembled for a moment and then, as if Xu Qing had wrested away control, changed direction and shot towards the middle-aged cultivator.

A strong sense of crisis rose up in the middle-aged cultivator’s heart. He hurriedly bit the tip of his tongue and spewed out a mouthful of blood that immediately dispersed into a blood mist. As the arrow-like raindrops shot toward him one by one, his body retreated sharply, and it seemed he was about to escape.

However, it was still too late. He had misread Xu Qing’s level of cultivation, and Xu Qing closed in immediately. The iron skewer in his hand was illuminated brightly as lightning flashed past, and it emitted a cold light as it pierced towards the middle-aged cultivator’s forehead in an instant.

It let out a piercing chill.

The middle-aged cultivator’s eyes reddened, and with a loud roar, all his spiritual energy exploded forth. Several light barriers appeared around his body, and a ghastly mouth bulged out of his chest, tearing through his clothes and letting out a piercing roar towards Xu Qing.

When it roared, all the barriers had already been penetrated, but it managed to make the black skewer pause slightly.

Taking advantage of this pause, the middle-aged cultivator waved his right hand and the wine jug in his hand was flung out towards Xu Qing. His body exploded with full force as he sped backwards in retreated.

As soon as the jug was flung out, it shattered in mid-air. Contained inside wasn’t wine, but rather a dense poison that spread out in all directions as the jug exploded. It seemed to have a strong corrosive ability that could easily melt through the magic boat’s barrier.

A cold light flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He had noticed that something was wrong before, but he wasn’t completely sure. However, the middle-aged cultivator’s arrival on this stormy night was already strange, so Xu Qing erred on the side of caution and attacked first.

At that moment, killing intent blazed in his eyes. He raised his head to look at the fleeing middle-aged cultivator, but instead of giving chase, he raised his right hand and made a grasping motion.

The Sea Transforming Scripture in his body burst out loudly.

Immediately, all the rain in the surroundings trembled before frantically gathering around the middle-aged cultivator, faintly turning into a giant hand made of rain. No matter how hard the shocked middle-aged cultivator struggled, it was useless, and he was grasped firmly by the giant hand.

Bang.

The middle-aged man’s body was frozen in mid-air as the giant hand held him. His face was pale and his eyes showed horror as he was about to speak, but Xu Qing had already appeared next to him. The dagger in his right hand quickly and decisively sliced through the middle-aged cultivator’s neck.

Its force was so great that the cultivator’s head was sent flying.

As blood splattered, the big mouth on the middle-aged cultivator’s chest suddenly bulged out and fiercely bit towards Xu Qing’s right hand.

The Sea and Mountain Art in Xu Qing’s body suddenly activated, and the Chief Shadow manifested on his arm, letting out a silent roar at the big mouth. The giant rain hand also crushed down on it violently.

With a loud splat, the middle-aged cultivator’s headless corpse collapsed into a mess of flesh and blood, and the big mouth on his chest also shattered into pieces. Only Xu Qing remained standing, his chest heaving up and down slightly.

This battle seemed to be quick, but in reality, the middle-aged man had a decent cultivation base and his battle prowess was astonishing. He was about as strong as Xu Qing was before entering Seven Blood Pupils.

Even the Master Azurecloud that Xu Qing had killed yesterday was far weaker. After all, the Seven Blood Pupils’ Sea Transforming Scripture far surpassed the techniques practiced by small sect cultivators, and its battle prowess was naturally much stronger as well.

At that moment, Xu Qing quickly scanned the surroundings, checking if the middle-aged man had any accomplices. The entire port area was pitch-black in the wind and rain, with only occasional flashes of lightning providing a small amount of light.

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