Outside of Time

The hall fell silent.

Here, whether it is Jun Cheng or Yao Hou, or the two palace masters Sheng Xing and Xing Lu, they all know some battle reports, but they are far less comprehensive than those here in the Sword Palace.

After all, the master of the Palace of Swords is temporarily acting as the county guard, and everything will be taken over by the Palace of Swords during the war. The news here is naturally the most complete.

"Did you hear that?" The Palace Master of the Sword Holding Palace said slowly with an expressionless face.

"Jun Cheng, it's not that I don't want to use better means to ask those foreign tribes to send strong men, but I don't have time."

The county magistrate was silent.

"Marquis Yao, why haven't 70% of the alliance's allies moved out yet? It's so bold to ask for a huge amount of supplies!" The voice of the master of the Sword Holding Palace revealed a hint of solemnity.

"As for the more than 400 ethnic groups who refuse to send strong men, at this time, what will happen to them once Fenghai County is in chaos? Yao Hou, have you ever thought about it!"

"Now the two major battlefields are in danger, Fenghai County has reached this level, Kong Mou is killing some foreigners, why do you need to come here to jijiwaiwai!"

The master of the Sword Holding Palace spoke coldly, and the whole hall became cold.

"What if those foreign races join forces to resist?" Yao Hou frowned and looked at the master of the Sword Palace with a gloomy expression.

"Kill." The master of the Sword-bearing Palace faintly said this word.

"If you send a strong person to rebel on the battlefield, will you kill them all?"

"Xu Qing, inform the four deacons and continue to exterminate the clan. I'll see who dares to disobey." The master of the Sword Holding Palace spoke slowly and ignored Yao Hou.

Xu Qing nodded and recorded it.

"Kong Liangxiu, you are stubborn. If you do this, if Fenghai County cannot defend it, those foreigners will then..." Yao Hou stood up and stared at the master of the Sword Palace.

The master of the Sword Palace looked at Yao Hou coldly.

"If Fenghai County is destroyed, why should I consider these foreigners?"

Yao Hou stared at the master of the Sword Palace, flicked his sleeves, and turned to leave.

"Yao Tianyan, when will the foreign alliance begin?" The master of the Sword-holding Palace narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke calmly.

"One day!" Outside the main hall, Yao Hou snorted coldly.

The commander sighed, stood up, bowed to the master of the Palace of Swords, and left. As for the other two palace masters, they stood up and left the hall expressionlessly.

Soon, the entire hall fell silent, except for Xu Qing and the palace master.

"Palace Master, I'm retiring." After waiting for a while and seeing no other instructions from the palace master, Xu Qing bowed low and left the hall.

After everyone left, the palace master was silent for a long time, took out a jade slip, pinched it gently, looked up in the direction of Yao Mansion, and frowned slowly.

"is it him?"

Marquis Yao, who left the Sword Holding Palace at the same time, looked filled with anger. When he returned to his yamen, in the secret room, the anger on his face disappeared and turned into a deep gloom as he murmured.

"It shouldn't be Kong Liangxiu, then who murdered the county guard..."

Time passed slowly, and ten days passed.

During these ten days, Xu Qing had no time to rest at all. Every day, more and more battle reports came from all sides, especially as the armies from the second battlefield in the northwest arrived one after another, and the battles with the Shenglan tribe began to be fierce. proceeding.

Battle reports come in every moment.

Among them, Marquis Yao did what he said that day. In just one day, he didn't know how to communicate to get those foreigners from the alliance to dispatch. …

And he himself, together with most of the Yao family members, also went to the northern battlefield.

Before setting off, he saw no one.

However, Xu Qing saw the palace master walking out of the main hall and looking in the direction where Yao Hou was going.

The actions of the four major deacons and even the arrival of the two deputy palace masters, with their forced push, finally frightened all the foreign races that did not participate in the war, forcing the strong men in their clans to obey the decrees of the Sword Holding Palace and were forced to do so. Scattered among the armies in different states.

So now in Fenghai County, except for the battlefield, there are no Lingzang Guixu monks anymore.

This is true even for prisoners.

The arrest operation in the Sword Holding Palace,

It unfolds from top to bottom. The higher the cultivation level, the more likely they are to be arrested first. As for the weaker prisoners, although many of them still escaped, the stronger ones have all been killed.

So soon, the sword holders who went out began to return, and finally on the tenth day, they all returned to the county capital.

At this time, the crisis on the battlefield has also reached a critical moment.

The battle reports Xu Qing received were filled with endless tragedy. The number of casualties was shocking and increasing every day. Until late at night on the tenth day, he received simultaneous emergencies from the west and north.

The entire blockade of Fenghai County's forbidden magic weapon is about to collapse and cannot hold on for too long. Once it collapses, the Shenglan Clan's army will rush into Fenghai County like a mountain torrent.

But the reinforcements from the human race still haven’t arrived.

Xu Qing even knew from the battle report that the Imperial Territory and other counties, which were extremely far away from here at this moment, also encountered similar situations, and the Black Sky Clan... dispatched in large numbers.

All the dependent tribes under his command also broke out, and for a while, the entire human race territory was in crisis.

When Xu Qing handed this battle report to the palace master, the palace master obviously knew that a man was wearing a battle armor alone in the hall.

This armor is black and consists of hundreds of pieces, and every piece exudes terrifying power.

When he saw Xu Qing, his expression was as serious as ever and he waved to him.

"Here, help me put on my armor."

Xu Qing walked silently, picked up the armor, and put it on for the palace master. The palace master stood there, looking into the distance.

The sunset in the distance suddenly smiled.

"The last time I went to the armor, my eldest son was by my side. It's been many years."

Looking at the palace master who had obviously aged a lot during this period, Xu Qing remembered what Guishou had told him about the death of the palace master's descendants in battle.

"My second eldest son committed suicide. I arranged for him to infiltrate the Shenglan tribe. After completing his mission, his identity was exposed. In order not to affect my decision, this child committed suicide." The palace master said calmly.

Xu Qing was silent, picked up another piece of armor, and continued to put it on for the palace master.

"I also have a second son who is too upright, values ​​love and justice, but is also romantic and very contradictory, so he can easily be plotted to death."

"But no one knows that he still has an heir. My grandson... is very, very good." The palace master smiled. Xu Qing had never seen a smile on the palace master's face. This was the first time.

As for the grandson he was talking about, Xu Qing had already made a guess in his heart after learning that the palace owner's surname was Kong a few days ago.

However, this smile disappeared from the palace master's face after Xu Qing put on the last piece of armor. …

His expression became serious again, giving people a sense of rigidity and harshness. He took the helmet handed over by Xu Qing and spoke in a deep voice.

"Xu Qing, please send orders to the Palace of Enforcement and the Palace of Criminal Law, and ask the Lord of the Second Palace to go to the northern war zone and be sure to hold on!"

"And I will lead one hundred thousand sword holders to the western battlefield. I will go and see how much the old guys from the Shenglan tribe have grown in cultivation."

Xu Qing solemnly obeyed the order.

"Palace Master, when are we going to set off? I'll go get ready."

"You don't have to go to the battlefield. I will arrange a substitute for you to take your place and show it to others." The palace master turned his head and looked at Xu Qing with a deep look.

Xu Qing was stunned. He looked at the palace master in front of him. A thick evil aura rose into the sky. It seemed that there were vaguely the roars of countless ferocious beasts echoing around him. Countless ferocious figures appeared on the armor. soul.

"I have other plans for you. You have to go on a confidential mission." The palace master's eyes fell on Xu Qing's eyes, as if he wanted to look at them more carefully.

"After you burn the incense, set off for Chaoxia Prefecture, go to the secret place of the Sword Holding Palace there, and investigate a matter for me in secret!"

After saying that, the palace master raised his hand and handed a jade slip to Xu Qing.

This jade slip was exactly what he had pinched in his hand when he was alone in the hall a few days ago.

Xu Qing took the jade slip with a solemn expression and said nothing.

The palace owner turned his head and looked at the sunset in the sky outside the hall. After a long time, he slowly spoke, his voice a little hoarse.

"Half a month ago, the sky was like this, and the governor... fell."

"Xu Qing, if I die in battle this time, you will hand this jade slip to the new county governor who will be appointed after the arrival of human reinforcements."

"The jade slips are what I investigated during this period. They contain clues about the sudden death of the old county governor..."

Xu Qing was shocked and looked at the palace master. Watch Sanyou for free.

The palace master still looked at the sunset in the sky outside, and calmly let out a low voice.

"The death of the old county guard is full of weirdness. This matter is far from as simple as an assassination by the Shenglan tribe. How could the old county guard, who was only half-step Yun Shen, fall silently without any resistance, if I didn't understand him? Old man, I thought he did this on purpose!"

"But the old county guard really died. His death... is a big problem."

"But time waits for me not. I don't have time to continue investigating."

"I don't know who the Human Emperor will send to Fenghai County, but you can just give it to him."

"And the reason I gave it to you is because I don't trust anyone here. My grandson is even more impulsive and is not suitable for this!"

"Yao Tianyan, Jun Cheng, the Palace Master of Xinglu Palace, and the Palace Master of Fengxing Palace, they may all be the culprits behind the scenes. The death of the old Sheriff and the collapse of the Prison Department must have been done by our own people in the county capital, and even among some people In my eyes, I am the most suspicious!"

"The person behind this is hidden too deep. If not dug out, Fenghai County will be in dire straits...Xu Qing, I believe you are not the other party's person, not because of your background, but because of your brilliance."

The palace owner spoke softly.

Xu Qing's breathing was rapid. The palace master's words made him feel a huge wave of emotion.

"I will give you another token. This token allows you to go to any secret place in the Sword-holding Palace in Fenghai County. It does not require military exploits, and it will not cause fluctuations in the formation of the secret place. You can sneak in to investigate."

"In addition, this token also contains the right to kill with a forbidden magical weapon in the county to ensure your safety during the investigation."

The palace master took out a blue token and handed it to Xu Qing. He turned and walked out of the hall until he reached the door. With his back to Xu Qing, a low voice suddenly came out.

"Xu Qing, do you still remember the first words I said to you when I saw you in the Prison Department a year ago?"

"Remember!" Xu Qing looked at the palace master.

"Read it out."

"As a sword holder, everyone is a sharp sword for the human race. We must always be prepared to die for the human race." Xu Qing said loudly.

Upon hearing this, the palace master laughed, put on the armor's helmet, and stepped out of the hall, his voice echoed in Xu Qing's ears.

"I am also a sword wielder!"

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