This time, Xu Qing deployed the power of his own rules and flew within the area he was guarding, looking for suitable prisoners here. At the same time, he also took out the jade slips and screened the list.
What he was looking for were those who were in the state of Nascent Soul Dzogchen when they were captured. This type of prisoner here was only one step away from suffering a catastrophe.
Xu Qing quickly locked onto four of them and used the power of rules to search for them. Not long after, he found a monk from the Flying Wing Clan.
The prisoner was hiding in a cave underground and was sitting cross-legged in meditation.
And the next moment, as the place where he lived roared, the earth collapsed, and a huge gap opened. Amid the roar, the expression of the Feiyi clansman changed.
Although his reaction was quick, it was of no use due to his absolute strength.
A powerful force fell from the sky, directly ingesting his body and forcibly dragging him into the air.
He was not allowed to refuse, nor was he allowed to struggle at all.
Under the rules, with Xu Qing's cultivation and combat power here, he can crush all prisoners.
So in an instant, the Yuan Ying of the Flying Wing Tribe, who was so powerful outside and could kill Xu Qing with one hand, was grabbed by the neck by Xu Qing.
"grown ups."
Although he felt aggrieved in his heart, the Flying Wing monk still spoke cautiously, with a flattering expression on his face.
Xu Qing didn't speak, his eyes were cold. After careful inspection, he threw the flying wing clan aside, then took out a few pills and passed them over.
These elixirs contain rich spiritual energy and are good elixirs outside, but here they are even more precious. The Feiyi Tribe prisoner was stunned when he saw them, but the expression in his eyes was not joy, but hesitation.
He knew very well that there must be a monster if something went wrong, so he looked at Xu Qing anxiously.
"Sir, this..."
"Are you going to eat it yourself, or should I cripple you and stuff it in?" Xu Qing said calmly.
The Feiyi Tribe prisoner felt angry in his heart, but he suppressed it. He knew the consequences if he didn't comply, so he gritted his teeth, picked up the pills, and ate them all.
But he kept a careful eye on controlling the speed of absorption.
Xu Qing frowned and directly dropped his palm. During the roar, the Flying Wing monk let out a shrill scream. His body almost collapsed and he fell down dying.
But it was just a physical weakness, and the spiritual energy in his body recovered quickly with the integration of the elixir. After checking it, Xu Qing felt that it was not enough, so he opened his mouth and threw in a few more pills.
The next moment, after these elixirs melted, a wave of impending breakthrough emitted from the Flying Wing monk.
He was at the limit of Nascent Soul when he was captured. Over the years, he has reached the level of breakthrough. However, promotion to Lingzang requires Heavenly Dao, which he obviously does not have, so the breakthrough must fail.
But... regardless of whether it is a failure or not, it does not affect the rules of heaven and earth that are triggered here to form the Heavenly Tribulation Sword.
This kind of fluctuation immediately shocked the Flying Wing monk. He knew what Xu Qing was going to do. He was about to speak, but it was too late. The sky was suddenly filled with wind and clouds, and the clouds of calamity filled the air.
The Flying Wing monk made a sharp sound, jumped up suddenly, and galloped into the distance. He kept bombarding himself, hoping to suppress his cultivation and dispel the catastrophe.
But before he could take action a few times, his whole body trembled, his body paused, and he showed a fanatical and exaggerated expression, but there was panic in his eyes.
As if his body was being controlled, he forcibly turned around, knelt down to Xu Qing, and spoke loudly.
"Lord...I am willing...to...die...!"
The unfavorable words meant that the shadow's control over him was unstable. At this moment, the flying wing tribe was struggling even more fiercely as he spoke. His expression changed, and his fanatical expression quickly dissipated. His expression became distorted, and he was about to break free.
At this moment, thunder roared in the sky, and the heavenly sword composed of countless lightnings suddenly fell towards the flying wing tribe below.
At the moment of arrival, the shadow left, and the Winged Tribe, who had returned to normal, had no possibility of dodge. Amidst the shrill screams, they were chopped down by the Heavenly Sword.
The roar echoed and spread in all directions.
Xu Qing sat cross-legged in his original position, not paying attention to the dying Feiyi Tribe prisoner who had been beheaded and had his Daoji removed. He looked up at the Heavenly Sword and realized it again.
Three hundred breaths of time passed by in a flash.
As the calamity cloud slowly dissipated, the Heavenly Sword also dissipated, and Xu Qing's eyes showed thoughts.
After a while, he stood up and stepped forward, going to another area to look for another suitable specimen.
In this way, time passed and several days passed.
As Xu Qing tried and understood again and again, the day agreed with Ning Yan came.
On this day, the sky was full of orange at dusk, forming a brilliant light. It flowed on the earth like water, and also fell on the roof square of the Record Office of the Sword Holding Palace.
There, there were many sword holders lined up in long queues.
They are all candidates from various states.
Some of them looked anxious and were waiting hard, Ning Yan was one of them.
He looked into the distance from time to time, feeling uneasy and worrying about gains and losses. He had been waiting for a long time.
A few tables behind him, there sat a middle-aged sword-holder with a solemn expression. This man had cultivated a golden elixir, and there was a faint flash of lightning in his eyes. He was obviously from the ancient thunder lineage and had good fluctuations.
At this moment, he looked up at the seven or eight candidates who were constantly looking into the distance, and spoke calmly.
"Most of the candidate recommendation records have been completed, it's just you who are left."
"Have you found the recommender for this term from Tongzhou?"
The seven or eight candidates all looked bitter, some opened their mouths to explain, and some remained silent.
Ning Yan quickly nodded and bowed to the middle-aged sword holder.
"Please wait a moment, my recommender promised to come back."
"Who are you looking for?" The middle-aged sword holder frowned and spoke slowly.
Ning Yan hesitated and did not say Xu Qing's name. Now he was not sure whether the other party would really come. If he said it but didn't come, the matter would become a joke to him.
In addition, this time the candidate was evaluated at the same time as people of the same status from other states. In order to win the first place among the candidates, there was fierce competition between them, and some conflicts were inevitable.
At this moment, there were three young and energetic teenagers in the crowd, who had had friction with him.
When these three people saw that Ning Yan was anxious and did not mention the recommender, their expressions flashed with ridicule. Although it was not that obvious, Ning Yan still saw it.
This look made Ning Yan feel a little uncomfortable.
One of them even chuckled.
"The candidate ranked first in the candidate assessment, but no one came to recommend him. This shows his character."
Ning Yan was silent.
The middle-aged sword holder had an expressionless face. He didn't pay attention to the comments of these young and energetic teenagers. There were many such people. After all, everyone had different personalities. Some were gloomy, while others were direct.
But everything will change after becoming a sword bearer.
So he looked through Ning Yan's resume and noticed that he was from Yinghuangzhou. He raised his head unexpectedly and glanced at Ning Yan.
"Are you from the same state as Brother Xu Qing?"
Ning Yan nodded when he heard this.
Among the three candidates who had conflicts with him, some chuckled.
"Brother Xu Qing has so much glory but is unwilling to recommend someone, it really shows that someone has some problems."
"I have worked so hard to be ranked first among the candidates, and it is very useful."
"You are looking for death!" Ning Yan looked gloomy and looked around. He saw that the other party had provoked him several times. Coupled with his anxiety at the moment, anger inevitably rose in his heart.
"Why, you have to fight us again here!" The three young men looked at Ning Yan with evil eyes. They just wanted to anger Ning Yan.
Ning Yan gritted his teeth, anger gradually rising in his eyes.
As for the middle-aged swordsman in the record office, he looked at this scene with cold eyes. Similar things happened every time among the newly promoted candidates. After all, there will naturally be conflicts in places with many people, so he spoke calmly.
"If there is a conflict, go out and resolve it before coming back."
When the three young men heard this, they immediately took off into the air, and one of them pointed at Ning Yan.
"Aren't you the substitute who stole our limelight? Do you dare to come and fight again!"
"What you said is wrong. Why wouldn't Ning Yan dare to do it? He wants to wait for his recommendation, so he can't fight with us, right? Ning Yan, I've already thought of the reasons for his refusal."
Another young man among the three people smiled and spoke.
A cold light flashed in Ning Yan's eyes, and he was about to fly out, but at this moment, a calm voice came from far away.
"Ning Yan, I was delayed because of something, so I came a little late."
As the sound came, the roar also echoed, and in the distant sky, a figure quickly approached.
In the twilight, this person's long hair is fluttering, and he is dressed in a white Taoist robe that looks better than snow. Together with his handsome face, everyone who sees him will instinctively attract their attention.
It was Xu Qing.
Xu Qing does not agree to others easily. Once he agrees, he will definitely do it.
Since he agreed to recommend Ning Yan before, he would not deliberately delay the time. In fact, during this period, he was busy understanding the Dao-Severing Blade, so he came late today.
As for Ning Yan's displeasure, there are still some things that displease him, but since the captain thinks this person is useful, Xu Qing is prepared to observe him more.
As soon as he arrived, all the candidate disciples in the Record Office were shocked, and they all showed respect in their eyes, and they all paid homage to him. The three young men who had conflicts with Ning Yan were also shocked, and they quickly bowed their heads, not daring to continue making trouble.
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In fact, Xu Qing's reputation is quite good in the Sword Holding Palace now. He is known as one of the monsters of this generation. Especially several monsters of this generation are said to have good personal relationships and stick together. If you provoke one of them, you will provoke them.
all.
Moreover, now that everyone is in important positions and has established influence, no one wants to offend them.
The middle-aged sword holder in the records office also laughed and stood up to greet him.
On that day, Xu Qing, Kong Xianglong and others confronted the Yao family in the Sword Holding Palace. Among the many sword holders who came, this person was among them. He had met Xu Qing once, knew what Xu Qing and the others had done, and felt deeply in his heart.
Little admiration.
Ning Yan was even more excited and stepped forward quickly. Xu Qing's voice was like the sound of nature to him, and his figure was like a rainbow. The ups and downs of his mood made him extremely grateful for Xu Qing's arrival.
Xu Qing nodded towards Ning Yan, and then returned the greeting with fists to the middle-aged sword holder who came to greet him.
"Excuse me, Brother Zhou, I will be Ning Yan's recommender."
When the swordsman surnamed Zhou heard Xu Qing call out his surname, his eyes immediately showed a bright light, secretly thinking that this person can be accepted by Kong Xianglong and others.
You must know that there were many sword holders who went to the Discipline Hall at that time. Although everyone met each other later, and Wang Chen and others also introduced them, time was short after all.
In such a situation, you can still remember your last name. This is your skill.
So he laughed and spoke.
"Brother Xu Qing's recommendation shows that Ning Yan has an upright heart and a pure character." After saying that, he immediately recorded the approval for Ning Yan, and then looked at Ning Yan with a stern look in his eyes.
"Ning Yan, I hope you will fulfill your duties faithfully after becoming a sword holder and don't embarrass Brother Xu Qing!"
Ning Yan quickly said yes.
Xu Qing didn't stay long. After saying a few words to the sword holder named Zhou, he said goodbye and left under the respectful eyes of everyone around him.
He still has to go back to the Prison Department to continue his understanding.
When he returned and passed by the ninth floor of the Prison Department, Xu Qing's figure had just appeared on the steps when he heard the stern voice of the palace master in the distance.
"Don't think that just because someone calls you a genius, you are pretentious. In my eyes, you, Kong Xianglong, are just a new sword holder, very immature!"
Xu Qing paused, looked over, and noticed that Kong Xianglong was standing at the junction of this floor with his head lowered.
The palace master was opposite him, looking majestic at the moment and scolding him coldly.
"Even if you look stunning to others, if you don't abide by the sword wielder's rules and miss work many times for personal reasons, sooner or later you will definitely cause a disaster. Do you understand this?"
The palace owner looked majestic and had some anger in his voice.
"The Palace of Sword Holding is not a place to grow flowers, nor does it need people who don't follow the rules. If you think you can rely on cleverness to
Misbehaving here..."
Seeing this scene, Xu Qing understood that Kong Xianglong must have been caught doing something private when he sent the prisoner for handover, which caused him to be reprimanded by the palace master. He was afraid that a jail sentence would be inevitable.
"Why is the Palace Master always staring at Brother Kong?"
Xu Qing was a little surprised in his heart, but he knew that the other party was angry at this moment, so he immediately lowered his head and walked towards the tenth floor.
But before walking down the steps, Kong Xianglong made a rare retort.
"I didn't do anything wrong. I completed the mission and got the mission items. It was just two days late that they were sent back. The lives of those victims were all in danger. Am I going to die without saving them!"
"Presumptuous!" The palace master snorted coldly. The sound was like thunder roaring in all directions, causing the guards around him to panic. Xu Qing also took a breath and looked back.
Kong Xianglong was seen raising his head at this moment, with an unconvinced look on his face, while the palace master was obviously even more angry, with a cold light in his eyes.
"You have the skills, haven't you? You have learned to talk back. If you continue to do this, why not get out of the county capital and find a small place to enjoy your hero's vanity."
Kong Xianglong's body trembled and he lowered his head after a while.
"Remember the first words I said when I saw you when you were promoted to Sword Holder?" The palace master looked at Kong Xianglong with a majestic face.
"As a sword holder, everyone is a sharp sword for the human race. We must always be prepared to die for the human race." Kong Xianglong heard this and spoke loudly.
Xu Qing was familiar with this sentence when he was on the 89th floor. When he first saw the palace master, the first sentence he spoke was exactly the same.
At this moment, the palace master's words continued to echo with severity.
"I hope you will fall on the human battlefield in the future instead of some despicable conspiracy!"
"With your character, it's not difficult to make plans for you. Someone comes and locks him up for two months this time. No one is allowed to visit during this period!"
The palace owner flicked his sleeves, turned around and left. His eyes widened when he passed by Xu Qing.
"What fun are you looking at? Did you discover Ding Yisan Er's secret? Have you completed the realization of Area C? Hurry up and go!"
"Yes!" Xu Qing quickly lowered his head and left quickly.
Before leaving, he glanced at Kong Xianglong and found that the other person was also looking at him. The two looked at each other helplessly.
Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and hurried towards the ninetieth floor. While he felt deep in his heart that the palace master was harsh, he also had thoughts in his eyes.
"Palace Master knows that I am feeling something?"
Xu Qing understood that as the palace master, he controlled the entire Prison Department, and he knew that he was realizing that this matter itself was not difficult.
However, there are so many things going on in the entire Prison Department, and they are still aware of their own movements, which shows that the Palace Master is paying attention to her.
Xu Qing was deep in thought, and soon reached the ninetieth floor. As soon as he walked in, he saw Guishou sitting there drinking wine. He smiled when he saw Xu Qing.
"I must have been reprimanded by the palace master. I heard the roar from above even here."
Xu Qing nodded, feeling depressed at the bottom of his heart. Being reprimanded this time was an unforeseen disaster.
"Palace Master, his character is like this. He is strict with everyone, especially himself." Guishou threw a pot of wine and said with a smile.
"The more he scolds you, the more he cares about you."
Xu Qing remembered his previous guess.
"The palace master has no disciples, and his heirs also died in battle, so he is very concerned about qualified sword holders. You are like this, and so is Kong Xianglong."
Guishou sighed and took a sip of wine.
"The heir died in battle?" Xu Qing looked at Guishou.
"Yes, the newcomers don't know about this, but most of the elders know that the palace owner has two sons, both of whom are swordsmen with amazing qualifications."
"But one died due to the mission of infiltrating the Shenglan clan and committed suicide in order not to be captured alive. The other died because of someone's plot based on his personality."
Ghost Hands sighed and said no more.
Xu Qing was silent, looked up at the eighty-ninth floor above, bowed to the ghost hand after a while, walked towards the mural, and stepped into the small world.
In East Thirteenth District, which he is responsible for, four prisoners who meet the standards have been executed. However, Xu Qing found other jailers in District C three days ago and exchanged several prisoners who met the requirements with the prisoners in the area he was responsible for.
Come here.
At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged on the volcano, looking up at the sky, and as the heaven and earth roared, the heavenly sword reappeared.
Xu Qing's expression was calm. Now he was no longer as anxious as he was at the beginning. Instead, he was in peace, silently staring, silently comprehending, and silently imprinting it in his mind.
In his mind, the shadow of a knife formed again and again.
But it collapsed and dissipated again and again.
Despite this, Xu Qing still persisted.
It was not until half a month later that he came to realize again and again that there were not many foreign prisoners left in exchange.
At this time, Xu Qing did not continue to use the prisoner's cultivation breakthrough to draw the sword of heavenly calamity. Instead, he sat cross-legged, recalling and illustrating in his mind, raising his right hand many times, and copying again and again.
A relatively stable knife shadow finally appeared in his mind, which he carefully protected and gradually deepened.
This process is very boring, like forging a peerless blade.
Gradually a sharp edge emerged, and actually at this point, Xu Qing knew that it was over.
But he realized that the power of the sword he was comprehending at this moment was astonishing, but it was not the way he thought, but the body and soul.
"It's different from what I thought..."
Xu Qing pondered, and simply did not end it. Instead, he continued to copy and deepen his understanding of Hai Daoying. He wanted to see what would happen if he continued to understand.
But sometimes, if the method is wrong, a short forging time is fine, but if it takes a long time, what you get will not be a sharp blade, but scrap metal.
So half a month later, when he came here again and again to continue to comprehend, his mind was suddenly shocked, and the sword he copied in the sea of consciousness still collapsed.
Because of his long-term investment, Xu Qing's body trembled violently as the knife shadow was torn apart, and he spurted out a large mouthful of blood.
"How could this be so..."
Xu Qing looked sluggish and unwilling, muttering in a low voice.
Whether it was Tai Cang's sword or the shadow of Ghost Emperor Mountain, he never felt it was so difficult, especially since he had clearly realized it before, but in the end, he collapsed again for some unknown reason.
It was as if the knife could leave an outline in the mind, but it was beyond his reach to leave a deeper mark.
"Is my method wrong?"
Xu Qing was silent, closed his eyes and sat there cross-legged, lost in thought.
Until a long time ago, he gave up on understanding the sword itself, and instead recalled the prisoners who were beheaded, and the scenes of the collapse of the road foundation after the sword fell.
As the images continued to appear in his mind, after a long time, Xu Qing suddenly trembled and opened his eyes suddenly.
"I'm going in the wrong direction!"
"All my previous insights were based on the previous methods, but those were based on the body and soul. For example, Tai Cang's sword cuts the body, while Gui Dishan Suppresses the soul."
"That's not insight, that's copying, and what's needed this time is real insight."
"Because the Dao-cutting sword transformed by these rules is not the sword of heavenly calamity, it is the sword of heavenly law!"
"Looking at it at a deeper level, it uses the law to cut off the spiritual energy in the monk's body. The spiritual energy is affected the moment the knife falls, as if... it no longer belongs to the monk himself."
"The point of this sword is not to cut, but to let the monk's own spiritual energy repel the practitioner and fall apart on its own!"
"This sword, or rather this way, is more like... a decree!"
Xu Qing's breathing was rapid, and his eyes showed a strong light.
"The decree orders the spiritual energy to repel the monks?"
"How is this done?"
An answer instantly came to his mind.
Aura is the essence, so if aura is regarded as the same existence as heterogeneity, then whose aura is aura...
Xu Qing thought of the four primitive heavens outside this small world. Their gazes converged into the sun and the moon, transforming into laws.
"Aura comes from laws, and laws come from heaven?"
Xu Qing murmured, his eyes showing strange light.
After prisoners are imprisoned in this small world, they will be invaded and assimilated by the small world, and eventually merge with this world, so the laws of this small world can dissipate their cultivation.
"So, this sword is the way of heaven that turns into laws and decrees, and then cuts it off. So, what is the way of heaven?"
Xu Qing's eyes revealed his thoughts. After a while, he took a deep breath and stood up, stepping away from this small world and reaching the outside of the continent. In the void, he paused and looked down at the four huge primitive gods outside the light shell.
He looked very seriously and carefully, even sitting cross-legged in nothingness, his perception spread out, and he was immersed in it.
Time passed, and seven days later, Xu Qing felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart.
"These four heavenly beings are not substantial things, but an existence that looks like life and death, but is not dead."
"This type of existence has no will of its own."
This was what Xu Qing observed, and it was also the answer he got from asking the Immortal Zixuan during the past seven days.
This answer made Xu Qing think of Wanggu Continent.
According to his understanding, a strong man who has mastered the laws of Wanggu Continent can also achieve this kind of sword of heaven in Wanggu Continent, but this is extremely difficult.
Because the Heavenly Way of the Small World is controlled by the Sword-bearing Palace, it can be used.
But looking at the way of heaven in the ancient continent, there should be no one who can control it.
Without human control, the way of heaven would have no self-awareness, only instinct transformed by laws.
At this time, Xu Qing suddenly understood what the Spiritual Treasure Realm was.
I also understood the reason why Guishou once said that in the spiritual treasure realm, one needs to understand the way of heaven, and there must be the way of heaven in one's own secret treasure.
That's because only the way of heaven can carry the laws and then command the laws.
A strong person in the Lingzang Realm can already impose the laws of heaven on himself, and the effects on the Wanggu Continent may not last long, but they can be changed in a short period of time to form the strongest state.
It is similar to the Xuan Yao state of Foundation Establishment.
After realizing this, Xu Qing had a deeper understanding of this Heavenly Dao Yida.
He finally understood why he had failed before.
Because this sword contains laws, and the laws can only be mastered by the spiritual treasure, and the mastery of the spiritual treasure also relies on the heavenly way in the secret treasure as a carrier.
So he failed, so no matter how hard he copied, he would never succeed.
He lacks a carrier to carry the law!
"So that's it!"
Xu Qing fully understood.
"Carrier..."
He thought of the Poison Forbidden Pill, the Life Lamp, the Imperial Level Cultivation Technique, and Ziyue...
In the end, he gave up.
In the final analysis, these are all external objects.
There is only one that is most suitable.
That's... the Mosasaurus.
The natal Mosasaurus!
"The way of heaven in my secret treasure of the future!"