Night without Borders

Chapter 101: The Courage of the Overlord [Thanks for your subscription support]

It was evening, and just as it was getting dark, the west side of the city was ablaze red. It was a sunset glow created by a fire spring, like the lingering rhythm of a setting sun.

Qin Ming looked at Cui Chongxuan. He had grown taller and was almost as tall as an adult man. He was wearing a shiny armor and looked quite heroic.

The young man Cui Chongxuan walked away with a graceful figure, talking about something as they walked. The woman was none other than Wang Caiwei, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Seeing the old friend, Qin Ming naturally thought of the past.

"I feel like I'm being wronged. I'm blamed by some members of the Wang family, I'm envied by Li Qingxu, and Cui Chonghe doesn't appreciate it. But Wang Caiwei and I only swam together once, and we didn't say a few words."

It would be fine if he and the eldest daughter of the Wang family were strolling at night with candlelight and admiring each other, but until now his impression of the noble lady of the Wang family was only superficial, so there was no "old story" at all.

As a result, all parties have reconciled, even the Cui family and the Li family have stopped fighting, but he is still in a dangerous situation as before.

Some people don't want him to "rise up" and return to their sight. It's better for him to stay in a remote place forever. He cannot be too dazzling and cannot cause any topics.

Li Qingyue listened to his complaints and consoled him, "Come on, I'll take you for a walk and let you taste the local specialties."

Luofu City is very large, and age-old buildings can be seen everywhere, such as tall towers made of bluestone and palaces made of black gold stone, which have stood for thousands of years.

In the past, Luofu Mountain was well-known in the world of night fog and was one of the important places outside the world. These ancient buildings were all products of that era.

Near the Green Pagoda and Black Stone Palace, which are filled with a sense of time, there are restaurants, inns, spiritual medicine halls, weapons pavilions, etc. People come and go, and business is booming.

"Many senior masters also like to come to places like this to trace the magnificent scenery of Luofu thousands of years ago." Li Qingyue, dressed in white, introduced the landscapes.

The "sunset" in the west of the city was scattered, and her hair, white profile, and slender figure like a fairy willow seemed to be bathed in divine light and outlined with golden edges, making her look particularly otherworldly, fresh and unworldly, like a fairy banished to the world.

"Try Luofu City's specialty dragon meat, it tastes pretty good." Li Qingyue queued up at a clean stall and bought two skewers of barbecue.

Qin Ming took a bite and said, "Fish? It's very fresh and tender, without any fishy smell."

"Yes, it comes from the Yulong Lake in front." Li Qingyue took him along the streets of the ancient building area, near a clear blue lake.

Luofu City has high-level fire springs, and is accompanied by many second- and third-level fire springs. There are even special fire spring ditches on both sides of the road, which look like flowing magma, forming a unique landscape.

At night, people controlled the fire springs to dim slowly and blocked the ditches so that the whole city was no longer too bright and tended to be hazy.

There were people boating on Yulong Lake, and there were also many large boats from which sounds of pianos, pipa, and melodious songs could be heard.

Qin Ming was slightly absent-minded. He had been away from this kind of life for more than two years and felt a little unfamiliar.

"Want to go rafting?" Li Qingyue asked him with a smile.

"No, I'm afraid of being watched if I go boating on the lake with such an outstanding core disciple of Fangwai like you." Qin Ming smiled and shook his head. He was not missing the past, he just had some feelings.

"Shall we go eat first, or continue to watch the night view?" Li Qingyue asked.

"I'm not hungry yet, let me just take a walk." Qin Ming looked at the Spiritual Medicine Hall, Study, and Weapon Pavilion not far away and became interested.

Li Qingyue nodded, noticing his gaze, and said, "There are many practitioners in Luofu City, and the items sold in these pavilions are all good."

She took Qin Ming into an old weapons shop. Although she looked elegant and refined, she was not cold and unapproachable. She bargained skillfully with the boss with a smile.

"I really want to buy this dragon armor, but isn't your price too high?"

The fat boss was also very good at talking: "Girl, I have lived my whole life to finally meet a fairy-like person like you. You are so bright and beautiful, but if you want to talk about daytime gold, you will be tainted by the worldly air."

Li Qingyue was unmoved and smiled, "I am originally from the mortal world. If I want to be detached from the mundane world, I will lose my true self. If the price of this dragon armor is halved, and then halved again, it will be about right."

"Hiss!" The fat boss took a breath and said, "The fairy wields the sword of wisdom, and the price is really ruthless!"

He turned to look at Qin Ming and said, "Young man, if I were you, I would pay the fairy the day gold without blinking an eye and buy this dragon armor without hesitation. How could I let my fairy-like friend around me bargain with others like this?"

Qin Ming didn't care and said, "I think she bargained well. How about this? I'll give you an extra day gold on top of the price she negotiated."

The boss wanted to glare. This set of dragon armor was priced at 100 pieces of day gold. He thought to himself: How can you be so ashamed? Only one piece is added. Bai Chang is so handsome, but he is so stingy. It is better not to say anything!
Li Qingyue said: "It's not real dragon skin, it probably just has a small amount of real blood from the dragon."

"Brother, look at everyone else, they are all buying dragon armor." A young girl next to him said to the young man.

"Well, just pick whatever you like and I'll buy it for you." The young man smiled. When he looked at Li Qingyue, he was a little dazed. She was really like a fairy!
Soon, Li Qingyue negotiated the price and stuffed the dragon armor into Qin Ming's hands, saying, "The leather is extraordinary and the defense is very strong. You can wear it when you go back."

The fat boss looked at Qin Ming with strange eyes, full of admiration.

Beside him, the young man was petrified and felt terrible. Looking at his junior sister who was choosing armor not far away, he felt that she didn't seem so pretty anymore.

Qin Ming smiled and said, "I'm so sorry. You took me shopping, treated me to a meal, and gave me such an expensive dragon armor..."

The fat boss really wanted to pull him over and have a long chat with him.

After hearing this, the young man felt confused and immediately didn't want to pay the bill for his junior sister.

"Don't be polite with me. I wanted to taste what wine tastes like, but you treated me to a bottle of expensive wine."

Li Qingyue and Qin Ming left, chatting as they walked and laughing as they talked about the past.

"Who would have thought that Fairy Li almost became a drunkard back then, haha..." Qin Ming laughed.

His closest friends in the past included Li Qingyue and Ning Siqi.

"The worst thing is that you haven't even had a drop of alcohol." Li Qingyue thought about how she was a little rebellious at the beginning and clamored for alcohol, which was indeed very interesting.

"I'm not used to drinking. In fact, I wanted to see the imperial concubine getting drunk and the young girl practicing drunken boxing, but you didn't blush or feel any pain, and nothing happened to you." Qin Ming looked very regretful.

"Why do I have the urge to hit you?" Li Qingyue gathered her hair. This guy actually wanted to see her drunk back then!

"Isn't that Li Qingyue?" Some people were surprised, knowing that she was one of the favorites to win the near-immortal artifact.

Several non-Buddhist disciples followed Li Qingyue and Qin Ming into a famous study room, where books related to spiritual practice were sold.

Qin Ming wanted to come here to see if there were any secret books that carried the hard work of their predecessors. The two of them walked up layer by layer. Although there were various extraordinary secret books on the first few layers, they could not resonate with their minds and could only read one or two pages.

It was not until they reached the highest sixth floor that Qin Ming discovered a blood-stained black animal skin book. He immediately became interested and felt that it might be of great value.

"Young man, you can just look at this book through the crystal plate. It is truly extraordinary. If you want to buy it, you probably have to ask your elders to negotiate with you. Well, most small sects cannot afford its price." said an old man sitting on the sixth floor.

Qin Ming realized that the origin of this book might be a little scary.

"Junior Sister Li, you are here too. What book do you want to buy?" Several disciples from outside the sect followed her upstairs, and one of them pretended to have met her by chance and greeted her with a smile.

Qin Ming found that he didn't recognize anyone.

There were many disciples outside the sect, and the children of aristocratic families only accounted for a small part of them. These people were all extraordinary, and the young man who spoke was vaguely the leader.

His name is Tang Xumi. He is not from a noble family, but he is extremely talented and very famous in the outside world. He has risen very quickly and is one of the favorites to win the legendary item this time.

Qin Ming felt that he might be in trouble. Li Qingyue was so outstanding that naturally some very powerful disciples from outside the sect were willing to approach her.

"This is..." As expected, Tang Xumi looked over.

"He is my cousin." Li Qingyue introduced with a smile.

Qin Ming originally thought that there would be some small accident, but he didn't expect the situation to be completely different from what he imagined.

"Brother Li, hello, I feel like I've known you for a long time." Tang Xumi was very enthusiastic. He asked him what he wanted to buy and was ready to help him with advice.

"I want to see this ancient book." Qin Ming pointed to the black book in the crystal cabinet.

Tang Xumi actually knew about this book. He said solemnly, "This is incredible. It is the original and very famous. It is ridiculously expensive, but most people are intimidated by its background and dare not buy it."

"Does it have a history?" Qin Ming asked.

Tang Xumi sighed, "Of course, this is Overlord's will. More than a hundred years ago, Overlord rose to power through physical mutation and dominated the world of Black Mist. He was a well-known strong man. With Overlord's Spear in hand, many outsiders could not stop him."

"Turns out it was him." Li Qingyue also knew what was going on.

Tang Xumi nodded and said, "The Heavenly Light Power that Overlord cultivated was not that extraordinary, but after he broke through from the External Manifestation Realm to the Spirit Field Realm, he was too fierce. As his realm continued to improve, he became unstoppable and was about to shake the heavens and the earth."

The title of external saint has been abandoned by many people because it is not enough to "manifest holiness" and is simply ridiculed. The more common title is: external manifestation.

Beyond this realm is the "spiritual field" realm of Xinsheng Road.

"The first two major realms are not outstanding, but there are people who can advance all the way to the third major realm?" Qin Ming was surprised.

Tang Xumi said: "Do you know how he died? More than a hundred years ago, he dominated the world and lived up to his reputation as the Overlord. He killed an outsider master with his spear, which eventually caused his master to come out and kill the Overlord himself."

He added in a low voice: "The old senior who made the move is Li Qingxu's current master, one of the most famous figures in the Night Mist World!"

Qin Ming realized why many people were originally afraid of this. Ordinary people would not dare to buy the secret book written by the old senior who had killed someone.

But he guessed that the manuscript should be circulated.

Li Qingyue said: "This is Overlord's suicide note. It was hastily written when he was being hunted by the old senior. It is incomplete, and its earth-shaking skills are destined to be lost."

Qin Ming couldn't calm down. He looked at the old man guarding the sixth floor and said, "Senior, can I read this ancient book?"

"If you are not the buyer, don't move." The old man refused.

"Senior, according to the rules of the study, you can try reading one or two pages of all books." Li Qingyue said.

Tang Xumi also helped to speak up: "Yes, senior, my senior brother bought a book from you yesterday for a large sum of money. We are also repeat customers, you should take care of us."

Upon seeing this, the other non-Buddhist disciples also spoke up.

The old man was helpless. Many elite disciples from outside the sect spoke up for him, so he couldn't refuse.

Qin Ming touched the animal skin book and found that he could only open one page. It was sealed with fine gold threads. There was some special restriction inside, emitting strange fluctuations.

However, this was enough for him, even if it was just a cover of animal skin.

He kept himself calm, without a single ripple, and at the same time, he concentrated his mind highly, resonating emotionally with the ancient animal skin book.

Obviously, it is the product of Ba Wang's hard work. It can be seen that there are black bloodstains on both the cover and the first page, which is probably the work of Ba Wang.

An astonishing wave of emotions instantly rushed into Qin Ming's heart, making him see that the overlord of the past was truly able to shake the world.

The tall figure swung his spear, stirring up the dark clouds in the sky, and then heavy rain began to fall.

Moreover, Qin Ming saw that the old senior did not find it easy to kill the Overlord. His fair white palm had been pierced by the spear, and glowing blood was flowing out.

The Overlord’s courage was truly astonishing, even the old veterans who were famous in the Night Fog World were moved by him.

The old senior was indeed extremely terrifying. He stood in the distance, his body shaking, and golden runes began to expand. Then he flipped his hand and let one of the Overlord's arms explode.

……

Qin Ming tried hard to keep himself calm, but in the end his body still shook slightly.

"Brother Li, are you okay?" Tang Xumi asked in surprise.

"My cousin was injured two days ago, but it's not a big deal." Li Qingyue supported Qin Ming.

"It's okay!" Qin Ming recovered. This time he gained a lot. He obtained the complete inheritance of the Overlord and mastered it all.

"Are you injured? I have some elixir here." Tang Xumi was very concerned.

"It doesn't matter. I feel a little emotional as I touch this ancient book, as if I have crossed a hundred years. I can imagine the peerless elegance of the overlord in my mind, which makes my blood boil, as if I see a great master from ancient times walking towards me..." Qin Ming sighed.

(End of this chapter)