Outside of time Chapter 21: The thirst for knowledge

That night, Xu Qing had a dream.

This is the first time he has lived in such a luxurious house in more than six years, and it is also the first time he has not felt the cold outside, and it is also a rare night of dreams.

In the dream, the world is not cruel, the sky has no remnants of gods, his parents are by his side, and he even has an older brother.

And he went to school with a group of playmates without any worries. After school, he returned to his warm home, ate a hot dinner with his relatives, and slept beautifully.

It's just the appearance of the relatives in the dream, a little vague.

He really wanted to see it clearly, but there was always a cloud of mist shrouded in mist until morning came, and Xu Qing, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes.

He looked at the roof and calmed down for a moment, as if he had completely woken up from a dream, and looked around silently...

In the gray-black brick room, there are not only tables, chairs, beds, but also a bathroom. The floor is warm, which is the remnant of the heat of the stove last night.

On the ground, there is a futon made of straw mats, and there is an empty bookshelf beside it.

It seems simple, but in Xu Qing's heart, this is already very luxurious.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, walked to the bathroom, and carefully placed his hand in the water. Seeing that his dirty hand was slowly melted away, he quickly lifted it up.

After staring down for a moment, wiping it on his body and re-dirty, he looked up at himself in the mirror.

A large leather jacket, black but messy hair, a small face full of dirt, and clear and innocent eyes.

Just watching, as Xu Qing turned to look at the window, the innocence in his eyes was replaced by indifference.

Outside the window, the wind and snow have stopped, the early sun rises, the sun is falling, and the last snow of this winter is slowly disappearing from the ground.

On the trees in the distance, as the snow melted, a green bud bloomed, as if to tell everyone that spring... really came.

Xu Qing walked out of the room and habitually glanced at the Lei team's house. There were more than a dozen wild dogs in the yard. They didn't lift their heads, but swept their tails on the ground as a greeting.

"I should do something." Xu Qing murmured in his heart, a look of firmness in his eyes.

So he pushed open the courtyard door and walked out. The goal was very clear. It was the tent where the team leader was.

In the early morning, there were not many scavengers in the camp.

As Xu Qing approached the convoy, the guards there all glanced at him, and Xu Qing gradually heard the sound of reading books in Langzhong's tent.

After hesitating for a while, Xu Qing stood silently outside the tent, waiting quietly.

The guards around the convoy had scrutiny in their eyes. After observing, most of them retracted, but there were still a few, still paying attention to him.

Xu Qing didn't care about this, because with the sound of reading in the tent, he gradually became fascinated. At the same time, he also found that the sound of reading in the tent was not just reading, but also included assessment.

"Jinnew grass, also known as cloverleaf, cold-dissipating grass, is the whole grass of Cyperaceae single-spiked water centipede. , Guangling and two states, gong can disperse the lungs and relieve cough, clear heat and detoxify, disperse blood stasis and reduce swelling, and has miraculous effects on poisonous snake bites and bruises, cooperate with..."

The girl's voice was originally full of confidence, but as she spoke, she hesitated.

"What to cooperate with?" Inside the tent, Master Bai's dignified words seemed to be stern.

"Combined with rhinoceros sparks and refining, using yang to transform yin, it can form a drop of poison-avoiding complete liquid, which is one of the basic materials of Dahua Dan." The girl seemed a little scared, and her speech speed was much faster. Also breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Qing was outside the tent, listening to this, becoming more and more serious.

"White back root, also known as... er, is the root of Euphorbiaceae, slightly astringent and slightly bitter. The place of origin... the five internal organs..." Then came the young man, who hesitated as he spoke. Get up, and stop directly at the back, obviously forgetting.

In the tent, the boy sitting with the girl was nervous and anxious at the moment, but he couldn't remember it, so he looked to the girl for help.

The girl beside her obviously knew the answer, but she just didn't remind her, so the boy could only cry in the end.

And Master Bai, who was in front of them, looked back at the tent, and the guards on the side immediately asked for instructions.

Master Bai thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and then snorted at the stammering teenager.

"Write down the Classic of Plants and Trees ten times tonight!"

The boy really wanted to cry this time, but he didn't dare to refute it, so he could only bow his head and mourned silently.

After examining the two apprentices, Master Bai calmly spoke and began to talk about today's class. His voice was a little louder and clearer than before.

The boy didn't pay attention, but the girl was attentive and a little puzzled. She blinked and glanced outside the tent. Following her gaze, she could see a thin figure appearing on the tent under the sunlight.

Xu Qing, who was outside the tent, listened more seriously. He kept every word and every sentence spoken by Master Bai in his heart, for fear of forgetting the slightest bit, because knowledge was extremely precious to him. and desire.

In this way, time passed slowly, and this day, Master Bai's lectures exceeded the previous one, almost doubled the time. It was not until the day was three poles that there were scavengers outside the tent waiting to see a doctor. Master Bai finished the lecture, hoarse The voice came out.

"Young man outside, come in."

Xu Qing was jolted, and woke up from his unfulfilled thoughts. He took a deep breath and carefully opened the tent door with a guilty conscience. After walking in, he stood silently aside, feeling a little embarrassed.

Originally, he wouldn't do this, but he came here today for consultation, and he eavesdropped outside for a long time. The latter's behavior is very disgusting in the slum.

Seeming to see the boy's nervousness, Master Bai slowed down and spoke lightly.

"What's the matter?"

As his words came out, the **** the side looked at Xu Qing curiously.

She had a little impression of the child in front of her, remembering that the other party had come to see a doctor with an old man on his back a few days ago.

"I have seen Master Bai." Xu Qing bowed his head, imitating the appearance of Thunder Team before, and bowed deeply to Master Bai.

After hesitating, he said that he wanted to consult about the Destiny Flower.

After speaking, Xu Qing took out five white pills from the leather bag and placed them in front of Master Bai.

The consultation fee is usually one white pill, but Xu Qing felt that he heard the other party's teaching, one white pill is not enough, even five are less.

So he took out ten spirit coins and put them together with Bai Dan.

After doing this, his heart settled down.

Master Bai gave Xu Qing a deep look, and slowly opened his mouth to the girl beside him.

"Tingyu, you answer."

The girl's body is straight, her expression is serious, and she speaks in a crisp voice.

"The Flower of Destiny, also known as Life-Changing Flame, Spiritual Grass, is a variation of the Divine family plant Fumu. There are seventy-three variations of this variation recorded, but only the first one can be used as medicine and can grow in Any area in the restricted area, there is no pattern, and the number is rare.”

"Gong can regenerate a severed limb, rekindle a suspended life, except for the wound of the soul, the general practice can be treated." Said, the girl quickly picked up the book on the side, and after turning a few pages, it was revealed that there was a drawing on it. Patterned page.

"This is what it looks like."

The pattern painted is a flower and grass that does not seem unusual, except for the serrations on the edges of the grass blades, which are somewhat obvious, and there is a strange symbol formed by a silk thread in the middle.

Xu Qing took a closer look and remembered it in his heart. He bowed deeply to Master Bai and the girl, turned and was about to leave.

Before leaving, Master Bai's faint voice came from behind him.

"This grass is hard to come by, and it is often accompanied by powerful beasts. You can do it yourself."

Xu Qing heard the words and bowed again. After leaving the tent, he galloped through the camp.

After returning to the residence with the fastest speed, he immediately took out a bamboo piece from the leather bag, and carved the flower of destiny and the totem described by the **** it with an iron stick.

After thinking about it, he engraved everything he heard today.

In the end, he looked at the bamboo pieces that were densely packed with innumerable small characters, and was very satisfied, and carefully put them away like a treasure.

"It would be great if I could still listen." Xu Qing murmured and began to think about how to continue listening. After a while, he put his mind away and began to practice.

That night, Xu Qing waited until Team Lei returned from his trip, and told the other party that he was going to the restricted area. Team Lei was hesitant to speak.

But in the end, he nodded and told Xu Qing about his experience.

As if the old man in the family watched his son go out, Thunder Team said it in great detail.

He didn't finish talking until it was almost dawn. After Xu Qing wrote everything down, Team Lei gave him another leather bag, which contained all kinds of medicinal powder left by Luan Ya.

After understanding the specific role, Xu Qing left the camp at the moment of arrival in the early morning ~IndoMTL.com~, and galloped in the wilderness. After a while, he arrived outside the restricted area.

The moment he stepped into the boundary, the warmth of the sunlight outside was cut off, and a sense of gloom penetrated into his body. Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, alert, his body turned into a scar, and went straight to the jungle.

In a few ups and downs, he disappeared without a trace.

The second time he stepped into the jungle in the restricted area, Xu Qing's familiarity with this place was different from before.

But the more this is the case, the more cautious he is. While jumping forward, he also pays attention to the surrounding flowers and plants, and soon arrives at the place where the silt was originally, and imitates Luan Ya's previous actions to pick up the silt. Apply on your body and move on.

Time flies, and soon the whole day passes.

This time, Xu Qing did not encounter fog. As for the powerful alien beasts, they were all avoided by Xu Qing's caution.

On the way, he also paid attention to the flowers and plants, looking for the flower of destiny.

At this moment, he arrived at the place where he encountered the black-scaled wolf. Looking around, he could barely see the arrangement at that time. It was just wolf corpses all over the ground, and now most of them have turned into rotting bones.

After carefully observing the decay on these corpses, Xu Qing felt relieved after finding that there were no signs of bites, but natural decay.

This shows that there is a high probability that no alien beasts will come here.

So he found an area nearby, intending to spend the night, and then continue his journey after dawn.

Soon as the night fell, and the jungle was pitch black, Xu Qing hid in a tree crevice, looking in the direction of the Seven Leaf Clover Canyon, and farther away there were the temples.

When he entered the restricted area this time, in addition to looking for the Flower of Destiny, he also had an idea, that is, to find a scar-removing stone for the little girl.

"Go and have a look." Xu Qing murmured.