In the end, Xu Qing gave the captain many antidotes, allowing him to successfully detoxify the poison in his body.
Then, the captain happily took out a peach and put it in his mouth. As he chewed, he patted Xu Qing's shoulder.
"We don't have to worry about this matter. With Master here, he is more experienced and knowledgeable than us. He will have a better grasp of the situation. We just have to wait to reap the benefits."
"By the way, Little Ah Qing, help me tell Old Kong that I need a favor. I'm going to bring a good friend to his place today."
"You want me to tell you that you're going to see Big Brother Kong?
Who are you bringing? "Xu Qing looked at the peach in the captain's mouth thoughtfully.
The captain coughed, looked around, and then said in a low voice.
"I went yesterday … That Old Kong is too stingy. To think that I helped him carry Shanhezi back. Hmph, he must be jealous that I'm your Eldest Senior Brother, so he doesn't like me. Sigh, I'm also wronged. If he has the ability, he should go find our Master. If he has the ability, he should go find him."
"As for who I'm bringing, who else can it be? Of course, it's my beloved Big Big Peach." The captain put on a calm expression, but his face was full of pride.
"You know each other?" Xu Qing looked at the captain.
"Of course. These few days, I accidentally saw Big Taotao outside the Yao residence. Her figure was so big … cough, her expression was full of depression and unhappiness was written all over her little face. Little Ah Qing, at that time, my heart was in pain, so I went up to comfort her and told her that I had a way to bring her to see the Yao family."
After the captain finished speaking, he looked at Xu Qing and took a bite of the peach.
"Little Junior Brother, I've already bragged … This is related to your Eldest Senior Brother's marriage."
Xu Qing was silent. He took out the order sword and sent a message to Kong Xianglong. Then, he nodded expressionlessly at the captain.
The captain was excited. He laughed and could not wait to leave.
Watching the captain's figure gradually disappear in the distance, Xu Qing's emotions, which had been suppressed by the various experiences on the battlefield, were much better than before.
"Eldest Senior Brother said that becoming stronger is the most important thing," Xu Qing murmured.
He closed his eyes. When he opened them after a while, the light in his eyes was as calm as before. He walked out of the Sword Pavilion and went to the Sword Holding Palace.
He wanted to exchange for a Life Lamp.
To him, the fastest way to increase his cultivation and combat strength was to use the Life Lantern.
"I now have ten Sky Palaces. Seven of them are from cultivation and three of them are formed from life lamps."
"Life Lanterns are based on the number of Life Fires. I used to have five Life Fires, so I can fuse at most five Life Lanterns."
While he was deep in thought, Xu Qing arrived at the Treasure Repository of the Sword Administration Palace.
This hall was specifically responsible for the exchange of military merits. Because of the distribution of military merits, most of the surviving sword wielders came here to exchange for the items they needed. When Xu Qing arrived, he saw a few familiar faces on the battlefield.
There were also some soldiers who came from the Imperial Capital. Although they weren't Sword Wielders, they still had the qualifications to exchange at the three great palaces. It was just that the ratio was a bit lower.
This detail was what the Vice Palace Master and the others had submitted to the Seventh Prince.
The Treasure Repository of the Sword Administration Palace was not only responsible for the exchange, but also for the collection. All Sword Wielders could send their spoils of war to exchange for military merits.
This formed a cycle. Not only were there some mysterious scrolls, there were also high-level cultivation techniques and powerful artifacts. As for the Life Lamps … there were two of them!
These two Life Lamps were neither good nor bad. They just had different powers. One of them had already been exchanged, and now there was only one left.
Not only did military merits need to be exchanged, but it also required rank two war merits. With Xu Qing's current merits, he could only exchange for one.
Xu Qing pondered for a long time and exchanged for it. He was cautious all the way back to the Sword Administration Palace. He didn't encounter any setbacks or accidents.
This reminded him of what Kong Xianglong had told him a few days ago. The Seventh Prince was organizing the military discipline.
In reality, whether it was the exchange of Dao fruits for military merits or other matters related to personal interests, whether it was Xu Qing or Kong Xianglong, none of the sword wielders who had sealed the Sea Commandery had been deliberately made difficult, nor had there been any malicious plundering.
No matter what they exchanged for or sold, it was a personal matter. The Sword Administration Palace wasn't greedy in the past, and it wouldn't be in the future.
This was especially true for the Sword Administration Palace. Every one of them had war merits. They had risked their lives on the battlefield to exchange for things they needed for cultivation. If they were targeted in the end, they would bleed and cry. This was something that absolutely couldn't be allowed.
These were the Seventh Prince's words.
"This Seventh Prince is very powerful. He doesn't care about such small benefits. His ambitions don't lie here."
At that time, Kong Xianglong's expression was complicated when he said those words.
Xu Qing recalled the events after the Seventh Prince's arrival and sighed in his heart.
From a personal point of view, he didn't like the Seventh Prince. But from the perspective of the clan, the Seventh Prince's actions were ultimately beneficial to the clan.
Merits and demerits were up to the individual.
Xu Qing shook his head and put away these thoughts. He took out the Life Lamp he had exchanged for in the Sword Administration Palace.
It was a broken black sword.
The Life Lamp emitted a sharp aura that contained a shocking amount of murderous intent. It was obvious that the bloodline that formed this Life Lamp came from someone who had killed many people. That was why the Life Lamp formed by the bloodline contained such murderous intent. Its shape was also different from other Life Lamps.
The difference between the Sword Administration Palace's exchange and snatching outside was that there was a record of the origin of this Life Lamp.
When Xu Qing exchanged for the Life Lamp, he received a jade slip that recorded the information of this Life Lamp.
"This Life Lamp is called the Broken Immortal Devouring God. Its bloodline originates from the Ninth Heavenly General of the Human Race in the Xuanyou Era. However, it doesn't belong to the Heavenly General himself. Instead, it was produced by his descendants after a general died in battle during the Human Emperor's era."
"It specializes in killing, breaks all laws, and returns after drinking blood."
"It is suspected that there is evil intent residing in it. Previously, many people fused with it and gradually became crazed and bloodthirsty. It is not a killer, so it is best to be cautious."
Xu Qing sensed the contents of the jade slip and looked at the broken black sword. After thinking about it, regardless of whether it was effective or not, he circulated the purple crystal in his body and suppressed it, just like how he suppressed the shadow.
After suppressing it over a hundred times, Xu Qing felt a little more at ease.
When the shadow beside him saw this scene, it trembled.
Xu Qing didn't look at it and picked up the broken black sword again. After thinking about it, his right hand strangely turned translucent and enveloped the broken sword. Then, he put it into his chest and into his Spiritual Sea, approaching Ding-123.
He paused there, then suddenly sent it into Ding-123.
Although the God's Finger had retracted its aura and was asleep, Xu Qing still brought the sword to it. After rubbing it against his finger a few times, Xu Qing felt more at ease.
Previously, he suppressed it to remove it. At the same time, if he didn't remove it completely, then the God's Finger would be a warning.
It would be a warning to the evil intent that might exist in the broken sword to be obedient.
After doing all this, Xu Qing thought about it and circulated the Heavenly Dao Azure Dragon. After it appeared in his body, it swallowed the broken sword and refined it with the Heavenly Dao Azure Dragon.
Then, he simply placed it next to the purple crystal and brought it to his mouth as if it was food.
After doing all this, Xu Qing didn't know if it was an illusion, but he vaguely heard a miserable scream.
Xu Qing blinked and didn't pay it any attention. At this moment, he was completely at ease and truly integrated the broken black sword into his body.
In the next instant, above the life fog in his Spiritual Sea, the fog roared and lightning flashed. An ancient, sword-shaped Heavenly Palace suddenly formed inside.
It quickly materialized. The entire process only took one incense stick of time and the Heavenly Palace was completely formed.
This was the 11th Heavenly Palace in Xu Qing's body.
The moment it appeared, a powerful fluctuation erupted from Xu Qing's body. At the same time, it filled the entire Sword Pavilion. The aura on his body was much sharper than before. It was as if he had turned into an unsheathed sword. The killing intent was even stronger, as if he wanted to slash the heavens and destroy the earth.
If there was a Nascent Soul cultivator here, they would be shocked and dumbfounded after sensing Xu Qing's aura. This was because Xu Qing's ten Heavenly Palaces were already shocking enough, and now it was even stronger.
After all, everyone's Heavenly Palace was suppressed by different things. This different combination also created a huge gap between the Golden Core Heavenly Palaces in addition to the cultivation level.
It was not that there were no Heavenly Palace cultivators like Xu Qing in terms of quantity and quality in the entire Ancient Gazing Land. However, every one of them was a generation with a great fortune. They were the best of their clans and most of them were famous in their clans.
"Let's not think about whether I can get the last Life Lamp. Right now, I'm not far from reaching the peak of the Life Lamp!"
Xu Qing muttered after sensing his aura.
Not only did he have 11 complete Heavenly Palaces in his Spiritual Sea, but he also had one that was in the materialization stage and was more than half complete.
"I hope this trip to the Celestial Restriction will help me complete the last Heavenly Palace besides the Life Lamp!"
Xu Qing's eyes lit up. After a while, he closed his eyes and began to nourish the Heavenly Palace formed by the Life Lamp.
Just like that, time slowly passed.
The day of the opening of the Celestial Restriction arrived.
As the command sword vibrated, Xu Qing opened his eyes from his meditation. His eyes shined with a sharp light, but he slowly restrained it until it was as calm as an ancient well. He expressionlessly stood up and walked out of the Sword Pavilion. He saw Kong Xianglong waiting for him outside.
The two looked at each other and walked toward the original location of the Punishment Department.
A huge pit had been dug there. As a thick foreign substance spread out, waves of ghostly wails and howls came from the deep pit.
It was as if all living beings were crying and roaring. When it entered one's ears, it shook one's mind.
If one had a cowardly personality, after hearing the howls from the deep pit, they would be timid and instinctively wouldn't dare to get close.
However, half of the first batch of cultivators to enter the Celestial Restriction Land were Sealed Sea County's Sword Bearers who had survived hundreds of battles.
Although some of their limbs hadn't fully recovered and some of their injuries hadn't completely healed, they were talented and had been baptized by the flames of war. As a result, they were able to walk out of this hellish tempering...
Each of them was filled with murderous intent and had killed countless people.
Each of them had seen many life and death situations and weren't afraid of anything.
Their temperaments had been refined to the extreme.
Therefore, in the eyes of the cultivators from the surrounding counties and various races, these people who had gathered at the edge of the deep pit were very special. Their temperaments were completely different.
Although there weren't many of them, they could be seen even in the crowd.
Especially now that they were gathered together and formed an army, their aura was even more obvious.
The soldiers who had come from the Imperial Capital and hadn't experienced as many battles as they did became background characters.
It wasn't just the soldiers of the Imperial Capital. All the surrounding cultivators seemed to have become green leaves at this moment.
As for them, they stood there silently, becoming an independent army. It was difficult for anyone to attract their attention.
Until Xu Qing and Kong Xianglong appeared.
The two tall and thin figures walked over from the distance. The white Sword Bearers' robes fluttered in the wind, giving off a cold aura.
One had a rough face with stubble, while the other had an extraordinary face with a calm gaze.
The moment they appeared, the silent Sword Bearers all turned their heads and looked at the two of them. Their eyes revealed a faint light as they saluted and opened a path.
This was the first time they'd been so united.
Xu Qing and Kong Xianglong didn't stop. They walked into the crowd and walked to the front, standing together with the dozens of Spirit Treasury Sword Bearers.
Although their cultivations weren't high enough, their contributions and status were enough to stand here.
Now that they'd arrived, their auras merged with their comrades without any hindrance. It was as if they'd always been a part of each other.
This scene caused great waves to rise in the hearts of the countless spectators. The soldiers of the Imperial Capital and the cultivators of various races all felt the same way.
There was also the seventh prince who was walking over from the sky. For the first time, he looked at the two figures standing in front of the group of cultivators who had been through hundreds of battles.
"He's that Xu Qing?" the Seventh Prince asked softly in the air.
The County Deputy beside him responded.
"Your Highness, it's him. Xu Qing was once the scribe of the original Palace Master of the Sword Bearing Palace. He is also the person who opened the way for our Sealed Sea County. The frontlines are in urgent need of supplies and he was the one who prepared them. The reinforcements from the two prefectures were coordinated by him and he contributed greatly to Sealed Sea County. He is also one of the few people who have a rank two battle achievement in this war.
"Boundless Heart?" The Seventh Prince didn't care about the merits, but when he heard those words, his eyes narrowed.
"Yes." The County Deputy smiled.