Outside of Time - Chapter 1186

[Chapter 1164: Slave Wants Reward]

A disciple of the Xinglei Palace attempted to defect but failed, and was killed by the Fourth True Lord on the teleportation array, which aroused suspicion from the disciple’s master Gongsun Qingmu.

In the end, the matter was finalized because a jade slip of secret message that was to be passed on was indeed found on the disciple.

However, in the eyes of some people, this matter is actually full of doubts. But since the Fourth True Lord himself has spoken, given his identity, the matter has come to an end.

Now that the young master’s wedding is imminent and the Immortal Lord is about to take over, it is the consensus of everyone that big things can be turned into small things, and small things can be turned into nothing.

No matter what happens, it is not as important as these two.

Even if there are doubts, they can be dealt with after these two things happen.

This half month is not a big deal.

So half an hour later, before dawn, the entire fairy palace returned to peace.

But the storm created by this incident in the hearts of outsiders lasted for a long time.

Each of them is not simple. They all have sharp analytical skills and outstanding scheming. Because of their identities and cognition, they can more clearly understand the cause and effect here.

“Although it is possible that someone deliberately pretended to be the Evil Spirit, the possibility that the deacon of the Xinglei Palace is actually the Evil Spirit is also very high.”

“If he is really the Evil Spirit, then tonight will be a three-way fight between him, Xinghuanzi, and the mysterious man who spread the rumors!”

“Obviously, Xing Huanzi suffered a great loss!”

“Not only did he fail to kill the evil spirit, but he had to confess his treason himself, confirming the matter!”

“The evil spirit is smart! That mysterious man is just as smart!”

“I just don’t know what Xing Huanzi will do next…”

In this undercurrent, in the Zhenjun Palace, the figure of the fourth Zhenjun walked out from nothingness and walked expressionlessly to the high pavilion in the palace. There, amid the howling night wind, he looked at the Shaoji Palace in the distance.

At this moment, the moon is dim in the sky, and the sky is filled with dark clouds. The bright lights are swallowed up by the darkness, making the world even darker and more unclear.

Just like the Fourth True Lord’s feelings at this moment.

Tonight, he lost.

For him, failure was a rare thing, and such a great defeat was even more distant and unfamiliar in his memory.

So, he stood here, looking at Shaoji Palace silently, with a faint light gradually flickering in his eyes.

Time passes.

Tonight’s dawn, perhaps because of the dark clouds, came a little late.

So before dawn, Zhou Zhengli appeared behind the Fourth True Lord and bowed.

“Zhong Chi was in Shaoji Palace for the first half of the night, and then returned to his residence and did not go out again.”

“As for the young master, he was in Shaoji Palace from beginning to end. The string music of Baihua Palace in the palace was played all the time without any interruption.”

“As for other people, unless they have special means that I cannot sense them, otherwise… no one in the entire Shaoji Palace should leave before this.”

Zhou Zhengli spoke softly.

He naturally knew about Xing Huanzi’s defeat and the counterattack of his old rival, and he originally wanted to take action together with Xing Huanzi.

But the other party was too confident and thought he could handle everything by himself, so he did not let him go with him, but asked him to go outside Shaoji Palace and watch closely.

“I don’t know, is this self-confidence or arrogance, looking down on other stars…” Zhou Zhengli sneered in his heart.

There is no such thing as mediocrity among those who can become stars.

“I really underestimated them.”

Xing Huanzi suddenly spoke.

As soon as he said this, Zhou Zhengli’s pupils shrank. He saw Xing Huanzi’s pride more clearly than anyone else, and to make such a proud person admit his mistakes, this was… very difficult.

At the same time, he also realized that the hidden enemy was more complicated than he thought.

“However, I already know the identity of this person.”

Xing Huanzi opened his mouth slowly, and as his words came out, dark clouds in the sky collided, forming lightning, accompanied by rumbling thunder, and the lightning illuminated the world.

It also made the unclear things in his eyes clearer.

“There is only one thing. Although all signs indicate that this person is the hidden person, I will not make the same mistake as before of underestimating them, so… I am wondering if it is possible that this is only the first level of the other party’s identity.”

“The real behind-the-scenes is still hidden in the darkness.”

Xing Huanzi’s voice echoed, lightning flashed between heaven and earth, and the world was shrouded in darkness again.

Zhou Zhengli did not respond to this. He knew that the other party was not saying this to him, but to himself.

So he thought about it and continued to tell what he had gained tonight.

“Besides, through my observation of Zhong Chi tonight, combined with your previous judgment of his purpose, I finally determined that your guess is most likely true.”

“Zhong Chi’s purpose should be to plant the poison constitution he controls in this space and time.”

“But it’s not about changing history right away, it’s about using this time to give your poison the weight and depth of history.”

“And in the end, he will most likely take action in advance and poison his own body to death at the moment of catastrophe defined by his own host in history.”

“In this way, his poisonous constitution has cause and effect, and has a foundation!”

“Whether or not the final waves of this period of history can affect reality, they can become the foundation of his constitution, and this foundation…was revealed in history before his master.”

Zhou Zhengli said softly.

“At the critical moment, just stop it.”

Xing Huanzi spoke calmly.

Zhou Zhengli nodded without saying anything else. After showing his brilliance appropriately, he took a few steps back and chose to hide his incompetence again.

At this moment, the rising sun finally broke through the dark clouds, causing light to shine in an instant, and then… dawn arrived.

It’s daybreak.

In the light, the voice of Xinghuanzi murmured.

“The lawful side has a few pieces…”

…

Inside the Shaoji Hall, Xu Qing had already picked up the chess pieces that had fallen on the ground and put them back on the chessboard.

Put them one by one according to the previous arrangement, so that the game is not finished.

At this moment, when he put down the last chess piece, a gentle laugh came from behind him.

“Young Master is wise.”

The voice was extremely charming and captivating. When it echoed in Xu Qing’s ears, the fox beauty, dressed in gauze, revealing her curvy figure, took a step out and sat in front of Xu Qing.

Her snow-white skin looked even more seductive against the backdrop of her clothes. After sitting down, she raised her slender jade fingers, pinched a chess piece between them, and placed it on the chessboard.

Then she raised her head, and licked her red lips as she looked at Xu Qing with charming eyes.

“The Fourth True Lord is indeed deceiving me. I am injured and almost can’t come back.”

“Moreover, there are spies outside Shaoji Palace. I had to use some tricks to come and go quietly.”

“So…I want a reward!”

As the fox beauty spoke, she pressed the chessboard with one hand, leaned her upper body forward, and with a wave of movement, brought that absolutely beautiful and enchanting face closer to Xu Qing.

Blowing gently.

“Young Master, can you please reward me once?”

Xu Qing was silent. He raised his head, moved his eyes away from the chessboard, and after looking at the fox beauty, he spoke softly.

“Do you think I am your host? If you are not afraid of being killed by the Immortal Lord tomorrow, I can consciously avoid it for a day and give you a chance.”

The fox beauty was speechless for a moment. She thought Xu Qing would reply as usual, but she didn’t expect the answer to be so tricky.

So much so that He was stunned for a moment.

I couldn’t help but curse in my heart that he was a wooden man, then I pulled back my body and lifted my hair.

Seeing that the other party was normal, Xu Qing spoke calmly.

“Your identity has been exposed tonight. Are you ready to deal with it?”

“No!” The fox beauty snorted unhappily.

Xu Qing raised his hand and picked up the chess pieces on the board one by one, with a faint sound coming from his mouth.

“I know you’ve already thought about it. Even if I ask you to go there tonight, it’s in line with your plan. So no matter what happens, I remind you that Xing Huanzi’s next target will definitely be you!”

Upon hearing this, the fox beauty blinked her beautiful eyes.

“Young Master, you are concerned about me, so can you give me some advice?”

Xu Qing put away the chessboard and said something casually.

“Today is not a good day to look for the evil spirit. Remember to go tomorrow. As for whether you can get the identity, it’s up to you.”

The fox beauty covered her mouth and smiled.

“Xu Qing, you know what, what I like most is your intelligence.”

Xu Qing closed his eyes and stopped talking.

The fox beauty continued to smile, stretched her waist, showing her beautiful curves, then turned and left.

One day passed by unknowingly.

Xu Qing did not leave Shaoji Palace. He was studying the Sand of Time that he had obtained.

This thing is extremely mysterious, but there are too few of them.

So he had two choices before him.

One is to incorporate it now.

Another option…

“Use this sand as a foundation to go to a larger space and time to gain more!”

Xu Qing pondered, and gradually an answer came to his mind.

As for the outside world, it was as if nothing had happened last night. Everything was still peaceful, with people coming and going, and nothing unusual. The sensitivity of the incident even exceeded the previous rumors.

So there are almost no discussants.

Everyone knows it tacitly and doesn’t mention it.

Just like that, the night came and went, and when the day broke again, inside the Xinglei Palace, there was a knock on the door of the residence of Gongsun Qingmu, the deacon who had lost his beloved disciple.

The next moment, the door opened silently, and a man in black with a blurred face walked in.

In the room, Gongsun Qingmu had a blank expression on his face. He looked coldly at the person in front of him without speaking first.

The man in black looked around and spoke with a smile.

“Xie Lingzi, are you satisfied with the gift from last night?”

Gongsun Qingmu looked normal as he looked at the person in front of him. After a while, he uttered a hoarse voice.

“What do you want?”

“You have lost a disciple, so it’s time to gain another one.”

The man in black laughed.

Gongsun Qingmu was suddenly moved when he heard this. He never thought that the other party wanted this!
“Identity?”

Gongsun hesitated, glanced at the person in front of him, and spoke again.

“Who are you?”

The man in black smiled and did not answer the question, but spoke in a calm voice.

“It doesn’t matter who I am. What’s important is that you will need an ally during this period of time, and we can… continue to help each other, for example, help you complete a bigger rebellion.”

Gongsun was silent.

After a while, he spoke in a low voice.

“I need to think about it.”

The man in black smiled, said nothing more, and stepped back, gradually becoming blurred.

…

At the same time, similar words were echoing in the guest hall in the southern part of the Fairy Palace.

“I will consider the invitation from the True Lord.”

The daughter of Jiu’an looked at the Fourth True Lord in front of her and said softly.

Upon hearing this, the Fourth True Lord spoke slowly with a blank expression on his face.

“You have paid a high price for your current status, right? Your goal is to follow the development of history with this status, so that you can marry that young master, create a cause and effect relationship with this palace, and become the master of half of the palace.”

“Of course, you may have a deeper purpose, but in any case, it does not conflict with me.”

After saying this, he turned and walked out, but when he reached the palace door, he paused, turned his back to the daughter of Jiu’an, and uttered a calm voice.

“Only with your identity as the host can you legitimately expel the Hundred Flower Palace and all the orioles and swallows within it, including that fox beauty.”

“After dispelling your intention, I will protect you!”